Ayanokoji in Kexue World

(03)

The time was agreed to be a week later, at TV Tokyo.

Mihua Town is not too far from the TV station, and when we arrived, it happened to be the time of the talk show broadcast live after school.I came directly to the live broadcast room based on the introduction of Director Isozami. There were still many students sitting in the scene. According to the school uniform, they should be students of Shujin Academy of Physical Education High School.

Today should be the time for their social practice in a certain grade, otherwise so many students would not gather together.

Xiujin Academy is the location of the recent high school scandals, and the news will not be repeated.However, the sensitivity and delay of information gathered by students is slower than that of people in society. After a long time, they are still discussing the matter of college teachers using their professional authority to force students.

I still remember a classmate saying, "The teacher said that he suddenly repented after encountering the notice of the Phantom Thieves of the Heart, wouldn't it be fake? He must have been caught by something, so he had to tell the truth ".

Conspiracy theories don't exist because the person who made them is superior.Just from the purpose of behavior, this is a process of pursuing stimulation.And the pursuit of stimulation itself can catalyze the brain to secrete dopamine, which makes people feel terrified and happy at the same time.

As for what I think about the "Phantom Thieves of the Heart" that can change people's hearts.

I don't have any ideas.

I found the farthest corner and sat down.Not long after I sat down, I noticed that Goro Akechi, who was the guest on stage, looked in my direction, just for a glance, so I wasn't sure if he saw me or someone else.

Afterwards, I made sure there was someone he knew where I was, that's why he diverted his attention here.This time the program discusses another, more famous scandal - the national treasure painter Madarame stealing his own student works to make money for his own blog.What this incident has in common with the scandal of the college teacher is that Madarame also received a notice from the Phantom Thieves, and the artist repented shortly thereafter.

The host and Akechi discussed the incident and the behavior of Phantom Thieves.

In the previous part, Akechi Goro played his speech of believing in the goodness of human nature, saying that the behavior of the Phantom Thieves is like Robin Hood's way of implementing justice.

"but--"

Someone once said that to see what a person thinks, you only need to start sounding after the word "but".

Akechi Goro talked about an idea that terrified everyone present—since the "Phantom Thieves of the Heart" can make people turn over a new leaf, does it also have the idea of ​​controlling the other party, such as leading crimes and the like.

When I was distracted, or in a daze, suddenly a microphone approached me.

The host smiled and said, "Does this student have any thoughts on what Mr. Zhizhi said?"

As if I was distracted in class and being called by the teacher, I suddenly shuddered and looked up at the host.The host repeated: "Or, what do you think about the Phantom Thieves of Heart? Are their actions just?"

"... Ahhh."

After I finished answering, the whole audience fell into a cold atmosphere. I didn't need to look at other people's faces to know what they were thinking. I didn't have any thoughts of my own, or I didn't listen at all.

As expected of a professional host, the host compiled a beautiful summary for me on the spot, and asked another black-haired classmate in front of me who was wearing glasses.

I inexplicably had a sense of déjà vu for the rest of my life after death, and I breathed a sigh of relief.

I listened carefully to the rest of the content.

But it's useless at all, and no one will ask me again.Only the boy with glasses who was asked the question looked back at me.

After the show, I waited near Goro Akechi's lounge.

While I was waiting for Goro Akechi, I discussed with Azusa Enomoto, a waiter at the Poirot Café under the Mori Detective Agency, about changing shifts tomorrow.After all, I was still a self-reliant high school student, without family support, and without working with Mr. Mori to earn money, that was all I could do.

You can't live in Dr. Ali's house, and ask Dr. Ali for pocket money, right?

"When you come over tomorrow, let's do some shopping. The whipped cream is all gone."

"it is good."

As soon as I finished responding, a pair of brown leather shoes stopped in front of me.

Looking up, it was Akechi Goro's kind smile.

"Director Isogami knew that I needed a detective assistant recently, so he introduced you to me. I heard that you are very smart, and I am looking forward to it." Goro Akechi held out his hand to me.

I think just based on my performance on the TV station, I should know that I have nothing to expect.

I shook his hand awkwardly.

"Because you are also a student, our activities may be concentrated on weekends, is that okay?"

"Ah."

Akechi Goro continued to smile.

What should I say?

He has a good appearance, a humble and generous temperament, treats people like a spring breeze, and speaks logically. He really deserves the title of "Detective Prince".But it is not my habit to praise others as soon as I come up.

I looked at him and asked, "Why do you keep laughing?"

When a person keeps smiling all the time, it doesn't necessarily mean that he is in a happy mood, it's just that he is deliberately controlling his external image.After all, human expressions can be realized by controlling the facial muscles through the brain.

In other words, I think Goro Akechi is a commercial smile.

Who does he want to open for?Could it be me?

The smiling muscles on Akechi Goro's face suddenly tightened, but only for a moment, so the sunken brow seemed to be showing a confused expression. Akechi Goro said: "I met a new friend. Isn't it worth being happy?"

okay.

He said: "I haven't had lunch yet, and it's just evening now. Do you want to eat anything? When we go to the restaurant, let's discuss our weekend schedule. I have a lot of questions for you too."

I didn't say much, just nodded.

When walking to the exit of the TV station, Akechi Goro seemed to meet someone he knew—two men and a woman gathered in the corner to chat, and the black-haired boy with glasses was the same classmate who was also questioned just now.Because of this, I felt a little kinship with him; the blond guy looked like a delinquent, and the last one was a young, pretty, grey-haired mulatto girl.

Akechi Goro is very good at handling interpersonal relationships, even if he joins their conversation temporarily, he becomes their center in just a few seconds.The last sentence, "I heard you guys are going to eat muffins?", which was like a chat, also made them unable to answer.

Afterwards, he smiled and said "Maybe I heard it wrong", and then revealed it.

I naturally follow the rhythm of Akechi Goro, after all, I am also a passive person.

Dinner is at a family restaurant.

Akechi Goro continued to show his leadership qualities and explained to me about the weekend trip to Yokohama. He was going to contact the chief of the City Hall Transportation Department.After all, he said on the show that he wanted to investigate whether the Yokohama subway out-of-control incident was related to the Phantom Thieves of Heart.

"So far, any problems?"

I shook my head.

Probably because he was used to my dullness, Akechi Goro didn't pursue it any further, and started asking about my life and study.I told him everything in detail, and I couldn't avoid talking about my amnesia.

"Speaking of which, the surname Ayanokouji is rare." Akechi Goro said, "As far as I know, there are official families in Kyoto with the surname Ayanokouji... and the Ayanokouji Cabinet who was still very active in the political arena three years ago .Ayanokōji-kun, have you ever thought that you are their heir?"

"No."

Perhaps too thoughtless, Akechi Goro choked.

Afterwards, because it was all ordinary people's study and life, he couldn't arouse too much interest, and our communication came to nothing.But fortunately, he is a person who actively mediates the relationship, no matter how embarrassing it is, he will take it.When they finally parted, he said expectantly, "Then we'll see you in Yokohama this weekend."

On the subway back to Mihua, I thought about it and started to write the title "The true identity of the Phantom Thieves of the Heart may be a high school student of Shujin Academy".

From the Shujin Academy teacher scandal to the national treasure painter Madarame's public confession of his crimes, they are all concentrated in a small geographical area, but the field span is huge, which shows that the people contacted by the Phantom Thieves of Heart have changed. There is no way for them to move further.

If the general criminals don't want to be discovered, they will try to stay away from their living and social circles as much as possible.This is for a sense of security.But if it happened around them, there are generally two possibilities for this kind of thing: first, they are sure that their methods are safe; , to absorb more information.

Then, considering the second condition, I think it is possible to investigate the victims involved in the scandal.

But what makes me strange is that Akechi Goro is very smart. Since he is facing up to the Phantom Thieves of the Heart and is worried that they will commit crimes, why doesn't he investigate these two things?Is it still under investigation and there is no conclusion, or there is no need to tell me for the time being?

One more thing that caught my attention -

Akechi Goro heard the other party talking about "pancakes" in the corridor, and I actually heard it too.But why do they show surprised expressions?I heard a young boy's voice at that time. He seemed to be relatively young, but when I watched it in the past, it was two men and one woman. Of course, it goes without saying that the female voice was the voice of a bad boy and a black-haired boy.

So it's the fourth voice that says "muffin".

They wanted to hide this voice so as not to respond to Goro Akechi's "I heard you guys are going to eat muffins".

I have a hunch that they are the Phantom Thieves of Heart.

But at the same time, I also have an intuition that Goro Akechi approached me deliberately, and the reason is probably related to the newspaper sent to me by the cabinet last week.

Does this have something to do with my life experience?

I don't know if I continue to keep silent, how many people will take the initiative to send me information?