Conan Moslin

In early April, the grass and trees are lush and green, and it is the season for cherry blossoms to bloom.

A busy commercial street near Tokyo Tower is bustling with people.

A faint, fresh fragrance emanated from a small shop that opened its doors to welcome customers, drifting into the noses of many people.

There is also a faint sweet milky aroma.

People who can't resist the temptation naturally stop.

Looking up, you can see the exquisite sign of "Jiamu". Behind the open glass door is a bright and spacious store. Exquisite cakes are displayed in the clean and tidy glass counter.

There is a special rest area in the store where you can enjoy a leisurely afternoon tea time.

Near the door, the waitress standing behind the cash register was smiling.

The waiter, dressed in a proper shop assistant uniform, half leaned forward, listening attentively to the customer's order, and left quickly after recording it, waiting in the back kitchen for the cake to be served.

Nothing special.

The only special thing was that a month later, a recruitment notice was posted on the clean and transparent glass of the glass door.

Sitting in his office, Manager Jiamu was looking worried and sighing.

A month ago, a new employee came to their shop.

This employee is very handsome and has a sunny smile. When he comes to work part-time, the flow of people in the cake shop increases visibly.

This made store manager Jiamu so happy that he was at a loss as to what to do.

Moreover, he is also very good at baking cakes.

After weighing the pros and cons, Manager Jiamu reluctantly let him become a waiter and occasionally help out in the kitchen.

After all, his ability to attract customers is not to be underestimated.

The only thing that bothered the store manager was that this young man, who claimed to be 29 years old but looked to be in his early twenties, seemed to be very busy and did not just work in his store.

The store manager's gaze stretched out, as if it fell on the deserted Qingfeng Bookstore on the corner of the street.

How on earth could a bookstore like that be able to open in such a busy commercial street?

It's clearly been making losses. If it were him, he would have closed down long ago!

He felt a headache when he thought about this high-quality employee being snatched away by the other side.

He really couldn't bear to part with this high-quality employee who has a serious and responsible work attitude!

It’s hard to find even with a lantern, okay?

Unfortunately, no matter how he lobbied, this man was unwilling to stay in his shop. He said he had other things to do, and his reasons made it difficult for him to refuse.

Although reluctant, the store manager respects the choice of every employee.

Today is his last day working here.

Boss Jiamu was feeling conflicted and heartbroken.

On the other side, a carefully dressed young girl in a blue jacket and short skirt came into the store. She found a seat and sat down, smiling at the freckled waitress.

"I'll wait for someone."

Soon, another child who looked like an elementary school student and wore glasses came into the store.

When manager Jiamu saw the child marked as a special focus by [Ming] in the surveillance video, his eyelids twitched.

……

Since the last performance, a low humming song by Yoko Okino quickly spread to various places, the magic tricks interspersed in various plots became talked about with relish, and the detective series with Kenzaki Osamu as the protagonist, Detective Samonji, once again gained a loyal audience.

Nanami Katagiri and Mitsuo, who played the kidnappers, still lived an ordinary college life and no one paid attention to them.

After all, it was just Miss Sonoko's love joke. Although the stage play at the campus festival attracted some attention, it did not cause any waves.

However, Kuroba Kurian saw a whirlpool approaching.

Because apart from her, no one knew that there were some props behind the performance that should have been destroyed, nor did they know that the chandelier on top of the stage was once shaky.

A danger is eliminated into thin air, but it still exists.

I wonder if I can meet the person who has been causing trouble for her today.

Li An, or Castagna, is on his way to the research institute.

In addition to continuing to follow up on the remnants of the Ghost Tiger and planning to divert the trouble away, a task that had been carried out long ago was once again put on the agenda.

On the day of the campus festival, Li An received a special email from Bourbon.

Because on a certain special day, Kudo Shinichi was not confirmed dead, and the others who took on the task of tracking him did not find his body.

This task, after going around in circles, finally came back to her.

The address of Beihua Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is located in an inconspicuous corner of Tokyo, and few people pay attention to it.

Few people come.

Inside the company, a young girl with brown wavy hair opened the cabinet door.

From the bottles and jars labeled with various chemicals, she took out clear glass bottles labeled ferrous oxide and sodium hydrogen phosphate.

Mix and pour water.

Soon, the mist blurred her vision.

In fact, the two items are coffee powder and sugar.

Shiho Miyano, an 4869-year-old genius scientist who is the main person in charge of the drug APTX-, took a sip of coffee.

In addition to this, the winery was codenamed “Sherry”.

Although she was sipping coffee to refresh herself, Miyano Shiho was a little absent-minded at the moment.

It's not because she concealed the special experimental results of mice rejuvenating, but...

She hasn't seen her sister since their last meeting.

She had always known that her sister wanted to leave the organization and had recently been doing something behind her back, which made her feel deeply uneasy.

Being inside a research institute where information is relatively closed and monitored by the Black Organization whenever she enters or leaves, Miyano Shiho is almost isolated from the world.

Another person who was in a similar situation as her at least had the opportunity to go out and get some fresh air, but she couldn't.

The experimental data on the computer came into her eyes. She had not found the same situation as that of the mouse recently.

Then, a bold and enlarged email caught her attention.

Her originally gloomy mood suddenly relaxed a little.

Because of this news, it seems that she has a chance to go out.

Although it was to investigate the mansion of a man named Kudo Shinichi, after all, she could go out for a trip.

But the person she was traveling with...was it Kasi?

She doesn't quite know him.

Forget it. She wasn’t supposed to know too many people in the organization.