In the middle of the tree-lined path, Mio Ito looked at the man who stepped out of the car.

Hearing his respectful voice, the girl tilted her head.

"It seems that you already know my identity."

Mio Ito didn't think about hiding her true identity.

However, after the evolution, she has become more and more distant from her original self in terms of appearance and physical signs, and if she takes two photos of her past and present self, I am afraid that no one will think that this is a person.

So when Fang Shican came to her with this title, the girl still felt a little surprised.

- although the surprise only appeared for a moment.

"Miss Ito, you've appeared in the camera many times, and your height, hair color, and head-to-body proportions haven't changed much...... And we went to Arakawa Ward and found Mrs. Nami Ito, who is now living in a mental hospital. ”

After saying this, the corner of Fang Shican's eyes paid a little attention to Mio Ito's face, but the latter's face did not waver as he imagined.

"What's the point of talking about it now?"

Mio Ito looked at him with an emotionless smile, her eyes like frozen crystals.

"I'm curious about you - who are you? Why did you come to me? ”

"Ahem......"

Fang Shican showed a deep expression, and vacated a position to the side, so that the open door of the RV was facing straight at Mio Ito.

"Miss Mio Ito, a contemptible Fang Shican, is responsible for the Cabinet's General Affairs and Security Secretary. I have been asked by the Prime Minister to take you to a place where you can see something.

"I'm sure those things will help you choose your future path. I wonder what Miss Ito thinks? ”

Like a proper waiter, Fang Shican spread out his left hand, pointed directly at the inside of the RV, and stared at Mio Ito motionlessly.

The girl stared at him thoughtfully.

The two looked at each other like this.

There is no dialogue.

However, Fang Shican could feel that his back was slowly sweating.

A sense of danger as if primitive people in ancient times were stared at by the eyes of a saber-toothed tiger permeated his body.

It is a premonition and vigilance of danger that has been engraved in human genes millions of years ago.

To be honest, after seeing the power of Mio Ito through video images, the current Fang Shican can clearly understand how terrifying the other party is.

If it were possible, he even wanted to turn around without the slightest decorum and get into the car at once, ordering the driver to get off the trail with full throttle.

However, despite the chilling atmosphere, Fang Shican still stood firmly in place, staring at Mio Ito regardless of the danger.

Not just because it was the Prime Minister's request, but also because the SPD's upper echelons of power expected him.

What's more, he really understands that even if he runs away immediately, he will definitely not be able to run away from the girl in front of him, the latter only needs one thought, even if he has escaped to the street, thousands of meters away, I am afraid that he will become another human being "redeemed" by her in her elegant and weird red line.

Just look at each other.

Long.

The girl finally smiled softly.

"It's interesting."

She turned her head, without any fear, and jumped lightly into the car.

"Then let me see what to expect."

Behind the girl, Fang Shican, who was opposite her back, finally got a chance to breathe, her body was weak, and she almost collapsed to the ground.

He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, held the handle on the door, turned his body a little stiffly, and also came to the car, sat down in the seat next to Mio Ito, and sighed deeply in his heart.

"Transcendent such a thing...... It's such a foul. Next time, I'd rather go to the Middle East to face the IS executioners than perform such a mission in front of such a dangerous transcendent. ”

Close the door, start the wheels, roll over the fallen leaves, and slowly move in the established direction.

……

The motorhome crosses the tree-lined path and slowly follows the highway along the river.

Climb the elevated highway and walk out of the avenue towards a place that is getting more and more remote from the center of Tokyo.

As he went, the street lamps outside the car window flickered one by one, casting flickering shadows on Mio Ito's face through the window.

She pursed her lips and looked like a serene beauty.

Even though Fang Shican deeply understood the power in her hands and knew the killings she had caused so far, he couldn't help but be shaken by the thrilling beauty when he accidentally caught a glimpse of her serene face out of the corner of his eye.

"Why...... It's such a beautiful girl, but she has such brutal power? ”

Fang Shican's eyelids drooped quietly, and doubts flowed out of his eyes, but they passed away quietly in just an instant.

He recalled what the Prime Minister had said to him before he left, and he blocked out the distractions that should not be in his mind.

With a great deal of responsibility and the possibility of even determining the future of Japan, we cannot afford to be distracted by anything else at this time. What's more, he is a man in his early thirties, and he has passed the age of impulsiveness for a girl.

So Fang Shican just sat quietly, without saying a word, waiting for the wheels to stop and reach the end of the trip.

I don't know exactly where the destination is, the only thing that is certain is that it must be a very remote place, and just when the target place finally arrived, the dawn had faintly appeared in the sky, breaking from night to early morning.

"Is this it?"

Through the car window, the girl looked at the slightly shabby building that was only three stories high in the distance under the cover of weeds.

Fang Shican got out of the car first, opened the car door for her, and bowed slightly:

"That's right, this is it, Miss Ito can come down."

The girl stepped out of the RV without saying a word, her feet on the slightly moist ground, and the fresh and slightly fishy suburban air poured into her nostrils.

The dawn had broken on the horizon, and the building stood silently in the daylight, its walls covered with blue-gray traces of disrepair.

"That's it, please come with me."

Fang Shican led the way in front and guided Mio Ito into the building.

As he walked, he said:

"This is the Koban building in Manocho, and because the residents of the neighborhood moved around many years ago, and only some elderly people remain, so the police officers here are not fully staffed. Now there is only one police officer on duty in Jiaoban, and he is also the captain here. ”

The content of what Fang Shican said was like a drunken chatter, which made people suspicious, and they couldn't understand what he wanted to say, and they didn't know what it had to do with it.

However, Mio Ito's eyes narrowed slightly.

Vaguely, she seemed to remember something.

And — that's a very distant memory.

With the pace gradually moving forward, the first floor, the second floor - finally, Fang Shican took her to push open the last room on the second floor.

Pushing open the door, a middle-aged man with gray hair was sitting at the back of the conference table, wearing shabby clothes, his expression was cramped and uneasy, he looked at Mio Ito who pushed the door in, opened his mouth slightly, and showed a look of surprise.

"Are you...... The child of Hongshi's family back then, Xiao ...... Xiao Mio? ”

Looking at this middle-aged man, distant memories finally revived in his mind.

Mio Ito's originally narrowed eyes slowly relaxed, looking at the face that somewhat overlapped with the memory, and smiled:

“…… It turned out to be you, Uncle Zoran on the shore.

"—I remember, it was your uncle who came to tell me about my father's death?"

The middle-aged man sighed guiltily and lowered his head without saying a word.

And right next to him, Fang Shican, who had just walked to the side, had a bunch of information in his hand at some point.

Fang Shican held the pile of materials, faced Mio Ito, bowed his head respectfully, and got straight to the point:

"Miss Mio...... Do you want to know the real cause of your father's death? ”

(End of chapter)