It seemed to be night outside the window.

Asai Riya found himself lying on his back on the tatami, not far from him, there was another motionless figure.

The light was dim, and she could barely make out that the figure belonged to a woman.And at this moment, the breathing was long and gentle, obviously falling into a sweet and deep sleep.

I remember that I was... By the way, she was invited by Takeda Misa to come to Takeda's house as a guest.

Thinking of her purpose, Riya came to her senses completely, and stood up lightly.

At this moment, everything is quiet and everyone is resting. It is a good time to conduct investigations.

The moment she stood up straight, a sudden "clang" metal landing sounded in her ears, and then the scarlet font clearly appeared in the dim vision for three seconds: [25/30]

[Stealth check succeeded], a low, neutral and indifferent voice sounded like a supplementary explanation, [Because of your light body and quick movements, you did not disturb anyone in the process of sneaking out alone. 】

Riya got up and gently lifted the sliding door and pushed it open, and stepped out.I waited quietly at the door for a few minutes, but I didn't hear anything else.

As the voice said, she "didn't alarm anyone".

With a thought, a transparent mission panel appeared in front of her.

On the left side of the panel, a brass-colored six-sided dice is suspended, and the planet generally rotates slowly at a constant speed.And no matter which side is facing the outside of the screen, the scarlet numbers on it are constantly changing from 1 to 100.

According to the description on the panel, when Liya takes an action, the dice will predict the result of the maximum possibility of the action based on the real environment and Liya's ability data, and present it in the form of [result points/ability data].

It sounds like a short-term future prediction, but it's not that simple in practice.

The rightmost sidebar of the panel is the task list. At this moment, there is one and only one line of pale gold fonts that flickers slightly: [Spider Mansion Murder Case].

As her eyes touched, the details of the task unfolded automatically:

[Task Status: In Progress]

[Mission Location: Tottori Prefecture, Puppet Ridge Spider Mansion]

[Mission objective: a gloomy spider's lair, most of the people who live in it have fallen into the misfortune of fate.Please change all this at the original source. 】

[Task reward: none]

She stared at the panel in a daze for a moment.

When she first met Misa Takeda as a nurse at the hospital, she really thought they would become friends.

Takeda Misa is a person with a very good personality, with a gentle and enthusiastic attitude, it makes people feel happy when they get along with each other unconsciously.

But this time I accepted the invitation to go to Takeda's house, and just entered the range of Puppet Ridge in Tottori Prefecture, the panel that usually has no sense of existence triggered the mission for the first time.

The location is located at the Spider Mansion in Tottori Prefecture, which is the Takeda family famous for making expensive puppet puppets.That's right, it is Takeda Misa's "Takeda".

Recalling that not long after she arrived at Takeda's house, the dice were triggered twice, which was also hidden and weird:

The first time was to say hello to Takeda Misa's family just after entering the house.Her father's reaction to her was polite but hard to hide his indifference, while her mother, Mrs. Kinudai, was relatively enthusiastic, looking at Misa Takeda with guilt in her eyes.

This strange contrast made her take a few more glances, but the result of the dice test triggered at that time was not successful.

[Detection check failed.Although you are very curious about the weird atmosphere of the Takeda family, it is too rude to look at it so bluntly, why bother to delve into other people's private family affairs. 】

The second time was after lunch. Misa Takeda wanted to take her to see the fateful land of her first lover. Before going out, she felt that the temperature was too low and decided to bring two more coats.

When the dice was triggered, Riya was standing downstairs waiting for her, and suddenly heard Takeda Misa's parents talking in a low voice upstairs.

The result this time is [Listening 39/30]...well, another failure.

Liya tried hard to distinguish, but could only hear a few vague words, Misa's father seemed very impatient: "...I'm tolerant enough..."

While spreading his thoughts, at this moment, Riya Asai arrived at the puppet making studio of the Takeda family without any hindrance.

Fortunately, Puppet Ridge in Tottori Prefecture is sparsely populated and life is very peaceful.The Takeda family was not very vigilant, and they didn't even lock the door, which greatly facilitated her actions.

In this studio, there are puppets that are being produced and packaged by the Takeda Brothers.When listening to their introduction during the day, Li Ya noticed the subtle hollow characteristics of the puppet, and secretly guessed many possibilities.

Putting on disposable gloves to prevent leaving marks, Riya briskly went straight to the packing box in the corner of the room, opened one at random, and found white powder sealed in a special white plastic bag on the puppet's body and head.

After peering through the bag for a moment, she quickly determined that it was some well-known addictive drug.

With a slight sneer, he took out the small camera he had prepared, and Liya pressed the shutter briskly.

However, the flashlight had just flashed twice, and she couldn't help but turn her head to look behind following the sound of the dice——

[17/75]

[The investigation was judged successful.You notice that there seems to be something metallic reflecting off the foot of the chair at the workbench... Is that the key? 】

Riya stared at the white ceiling of the bedroom in a daze, after a while, he let out a long breath, and buried himself under the quilt again.

Really, I actually dreamed of the time at Takeda's house.

In fact, I still remember very clearly that on the small road in the mountains, Takeda Misa smiled and said to her: "Thank you for being willing to accompany me during this time, next time..."

But there will be no next time.

During this trip to Tottori Prefecture, the panel tasks and work surveys were all completed.Riya returned to Tokyo with the key photos and an account book that were enough to convict Takeda Patriarch.

From a drug dealer, a ledger with many names and contact information, what does it mean?

After tidying up for a while, Riya handed over the photos of the contents of the account book to the Metropolitan Police Department.So now, four months later... Misa Takeda's father, Shinichi Takeda, is awaiting sentencing in Tokyo.

Naturally, this friendship is also in jeopardy.

Breaking free from his wandering thoughts, Liya finally noticed the ringing cell phone: "Hello? This is Asai..."

The person on the other side of the microphone smiled helplessly: "Riya, did you wake me up just now? Didn't you agree to go to enjoy the cherry blossoms together today?"

This is a child from distant relatives adopted by Riya's parents. His real name is Aso, and his father is the famous pianist Keiji Aso.However, after a concert in his hometown nine years ago, the pianist suddenly killed himself with his wife and eldest daughter.

Only the 15-year-old second son, Ma Chengshi, had a serious illness and needed to be hospitalized all year round due to his frailty, so he escaped the disaster by luck.

There are not many relatives in Aso's family, and Aso is honest and sensible to take care of him. In the end, Riya's father made a decision to adopt the child.

Later, in order to express his gratitude to his adoptive parents, Chengshi changed his surname to Asai after their death.

In short, although it has been unclear whether they are cousins ​​or cousins, Liya and this brother Tianxiang have always had a good relationship.Now that her parents have passed away, being the only relative makes Riya feel kind and dependent.

She took the phone away to check the time, and sat up in surprise: "Sorry, I seem to have accidentally pressed the alarm clock. Wait a minute, I will open the door for you now."

"Don't worry, I just arrived too..." Asai Cheng was halfway telling the truth, and found that the phone had been hung up.

Within a few minutes, I heard a "click", and a slightly messy black-haired head poked out from behind the door, smiling embarrassedly at him: "Come in, brother."

The last time Asai Chengshi came to help move, fortunately, not much has changed here.Seeing that Riya Asai didn't have time to entertain, he first took out the breakfast in the insulated box.

It's still a little hot now, but it should be just right when I can eat it.

When he came out of the shower, he saw that even the breakfast had been prepared. Riya's eyes lit up, and he sat down unceremoniously: "I was just about to make a sandwich, thank you bro."

"It's not enough to just eat sandwiches, the police work so hard, you must replenish your energy," Asai Narumi sighed, "And I guess you didn't plan to have breakfast at all?"

Liya lowered his head to drink the porridge, with a naturally unconcealed expression: "No... Speaking of which, interns are the hardest. Your hair is long enough to be tied up."

"I don't have time to take care of it recently." Asai Chengshi raised his hand and brushed his hair back.

Liya thought for a while: "Can I take a day off this time?"

"There are three days in addition to asking for leave. I will play with you for a day today, and I will go home tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and pick up some things by the way."

Without waiting for Liya to ask questions, he frankly said in one breath: "The internship period is about to end, I have considered it, and I will go back to work in Moon Shadow Island after I get my doctor's license. I want to tell you in person, and I am saying goodbye in advance."

Riya looked up and saw him smiling softly as usual, but his eyes were firm, clearly unshakable determination.

Of course, the small island in the south is not as prosperous as Tokyo.But Liya has long noticed that he has not been able to let go of the death of his biological parents. At this time, he was only surprised for a few seconds and supported him: "Since the decision is made, go, I believe you have your own considerations."

"Of course, if it's useful to get me, just ask."

Asai Chengmi had a serious expression: "Then can I ask my dear sister to be responsible for driving this time?"

"That's fine," Riya rebuffed, "I refuse to sit in the driver's seat."

Asai Chengmi was joking and easily changed the subject.

Although he is determined to find out the truth of the year, he does not want to bring unknown dangers to the only remaining relatives.

Fortunately, now there is a bold and feasible solution.

The rented car stopped at the door, and Riya got out of the car first, and immediately saw the girl in a red dress standing under the "Shanni Temple" plaque.The other party also saw them, waved and trotted over:

"Hello, just call me Kikuno."

"Nice to meet you, Kikuno-san, I'm Riya Asai."

"Welcome here, I hope you have a good time today," said the underage girl with a bright smile and cute short hair.

She smiled and bowed slightly, curiously looking at the two people standing side by side: "Are you two here for a date?"

Asai Chengshi explained with a smile: "This is my sister, and we came to play together today."

The girl Chrysanthemum showed a little disappointment: "I see."

She took the two of them inside and began to introduce the temple behind her: "Although it is a bit remote here, the scenery is very good. Not far from the road in front of the temple, there are mountain cherry blossoms all over the mountains, which are very suitable for walking and taking pictures."

"After visiting the statue in the temple, you can also go for a walk on the plank road behind. There is a waterfall over there. It is spring now, and the water volume is relatively large, which is just right for viewing."

There are few people along the way, I didn't expect that there are good temples in this kind of place.Li Ya dragged the young man to slow down a little, and lowered his voice: "How did you think of coming here to play?"

Asai Chengmi approached cooperatively, and also replied in a low voice: "I met Ms. Kikuno in the hospital, and she recommended this place. I just thought that you might like to come to this quiet place to play."

It feels like he has met a lot of new female friends recently... Riya subconsciously thought, could it be that he finally has the idea of ​​falling in love.

A tall young monk walked towards him from the yard. He saw them coming up directly, but his eyes were only on the short-haired girl walking in front: "Miss Kikuno, are you bringing friends to play today?"

After getting the response from Ju Nao, he smiled brightly, and briefly introduced himself to the two people behind: "My name is Zhong Nian, and I am a practicing monk here."

Riya smiled and nodded in response, but his eyes flicked past him, and landed on the mid-air mission panel.

Just now, a brand new reward task appeared on the task bar:

【Fog Tengu Murder Incident】

[Task Status: In Progress]

[Countdown 12:00:00]

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