If I don't quit, I will be forced to usurp the throne.

Before revealing the real culprit in this case, I need to introduce a few victims.

Except for my brother, the other three missing girls either had parents who didn't care or had no parents at all, and their relationships were weak and they didn't have many friends.To sum up, it is the type that no one cares about even if it is missing.

This is indeed the best target for human traffickers.

And if the fourth place is not because of the relationship with the elder brother, it also meets these requirements.

It is also because of this that the police did not arrest him until the fourth person appeared, otherwise it would be difficult to even file a case.

As for the witness that Gu Meimen said...

The other party threw out a photo.

"It's her. She was in the same school as Rojo Chikage before! I had contact with the missing girlfriend a week ago. According to the comments of the people around me, it seems that the two of them have communicated. But I have been at home for a week. It seems that It was due to physical reasons." Gu Meimen sat down, stretched her arms, and swayed her body from side to side, "I just don't know whether it was really a suspension of school or because I discovered something - but no matter what the reason is, He is a timid person who is not necessarily willing to speak out."

A week... is exactly the time interval between the disappearance of each girl.

"Now that we have candidates... Lawyer Gu Meimen, you must be able to convince her?" I threw the photo back.

The other party didn't deny it, and didn't agree with it. Instead, he picked up the photo and stared at it, stretched out his fingers and flicked the photo, and the old god said: "It depends on how attractive the six thousand scenes are."

For this... I am still a little bit confident.

After all, there are so many cases out there.

After handing everything over to lawyer Komimon, I went home and talked to Odasaku about my garden renovation plan.

"My initial idea is to plant lettuce first, which has a short cycle and is easy to take care of. Then green peppers, edamame potatoes, and carrots, but if this is the case, a glass greenhouse will be needed." I will take photos from Gu Meimen's home Show the photo to Odasaku, "There are also asparagus! But this seems to be more difficult to grow. I have already agreed with the housekeeper Hattori to set up a shed and invite him to take a look."

Odasaku nodded without any surprise.

"Ah, Uncle Hattori said that he had set up a stall in the Indian Spice Market and had an exclusive curry recipe."

Odasaku's expression suddenly became serious: "That's why I need to ask the other party for a while."

I think Hattori Butler is full of secrets.

Whether it is the resume that seems to have traveled around the world or the basic all-round skill points that have not found a weakness so far, I can't help but look sideways and be full of confusion-why such a powerful Uncle Hattori succumbs to Gu Meimen What about being a little housekeeper in a lawyer's family?

Lawyer Gu Meimen still looks so willful, unreasonable and deserves to be beaten.Is it the mentality of raising a son?But Gu Meimen's lawyer is 38, it's time for him to grow up and fly alone!

While thinking about it, I turned my attention to the red-haired young man holding a plastic hose to water the garden.

...Well, well, there are also some big brothers who don't want to be big brothers and want to live a retirement life.Just like Oda Saku raised me, Kosuke and the others, it seems no big deal for Uncle Hattori to raise a Gu Meimen.

In the next two days, I didn't pay attention to the case, because there were new tasks at hand, and they were all written tasks.I began to feel that I didn't have enough time, and even wanted to catch the young men.It's a pity that Mr. Dazai can't do anything... Ah, forget it, if I think about it, if he comes to help, I guess I will have to worry about other things, and the possibility of mental and physical exhaustion is higher.

So far, it's just that Odasaku can help me.I feel very guilty about this, and feel that I have taken up his novel writing time.

By the way, the first volume of his novel has already been written, and I'm going to find him a publishing house after finishing this wave.

After finally sorting out the task information given to me and submitting it for compilation, when I went to Gu Meimen's place again, I saw a stranger.

This stranger refers to the kind where the other party does not know me but I know her—this one is the "witness" that Gu Meimen mentioned in the previous photo.

The other party was quite small, holding the black tea given to her by the housekeeper Hattori, she was still full of uneasiness and vigilance, when she saw me, she was taken aback, and subconsciously said: "You and Qianjing look alike."

"...Huh?" I rubbed my hair, and was very calm about it, "Didn't it mean that there will be three people who look like you in this world."

"Ah... that's right." This girl is obviously not very smart, so I fooled her around like this, and returned to her quiet appearance when I wasn't here.

Gu Meimen didn't know what she said to her sister before, and her whole body fell into an atmosphere of "Don't teach me, I'm so annoying, I don't want to talk now".

I didn't know the situation, so I fell into silence naturally.

After a while, the girl said, "Do you... know Qianjing?"

……Why?ask me?I thought about it, and nodded thoughtfully: "It should be considered very familiar."

"You should be a relative of Qianjing...that...do you know why Qianjing has so many girlfriends?"

"This..." I rested my chin on one hand, "He is a feminist...Although he calls himself that, it is not really. But it is indeed a feminist. Saying this seems to be an excuse for him, but he It is true that he loves every woman equally. At the same time, he also treats every girlfriend equally. And generally speaking, it is voluntary...Although he will go to strike up a conversation with others, he definitely puts women's wishes first. If If a woman refuses, he will definitely keep a considerate distance. And his girlfriends will not stop him from breaking up because he is on multiple boats, and he will not even fight back if they want to beat him because of this. These It may be his principle, and because his principle is equality, there will be no favoritism for individuals."

After realizing that I had made a long speech, I quickly stopped and said with a smile: "Ah, of course, this is just my personal speculation. After all, I am not a real man, and my thoughts may be different."

"...No, it's very to the point, you know Qianjing very well." The other party still lowered his head, rubbing his fingers on the teacup, "If it was you...would you do this?"

"... Huh?" I wondered, "First of all, although I am more polite to women, I still like men."

"No... I mean, do you have the same thoughts as Qianjing, that is, dating many boyfriends at the same time..."

My face suddenly became serious: "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! I can't do it even if I am killed!"

Probably because my tone was too firm, the other party looked up curiously: "Hey? Why?"

"Because all men are big pigs, except for my father." I said with a gloomy face, "and I feel very tired even if I have one, and if I date so many at the same time, I will die. And the crime of bigamy is Oh, it's against the law."

The other party replied in a surprised tone: "You yearn for marriage."

"It's more about obsession than yearning... But it seems that I don't have such obsession now." I sighed.

After all, it is impossible to retire from the company now.

But when I gave up this idea all of a sudden, I felt a little inexplicable emptiness.After all, it is a goal that has been persisted for several years.

"You're so funny." The girl laughed, she seemed to relax a lot, at least she didn't move around uncomfortably when she was sitting, "I've talked so much... I don't even know your name. You What's your name? Is your surname Liutiao?"

"...No, my surname is Fuguya." I smiled, tapped the table with my index finger, and replied softly, "Furuya Chisaki."

"Qisaki...it's very similar to Qianjing." The other party put down his glass, his expression became firm, "I've decided, I will testify in court."

……

This girl should have been the fourth victim.It's just because she ran away by accident at that time, but because the one who attacked was her acquaintance or even someone who could be called a friend, and she was timid and afraid of being retaliated, so she hid.

It's not that she didn't think about calling the police, but she didn't have enough evidence, and she knew that there was a gang behind the incident, so she didn't dare to come out.

But she never expected that my brother would be arrested as the number one criminal suspect. She was already uneasy, but Gu Mei came to the door and cheated, so she followed him hesitantly, and after the conversation just now, finally Decided to testify in court.

"But I didn't expect it to be such a simple method... Ask someone out to your gang's territory and drug them. If the person just now was not sensitive to drugs and went to the wrong toilet, he would have been arrested." I finished with emotion , found that Gu Meimen was staring at me with a subtle look, and after a moment of silence, asked, "What's the matter?"

"Hush—don't talk! I want to take a closer look at your face." Gu Meimen raised her hand to support her chin, looking a little unbelievable, "How do you think you and Liujo Chikage did it? You have such looks Are people better at picking up women?"

"What nonsense..." I was in the middle of speaking, thinking of the sports car Suzuki Ayako gave me that I smashed and abandoned when I rescued Oda Zuo, my face suddenly became serious, "I don't know either. "

Mr. Hattori came to help me collect the fruit plate: "Should Furuya stay here for dinner today? I will cook Thai food tonight."

"Hey? I really want to, but I promised to go back and eat with my father... But, Uncle Hattori, do you still know how to cook Thai food?"

"Yes, this is a food stall that was set up in Thailand for a while."

"...What else do you know? Damn it! I'll come to Cengfan next time, and you have to teach me how to make Tom Yum Kung soup!" "Don't come again," Gu Meimen Kensuke, "So—afterwards, the witnesses and the police will file a lawsuit, and then arrest the real culprit, right?"

"Yes." Kensuke Gu Meimen rolled his eyes, "As long as my love saint client doesn't say something like 'that's my girlfriend and I want to protect her' to hinder the police's official duties! I don't want it. My reputation was damaged when a foolish client betrayed me as a scapegoat for the real murderer!"

That's right, the real culprit is... the fourth missing girl, my brother's current girlfriend.

She should have acted as an intermediary in human trafficking.Know and look for "goods" that will not attract attention if they are missing, and notify the superiors. You only need to bring people to the place, and everything after that will be handled by dedicated people.As for whether the girls who were bought and sold were eventually reduced to customs places, became so-called "private property", or were experimental products for illegal drugs, it is impossible to know.

And her disappearance... probably because she became anxious and afraid after a miss.After all, I am a novice and the people I know are the ones I know. Maybe the guilt that was buried before has awakened.

But... speaking of my brother...

"He won't, he will never take the blame for others." I retorted seriously.