“Merlin…Mika?” Kikukawa Kozue and Mazumoto exchanged glances, both showing hesitation on their faces.

"N-no way...?" Mazumoto stammered, "We just came to the amusement park during our vacation... It's not our fault that this happened..."

"Does it really warrant checking with Mama Mai's family?"

"Mama Mai?" Yoruichi Toyama was taken aback when she heard this address.

Not only because it clearly indicates that the two people in front of them are familiar with Mai Lin Meijia.

More importantly, he finally remembered which event it was.

Mai Lin Meijia is indeed the one who premeditated the crime.

But her plans and what she wanted were far more complex than they appeared on the surface.

Now, Yoruichi Toyama and the police are facing not only the task of catching this criminal, but also the task of thoroughly investigating her true motives.

A motive far more disgusting and despicable than the industry she runs.

But with no clues at the moment, the focus must be on the two people in front of them.

"The 'Mai Mama' you're talking about, is that Mai Lin Meijia, the madam of your bar?"

Yoruichi Toyama spoke in a very relaxed tone, as if asking casually.

"By the way, what brings you guys out today? You should be busier on the weekend, right?"

“We’re not like those big nightclubs!” Kikukawa Kozue laughed, twisting her neck. “We don’t have many customers to begin with.”

"Mama said we could take a day off and even gave us complimentary tickets so the two of us could come and play together."

This at least shows that the trip for these two people was specially arranged by Mai Lin Meijia.

This made Mai Lin Meijia's act of pretending to be a bus driver and picking them up seem even stranger.

Since the goal was to send the two people away to make it easier for him to commit the crime, he couldn't possibly expose himself to these two people who might recognize him immediately.

Despite the spoilers, Yoruichi Toyama tried her best to view the matter from the perspective of someone who was unaware of the plot.

It is impossible to force Merlin Mika to confess to her true crimes without any evidence.

To guide the police to find evidence, it must also be logical and reasonable.

After bidding farewell to Kikukawa Kozue and Mazumoto, Toyama Yoruichi returned to Muirin Mika's hospital room and found Takagi, who was still fighting with her.

"That bus is still parked in the same spot, right?" he suggested cautiously to Takagi, "Should we check again?"

Takagi had no objection.

"Some colleagues stayed there to investigate, but haven't found anything yet."

"It was just a gas canister and a gas mask; there wasn't even anything that could be used as a weapon."

Listening to their conversation, Mai Lin Meijia scoffed dismissively.

"I already told you, I just wanted to rob someone, I wouldn't kill anyone!"

"Is that so?" Yoruichi Toyama chuckled. "You're even going to steal your own employees?"

At the same time, as Takagi flipped through the passenger list, he also realized something was amiss.

"Kikukawa Kozue and Mazumoto Jun? Aren't they your shop's employees? How come they're in your car?"

Upon hearing these two names, Mai Lin Meijia's expression immediately changed.

But he quickly forced himself to calm down.

"How was I supposed to know it would be such a coincidence! I just wanted to get rid of them so I could pull off a heist, but who knew it would all turn out like this by accident..."

“If you want to commit crimes in other places, for example, go to a hospital,” Yoruichi Toyama immediately chimed in, “and then you send them to an amusement park.”

"In this situation, if they still get in your car, it's called a lucky accident."

"But you commit the crime at the amusement park, you lure them there, and then you let them get on the bus."

"It's hard to call this a mere accident, isn't it?"

“You…” Mai Linmei’s face turned even uglier. After a long silence, she finally said, “If you don’t believe me, you can investigate. Those two people don’t know anything!”

"You, as a madam, are quite concerned about your employees."

Yoruichi Toyama seemed to make a casual remark, but then ignored her and turned to look at Takagi.

"I think the location where that car was parked was also very strange."

Why stop on the side of the road to start checking the passengers' condition?

As he said this, he secretly glanced at Mai Lin Meijia out of the corner of his eye, and sure enough, he saw that she had turned into a contemptuous look again.

There seemed to be a hint of speechlessness amidst the contempt.

What's wrong with me parking on the side of the road?

Can we really drive back to the bus station for another inspection?

...That seems to be the attitude.

Yoruichi Toyama naturally knew that she was talking nonsense.

His only goal was to get Takagi to send someone to check the area around the parking spot again.

Takagi, trusting him implicitly, nodded without questioning him and then called the police officers at the scene.

The results from that side probably won't be out immediately.

Yoruichi Toyama thought about it and turned back to Mika Merlin.

"So you police officers actually listen to this young punk!"

Mika Maki was mocking Takagi, who was significantly older than Yoru Toyama.

Yoruichi Toyama shrugged at her with a look of regret.

"No matter what, you yourself have admitted that you intended to rob, so you will definitely go to jail in the future."

Mai Lin Meijia snorted at this level of threat, indicating that she didn't care.

However, what Yoruichi Toyama said next made her eyes widen.

"After you go to jail, your shop will probably go out of business. I heard from those two waiters that there are hardly any customers left."

"So they will definitely lose their jobs too."

"Thinking about it, it's really tragic. They weren't even doing a proper job to begin with, and the boss was arrested for robbery. It will be difficult for them to find the same kind of work again in the future."

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