After all, whether it is considering the family background or personal ability, Shiratori Renzaburo has the capital to be cultivated, especially the former.

As the eldest son of the Japanese wealthy Shiratori family, Renzaburo Shiratori, who was born with a golden spoon in his mouth, has a blind future in the police world.

Influence, connections, money and fairly good personal ability all determine that as long as there is no accident in the son, the son of Japan's top chaebol will definitely be in a high position in the future.

It is precisely because of this that within the Metropolitan Police Department, as one of the suitors of Miwako Sato, Shiratori Renzaburo is far more popular in the hearts of a group of salty and wet male policemen than Katsumi Uehara, who is from an ordinary background.

As a suitor, he was even able to form the Miwako Sato Defense Line, and he became the leader of this defense line in a grand manner.

To some extent, this is also one of the epitome of the solidification of class in Japanese society.

Born in a chaebol family, an elite in the professional group, a future official in a high position, a good person, and a good personality - if you look at it purely from the marriage market, Shiratori Ren Saburo can undoubtedly kill indiscriminately.

Even Katsumi Uehara would not deny this.

Not to mention anything else, just the matter of promotion, even if he is from the same professional group, his promotion and position change in the future will definitely not be as good as Shiratori Ren Saburo, there is no doubt about it.

Behind Shiratori is a wealthy family, the Shiratori Foundation that stands at the apex of Japanese society, and behind him there is nothing.

Katsumi Uehara really wants to compete with him and climb to the top in the future, or he can marry the favored daughter of one of Japan's top chaebols. For example, the eldest princess of the Suzuki Foundation and the like, because the Suzuki Foundation is at the helm of the two daughters and has no sons;

Or, they will continue to make monstrous achievements that no one can ignore, so that they will be remembered by some bigwigs in their eyes and hearts, and they can be carried out if necessary.

Alumni are also a network of contacts.

Although Kei's reputation in the three worlds of police, government, and business is not as good as that of schools such as the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University, it is not better than nothing.

Of course, the premise of all this is based on the fact that Katsumi Uehara wants to climb up with one mind.

As one of the only two members of the professional group under Twilight Thirteen, Shiratori Renzaburo still had a sense of crisis in his heart when Katsumi Uehara first came to report a year ago, feeling that if he didn't perform well, Twilight Thirteen would prefer to exercise Katsumi Uehara, who was born on a tabula rasa.

As it turned out, he was overthinking.

The thing Katsumi Uehara did the most in the three departments was not to follow him to the scene of the crime to practice, but to sit in the office and blow the air conditioner, drink tea and draw turtles, just like now.

Shiratori, who had no clue about the serial murder case, threw down the mountain of papers, and his face was so sad that he almost hugged his head and wailed, and looked through the gap between the workstations, Katsumi Uehara, who had already refilled a cup of wolfberry chrysanthemum tea, was writing the white paper-

Although the painting is very abstract, at least a little outline can be seen.

The Masked Superman vs. the Water King Eight.

"Uehara, are you free now? I have something I would like to ask for your opinion. ”

"No, what about the case closure report."

The corners of Shiratori Ren Saburo's mouth twitched: "...... Do you close the case for the masked superman? ”

"A kid named Ash called the police to say that his family's water king was blown up by the masked superman as a wild monster—"

Perhaps thinking that this reason was a bit too outrageous, Katsumi Uehara paused, and then pulled up another piece of white paper to cover the masterpiece very naturally, pressed his elbow on it, raised his eyes and said: "But it doesn't matter, Shiratori, do you need my opinion?" ”

“……”

For a while, Shiratori, whose emotions were a little complicated, took a deep breath, and he didn't know whether it was right or wrong for him to discuss the case with this unobtrusive colleague: "That's right, now I have a serial murder case on hand." The professions of the deceased were diverse, and there was no consistent similarity in age, blood type, gender, or dress.

"On top of that, every time the body was found, it was stuffed in a fish tank full of water, and we also found a wallet on each of the deceased. In the wallet was a metal card, on which someone had carved the English word NEXT with a knife. ”

The contents of the dossier were expressed one by one, and Ren Saburo Shiratori did not forget to turn out the photos related to the case and put them in front of Katsumi Uehara-

Seven photographs, six corpses. When they were found, they were all soaked in the fish tank, and the red blood was extremely dazzling.

"Six dead people in six days, an average of one dead a day?" Only glanced at the deceased in the photo, and his eyes fell on the file Katsumi Uehara's eyebrows, and a touch of surprise flashed: "Is there no surveillance at the scene of the crime?" ”

"Yes, but it's all vandalism. We're now tracking down the social circles of the six dead, but none of them have any overlap—"

Bell bell bell !!

The sudden ringing of the phone interrupted Shiratori Renzaburo's explanation of the case.

"Hello? I'm Shiratori. ”

Seeing that it was the white bird who was called by his subordinates, an ominous premonition suddenly rose in his heart-

"What do you say?! Another corpse with an identical dead appearance was found?! ”

Shiratori, who jumped up from his chair in an instant, had an extremely ugly face, and after making a request gesture to Katsumi Uehara to help organize the file, he hurried out.

"Secure the site now! I'll be there soon! No one is allowed to approach the site until I arrive......"

The suppressed voice of uneasiness and anger faded away, and Katsumi Uehara, who was sitting in a swivel chair sipping wolfberry chrysanthemum tea, raised his eyebrows, and when he helped Shiratori sort out the messy file, his eyes fell uncontrollably on the seventh photo again-

In the blood-soaked purse, a metal nameplate with obvious traces of artificial carving, meaning the next "NEXT", looks particularly terrifying against the backdrop of six corpses.

"Tsk, this murderer is really a madman."

Katsumi Uehara shook his head, put all the photos away, and threw the file back to Shiratori's workstation.

This kind of premeditated and irregular killing is undoubtedly one of the most troublesome cases for the police, and no one knows whether the murderer killed a serial murderer on a whim or deliberately killed a bunch of people randomly in the same way to cover up in order to kill someone.

It is very likely that it will become an unsolved case in the end, and it will become a "stain" that can be attacked in the future career of Shiratori Renzaburo.

"Forget it, what do you want to do with this, the report of Moon Shadow Island hasn't been written yet." Shaking his head, Katsumi Uehara raised his eyes and looked at the wall clock on the wall, and a little hesitation rose in his heart-

It's almost lunch time, why don't you go to the cafeteria for a meal first and write in the afternoon?

Just as he was hesitating, a phone call from Asa Shonmi completely saved him from his choice difficulty.

"Uehara, I'm back in Tokyo and settled down, come out for dinner at noon?"

"So fast? It's only been four days, right? ”

"The director of the Moon Shadow Island Clinic helped write a letter of recommendation, and he is also a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine of Tokyo University, so he is considered my old senior. So after I arrived in Tokyo, I went straight to Yonka Central Hospital, and I was busy moving for the first two days, but I was free today. ”

“…… It's good to graduate from Tokyo University. ”

Katsumi Uehara, who has been holding back a fart for a long time, wants to eat lemons a little.

What a stinky fish and rotten shrimp is Keio! It's been a year in the Metropolitan Police Department, and I haven't seen any seniors to help!

Back then, I should have studied hard and regretted not being at the beginning!