Chapter 18 JK Detective 4
Friday, May 1
Final confirmation before video delivery——
Name "Hagiwara Kakiko" confirmed.
Email account, confirmed.
Other information, such as date of birth, phone number, address, etc. can be made up casually to reduce privacy leaks and avoid unnecessary trouble.
Come to think of it, why didn't she name herself "Urahara Kakiko" or "Ishida Kakiko"? What was she thinking when she made up her kana?
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The feedback on the video and 800 million yen came quickly.
In the morning, as she was about to leave for home, she sent off the package, which was carefully wrapped and disguised as a box of books. Because the distance was short, it arrived the same day. In the evening, while preparing dinner at home with her sisters, she noticed the logistics information showing that it had arrived, so she uploaded her first video.
As a result, an email came after dinner. The other party claimed to be a police officer and asked her when she was at home or when she was free to go to the police station. He said that the police wanted her to assist in the investigation of the 800 million stolen money, and seemed to have found her home address based on the network IP used when registering the account.
With a little caution, she asked the man to leave her name and police number, saying that she would go to the police station to find him after the Golden Week holiday. The man quickly replied, provided his identity information, and told her not to do anything too extreme and to pay more attention to safety.
"Mouri Kogoro... I don't know what kind of detective he is."
Is there any comparison with his namesake, Akechi Kogoro? However, compared to Akechi Kogoro, she prefers Kamatsu Kyousuke, who is not only a talented and handsome doctor of science, but also an associate professor of forensic medicine at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo. This kind of character really appeals to her.
However, the phrase "Don't do anything too extreme" did make her feel a little favorable towards him. He must have dealt with high school students before and knew that children her age, if they had extraordinary abilities, would be eager to tell the world about them. They were only concerned with attracting attention, but they were unaware of the danger approaching from behind... Of course, she was not that type.
After reading her email and closing her laptop, she was about to take a shower when her sister, Kurosaki Yuko, suddenly ran over and pulled her to the TV in the living room, her eyes sparkling, "I just saw someone on TV who looks a lot like me!"
……Um?
The other sister, Xia Li, was still sitting on the sofa. She pointed at the TV screen that was playing commercials and seemed much calmer. "Youzi was talking about the preview for Sunday's show. It should be playing again after the commercials are over."
Sunday’s program… Could it be the variety show she submitted her entry to in the evening?
The slightly noisy talking successfully attracted the other two people in the house. Kurosaki Isshin and Kurosaki Ichigo entered the living room one after the other, waiting for the trailer the girls mentioned to start.
The intermission commercial quickly ended under the expectant gazes of the two girls, and what the Kurosaki family saw in front of them was indeed the video footage of the young detective wearing a persimmon mask.
As the person involved, Kurosaki Utsuki silently looked away.
The video she uploaded wasn't very long, so the program preview would only show a small portion of it. However, the text the program crew added was both hilarious and hilarious.
"A mysterious girl who can see through the truth of the incident at a glance", "Is she a real rising star or just a publicity stunt", and the image behind her is blurred, "What exactly is the so-called evidence of the JK detective--"... Anyway, she herself was indeed attracted by the attention, but at the same time she was ashamed and wanted to run back to Beihua immediately with the Shinkansen.
Her lovely sister, Kurosaki Yuko, was completely unaware of her sister's embarrassment. She pointed at the TV screen in a soft and cute manner and said, "Even though most of her face is blocked, doesn't that JK detective look a lot like me?"
That level of obstruction might be enough to avoid being recognized by classmates, but for a family member who has been with him day and night for more than ten years...
"That must be Utahiki himself," Kurosaki Ichigo said affirmatively.
——It’s just like showing your face.
For a moment, all four people's eyes were focused on him. Kurosaki Utsuki silently took a few steps back and sat down on the sofa.
“…Yes, that’s me.”
The next second, the Kurosaki family was in an uproar. No one thought she had done anything strange, but instead, everyone became excited—
Kurosaki Kari's eyes were full of stars: "So cool! A female high school student detective or something, Utahiki-san is so cool!"
"……is that so?"
Kurosaki Yuko nodded quickly: "Of course! Dad thinks so too, right? Dad? Dad, don't cry while holding Mom's photo!"
"Wow, Masaki, look, our Utahiki has grown up and is already an excellent detective, wow..." Kurosaki Isshin pretended to cry while hugging the huge photo on the wall, "She even appeared on TV. She is worthy of being our daughter, wow..."
Although the crying was indeed exaggerated, and she also wanted to complain about why her mother had such a big photo hanging on the wall, but... it felt good to have the support of her family.
"Very good."
She turned her head and looked at her brother, with whom she hadn't spoken a word since returning home. Her cheeks were slightly red from being praised by her sisters. "What?"
"You look happy, Goshi," he said.
"That would be great."
"……Um."
It turns out that I still need to reconcile with my brother as soon as possible.
Sunday, May 3rd
I don’t know if it was pure coincidence or the TV station had anticipated this, but the police notice was issued right after that variety show was broadcast.
At that moment, everyone - at least everyone in the Kurosaki family - was excited, just like the day they watched the trailer.
Facing the whole family, Kurosaki Utsuki's explanation was very simple -
"I happened to meet the ghost of the robber. I chatted with him for a while and heard a lot of things. Then I did some research."
The three people in the family who could more or less see souls accepted this well, but the father, Kurosaki Isshin, who claimed that he could not see anything, started to pretend crying while hugging his mother's portrait.
Speechless, Kurosaki Uta slowly lowered her eyes, thinking of her father who was originally a god of death but lost all his power to save her mother.
She couldn't help but wonder what it would be like if she suddenly lost her spiritual power, not only losing the ability to fight but even being unable to see the "truth" of the world. How would she feel and how would she go through the difficult adaptation period?
Is it so easy to give up the power that was once held in your hands? Even if it is returned to its original owner...
Tuesday, May 5th
What is it like to carry your luggage and prepare to return to school, only to be blocked at the door by your few friends to begin with?
Kurosaki Utsuki had an innocent look on her face that said, "I have no idea what you are talking about," but the boy opposite her insisted, "Stop pretending, it must be you."
Of course, I am talking about the current hot topic figure "JK Detective Persimmon".
...It seems that her disguise really can't hide from the eyes of acquaintances.
Although she could easily bypass them by using some physical skills - there was no need for even flash steps or flying sickle kicks - but after all, she only had these two friends.
So in the end, she was still in a hurry and announced that she had given up: "It's me, I admit it, yes, I am the JK detective, can I leave now?"
Later that evening, she returned to Beika City to film a new JK detective video. She had already arranged a meeting time with her photographer, Hagiwara Kenji. This time, they were going to get to the bottom of that cold case from ten years ago, and she didn't want to be late.
However, the two teenagers on the opposite side still firmly refused to give way to her——
"What parts of the investigation did you omit?"
...The whole process is filled with supernatural phenomena that ordinary people cannot see and find difficult to accept.
Morobushi Jingguang was even more excited than Furuya Ling. He seemed to have suspected her peculiarity long ago. His cat-like eyes widened and he asked excitedly, "Is it the same as when you solved my parents' case six years ago, Utah?"
Kurosaki Utsuki thought for two seconds, then nodded: "There are indeed some similarities."
The difference is that her mind was not normal at the time. The memories of herself and her mother were intertwined in her mind, and the real and unreal souls suddenly appeared in her vision, making her so confused that she could not tell who she was. Compared with redressing the injustice of the stranger victim, her nature of escaping reality was more intense.
And when reality could no longer be avoided... she went berserk, in the basement training ground of Urahara Shoten.
Looking back now, she still felt incredibly guilty. The few people who had fought her to suppress her rampage had all held back against a nine-year-old human girl, yet she had unleashed her full spiritual power without restraint.
While running wild, his soul put on a Hollow mask and fired Hollow Flashes. At the same time, he also relied on the memories left by his mother and absorbed the spiritual energy around him using the method of the Quincy. His destructive power seemed to be quite astonishing, so much so that in the words of Mako Hirako, he reached the level of "being able to be a captain easily."
She didn't know whether her opponents at the time, Mako Hirako, Yoruichi Shihoin, and Kisuke Urahara, were injured or how seriously they were injured. Only after waking up did she hear that her twin brother Ichigo Kurosaki, who provided her with spiritual power, was almost admitted to the intensive care unit... But that's getting off topic.
"Don't you want to be police officers in the future?" The Death Girl, desperate to catch her bus, suddenly thought of a way to escape. "Future police officers can't use such illegal methods to handle cases. They're not like the arrogant police officers in TV dramas."
She did succeed. At least Furuya Rei was stimulated by her words. He immediately crossed his arms and smiled confidently: "Before I become a police officer, I will definitely find out your secret, Kurosaki."
"Then I'll wait and see."
Kurosaki Utsuki waved to the two of them, and before Morobushi Kagemitsu, who seemed to want to say something, could open his mouth, she quickly walked around with her suitcase, leaving the boys with only her swift back.
She didn't really wait and see.
After all, she didn't want them to meet death before becoming police officers.
…Even as a proxy for the god of death, she herself wanted to live as a human until she died of natural causes.
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