【Most King】Looking Back at Troubled Spring

"Taking this opportunity now, I have something I want to confirm with Mo Yuan-chan."

"……What's up?"

It seems that I am too used to the vigilance in my eyes that cannot be completely hidden, Wang Majun happily looked up for a while, his bow-shaped eyes seemed to peek into the bottom of my heart.

"This time, the most original position is just a pure 'detective', and there will be no other duties, right?"

"..."

The way he asked and his tone made me think of only one word,

--threaten.

The halo effect is a well-known psychological theory.

In our daily interpersonal communication, people tend to over-magnify a certain characteristic of the other person.A typical example can be traced back to the Russian poet Pushkin in the 19th century. Although his wife was called "Moscow's first beauty", she did not appreciate Pushkin's poetry at all.And Pushkin believed that a beautiful woman must also have extraordinary wisdom and noble character, so he obeyed his wife's judgment and gradually abandoned creation, causing his literary talent to fall prematurely into debauchery.

In the final analysis, the subjective error of the halo effect can be attributed to the following three points:

1. It is easy to grasp the individual characteristics of things, and is used to generalizing from individual to general.

2. It links together some personality or appearance characteristics that have no internal connection, and asserts that one kind of characteristic must have another kind of characteristic.

3. If it says good, it will affirm everything, and if it says bad, it will deny everything. This is an absolute tendency dominated by "subjective bias". Generally speaking...

"I said, can you let me go a little bit?"

The voice from the top of his head was so cold and unreserved, he raised his head subconsciously, and the gray-red figure reflected in his eyes was facing the setting sun obliquely outside the window, which happened to block the light on the book.

"Eh?"

As if dissatisfied with my reaction, the delicate hand holding the long stick turned and pointed to his feet, with a hint of impatience in his tone.

"Continuing to study in the classroom after school will only bring trouble to those on duty, so if you are fascinated, go to the library."

"... Ah! Sorry!"

I hurriedly closed the book and stuffed it into my schoolbag, trying to make room for Chun Chuan as fast as I could.She frowned and sighed as she looked at me who jumped out of the seat in a hurry. She was very used to putting the warm chair on the table with one hand, and wiped the original with a long-handled mop with the other hand. space under my feet.

"Okay, let's go on."

Holding my schoolbag, I planned to walk out of the classroom carefully without stepping on the dirty floor, but I turned around in surprise when I didn't take two steps.

"Huh? Didn't you drive me to the library?"

Chun Chuan, who was speaking in person, raised his head and cast his gaze straight at me, but turned back to the mop in his hand after a while.

"I'd appreciate it if you could take that guy along with you."

That rascal?

"Hey, Chunchuan-chan! You're obviously a student on duty, but you're just lazy here. Could it be that the rumors that you have something to do with Mohara-chan are true!?"

Speaking an overly familiar light tone, he appeared on stage holding a broom, dyed a layer of golden sunset.Before I could make any meaningful rebuttal to this inexplicable accusation, a familiar broad arm slammed onto the shoulder from behind with momentum.

"Hey, what are you all talking about here! Ah, you can't drag the spring rolls in the end, if you want to wait, go outside!"

Even if I don't look back, I can still imagine the hearty smile on the face of the figure standing behind me at this time. When I look carefully, I find that the hand on my shoulder is still holding an empty iron dustpan.

In this case, could it be that...

Surrounded by the front, back, left, and right sides, I subconsciously glanced at the corner of the blackboard, where the names of the three people on duty today were compactly written in white chalk.

...Who on earth arranged this?

"..."

Chun Chuan's stare at Wang Majun was many times more terrifying than when he looked at me just now, but the person concerned seemed completely indifferent and didn't care.Riding a broom with a smile on his face, he easily jumped in front of me in twos and threes.

"But the rumors are just hearsay after all, right? I believe in the original sauce, don't worry!"

"Uh-huh……"

As Wang Majun said so, he raised his face slightly and pulled out a big smile, not being able to see the true meaning in it was an all-too-familiar thing.

But, the word “believe”….

Between Wang Majun and me, does the emotion of "belief" really exist?

……

I can't help falling into silence.

The same sunset background, the same character setting, on the deck that day, in front of me, he mercilessly shattered the trust I had accumulated through all the hard work.

Filled with a purer malicious smile than usual, mocking that all my behaviors and emotions are just being manipulated by him, and all my awareness and feelings are just hopeless self-righteousness.

That scene is still engraved in my mind to this day, and I can't simply forget it.

I can't help shaking my head.

"Sure enough... I'd better go back first, it would be bad to disturb your duty."

I turned around and gave Momota-kun a wry smile of apology, just as I was about to get out of his arms.

"Speaking of which, why don't we go to the playground for a lap later? Since tomorrow is the weekend, it doesn't matter if we go back later today!"

Ignoring my words, the laughing Momota-kun wanted to find something for Chunchuan and me to do as usual, so after thinking about the arrangements for tonight, I had no choice but to decline in embarrassment.

"Hold, I'm sorry, I have some detective work to do tomorrow, and I have to go back early to make preparations today."

"Oh? Are you looking for pets for the class next door?"

"Do not……"

If you think about it carefully, there is nothing to hide. I will summarize what I have been thinking about in my mind for the past two days in as concise a language as possible.

"It's like this. In order to train me, my uncle is going to let me practice with his acquaintance the police for two days. Specifically, I am going to attend the centennial celebration of a certain art museum as a guard, so I have to go back today to check some information... Well, it is an internship Probably just watching from the side."

Probably the other party will not assign me such an important position. It is not so much an internship as it is to see the world.

"Centennial celebration of the museum?"

To my surprise, Chunchuan reacted to this word.

"Could it be the one who received the crime warning letter?"

"Ah, um... To be precise, it's the notice letter from the Phantom Thief."

Even though I just received the information this afternoon, Chun Chuan-san's information network is really powerful.

"Huh? Phantom thief?"

Momota-kun caressed the beard of his upper and lower chin with his empty left hand, presumably this word was beyond his expectation.

"Really——Why doesn't Baitian-chan even know about Kaitou? Well, it's only natural that a person whose head is full of the smell of sweat doesn't know about it."

"Ah?! Who do you think has no brains!"

Although, although what he said is not brainless.

"Hehehe, since that's the case, let me explain it to you guys!"

After looking at us who were not very interested, Wang Majun threw away the broom in his hand and took out the mobile phone from the nearby schoolbag, swipe up and down the screen at a fast speed, and then held it up.

"Here, 'A notice letter from the art museum from the revived phantom thief in modern society? Tomorrow the most precious gemstone in the century-old exhibition will be taken away!' Although I didn't write any specific information, the speculation on the Internet is very noisy. ? Sure enough, the Phantom Thief is full of dreams and hopes—"

Wang Majun, who talks about the Phantom Thief with shining eyes, always feels a little familiar, forget it, now is not the time to mind this.

Although the person who sent the letter claimed to be a phantom thief, I don't feel very much about this statement.

"However... as expected, the strange thief in the modern society is still difficult to imagine, and it is not an animation or a game. It is more likely that a thief gang borrowed this statement to try to deceive people, although it is only my guess. "

Immediately after my words, Wang Majun insisted mercilessly while maintaining his still shining eyes.

"Hmm! Such a rational thinking and cold-blooded way of thinking is definitely something that only the most original sauce will do! It would be ugly not to admit the facts before our eyes!"

"..."

Feeling that there would be no result if we continued to argue, I thought about at least escaping quietly before this classroom turned into a battlefield.

"Okay!"

But before he even took a step, he was pulled back violently, leaning against another pair of relatively thin shoulders.

"Wow!"

"What?"

"In that case, let's go together tomorrow, Zhongyi! Of course spring rolls are too!"

"……what!?"

"...let go of your hand."

Under Chunchuan's murderous coercion, Momota-kun let go of the arm he was holding, but he probably didn't notice the crimson that was looming under the blue and black complexion.

...No, Bai Tian-kun said just now?

"Wait, wait a minute, Baitian-kun, why are we going together tomorrow?"

Ignoring my panic and confusion, Momota-kun slowly brought the topic into his pace.

"Since the assistant's end seems to be in trouble, as the protagonist, how can I not come to help you!"

"No, but the police shouldn't let irrelevant people in, and I'm just going to hang out as an intern..."

"Hey, I'm the super high school-level astronaut Momota Jiedou who has a reputation resounding throughout the universe! They must be in a hurry to ask me to help when they know about it, don't worry!"

The two pats on the back made me swallow all the truth in my heart. Once Baitian-kun made up his mind, no one would be able to convince him.I won't just be stopped outside tomorrow, although my uncle said that going with friends won't be a big problem...

Chun Chuan, who had just pulled away lightly, took two steps to the side and distanced himself from us.

"...I'll let it go."

The tone of refusal seems to leave little room for reversal.

"Don't say that!"

"Haku, Momota-kun! Maybe it's not good for Chunchuan-san to go...!"

"That's right, no matter how stupid an idiot is, he wouldn't do something like letting Spring Roll Sauce, who is an assassin, go to a place full of policemen to throw himself into the net?"

"...Ou Ma, are you courting death?"

"Wow—help me, Baitian-chan!"

Seeing Wang Majun gleefully running up behind Baitian Jun and grabbing his coat tightly, I felt that I was about to be unable to bear being caught in the sight of the two of them.

"That seems to be the case...Since the spring rolls can't go, how about you, Ouma?"

"Eh?"

Although it was a little unexpected that Momota-kun would mention Wang Ma-kun's name, the answer is known even if you don't need to listen, after all, Wang Ma-kun is the one who has a special obsession with strange thieves...

"Ah, I'm not going either."

"………………Eh???"

Realizing that I was making too much noise, I quickly covered my mouth, although everyone present should have a similar reaction to mine.After stating his position very calmly, Ouma rolled his eyes, and then heaved a long sigh as if he was very regretful.

"It's really tempting to see the Phantom Thief with your own eyes, but I already have a reservation for tomorrow. By the way, it's a date, hehe, are you curious?"

"……Dating?"

"Hmm! The subject will be kept secret for now!"

For a moment, I seemed to feel Wang Majun's gaze, but when I consciously looked back, he was smiling at Chunchuan-san, probably because he was supercilious.

"Then tomorrow is the battle between me and one or two people in the end, so don't worry about me!"

"Uh-huh."

It's better not to tell the truth that I can't let go of because of Momota-kun.

"Then I'll go back early today and check with my uncle if I can take Baitian-kun with me..."

Ding dong dong dong——

To cover up my next words, the radio in the classroom suddenly rang. It was the time bell announcing that 6 o'clock in the evening had arrived.

Oops, it's time for the school to close.

The three on-duty students who heard the school bell glanced at each other before speeding up and returning to the cleaning work. I also planned to go outside and wait for them to finish cleaning.

"...the most original."

While walking to the back door of the classroom, the intentionally lowered voice came from behind, obviously not wanting a third party to hear it.

"What's the matter, Chunchuan-san?"

So I also cooperated with her to make the posture of leaning against the wall outside the door just out of the classroom not look too awkward.

A brief moment of silence was not her style, and before I pressed the question, Chunchuan-san spoke in the same tone as usual.

"Be careful, things may not be that simple tomorrow."

"Eh?"

It's not that simple...?Speaking of which, Chunchuan also reacted to the art museum just now, does she know something?

"Though it's not as good as your intuition as a detective,"

Tucking some trivial side hair behind her ears, Chunchuan-san turned his head and looked straight at me.

"For example, I always feel that there is an indescribable malice floating in the air."

She is always looking at our classroom covered with sunset, but the place she really points to may be somewhere farther away from us.

"According to your detectives, it's an omen that the incident is coming,"

That touch that stimulates the spine,

"It's disgustingly alive."

***

"This is the adjusted final plan, and the president is invited to review it."

Sitting high on the throne of the secret base, the evil president Wang Ma Xiaoji took the sorted documents from the side and flipped through them twice. His eyes quickly scanned the black and white paper from left to right and saw the end after a while.

"Well——no problem, it's completely OK! But, as expected, it would have been nice to have promised Mohara-chan at that time."

Talking to himself was only for a while, and Ouma jumped off the throne with his feet lifted.Shaking the plan in his hand, he casually took the military cap prepared by others and put it on top of his head, and pushed the brim of the hat upwards, revealing the rising angle hidden underneath.

"Hehehe, let those people see how powerful the secret society DICE is!"

***

"Presumably you are the last one, it's an honor to come to the hall, please come here with me."

When I was still looking around nervously in front of the art museum, a staff member in a suit and leather shoes had noticed me and Momota-kun and walked over quickly.

The time is 11:[-] in the morning, even if it is not an exaggeration, it is almost two hours late.

"I'm sorry... not only did we temporarily increase the number of staff, but also came so late, causing you trouble."

Anticipating that it might be caught by the camera, I deliberately put on a black-bottomed white-striped hat that had been hanging in the closet for a while before going out today.When I stood in front of the mirror, I still had a little bit of nostalgia, but now I really just want to lower the brim of my hat and dare not look directly into the eyes of the staff member.

"No, it's not uncommon for the train to be late. It's better to say that it's our responsibility for not being able to arrange a special car for you."

The comforting words that were so decent and transferred the responsibility to my own side made me even more embarrassed, woohoo, it would be great when I can become such an adult.

Pass through the iron fence gate on the periphery of the museum, and in front of you is the main building of the museum, which looks about 4 or 5 stories high.The road that we thought would go straight up the stairs of the main building turned gradually. We, who were newcomers, were led to the green forest road next to the art museum and walked towards the rear area.

Momota-kun, who almost went in the wrong direction just now, lowered his voice somewhat rarely, and came over.

"I said, Zhongyi, aren't we going to stand guard in the building?"

When I explained yesterday, I didn't seem to have mentioned the word standing guard...?

"Well, in theory, we should meet up with uncle's acquaintance first, and then he will lead us to act together."

No way, I mustered up the courage to try to speak up with a little confidence.

"Well, where are we going now?"

Realizing the doubt in my tone, the other party stopped and turned around, bowing very politely.

"I forgot to explain to you two, I am very sorry. The time is also just right, I was ordered to take you to the internal restaurant of the Bi Art Museum to enjoy lunch first."

It's time...it's time to eat.

"I heard that the police are scheduled to inspect the site this morning... Is it over now?"

"Yes. Since the crime forecast is at 6 pm today, the police officers are also eating in the restaurant. The friends of Mr. Mohara should be there too."

The steady tone of voice seemed to have anticipated such a question. After explaining, he turned around again and led the way for us.Feeling the sunny day today, I slightly pushed back my hat and looked forward, and the buildings surrounding the lively atmosphere were indeed not far away.

"Oh! That's to finish the meal first and then get down to business, I'm sorry for asking you to invite me!"

"You're welcome, Bai Tian-kun..."

Wry smiles are bitter smiles, we really need to replenish some energy when we are late.

But wait a minute, who did he mean by "our friend" just now?If it was an acquaintance of my uncle's, the police officer probably wouldn't use the term "friend" to describe him.

As I approached the automatic door with doubts in mind, I heard "that" the moment the glass door opened.

"Hmm! So, that phantom thief is really discerning! Even as the evil president, I can't help but praise him!"

Well……! ?This voice and intonation...

no, no...

I stared wide-eyed and wandered among the large tables in the restaurant, and soon caught the familiar white figure on the table more than ten meters away from the door.

The reality was so abrupt that I couldn't help shouting.

"Wang, Wang Majun?!"

"What, Ouma?"

Two sounds of surprise seemed to have successfully attracted his attention. After searching for a while, he turned his head slightly and fixed on us accurately. He smiled as if saying that it was so.

"Ah, this is not the most original sauce and Baitian sauce! I have been waiting for you for a long time! Come on, sit down, the food here is super delicious!"

Wang Majun stood up exaggeratedly and beckoned us to hurry over. The staff who had led us here just now also bowed and retreated somewhere, completely meaning to let us sit casually.Facing the curious and piercing eyes from the other table, Momota-kun and I had no choice but to follow what Wang Ma-kun said and came to his table in embarrassment.

On the square dining table, besides Wang Majun, there is also a man in a police officer's uniform, reminiscent of a well-behaved black short hair and a steady smile, making him look not much older than us, probably in his early twenties Left and right.

Probably he is the person who talked with Wang Majun just now.

"Sorry to disturb your meal, if possible, can we sit here too?"

"it's alright."

After getting permission, Momota-kun and I finally sat down with peace of mind.

Just as he was about to ask the smiling classmate in front of him a question, the young police officer beside him seemed to come over with great interest.

"Could it be that you are the most original gentleman?"

"Hey, yes, I am Mohara Suichi."

The moment I heard my name from his mouth made me feel a little uneasy.As if realizing that the uniform he was wearing and the abrupt words had had a bad effect, he immediately spun a brighter smile and held out his hand to me.

"Hello, I am the police officer in charge of leading you today. Just call me Ryuzaki. I have heard everything about you from your uncle. Please give me more advice, Momohara-kun."

"Ah, please teach me more...!"

Freed his hand from under the dining table and shook it quickly, the palm slightly bigger than mine was indeed more reassuring than the experienced police officer like the big brother next door.

However, the person you're looking for happens to be sitting at the same table as someone you know... Is there such a coincidence in general?

Seeing that Baitian-kun finished his self-introduction very generously, Wang Ma-jun, who had been peeking at us from across the table from time to time, seemed to have finally waited for the opportunity to lean over.

"Hey, I don't have this kind of experience, so I don't know much about it. What kind of experience is it like to be two and a half hours late for an important appointment with someone? How big is Moyuan-chan and Baitian-chan? Do you have the guts to make such a provocative act?"

"! That, that is..."

"Isn't there a solution to the electric train accident!?"

Seeing that Momota-kun was about to reach out and do something to Wang Ma-kun, police officer Ryuzaki smoothed things over for us with a smile.

"Okay, okay, I believe that Mo Yuan-kun and the others didn't mean it, and Wang Ma-jun should shut up too? After talking about it, the lunch is going to be cold."

"Yes--"

Unexpectedly obedient Wang Majun sat back in his seat, scooped up a spoonful of cream soup and drank it deliberately with a slurping sound, but Baitian Jun would not stop so easily.

"After all, why are you here, Ouma? Didn't you just say it yesterday!"

That's the question I want to ask, not to mention that he has established a relationship with that police officer Ryuzaki early on, as if he had confirmed the information in advance.

"Ah, did I say that?"

"Say it!"

The puzzled expression was only for a moment, and Wang Majun immediately switched to his usual happy smile.

"Well, whatever is fine! Compared to this, during the period when Mohara-chan and Momota-chan were lazy and gave up their duties, I have already followed Ryuzaki-chan diligently around the museum!"

The index finger slightly tapped the lower lip and lowered the corners of the eyes.

"Of course, the showroom is also included."

Showroom, no doubt the hall dedicated to displaying gemstones, I couldn't help but think back to his words when I first entered the restaurant.

Could it be that he is really planning to practice with us today?

"...Has Mr. Wang Ma seen that gem?"

The priceless gem that was specially shipped from France to celebrate the centennial celebration - Snake Habitat Moonlight Lake.

"Well, of course! I also tried to find the snake from many different angles! It turned out that I could only find it from one angle, it was a waste of time..."

Reflecting Wang Majun's frustrated expression, I recalled the information I got from my uncle earlier.

The body of Snake Habitat Moonlight Pool is a moonstone, and the whole body of the stone is transparent and filled with white mist, which can reflect different colors of blue, purple and dark red according to the irradiation of light from different angles.A curled up round object can be vaguely seen in its center, and the silver-gray circle can only be observed from a certain angle.As for the origin of the name, it looks like a snake floating in a pool of moonlight, which is an exaggeration in a sense.

But... Although there is still a long time before the announcement, isn't it a bit imprudent to display the precious gems so early?Although the Centennial Ceremony will only be held tomorrow, and the exhibition is only open to the public in advance today, those who received the crime warning letter should be more cautious now.

"By the way, we also took a look at the other exhibits, although they are all not very valuable. Sure enough, that guy named Phantom Thief DICE is very classy!"

"Phantom thief... DICE... dice?"

I tried searching my memory, but I still had no impression of the name.

"Ah, this is still unrestricted information for Mohara-chan, right?"

Received Oma-kun's line of sight, Officer Ryuzaki nodded slightly.

"It was originally something I wanted to explain to everyone. If Wang Majun, who has already heard it once, is willing to explain it for me, I can save my throat."

"OK——! Then leave it to me who is known as a good speaker. I am the best at solving problems for everyone!"

Ignoring Momota-kun's eyes, Wang Ma-kun picked up the bound document that was put aside to make room for dining, flipped to the designated page, and pushed it in front of Momota-kun and me.

"Will-will-! Look carefully, this is a copy of the notice letter received from Kaitou DICE!"

"This is……"

What was photocopied on the document pushed in front of him was not so much a crime warning letter, but a card.

The printed font makes it difficult to see the handwriting of the sender. The following content is written under the three artistic characters of the big "announcement letter":

"Tomorrow at 6 o'clock in the evening, I will drive to the exhibition area dedicated to the centennial celebration of the Yanchuan Art Museum, and take away the moonlight gem "Snake Habitat Moonlight Lake"

Phantom Thief DICE

Given that the crime letter was received yesterday, tomorrow here refers to today.

The overall tone of the card is white, and only the name of the treasure is painted in red in the black text. The inscription is more like a six-sided dice printed on the side to reflect the meaning of the word DICE, and there is nothing worthwhile. Pay attention to the place.

Flipping the information to the copy on the back of the notice letter on the next page, all I saw was a rectangular black-gray frame.

"Ah, the back of the card is blank...?"

Hearing the sound, the one who raised his head excitedly must be Wang Majun without thinking.

"Really—as expected of the most original sauce, I caught the point at once! Generally speaking, the back of the notice letter will draw some things that reflect the characteristics of the monster thief itself, such as the designed name of myself, items that can reflect my preferences Ah, but there is nothing here? Oh, this piece of pure white has surpassed the realm of lazy design and even makes me feel very admirable!"

After speaking, he couldn't tell whether it was admiration or belittlement, Wang Majun was about to turn the information to the next page, but Bai Tianjun stopped him.

"Then it seems that this phantom thief is a novice who has just entered the industry. If it were me, I would write my name on the back!"

"Wow, they are all high school students and still write their names on things like elementary school students. Momota-chan is really childish beyond appearance!"

"Ah?!"

"Well, but what Baitian-chan said is not entirely wrong."

With a snicker, he motioned Baitian-kun to take his hand away quickly. The next page that Wang Ma-jun turned to was supposed to be about the search information about the strange thief DICE.

"Eh…!?"

To my surprise, it was blank again.

That is to say, the strange thief DICE has never left any clues for the police to trace, but in this case, at least a record of each crime should be left, then the remaining possibility will be...

"Could it be that this is the first crime committed by the Kaitou DICE?"

"Bingo—! Big correct answer! The so-called Phantom Thief DICE is the newcomer who is still smelling of Pikapika! As a phantom thief fanatic, I can't go wrong!"

No, these words probably sounded a bit bad to police officer Ryuzaki...

Among the four people present, only Wang Majun was so excited that it was unbelievable. Are all so-called fanatics like this?

But since this is the first crime committed by Kaitou DICE, it seems necessary to learn more about yesterday's details.

"Officer Ryuzaki, I would like to ask you something about the time you received this notice."

Turning around to look at Officer Ryuzaki who just put down the teacup, he made a small noise as if he noticed my thoughts.

"It's like this. According to the person in charge of the art museum, they found this card near the information desk at around 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. It's not appropriate to say that it was discovered, after all, this card was with the stone at the time. Wrapped in cloth, it was thrown in by an unknown person through broken glass."

"Hey, it's clearly a notice letter from a monster thief, but it was thrown in through a glass?"

"Right? No dream, right? I'm just a novice, so I forgive you!"

"You didn't forgive me for having a ghost!"

I coughed lightly to signal them to shut up quickly, and I continued to question.

"Did the surveillance camera at that time capture the prisoner's appearance?"

Officer Ryuzaki shook his head.

"It's okay to talk about the inside of the museum. The surveillance cameras outside the museum are very limited. When the criminal committed the crime, he was cleverly hidden in a dead corner of the surveillance and was not photographed. Fortunately, there were no casualties."

"That's right... thank you."

Trying to sort out the existing information in my mind, the facts I learned are much less than imagined.In this way, not to mention the clues to spell out the map, the preparations that can be made in advance are also very limited.

but…….

"Sure enough, I still feel that the strange thief DICE is a little suspicious. Although it is still early in the forecast time, it would be better to send more police officers to guard."

As if seeing my worry, Officer Ryuzaki laughed.

"Don't worry about this, Mr. Suihara. There will be guards in the exhibition hall until around 5 o'clock. There will be no unmanned state. But after that, the entry and exit of irrelevant personnel will be completely blocked, leaving only armed people who can act at any time The mobile team is on standby inside and outside the exhibition hall. At the same time, there are four surveillance cameras in the hall for 24-hour monitoring, and if anyone makes suspicious behaviors, they can be arrested on the spot."

"Hey—then we can't witness the appearance of the Phantom Thief with our own eyes? I'm going to ask for an autograph!"

"I'm sorry Wang Ma-jun, if I'm lucky enough to arrest him, I'll try to get it for you."

"Really?! Ryuzaki-chan is really my soulmate! I like you the most!"

Looking at Oma-kun and Officer Ryuzaki who had built a good relationship for some reason, I suddenly realized that I had forgotten something very important.

"Ah, speaking of lunch..."

Looking back at the depths of the restaurant, the rows of neatly arranged food plates are almost empty.

"Speaking of it, it's really... Zhongyi, let's go get something to eat together, I'm really starving to death after talking for so long!"

Bai Tian-kun also stood up as if he had found a breakthrough in the topic, looked around for a while and pointed to me where there were still leftover meals.

"Well, yes."

Following in the footsteps of Baitian-kun and me, Wang Ma-jun also got up from the table with a plate and came over naturally.Subconsciously wanting to distance himself from him, the other party squeezed over more blatantly.

"Mohara-chan is really motivated. She was obviously just an intern who was called in as a follower, but now she looks like a special detective!"

......

That was probably a sarcasm to me, ignoring my silence, Wang Majun continued talking while giggling.

"However, thanks to the notice letter sent by this strange thief, the simple and boring job of guarding the festival has become more interesting. On this point, Mohara-chan should also thank others, right?"

"..."

I heard from my uncle that the internship arrangement was a week ago. At that time, I thought it was just a job of standing guard, and receiving the notice letter from the strange thief could be said to be a complete emergency.Yesterday at around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, I received a contact email from my uncle while I was still in class. Fortunately, the internship has not been cancelled, but I think I can't really come here to fish in troubled waters with a pure follower mood.

So, how important is this sudden event to me?The answer can be easily arrived at without thinking carefully.

—It is this crime warning letter that allows me to show my detective skills here.

Wang Majun seems to be reminding me like this.

"Cut! It's Ouma who is really happy, right? If it wasn't for being stopped outside at that time, I suspect that you will help the strange thief escape together!"

"That's not necessarily the case. If I have a chance to meet him, I will ask him to brush and steal Baitian-chan's ugly beard twice!"

"Okay, believe it or not, I'll make you 10 centimeters shorter now!"

The two people holding the dinner plate were about to wrestle. I thought about the possibility of rushing to stop them. The success rate was so low that I was a little hesitant to take a step.

"...!!"

However, at the moment when they were about to touch, Wang Ma-kun pushed Baitian-kun aside like a cat whose tail was stepped on, and Baitian-kun, who was pushed away by unexpected force, staggered two steps and almost dropped the gun in his hand. plate throw