"Let's take a look."

"Well, I've watched it twice, but it feels like listening to a movie, it's so exciting."

"You all can stop in moderation, in the announcement of the City Security Bureau, it is said that the [rebel seed] came from the other side of the rift in time and space, it is a monster, you don't listen to the story, you must remember the danger of that rebel, and remember the way to report it, if you find out the whereabouts of that guy, you can reward a lot of money."

"Got it, don't ask so much, I'm 15 years old."

"Hey, how long will we have to talk, if you don't go over, the video over there will be finished......"

"It's coming!"

On the street, some children shouted at each other, their tones were full of excitement, and they ran towards the big propaganda screen at the corner of the street.

Melissa sat in front of the window, deliberately avoiding the scarlet sunlight and not opening the window.

Once upon a time, what a pleasant time it would have been to bask in the afternoon sun, enjoy the warm breeze, have some snacks and afternoon tea, and read a book.

However, in this world, the amount of sunlight radiation is excessive, and the breeze carries the dust from the weathered ruins outside the city, Melissa is blind, and of course she can't read, so in this leisure afternoon, she can only sit by the closed window, listening to the noise of the crowd on the street outside, fortunately, she still has snacks and afternoon tea, which is not too bad.

On the streets, people flocked to their nearest street like fish seeking to mate during the flood season, and government workers on both sides of the road handed out leaflets to these people, most of whom would take them, but in the blink of an eye they were thrown to the ground, trampled to pieces by the shoes that followed.

On the other side of the street is a huge building, which is common in this last gathering place of mankind, extremely tall, covering a huge area, with everything in it, such as commerce, industry, accommodation, education, etc., which is to cram as many things as possible into a limited space.

After all, on this planet, there is not much space left for humans to use.

And in the square in front of the main entrance of this huge building, there is a huge screen, which is playing the video of the explosion of an old mental hospital outside the city, in the picture, as the hospital building collapses, the surrounding road surface also begins to crack, the earth shakes, screams, screams, smoke, everything looks messy.

Because of the shortage of materials, entertainment products such as movies and television at this stage are synthesized by computers, and the kind of films that cost a lot of money to shoot on live scenes have long been extinct, so it is quite unusual to see such a real exciting scene for these lonely and boring citizens.

Of course, the reason why the government concentrated on this video in various commercial centers or population gathering places is not to provide a pastime for citizens, but to raise citizens' awareness of the prevention of [rebellion], and at the same time, it is also calling on everyone to report to the nearest relevant agency as soon as they find the whereabouts of this person.

Oh, the word "traitor" is the folk name for defectors, with an obvious sense of humiliation, in this world, no one likes defectors, in fact, as long as everything related to the other side of the rift in time and space, it is not liked.

Half a month has passed since Sherlock walked into this company called [Old Miller Detective Agency], and the search operations that had been around the clock for a while ago have gradually subsided.

Back in the first few days, the entire neighborhood was surrounded by three floors, but because there was no way to find the rebel, the government had to allocate police forces to other places, and as a result, the target's whereabouts were still not found. In desperation, the government can only abruptly start a large-scale wanted, and continue to broadcast the video of Sherlock as he escapes, trying to let more and more people know the danger of this person, and at the same time constantly calling on citizens to join in this large-scale search for the rebels.

On the big screen at this time, an interrogation officer has been knocked upside down and flew out, slamming into the wall, a shadow that is so fast that it blurs quickly swept past the surveillance camera, and the picture switched quickly, but this shadow was not in a picture, it was only a moment, a few minutes passed, no one seemed to have seen the clear outline of this guy, but the guards where he passed fell to the ground. Bang! Bang! Bang! Some gunshots rang out, followed by a large number of screams and muffled sounds, in the picture, someone began to be shot, died, blood splattered on the wall, some too bloody pictures were mosaic, but those scarlet squares, as well as deliberately revealed shots and uncovered stumps, all made everything on the screen seem so terrifying, and at the same time, it also made this traitor seem more and more murderous, tyrannical, and inhumane.

And all this just confirms what is said in the primary school textbook: people in the other world are bloody, barbaric, crazy people who only know how to drink blood, freaks.

……

These pictures were played for more than an hour, and under the explanation of a government official, as well as the explanation of various reporting channels, the time was stretched to two and a half hours, "Old Miller Detective Agency" is not far from the street, Melissa's vision is defective, which causes her hearing to be very good, so for more than two hours, she can only listen to those chattering words.

After so many days, she felt that she was about to memorize.

Finally, today's video screening is over, after the people are gone, there will be many people passing by the window of the [Old Miller Detective Agency], under the guidance of the government, some citizens picked up propaganda slogans, all the way shouting slogans such as 'traitors must die', very noisy, but everyone loves to listen.

After another half an hour, the noise outside the window finally stopped, and Melissa breathed a sigh of relief, not only because of the noise, but more because so many people blocked the door, which would delay her business.

"Click-click-"

There was the sound of the door locking at the door, and then the door was opened, and some scorching wind blew in, Melissa frowned, looking very dissatisfied, and then shouted, "Close the door, the sand is blowing into the porch." ”

"Bang Dang~"

The door was quickly slammed shut, followed by the sound of someone flapping a trench coat, taking off a hat, and finally, the sound of a plastic bag being placed on the ground.

"Why did you come back so slowly, I thought you met a rebel and was killed."

"You've been staying in the house, and you don't know how windy it is today." A man's voice came, not very good, very hoarse, as if his throat had been injured not long ago.

"Sweep up all the dust and sand that blows in after a while, if the door is too dirty, the client will leave a bad impression after coming in." Melissa admonished.

"Good~good~" The man's voice seemed weak, but he still obediently walked into the house, took out a broom and began to sweep the floor slowly.

"Please hurry, Mr. Hopkins, and don't think that if I can't see, you can waste your time with impunity." Melissa had a nice voice, so even though she was assigning work to Mr. Hopkins, and Mr. Hopkins was lazy, she still didn't cause much disgust from the other party.

Who made her the owner of this detective agency?

"Wow———— Wow————— Wow"

The sound of the broom slowly rubbing against the ground made Melissa make up for the other person's lazy look, but she didn't say anything more.

This gentleman is his only employee now, although he is lazy, but the ability to reason, reflect, and so on as a detective is barely enough, this detective agency has to rely on him for the time being, and he can't let himself be a disabled person, pushing a wheelchair to solve cases.

Melissa. Watson, 20 years old this year, his parents died in a car accident when he was young, and he has been living with his uncle, and three years ago, his uncle also passed away due to illness. Melissa became an orphan and reluctantly completed her studies with government relief.

It sounds tragic, but in this era, it is quite common for relatives to die one after another, and a person becomes a loner in a vague way.

So Melissa didn't show much sadness about it, except for the occasional cry at night, she was quite cheerful most of the time, and besides, she inherited Uncle Miller's inheritance. A detective agency.

A blind person with disabilities and legs who is just 20 years old can have a detective agency in this chaotic society, which is very good, but her physical condition does not seem to be suitable for the profession of detective, so she has no choice but to recruit employees.

So, this name is called [Stanley. Hopkins] detective became the only person in this detective agency who could do the work.

Oh, actually, it is not accurate to say that Melissa is a loner, because she also has a relative in this world, and that is his uncle's son, Miller.

It's just that he's only 9 years old this year, and he's stupid, and in some cases, 9-year-old kids are generally already world-famous detectives, but he can't even make fried eggs.

"If only Mom and Dad were still alive." She thought subconsciously, but then she realized that she seemed to have forgotten even their voices.

So she quickly shook her head and drove out these sad thoughts, in this world, any sadness is useless, because no one will give you even a penny more because of your tears, she heard the slow sweeping sound finally stopped, and said politely:

"If you're done, let's go cook, what are we going to eat today?"

Hopkins, or rather, Sherlock, who borrowed Hopkins' name, lazily responded: "Potatoes." ”

"Potatoes again?" Melissa's face didn't seem to be very good.

"You should understand, you only gave me that little money, but you let me buy enough food for the three of us, I really can't think of any other choice than potatoes."

"But there are only three of us, and I eat so little, and Miller is still a child." She argued, her voice a little louder, in fact, as long as money was mentioned, Melissa would always become alert in an instant.

"Miller is indeed just a child, but he is a 110-pound 9-year-old child, in this world, I really can't understand, how did he eat so fat, the first time I saw that there were three folds on his arm, I was terrified, and thought he was mutated."

Sherlock's complaint forced Melissa to stop the conversation: "Okay, don't talk about these inconsequential things, go cook." ”

"Three pleats, it's inconsequential." Sherlock sighed, picked up a bag of potatoes on the ground, and walked to the back kitchen.

In fact, to be honest, Melissa quite likes this guy named Hopkins, because she can't cook, and of course Miller's stupid guy can't cook, so the solution to three meals a day is to hire a cook in addition to going to the restaurant.

In Melissa's opinion, this expense is absolutely unacceptable, so she shamelessly added the clause of "providing meals and accommodation" to the employee benefits.

But in fact, the so-called meals need to be made by the employees themselves, and the so-called accommodation conditions are just two sofas side by side in the detective agency, which are barely used as a bed.

So she liked her employee, because he was very anxious to rush into the detective agency that day, saying that he wanted to apply, and accepted this series of requirements, and the most important thing is that when he offered him a very low salary, the other party actually accepted.

Melissa, who had a low salary, couldn't believe it, she originally wanted to take advantage of the low price to make a series of bargains with the other party.

Soon, it was time for the meal.

Melissa said that his uncle was very prestigious in the neighborhood and had helped many neighbors find evidence of her husband's cheating, and helped two families find their lost children.

Although today's children are born into the world through the cultivation warehouse, they need the genes of their parents after all, so this kind of family affection is still difficult to ignore.

"Don't look at the cold business now, in fact, when my uncle was still alive, there were many clients here." Melissa stuffed a spoonful of potatoes into her mouth and said while chewing: "No way, after all, the detective industry mainly depends on ability, if the detective is gone, then this detective agency will be no different from going out of business." ”

After speaking, she tilted her head towards Sherlock again: "So, if you want to make the business here improve, you have to work hard, of course, I don't expect you to reach the level of my uncle, it is a little too difficult for you, but to help the client find the lost wallet, this kind of difficult case, I hope you still try to complete, word of mouth always needs to be accumulated." ”

(End of chapter)