Congratulations on Your Arrest

  Chapter 31 Weird case

   "Hello, hello! Please come in."

   "Sai, don't be in a daze, pour a glass of water for the guest."

  The third floor of the apartment.

  Aragaki Detective Agency.

   Mai Aragaki, who came back with a strange mixed-race girl, endured the situation, but decided to save face for her father in front of outsiders, and turned around to pour water after muttering twice.

   On the sofa opposite the coffee table.

The petite Ryoka Kame is sitting in a somewhat cautious posture, with only half of her **** touching the sofa, and her eyes drift to Higashinohara who is sitting in the corner from time to time—she was taken upstairs by the enthusiastic Aragaki Satoru just after we met downstairs. There is no time to ask Higashinohara why he is here.

   When Mai Aragaki poured the tea, she quickly got up and took it with both hands to thank him. The latter said a few words politely, then turned and glared at Satoru Aragaki behind him.

  But thinking of asking for something today, I sat aside to make room for it.

   Aragaki Satoru was rare to be serious, and he didn't underestimate the other party because of his age.

  The principal is the principal.

  Of course, the premise is to give money.

  After a simple polite greeting, he asked straight to the point:

   "May I ask you what entrustment you have? Aragaki Firm will definitely provide you with the most satisfactory service that other private detective firms cannot enjoy at the lowest price in the industry."

  Ryoka Kame didn't seem to be used to being so enthusiastic about her, so she turned her body slightly.

   To be honest, Higashinohara is not very used to it. If he meets someone who is inexplicably enthusiastic about him on the street, he will definitely hold his wallet tightly before speaking.

  But when he really wanted to talk about something at this time, a look of helplessness appeared on Kamu Ryoka's face, his eyes were slightly red, he sniffed, lowered his head and said:

   "My mother passed away the day before yesterday."

   Aragaki Satoru was taken aback for a moment, and immediately comforted, "Ah? If that's the case. Please give me condolences. Your mother may also want to see you happy."

   Higashinohara glanced at Ryoka Kame.

  He remembered hearing from someone in class that she was a single-parent family, and the death of her mother must have hit her hard, but at this time, Ryoka Kame looked much stronger than expected.

   Aragaki Satoru did not urge, but waited quietly.

  Ryoka Kame sniffled, and suddenly stood up from the sofa. Her bright eyes were full of determination, and she bowed abruptly to Satoru Aragaki.

   "My mother was killed, please believe me."

Seeing that she was agitated, Aragaki quickly comforted her, "I believe! Of course I believe that the purpose of our detective existence is to search for clues to find out the truth and not let a bad guy go, but can you tell me in more detail? ?”

  It has been two days since the incident.

  Ryoka Kamu looked at Satoru Aragaki, who was full of sincerity, and Higashinohara, who was sitting quietly not far away, feeling relieved for some reason, and began to talk with her head down.

"Saturday is my birthday. My mother got up very early to go to the vegetable market to buy ingredients to make my favorite sukiyaki. At about seven o'clock, I suddenly received a call from my mother. She was in front of the fence beside the tram road. called me. and then"

   "And what happened?" Aragaki Satoru asked.

   "The police and said the mother ignored the guardrail and walked in the middle of the railroad tracks"

  Ryoka Kame's voice became lower and lower, and then she suddenly shook her head vigorously, "Impossible! Mother didn't commit suicide!"

   "You said... your mother was talking to your mobile phone at that time?" Aragaki Satoru asked with a frown.

   "Yeah." Ryoka Shikame nodded.

   "Did you talk about anything?"

  “I was woken up by the phone and I was still a little dazed. I just remembered that my mother’s voice sounded a little happy, as if she saw someone familiar, and then I heard the sound of a tram.”

   This is undoubtedly a tragedy.

  After listening to Kame Ryoka's words, the surroundings suddenly fell silent.

   Aragaki Goto paused, and continued to ask, "This happened the day before yesterday, did you provide this information to the police?"

   "I have said something, but the police said that suicide cannot be ruled out. They also said that in the surveillance video, my mother ignored the guardrail, looked ahead, and walked to the middle of the railroad tracks with a smile on her face. Then...the tram came."

   "They also deduced that my mother may have worked too hard to raise me alone, and the pressure of living in New Tokyo was too great, so she chose to commit suicide. But it's obviously not like that. I obviously worked hard to become my mother's support."

  As Kame Ryoka spoke, she lowered her head, and tears the size of beans rolled down again.

   Seeing this, Mai Aragaki hurried over with a tissue and whispered a few words of relief.

  Higashi Nohara probably guessed why the Metropolitan Police Department tends to commit suicide, because Wano Country only has 15 subway lines in the new Tokyo metropolitan area, and there have been more than 3,000 rail suicides in the past ten years.

  An average of more than 300 cases per year is nothing new at all. From their point of view, the police will naturally save a lot of trouble in follow-up investigations.

  This is rather tricky.

   Aragaki Satoru was also lost in thought.

Just judging from the information provided by Shikame Ryoka, he is not sure whether this is really a suicide case. After all, no matter how famous a detective makes a maverick analysis, it will eventually fall into the truth. Twisting the truth to make money.

   In the following time, Aragaki Satoru carefully asked a few questions again.

  Finally, he said that the commissioned Aragaki Detective Agency will definitely find out the truth of the matter, and then bid farewell to Ryoka Kame,

   Before leaving, Kame Ryoka glanced at Higashinohara who was sitting in the corner of the room. Higashinohara didn't explain why he was here, but just smiled and nodded to let her go home in peace.

  After Shikame Ryoka left the office, Aragaki Satoru fell silent, and Aragaki Mai, who had been listening for a long time, approached and asked, "I think this case is suspicious. Do you think it might be homicide?"

   "I'll wait until I watch the video."

   Aragaki Satoru rubbed his chin, and said to himself, "It seems that Tuo will be troubled again."

  The corners of Higashinohara's eyes twitched slightly, thinking of the young Morita Taku with a sad face, this guy definitely troubles people more than five, six, seven or eight times a year, right?

After Aragaki Satoru finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something, and his eyes drifted to the girl with short silver hair and pointed ears who had been sitting in the seat by the door since entering the office. At this time, her eyes were staring at the corner without blinking. Higashinohara in the movie—could it be because he fell in love with this kid?

  It's impossible, the boy Dongye's handsomeness does have a bit of my demeanor back then.

Satoru Aragaki turned his head to look at Mai Aragaki, and whispered towards the door, "Why did you bring a celestial being to Dad's office? Is there any business entrustment? Tsk tsk celestial being's entrustment is not easy. .”

   "She's biracial."

   After finishing speaking, Mai Aragaki glared at Satoru Aragaki angrily, "Don't you often complain that I don't come to the detective agency after graduation to help with the lack of manpower? Well, she is the new employee I introduced to you."

   "New employee?" Aragaki Satoru was taken aback.

Charlie V. Prudence, who was sitting on a chair by the door, seemed to hear someone calling her, the pointed ears on her head moved suddenly, stood up suddenly, and bowed deeply to Satoru Aragaki Then he recited fluently without looking sideways:

  "Hello, boss! My name is Xia Li, and I come from Okinawa County. My specialty is running and fighting. I am cheerful, hard-working, optimistic, good at communication, and dare to face challenges."

   "Wait a minute!"

   Aragaki Satoru interrupted Xia Li's job introduction, turned to look at his daughter, rubbed his forehead and said, "I remember! Isn't she the Tmall female thief who was wanted last week?"

   "That was a misunderstanding, and Charlie-chan is also a victim."

Mai Aragaki explained aloud, "The manager of the stolen jewelry club is a pervert. He illegally banned women. He has been arrested now, and Xia Lijiang was kidnapped and imprisoned in the basement of the villa. It's really too much. Poor."

   "The basement of the villa?"

Satoru Aragaki suddenly became interested, "Is it the villa in the port area that exploded and caught fire last night in the news this morning? I saw a reporter filming that the Metropolitan Police Department secretly escorted a group of people this morning. Missing young men go home."

   "Don't ask if you shouldn't know!"

Aragaki Mai didn't pick up this, and continued with pouting, "Anyway, that's the way it is. Xia Li has been acquitted now, but she has no money to go back to her hometown for the time being, and she wants to find a job that can feed her in New Tokyo. You Don't you often tell me that the firm is short of people? Don't say I didn't remind you, Xia Like is still a third-level ability user of the spiritual system!"

   "Ability person?" Aragaki Goto's eyes lit up slightly, and he asked a little uncertainly, "Do you just need to eat enough?"

   "Don't try to make a mistake!"

  Mai Aragaki definitely knows her father best. Hearing this, she immediately raised her eyebrows and said, "Of course I have to pay wages. By the way, Xia Li has no place to live now, so she has to pay for accommodation."

  How does this little padded jacket turn its elbows outward?

   Is it still possible to get married in the future?

  At this time, Higashinohara, who had not spoken much, heard that the conversation between the two included the fire at the Odaiba villa in Minato-ku last night, and also involved the missing persons in New Tokyo recently.

  He pondered for a while before asking, "Sister Mai, was there a five or six-year-old girl among the missing persons in Odaiba Villa last night?"

Mai Aragaki was stunned when she heard that, and Satoru Aragaki next to him added, "There is a little girl missing from our apartment building. I called the police last week but nothing came of it. His father packed up his things and moved away yesterday. That little girl and Higashino-kun has a good relationship."

  After listening to Aragaki Satoru's explanation, Aragaki Mai gave Higashinohara an apologetic look.

   "I'm sorry, Higashino-san, this is a confidential matter for the time being. There are regulations in the team. I can't reveal too much now, but I will help you pay attention to the news."

  Higashi Nohara also just wanted to know how the people from the Metropolitan Police Department would deal with Miri Nishimaru's body, and where to go to pay homage after the burial.

Aragaki Satoru smacked his mouth twice at the side, and said thoughtfully, "Are you still keeping it secret? It must be a case involving heaven and man, right? Tsk tsk, those guys in the Metropolitan Police Department can really bear it! Could it be Turtle's hahaha"

Aragaki Mai suddenly felt scolded together, and she was so angry that she said loudly, "What does this have to do with us? We are only responsible for arresting people. They are obviously the ministers of the prosecutor's office and the cabinet and the heavenly members of the world government. Complicity."

   "Really? I don't believe it."

   Aragaki Satoru curled his lips, "The Metropolitan Police Department is not as spotless as you think, silly daughter. Hehe, I really want to bring those gods to justice. There are ways."

   Mai Aragaki couldn't help being angry when he heard the words, "The solution? Then tell me. Can we still bypass the prosecutor's office and the world government to convict the heavenly beings?"

   "Of course not."

Aragaki Satoru shook his head and said nothing, but seeing that Mai Aragaki's expression was not right, he stopped showing off immediately, and pointed to the computer with a smile, "There is no need to bypass, but you can use your strength. I have never handled a case against heaven and man."

   "How to borrow strength, you mean."

  As soon as Mai Aragaki spoke, people reacted a little bit—of course, my unreliable father was not talking about using the power of computers, but the pressure of public opinion from netizens after relying on countless computers.

   "Would that work?"

   Mai Aragaki said hesitantly.

   “It’s different now.”

Aragaki Satoru suddenly said in a vicissitudes of life, "The real nobles of the world in history, the "Nine Masters of Heaven and Man" have now retreated behind the scenes. How much background do those human traffickers have even if they are Heaven and Man? Even if the high-level officials of Wano Country want to curry favor The government of the world, but for the sake of its position, it has to weigh the pros and cons, and take into account the thoughts of the majority of the people."

  (end of this chapter)