Yuki Tomikawa couldn't remember, she fell into unspeakable fear, so she ran away for the first time in a very rude way. Hinata Hajime's coat fell to the ground, and the thin girl ran into the rain.

"Tomikawa-san!" Hinata Hajime wanted to follow, but he hadn't paid the bill yet. He hurriedly took out his wallet from his pocket to pay the bill, and when he went out again, Tomikawa Yuki was nowhere to be seen.

It was raining outside, the rain was fast and heavy, and there were splashes of water everywhere. Hinata Hajime picked up his coat from the ground.

【She seemed very resistant to the question.】

【It is important to explain this. 】

Hinata Hajime frowned slightly, he opened his umbrella and walked into the rain, the rain hit the umbrella, forming a strange sonata, but Hinata Hajime was just immersed in his own thoughts and didn't even notice that his clothes were wet by the rain. Kamijou Izuru frowned slightly because of the sticky feeling of his skin, but didn't say anything.

If Hinata Hajime was not mistaken, the desperate host chosen by Mouse City must be related to Tomikawa Yuki, and even Chida Midori's disappearance was related to this matter.

But the main problem now is that Yuki Tomikawa has already revealed her secret in the Rat City.

Even though the feelings remained, Yuki Tomikawa had completely forgotten the secret. A forgotten secret is not a secret, and a secret that has been made public is not a secret either. It is still so difficult to find the truth.

At this moment, Kamijou Izuru raised his eyes slightly, and when Hinata Hajime was lost in thought, he controlled his body and took a step to the side. Hinata Hajime was startled, and the umbrella in his hand tilted a little, and the rain soaked his head and body. The cold feeling made Hinata Hajime shudder.

【What? 】

Hinata Hajime quickly straightened the umbrella and looked to the side.

A man in a black raincoat stood there, with a black hood covering the upper half of his face. Hinata Hajime saw him raise his head slightly, revealing half of his purple eyes. He smiled at Hinata Hajime, looking so pale in the dark night that he looked like a vampire.

"Who is it?"

"Nice to meet you, Hinata-kun." The man on the other side had an elegant voice, like the tone of an old noble, which was even more strange in the rain. "I'm so sorry, I should introduce myself. My name is Fyodor D. I'm an intelligence dealer. Do you want to buy intelligence from me?"

Hinata stood up and looked at the man in front of him strangely, "Why do you know my name?"

"I'm not the only one who knows your name. In fact, your name has been heard by many people." Fyodor exclaimed in an exaggerated tone, "After all, you are the only detective who can handle crimes involving superpowers."

"So, you want to buy intelligence from me?"

【What's wrong with this man? 】

【Talented people are all weird.】

[…Why are you stealing my lines?]

【This way you can accept it better. 】

Hinata Hajime: ...

Okay.

"Since you are an intelligence dealer, do you know about the situation in Rat City?" Hinata Hajime asked.

"Rat City, of course I know, but the price of this information will be very high." The demon said, with an incomprehensible smile in his purple eyes, "Can this guest pay enough in exchange for this information?"

Hinata Hajime looked at him and said, "Before I reward you, let me prove that the information you told me is correct."

"That's what risk trading is all about. You have to take the risk to get the information you want." The demon remained unmoved.

Hinata Hajime smiled and said, "Then you can also get a reward in the risk. The reward I prepared is definitely beyond your imagination. If you want to get this reward, you need to tell me your intelligence in advance. This is a two-way risk transaction, don't you think so, Mr. Fyodor?"

"You're right." The demon smiled and held out his hand, "Please follow me."

[This person seems very confident. Did I say something that is hard to refute? Why did he agree to it just now?] Hinata Hajime frowned slightly.

【He was trying to provide you with information from the beginning.】

[Why?] Hinata Hajime couldn't help but start to wonder, [An intelligence dealer giving intelligence to others for free, this sounds weird no matter how you listen to it, and where did he know about the Mouse City?]

Kamuko Izuru looked at Fyodor who was walking in front of him, and after a moment he said, "Because to him, it makes no difference whether you know it or not."

[However, knowing this will bring up more variables, so he did this.]

【Is he watching a play? 】

【That’s right.】

Hinata Chuangshou looked depressed. He followed the person in front of him and walked forward all the way to an abandoned warehouse. Fyodor opened the hood of his raincoat. The warehouse was very shabby and there were several leaks. It was raining heavily outside and drizzling inside, and it was very humid.

The man who called himself Fyodor seemed to be afraid of the cold. He took off his raincoat and put on the cotton jacket he had prepared in advance. Looking at him, Hinata Hajime began to think that the name Fyodor did not seem to be a code name, and it was more like the name of other countries than the code name of Japan.

Although this person's Japanese is more local than the locals.

"So, what is the information about Mouse City?" Hinata Hajime asked.

"Don't worry." Fyodor calmly put on his hat. "Look at the rain outside. It's so heavy and cold. If you get caught in the rain and get scolded when you get home, you will definitely be very upset. So, when you encounter such heavy rain, you should find a place to take shelter."

Hinata Hajime couldn't help scratching his hair, [What is he talking about? ]

【Information.】

Hinata Hajime: ...Are talented people always so tactful when speaking about intelligence?

"I once took in a high school girl here." Fyodor leaned against the wall. Raindrops fell beside him, but he didn't care. He just kept looking into Hinata Hajime's eyes with a smile on his face. "That girl lived in a very terrible environment. She suffered physical and mental pain both day and night."

"She was almost crushed by guilt."

"Who is that high school girl?"

"Who is it? I didn't ask for a name, after all, there are so many people like this." The demon smiled widely, "If it wasn't her, it would have been someone else. In this world, no one can jump out of this vicious circle."

On the other side, in the endless rainy night, Yuki Tomikawa was walking in the rain. With a click, a thunder sounded, and Yuki Tomikawa screamed in fright.

She kept shaking and her eyes were red and swollen from crying.

"Miyo, Miyo, where are you? I'm so scared. I miss you so much."

"Don't abandon me."

"Didn't we agree to leave here together? Alas..."

Yuki Tomikawa pressed her temples and stood in the rain blinking her eyes. Tears kept flowing out of her eyes and merged with the rain around her.

"We made an appointment. When did we make the appointment? Midori, please tell me."

…

Yuki Tomikawa has a secret. Her only friend, Midori Chida, has a crazy father. She has no room and can only sleep in the basement. There are also surveillance cameras in the room to ensure that her every move is under the control of her father.

Chida Midori was in great pain, as this inhuman desire for control caused her to become quite extreme.

When she was beaten, she would bite back madly. Many people thought she was sick. The more she resisted, the more she was bullied. Moreover, after being bullied at school, she would be abused by her father when she returned home.

"I think I let him die." Chida Miyo said this to Tomikawa Yuki while they were cuddling together.

Yuki Tomikawa wanted to help Midori, but she couldn't do anything. She was born timid and cowardly, and was bullied at school. She was also taught to listen to her parents at home. She was suffering in life. She couldn't even save herself, so how could she save her best friend?

That day, Chida Midori did not come to school. The teacher said that she fell down the stairs and broke her leg, but Tomikawa Yuki knew that it must be her father who did not let her go out and beat her.

Yuki Tomikawa wanted to see Midori, but was blocked by those people after school.

They saw that Yuki Tomikawa was so anxious to leave the school, so they locked her in the classroom. As they watched her begging for mercy, they laughed on the other side of the door, laughing at her pain.

It happened to rain heavily that day, and it was already dark when Yuki Tomikawa escaped from the school. She ran towards the Chida family, but the more she ran, the weaker she became. Finally, she knelt down on the road and cried. She didn't know why she was crying, but she couldn't stop her tears.

After a few minutes, Yuki Tomikawa got up from the ground. Her vision was blurry and she had unknowingly walked into an abandoned warehouse.

There was another person in the warehouse, and when Yuki Tomikawa reacted, he discovered the man standing at the back.

She was startled and quickly said sorry, but then she realized that the man had not paid any attention to her at all.

Opposite the man was a strange building. It was shabby and shapeless, looking like a piece of plasticine kneaded by a child. There were only three awkward words pasted on the door frame: Rat City.

"What a nice name, right?" the man suddenly spoke. Yuki Tomikawa was startled and she looked at the man in horror.

"Don't worry, I'm not interested in you. After all, there is such an interesting thing in front of me." Fyodor put one hand on his chin, with a smile in his purple eyes, "Do you know what this is?"

Tomikawa Yuki kept backing away, "I, I don't know."

"This place called Mouse City can make wishes come true."

Tomikawa Yuki was stunned for a moment, "Realize...a wish?"

"This is a secret place where you can tell secrets or choose to have the secrets erased. However, most people will only have their memories of the secret erased. Only the chosen ones will have the secret erased. Isn't that amazing?"

Yuki Tomikawa had no idea what this was and her mind went blank. All that remained was the words that wishes could be fulfilled and memories could be erased.

Can I? Make her wish come true, help Miyo, or erase the memory of her inability to do anything about it.

"First, did your wish come true, sir?"

"Of course not." Fyodor said with a hint of regret, "Although I have many secrets, I am not desperate. Of course, I will not be chosen."

Fyodor looked at Tomikawa Yuki and said, "Do you want to try it?"

Yuki Tomikawa was attracted. Whether it was to realize her wish or to forget this memory, she was very excited.

She was already unfortunate enough, and she desperately wanted to stop suffering and get away from such a life with Chida Midori. Under the unfounded encouragement in her heart, she stepped into the Mouse Castle step by step, and expressed her wish in that shapeless room. She thought: She was such an unfortunate person, it would never be her turn to realize her wish.

Well, let's clear up the secret.

So she wrote her name on the paper, and then left Mouse Town suspiciously.

Nothing happened.

So she came to Fyodor anxiously and asked why she still remembered her secret.

Fyodor looked at her in surprise. After a moment he smiled and said: Congratulations, your wish has come true.

Those who are not chosen will lose their memories, but for those who are chosen, the secret will be truly deleted.

That is what is called: making wishes come true.

"Since Hinata-kun is the person who resolves this type of supernatural event, he should be very clear about what the so-called wish fulfillment will lead to." Fyodor sat on the abandoned wooden box with a smile on his face, "Since it represents despair, there is certainly no hopeful way to achieve it."

"Chida Miyo's father had a heart attack and died, and Chida Miyo disappeared. This is how the wish came true."

Fyodor began to applaud. "What a perfect solution."

Hinata Hajime stood there. It was very quiet around him. The only sounds were the rain and his own rapid heartbeat, which went on and on like the sound of a drum.

The desperate host of Mouse City is Yuki Tomikawa.

She was deliberately chosen and her wishes were twisted.

So the Rat City used to be a basement. After choosing Yuki Tomikawa as the host, the Rat City evolved rapidly and successfully evolved into its current appearance based on Yuki Tomikawa's secret.

"Yuki Tomikawa couldn't bear such a fact, so she chose to seal this memory and completely forget about it. This is quite normal no matter how you think about it. After all, human's desire to survive is often stronger than we think. However, she will remember it eventually." Fyodor looked at Hinata Hajime, like a poisonous snake spraying venom.

"So, Hinata-kun, do you want to tell her about this?"

Hinata Hajime knew what demon meant.

As a desperate host, Yuki Tomikawa forgot all this and to a certain extent suppressed the development of Mouse City, so that Mouse City has been developing as a secret telling point, accumulating secrets and never spreading them out, but this cannot completely solve the problem.

Only when Yuki Tomikawa remembers his identity as the despair host and regains hope, can the despair fragments evolve into hope fragments, and the Rat City will disappear completely.

However, once Tomikawa Yuki remembers, her despair will quickly erupt, and the guilt of unconsciously killing Chida Miyo will quickly cause her to collapse. This level of despair will cause the Rat City to immediately evolve to the next stage.

That is: spreading secrets.

Hinata Hajime looked at the demon in front of him, "What role do you play in this?"

"Just a spectator."

Fyodor smiled like an elegant gentleman, "No matter what choice you make, it's all despair. This kind of plot is really interesting, so I want to see it to the end and see what method Hinata-kun is going to use to wake up the desperate girl."

【Fake.】

【Outflow? 】

[He is waiting for Yuki Tokawa to recover his memory. As long as Yuki Tokawa collapses in despair, the secret of Mouse City will be spread. Once the secret is spread, Yokohama will be in chaos. His goal is to cause chaos in Yokohama.]

[…Understood.]

"I have already told Hinata-kun the news about Mouse City. So what about Hinata-kun's reward?" Fyodor raised his hand, "It's your turn now."

Hinata Sou nodded, "There are risks involved in exchanging information."

"What do you mean, Hinata-kun?"

"Before I came here, I had already informed the military police of your situation. The area has been surrounded by military police."

Fyodor blinked, "Oh? So Hinata-kun doesn't trust me. It's such a pity."

"But." Fyodor showed a poisonous smile, "My men have found Miss Fuchuan. Soon she will know what she has done and remember everything. Intelligence trading is risky, but as long as I take a little risk, I can get a lot of intelligence."

"You're right, right, Hinata-kun."

【Disgusting.】

The military police had already surrounded the area. Hinata Sou turned around and ran out of the warehouse. The rain outside was as heavy as before. Hinata Sou didn't even use an umbrella this time. The rain fell on him, completely soaking his clothes.

[Idashi, where is Yuki Tomikawa now? 】

【She won't go home, she will most likely go back to school. 】

Hinata Hajime ran quickly towards the school, his heart filled with anxiety.

Yuki Tomikawa cannot be allowed to know the truth now. Once her memory is restored, Yuki Tomikawa will be instantly dominated by the power of Despair. Despair will only make her hurt everyone and then hurt herself. The worst result is that all the people whose secrets have been spread will be affected.

While running, Hinata Hajime wiped the rain off his face, and his eyes instantly turned into red and green, and his gaze became firm.

[You must stop him. ]

At this time, in the school's gymnasium warehouse, Yuki Tomikawa was curled up inside, her body was wet, and there was lightning and thunder outside.

She looked up at the rain outside, her eyes full of emptiness.

The thin girl was shivering because of the cold. Her lips were pale and her voice was a little trembling, but she didn't care at all. She just kept murmuring, as if this could give her the motivation to stay alive.

"Miyo, where are you? I miss you so much. You must be in Mouse City, right?"

"Everyone says you're gone, but I don't believe it. You must still be here."

"Wait for me, I will find you."

"Miyo will never abandon me!"