Miss Izumi

On Commercial Street Avenue.

Quan, who was almost being dragged away by Alice, said out of breath, "Little, little sister... Huh... I, I can't run anymore..."

The previous clothing store was left far behind by them, and it was no longer visible from this location.

Hearing this, Alice, who was flushed and out of breath, suddenly stopped the car.She stopped suddenly, and Quan bumped into him unexpectedly.

Alice, who was hit, stood motionless on the spot, and even supported Quan firmly: "Sister, are you okay?"

"Um, um, it's okay..." Quan didn't have time to wipe off the sweat that slipped from his forehead, and hurriedly asked, "I'm sorry, I didn't hurt you just now, did I?"

Alice shook her head.

Quan patted his chest and heaved a sigh of relief: "That's good."

Alice looked at him and said, "My sister doesn't seem to be in good health, she needs to exercise well."

"That's true..." Quan smiled at her with difficulty, changed the subject, and asked, "By the way, little sister, where did your adults try clothes before?"

Alice said confidently: "I forgot!"

"Eh???" Quan's sweat slid down from the corner of his forehead again.

"That's why I look for each store one by one!" Alice said with her waist pierced, her voice clear and crisp, "My sister said that you can find Rin Taro by asking the staff, so let's find the staff now!"

"But..." Quan felt worried, "I thought my little sister remembered which store it was, we can ask the clerk or something..."

"Eh? Is that so..." Alice pursed her lips in disappointment, lowered her head, and kicked a pebble next to her.

It was obviously not his fault, but seeing the depressed look of the little girl, Quan still lowered his head in embarrassment: "Hold, I'm sorry..."

"Forget it, Lin Taro will come to look for me anyway." Alice cheered up quickly, folded her hands on her chest, and said with a snort, "It's easy for me to find, so just leave him alone!"

"..." Quan couldn't say anything.

Before he could bring up the matter of the clothing store, Alice grabbed his wrist again and pulled him forward without hesitation: "Sister, you are a nice person, let me take you to a cake shop that I like!"

Quan said in embarrassment: "That... little sister, thank you. But, I don't have any money with me. Besides, there are people waiting for me in the clothing store."

Alice hugged his arm coquettishly: "Sister, you can go with me! Lin Taro knows that I like the cakes of that shop the most, so he will definitely come to find me. But if I am alone..."

As she spoke, her mouth shrunk, and she seemed about to cry again.

Quan hastily appeased: "How about this, let's go back to the clothing store first, say hello to the person who is waiting for me, and then..."

"No, no, no! If Rintaro can't find me, he will cry!" Alice immediately began to cry, full of childishness, which attracted the attention of passers-by.

Quan was at a loss and said, "Little sister, don't cry..."

Alice wiped away tears that didn't exist, and said, "Rin Taro will definitely come to find me soon, and let him drive my sister back when the time comes!"

"..." After the other party said that, Quan naturally couldn't refuse.

The two walked ahead, but they didn't realize that a dark shadow was following them furtively, already some distance away.

As Alice was walking, she suddenly noticed something, and looked back, her blue eyes reflected a sharp cold light that did not match her appearance age.

"What's wrong?" Quan followed her gaze and looked over, but found nothing unusual.

Alice turned her head and said lightly: "It's okay, I seem to have seen a little mouse just now."

"Rat?" Quan was puzzled, "But this street is very clean..."

"That must be my misreading. Oh, let's not talk about this, the store is coming soon, sister, hurry up!" Alice quickly changed the subject, and even gave Quan a strong hand.

"Little sister! I can't go any faster, I'm about to fall... Oops!"

Quan, who almost tripped over the gap between the floor tiles, was supported by Alice, who grumbled and complained: "My sister can't do this, what if I can't run when I encounter bad guys?"

Quan thanked and said embarrassingly: "Then I can only run away as much as possible... But, there shouldn't be so many bad people in this world, right?"

Alice smiled slightly and said meaningfully: "That might be~"

On the other side, in a clothing store.

Zhong Yuanzhong, who met his leader by chance, also asked naturally: "Are the leader and Miss Alice out shopping?"

"That's right." Mori Ogai nodded, and then brought the topic to him, "It's really rare, Nakaya-kun asked for leave to go shopping or something."

"...cough." Zhongyuan Zhong was also inexplicably guilty.

"It's nothing. Occasionally, I have to put down work and relax. I can understand." Mori Ogai patted his subordinate on the shoulder very understandingly.

"Yes."

"Speaking of which, Nakaya-kun..." Mori Ogai, who was still serious before, instantly dropped his face, "Have you seen my baby Alice?"

Zhong Yuanzhong was also taken aback by the question, blinked his eyes and confirmed again: "You mean...Miss Alice?"

"Yeah, that kid ran away while I wasn't paying attention. I searched all the nearby stores, but... alas!" Mori Ogai turned Nakahara Nakaya away with a sad face to prevent him from getting out of the shopping guide's face. Look for clues—after all, the shopping guide just watched Quan and Alice run out of the store with his own eyes.

"Baby Alice is so cute, what if she is abducted by a villain with a plot?" Mori Ogai sighed and said worriedly.

Nakahara Chuya: "..." If the opponent is Alice, shouldn't it be the bad guy who plots evil?

"Chuya-kun!" Mori Ogai put away the gloomy look just now, as if changing his face, and said with a heavy tone and a serious expression, "Will you help me?"

Nakahara Chuya: "...you mean?"

Mori Ogai: "Of course it is to help me find my baby Alice!"

In fact, you can directly remove the supernatural power and then summon her...

Zhongyuan Zhong also sighed in his heart, and finally agreed to help his leader find someone: "...Yes."

But this way...

He suddenly looked up at the stairs leading to the second floor.

"Huh? What's the matter, Nakaya-kun?" Mori Ogai asked puzzled, then followed his gaze to the second floor, "Ah, isn't that the women's clothing section?"

"Uh." Zhong Yuanzhong also choked suddenly, his tone was extremely vague, "Mmm..."

Mori Ogai glanced at his subordinates in surprise, and joked, "Could it be that you are waiting for your girlfriend?"

"W-what?!" Zhongyuan Zhong also reacted very strongly when he heard this.He squinted his eyes, and the tip of his ear was stained with a layer of crimson, and hurriedly waved his hand in denial: "It's not my girlfriend!"

However, Mori Ogai touched his chin and said, "Eh? So, you are indeed waiting for girls, right?"

Zhongyuan Zhongye: "..."

"Since Chuya-kun is dating a girl, I'd better go find Alice alone." Mori Ogai said so thoughtfully.

"..." Zhong Yuanzhong also pinched the center of his eyebrows, "It's not a date..."

Then, Zhong Yuanzhong also told who the person he was waiting for and the role the other party played in the bar incident.

"Hmm... is she the bar staff who handed you the note?"

"Yes."

Mori Ogai touched his chin, and looked at his subordinates strangely: "Even if it's for the investigation, Nakaya-kun doesn't have to go shopping with her personally. Could there be some other reason?"

"..." Zhongyuan Zhong also lowered his head blushing.

Seeing his reaction, Mori Ogai was taken aback for a moment, blinked, and thought: Could it be that...

Sure enough, Nakahara Chuya then explained hesitantly: "I drank too much wine, and then... cough... um..."

There was no need for words at all, Mori Ogai easily guessed the result.

But he didn't tease Nakahara Chuya because of this. Instead, he frowned, pinched his chin and thought, "It's strange... don't you think it's a coincidence?"

Zhong Yuanzhong also nodded: "So I asked someone to investigate her background."

"How is the result?"

Nakahara also reported the information he knew about "Mizuno Izumi"-whether it was the dead one or the one that was still alive-to Mori Ogai.

"You mean, she has no memory before yesterday?" Leaving aside other things for the time being, Mori Ogai grasped this point first.

The corner of his mouth raised a subtle arc, and he said to Zhong Yuan Zhongya: "This is really a coincidence...she is like a carefully prepared trap for you."

"..." Zhong Yuanzhong also pursed his lips and nodded, and said in a deep voice, "I know."

There are not many people who know that Zhongyuan has no memories of before the age of seven.

Mori Owai was thinking in his heart, his eyes narrowed dangerously.

So is it the Supernatural Secret Service... or his former subordinate Osamu Dazai?Or... is all this really just a ridiculous coincidence?

"In that case." Mori Ogai suddenly opened his eyes wide, with the corners of his mouth raised high, he seemed to be smiling, but it made people feel creepy, "Then hand her over to the torture squad under Hongye-kun!"

"Boss!" Zhong Yuan suddenly stopped him, clenched his fists tightly by his side, "Can you leave this matter to me to investigate? If she really has a problem, I will deal with it myself Lose."

Mori Ogai looked at him silently for a moment.

For some reason, he suddenly remembered Osamu Dazai who pushed open the door of the chief's office for Oda Sakunosuke four years ago.

In fact, he didn't think Nakahara would rebel against the port mafia like Osamu Dazai did because of a one-night stand.

Even if the girl is innocent, and Mori Ogai killed her by mistake.

This will not affect Zhongyuan Zhongye's loyalty to him and to the port mafia.

Mori Ogai has such confidence.

However, the death of this girl will become a thorn in Nakahara Chuya's heart.

This thorn has no effect on Mori Ogai himself or the port mafia.Because it pierced, there was only one person in the Central Plains.

Zhong Yuanzhong is also a person who values ​​friendship, responsibility, and a strong sense of responsibility.

Back when the members of the "Sheep" betrayed him, he could ask the Hong Kong gangsters to let them go on the condition that he joined the port mafia - you must know that before that, he once said "the port mafia will be wiped out by me." In this case, the degree of dislike for it can be seen.

But now, apart from the fact that the girl's identity and the timing of her appearance are indeed coincidental and suspicious, there is no major problem with her behavior for the time being.Zhong Yuanzhong also regards her as his "responsibility", which is not surprising.

"Nakaya-kun." After thinking about it, Mori Ogai suddenly asked a slightly off-kilter question, "Who do you think wrote that note?"

"Anyone is possible." Central Plains also counted several hostile illegal organizations, "There is also the Supernatural Secret Service Division, and even... that bastard Dazai."

"Hmm..." Mori Ogai thought for a while and said, "Chuya-kun should be able to distinguish Dazai-kun's handwriting, right?"

"Tsk." Zhong Yuanzhong also curled his lips.As soon as his former partner was mentioned, his face became very stinky, "That guy can at least imitate dozens of handwriting." In other words, if that guy Osamu Dazai thinks, no one can tell from the flaw of handwriting. place to catch his tell.

Mori Ogai smiled helplessly: "It's true."

Finally, Mori Ogai also asked a question: "Is there a problem with alcohol?"

Zhong Yuanzhong also shook his head and said: "The wine bottles, wine glasses, and even the sewer pipes in the bathroom have been checked, and there are no suspicious drug residues. I also greeted the internal doctor, and I will go over and smoke directly later." blood test."

"Since everything has been arranged, then you can figure it out." Mori Ogai sighed and said, "I hope our worries are unnecessary."

"Boss..." Zhong Yuanzhong also bit his lower lip, lowered his head and said, "Sorry..."

"What is this?" Mori Ogai said with a smile, "If it's really just a coincidence, maybe we can become a family in the future."

"!" Zhongyuan Zhong also blushed instantly, feeling ashamed and angry, wishing to find a crack in the ground to drill down, "Where is this going? It's completely invisible!"

"Oh." Mori Ogai opened his eyes slightly and looked at him in surprise, "Could it be that Chuya-kun is the kind of man who doesn't recognize him when he's asleep?"

When he said this, he didn't know whether it was really a surprise or on purpose, his voice was much louder than when he was talking about the business just now.As a result, the shopping guides and customers who passed by cast strange glances one after another, as if they were shooting targets, they all stabbed at Zhong Yuan Zhongya's body, his face was full of contempt for seeing a scumbag.

Zhongyuan Zhongye: "..."