Desperate to meet a dog

At around [-] o'clock in the morning, the rolling shutter door on the first floor of Smiling Cat's Delivery Service was completely opened, and busy figures walked alternately between the warehouse and the truck workshop. Soon, trucks drove on the road one after another.

An ordinary middle-aged office worker in a suit stopped, looked up at the signboard, and then walked into the warehouse with a handbag with some frayed edges.

Dayou, who had only slept for a few hours, was still full of energy. He checked the inventory, saw the strange visitor at a glance, and immediately greeted him: "Hi, what's the matter?"

The unremarkable middle-aged man had a smile on his face, bowed and said, "Hello, is this Smile Cat's Delivery Service?"

"Yes, is there anything I can do for you?"

"Ah, my surname is Shibata. This is my business card. I scheduled an express delivery to be delivered yesterday evening, but I haven't received it after waiting for a long time." The middle-aged man offered the business card with both hands, clean paper pattern Three characters in calligraphy are printed in pure black on the top: Shibata Hiroshi.

Otomo took the business card, and when he heard that the express mail was not delivered on time, he showed a surprised expression: "Hey, is it an express? Sorry, I will check it for you." Otomo sat down in front of the only computer in the warehouse and checked last night's delivery. As expected, there was a shipment that had not yet been signed for, and the recipient was Hiroshi Shibata in front of him.

Strange, Ogiwara has always done things safely, how could there be such a mistake.Otomo grunted, stood up and shouted, "Hey, Tanaka, is there any courier that missed yesterday in the truck?"

The staff who was carrying the goods took the time to answer: "No, President, the truck was empty when I came back."

Not in the van?Where would that be?Brought back by Ogihara?Impossible, when Ogiwara left yesterday, he was obviously empty-handed... Did he put the goods elsewhere and pick them up when he left?No way, this kid is not the kind of young man who can play tricks.

Otomo was a little confused, he couldn't find the missing shipment, but he didn't believe that his trusted staff would do such a sneaky thing... Anyway, let's call Ogiwara-kun first and ask about the situation.

Thinking of this, Dayou stood up and apologized to the guests: "I'm sorry, your shipment was indeed missed, we will find your shipment right away, and I'm really sorry for asking you to go there yourself."

The middle-aged man who claimed to be Hiroshi Shibata smiled and said without hesitation: "It's okay, as long as you find it, how about it, did you find it?"

Dayou was ready to bear the anger, and replied sincerely: "I'm really sorry, the employee who delivered the package yesterday is off during the day today, I will contact him immediately, if you don't mind, you can leave us a new delivery address, today It will be delivered within…”

"Don't be so troublesome," the middle-aged man squinted his eyes and smiled a little artificially, "I can go there, please give me the address of the courier."

Otomo frowned, and slandered: This guest's request is too strange, who said that Ogiwara-kun took over his express?It's so unfair for him to say that.Otomo was not very happy, and said in a loud voice: "I'm very sorry, this does not comply with the regulations. Besides, my employees will not take the customer's express home privately."

"Hey, why are you so stubborn..." the middle-aged man murmured, and walked towards Dayou with a hunched back. He stared at Dayou's eyes from bottom to top, and his pupils suddenly became straight like a cat's, with a strange red light It dissipated and was completely reflected in Otomo's sight.In just a few seconds, Otomo's pupils dilated and became dull and hollow.

The pupils of the middle-aged man returned to normal in an instant, and he asked again with a smile: "Can you tell me the life and address of that employee now?"

Otomo slowly closed his eyes, as if remembering, after a while, a mechanical voice sounded like a dead thing: "Ogiwara-kun's address is..."

The middle-aged man listened intently, and finally showed a satisfied smile: "Thank you very much, then I will take my leave first."

The figure of the middle-aged man quickly disappeared into the street, while Otomo was still standing stupidly. It took a long time for him to wake up slowly as if he had been unsealed.Dayou scratched his head in wonder, wondering why he suddenly became dazed?Where are the guests?

When Otomo was looking around, Tanaka came over and asked inexplicably, "I said, President, why did you tell the guests Ogiwara-kun's address? This is not like your style of doing things."

Dayou paused, and asked dumbfounded: "What did you say? I just... told you the address?!"

Tanaka tilted his head and said, "That's right, your tone was weird just now, as if you were under control."

How could it be... Otomo slowly rubbed his shaved head, and said in a heavy voice: "That guest is a bit strange...Tanaka, quickly call Ogiwara-kun and tell him about it..."

Just as Tanaka responded, another greeting came from outside the shutter door: "Hi, sorry to bother you."

Why are people here again?Otomo urged Tanaka to call, and continued to greet the visitor with a straight face.

Otomo's ferocious expression did not frighten the visiting duo, who asked without hesitation, "Excuse me, is this Smiley Cat's Delivery Service? I'm police investigator Nakamura, and this is my partner Sasaki."

Nakamura and Sasaki showed their IDs, and Otomo muttered strangely after seeing the criminal police certificate, and asked, "I am Otomo, the president of Smiling Cat's Delivery Service, what can I do?"

The calmer police detective Nakamura said in a businesslike manner: "Ah, the thing is, a criminal case happened last night..."

Criminal case?Dayou couldn't help but crumpled the business card he had just received, and asked impatiently, "What does this have to do with us?"

Seeing this, the impatient young police detective immediately retorted, "Hey, what's your attitude..."

"Shut up, Sasaki." Nakamura snorted, and continued to ask methodically, "Do you have an employee named Ogihara Ara?"

"Yes, what happened to him?"

"Ah, don't be nervous, it's just a routine inquiry, because the person he delivered the courier to yesterday happened to be the victim of the case. The strange thing is that after Ogiwara-kun unpacked the courier in person at our request, some... things happened. Things are missing."

"Express mail?" Express mail again?Something flashed through Otomo's mind. Before he could grasp the key point, Tanaka suddenly ran over with his mobile phone in a panic: "President, President!"

President Otomo cursed: "What's the matter, what a fuss!"

"Ogiwara-kun said that the guest just now might not be me..."

Nakamura keenly caught Ogiwara's name and asked actively, "What's the matter, did something happen?"

Otomo glanced at the flustered Tanaka, turned to Nakamura and said: "A customer came just now, and he claimed that he did not receive the express package we delivered. I checked and found that there was indeed a package that had not been signed for. This gentleman still left After I got my business card, I don't understand how this has anything to do with your case..."

Dayou let go of his hand and spread out the crumpled business card. Sasaki took the card and looked at it, and his expression changed immediately: "Minister, this..."

Nakamura glanced and was shocked: "Shibata Hiroshi?! The person who just came here claimed to be Shibata Hiroshi?"

The police detective's reaction made Otomo feel ominous in his heart, he nodded with some anxiety: "Yes, that's what he said, is there any problem?"

Nakamura and Sasaki looked at each other, and said with a deep breath: "It's okay to tell you, anyway, it will be reported on today's news, yesterday's victim is Chai Tianhao, he is dead, and now he is being examined by the forensic doctor at the police station. Anatomy, it is impossible for him to appear."

Dayou stared round his eyes, and asked stammeringly, "You, what do you mean by that? Just, the person who just came here..."

"Ah, it definitely can't be Shibata Hiroshi himself, then the fact that he used Shibata Hiroshi's identity is intriguing..." Nakamura lowered his face and asked solemnly, "President Otomo, can you tell me about the person who claims to be 'Shibata Hiroshi? 'Is the purpose of the people here?"

"I just said that he came to look for the courier. If he didn't find it, he would go to the employee who delivered the courier, that is, Ogiwara-kun. He just arrived at the address, and it may have passed." Otomo finished speaking in one breath, and asked anxiously , "Mr. Police, will Ogiwara-kun be okay? He is absolutely innocent!"

Nakamura said calmly: "Please rest assured, we will protect the safety of Ogiwara-kun, so can you tell me what exactly was sent to Hiroshi Shibata?"

"The mailing address is Kurama Temple, but there is no signature. I don't know if it was sent by a monk or someone working in the temple. It is said that the sent thing is... an egg."

"Egg?" Nakamura parroted something, and he remembered the empty box that night, and the sunken shape really looked like an egg.But... what's the temple express for?And that size... no matter how you look at it, it is not an ordinary egg!It seems that it is necessary to go to the Kurama Temple.Nakamura thought to himself, and saluted Otomo: "Thank you for your cooperation, let's take our leave first."

Otomo asked, "Mr. Inspector, what about Ogiwara-kun?"

Nakamura immediately replied: "We will go there now, we will definitely pay attention to Ogiwara-kun's safety, please rest assured."

Otomo didn't seem to be relieved, he thought for a while, then turned to Tanaka who was dazed beside him and said, "Hey, Tanaka, I'll leave the delivery to you for the time being, and I'll go and have a look."

"Hey, President, are you going to see Ogiwara-kun?"

"President Dayou, this is our police..."

"As the president, do you care about your subordinates?" Otomo said in a loud voice with his waist in his hands, "Don't worry, I won't cause you any trouble!" After saying that, Otomo ignored the thoughts of the two police officers, He drove away on his own motorcycle.

Sasaki chased after a few steps angrily, ran back angrily and asked, "Minister, what should we do now?"

Nakamura did not slow down. He quickly ran to the car and opened the door and said, "Hurry up, we will go there too."

Sasaki got into the driver's seat, put on his seat belt and added uneasily: "But the chief inspector ordered us not to investigate this case privately, and said that it will be handled by a special person. If the higher authorities find that we are still investigating..."

"Sasaki," Nakamura interrupted him expressionlessly, and said firmly, "If you are looking forward and backward, don't follow me to investigate. I can find the truth by myself."

Sasaki glanced at the determined Nakamura, and started the engine in one go...

The author has something to say: After checking the ranks of the Japanese police, Nakamura's position belongs to the inspection minister, and Sasaki is an ordinary inspector

6.26 Fix typo_(:з」∠)_ Shibata’s surname is wrong