Yuzuru continued, "The teapot on the table should have fallen to the ground and shattered into pieces due to the shaking."
"But because we both did our best to save the day, the pot didn't break." Sonoko stroked her chin, walked to the table with an air of importance, and half-squatted down to examine the large pot closely. "However, this pot was already broken!"
Now please call her—Detective Sonoko Suzuki.
"Am I right, Nan?" Sonoko looked at Nan with a smug look in her eyes, her eyes full of anticipation.
Yuzuru nodded and praised, "That's right, as expected of our clever Sonoko."
"Hehe, not at all, not at all. Compared to you, Nan, I'm still a little bit lacking."
"Hehe, excessive modesty is just arrogance..."
While the two were exchanging compliments, the expressions of Kenzo Ukishima and his three disciples varied.
As the only male disciple, Adakko looked extremely pale. His hands clenched tightly involuntarily, his body trembled slightly, and he said in a panic, "You...you mean the person who broke the pot is among us?"
Miyuki Tachibana narrowed her eyes, her expression full of disdain, and snorted coldly, "Because only Teacher Ukishima and a few of us can enter and leave the workshop!"
"Oh, right." Sonoko's eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had thought of something important. "Are all three of you Master Ukishima's students?"
"Um."
Miyuki Tachibana's smile was forced, a bitter curve forming at the corners of her mouth. "I should say he was originally her apprentice."
Adachiko added, "Since our teacher has decided to retire, we are all looking for new paths for ourselves."
"I'm sorry to all of you, but I'm getting old."
Kenzo Ukishima sighed deeply and slowly sat down on a chair, as if he had suddenly lost all his energy. "So, it's time for my wife and me to retire and return to our hometown."
Just as Kenzo Ukishima finished speaking, a loud shout came from the side.
"Teacher, I object to your decision. It's too early for you to retire." Natsume Tomoko, wearing glasses, looked extremely sad, her eyes reddening and tears welling up.
Adakko quickly said, "Tomoko, why are you still talking about this?"
Natsume Tomoko ignored him and continued loudly, "I decided to pursue this path after reading Ukishima-sensei's works!"
"Tomoko, haven't we discussed this matter many times already?"
"Miyuki, didn't you used to love the teacher's work just as much? But you were the first to go and become someone else's student."
"That's because Teacher Fukishima introduced me to the past..."
"Are you really willing to leave like this?" Natsume Tomoko gripped Tachibana Miyuki's shoulders, who dared not look at her, and asked forcefully with resentment, her eyes filled with anger and incomprehension.
"That's enough, stop talking." Adakko tried to step forward to stop him, her face full of anxiety.
Tomoko Natsume slapped his hand away, saying, "Aren't you the same? You secretly went to other teachers to become their students."
"I……"
"However, I heard that you were expelled from your sect less than a month later."
"How...how did you know about this?"
"Didn't you argue with that senior brother over there and even hit him?"
Without a word, the three siblings started arguing. Natsume Tomoko fought the two of them single-handedly, holding her own against them. Various scandals about her surfaced, and the argument escalated.
Hanyu Nan and Sonoko were enjoying eating melons on the side.
The three argued for a long time before they noticed that Teacher Fushima had been sitting silently in his chair, looking forlornly at his trembling hands.
For a moment, all three of them stopped arguing.
"I'm so sorry to have troubled you."
Kenzo Ukishima looked up at his three apprentices who had been arguing because of him, his eyes filled with guilt. Then he lowered his head again. "Please forgive me for being so useless..."
"teacher……"
The three siblings fell silent, their faces showing regret.
Watching this touching scene between master and disciple, Yuzuru sighed deeply, his thoughts drifting to his master, Shizuka, far away in Osaka.
He thought of how she, his mother, worried about him every day and was always concerned about his studies.
As it turned out, he had other ideas. Yu Shengnan severely criticized himself in his heart, feeling that he was a rebellious disciple!
After making up his mind to turn over a new leaf, Yuzuru suddenly said, "Mr. Adachi, you must be the one who arranged those things to make the pot fall down."
"Wh-what?"
"How is that possible?"
The group instinctively found this claim hard to believe and expressed their skepticism.
Kenzo Ukishima also looked at Kusunoki Hanyu, the future son-in-law of the Suzuki Group. He knew that given the other party's status, he would not make baseless accusations.
Looking at Adachi, who seemed somewhat flustered, Yuzuru smiled gently, a smile that seemed to know everything. "Mr. Adachi, there's white powder on your shoes. I think it's probably baking soda."
As he spoke, he turned to Kenzo Ukishima, his eyes asking, "Teacher Ukishima, do you know where this baking soda comes from?"
Kenzo Ukishima frowned and thought for a moment before answering seriously, "I was going to use baking soda to scrub the floor this afternoon, but I accidentally knocked it over outside the door."
"What time was that?"
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