December 31, the last day of the year, is also the day to welcome the new year.

The festive atmosphere in Tokyo is very strong, but you can't feel it if you are a salted fish indoors.

On her hard days off, Ritsu Sasashima spends her daytime on APTX4869 analysis, and it was ten hours after she got out of the small laboratory.

Simply brewed himself a bucket of spicy cabbage Shin ramen that he hadn't tasted before, and he sat cross-legged on the sofa with his back on the couch. Sometimes it's strange that people like to sit on the coffee table in the living room to enjoy their meals when they have a complete set of dining tables and chairs.

The TV screen shows the crowds in front of Sensoji Temple in the evening, as well as the uncle and aunt who buy New Year's goods at the Tsukiji Market, and the host of the model worker holding a microphone who emotionally introduces the hairy crabs that are abundant in his hometown.

Ritsu Sasashima swallowed the kimchi-flavored noodles in her mouth, and it was appropriate to eat something slightly spicy in winter, and the noodles were tougher than expected.

When my eyes fell on the boy and girl who were writing about Ema on the TV, the gentle and immature voice suddenly appeared in my head, and the movement of the noodles stopped.

- "Is there anything scheduled for today?" Why don't you go to the shrine and ask for a visa? ”

Before entering the police academy, he did write down his expectations for the future together at the instigation of Zhufu Jingguang.

What did you write back then? I can't remember.

Ritsu Sasashima looked down at the remaining small half-bucket of noodles, and inexplicably lost her appetite. He slouched back, dialed his regular phone number, and waited for him to answer.

The call was answered after three busy tones, and Belmode's signature voice came from the phone.

"Is it to call me at this point in time to see if I'm asleep?"

Ritsu Sasashima couldn't help but laugh when she heard this: "Then did I disturb your dreams?" ”

Belmode, who was not sleepy, crossed her legs to enjoy the night view of New York, narrowed her beautiful eyes and asked, "Looks like you're trying to create a dream for me, Augier." ”

"There's good news, and there's bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"

"That's bad news, of course."

Ritsu Sasashima had long expected Belmode's choice, and he deliberately lowered his voice: "Kudo Shinichi was poured into the APTX4869 by Gin, and his current whereabouts are unknown, so it can basically be concluded that he is dead. ”

He wondered what Belmode's expression would be, and it was a shame that the call wasn't a video call.

The other side was silent for ten seconds, not hearing the tone he wanted, and Belmode replied with an inexplicable voice: "Is this bad news?" Then I'm a little curious what the good news is. ”

"Didn't you always want APTX4869 experiments to stop? Now's your chance. Ritsu Sasashima grabbed the public phone and adjusted it to the earpiece mode, his eyes fell on the swimming shark, and said slowly: "Tell Sherry about this, what do you think she will do?" ”

The hand that clenched the glass could not help but let go, and Belmode understood Ogil's intentions when she heard this, and this was indeed good news for her, and the person who provided the news was still a poor man who had suffered the same thing as herself.

"Do you have APTX4869?"

"yes, would you like to come to Tokyo and feed her that deadly poison?"

"I'll leave this pleasure to you, but... I'm begging you to give me one. ”

Ritsu Sasashima frowned slightly and asked, "Do you have someone you want to execute?" ”

"yes, it seems like she's finally stepped into a trap I've been hiding for years and ended her life with a drug created by her own sister, isn't it wonderful?"

According to what she knows about Belmode, she doesn't have much hatred for Akemi Miyano, so this sentence does not refer to the two Miyano sisters. So who is the object she wants to poison?

The drugs that were created... Could it be that Elena Miyano still has a biological sister? But I've never heard Akemi Miyano, who lives with her parents, mention this matter.

It seems that there is a way to investigate the information of the Miyano couple, and there is still something I haven't mastered.

"Okay, then I'll let Calvados send it to you, so you don't have to make a trip yourself."

"That kid? Don't tell him what's in it. ”

"You know, do you still need to be reminded of this? Then I wish our plans a success, good night, Vermouth. ”

Looking at the phone that was hung up, he stood up with his hands on the sofa, and after Ritsu Sasashima cleaned up the uneaten food on the coffee table, he was in a good mood and suddenly heard a sound from the door, which was a call from the apartment security guard.

He paced up and asked, "Is there something wrong?" ”

If you only know that this is his safe house, not many people in the organization know about it. And the address registered in the Metropolitan Police Department is not here, who will come to find you?

"Hello sir, there is a courier here who wants to deliver to the door, is it convenient to come up?"

Express delivery?

"You ask him to put things in the elevator, and I press the elevator."

"Okay."

Who will send the courier to themselves? Ritsu Sasashima pushed open the security door and pressed the elevator's downward button, and when the elevator door opened, he saw a very exaggerated bouquet of red roses, ninety-nine of them.

The corners of his mouth twitched, and he picked it up after making sure there was nothing strange in it, and then he saw a line written on the card inserted in the flowers.

[Happy birthday to Handsome Guy and congratulations to you at 24 forever.] ]

When you see this title, you know who sent the bouquet, and it is when Belmode will make it.

Ritsu Sasashima was about to leave a bouquet at the door of his house when his phone vibrated and he clicked on it to see that it was an email.

[Belmode: Don't leave my gift at the door, I'll be sad.] ]

He couldn't help but widen his eyes at Half Moon, and after carefully checking the bouquet to make sure there was no such thing as a miniature camera, he muttered in a low voice, "Can this woman actually guess my thoughts?" ”

Honestly put the bouquet on top of the shoe cabinet in the entrance, anyway, the roses will wither in two or three days, and they will be discarded when the time comes.

Thinking that Belmode has taken the bait and his plan can finally be executed, Ritsu Sasashima is still in a good mood. Sure enough, as she expected, she wasn't interested in doing it herself, but the only thing she didn't expect... I'm afraid there is one more person she wants to poison.

I don't know what the effect of that semi-finished APTX4869 will be, but it is impossible to make a finished product at this stage, so it can only depend on the luck of that person?

Ritsu Sasashima pulled out the card on the flowers and threw them into the trash, only now did he remember that the reason for today's vacation was his birthday... Although Akami Izawa's birthday is not scheduled for this day.

"Why don't you go out and buy a cake, what do you say?" Gingerbread. ”

The lemon shark was under pressure that it could not bear at all, and as a creature that could not speak and could not understand human speech, it had to sway its graceful posture from side to side, saying: I don't understand.

"Then go buy one, I heard from Hayasaka that the green grape cream cake is not very sweet, it should be full of sweetness that I can accept."

"The Sword Comes"

Before leaving, I didn't forget to throw a small fish into the fish tank, and the amount of gingerbread has really increased a lot recently, and the size seems to have increased a lot compared to the 60 centimeters when I bought it.

"I'm out, gingerbread, help me take care of the house."