October, Tuesday.

It was already one o'clock in the afternoon when Maya walked out of the gate of the health department.

The autumn wind is bleak, and the fallen leaves are blowing up.The girl pulled the collar of her school uniform jacket to her chin, exhaled whitely, hid her left hand in her pocket, and glanced down at the medical records in her right hand.

Today is her last visit.If there is no serious problem detected, from now on she will never come here to smell the pungent medicine water smell.

Compared with the last time, there is nothing special in the medical records.Satisfied, she stuffed the medical records into her backpack and took out the terminal as she walked slowly towards the teaching building.As soon as the terminal was unlocked, an email message popped up on the screen. Seeing the name "Misaki Hatta" written in the sender column, she opened the email without hesitation.

The mail page loaded quickly.Maya took a cursory look and found that it was information about Kota Fujiwara as expected.

It was two days ago that she asked her childhood sweetheart to collect information on Fujiwara. Although she had expected it, she couldn't help but silently admire Hatta's speed.The content of the email was only a few words, and it probably said something like asking her to check it.Maya downloaded the file attachment and opened it in the WPS software.

When the information page appeared in front of him, Shinya slowed down and focused on the content above.

At the beginning of the document, the basic information of Kota Fujiwara is briefly listed. It is mentioned that both of his parents died when he was young. There is a line "Fujiwara was indeed a physics teacher at Zhenme Middle School" which was marked in bold and bold by Hatta.After browsing through the full text, Zhenya found two points in the document that she was a little bit concerned about.

The first is—"Although Fujiwara used to be a physics teacher in the town, he suddenly resigned two years ago and then joined the Qiuben Group. His occupation is unknown."

——Qiuben Group?

Maki thought the name sounded familiar, but couldn't recall where she had heard it before.She let out a sigh of relief, decided to check it out after returning to the dormitory, and then fixed her gaze on the "two years ago".

"...Two years ago."

——What a nostalgic number.

Having said that, it seems that she left the town two years ago... In other words, Fujiwara resigned as a teacher not long after she left?

Maki bit her lower lip, turned the page down, and found the second place.

——"One month before he resigned, that is, in May two years ago, he and his girlfriend drove to Hokkaido for a short vacation, but there was a car accident on the way. His girlfriend died in the car accident, and he himself He was seriously injured. After staying in the hospital for 23 days, the hospital had to release him early because of his strong will."

When seeing this shocking news, Miya was quite surprised.A trace of sympathy for Fujiwara Kota appeared in her heart, but this feeling was soon replaced by contemplation.

- One month and 23 days.In other words, almost at the same time as he was discharged from the hospital, Fujiwara resigned quickly.

Had his girlfriend's death hit him so hard that he couldn't continue working?Then why did he switch jobs to the Qiuben Group?Even if you don't mention what happened next, why did he forcefully request to be discharged from the hospital despite his body when he was seriously injured?Did anything happen during his time in the hospital?

Unknowingly, her index finger began to tap on the terminal screen.She frowned and thought for a while, but still couldn't come up with an accurate answer.

Maya sighed, raised his head, and realized that he had arrived in front of the teaching building at some point.There are students coming and going on the road, and there are excited discussions about new weapons and mission content from time to time.She closed the document, opened the chat interface, and sent a message to Hatta.

[Yazawa Maya: Thank you!The information is very comprehensive, thank you for your hard work www]

Hatta replied quickly.

【Misaki Hatta: No, it wasn't very hard... It's just a trivial matter! 】

[Yazawa Maya: Anyway, thank you very much!It was a great help (^_^)]

Hatta did not reply for a long time afterwards.When Shinya stepped onto the first stairs of the teaching building, the terminal came a notification tone for new news.But when Zhenya opened it, she was dumbfounded.

【Misaki Hatta: In that case, would you like to date me on weekends as a reward? 】

……Eh?

Staring at the news, Mami couldn't help being dumbfounded.

Date, date? !

As if her head had been hit hard with a stick, she was dizzy for an instant, and her whole body was a little dazed.

——...No, no, Yazawa Maya, you have to calm down, no matter how you think about it, it is impossible for Misaki to say such a thing, you must calm down...

Despite desperately trying to convince herself in her heart, her fingers trembled involuntarily, hanging above the screen and unable to press down.Staring at the blank input box, she began to try her best to think about how to reply.

Before she knew it, she had reached the floor where Class A of the first year was.Just when cold sweat started to break out on her forehead, a new message suddenly popped up on the chat page.

[Misaki Hatta: Whoa whoah, that bastard Chitose just robbed my terminal!The previous one was not posted by me!Anyway, just ignore it!Please ignore it! ...Ah, ah, sorry, sorry, sorry! ! 】

When she saw this reply, Mami was stunned for a while, and her inexplicably excited mood suddenly fell silent as if cold water had been poured on her.

really.

She stared at the message with complicated emotions, let out a breath, lowered her eyes, typed a line in the input box, and clicked send.

【Yazawa Maya: It's okay, I knew it was impossible for Misaki to say such a thing. 】

But as soon as she sent it, she regretted it.She read the message she sent several times, but no matter how she looked at it, she felt that she said it like a grieving woman—in fact, she had no position to speak to Hatta who had just helped her in this tone.But the message she sent couldn't be undone, and she didn't know how to remedy it, so she could only put the terminal in her pocket and walk into the classroom while puzzled by her sudden bad mood.

It was lunch break now, and there were only a few people in the classroom. The boy from the intelligence department in the front seat was playing with a terminal with a few friends.Just as Maya walked back to her seat and sat down, the terminal in her pocket vibrated.

【Yata Misaki: ... Are you angry? 】

Looking at the new message displayed on the chat interface, Shinya could even imagine the orange-haired boy on the opposite side staring at the terminal screen, carefully typing this line of words.She couldn't help raising the corners of her mouth, calmed down, and typed in the input box.

【Yazawa Maya: Hey, I'm not angry w】

【Misaki Hatta: Yes, is it? ! 】

[Yazawa Maya: Yes. 】

【Yata Misaki: Then, then...】

[Yazawa Maya:? 】

Seeing that the other party fell silent for a long time, Maki couldn't help sending a question mark in confusion.It took him a long time to reply.

【Misaki Hatta: Hey...well, does your school have a school festival in November? 】

[Yazawa Maya: School Festival?Never heard of it.Wait a minute, I'll ask someone else. 】

She put down the terminal, stood up slightly with the support of the table, and patted the shoulder of the boy in the intelligence department in the front seat: "Excuse me, do you know about our school's school festival in November?"

The boy turned around in surprise: "Ah, there is indeed one. What's wrong?"

"Is this school festival open to everyone?"

"It is logically so, but ordinary people need to buy tickets to enter the school, about 0.1 yen each." He quickly replied, "However, students of Butei High School can exchange credits for free tickets, about [-] credit for ten tickets, It’s already considered a very good deal—but the upper limit of tickets that can be exchanged per person is only [-].”

0.1 credits is roughly equivalent to the credits required for an E-level task, which is really a good deal for Shinya who has just completed a task from A to S-level.Mami thanked him, sat back in his seat, and replied to Hatta.

[Yazawa Maya: I asked my classmates, and there is one.I can get some tickets, maybe ten or so, Misaki, are you coming? 】

【Misaki Hatta: Uh, uh!Thanks! 】

[Yazawa Maya: It's okay, just take it as a gift in return for helping to find information www]

When she sent this message, Toyama Kinji walked into the classroom.After the whole class calmed down a bit, he began to talk about the school festival.Mami hurriedly sent a message to Hatta, "Let's not talk now, the teacher is talking about something", and put away the terminal.

As soon as she put away the terminal, the boy in the front seat knocked on her desk.

"Eh?"

The boy spread his hands to her and smiled: "Old rules."

Mami was stunned for a moment, and when she understood what he was talking about, she couldn't help but raise the corners of her lips.She took out two hundred-yuan coins from her purse and put them in the other's palm: "Here, hard work."

"Thank you for your patronage~" The boy flicked the coin, then turned his head in satisfaction, and began to concentrate on listening to the class obediently under the staring gaze of Toyama Kinji.

<<<<<<

night.

After taking a shower, Miya wiped her hair, sat cross-legged on the bed, and turned on the computer.

Zhui Tian on the other bed turned his head: "Why, homework is done, and you started playing on the computer?"

"Well, I finished it before dinner...Really, don't speak in such a sour tone." Maki couldn't help laughing, and moved in the midst of the muttering of the other party's indignant "homework freak" Click the mouse to enter the mailbox interface.The mailbox alerted that she had received two new emails.She re-downloaded the document sent by Hatta, and while waiting for the download, she turned her attention to the two new emails.

Coincidentally, both senders are somewhat special.

Maya thought for a moment, and first clicked on the email of the sender signed "Mom".

A year ago, when their life in Ikebukuro gradually settled down, her mother, Ryoko Yazawa, suddenly raised her ambition to travel around the world.This motherly but cynical guy has always been a woman who dares to speak and act. A week after she left the conversation, she picked up the suitcase and boarded the plane without saying hello.Over the past year, she has sent her an email every month, talking about what she has seen and heard during her travels.So far she has been to seven or eight countries.

Nothing important was said in the email, and it was full of random chatter as usual.Miya opened the photo attachment. In the photo, Yazawa Ryoko was wearing sunglasses, shoulder to shoulder with a pair of young men and women with oriental faces, and showed a bright smile to the camera.

The background is a bit familiar.Maya recalled it for a while, and remembered that this place seemed to be the famous Great Wall.

——I see, this time she went to China.

Below the photo there is this description:

【Mom is going to Beijing this time, as you know, the capital of China.On the way, I have been walking with this couple. Did you know that they are also Gintama fans!I am so happy! (Rolling around) The boy's name is CHENZHIXUE, and the girl's name is CHENXIN. Hahaha Chinese names are really strange.Having said that, Hunan cuisine is really good~ I will cook it for you when I come back! (Heart)】

——In the eyes of Chinese people, our name is also very strange, and isn’t Hunan cuisine from southern China? What does it have to do with Beijing?

This text is also my mother's usual off-line style.Maya sighed helplessly, and replied, "It's good that you are happy, Mom", downloaded the photo, and closed the email page.

After closing Ryoko Yazawa's email, she shifted her gaze to another email.

——In the sender column, it says "Stars will die if you don't eat marshmallows".

Her mood gradually cooled down.

I don't know why, every time I see the name Miya, I feel bad. In fact, her intuition is often fulfilled.She hesitated for a while, but out of curiosity, she still chose to open the email.

【Look at www】

In addition to this simple message, there is only one larger video attachment.Nothing else.

Mami was stunned for a while, then fell silent, and clicked "Download Attachment".

While downloading the video, she couldn't help guessing the purpose of the email sent by the other party, but according to the other party's usual confusing style, this kind of wild thinking usually has no results.Everything can only take shape after she actually watches the video.She watched the download progress bar move to the right little by little, and unconsciously tapped the keyboard with her right index finger.

——Although I haven't really met her, this Mr. Marshmallow who appeared out of nowhere... always gave her a feeling similar to her cousin Orihara Rinya.

However, it couldn't be him.

Maki firmly overturned the idea that just came to her mind.At this time, the download of the attachment is also completed.Maki turned on the video.The video was smudged at first, but it finally had a picture after five or six seconds.

She was stunned when she first saw the picture.

This is obviously a surveillance video.

The date in the upper right corner says July 7th, which is almost three months ago, and the time is three o'clock in the afternoon.There is a street in the picture, and the video jumps out of white spots from time to time due to quality reasons.Miya felt that this place looked familiar, and after staring at the computer screen for a long time, she remembered that this place seemed to be a certain street in Ikebukuro.

It would be fine if it was just an ordinary street, but if she remembered correctly, this seemed to be the place where the gangsters of the Li Nan Society often operated.

——Why did Mr. Marshmallow send her the monitoring of this place?

Maki frowned suspiciously and continued to read.

At [-]:[-], a familiar figure suddenly appeared on the screen.Mami was stunned for a moment, and when she took a closer look, she was surprised to find that it was Kota Fujiwara before plastic surgery.

——Why did Fujiwara appear in such a place?

Shinya forcibly suppressed the doubts in his heart, and continued to focus on the video.In the picture, Fujiwara looked around furtively for a while, then walked into the headquarters of the Li Nan Club.

After about a few minutes, another person appeared on the screen.If Miya was just surprised when she saw Kota Fujiwara, she could be said to be dumbfounded when she saw this person.

It is impossible for her not to know this person.

This is a tall woman with long, curly hair dyed brown hanging behind her. Even through the unclear surveillance video, she can be seen in a variety of ways.If it wasn't like this, she wouldn't have the ability to suddenly break into her life and disrupt her originally stable life steps——

Qi Mulisa.

The woman who broke her family apart.

Miya's mood fell to the bottom in an instant.

She stared blankly at Qi Mu walking into the headquarters of the Li Nan Society, her mind went blank, she didn't know how to react.

——Why did Saiki get involved with Fujiwara?

She just stared blankly at the surveillance video until the next person appeared.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or not, but the third person is also an acquaintance.When seeing this acquaintance, Maki finally recovered a little bit.She tried her best to cheer up, her eyes were fixed on his movements, not daring to let go of a single detail.

The man in the picture is wearing a white coat, wearing glasses, and carrying a box by his side.Like the previous two, he also walked straight into the gate of Li Nanhui.In the following time, Shinya maintained such a state of concentration until the end of the video.

When the picture went dark again, Maki raised her head, looked at the ceiling, and blinked her tired eyes.

Seeing this, she also had a rough idea of ​​the incident in her mind.

All that remains is confirmation.

Maki took out the terminal, jumped off the bed, and walked to the living room.When the door of the room was closed, she leaned against the door, with a complicated expression, opened the address book, and clicked on the name of "Kishitani Shilla" on the screen.

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