The next morning, when Starfish woke up, Naruse and Hikaru Takikawa had already gotten up, and the former had prepared breakfast for everyone.

"If you want to find someone, look for it, don't mess around, don't wander around, don't forget that you're still skipping school...... If you have accurate information, let me know. ”

Song Qianqiu still has work today, and after explaining it, he left in a hurry with his assistant.

When the starfish who got up last also finished breakfast, Naruse cleaned up and took the two out of the door.

"The cat hero's home address is at 2-chome Sakuragaoka, Setagaya......"

It was already past nine o'clock in the morning, and when he got on the subway, Naruse looked down at the map, "I haven't been there before, so let's look for it slowly." Well, you have to walk for half a day after getting off the subway, and it looks closer to walk this road......"

Hikaru Takikawa sat next to him and watched, then raised his eyes and swept the other passengers in the carriage.

"Speaking of which, it's Wednesday."

"Hmm." Naruse answered, and quickly raised his gaze to look at her again.

"Does Harumi know how old that cat hero is?"

"If you listen to the voice, you feel like a student ......"

The two looked at each other.

"Hello students, if you're too old, it's hard to deal with." Starfish said.

Hikaru Takikawa looked past Naruse and looked at her, "But the problem is, under normal circumstances, students are going to school today. ”

"Ah...... Yes! ”

From the time I got up to now, everything was too natural, and the starfish realized that she had actually skipped school today.

"That's not going to be a trip for nothing......"

"Let's go check it out first." Naruse sighed, "If it's really a student, then it can only wait until she comes home from school." ”

More than ten minutes later, the tram arrived at a stop where the three of them were going to get off.

"Chitose Funabashi - Chitose Funabashi, it's here—"

Coming out of the station, Naruse looked left and right, identified the direction, and then walked towards one of the roads with Starfish and Hikaru Takikawa.

"I always feel like it's so crowded here." After walking for a while, Starfish turned to look at the buildings on both sides of the path, "House after house, all piled up. ”

"It's always a little more crowded next to the station." Naruse looked down at the map on his phone, "Keep going, there's still a ten-minute walk over there." ”

Walking out of the path and walking along Chitose Street for a while, a row of tall apartments appeared on the side of the road.

Naruse compared the addresses and said to the two, "This is it." ”

The entrance to the apartment was still on the other side, and the three of them walked around, and Hikaru Takikawa said, "This kind of apartment, there shouldn't be a way to go up casually." ”

"Hmm." Naruse walked inside, and his eyes also circled around, and there was a small park under the apartment, "There will be automatic doors underneath, and if you are not a resident, it will not open." ”

"Then how do we get up?" Starfish asked.

He stopped, walked to the small park next to him, and asked Starfish to give him his phone.

"In addition to the automatic door, there will also be an administrator underneath, who will help us open the door."

"Huh?"

"Give me your phone first."

"Oh......"

Starfish handed over the phone, and Naruse entered the phone he got yesterday, and looked at the time again, "Wait a little longer." ”

The three of them sat down on a cold bench in the park, and Hikaru Takikawa asked, "What are you waiting for?" ”

"Waiting for the cat hero classmate to get out of class, it's still class time, and she can't answer the phone." Naruse said, "If she's a student." ”

"Let her come back now?"

"It depends."

After waiting for a while, when it was time for most schools to end, Naruse used Starfish's mobile phone to make a call.

"Hello."

"Who are you......" Cat Hero asked a little vigilantly, she had already received several inexplicable phone calls in the past two days.

There was a commotion on the other end of the phone, and Naruse was also familiar with it, and this was the movement during recess in the school.

"I picked up something here at Sakuragaoka Apartment Park, and it has a name and the current number on it, did you lose it?"

Hearing the name of the park downstairs, the other party immediately believed most of them, "Eh, what is it?" ”

"Yes...... Before I do that, I want to confirm your name. ”

"Ryoko Nakazato."

Naruse let out a sigh.

I was deceived so smoothly......

"It's the name, and it looks like it's really your thing......"

He paused, a new thought coming to his mind, "But I'm sorry, I can't tell you what I'm missing right now." ”

"Eh, why do you ...... like this?"

"This item is more valuable, I have to see you in person before I can take it out."

There was silence over there, and there was another sound of rustling, as if looking for something, and after a while, she asked again, "Is it my student ID?" ”

Naruse's heart jumped, he thought for a while, and felt that the possibility of the other party testing him in turn was not high, so he said, "That's right." ”

"Ahh......h So, can you please send your student ID to the apartment administrator? ”

"No, in order to be responsible for the owner of this thing, I must see myself."

"Eh, but I'm the owner...... I'm in school right now, and I won't be able to come out until noon at the earliest. ”

Naruse breathed a sigh of relief and continued:

"It's okay, I happened to be on a business trip nearby, and I won't leave until tomorrow, so at noon, Nakazato will contact me again."

"Okay......"

He didn't give her a chance to ask more, and hung up the phone directly.

Starfish and Hikaru Takikawa looked at him from the side, and suddenly they both took a step back to the side.

"Fraudsters."

"It's too skilled...... It sounds like the real thing, but I don't have anything in my hand. ”

"Dangerous elements who affect public order."

Naruse rolled his eyes, ignored them, and got up to leave the park again.

"Where is Spring Sea going?" The two also hurriedly followed.

"Find a warm place to sit, sit there, isn't your butt cold?"

There was a café not far away, and the three of them went in to find a window seat and sat down, and each asked for a cup of coffee.

Seeing that Naruse looked down at the map again, Starfish asked, "What else is Harumi looking for?" ”

"The girl said that she would be back at noon, and she promised that the school should be very close to home...... Looking at the map, the nearest one is the municipal Sakuragaoka Middle School 100 meters away. ”

"Middle school students?"

"It's so easy to deceive, it should be."

"Starfish are also easy to deceive." Hikaru Takikawa smiled.

Naruse also smiled, "It looks like a middle school student." ”

Starfish dissatisfied, "Where is it like ......"

"It's like everywhere."

The three of them sat in the café until noon, when starfish's phone rang.

"It's that girl!" She handed her phone to Naruse.

He answered the phone.

"That, I'm back from school, where are you ......"

"Wait a minute, I'll come right over."

"Oh......"

Leaving the café, the three rushed to the apartment and met a girl in uniform in the park below.

"Nakazato-san?"

“……”

As soon as she saw Naruse, she couldn't take her eyes off it, and looked at his face in a daze, "Yes......"

The three of them went over together, and the starfish saw him wink at Hikaru Takigawa, who stood behind the girl.

"I'm sorry, Nakazato-san, I didn't pick up your student ID, and the things should still be at home."

"Ah, okay...... Huh? ”

Naruse stopped in front of her, "Do you remember those two strange phone calls yesterday afternoon, the first one was from me." Actually, I came from Aomori to look for you. ”

"Aomori ......"

The little sister of the middle school student is already a little dumbfounded.

"Cat Hero, this is the username of Nakazato classmates on Amazon."

"Ah......h

"Last month, you bought a puppet on Amazon and sent it from Aomori Tsumae, right?"

Seeing her nodding stunned, Naruse was relieved.

Naoko has been missing for more than half a month, and now he has finally really grasped the clue that connects her hiding place.

He took a deep breath and smiled the gentlest of all on his face.

"Nakazato-san, I have something I want you to help me with. Let's go to the café over there and have a good talk. ”

"Okay......

(End of chapter)