"Hello hello! Come in. ”

"Mai, don't be stunned, hurry up and pour a glass of water for the guests."

The apartment is on the third floor.

Aragaki Detective Agency.

Mai Aragaki who came back with a strange mixed-race girl endured it when she saw this, but decided to save some face for her father in front of outsiders, muttered twice in her mouth and turned around to pour water.

On the sofa opposite the coffee table.

The petite Shikame Ryoka's sitting posture was a little restrained, only half of her butt was on the sofa, and her eyes drifted to Higashinohara sitting in the corner from time to time - she had just met downstairs and was led upstairs by the enthusiastic Satoru Aragaki, and she hadn't had time to ask Higashinohara why she was here.

When Mai Aragaki poured the tea, she quickly got up and thanked her with both hands, and the latter said a few polite words, turned around and glared at her father Satoru Aragaki behind her.

However, thinking that there was a request for someone today, I sat aside first and made room.

Satoru Aragaki is rarely serious, and he doesn't despise the other party because of his age.

A principal is a principal.

Of course, the premise is to give money.

After a simple polite greeting, he asked straight to the point:

"What do you have to ask the guest?" Aragaki Office will bring you the most satisfying service that other private detective agencies cannot enjoy at the lowest price in the industry. ”

Ryoka Kame didn't seem to be used to being so enthusiastic about her, and leaned down slightly.

To be honest, Higashinohara is not very comfortable either, and if he meets someone on the street who is inexplicably enthusiastic about him, then he will definitely hold his wallet tightly before talking.

But when he really wanted to talk about things at this time, a blank and helpless look appeared on Lumu Liangxiang's face, his eyes were slightly reddened, he sniffed, lowered his head and said:

"My mother... He passed away the day before yesterday. ”

Aragaki Satoru was stunned for a moment, and immediately said with relief, "Huh? In this case... And please mourn, your mother may want to see you happy, too. ”

Higashinohara glanced at Ryoka Kame.

He remembered hearing someone in the class say that she was a single parent, and her mother's death must have hit her hard, but at this time, Ryoka Kame looked much stronger than she imagined.

Satoru Aragaki didn't rush and waited quietly.

Ryoka Kame snorted, suddenly stood up from the sofa, her bright eyes full of determination, and bowed violently to Satoru Aragaki.

"My mother... Mother, she was killed, please believe me. ”

Aragaki Satoru saw that she was a little emotional, and quickly reassured, "I believe it!" Of course I believe that the purpose of our detectives' existence is to search for clues to find out the truth and not let go of a bad guy, but can you tell me a little more about it? ”

It's been two days since then.

Ryoka Kakume looked at Satoru Aragaki with a sincere face, and then at Higashinohara, who was sitting quietly not far away, and was inexplicably relieved, and lowered his head and began to speak.

"Saturday was my birthday, and my mother got up early to go to the vegetable market to buy ingredients to make my favorite sukiyaki, and when it was almost seven o'clock, I suddenly received a call from my mother, who called me in front of the protective fence next to the tram... And then... And then..."

"And then what's wrong?" Satoru Aragaki asked.

"The police said that the mother ignored the fence and walked into the middle of the tracks..."

Ryoka's voice became lower and lower, and then she suddenly shook her head vigorously, "Impossible!" Mother won't be suicidal! ”

"You say... At that time, your mother was talking to you on her phone? Satoru Aragaki asked with a frown.

"Uh-huh." Ryoka Kame nodded.

"Did you talk about anything?"

"I was woken up on the phone and was a little confused, but I remember my mother's voice sounding a little delighted, as if she saw something familiar, and... Then I heard the sound of the tram. ”

This is undoubtedly a tragedy.

After listening to the words of the deer eye, the surroundings suddenly fell silent.

Aragaki stoodle and continued to ask, "This was the day before yesterday, did you provide this information to the police?" ”

"I said it, but the police said that suicide could not be ruled out, and that in the surveillance video, my mother ignored the fence, looked ahead, walked to the middle of the tracks with a smile on her face, and... That's where the tram came. ”

"They also deduced that my mother might have been working too hard to raise me alone and living in New Tokyo was too stressful, so she chose to commit suicide...... But it's not like that, I'm obviously working hard... I try to be a mother's dependence. ”

As she spoke, her head lowered, and tears the size of beans rolled down again.

Seeing this, Mai Aragaki hurriedly took a tissue and whispered a few words of relief.

Higashinohara, however, probably guessed why the Metropolitan Police Department was inclined to commit suicide, because Wano Country was only one of the 15 subway lines in the new Tokyo metropolitan area, and more than 3,000 suicide cases had been discovered in the past decade.

With an average of more than 300 cases a year, it is nothing new, and the police's characterization of it as a suicide naturally saves them a lot of trouble for follow-up investigations.

That's tricky.

Satoru Aragaki also fell into deep thought.

Judging from the information provided by Ryoka Kame, he can't say whether this is really a suicide case, after all, no matter how famous a detective is, no matter how maverick the analysis is, it will end up in fact, and he can't distort the truth in order to make money.

In the following time, Satoru Aragaki asked a few more questions in a gentle and careful manner.

In the end, he said that this entrusted Aragaki Detective Agency will definitely find out the truth of the matter, and then he said goodbye to Kame Liangxiang,

When Kame Ryoka was leaving, she glanced at Higashinohara who was sitting in the corner of the room, but Higashinohara didn't explain why she was here, but just smiled and nodded to let her go home first.

After Ryoka Kamu left the office, Satoru Aragaki was silent, and Mai Aragaki, who had been listening for a long time, came up and asked, "I think this case is very suspicious, do you think it will be him who killed?" ”

"I'll have to wait until I've seen the footage."

Aragaki smacked his chin and muttered to himself, "It looks like I'm going to trouble Ato again." ”

The corners of Higashinohara's eyes twitched slightly, and he remembered the young man Morita Taku with a bitter face, this guy definitely doesn't trouble people five or six or seven or eight times a year, right?

After Satoru Aragaki finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something, and his eyes drifted to the short-haired girl with pointed ears who had been sitting in the chair next to the door since she walked into the office, and her eyes were staring at Higashinohara in the corner without blinking.

It's not possible, Dongye's handsomeness is indeed a bit like my demeanor back then.

Satoru Aragaki turned his head to look at Mai Aragaki and whispered to Nunu at the door, "Why did you bring a celestial to my office?" Is there any business entrustment? Gee... It's not easy to entrust the celestials. ”

"She's half-blooded."

Mai Aragaki glared at Satoru Aragaki angrily after speaking, "Don't you often complain that I don't come to the detective agency to help after graduation and lack of manpower?" Here... She's the new employee I introduced you. ”

"New hire?" Aragaki Satoru was stunned.

Xia Li sitting on a chair at the door. V. Prudence seemed to hear someone call her, and the pointed ears on her head suddenly moved, and she stood up with a swish, bowed deeply to Satoru Aragaki and recited fluently without squinting:

"Hello boss! My name is Xia Li, I am from Okinawa Prefecture, I am good at running and fighting, I am cheerful, hard-working, optimistic, sociable, and dare to face challenges....."

"Wait, wait, wait!"

Satoru Aragaki interrupted Xia Li's introduction, turned his head to look at his daughter, rubbed his head and said, "I remembered!" Isn't she the female thief who was wanted last week? ”

"That's a misunderstanding, Xia Li-chan is also a victim."

Mai Aragaki explained, "The manager of the stolen jewelry club is a pervert, illegally banned women, and now he has been arrested, and later Xia Li-chan was kidnapped and imprisoned in the basement of the villa, which is really pitiful." ”

"Villa basement?"

Satoru Aragaki suddenly became interested, "Is it the villa in the port area that exploded and caught fire last night as mentioned on the news this morning, I saw a reporter photographing the Metropolitan Police Department quietly and secretly escorting a group of missing young people home this morning." ”

"Don't ask what you shouldn't know!"

Mai Aragaki didn't pick up this stubble, and continued with a puffed mouth, "Anyway, that's the way it is, Xia Li has now been acquitted, but she has no money to go back to her hometown for the time being, and she wants to find a job in New Tokyo that can feed her again, don't you often tell me that the office is short of people?" Don't say I didn't remind you, Xia Li is still a third-order ability of the spirit department! ”

"The Able?" Aragaki Satoru's eyes suddenly lit up slightly, and he said with some uncertainty, "As long as you have enough to eat?" ”

"Don't think about it!"

Mai Aragaki definitely knows her father best, and when she heard this, she immediately raised her eyebrows and said, "Of course, I have to pay my salary, by the way, Xia Li doesn't have a place to live now, and she has to pack accommodation." ”

How does this little padded jacket turn its elbow outward?

Will you get married in the future?

At this time, Higashinohara, who hadn't spoken much, heard the conversation between the two about the fire at the Odaiba villa in Minato Ward last night, and also involved the missing person in New Tokyo recently.

He pondered it in his heart, but still asked, "Mai-senpai, is there a little girl who looks like a five or six year old among the missing people in Odaiba Villa last night?" ”

Mai Aragaki was stunned when she heard this, and Satoru Aragaki next to her added, "There is a little girl missing from the upper floor of our apartment, and I have called the police last week but there has been no result, his father packed up his things and moved away yesterday, and that little girl has a good relationship with Higashino-kun..."

After listening to Satoru Aragaki's explanation, Mai Aragaki gave Higashinohara an apologetic look.

"I'm sorry Senior Higashino, this is a confidential matter for the time being, there are rules in the team, and I can't reveal too much now, but I will help you pay attention to the news if there is news."

Higashinohara just wanted to know what the Metropolitan Police Department would do with Nishimaru Miri's body, and where he would be buried, so he nodded and said it was okay.

Satoru Aragaki smacked his mouth twice next to him, and said thoughtfully, "Are you still keeping it a secret?" That guess it's a case involving celestial beings, right? Gee... Those guys at the Metropolitan Police Department can really bear it! Could it be a turtle hahaha..."

Mai Aragaki suddenly felt scolded together, and she was so angry that she said loudly, "What does this have to do with us?" We are only responsible for arresting people, and it is clear that the ministers of the prosecutor's office and the cabinet are in cahoots with the heavenly and human parliamentarians of the world government. ”

"Really? I don't believe it. ”

Aragaki Satoru pouted, "The Metropolitan Police Department is not stupid, you think so spotlessly, hehe, I really want to bring those celestials to justice, there are ways." ”

Mai Aragaki couldn't help but say angrily when she heard this, "Method? Then you tell me... Can we still bypass the prosecutor's office and the world government to convict the celestials? ”

"Of course not."

Aragaki Satoru shook his head and said nothing, but seeing that Aragaki Mai's expression was not quite right, he immediately stopped selling Guanzi, and pointed to the computer with a smile, "You don't need to bypass it, but you can borrow your strength, and it is not true that the country of Wano has never handled a case of celestial people once in history." ”

"How to borrow... Oh, you mean ....."

As soon as Mai Aragaki said something, people reacted a little - what his unreliable father said was of course not the power of computers, but the pressure of public opinion from netizens behind countless computers.

"That's... Will it work? ”

Mai Aragaki said with some hesitation.

"It's no longer the case."

Aragaki Satoru suddenly said in a leisurely tone, "The real world nobles in history, the Nine Masters of Heaven and Man, have now retreated into the background, how much background can those human traffickers have even if they are celestials?" Even if the top brass of Wano Country want to curry favor with the world government, they have to weigh the pros and cons for the sake of their own position in the ass, and take into account the thoughts of the majority of the people. ”

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