Stuttgar is a city suspended in the air located in the southern hemisphere of Titan, Titan, Titan, the solar system, with a population of more than 16 million. After the war, Ed came here and opened a humble private detective agency.

He hadn't actually done this before, but because the war had a great impact on civilization, and the economy was still in the depression stage of the revival stage, the giant wheel of the development of the times seemed to roll back hundreds of kilometers, and he had to do everything to learn to survive in this new world. And the only more reliable capital he has now is his unrusted skills and not too stupid mind. In addition, his mouth is also very good at talking...... At least that's what he thinks.

As April approached, Ed welcomed his first guest, a beautiful girl, in her mid-twenties. After entering Ed's small office, she glanced at the open blind, seemingly casually. Ed followed her gaze and glanced at the blinds.

Since birth, Ed has been single for thirty years, developing a habit of casual to poor personal life. Even though the shutters of the old office rooms in the office building he rented cheaply were already dusty enough to water flowers and farm, he didn't bother to look up. He knew that when the time came, the diligent and helpful wind would bring those pesky yellow elves back into their air. Of course, it won't be long before it brings them back. It's a mischievous companion.

The girl paused before sitting down on the client's chair, took out a clean handkerchief from the bag she was carrying, and rubbed the black fake leather until it was shiny, and then she was willing to let her noble ass touch it. She then threw the handkerchief in the trash in front of Ed.

Ed turned a blind eye to this. In fact, he wanted everyone who sat in that chair to wipe it for him.

"So." He waited until the girl was seated and then spoke, "Miss Nina...... Right. ”

"I did introduce myself and say my name is Nina." The blonde girl in a short skirt and a turtleneck raised her eyebrows, her deerskin boots and black silk legs together, "I'm glad you didn't forget what I said in a blink of an eye." ”

"My memory has always been something to rely on."

"I hope the same is true for your other abilities."

"It could disappoint you, or it could be the opposite."

The girl's Nina's expression changed a little. Ed was surprised to see that it was not the look he was more familiar with wanting to step his heels into his temples, but a subtle, mocking smirk. He couldn't see who or what the taunt was directed at, but it wasn't him anyway.

"Very well, Mr. Ed." Nina's voice was light, and her big beautiful eyes blinked, making her flutter more than a butterfly and more seductive than an apple in an instant, and made Ed's throat feel tight, "You're the one I'm looking for." ”

"Who are you looking for?"

"A detective."

"Then I am."

"This detective has to be different."

"I'm different."

"I want him to steal something for me."

"You're looking for the wrong person."

Without hesitation, Ed drove the butterfly out of the half-withered garden and threw the apple into a deep well.

"I'm a detective," he said, "not a thief." I'm not going to steal anything for you. ”

"Listen to me, you impatient." Nina glanced at Ed dissatisfied, her moist gaze melting the turtle's toes, "I'm not asking you to steal someone else's things, I'm asking you to go to someone else and steal something that belongs to me." And after the affair is over, you will be paid handsomely. ”

“…… I need to know the details. Eddard paused, then sat up straight, his eyes still alert, his sharp dark brown eyes under the scattered gray-black hair that looked like a wolf crouching on the rocks of the wasteland looking down on the sunset, "I've had my head hurt before, and sometimes it can become a little unreliable - but that doesn't mean I'm a fool." ”

"Oh, dear Mr. Eddard, I'm sure you're not stupid." Nina squirmed, as if she was a little uncomfortable with the wolf's direct eyes, "I can explain everything to you." ”

"I'm listening."

"What I need you to help me steal is a painting, and the person who took it was my father. Originally, this painting belonged to my mother, but she died of illness some time ago. Before closing my eyes, my mother left the painting to me, but my father forcibly took it away from me. He recently left me behind and chose to reunite with another woman...... Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to resent him, because I don't love him at all, and he doesn't love me at all. He's a jerk, and I'd like him to get out of here. But I can't let him plunder what my mother left me, the only thing I can remember my mother's relics, so brutally! ”

Nina said the back, gradually began to grit her teeth, and tears began to roll in her eyes. Ed looked at the weeping girl, and wanted to have a Vega Galaxy cigar that he hadn't tasted in years.

"The painting you're talking about," Ed considered his tone, "precious?" ”

"Famous. Monuments. Nine million. ”

Terrific. Ed's mind was already imagining himself running and striptease with that damn baby.

"You can go to the police station for help." He is serious about proposing to his clients.

Nina shook her head. "I don't want everyone in my house to know about it."

"So you want to deal with this matter secretly."

"At least for outsiders."

“…… In case you don't know, detective is a profession that is very focused on one's reputation. And this is the first commission I received. ”

"If you accept it and complete it, then these will make up for the very low chance that your reputation will be damaged."

Nina's voice is like a poisonous snake that tempts people to eat apples. She got up and leaned forward in Ed's direction, opening her handbag towards Eddard. Ed saw a lot of cash inside.

Ed lost the ability to make his own choices at this moment. He realized that the woman in front of him had already firmly eaten him before she came and chose him.

"These are advances."

Nina carefully counted the insignificant ones from her mountain of gold and placed them on Ed's desk. Ed heard a "thud" as the weight landed, as if the thin sheets of paper were heavier than a truckload of dentures. Capitalism of all evils.

"It's too cunning." Ed sighed, "I now know why you didn't go to the other detectives in the city and come to me." ”

Nina smiled and didn't answer.

"There are so many people in this world who are willing to sell their souls for money." Ed said again.

"Are you one of them?" Nina asked softly.

Ed looked up, glanced at Nina, and reached out to take the money into his arms.

"I don't have a soul to sell."

……

Nina won, in every way.

She walked out of Ed's office briskly, standing in the corridor of the remote corner of the office building in the middle of the city, humming happily, and the back of wanting to leave suddenly paused for no reason. She took the satchel off her shoulder and rummaged through it.

In addition to the temptation, thick cash has another function, which is to cover up. Hidden underneath it was a small silver pistol.

"Hope you're lucky, detective."

Nina muttered to herself, glanced back at the door of Ed's office, then picked up her bag and walked back forward with steady steps, the crisp sound of her heels tapping on the floor gradually became smaller and softer, and soon disappeared at the end of the hallway.