Chapter 217 The Third Player

However, not long after Xi Haiqing Dou made up his mind, someone from the Special Powers Special Affairs Department called him directly in the afternoon.

After returning home, Xi Haiqing Dou sat on the sofa, looking at the caller number displayed on the vibrating cell phone on the coffee table, and sighed slowly.

What should I do? I don’t really want to answer…

I always have a feeling that if I pick up the phone, something bad will happen.

The ringtone from the speaker of the mobile phone rang and stopped, stopped and rang again. It rang twice. Xi Haiqingdou sat on the sofa with his eyes downcast, as motionless as a stone.

It wasn't until the ringtone rang for the third time, and in the first second when the ringtone rang, Xi Haiqing Dou finally made up his mind and reached out to answer the phone.

"Excuse me, Mochizuki-kun, are you finally free to answer the phone now?"

A leisurely male voice came from the other end of the phone. The voice was clear and gentle, neither hurried nor slow, and the tone was very firm, as if he had expected that he would choose to answer the call.

The bad premonition came true.

"You still have to work overtime on Valentine's Day, Sakaguchi-kun? You guys are really busy at work." Saikai Haruto said leisurely.

The other person seemed to chuckle. "For us, sometimes being able to work together can be considered a date. This opportunity is as rare as a vacation. Besides, the call with Mochizuki-kun is more important now."

"Oh, I forgot that you and your wife are colleagues. I heard that Sakaguchi's child is already 18 years old and graduated from college this year. Do you plan to do the same job as you two in the future?"

"That kid has his own ideas. He seems to be in a rebellious phase and has started his own business. I don't know what kind of mess he is doing. Although neither of us will interfere with his ideas, his behavior still troubles us for a long time."

The man on the other side said slowly, "However, he did tell me before that he is also a fan of Kurumi-sensei's books. If he knew that I was contacting you, Mochizuki-kun, I'm sure he would be very happy for a long time."

What a difficult guy...Xi Hai Qing Dou said "tsk" in his heart.

He persisted: "With a father like you as a role model, I don't think that child will be able to rebel any more."

The man on the other side also smiled and replied: "Then I will borrow Mr. Mochizuki's good words. I hope that the child can also give me and his mother less headaches in the future."

Not only that, maybe he will be promoted faster than you in the future.

Isn’t he the one who did great things during his “rebellious period”?

Xihai Qingdou thought.

The guy opposite is called Sakaguchi Binggo. He is from the Yokohama government. He is the director of the "Special Power Special Affairs Department", a special agency used to secretly monitor and manage dangerous special powers. He is also a special power user.

The "child" he mentioned who was in the rebellious period was also very familiar to Saikai Haruto - it was Sakaguchi Ango, who was also a man who did big things. If you calculate the time, the "messy things" he was doing now might be being a network hacker to cheat the money of the Port Mafia. Of course, it is also possible that he has already cheated all the money and is being hunted by the Port Mafia.

In the future, he will even join the port mafia as an undercover agent of the Special Powers Secret Service, and finally turn against them and return to the Special Powers Secret Service to get a promotion and a raise... His speed will be no different from riding a rocket.

I never thought that there would be a day when he would call Sakaguchi Ango "that kid" all the time... How should I put it, I feel strangely refreshed.

Regardless of this, as "Mochizuki Kaoru", he doesn't like dealing with either Sakaguchi Ango or Sakaguchi Binggo.

After all, one of them is a member of the secret government organization, the Special Agent Division, and the other is a former intelligence dealer who has always been walking in the gray and black areas and dancing on the legal framework. Now, he is an ordinary novelist and a good law-abiding citizen of Yokohama. They don't match up at all. Although he has been hanging out in Europe during that period, and has "washed his hands and turned ashore" after returning to Japan, he has become a good law-abiding citizen, but he hates dealing with official personnel directly. This point can be said to be engraved in his DNA many years ago... No matter how good the other party seems to be.

Besides, his current identity is just an ordinary novelist... He should not have any connection with the Special Powers Agency, a secret special agency that ordinary people should not know about.

For "Mochizuki Kaoru", although the two parties have known each other for seven years, he still feels that the most appropriate distance between him and them is to be two parallel lines that never intersect.

"...Mochizuki-kun, are you still listening?" Sakaguchi Binggo's gentle and peaceful voice came from the receiver.

Xi Haiqing Dou came back to his senses, and seemed to be half a beat late to respond: "Ah, what were you talking about just now?"

"Is the signal bad? Wait a moment."

The receiver could be heard moving. Sakaguchi paused and suddenly chuckled. "Fortunately, the signal was a little off just now, but it's still working. Mochizuki-kun's call just now couldn't be connected. I almost suspected that I had dialed the wrong number or disturbed Mochizuki-kun's important business."

"It's nothing important. I think the people you sent to follow me should know my schedule today. I don't have any important schedule today, so you called me so many times just now."

Saikai Harutoshi didn't appreciate it at all and said bluntly: "And since you know it's a disturbance, if you really feel guilty, Sakaguchi-kun, I suggest you hang up the phone right now."

"I'm really sorry, but I'm afraid that won't work." The male voice on the other side was still gentle and stable, and his attitude did not change at all: "Excuse me for disturbing you. Anyway, Mochizuki-kun, you should also know that in the week since you suddenly disappeared, some unpleasant things happened in Yokohama, and according to the investigation of our investigators, many clues point to these things and you are related."

——After talking for so long, I finally got to the point.

Xihai Qingdou pursed his lips.

"I don't know, I don't understand, I don't have any idea. I didn't disappear in the past week, but I stayed at home writing so I didn't go out. I don't know what happened recently, and even if something happened, it has nothing to do with me."

He spoke quickly and decisively before pausing: "Do you have anything else to say?"

“…This is really surprising.”

Sakaguchi Bingwu smiled bitterly: "Mochizuki-kun, you are still as concise as ever. I really don't know where to start."

"What's there to be surprised about? After all, I'm just a novelist, not a member of the supernatural secret service department, so I don't need to know so much. Knowing too much is not a good thing."

Xi Haiqing said indifferently: "If you don't know how to say it, then don't say it. I don't want to know anyway. I'm hanging up now."

Sakaguchi Binggo on the other side seemed to sigh: "That still needs to be said."

"But I don't want to listen." Sai Haiqing Dou said.

His tone was calm and objective without any emotion: "Although I don't know why the elites of your Special Ability Agent Department suddenly came to monitor me, an ordinary person, I think you should be very clear about this. After all, since I left the house yesterday, the people sent by your Special Ability Agent Department to monitor me have been following me outside. I'm afraid they even recorded which foot I stepped with first when I entered the house. And whether before or after I left the house, I should not have done anything to make you Special Ability Agent Department alert and concerned?"

"By the way, I have to say their behavior and movements were really arrogant. Should I say thank God they didn't follow me into my house?"

"They are not competent enough at work and have made too many mistakes. They have caused trouble for you, Mochizuki-kun. I apologize to you on their behalf. I am really sorry."

On the other end of the phone, Sakaguchi Bingwu, who was sitting at his desk, did not dwell on the previous question any more. Instead, he changed the subject and apologized to Saikai Haruto.

He took a moment to glance at the man in a black suit standing in front of him, bowing his head in shame, and said in a gentle voice: "But think about it, in your eyes, Mochizuki-kun, I'm afraid that even the most powerful surveillance officer is as ridiculous as a chick that has just learned to fly. In this case, it's understandable."

"As for surveillance... it's not that. We are just investigating in a way that is more suitable for both of us. It is also a disguised form of protection. Regardless, please rest assured, Mochizuki-kun. Breaking into someone else's house without the owner's permission is not something we would do."

The man in the black suit looked even more ashamed after hearing what Sakaguchi Binggo said, and he almost wanted to bury his head in the ground.

If Saikai Haruto was present, he would surely recognize at a glance that the young man standing in front of Sakaguchi Heigo was the one who had been following him for the past two days.

——Who cares about these things!

Xihai Qingdou sighed silently in his heart.

So it's not without reason that he hates dealing with the Special Forces Department and Sakaguchi Binggo.

His brain is too busy and he has too many thoughts. He would like to analyze a sentence into seven or eight different meanings, and he would also like to say it in seven or eight different ways. Every sentence he says is mixed with temptations, and sometimes one sentence will let people catch the flaw if they are not careful. Most people can't beat him and don't want to play with him - although "Mochizuki Xun" was such a person in the past, and she can be said to be even worse than him.

It's another day when I just want to hang up the phone.

"...You didn't deny that you recorded everything I said and did, eh?"

Saikai Haruto's voice sounded like a sneer, a laugh, and he didn't care at all: "But you are wrong about one thing. I am just an ordinary citizen of Yokohama. The members of your special agent department are at least the elites among the elites. No matter what, it is not the turn of an ordinary person like me to find it ridiculous. I am not worthy of being used as a training ground for those intelligence agents of your special agent department."

He kindly reminded: "But I suggest that your intelligence agents should be more careful in their future actions. Although I am just an ordinary citizen, if they are caught and beaten up by other enthusiastic citizens around them as social scum such as flower thieves, I will not help to explain it."

"Helpful citizen" and the like... I'm afraid that in the whole of Yokohama, only Mochizuki Kaoru would have the audacity to call a superpower from the port mafia a "helpful citizen" and call the monitor from the Superpower Special Service Department a "flower thief" and "social scum".

Sakaguchi Bingwu didn't care that his extra thoughts were exposed, as it was just a matter of convenience. However, he also relied on the fact that "Mochizuki Kaoru" was not a person who would fight with others or get angry easily. Even if he found out, he would not do anything more.

Sakaguchi Bingwu pondered for two seconds and smiled: "Thank you for the reminder, I will let them continue to hone their skills and try not to let the "enthusiastic citizens" mistake them for flower thieves... Otherwise, even I would feel embarrassed when I think about saving my subordinates as "flower thieves" from the hands of the Metropolitan Police Department or the Port Mafia."

The man in a black suit standing next to him was so ashamed that sweat was dripping from his forehead.

As if sensing that Saikai Haruto's attitude had softened, Sakaguchi Bingwu suddenly changed the subject and said, "But I still need to clarify one thing... Although you said before that you didn't want to know about this, this matter is still related to you, so I still have to explain a little here. Of course, you can also regard this as a kind reminder from a friend."

"Four days ago, a series of murders suddenly occurred in Yokohama. Both the murder methods and the traces at the scene were exactly the same as the cases that appeared in the work "The Nameless Wax Museum" by the mystery novelist Kurumi Mochizuki. The police also found a letter left by the murderer near the scene, signed with 'X' and addressed to Kurumi Mochizuki, but the murderer disappeared at the scene as if he had disappeared."

Sakaguchi Bingwu said in a calm voice: "We suspect that the other party is a person with special abilities. Unfortunately, we have not been able to find any trace of him so far. But one thing is very obvious - the ultimate target of the person behind the scenes is undoubtedly you, Mochizuki-kun."

"So, I'm sorry, Mochizuki-kun, no matter what the outcome of this matter is, you can't say that it has nothing to do with you." He said softly.

Xi Hai Qing Dou: "..."

He knew that this call was indeed not a good thing.