Wano Country, New Tokyo.

Under the rule of the government such as today's people, it is also known as the "school city".

The tram sped through the tunnel.

A whistling wind sounded in my ears.

In the slightly crowded carriage of the Hanzomon Line train, the passengers holding the handrail swayed gently, and a high school boy stared at his mobile phone like the other "low-headed people" around him, occasionally raising his head to look around, and inadvertently sweeping the window glass directly in front of him.

In the dark tunnel, the bright interior lights make the reflection of the window glass particularly obvious, reflecting the appearance of a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, the figure under the black shirt and hat looks a little thin and thin, and the pale face seems to be malnourished for a long time, but the facial features under the slightly long oblique bangs on the forehead are too outstanding and eye-catching, no matter where you put it, you can be called a handsome guy in Tokyo.

Higashinohara glanced at the reflection on the car window, and his gaze drifted to the side, skimming over the "couple" reflected in the car window.

The man is about forty years old, and he is estimated to be at the level of section chief or above in the company, although his forehead is bald, he has the temperament of a backbone elite in the workplace.

The girl next to her is much younger, in her twenties, and her appearance is simple like a fledgling in the workplace, and the appearance of snuggling up next to the middle-aged man in the crowded carriage is indeed very small.

This age gap...

It's either a sugar daddy or an extramarital affair.

True love?

Sorry, New Tokyo doesn't believe in "tears".

......

The phone camera is slightly raised,

Align the windows.

Focus...

Higashinohara taps the virtual button on the screen.

In the next second, there was no usual flash and click, and the picture was frozen on his screen.

I have to say that the high-definition image of the customized mobile phone equipped by the detective agency is very clear even when taking pictures of the reflection of the image reflected in the train glass, and there is no flash or sound that cannot be turned off.

Higashinohara took several photos in a row, and then he quietly lowered his head and continued to be his tram "bow down".

However, he sighed lightly in his heart, and his face was a little helpless.

There's no way, it's not Higashino's original hobby of candid photography in this area, it's really all about life.

Living in Tokyo is not easy.

Even the new Tokyo is the same.

Higashinohara's mind was reminded of the call he had received half an hour earlier when he was on duty as a part-time discipline officer in the area after high school.

On the phone, the unscrupulous uncle who provided accommodation for him to study in New Tokyo shattered Higashinohara's "reserve" with only half a month's rent reduction, so that he had to take this so-called "big order".

And the detective agency that the unscrupulous uncle is currently running that may close down at any time in Higashinohara's opinion, the biggest order that can be received at present is probably an extramarital affair investigation.

That's right, the middle-aged man who was secretly photographed on Higashinohara's mobile phone just now is the male protagonist of this extramarital affair investigation - his wife suspects him of cheating and has entrusted the Aragaki detective agency to collect evidence in favor of the court divorce.

Coincidentally, what doesn't make a book is...

A week ago, this man also commissioned the Aragaki Detective Agency to investigate his wife, and after getting the evidence, he looked at the different men who were cheating on his wife in the photo.... And all kinds of interesting props that I have never seen before...

The one who cries is called a heartbreak.

Unexpectedly, a week later, the protagonist became himself.

Higashinohara clicked again to shoot.

......

The speeding tram stopped one stop after another, the doors opened and closed, some getting on and some getting off, and then whistling into a dark tunnel that seemed to have no end.

Suddenly, the LCD screen on the wall of the tram that was playing advertisements turned around, and there was an image of a girl with messy hair, and her clothes looked a little shabby and dirty, but the most eye-catching thing was her short silver-white hair and a pair of milky white cat ears on both sides of her head.

If Higashinohara, who just came to this world half a year ago, he might still wonder if the two ears in front of him are fake ears, in order to cater to some LSP strange cat-eared girl XP system.

Now, he doesn't have that suspicion.

After spending half a year learning about the history of this world, Higashinohara estimated in his heart that this should be a cat-eared lady in front of him... Ah no, Catwoman, the Catwoman of the "Celestial Race", looking at her pupils and appearance, maybe she is still a Catwoman with impure blood - most of the ancestors are the mixed-race descendants born after the intermarriage between the "Celestials" and humans implemented by the Celestial World Government more than 500 years ago in order to maintain the rule and abolish the apartheid policy.

"Wow! Stealing 80 million yen in jewelry? ”

"Catwoman is a Tmall, right?"

"Heh, I said it earlier, there are few good things in those heavens."

"Shhhh Be careful! Don't be heard by the eyes and ears of the Celestial Government's Night Judgment. ”

“......”

Listening to the discussion of the passengers around the train, Higashinohara squinted slightly and swept the announcement issued by the New Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

Steal?

Wanted?

The narrator on TV said that a private club-like jewelry and jade shop in Setagaya Ward, also known as the "rich district" in New Tokyo's 13th ward, had been burglarized, and the owner of the club said that he was under the influence of a demon and unknowingly led Catwoman thieves into the jewelry store on the fourth floor of his villa.

When he sobered up, he found that he had lost a piece of jewelry and jade worth at least 80 million yen.

The Metropolitan Police Department also reminded that the Catwoman thief is likely to be a person who has the ability to control the mental ability, and enthusiastic citizens who want to cooperate in the arrest must be careful.

Capable of it?

Higashinohara was not surprised when he heard this.

The new Tokyo of this world is also known as the "Gakuen City" in Wano Country, and there are four major capable schools in the country, as well as scientific research institutes about the fruits of ability, and the proportion of urban capable people is second to none in the country.

It's a shame to say that the high school student whose soul pierces this world is called Higashinohara is one of the "abilities", and the low-level ability of the second order and the first stage of the sad urge, the ability he has is called the [Shadow Instant] speed ability, and at present, he can only use one more phantom out of thin air when he uses his full strength, and it is said that when the ability is improved to the extreme, four super-god-speed real shadow formations can appear during the battle.

It's for, the Instant Hellshadow Killing Array!

Hmm, although this sounds like the second middle school is domineering.

In fact, in this world's ability sequence, [Shadow Instant] is a gray ordinary ability ranked 98, which is still a big gap from the world's top 72-36 green excellent abilities.

Even in the actual battle, it may be possible to make up for some gaps in the ability sequence by working hard to improve the strength level the day after tomorrow, but it is difficult to make up for the gap between the blue high-risk abilities and those blue high-risk abilities with the top 36-20 serial numbers.

Compared to the world's top purple epic ability owners and sea thieves who are on one side of the continent or in the four seas, and have the highest ability serial number between the top 20-10, it is even more of a huge gap between clouds and mud, which is not at all something that can be made up in the acquired effort improvement stage, as for the orange world-destroying ability ranked in the top ten in the ability sequence, it has never appeared in the historical text for more than a thousand years.

Higashinohara is currently a second-order 1st stage, and there are a total of 9th and 5th stages for those with abilities, and when they reach the fourth order, they can be called superpowers.

However, the serial number of the ability determines the initial value and growth ceiling of this ability, that is, the highest ability level that can be reached, and the ability of the gray serial number like Higashinohara wants to improve the level is like climbing a steep peak, one step at a time, and I don't know how many ability people with the lower serial number can only stay in the lower three levels in their lives.

According to rumors, those with abilities at the back of the serial number want to counterattack, unless their own abilities are capable of growth, so they can achieve an extremely rare second awakening through the extreme mining of their own abilities, and break the shackles of the ability sequence - that is, from the lower ability of the same line to the upper ability of the same lineage.

It's a pity.... The example of the ability serial number advancement can be said to be one of the few in the thousands of years under the rule of the Celestial Government, and for most ordinary superpowers, it can basically be regarded as an impossible event of a "miracle".

When Higashinohara came to this world half a year ago, it was the second order 1 stage, and most of the year has passed, it is still the second order 1 stage, and if you can't meet the academic test next year, you won't be able to repeat the grade for the third time, and nine times out of ten you will be dissuaded from the school.

It's hard to think about it.

It's completely inconsistent with the law of the traverser...

Alas, for now, let's get half a month's rent first...

......

After the train arrived at Jimbocho Station and got off, the middle-aged man sent the simple-looking female subordinate home without accident, and the two of them warmly invited downstairs. One and a half pushed, and then they tacitly went upstairs together.

Next to the vending machine downstairs, Higashinohara, who was looking up at this scene, leaned there, holding a canned hot coffee in the hall and taking a sip, thinking in his heart that according to the progress of middle-aged people, when would it be more appropriate to go up to collect evidence...

Unexpectedly, it didn't take a while.

A figure swayed under the turbid yellow light of the corridor.

Well? It's coming out so soon?

Higashinohara's face was strange, but his mouth couldn't help but open slightly in the next second.

The cold wind of late autumn blows back and forth.

The figure of a middle-aged man with a blue nose and swollen face, wearing only pink boxers, and a depressed face gradually emerged in the dim corridor, and he was still holding a loose empty wallet in his hand.

On the stairs behind him, you can faintly hear the young man "dare to insult my girlfriend", "I'll let you go for the sake of losing money this time, be careful with me!" Shouting and scolding.

Ahh

Boy... What's the situation?

Could it be an immortal jump?

......

I'm so stupid!

It's true!

When Takuto Akiyoshi walked down the stairs and stepped on the ground with his last foot, he was in a trance in his mind, and his body almost fell completely, and he staggered to the bus stop sign on the side of the street.

I thought I would regain the heartbeat of youth, but I didn't expect to almost have a heart attack.

I have a picture of the upstairs just now...

When a yellow-haired young man broke into the door to catch the rapist, the innocent girl seemed to have changed as if she had changed, the corners of her mouth were raised and she sneered, and her eyes glanced at the embarrassed appearance of squatting on the ground with her head in her hands...

In an instant, Takuto Akiyoshi's heart, which still had residual heat, completely lost its last temperature.

Iniquity!!

......

After the bus stop.

Higashinohara stared at Takuto Akiyoshi, who had his head in his knees, his head in his hands, and his thinning hair through the gaps, and he could imagine what kind of "pain mask" would be on that face.

Tonight's incident may have become the last straw, which has completely crushed the middle-aged man, and he must not be able to go home and continue to hypocritically face his wife to maintain a marriage that has long been full of cracks.

Working hard, people reach middle age, but one night they find that they have nowhere to go and no one to rely on...

It's not easy to be a man in New Tokyo!

Higashinohara had never entered marriage in his previous life, and he was still a high school student in this life, so he only felt that it was a little pitiful for middle-aged people to be played like this, but it was difficult to empathize with any other aspects.

After a night of following, Higashinohara was weighing his wallet, considering whether to treat the sad middle-aged man on the street to a hot drink from the vending machine.

At this time, not far from the corner of the street, a bus with yellow headlights drove around the corner.

Bang dang!

A bottle of hot drink drops from the vending machine.

Well, the cheapest kind.

Higashinohara bent down to pick it up and was about to turn around.

He suddenly noticed a petite figure jumping out of the front door of the bus in front of the bus stop sign, wearing a black hoodie similar to his body on the upper body, and a short skirt, tights and boots on the lower body, very ordinary Wano Country Street Girl Outfit.

However, at this time,

Higashinohara's eyes suddenly froze.

If he was not mistaken, in the darkness of the night, he could clearly see a fleeting flash of short silver-white hair and a pair of short cat ears on the girl's head.

In the next moment, the girl pulled up the large hood of the black hoodie.

At this time, under the bus stop sign of the turbid yellow street lamp, there was only a middle-aged man sitting holding his head and a petite girl who had just gotten off the bus—what Higashinohara just saw seemed to be just a hallucination.

What is the situation?

He was a little suspicious, when he saw the petite girl under the stop sign suddenly leaning towards Takuto Akiyoshi.

Is it a special repertoire on the streets of Wano Country?

Higashinohara, who was carrying coffee and hot drinks in his hand, was stunned for two seconds, and his figure quietly took two steps back into the darkness behind him, ready to wait and see what happened.

In his mind, after tonight's stimulation, middle-aged men probably shouldn't have much interest in women in the short term, right?

......

Under the bus stop sign.

Takuto Akiyoshi noticed the approaching footsteps, and just raised his head with a depressed face, but the whole person was suddenly shocked, and he couldn't take his eyes off his head in a daze.

Ahh

Higashinohara people are stupid.

Is it really that fragrant for women?

But in the next second, he sensed that something was wrong.

Under the hood of the black hood, the girl couldn't see her face clearly, and a strange red shimmer could be faintly seen - the middle-aged man who was sitting in a chair immediately stood up like a marionette.

Immediately after, the girl turned and walked in the direction of the subway station.

The middle-aged man didn't say a word, and followed step by step like a demon, like acquaintances who knew each other - if it weren't for Higashinohara, who had been staring, it would be difficult for even passers-by to find the abnormality of the two.

Staring at the backs of the two,

Higashinohara frowned slightly.

Suddenly, for no reason, he recalled the Metropolitan Police Department wanted notice he had just seen on the train, and then remembered that he just didn't know if he was dazzled by the short silver-white hair and pointed ears...

and this somewhat strange scene in front of me.

Could it be that this is the Catwoman who committed the theft?

At this moment, the first thing that came to Higashinohara's mind was the amount of the wanted bounty that he saw on the train.

Contributors:

After verifying the arrest, a reward of 400,000 yen will be awarded.

You know, the salary of office workers in New Tokyo is more than 300,000 yen.

The local rent ranges from 50,000 yen to 100,000 yen per month, and the cheaper place where Higashino lives is only 48,000 yen, and the cost of living is about 150,000 yen per month.

It is equivalent to saying that if he can assist the people of the Metropolitan Police Department to catch this catwoman, he can solve the problem of food, clothing, housing and transportation for more than two months, and occasionally go to the meal to fight tooth sacrifices to improve the food.

Now that the middle-aged man in front of him is miserable enough tonight, then Higashinohara has to act as an enthusiastic citizen, even if it is not a heart-warming bounty (well, this one is indeed very heart-warming).

He immediately took out his mobile phone quietly and dialed the police number of the Metropolitan Police Department.

When the Metropolitan Police Department heard his description, it immediately paid attention to it, and asked Higashino to keep the phone off and locate him, and the local police station and the third investigation team of the Metropolitan Police Department would soon arrive at the scene.

In the end, the other party also reminded him in an accentuated tone not to act rashly, the other party's mental ability is not clear, so as to prevent startling the snake or causing unnecessary danger.

In fact, if the other party doesn't say this, Higashinohara won't go up to the hero himself.

To be a hero is also to have the corresponding strength.

Even if he is a so-called [Shadow Instant] ability now, the ability level of the second order and the first stage is really not enough.

As for Higashinohara, although he has been working part-time as a member of the Street Discipline Committee, it is only an extracurricular task assigned to students by Takehara Minami Super High School, which is counted as a grade point assessment at the end of the semester... Well,Maybe there are also capable people in the school to show the city government and the general public the intention is inside.。

If you have to compare, it's similar to the community security, all of them look tall and full of spirit, but they belong to the "image post", if you really want to fight crime like the police, forget it...

......

With the yellowed leaves rolling in the evening breeze and the dark streets, Higashinohara hung far behind the two people in front of him, made a few trains, and then left the station and entered the long-distance bus stop in Shibuya Ward.

Along the way, the suspect girl didn't do anything out of the ordinary, and Higashinohara even vaguely felt that the other party seemed to be a little nervous, in a state of mental tension.

Well, you should be nervous if you commit a crime for fear of being arrested - this also strengthens Higashinohara's inference that the girl under the hoodie is the catwoman thief nine times out of ten.

......

Even after 9 o'clock in the evening, the brightly lit Shibuya long-distance station is still bustling with people, after all, this is New Tokyo, a bustling city known as "Gakuen City" in Wano Country.

Higashinohara stared at the door of the station ticket hall, noticing that the petite girl under the black hoodie had not entered, and Takuto Akiyoshi in front of him had turned around and entered the ticket hall alone.

Well?

Do you want to help buy tickets?

Are you going to leave Tokyo?

Higashinohara's face showed a thoughtful look.

After a while, the middle-aged man bought a ticket and walked out, and handed the ticket to the girl in front of him along with the change left over from the ticket with a sloppy look.

The girl under the black hoodie took the money and the ticket, looked down at the destination on the ticket seriously, her body trembled slightly unconsciously, she seemed to be very happy, and then carefully put the ticket into her arms.

Then, she stuffed the change left over from the ticket into the middle-aged man's wallet, raised her hand halfway and paused, and then took out a few large-denomination bills from the wallet on her body, stuffed them into the middle-aged man's wallet together, and then bowed slightly to the middle-aged man who was still stunned.

"Hmm... It's quite exquisite. ”

Higashinohara made an evaluation in his heart, the middle-aged man was emptied of his wallet by the female subordinate's immortal jump tonight, and I am afraid that he never dreamed that he would make up for some of the losses from the hands of the female thief wanted criminal.

However, at this moment, without warning, a siren sounded in my ears.

Immediately afterward, the red and blue flashing lights of the police car completely illuminated the darkness around the station.

One after another, the police cars stopped in the open space at the entrance of the long-distance station in a quick and orderly manner, and the wind whistle of the helicopter propellers could even be heard overhead.

Higashinohara was slightly puzzled in his heart, even if the amount of money involved in the idle theft case was large, I am afraid that the Metropolitan Police Department would not pay so much attention to it.

Is it because Catwoman has celestial and human blood?

Celestial beings established the world government more than 1,000 years ago and became the ruler of more than 300 countries in this world, with unimaginable privileges for ordinary people, which can be called a realistic version of the "world aristocracy".

Even if Catwoman is a half-breed and is not an orthodox celestial, it is estimated that she will have to apply for arbitration from the world government after being arrested, which explains why the Metropolitan Police Department in New Tokyo takes it so seriously.

As soon as the police car stopped, a large number of officers dressed in the uniforms of the third investigation team jumped out of the car, like two black snakes in the dark, and the speed was extremely fast and coiled around the long-distance station.

The passengers in the station were surprised, and then looked around a little blankly.

Did something happen?

......

Entrance to the ticket hall.

The girl under the hoodie was like a fried cat, her body suddenly tensed, her eyes swept around in a panic, and she didn't care about the middle-aged man next to her, so she chose a direction and walked forward with her head down.

After the girl left, it was a long time before Takuto Akiyoshi's eyes gradually returned to clarity, and he was startled by the noise around him, and he looked around blankly.

How do I get at a long-distance station?

His mind was a little dizzy and painful, and his memory just now seemed to be broken, and he only vaguely remembered that he seemed to see a girl with very unique pupils.

That's right... Girl!

Takuto Akiyoshi seemed to remember something, but he didn't seem to think of anything, and when he was at a loss, he realized that he was still holding a wallet in his hand, and when he looked down, he was stunned to find that the originally empty wallet had a few more large denomination bills.

What's the situation???

......

"Suspect identified at the station?"

"That's right, it's a report from an enthusiastic citizen, he said he will always follow, we located his mobile phone, and it's at the station now."

After a brief conversation, the tall man in a navy blue windbreaker and silver-rimmed glasses pushed down the glasses on the bridge of his nose, put his right hand against the sword at his waist, and said in a slightly low voice:

"Then surround all of this place, a team of people who cooperate with the Metropolitan Police Department are on standby, pay close attention to any suspicious people, the second team will take over the monitoring room of the station, and the third team will go in to search for people, all cheer up! Don't miss any corners, remember! The other party is likely to be a psychic powerhouse! Be careful."

"Yes!"

With a crisp and neat response, the people of the Third Investigation Group poured into the crowd in front of the long-distance station like countless trickles pouring into the river.

......

"Let's go, let's go, my husband has a heart attack, we're here for a tour, where is the nearest hospital here?"

"Husband, husband, you have a word..."

Before a certain third investigation team at the station could take over the emergency exit, a family of three appeared in front of the station security personnel who were on standby after being notified.

A middle-aged woman in a red tweed coat struggled to support her pale husband on her shoulders, her face was full of anxiety, tears were about to come out, and she was accompanied by a daughter pulling a suitcase to help her.

"Ahh

Security personnel at several stations were stunned.

They had just been notified to stand by at the exit, keeping an eye out for any suspicious single girls, waiting for someone from the Metropolitan Police Department to take over, but they didn't expect this to happen.

"Squad leader, what should I do?"

"Or let them... Wait a minute? ”

As they were discussing, the woman next to her sounded again with a crying voice, "Why are you stopping me, my husband is already unconscious, if something happens, who will be responsible for you!" Get out of the way! Get out of the way! ”

Maybe he was in a hurry and didn't hold it, but the middle-aged man who was being supported stumbled to the ground, and there was a sudden burst of chickens and dogs jumping around.

Seeing that the middle-aged man was pale and lying motionless on the ground, the woman's sharp voice hit the eardrums, and several security personnel were also confused.

Sickness comes like a mountain.

Heart disease is no joke.

"Squad leader... This..."

"Let them go out, anyway, what we paid attention to above was a single girl, a family of three..." Well, follow and help. ”

Hearing this, the woman hurriedly thanked her, and a tall security guard quickly squatted down on his back and stood up with the middle-aged man on his back, and the gate at the exit of the station popped open.

Many stranded passengers watched this scene, but they could understand the special situation and special treatment, and no one said anything.

Seeing that the family of three was about to leave the station, unexpectedly, an abrupt young man's voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Why! I also have a hurry to get home, why can they get out first. ”

When the words fell, everyone's eyes suddenly converged.

......

At the exit of the station, Xia Li was about to follow the couple controlled by her to cross the gate, and the sudden sound behind her made her body stiffen, and the pointed ears pressed under the shirt and hat almost popped out!

Hard, hard, hard!

The ears are hard!

Who is so hateful!

Xia Li turned her head, but saw that a teenager who looked like a high school student had walked out of the crowd, standing in front of several security personnel and pointing at them and shouting dissatisfiedly, and for a while, the security personnel who were carrying people at the gate involuntarily stopped their steps.

Da Da !

Suddenly, Xia Li's pointed ears under her hood moved slightly, and a sound of hurried footsteps not far away came into her eardrums, and her face suddenly became anxious for a while.

Oops!

You'll have to get out of the way quickly.

The anxious Xia Li immediately turned around, walked quickly to the young man who came up behind to make trouble, and when she approached, she suddenly stepped forward and looked at the other party's pupils, and said in a low voice:

"Xia Li. V. Prudence hereby orders you!

Back off! ”

.....

Higashinohara had actually noticed the Metropolitan Police Department and his party who came to take over not far away, but he was weak at the moment, and the girl he was staring at all the way was more likely to be a capable person, so he wanted to "outwit" in this unreasonable way.

What I didn't expect was...

The girl in front of her was decisively unexpected, and walked straight up to him, a pair of bright silver eyes like Kazlan jumped into view, but the strange red pupils in the middle instantly swallowed him like an endless black hole.

Higashinohara's head "buzzed", and his consciousness suddenly seemed to fall into an abyss where he couldn't see his fingers, and he kept sinking... Sink... The body has long since lost control.

Oops!

Carelessly!

Unexpectedly, at this moment,

In the depths of Higashinohara's soul, there was a loud "boom"!

A book-like clatter sounded clearly, and a manual with a dark cover came to mind very abruptly, and then quickly turned through countless blank pages from back to front, and finally froze on the title page.

At the same time, a mechanical, ethereal voice sounded in the depths of his mind.

[The Guilty Handbook detects the existence of a host in this world]

【Start Scanning...】 The conditions are matched]

【Start Binding】

......