A Scientific Urban Detective

“So…”

Having heard that Kurozuma Meari had already found a way to participate in the underground arena, Kiyama Harumi raised her eyebrows.

“Then, Ishikawa…” Upon hearing this, Hebitani Tsugio couldn’t be bothered to play dead anymore, and quickly jumped up to ask.

“I don’t know,” Kurozuma Meari shook his head with a troubled expression. “I only managed to gather information about the underground arena. But the organizers are very cautious, and didn’t leak any extra information. Especially the information about the participants, it’s a secret within a secret, completely impossible to get my hands on.”

“So,” Kiyama Harumi, who was familiar with him, immediately guessed Kurozuma Meari’s next plan, “You want to sign up to participate, and personally go in to find Ishikawa?”

“Yes.” Kurozuma Meari nodded.

“You should also know the exaggerated death rate of this competition, right?”

“I know, but don’t worry.” Kurozuma Meari smiled, clenching his fist. “You know, I’m actually very good at fighting.”

“This isn’t a question of whether or not you can fight!” Kiyama Harumi couldn’t help but shout.

“That’s why I didn’t want you to know…” Kurozuma Meari muttered.

“What did you say?” Kiyama Harumi’s eyebrows furrowed.

“I mean, my goal isn’t to win the competition and take the prize money, so I won’t stubbornly keep fighting.” Kurozuma Meari said, “I’m participating in the competition just to be able to enter, and then find Ishikawa.”

Kiyama Harumi thought for a moment, and realized that in this case, the danger seemed to be reduced a lot. She believed in Kurozuma Meari’s strength, and didn’t think he would immediately lose and be killed in the initial few matches.

“Then…” She raised her head, just as she opened her mouth to say something, she was interrupted by Kurozuma Meari.

“Kiyama, now that you already know about this, then there are indeed some things that I can only ask you to do.” Kurozuma Meari said with a solemn expression, “The underground arena is very mysterious. Relying only on the information I gathered from the armed Skill-Out group isn’t enough. I hope you can also help with some investigations within the scope of the rules.”

“I believe that in these matters, Judgment’s intelligence will definitely be more comprehensive.” Kurozuma Meari sighed, “You could even say that Judgment has too much information, and doesn’t have the energy to individually determine which of them contain hidden cases.”

Kiyama Harumi nodded, she knew that Kurozuma Meari was right. Judgment, like Anti-Skill, are both huge organizations with branches all over the city, and they collect countless pieces of information every day.

Unless they encounter relevant cases that require special investigation, most of the information ends up being lost forever, and no one will ever pay attention to it.

For this reason, the management of this information isn’t too strict, and even a “trainee” like Kiyama Harumi can freely access most of the information.

This is the biggest convenience of the "Judgment" identity, and it is also the main reason why Hebitani Tsugio and Kurozuma Meari have successively asked her for help.

“Okay, I’ll go back and investigate now.” Kiyama Harumi didn’t delay for a moment, and immediately started taking action in a flurry. “We’ll keep in touch, and whoever has any discoveries, we’ll share the information as soon as possible!”

“I’m counting on you, Kiyama!” Kurozuma Meari smiled and patted her on the shoulder. “Now it seems that your joining Judgment is really a big help, right, Hebitani?”

“Big brother is right, I’m counting on you, Big Sis Kiyama!” Hebitani Tsugio bowed deeply again.

Watching the girl who left in a hurry but didn’t forget to pay the bill, Kurozuma Meari said with a smile, “She’s really a good woman, isn’t she?”

“I know, I was wrong before,” Hebitani Tsugio had a complicated expression. “After I get back, I will persuade them to change their attitude towards Big Sis.”

“There’s no need to force it so much, ‘Great Spider’ isn’t a one-man show.” Kurozuma Meari shook his head. “Besides, Hebitani, you’re not really convinced, are you? You’re just bowing your head because you need her help.”

After a moment of silence, Hebitani Tsugio said, “Big brother is right. I still can’t accept it… Although Big Sis can indeed help us, but Judgment…”

“Don’t worry about it,” Kurozuma Meari shook his head. “As long as you don’t do anything too outrageous, it doesn’t matter what attitude you have. I’m not playing with you guys just because you all completely obey me.”

The two left the cafe and walked on the sidewalk, the conversation continued.

“Big brother, I know that you didn’t allow us to ask Big Sis for help because you wanted to protect her, and didn’t want to involve her in this dangerous event.” Hebitani Tsugio asked, “But, why in the end, did you still let her help with the investigation?”

As a result, the thing that Kurozuma Meari finally asked Kiyama Harumi to help with was actually the request that Hebitani Tsugio had made before.

“Hebitani,” Kurozuma Meari sighed, “What do you think Kiyama would impulsively decide to do in that kind of situation just now, with her personality?”

“Big Sis…” The image of Kiyama Harumi wearing a red jacket and riding a heavy motorcycle with them flashed through his mind, Hebitani Tsugio swallowed, “She would ask to participate in the competition with big brother?”

“Yeah, so…” Kurozuma Meari shrugged.

“Indeed, this is the only way to divert Big Sis’s attention.” Hebitani Tsugio nodded in agreement.

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In fact, even Hebitani Tsugio, who didn’t like Kiyama Harumi, hadn’t thought of putting her in danger.

“It’s also big brother’s fault for being too efficient,” Hebitani Tsugio couldn’t help but complain, “For finding out the information so quickly… If I had known, I wouldn’t have come to ask Big Sis for help.”

You should know that as the second-in-command of “Great Spider”, Hebitani Tsugio had also mobilized his connections to find out information, but he had gained nothing, so he had no choice but to ask Kiyama Harumi for help.

Now it seems that there is a reason why Kurozuma Meari can be the boss.

“How did Kurozuma big brother do it?” He couldn’t help but ask.

“It’s nothing,” Kurozuma Meari shrugged, “Just asked the friends I used to play with before.”

Kurozuma Meari has a generous personality, is magnanimous, and is particularly loyal, so he is very popular in the underworld, and the bosses of the nearby large and small gangs give him a lot of face.

Therefore, for Kurozuma Meari, finding out information is really just a matter of mobilizing his connections.

Hebitani Tsugio, who takes a gang leader as his role model, admires this very much.

This is “face” – isn’t this what people who mix in the underworld are ultimately pursuing?

It’s better than that dumb oaf from Skill-Out, who has no connections and insists on pretending to be fat, posting sky-high bounties on the dark web…

The bosses who really know the information won’t tell him – because everyone knows that the Skill-Out bunch of poor bastards can’t afford a bounty of 100 million!

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