89. REBIRTH: 865D Dark Tide (3)…
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Then it was time to check out. We were originally planning to stay one more night here to attend Katayama's press conference, but now there was no need for that.
The price of this hotel is not cheap, but since it is for official business, Miyama Asato can be reimbursed, as can Morobushi Kagemitsu, and Furuya's leisure expenses can be reimbursed by the organization.
However, when they arrived at the front desk, after getting Yushan Chaodeng's room card, the receptionist looked at him twice, verified the card, and stood up with a standard toothy smile, while Zhu Fujingguang next door had already swiped the card.
Yushan Chaodeng and the receptionist looked at each other, but neither of them spoke first.
It was not until Zhufu Jingguang had finished and was standing by the side waiting for him that Yushan Chaodeng finally said, "Excuse me, please pay the bill for me."
The receptionist winked and smiled at him: “You don’t need to pay.”
"Has anyone paid the bill for me?" Yushan asked Deng.
His first reaction was Hoshino Hisashi. This man always looked wealthy and powerful, and no one knew why he had to be so nice to him.
"Our hotel is already yours." said the receptionist with a smile.
Yushan Chaodeng: "...?"
He could only think of what Hoshino Shou said yesterday when he was playing Long Aotian's butler: "I have already bought this hotel."
…It turns out that it was no joke.
"I don't want it." He immediately said to the receptionist.
The receptionist was still smiling: "I can't make a decision on this matter."
Zhu Fu Jingguang touched his arm from behind, and Yu Shan Chaodeng said nothing more and followed Zhu Fu Jingguang away from the front desk.
After they left, the pink-haired man came out from behind the wall. The boy standing next to him raised his head and asked, "Doesn't he know who you are? Why are you hiding from him?"
Akai Shuichi smiled much more when he was pretending than he really was. At this moment, he just curled his eyes and replied, "Guess."
Conan actually guessed it. He put his hand on his chin and said, "Mr. Okiya and Officer Miyama have a good relationship...ah, with this expression, it should be that Mr. Okiya has a good relationship with him unilaterally."
Akai Shuichi's smile was a little hard to maintain. When Conan reminded him, he remembered that he was due to get his salary tomorrow.
All wages had to be paid to Yushan Chaodeng, and he had to pay the handling fee twice.
"In that case, you are hiding from another person next to him." Conan said with certainty.
Conan thought about who that man was for a long time, and finally remembered the man who came out of the temple with Miyama Asato before.
Although it was Mr. Midorikawa who sent him back that time, he should have had a deep impression of him in theory, but he almost didn't recognize him after the other person shaved.
"Mr. Okiya and Mr. Midorikawa, were they colleagues before?" Conan asked tentatively.
Akai Shuichi squatted down in front of Conan, keeping a smiling expression: "I have something to ask of you."
He didn't deny or confirm, but just changed the subject. Conan thought he was being a bit of a jerk, but he just pursed his lips and asked, "What?"
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"Don't worry, I'll check him out."
When they reached a place where there was no one, Zhu Fu Jingguang spoke first.
Yu Shan, who was thinking, nodded half a second late. Zhu Fu Jingguang looked at him with some concern. He felt that his answer was a bit perfunctory, so he nodded again very seriously and said, "Okay."
Perhaps it was Fūya Rei's attitude that influenced him. Although he had not met Morubushi Kagemitsu many times and the time was not very long, he felt that the other party was very reliable.
Maybe it’s the temperament. He has a very similar temperament to Mr. Fūya.
Zhu Fu Jingguang showed a helpless expression. He pulled his hood down and reached out to press Yu Shan Chao Deng's head: "Where are you going next?"
"Go back to the police station. Turtle... the commander wants me to go there every day." Miyama Chaodeng almost let the cat out of the bag for the second time. Fortunately, this was in front of Zhufu Jingguang. He decided not to give others nicknames anymore.
"Go ahead." Zhu Fujingguang didn't particularly trust this answer, but he didn't say anything directly like a good friend. In the end, he just said, "Don't go to see him alone. I will contact you when I have news."
Miyama Chaodeng remembered the first email from Hoshino Shou, which was asking him to meet.
But Zhu Fu Jingguang is not his superior, so nothing will happen even if he disobeys.
"Yeah." He responded with a little guilt, thinking that he didn't agree, he just said it casually, and he would have something to say if he was caught.
Of course Zhu Fu Jingguang saw it, but he could only say that people are like the cat. The expression on Miyama Asato's face was exactly the same as the guilty look on Furutani Rei's face when he did something behind his back.
He also knew that it was not just in this aspect that Yushan Chaodeng's ability was not bad either. The only thing he lacked compared to them was experience.
But the difference in experience is not particularly obvious. Miyama Chaodeng is 20 years old this year and has been a police officer for four years. His work experience is not much different from others. He is also Zero's contact person and a very good police officer.
But Hoshino Hisashi is not ordinary. He was thrown out by Gin as a bait to test him. He also showed great interest in Miyama Asato. If he really let Miyama Asato contact him, Zhufu Jingguang would not be able to feel at ease.
"I will complain to Zero."
"……senior?"
Miyama Chaodeng was not sure what the other party was talking about, and looked at Zhufu Jingguang with some disbelief.
It can't be that if he takes action on his own, he will directly complain to Mr. Fūya, right?
Zhu Fu Jingguang curved his eyes and said briskly, "That's it. Wait for my news and I'll contact you again."
Seeing Miyama Asato standing there in a daze, Zhu Fu Jingguang also breathed a sigh of relief. Although he felt that using Zero would not completely scare Miyama Asato, as long as the other party could think of Zero before doing anything, it would be enough.
When you think of the person you like, you have to hold back no matter how impulsive you are.
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The night before, Miyama Chaodeng saw with his own eyes that Hoshino Shou set fire to the research institute, and he wanted to go to the ruins to take a look today.
The Miyano couple who died in the fire were researchers of the organization, as was Suzumura who gave him the necklace. He instinctively connected the two together.
Although seventeen years have passed, there is probably nothing left there.
But he couldn't sit there and wait without doing anything, so he had to do something.
However, if you want to find Hoshino Shou, there is actually a place that is easiest.
Miyama Asato called Kazami Yuya and asked him to go to the National Police Agency on his behalf today. Hearing the reply from the other end of the phone change from "no problem" to "wait a minute, Mr. Miyama, where should I go?", Miyama Asato pretended to know nothing and hung up the phone.
He drove towards his home.
Hoshino Shou's identity seems very complicated. He is Du Bennet, a cat cafe owner, and has a series of other messy identities, but Miyama Chaodeng first met him at his doorstep.
The two are neighbors, and Miyama Asato's cat is still being fostered at Hoshino Hisashi's place, so he has reason to meet the other party.
Miyama Asato thought for a moment whether Hoshino Shou was the boss himself, but he quickly dismissed the idea.
The original work is already very vague to him, but he has the impression that more than a thousand episodes have been filmed.
If the organization's boss exposed himself in such a high-profile way like Hoshino Shou, it would take at most two seasons and 24 episodes to complete the filming. The first season is to fight Gin, and the second season is to fight the boss.
Every time this happens, Miyama Chaodeng feels a little regretful. He should have watched a few more episodes seriously, or paid more attention, or at least checked the spoilers and became curious about the identity of the BOSS.
It's impossible that after filming more than a thousand episodes, the boss only appeared with his chin, right?
"No, that's not right. Why am I so obsessed with the plot?" Yu Shan Chaodeng pulled the car over and couldn't help biting his nails.
He was reincarnated with incomplete memories, but even though he forgot his own name, he still remembered clips of the animation he had watched.
Before this year, before he was sure that he was reborn in that comic book, he lived well and had never thought about the plot.
Wait, the 'plot' that the system mentioned before, is this the plot?
Yushan Chaodeng raised his head and saw from the rearview mirror that he remained calm even though he was very surprised. He paused for a moment and contacted the system.
[Long time no see, MASTER! How are you feeling today? If you are not happy, this machine can provide a chat service~]
The system spoke energetic words in an emotionless mechanical voice as always. Yushan asked directly, "What chapter is the plot at now?"
【……】
The system was stuck for a rare moment, and after half a second it responded: [What "plot" are you talking about?"
This reaction confirmed Miyama Chaodeng, and he calmly replied: "You lied to me."
[No, this machine doesn't have it.] The system hastily retorted, [The system will not deceive the host, this is the basic "rule"!]
"You didn't lie, but you hid a lot of important information, right?" Miyama Chaodeng said. He usually liked to avoid conflicts, so it was not particularly difficult for him to say these words. "I want to terminate the contract."
[You, please don’t do this at least now, the former host——] The system could not say the rest of the words because it could not reveal the host’s information.
Miyama Chaodeng naturally did not really intend to terminate the contract. The amnesia after the termination was enough to cause him trouble. He was just using this statement to trick the system.
"If you won't say anything, we'll break up." Yu Shan said to Deng. He looked at his hands, with two rings on his slender fingers. He seemed to have received some support in his heart. "Contact me when you've made up your mind."
He directly cut off the connection between the two and breathed a sigh of relief.
It was the first time he spoke to someone like this, even though the system was not a human. Yu Shan got out of the car, stretched his body a little, and waited for the system to contact him again.
At this moment, he suddenly noticed a girl with short black hair and wearing the uniform of Teitan Junior High School. She was walking towards the crowd in a daze.
Miyama Asato remembered her. She was the daughter of Matsuura Ginzou, and Furuya Rei did not come back all night just to look for her.
The girl was small and thin, and soon disappeared in the crowd. Miyama chased after Deng and called Furuya Rei, but Furuya Rei did not pick up the phone immediately.
He followed the girl into a sparsely populated alley, but Miss Matsuura had already disappeared. Miyama looked around the light and saw a figure behind him, holding an iron rod and slowly approaching him, then smashing it hard on the back of his neck.
Before the stick fell, Yu Shan Chao Deng turned quickly and kicked the man on the wrist. Before the man could react, Yu Shan Chao Deng punched him in the abdomen. The man took five or six steps back until he hit a pile of trash cans on the side of the road.
Miyama Chaodeng raised his foot and stepped on the man's chest, and lifted his chin with the tip of his shoe: "You have to choose the right person to hit with a club. I'm not a high school student without social experience."
The man looked at him with resentful eyes, but the next second, the ringing of the cell phone broke the coldness. Yushan Chaodeng answered the phone. Under the man's gaze, his tone suddenly became very gentle: "Mr. Amuro? Nothing, I just wanted to ask if you want to come back for dinner in the evening..."
The man sneered, Yushan bent down to Deng, stretched out his hands and pinched his cheeks, and the other party was unable to speak in an instant.
"Well, nothing else. I'll contact you if there's anything else." Yu Shan Chaodeng smiled and hung up the phone.
Miss Matsuura just now was probably just bait. Now that it has been confirmed, there is no need for Mr. Fūya to make another trip.
Yushan Chaodeng looked at the man who was controlled by him and couldn't move, and "clicked" the handcuffs on his wrists: "But you have to go with me."
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