"So, are you alone now?"

"Ah, yes, this time I was really alone. But don't worry about that kid Taisuke, I'm not going to give up. Now it's not just his family business! ”

Even from the phone, Bai Tangjing could hear the suppressed anger and persistence in Yagami's tone.

But it is this attitude that makes people more reassuring.

"Hey, hey, the last time I saw you take it so seriously, it was when I was investigating the 'new drug case' that was widely implicated! Is the situation really that serious? ”

“...... No, mirror. The two are no longer comparable. ”

Takayuki Yagami, who was standing outside the nuclear power plant area, was in the shadows of the deep alleys.

Beyond the alley are lush flowers and trees, and there are many insects and birds flying over the branches.

It is a scene of vitality and harmony between human beings and nature through high-tech technology.

But in Yagami's eyes, under this clear sky, a peaceful nuclear power plant not far away has long been shrouded in an invisible dark cloud!

"ADDC9, a new drug that claims to be able to treat dementia, is at best nothing more than a carnival and dumping of pharmaceutical companies and various forces in the field of capital.

I've always been against grand narratives, but really, how many people can be hurt?

And this nuclear power plant incident...... Mirror, I don't even dare to open my mouth to estimate a number! An approximate number of people affected! ”

Hearing this, Bai Tangjing couldn't help but slowly sit up straight.

"Are you sure, Yagami? TEPCO is also an old giant, and it will really make the situation ......"

"Kagami, you know what?"

Yagami interrupted Hakudogagami's questioning and provoked a seemingly irrelevant remark.

"Toyama-gumi, the largest yakuza province in Fukushima Prefecture, is moving its stronghold with all its might.

In addition to using your force to reach out to Tokyo's 'red sand', you even spend a lot of money and personnel to fight and occupy another bridgehead in the neighboring Gunma Prefecture.

That's why the bounty they've released to the Wu clan is low. ”

Bai Tangjing on the other end of the phone nodded, this can indeed explain why an old fox like Hideki Yuanshan is obviously murderous, but he is not light.

"Because of this nuclear power plant, TEPCO has spread its influence throughout Fukushima Prefecture. You're more familiar with that distant mountain group than I am, there's no doubt about it! They are TEPCO's black gloves, and they are the hounds that should be loyal!

But now, the hound is actually leaving the nest without the owner saying a word? ”

Yagami was asking, but Bai Tangjing, who was the listener, only felt that his throat was dry and he couldn't speak.

A conjecture is already in the mouth, but its brutal core makes it impossible to put it into words.

But Yagami spoke up, even though his voice was dry like two pieces of sandpaper scraping.

He spoke it out anyway.

"There's only one reason.

- For the 'hounds' who know the inside story, they want to live more than the meat and bones and the whip they wield!

In order to survive, it is not even necessary to evacuate the urban area where the nuclear power plant is located! Instead, withdraw directly from Fukushima Prefecture! ”

There was silence on both ends of the phone, except for the faint sound of breathing.

After a long time, Bai Tangjing spoke first.

His voice was calm, as if the horrific news had never reached his ears.

"Taisuke doesn't need to know so much, I'll briefly appease him. As for you......

I'll give you 10 million yen first, don't think about refusing, just think of it as the operation fund I hired you.

Find out the truth about TEPCO, and then hand it over to Brother Genda and make it public!

After all, I also live on this island, and I don't want to get involved in such a dangerous thing as nuclear radiation. ”

"Cut~"

As the atmosphere on the phone relaxed, Yagami scoffed.

"Everyone knows this situation, it's more convenient to move abroad with money, right? Obviously he wanted to prevent the disaster, but he insisted on saying it so ugly.

You're the only one who looks awkward like you're sixteen years old. ”

"No more nonsense! If you get the money, you can work for your employer as soon as possible! Second-rate detectives don't deserve to make money! Toot-"

Takayuki Yagami looked at the blackened mobile phone screen in a daze, and after a long time, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Thankfully, he's not really alone.

There are still good-willed, like-minded friends around him.

"10 million yen! The operation budget has never been more relaxed, and now the equipment and equipment, as well as the remuneration for finding helpers to come and help, are also ......."

Just as Yagami was thinking about how to make the most of the funds that were about to arrive.

An old white man in disheveled clothes, but with a detector-like instrument in his arms, poked his head through a fork in the road into the alley where Yagami was.

Because Yagami's position in the alley is heavily shadowed, and the white old man has to take care of the instrument reading.

So much so that he didn't even notice the young man standing behind him in a daze.

Yagami only heard the old white man muttering excitedly in English.

"That's right! That's the reading! I found it!

I'll just say what they're hiding!

I'll just say what they hid 17 years ago!

Ford, you should really come and see, your mother's death is because of this! This damn shockwave! ”

The old man's English was spoken in a hurry, and he was vague.

If Yagami wasn't an elite person who could get a lawyer's license in Hinomoto, then he probably wouldn't understand a word.

Thankfully, he understood.

"This guy...... Is it a nuclear power plant relation? ”

Yagami lightened his body and looked his eyes up and down on the old white man.

Originally, he thought that this old man was just an environmental conspiracy theorist.

After all, this kind of image is too classic in Hollywood movies.

But in reality, can this kind of person really be the key factor in saving the world? - No kidding.

But as soon as the old man spoke, Yagami quickly summed up a huge amount of information from his words.

17 years ago? Similar shock waves? Nuclear power accidents?

That is, in 1999.

Nuclear Power Plant Accident ...... The Zhanjila Nuclear Power Plant in the city of Queluro!

Yagami's pupils shrank.

If it was Bai Tangjing, a young man born in the new century, who heard this, then he probably wouldn't even know these two names.

But Yagami, who is already in his thirties, remembers it clearly.

At that time, it was advertised by the whole country as "the crown of human energy science and engineering" and "the future of mankind jointly built by Nihonoto and the United States".

The nuclear power plant, which was put into operation as early as 1999, carries countless honors and expectations.

Because of this, when the beginning of the celebration finally ended with a brutal end, the people at that time were even more shocked.

The collapse of the Chamila nuclear power plant destroyed more than just a city and a huge amount of electricity.

It has also shattered the confidence of countless people in the future of humanity.

And the old white man in front of him is the one who is involved in the accident?

Under the huge mental impact, Yagami's breathing couldn't help but be chaotic.

And the white old man in front of him, although his mental fluctuations were huge, he still had some vigilance, and he immediately realized that there was another person behind him!

"Who?!"

Roaring in broken Japanese, the old white man ran away with his head covered.

Don't look behind you.

"Hey! Wait a minute! You're here to investigate this nuclear power plant, we're allies! ”

Yagami grabbed the old white man by the collar, and in his struggle, he shouted in English for ease of understanding.

Hearing this, the young man who had really practiced martial arts couldn't break free, and the white old man gasped and gradually calmed down.

"Whoa—you, you're also here to investigate the nuclear power plant?"

"Who would lie about such a bad thing?" Seeing that the old man was no longer struggling, Yagami loosened his clothes and stretched out his hand, "Takayuki Yagami is a detective hired to investigate the nuclear power plant. ”

"Detective? Hey! The old white man sneered and looked at Yagami's outstretched hand, as if he was a little resentful of the profession.

But in the end, after a moment of hesitation, he still held it.

"Well, you really don't have a reason to lie to me about this. Joey Brody, a former engineer at the Chamjira nuclear power plant, is now an old man with nothing. ”

"It looks like we're off to a good start."

"That's hard to say, young man. Maybe you'll take me for a madman after listening to my theory. ”