"Because...... I haven't seen my father since I was a child, my mother and she...... And they never told us that. ”

Sitting on the edge of the flower bed, the little girl lowered her head and intertwined her fingers around each other, whispering this sentence.

"This—That's it......"

Although there had been some speculations before, when the little girl said it so personally, Mina Okino still felt a burst of surprise.

"Your father is ......"

"I don't know, Mom, she never talks to us about it." Knowing what Mina Okino wanted to ask, the little girl spoke first.

She said "we" twice, apparently because there were other siblings in the family.

"I'm sorry, I seem to have said something that bothers you, sister policeman."

Without waiting for Mina Okino to ask again, the little girl bowed her head to her again and apologized.

"Ah, it's not ...... to be troubled."

"It's almost time, I should go back too, thank you police sister for your willingness to chat with me."

As last time, the little girl, after saying this, jumped off the flower bed, and then walked back into the street with a quick pace.

It is estimated that the school lunch break is almost over, and if she doesn't go back quickly, once she is caught by the school's teacher, she may lose even this little free time in the future......

Although in Okino Mina's opinion, the little girl's behavior is still somewhat dangerous, after all, she walks alone on the street......

[Why don't you try to talk to the little girl's parents?] 】

Such an idea suddenly popped into Okino's mind.

Although she had only spoken twice, she also realized to some extent that this little girl was obviously living in a very complicated single-parent family, and her own motherhood made her can't help but want to take care of it......

[Ah, speaking ......]

Looking at the figure of the little girl on the street gradually moving away, Mina Okino remembered the incident that she had forgotten about just now.

[I didn't find a chance to ask the child this time, why did she want to come to the Metropolitan Police Department? 】

Following the little girl's previous gaze, Mina Okino also looked at the Metropolitan Police Department building in front of her.

[There must be some reason, right?] Do you want to get help from the police? Or ......]

“……”

"Mina, if I'm not mistaken, I shouldn't have asked you to do anything yesterday, right?"

It was another morning, in the Metropolitan Police Department office, Shirakawa Kiyoshi sat at his desk with a glass of water, looking at the criminal policeman in front of him who was disguised by Mina Okino.

This time, the criminal police officer was obviously a woman, and the badge on her chest showed her police number and name, and the police rank was the police department.

Compared with the police department two days ago, today's Okino Mina police rank has dropped by one level, which is a pity.

While Shirakawa Kiyoshi was talking, Mina Okino was holding a kettle in her hand, watering the greenery in his office.

Hearing this, she turned around and asked, "What a ruthless man, Chief Baihe, can't I come to your office if there's nothing to do?" ”

Her rhetorical question was sharp.

"I didn't mean that."

When Bai Heqing heard this, he put down the water glass, he subconsciously frowned, as if he had something to say, but when he really spoke, he still turned to other topics.

"Is it okay to leave Yoko alone?"

"You don't have to worry about this, the child is more than three years old, it's time to go to kindergarten."

Hearing this, Mina Okino replied with a smile.

Kindergartens in Japan can be visited at the age of three.

"I took Yoko to the nearby kindergarten yesterday to take the entrance exam, and today is her first day of school, even though kindergarten is not yet part of compulsory education...... By the way, you don't want to see me like that? ”

As soon as she finished talking about Yoko, Mina Okino instantly changed her face and glared at Shirakawa Kiyoshi with a fierce expression.

She naturally knew that moving out of the topic of Yoko was that Bai Heqing was conveying to her the signal "You should go back" in a roundabout way.

"I really didn't mean that......"

Bai Heqing sighed softly, the expression on his face slightly embarrassed and tangled.

"To be honest, I don't mind if Mui Ne makes you easy to come to the Metropolitan Police Department, it's just ...... If you can, Mina, when you come to see me, will you be able to ...... Don't use the identity of a female detective every time? ”

“…… Huh? ”

Bai Heqing had a headache.

Although Mina Okino's disguise technique is completely enough for her to hide her gender, it may be the preference of her own gender, even if she can perfectly disguise herself as a man, but in the absence of a mandatory requirement, she will basically choose a woman to disguise.

For example, every time I come to the Metropolitan Police Department to see Shirakawa Kiyoshi......

"I don't have any ideas myself, but this may be the reason why the two of us have met more often in the Metropolitan Police Department recently, and it seems that some rumors about me are already circulating in the department......

"Huh? What rumors? Although she was already vaguely aware of it in her heart, Mina Okino still subconsciously asked.

"They all say ......"

Looking up to meet Mina Okino's gaze, Shirakawa Kiyoshi said word by word:

"Chief Baihe, who has been single for so many years, finally plans to attack the police flowers in the hall."

"Poof......

Although it was very unkind, after hearing Bai Heqing's resentful words, a certain initiator still couldn't help laughing.

That's right, these rumors that have been circulating in the Metropolitan Police Department recently are all due to Mina Okino.

In order to prevent the relationship between the two from being exposed and causing unnecessary trouble to Mina Okino, every time this former monster thief came to see him at the Metropolitan Police Department, he would randomly disguise himself as a female criminal police officer of the Metropolitan Police Department, and it was not the same every time.

Of course, it's not completely random.

Each time, Mina Okino would pick a female detective who was on leave that day for disguise.

Secondly, in order to prevent her disguise from being seen through, she would deliberately avoid crowded places every time she came to the Metropolitan Police Department, and every time she would go straight to Bai Heqing's office, deliberately making a hurried appearance to prevent being greeted or accosted by other criminal police.

She hasn't missed this move yet.

Just "go to Chief Shirakawa" is enough to stop most of the criminal police who want to talk to her, even if they meet a criminal police officer who is familiar with the original owner, the most they can do is say hello to her, of course, Mina Okino will never respond.

As for the situation in which the original owner was questioned afterwards...... Basically not happens.

After all, the criminal police officers of the Metropolitan Police Department are usually very busy, and the number of times Mina Okino has come to the Metropolitan Police Department in the past is actually not much, so no one usually cares about this.

Even if I asked, it was a while later, and the doubts and teasing between friends would be over.

But recently, with the increase in the number of visits to the Metropolitan Police Department by Mina Okino, this delicate balance has been upset.

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