In the afternoon, it rained in New Tokyo, and in the evening, when the rain stopped, the sunset lifted the haze in the sky, but the apartment building of the Aragaki Detective Office was filled with a gloomy atmosphere.

"Mr. Nishimaru, please control your emotions first and cooperate with our investigation."

"Please! Please, you must find my daughter. ”

"Okay, rest assured, we'll do our best to find your daughter."

After finally stabilizing the collapsed mood of the man who called the police, the two patrol officers of the Ogawa Town Police Station breathed a sigh of relief, and after glancing at each other, one of them clenched his fists and coughed dryly:

"Hello Mr. Nishimaru, please be sure to answer the following questions carefully so that we can help you get your daughter back faster."

In the crowd of onlookers, Higashinohara looked at Shunsuke Nishimaru, who was sitting on the ground, and he quickly nodded with messy hair and haggard face.

"Your daughter's name?"

"Nishimaru Miri."

"Age?"

"Five-year-old... Oh no! Six years old! Just turned six! ”

"Okay, the time of the disappearance?"

"In the afternoon, the school teacher called me and asked if I had picked up my daughter home, and I said no."

"Has the school been monitored?"

"My daughter was not monitored at the school gate, and the school surveillance was not filmed, it was like disappearing after lunch."

"What time did you find it in the afternoon?"

"A little more... It should be almost two o'clock, wait for me to check the record, well, it's two o'clock. ”

One patrolman asks Shunsuke Nishimaru, while another is responsible for recording and handwriting down important points and details.

"Okay, so was there anything unusual about your daughter going to school this morning?"

"Is it abnormal? Not... No, in the morning she went to school as usual. ”

"Did you send her?"

"Uh, no, I can't get up at noon because I have to work the night shift, and she is very considerate of me, and she takes the school bus to the school by herself in the morning."

“......”

After the general questioning, the two patrol officers glanced at each other helplessly, obviously not being able to get any information from Shunsuke Nishimaru that would help solve the case.

One person could only say, "Okay, Mr. Nishimaru, the information you provided is very valuable, but we still have to retrieve the school's surveillance footage, you can rest assured, we will definitely find your daughter as soon as possible." ”

Shunsuke Nishimaru seemed to have calmed down from his previous collapse at this moment, but he still anxiously grabbed the patrolman's hand, "Then everything will be left to you!" My daughter has congenital heart disease, please make sure to find her as soon as possible, I really can't live without her..."

As he spoke, Shunsuke Nishimaru began to sob again.

Do you have congenital heart disease?

Higashinohara frowned when he heard this, Nishimaru Miri usually looks soft and weak, but the little girl never mentioned it, and he never expected to suffer from illness.

As for congenital heart disease, ordinary timely surgical treatment will generally improve, but some more complex or even deformed cases will not have much surgical effect, and even arrhythmia, hypoxia and death at any time are hidden.

......

After making the record, the two patrol officers were also a little helpless about this, this kind of case where there are no effective clues missing is the most difficult to handle.

Recently, Tokyo doesn't know why there have been several disappearances in a row, all of which are still being solved, and they don't have much time to spend here, so they can only barely comfort a few words and ask Nishimaru Shunsuke to sign the transcript and wait for a notice.

"Let's go back and do further investigation first, please keep the communication open, and we will contact you as soon as we find anything."

Staying at this sentence, the two patrol officers of Ogawa Town drove away.

The onlookers looked at the depressed Shunsuke Nishimaru, and although his popularity in this building was not very good, his daughter Nishimaru Miri was still very likable.

Many people went up and patted him on the shoulder to comfort him, and some even said that they had forwarded the missing person information on their social networking sites.

Shunsuke Nishimaru froze for a moment, and when he came to his senses, he hurriedly thanked the tenants who had said they would forward the missing person's information.

Higashinohara stared at him twice, and retreated without moving as the crowd dispersed.

Suddenly, someone behind him pushed him.

Higashinohara turned his head and found that he was stepping on slippers and holding the unscrupulous uncle Aragaki Satoru on the head of the chicken nest, this guy looked beyond Higashinohara and looked at Nishimaru Shunsuke who was standing there, and said with a smile:

"This guy... I'm lying... Right? ”

After saying that, he turned his head to Higashinohara.

Higashinohara remembered that Satoru Aragaki was haunted behind him in the morning, and he probably saw it at that time, so he nodded and said, "Well, Xiao Weili shouldn't have been to go to school by himself this morning, he got up early." ”

Satoru Aragaki clasped his hands in front of his chest, rubbed his bearded chin, and showed an interested look on his face, "So interesting... Why should he hide it? What do you think? ”

Higashinohara knew that Satoru Aragaki used to work in the Metropolitan Police Department, and I heard that he was still at the level of the police department of the Criminal Department.

Later, I didn't know why I was dismissed, so I inherited the family business and opened this detective office in the apartment building, but I think I still have some connections within the Metropolitan Police Department, otherwise it would be impossible to stuff my daughter Mai Aragaki into the third investigation team for internship after graduating from high school.

After thinking about it, Higashinohara looked at Satoru Aragaki and asked, "Did Mr. Nishimaru pay off the rent he owed today?" ”

"Hmm... Yes, it was paid at noon, and I was given more interest. Satoru Aragaki was stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted, "He said he was lucky to win a sum of money, what do you mean..."

"I don't know."

Higashinohara shook his head with a slightly cold face.

He never speculates about the evil of human nature, but he is also not naïve to think that everyone has a bottom line.

Satoru Aragaki was very simple, thought about it, and directly took out his mobile phone and made a call.

After saying a few words, he hung up the phone with a smile and said to Higashinohara with a smile, "I just contacted a friend from the Metropolitan Police Department, so... Wait for him to drive over and we'll scare that guy together. ”

Scare?

Higashinohara didn't expect Satoru Aragaki to use his crooked brain to come up with such an unobtrusive solution, so he couldn't help but blurt out, "Is it illegal?" ”

Aragaki Satoru smashed his mouth and said, "It depends on where the law is, as long as I can get evidence of the crime and let justice be carried out, I will not break the law." ”

Speaking of this, he looked up at the sky and said leisurely, "Higashino-kun, you have to remember that if you want to do something, you can't always be upright. ”

It's no wonder that you will be dismissed from your post - seeing that the other party looked like a life mentor again, Higashinohara couldn't help but complain in his heart.

However, he also wants to find the little girl who sweetly calls him "big brother" as soon as possible, and can only hope for Satoru Aragaki, a middle-aged uncle with local connections.

After a while, a police car coming from nowhere stopped downstairs, and after opening the door, a young man in his twenties wearing a police uniform jumped out.

The third floor of the apartment, Aragaki Detective Agency.

Seeing the young man who pushed the door in, Higashinohara was a little surprised by the efficiency and speed of the other party.

However, the man's face was not very good when he saw Aragaki Satoru, but he endured it and did not have a seizure, and then looked at Higashinohara, who looked like a high school student.

"I didn't expect your kid to come so quickly, don't worry, your own people." Satoru Aragaki who was lying on the boss's chair waved his hand and smiled.

Higashinohara occasionally did some work for him outside during this time, but he was really not an outsider, not to mention that he was also very concerned about this matter, and nodded to him with a smile on his face.

"Introduce, this is my former proud disciple Ah Tuo..."

Unexpectedly, before Aragaki Satoru finished speaking, a young man named Morita Taku complained with a straight face, "Master, please do well!" Leave me alone! I might be promoted next year, so what if I am always asked to do these things if someone catches me? Do you want me to be a police officer for the rest of my life like you? ”

Satoru Aragaki, who was smiling, stiffened his face, and scolded a little embarrassedly, "What nonsense are you talking about, stinky boy?" I also had the potential to be a police inspector back then, okay? Besides, I'll be looking for you for a year... Ahem... Five, six, seven, eight times, right? ”

"Ato, you've changed... When you first joined the team for internship, you hugged my leg and called me intimacy... I'm not so impatient..."

In the face of such greasy old fritters as Satoru Aragaki, Taku Morita was obviously not an opponent, so he could only sigh in defeat.

"Tell me, who is it this time?"

Satoru Aragaki, who was lamenting, changed his face at the speed of light, and immediately said with a smile, "It is worthy of being a good apprentice of the master, I didn't hurt you in vain back then, let's go, I'll take you upstairs, it's the resident of 505 above, this is the information I just sorted out for you." ”

As he spoke, Satoru Aragaki casually typed down and printed on the keyboard, and the printer next to him quickly spit out several sheets of A4 paper, with photos of Shunsuke Nishimaru and personal family information on them.

Boy... So fast?

Higashinohara just saw Satoru Aragaki slumped behind the computer lazily and happily, and thought that this guy was watching some kind of variety show with the characteristics of Wano Country, but he didn't expect it to be surprisingly reliable at the critical moment.

Morita Taku's master had already accepted his fate, reached out and took the information and looked at it a few times, frowning slightly, "His daughter... Missing today? ”

Taku Morita is a member of the Second Investigation Division of the Criminal Department of the Metropolitan Police Department, and is mainly responsible for investigating and dealing with fraud, counterfeit money, and dereliction of duty by public officials, bribery, and tax evasion.

Cases of missing persons have really not been dealt with.

"Yes, don't worry."

Satoru Aragaki had already stood up and led Taku Morita out the door and upstairs.

As he walked, he said to Morita Takushi beside him, "Wait until you knock on the door and go in, don't say anything, just say that you suspect him of defrauding a huge amount of property, and I will prepare the evidence for you." ”

"Where's the evidence?"

Higashinohara, who was following behind, interjected.

"Oh, I just faked it."

Aragaki Satoru didn't reply.

"......" Higashinohara.

This guy used to be a criminal policeman?

......

When I got to the fifth floor, I came to the door of Nishimaru Shunsuke's house, and the two living treasures, Satoru Aragaki and Taku Morita, immediately became strangers who didn't know each other.

Knock knock!

Shunsuke Nishimaru's voice came from inside the door.

"Who?"

Outside the door, Satoru Aragaki said leisurely, "I'm sorry to disturb Mr. Nishimaru, it's me, there was a policeman downstairs looking for you just now, and I helped bring it up when I was idle." ”

"Huh? Oh okay... Please wait. ”

After waiting for a while, the door to 505's room was opened, and Shunsuke Nishimaru seemed to have washed up, and his face didn't look as haggard as he had just been.

"Is there any news about my daughter?" Shunsuke Nishimaru asked, looking at Taku Morita who was wearing a Metropolitan Police Department uniform.

Taku Morita didn't speak, but stared at Shunsuke Nishimaru with sharp eyes like an eagle's eye for a while, until Shunsuke Saimaru's eyes dodged and actively avoided his gaze before he slowly spoke, "Mr. Saimaru, we suspect that you are suspected of Internet fraud, and we ask you to cooperate with the investigation next." ”

Shunsuke Nishimaru looked up in amazement.

"What... What? ”

......

What's next...

Higashinohara can only be described as magical.

Of course, Nishimaru Shunsuke did not admit that he was scamming on the Internet, but the aggressive Morita Taku immediately came up with evidence - a large amount of unidentified funds had recently flowed into Nishimaru Shunsuke's bank account.

Satoru Aragaki at the door also probed his knife shyly, "Mr. Policeman, Nishimaru-san did pay off the rent arrears for half a year in one go today, and he has to move in the near future, ah no!" I didn't mean that.... I suddenly remembered this, not that Nishimaru-san must be a fraudster! ”

At the corner of the corridor, Higashinohara was speechless, and Shunsuke Nishimaru, who was confronting Taku Morita inside, was also anxious.

At first, he insisted that he had won a sum of money in a recent lucky bet, but under the pressure of Morita Taku's step-by-step, he still couldn't say when, where, and how he won...

After a few minutes, Shunsuke Nishimaru was a little incoherent, "I... I'm not... Mr. Policeman, I really didn't cheat! ”

"I don't count this, Mr. Nishimaru, judging from the current situation, maybe you have to go to the Metropolitan Police Department with us, we have professional colleagues who will handle your case, and we can only release you back when we can explain it clearly."

As he spoke, Taku Morita took out a pair of handcuffs from his arms.

Shunsuke Nishimaru's face changed when he saw this.

His face struggled and hesitated for a while, then he suddenly let go, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll explain, just now I... I lied, the money was actually... It's my daughter's test fee. ”

How much does it cost?

Hearing this word, Taku Morita frowned, and Satoru Aragaki at the door glanced at Higashinohara in the corridor.

"What medicine? How much? Morita asked.

"My daughter has congenital heart disease, and she said it was a cure for this disease." Shunsuke Nishimaru's gaze was even more evasive, and he whispered very weakly, "The cost is... 5 million yen. ”

Not.... The salary of a normal office worker for two years is indeed a lot of money for a person like Shunsuke Nishimaru who is in arrears for half a year's rent.

Morita Taku's gaze was a little unkind, "Where did you know someone?" Didn't you think that the other party might be a liar? Is the medicine fake? ”

Shunsuke Nishimaru was stunned when he heard this, as if he hadn't thought about this question, but his mouth was different:

"Nope! It won't be a liar! It was introduced by my friend in the nightclub, the other party is very rich, and I paid half of the deposit in advance, my money came from here, I don't believe that I will show you the transfer record, I really didn't cheat Mr. Police! ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly took out his mobile phone.

If you have money, you won't be a liar?

Higashinohara sighed, it's really sad that Nishimaru Miri has such a father on the stall.

Morita Taku glanced at the transfer records, there were two in total, one last night, and one this morning, totaling five million yen, and it seemed that he didn't panic.

He glanced disdainfully at Shunsuke Nishimaru, whose face was full of panic, and then turned his head to look at Satoru Aragaki, who smiled and nodded in thanks.

So Morita patted Shunsuke Nishimaru on the shoulder, "Okay, congratulations on clearing your suspicion of fraud, then I'll go first." ”

Morita Takushi was a little resolute, turned around and said to leave, and went straight out.

It's... Let's go?

Shunsuke Nishimaru, who was in the room, was stunned for a moment.

At the door, Satoru Aragaki lazily leaned against the door frame and asked, "After trying the medicine in the morning, you will send your daughter to school with Nishimaru-san?" ”

"Well, yes, I bought her sushi on the way." Shunsuke Nishimaru said hurriedly.

Satoru Aragaki glanced at him, "But Nishimaru-san, when you reported this incident just now... Why didn't you explain it to the police?

"I... I..."

Shunsuke Nishimaru opened his mouth.

After all, it's not a glorious thing to make money by relying on your daughter to test drugs... The key daughter was still missing from school in the afternoon, how could he say it?

But people always find reasons for themselves.

Shunsuke Nishimaru said with some slurry, "The drug testing agency told me that they were a gray industry and didn't want to contact the police, and that one million out of five million was hush money, and I thought... It shouldn't have anything to do with my daughter's disappearance at school... That's why I didn't mention it..."

Finally, he added in a low voice, "Those people... Those people look fierce, and I'm afraid I can't afford to mess with my daughter..."

"So your daughter has disappeared, do you want to find him?" Satoru Aragaki asked.

"Of course." Shunsuke Nishimaru hurriedly said, looking anxious and not fake.

Aragaki Satoru said leisurely, "Hehe, if you really want to, then I advise you to re-contact the police and report this matter to them completely, maybe this is the clue to solve the case." ”

"Really?" His face was a little hesitant.

"Don't you want to get your daughter back?"

"I... Of course I want to! ”

Shunsuke Nishimaru's face struggled, and suddenly gritted his teeth in Satoru Aragaki's smiling gaze, "Okay! I'll report back! Anyway, I won't live here anymore. ”

With that, he picked up his phone.

After a while, a siren sounded downstairs - two patrol officers from the Ogawa Town Police Station received a call and drove back.

Shunsuke Nishimaru closed the door and went downstairs uneasily.

In the corridor, Higashino pretended to be passing by, glanced at Shunsuke Nishimaru, and suddenly asked casually:

"Mr. Nishimaru, I just passed by and heard some... If you don't mind... I would like to ask what those special drugs for congenital heart disease look like? Does it really work? I have a relative in my hometown who also has this disease. ”

Shunsuke Nishimaru glanced up at Higashinohara, recognized him as the high school student who took care of his daughter last night, nodded and said:

"It's a plate of peeled oranges, they say it's a fruit drug, and there are patents issued by the world government, and if the efficacy... On the way back, Miri said sweet..."

Orange?

How is it orange again?

Higashinohara couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.

His mind subconsciously recalled the image he had seen in the dissection of the Heavenly Tiger Maiden Xia Li—it was also a smooth, plump, bright orange.

This... What's going on?

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