The road of the demon detective

The atmosphere in the office is very strange.

Although it was already noon, Miko hadn't shown up yet. What was even more strange was that Nero didn't call or send text messages, nor did he go out to catch her himself.

——In fact, Nero is watching TV with relish.

Of course, there is no theory or evidence to show that Majin absolutely does not watch TV, but if it is news, homicide special reports, etc., it is understandable, but campus idol drama...

Seeing Nero solemnly staring at the girl on TV who is troubled by falling in love with the same person as her friend, anyone will feel that their brains are tied up and they can't speak!At least the only person present, the braided Xiaoqian, was so horrified that her hair was split and knotted.

It's a pity that Yazi couldn't see this scene.

At this time, she was learning how an ostrich covered herself from head to toe with a quilt, as if she would no longer have to face those troubles and troubles.

(Hate, idiot, why say it!)

After saying the words "I like you" yesterday, Miko lost all her courage and ran away uselessly.

Before turning around, she still caught a glimpse of Nero's confused and surprised face, which made her feel a little sad at the same time ashamed.

(Why did you say it! Knowing that Nero is a demon, he will not understand human feelings. Tell him what you want, but do you still expect his response? It is of no use except to increase trouble!)

Just when Miko felt sorry for herself and wished to turn herself into a moldy caterpillar, the phone rang.

She was startled, and tried harder to get under the quilt.

The bell rang for a while and stopped, and then it rang again, with the attitude of "If you don't answer me, it will keep ringing".

Mizi pretended to be an ostrich for a while, but got up helplessly, picked up the mobile phone on the bedside table, took a deep breath, and pressed the call button.

"Hey... ah, so it's Mrs. Hijikata!"

The call was from Mrs. Hijikata, inviting Yako to a small party at her home tonight.Yazi didn't want to go, but she couldn't stand Mrs. Tukata's repeated invitations, so she agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Mizi stood quietly, frowning slightly, as if thinking about something.

In the evening, Yako, who changed into a dress suitable for a banquet, came to Mrs. Hijikata's mansion.

This is a European-style building with a rather exquisite garden.The last time Yako came was because of the murder of Mr. Hijikata.Mr. Hijikata used to be the chairman of a large construction company. Although he has retired, he still holds a majority of the company's shares and is very rich.

One morning, the family servants found his dead body in his study, which seemed to be the work of thieves, but Miko and Nero found the real culprit, who was Mr. Hijikata's son.

"Miss Miko, here you come. Oh, you look so pretty tonight!"

Mrs. Tukata, who is quite rich, warmly greeted her.Despite such a tragic event in her family, she picked herself up quickly and tried to get her life back to normal. What a strong person.

"Ah, thanks."

"Hey, why didn't Mr. Assistant come with you?"

"Yeah, there's something about him—"

"Master, so you are here!"

A clear voice interrupted Mizi's dry words.

Miko turned around abruptly, and saw Nero in good assistant mode walking quickly.

"Mr. Assistant, we just happened to be talking about you!"

"Master asked me to investigate something, luckily I caught up with it!"

Nero put one hand on Mizi's shoulder and said with a smile.

Miko nodded stiffly: "Yes, yes."

"That would be great! Come on, I'll introduce you to the others."

Mrs. Hijikata introduced several other guests, namely Ms. Kuchiki, Mr. and Mrs. Tezuka and Mr. Yamada.While she was entertaining other people, Miko pulled Nero aside.

"Nero, what are you doing here?"

Nero bent down so that he and Miko were on the same level of sight.

"Oh, this is exactly the question I want to ask, why didn't you come to the office today?"

Mizi was poked at the acupuncture point, and once again remembered the embarrassing and regretful scene.Her face flushed, her eyes wandered from side to side.

Nero scratched her head impatiently, forcing her to look at him.

Miko stared at the demon's ring-shaped eyes, and said irritably, "Even if I tell you, Nero won't understand!"

Nero snorted displeasedly when Mrs. Dojikata's voice came from behind them.

"Miss Mizi and Mr. Assistant are hiding here! The relationship between the two is so enviable."

Nero turned around, "It is my greatest luck to be by the master's side!"

"It's nice to be young! Hehehe~~~~"

Mrs. Hijikata laughed like a coloratura soprano again.

"Let's have a drink together, both of you, I specially prepared a different drink today!"

"Okay, here we go."

Nero quietly stuffed a piece of folded paper into Mizi's hand, and said in a low voice:

"This is the result of your investigation by Xiaoqian."

Under his cover, Mizi quickly scanned the content on the paper and put it away calmly.

The two came to the other guests, and Mrs. Tukata carefully took an unopened bottle of wine from the butler.

Mr. Tezuka saw the trademark on the bottle, adjusted his glasses, and said in surprise:

"Couldn't this be the wine produced by Château Lafite in France?"

"Mr. Tezuka is indeed an expert. It is indeed the wine produced by Lafite Chateau. Although it is only five years old, it is still very rare! Come and taste it!"

Mrs. Hijikata personally poured everyone a glass, and everyone except Miko savored it expertly.Miko reluctantly swallowed the wine.If it's food, it doesn't matter how weird and unpalatable it is, but if it's alcohol, she can't do it at all.

Mrs. Hijikata noticed this, "Oh, sorry, I almost forgot, Miss Yako doesn't drink."

Miko rubbed her head in embarrassment: "It's true that I'm not very good at it."

"It's okay. If you don't like it, don't force it. Wine should be something that can make people happy."

"That's right."

"That's what happened!"

Others chimed in approvingly.

The butler came over and said that dinner was ready, and everyone moved into the restaurant, including Nero who suddenly disappeared and then appeared suddenly on the pretext of going to the bathroom.

The dining table is a large dining table that can accommodate eight people at the same time. Mrs. Hijikata sits at the head, and on the left are Ms. Kuchiki, Yako and Nero, and on the right are Mr. and Mrs. Tezuka and Mr. Yamada.

Seeing all kinds of sumptuous delicacies on the table, Mizi couldn't move his eyes any longer, and his saliva couldn't help but flow down.Mrs. Tukata couldn't help laughing out at her salivating appearance.

"Miss Miko looks very hungry, so let's eat first!"

"Is it really possible? Then I'm welcome!"

Although the famous detective Katsuragi Yako's gluttonous image has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, but when she actually saw it, she still couldn't help but be shocked.All the people present forgot to eat for a while, and just stared blankly at her quickly sweeping away the food. The so-called "seeing is believing" probably refers to this kind of thing!

When Miko's exaggerated eating behavior came to an end, most of the food on the table had already entered her stomach.

She said embarrassingly: "Sorry, I didn't pay attention for a while--"

"It's okay, I know that Miss Yako is coming, I have specially prepared a lot of food, you can rest assured. But before that, let's have a toast!"

Mrs. Tukata spoke and raised her glass.

The others also raised their glasses, except for Mizi, the glasses were filled with unfinished wine.Because Yako doesn't drink alcohol, Mrs. Hijikata asked the servant to prepare juice with ice.

"Then wish us all a good appetite, cheers!"

"cheers!"

Mizi raised the cup and was about to bring it to her mouth when Nero suddenly pressed her head into the dinner plate, and he took the cup in her hand along the way.The others were suddenly taken aback.

"Oh, it's really dangerous!" Nero said innocently.

"Miss Miko, are you alright?"

Mizi raised his face in embarrassment, staring at the guy who dared to make sarcastic remarks.

Kuchiki-san handed her the napkin.

"Didn't you hit your head? It's dangerous to suddenly fall forward like this!"

"Thank you."

Yako took the napkin and wiped her face.

"It's really dangerous, but the danger I'm talking about doesn't mean this, but that if you really drink the contents of this cup, you will die so badly!"

Nero pointed to the glass of juice.

The expressions of the people present couldn't help but change.

"What do you mean?" Mr. Tezuka asked seriously.

"It's very simple, the drink is poisonous." Nero replied with a smile.

silence.

It seems that I don't know whether to take this sentence as a joke or take it seriously.In the end, Mrs. Hijikata, the host, broke the deadlock.

"Mr. Assistant, what are you talking about? How can there be poison in the drink?"

"If you don't believe me, you can try it!"

Nero looked at everyone at the table one by one, as if he wanted to choose a suitable test subject, and the people he glanced at couldn't help but backed away.

He turned around and came to the fish tank in the living room, quickly took out a fish from it, threw it into an empty plate, added some water, and finally poured a little of the juice in the glass.

Everyone subconsciously stared at the fish on the plate with their breath held. The waiting time seemed to be extremely long, but no one showed any impatience.

until the fish is actually dead.

Mrs. Tukata's complexion suddenly became very ugly.The poisoning incident at the banquet held by her was undoubtedly a blow to her as the host.

Ms. Kuchiki, Mr. Tezuka and Mr. Yamada also had quite stiff expressions. They almost became witnesses or even parties involved in a certain poisoning case. No one would think it was an exciting thing.

"But how did it happen? I mean all the food was served properly!" Mrs. Hijikata said still in disbelief.

Then she seemed to think of something, covered her mouth in surprise, and looked at Miss Kuchiki.

During the meal, Miss Kuchiki was sitting next to Miko, and although it was somewhat difficult to poison her cup, there was still a chance compared to others.Others apparently realize this too.

"What are you all looking at me for?"

Miss Kuchiki asked strangely, and gradually came to her senses.

"Wait a minute, don't you think it was me who poisoned you! It's ridiculous! Why would I do such a thing!"

No one answered her, and this silence alone was enough to explain the attitude of the others.

"Stop talking! Let the police know!" Miko interrupted.

As the victim of a near-death at her favorite dining table, she was remarkably unflappable.

It didn't take long for the police to arrive, followed by chaotic investigation and evidence collection.The poisoned fruit juice and all the other water that was present at the dinner was sampled and tested, and the results came back quickly.

The juice was found to contain lethal doses of the poison, but no other poison was found in other foods and drinks, including the cans in which the juice was originally contained.

According to the housekeeper's testimony, the juice was poured from an unopened beverage can bought from the store that day and delivered directly to the restaurant.Other servants who were in the kitchen at the time confirmed this.This means that the poison was injected from the time when the juice was poured into the cup to when Miko was about to drink it.Therefore, the butler became the biggest suspect, and only he had the chance to poison.

So despite his repeated statements of innocence, the police are still preparing to take him back to the police station for further questioning and investigation.

But Miko stopped them.

"Wait a minute, Mr. Housekeeper did not poison you. You are the one who poisoned you, Mrs. Tukata!"