Miss Izumi

Not long after Nakahara Chuya and his men entered the bar, an unremarkable private car drove across the road and slowly pulled over to the side of the road.

"The time is almost up. The next suspect you mentioned should appear soon." Kunikida Doppo, who was sitting in the driver's seat, glanced at his watch, then raised his head, and observed carefully through the window. Pedestrians and vehicles near the bar, "But then again, how did you deduce the suspect?"

Next to him, Osamu Dazai rested his hands on the back of his head, closed his eyes, and said, "The bar where Izumi Mizuno worked is some distance away from the abandoned shipyard where the murder happened. It happened to be the busiest time of the day in the bar. At that time, she didn't work in the bar, but came to the abandoned shipyard not far away, why?"

Hearing this, Kunikida Doppo held his chin and fell into deep thought: "There is indeed a problem..."

"According to the last email received by Izumi Mizuno, during that period, her 'business' was not good, or the money was transferred to other places, and she was very tight. The youth on the sixth floor who was the 'intermediary' did not take it. I got the 'introduction fee' that I deserved, so I threatened her and said, 'If I can't get any more money, I won't take you to the store to play'."

"But..." Kunikida Doppo frowned slightly, "What does this mean?"

"She was very short of money at the time, and she couldn't lose the 'high-paying' job in the bar. But she still left the bar on the night of the murder and came to the abandoned shipyard." Osamu Dazai raised a finger , said with a meaningful smile, "What did Kunikida-kun think of after contacting her destroyed cell phone?"

"!" Kunikida Doppo suddenly opened his eyes wide, "Could it be... blackmail?!"

"That's right. That night, Mizuno Izumi should have heard some ulterior secrets from the guests in the bar. Perhaps because of the sudden incident, she didn't have any clues that she could use to threaten the other party. So she followed her all the way The person involved came to the abandoned shipyard, intending to take pictures or record some things to blackmail the other party...or, it is also possible to sell the information to others. It's just that she was discovered by the other party, and she hasn't escaped yet. The shipyard was wiped out by them."

Kunikida Doppo tapped his fingers on the account, and said: "So, after you got the name of the bar from that guy today, let me ask for the help of a flower bag, and called up the surveillance at the entrance of the bar on the night of the crime, so that Target locked?"

"There are about five groups of people who left the bar with Mizuno Izumi. So far we have tracked and eliminated three of them, and finally there are only two groups left. If we are lucky, we may be able to find our target this time. Osamu Dazai said in a relaxed tone, "Maybe we can use this murder case of Mizuno Izumi to catch a big fish behind."

"hope so."

If the real culprit who killed Mizuno Izumi can be successfully found, it must be an explanation to Grandpa Mizuno... After all, they paid commission fees, right?

Thinking of the gray cloth bag placed at the entrance of the detective agency, Kunikida pushed his glasses and looked out of the car window again.

A few minutes later, a group of people drove to the gate of the bar.

The leader was a little short and fat, and surrounded by a bunch of people, he took the lead and walked ahead.Beside him was a tall and slender man, holding a black password suitcase in his right hand, and there was an obvious red birthmark on the exposed tiger's mouth.

"Dazai!" Kunikida Doppo put down the binoculars, his tone was hurried with surprise.

"What? Let me take a look." Osamu Dazai took the binoculars in the opponent's hand, and also noticed the leader and the man with the red birthmark on the tiger's mouth.

Kunikida Doppo: "These two are on the same team?" It's really unexpected that their remaining two targets got together.

"I see, the man with the red birthmark has been here every day for the past week, and he's just stepping on the spot..." Osamu Dazai turned his mind quickly, and he came to such a conclusion in a short time, "I didn't expect us to come here this time. What a coincidence, it happened to hit their deal."

"This is really..." The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he said meaningfully, "Kunikida-kun, I think you can notify the police and get ready."

After finishing speaking, Osamu Dazai suddenly let out a "huh".

"what happened?"

"Look who that is."

"?"

Kunikida Doppo looked in the direction Dazai Osamu pointed out, and found an acquaintance.

"It's so late, what is he doing here?" The moment he saw the other party, Kunikida Doppo frowned unconsciously, "And he's still hanging out with that little bastard."

What the two of the detective agency saw was Quan and his party talking and laughing all the way.From the looks of it, their destination seemed to be the bar named "Anchor".

"Didn't I say it before, this 'Sister Koizumi' is not simple at all." Osamu Dazai put the binoculars aside, untied his seat belt, then took out a pair of glasses from the glove box and put them on. "But since there are acquaintances, we'd better make a disguise before going in."

"……understood."

On the other side, Quan and his party walked into the bar.

As soon as he entered the door, Quan felt as if he had come to another world.

The light in the store is dim, not even as bright as the street lights outside, and the only lighting is the five-color light beams that keep flickering and shaking with the rhythm of the music.

The band on the stage was performing live, and the passionate heavy metal rock hit the nerves of everyone, mobilized the emotions of everyone present, and caused waves of carnival.

The smell of tobacco, alcohol and various perfumes mixed together, making the hot air extremely turbid.

This is really... a group of demons dancing wildly.

Seeing this scene for the first time, Izumi frowned subconsciously.

He never expected that the bar turned out to be like this.

In fact, not all bars are like this.There is also a place where you can chat and drink quietly, and occasionally one or two people will sing a few lyrical ditties with their guitars in their arms.It's just that the young man who brought him here likes to be exciting and playful, so he usually goes to such a lively and noisy place.

Seeing that Quan didn't quite get used to it, the young man who had been observing his expression carefully laughed, put his arms around his shoulders, and said loudly in his ear: "It's really noisy in the hall, and it's better in the private rooms. But right now I'll take you to see the boss first!"

Quan nodded.

The young man greeted him, and the other people who were walking with them waved at him clearly. Some got into the dance floor, some went to the bar, and went to drink and have fun.

The young man took Quan out of the lobby, went up to the second floor familiarly, and came to the owner of the bar, and it didn't take much effort to finalize Quan's part-time job here.

After that, the young man who got the "introduction fee" from the hotel owner retired, patted Quan on the shoulder, and went to play in the lobby by himself.

The bar owner looked Quan Quan up and down, and found that the student uniform on his body was washed a little white, and he looked a little shabby.So he called someone inside and asked the logistics to bring him a new waiter uniform.

"Just wear it for now, it's better than the one you're wearing now."

Izumi nodded, asked where the bathroom was, and left with his uniform.

Unfortunately, when Quan walked to the door of the bathroom, he found that the private bathroom on the lady's side was fully occupied.Seeing that there seemed to be vacancies in the men's restroom next to him, and there was no one there at the moment, he opened the door and walked in.

Kunikida Doppo, who was almost on the front and back, with a serious expression that was out of place in a bar, also walked into the bathroom.

On the other side, in a private room on the second floor.

Being poured alcohol by his subordinates, big and small, Zhongyuan Zhong was able to get drunk in a short while.

It was he who said it himself before, telling everyone to "don't stick to etiquette and have a good drink".But he didn't expect that these guys would really climb up the pole, and one by one, they even lined up to drink him.

He put the wine glass in his hand on the table, ready to go to the bathroom.But the private toilet in the private room was taken by someone, so he had to go to the public toilet outside.

When passing the corridor, Zhong Yuan also felt as if someone was staring at him in the dark.

He turned back immediately, but found nothing unusual.

"strangeness……"

Is it because he drank too much and had an illusion?

He shook his head and continued to go to the bathroom.

At this time, in a certain private room not far from him, Osamu Dazai, who was dressed up in disguise, leaned against the door panel and muttered with a disgusted expression as if he saw something dirty: "Why is that slug dwarf here? It's bad, it's bad..."

Not long after, Zhong Yuanzhong came to the door of the bathroom.

He stretched out his hand and pushed open the door of the men's bathroom, but what he never expected was that as soon as he entered the door, he saw a "waitress" with his back turned to him beside the sink.

Nakahara Chuya's head paralyzed by alcohol was stunned, and he quickly looked away and stepped back, apologizing: "I'm sorry for going the wrong way!" while closing the door.

Since this is the women's toilet, the next door is the men's toilet.

He thought so of course, and went to the next door with a limp.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened the door, he happened to meet the lady inside who was about to open the door.

Both sides were stunned.

"Ah—! Hooligan!"

The ear-piercing scream was like a long needle, piercing Nakahara Chuya's eardrum fiercely.Nakahara Chuya, who was already drunk, had a headache throbbing, and his back steps were unknowingly slowed down by half a beat.

The door was closed unceremoniously by the person inside with a "bang", and it hit him on the nose so hard.

Zhongyuan Zhongye: "..."

This time, he was completely sober.

Chuya Nakahara was puzzled, while carefully confirming the signs of the men's and women's restrooms on the door, and then pushed open the door of the men's restroom again.

Opening the door, he once again saw the "waitress" with his back turned to him.But this time, Zhong Yuanzhong also noticed the details that he had ignored before.

The zipper on the back of the waitress was wide open, revealing a large piece of smooth and white back, and her thin wrist was held by a man much taller than her at the moment, no matter how hard she struggled, she couldn't break free from the restraint.

The most important thing is that when Zhong Yuan pushed the door open, it was a coincidence that he heard her say in an embarrassed tone: "Please don't be like this..."

Nakahara Chuya: "..." Well, he said why a female waitress ran into the men's bathroom, it turned out that some bastard was playing hooliganism on her!

So without saying a word, he clenched his fist and punched him.