"Allow me to decline this commission."

In a coffee shop, among the two girls sitting opposite each other, a woman with white hair and black-rimmed glasses said solemnly to the black-haired woman sitting opposite her.

"Huh? Why? ”

The black-haired woman was visibly surprised by what the white-haired woman said suddenly, "Could it be that this commission can't be completed in one day?" ”

The white-haired woman handed back a photo to the black-haired woman and explained methodically:

"Well, almost."

The black-haired woman took the photo and could see that the person in the photo was Akechi Takato, and the black-haired woman was Masami Hirota.

The white-haired woman went on to explain:

"Miss Hirota, you said that the other party is your sister's partner. Because I was worried that my sister would make friends accidentally, I asked me to conduct a life investigation on this person. It's hard to find out the results in a day, and I found it too difficult to investigate the person's history just a little bit of research. I'm afraid that no matter how many detectives you find, it will be difficult to help you. ”

"Huh? What do you mean? ”

Masami Hirota wondered.

"Relationships."

The white-haired woman explained, "Man is a social creature. From birth, it is natural for a person to meet all kinds of people. Therefore, in order to investigate a person's resume, it is generally necessary to find people who know him and understand from different populations in order to fully understand what kind of person he is. ”

After a pause, the white-haired woman took a sip of coffee, and then her expression became serious.

"However, the person you want to investigate is completely unable to find his interpersonal relationship half a year ago."

"Huh? How so? ”

Masami Hirota was surprised, "But the information clearly has the school he attended and his study abroad experience." Through these, you can find some related characters in any way. ”

"Well, it looks like that."

"But if you look closely, you will find that the school in the remote mountainous area where he attended in his early years was left with very few people alive because of an earthquake a few years ago." However, his study abroad information shows that he dropped out of school halfway, and the school can't find the complete information of this person, and the school is far away, so it is really difficult to go to the local area to investigate. ”

"That ......"

Masami Hirota fell into deep thought, "Could this be a fake identity?" ”

The white-haired woman shook her head when she heard this.

"Can't prove it. Although I also suspected that it was a fake identity at one point. But generally speaking, fake identities are to buy identity information that others don't want, so generally speaking, it is difficult for such identities to pass the interpersonal relationship investigation, as long as someone is willing to investigate the interpersonal relationship of this identity, it is easy to be exposed. And the identity of this person you can't even investigate the interpersonal relationship, and you can't falsify it at all. ”

"Is it possible that a fake identity?"

Masami Hirota looked at the wise and lofty photo in her hand and frowned.

"Unlikely."

The white-haired woman said, "Because his household registration information is real, and because of his study abroad, his passport is also real, so it shouldn't be a forged identity." Although this identity is somewhat suspicious, it is too perfect to falsify. So this is an unfalsifiable commission, please forgive me for not being able to accept it. ”

Standing in front of Wise Takato's villa, Masami Hirota recalled what the "Forgotten Detective" said to him not long ago, and couldn't help frowning - today, Akechi Takato went out, and he lived alone, that is, there was no one at home now.

Furukawa Yuki said that you can't be a member of the organization, and Shiho doesn't know why he's curious about you, as an older sister, I have to figure this out - or are you the same kind of person as the "Maharaja"?

And at this time, in the coffee shop of "Sand Glass".

Hidden Pavilion Esuke saw that Takato and Kyoko were both curious about what he said just now, and couldn't help but say urgently:

"It doesn't matter what the man says! Now the important thing is to help me clear my suspicions, otherwise when the police come to me, I won't be able to tell even if I have eight mouths! ”

"Mr. Hidekan, don't worry."

Gao Yuan reassured, "Aren't we thinking? ”

"But you're curious about what the man said!"

Hidekan Osuke seemed to be desperate and said with some tears.

"Think about it, you came to the scene of the murder for two days in a row, and the two crime scenes are in the area where you are responsible for delivering the courier service, and these two days are weekdays, and there are very few pedestrians on weekdays, so is it possible that the murderer has met you! I think Miss Today's son asked you to describe the people and things you encountered in the past two days, probably to see if there are any suspected murderers, as long as you find the real murderer, your suspicion will be cleared? ”

Takato explained.

"So, if you care so much about that man, does it mean that that person may be the murderer!"

Hearing this, Hidden Pavilion Esuke became a little excited, leaned on the coffee table, and stared at the opposite side of Gao Yuan and Sho Kami Ko, of course, the main line of sight was still looking at Kagami Ko, as if he was looking at the other party a little fascinated.

"It's hard to say, but so far, only this sentence seems suspicious."

Kyoko said, then looked at Takato, "What about you?" Mr. Detective? Any thoughts? ”

Gao Yuan thought for a moment and said, "That man should really want ten yuan coins, if it was just a whim to collect change, he probably wouldn't use the word 'gottah'." ”

"Yes, that's right! The man had to ask for ten yen anyway, which was weird! ”

Hearing Gao Yuan say what she was doing, Miss Imako said very happily.

Looking at the interaction between the two detectives in front of her, Miss Kyoko had a good chat with Gao Yuan, who met for the first time, and the hidden hall was a little unpleasant.

"What's strange about this, it's possible that you just don't have enough change to buy something."

Hidden Pavilion Esuke muttered in a whisper, but it was still heard by the two of them.

"It can't be to buy something!"

Gao Yuan retorted bluntly.

"Why? Generally, if you need money urgently, isn't it just to buy things? ”

In the face of Takato's rebuttal, Eisuke Hidden Pavilion didn't want to admit defeat for no reason, so he asked back.

"The phrase 'five more,' the man has to ask for at least five ten yen, which is fifty yen. In Japan, there are 50 yen coins in the market, and if he really wants to buy something and he is still 50 yen, he will say, "I have to ask for 50 yen." But he said, 'I have to ask for five ten yen,' and it wasn't for the sake of buying something. ”

Gao Yuan explained in detail.

Hidden Pavilion Esuke couldn't find a reason to refute what Takato said, so he leaned his head on the table in some frustration, and sighed helplessly: "But, if it weren't for collecting money to buy things, there would be no other reason." ”

Then Takato and Kyoko continued to be silent.

Looking at the embarrassing atmosphere at this time, Eisuke Hidden Pavilion couldn't help but use his brain, thought about it, and suddenly had an excellent idea.

"That's right! Will it be for change. I remember when I opened a shop at the school festival, I also worked hard to collect a lot of change for change. Right! And he was on the phone at the time, and the person on the other side of the phone should also be the person who opened the store together, which is the most likely! ”

Hidedate Esuke said his thoughts out loud with some excitement, looking forward to looking at the two detectives in front of him, waiting for his answer to be accepted, as if he had forgotten the original intention of inviting the two detectives.

Does the school festival open a store to make change? I haven't experienced it, so I really can't imagine it.

Gao Yuan couldn't help but say in his heart when he heard this.

"I don't think it's possible."

Miss Konko spoke, "You can guess from the words 'too little'. ”

"Indeed."

Takato agreed, "It's really wrong to collect five more ten yen coins for change. ”

"Maybe they've already collected a lot of coins, just to make them whole, so they'll have to ask for five!"

Hidden Pavilion Esuke said unwillingly.

Hearing this, Gao Yuan glanced at Hakuyin Pavilion Esuke, and he obviously didn't care about it when he was thinking.

"By the way, how many ten coins do you think the man is going to collect?"

Gao Yuan pointed out.

"'Ten yen is too few, I have to ask for five.'" It's too little, that is, it's still far from it. "I'm collecting ten coins, but I'm still far from the target, so I have to ask for five," translates to what the man's words mean. ”

After listening to Takato's words, Hidden Pavilion Esuke didn't seem to understand too much.

"Mr. Hidekan, for example, let's say he asks for a total of fifty coins, and now he has collected forty-five, and there are still five missing. In this case, would he use the phrase 'too little'? ”

Miss Konko saw the confusion of the hidden pavilion and reminded her.

"Probably not!"

Hearing that Kyoko took the initiative to talk to him, Hidden Pavilion Esuke said with some joy, "At this time, it is more reasonable to say 'it's almost'." ”

"Right!"

Miss Kyoko smiled and said, "The use of the phrase 'too little' only means that half of the ten yen coins have not been collected, or only about two-thirds of them have been collected. In this way, the man would have to ask for two or three times the amount of five coins at most, that is, about ten to fifteen coins. ”

"So the question is, what can that man do with ten to fifteen ten ten yen coins?"

Takato said, after all, this is Japan, ten to fifteen ten yen coins, which is only a hundred to one hundred and fifty yen denomination, what can such a little money be used for?

And, if the man needs between ten and fifteen coins, the total value is at most one hundred and fifty yen, which is of course equal to one hundred yen and one fifty yen. Mr. Detective, do you think there is any difference between the 150 yen for the former and the 150 yen for the latter? ”

Today's son asked Takato.

"Fifteen ten-yen coins are more scattered."

Gao Yuan said bluntly.