Congratulations on Your Arrest

Chapter 9: [Exhibits] and [Scrap]

Chapter 9 [Exhibits] and [Scrap]

New Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

Chiyoda-ku Kasumigaseki 2-chome.

This place is where important departments of Wano Country gather. The Ministry of Justice is across the street to the east, the High Court is to the south of the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is to the west, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is to the south, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is a little further south. To the north is the Sakurada Gate of the Wano Country Imperial Palace.

As for the building with the cherry blossom badge in the middle, it is the main branch of the Metropolitan Police Department that once appeared in Wano country morning dramas and various comics and film and television works.

The third floor of Metropolitan Police Department.

Search the office of the head of Section 1.

"You mean, since September this year, that is, two months ago, there have been dozens of cases of missing teenagers in the city?" A tall and thin young man was wearing a navy blue windbreaker uniform, which was very different from ordinary police uniforms. The eyes under the silver-rimmed glasses were vaguely unfriendly.

Sitting in front of him was Masato Ishikawa, the head of the first search section, a thirty-nine-year-old middle-aged police officer, but his rank was equal to the young and promising captain of the thirteenth unit of the third investigation team, Sugita Suji.

Faced with Tsukasa Sugita's aggressive questioning, Masato Ishikawa calmly picked up the work thermos cup and took a sip of water. After putting it down, he looked into the other person's eyes and said, "To be precise, it was the beginning of September, and it has been three months now." .”

"In three months, there are so many disappearance cases, and none of them have been closed?" Tsukasa Sugita lowered his head slightly, "I understand your pressure, but isn't this a bit too exaggerated?"

Masato Ishikawa shook his head, not looking into Sugita's eyes, "I don't think it's an exaggeration, you should know that tens of millions of people go missing in the world every year, and dozens of people only account for tens of millions of them. one."

"Those are not data." Tsukasa Sugita's tone was slightly cold.

"Those can only be data." Masato Ishikawa raised his head.

He silently stared at this policeman who was almost ten years younger than himself, and suddenly sighed and said, "Captain Sugita, you should know what the order and stability of Wano Kingdom are based on, and there are many cases that cannot be investigated. It’s not that the case cannot be investigated, but it cannot be investigated, and the water is too deep here.”

"I am clear."

Tsukasa Sugita interrupted his words with a nod, then shook his head immediately, and said in a blunt tone, "But it doesn't mean I accept it. All subsequent disappearance cases will be sent to me, and Team 13 will be responsible for a thorough investigation."

Masato Ishikawa was taken aback when he heard this.

After the air was silent for a moment, he suddenly looked up at Sugita, and asked, "Where are the people above you? Does Team Leader Tokugawa know what you're doing?"

Tokugawa Kuri Tiger.

The leader of the third investigation team.

Position chief inspector.

Ability users in this world are divided into nine levels, the lower three are ordinary ability users, the middle three are superpowers, and Tokugawa Kuritor is an absolute ability user of seventh level and fourth stage!

At the same time, he is also the ability master of talent serial number 25 [King Kong].

It can be said that by relying on his strong personal strength, the third investigation team has established its position in the Metropolitan Police Department. Even in front of the highest officer of the Metropolitan Police Department, the Superintendent of Police, it has a great right to speak—in other words, as long as Sugita moves out of this Dashan from the Metropolitan Police Department, and Masato Ishikawa from the first search section will definitely not say anything more.

But Tsukasa Sugita shook his head.

"Team Leader Tokugawa doesn't know."

Tokugawa Kuritora is someone he respects, and his character also determines that he is not a person who can take others as a shield casually.

After a moment of silence, Sugita Shidao said, "However, what I did was formally to carry out the belief of Team Leader Tokugawa—the sword of justice, and there is absolutely no haze."

Justice?

Ishikawa Masato stared at the promising young captain in front of him, and suddenly laughed, "Captain Sugita is really like a friend of mine back then, alas, it's a pity that he has retired from the police force now, but if he has the opportunity to introduce you, I think you will have a good time talking."

Boom boom boom—!

Suddenly there was a knock on the door outside the office.

"Come in."

Masato Ishikawa said casually.

The door was pushed open, and a policeman trotted in holding the file. After standing at attention and saluting, he glanced at Tsukasa Sugita who was sitting beside him, and reported after getting permission from Masato Ishikawa's eyes:

"Director, there was another case of disappearance yesterday in Ogawa Town, Edogawa District. The person who reported the case was a single father. The missing girl was six years old at school."

"Six-year-old girl."

After listening to the report, Ishikawa Masato subconsciously glanced at the photo frame placed on the office - in the photo he was wearing a heroic police uniform, and next to him was a five or six-year-old girl with a bright smile. After divorcing his wife three years ago, now He is also a single father.

If one day his daughter disappears, there is no doubt that he may go crazy enough to dig the whole new Tokyo three feet and search every corner.

"I think I understand Captain Sugita's determination."

Immediately, Masato Ishikawa spoke to his subordinate who was reporting in a joking tone, and said with a smile, "Start with the case in your hands now, and I will decompress you later. All cases of missing teenagers in the city will be handed over to ten Three teams take over."

"Ah? Yes!" The subordinate was taken aback for a moment, but still obeyed the order and handed the file to Sugita Division.

Tsukasa Sugita took the file and glanced at the bald middle-aged man sitting behind the desk holding a thermos cup - in his impression, this guy was a well-known old fried dough stick in the criminal department of the Metropolitan Police Department. , In recent years, he has not been involved in the internal struggle of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Before he walked into this office, he was already prepared to return without success, but he did not expect that the final development of the matter was unexpected.

"thanks."

Sugita Tsukasa nodded.

The goal has been achieved, he acted decisively and turned around to leave.

"no need to thank me."

Masato Ishikawa shook his head, and when Tsukasa Sugita went out, he said, "You should have guessed who is hindering the detection of the case, and you should be prepared to resist the pressure in the future."

Heaven and man world government?

Tsukasa Sugita murmured silently in his heart, his eyes turned cold, and he didn't stop walking, he had already walked out of the office.

One minute later.

Building of Metropolitan Police Department of Chiyoda-ku.

All members of the thirteenth unit of the third investigation group from top to bottom were like a small and compact machine.

At the same time, a black limousine drove into the gate of a villa in Minato-ku, New Tokyo.

This is a single-family villa on the coast, and there are no other houses around. It should be very desolate, but in fact, in front of the French windows on the second floor of the villa, you can see the two landmark buildings of New Tokyo, Tokyo Tower and Rainbow at one time. The bridge came into view together.

When the lights are brightly lit at night, the lights of the Rainbow Bridge and Tokyo Tower are extraordinarily colorful and charming, and the fine waves beat quietly against the coast of Odaiba.

The atmosphere is quiet and peaceful,

It is so beautiful that it can heal people's hearts.

Yet without warning,

In the villa, there was a sudden cry of a girl.

The entrance to the basement of the villa.

A girl who looked like a high school student with a dark gold collar at the bottom of her neck was about to enter the basement elevator with the dull-faced girl walking in front.

The moment the elevator door opened, she turned around suddenly, her face covered with snot and tears, she knelt on the ground trembling, and begged a sturdy man behind her, "Please! I don't want ability anymore, let me go!" Go back! Please. I want to go home!"

The man's face has a flat nose with a distinct black stripe on both sides, extending from the corner of the eye to the mouth, and a pair of light brown cheetah-like ears on his head.

He looked at the girl kneeling on the ground with a ferocious smile on her face, and at some point a tough whip appeared in her hand.

Snapped!

The whip bursts in the air!

In an instant, the clothes on the girl's body were ripped apart, revealing a shocking blood mark, and the whole person was limp on the ground.

"I told you to. Shut up! Inferior idiot, you took the initiative to find me." The man said contemptuously, seeing the girl lying motionless on the ground, he raised his whip and wanted to continue whipping.

Suddenly, a hoarse and magnetic voice came from behind him, "Dick, have you forgotten the punishment the president gave you yesterday? These are our precious [exhibits]."

The Tianbao man named Dick suddenly turned his head, and a thin figure in a white lab coat, hat and mask jumped into his eyes, and the glasses lenses under the light refracted blocked his eyes.

Dick's face sank, then he shrugged indifferently, and threw away the whip in his hand, "Doctor, you know that I just want to give these inferior races a long memory, that's all."

The man called "Doctor" didn't look at him, but just quietly stared at the girl who was limp on the ground

One second, five seconds, ten seconds.

At a certain moment, the body of the **** the ground suddenly twitched violently, and then turned over abruptly, and the collar on her neck began to flicker wildly.

"Have you started yet?"

Dick's eyes flashed with excitement.

Unexpectedly, the 'doctor' who was watching all this calmly shook his head, turned around indifferently and said, "No, it's over."

As soon as the words fell, the **** the ground kicked her legs a few times, the pupils in her eyes expanded rapidly, and then suddenly fell silent.

Everything is silent.

The collar on the neck also stopped flashing.

"Doctor" picked up a tablet on the workbench next to him. The homepage of the tablet is the words [Sigmund International Trading Company], and the company logo is a ball surrounded by two interactive arrows.

He printed his fingerprint to unlock it, clicked to open it, swipe down a few times, and calmly clicked "X" next to the head portrait of a smiling girl—choose to delete all relevant information and observation data.

After deleting, he returned to the tablet home page and pressed call.

Not long after, two celestial men in black suits came in from outside the villa without saying a word, put the **** the ground into a body bag with ease, zipped it up and carried it out.

Her final destination will be in the dark and quiet deep sea under Tokyo Bay, from precious [exhibits] to insignificant waste products.

Only in a split second.

"Tsk tsk tsk human

What an extremely weak race. "

Dick licked his lips, glanced contemptuously in the direction of the underground storage room of the villa, and asked the 'doctor' next to him, "There are less than twenty of them during this time, right?"

"Well, it's just a matter of probability."

The 'doctor' said so lightly, but his eyes fell on the smooth and plump oranges placed in the transparent glass cabinet of the laboratory table, and he admired sincerely:

"But they are also a very smart race. They can actually develop this kind of ability fruit that competes with the 'gods' for innate authority. It really shocks me every time I see it."

Dick sneered when he heard it.

"What's the use of that? After developing the fruit, few humans can successfully transform after eating it. Otherwise, it wouldn't have cost us such a long time to prepare for this year's [Exhibition]."

Mentioning the [Exhibition], the "Doctor" frowned slightly, because the guests of the [Exhibition] came from all over the world.

Some are not so easy to talk about.

"Is it Friday already?"

The doctor lowered his head and seemed to be talking to himself, "It seems to be speeding up, should we inform Woolley to shorten the observation period?"

Wolley is a celestial being of the Aquila family, who has awakened the [Eye of True Sight] of Talent Sequence 38, and is one of several "specialists" of the Sigmund International Trading Company's New Tokyo Branch.

"Heh, that guy must be wishing for it."

After hearing this, Dick laughed and said, "Last time, he actually lost a half-race woman from the Tianhu clan, which made the president have to use his relationship with his superiors to put pressure on her to get her out of the Metropolitan Police Department. This time It might not be that simple if you make another mistake.”

While the two were talking, the elevator had already reached the third basement floor, and the fluorescent lamps on the ceiling above their heads lit it up like daylight, but the scene inside was shocking.

Cage A cage is still a cage.

Eighteen or nineteen-year-old young men and women are either standing, squatting or lying down, their faces are either numb or terrified and trapped in a steel cage. They all wear dark gold collars around their necks, and an electronic tag logo is fixed on their ankles, which states The assessment of age, race, natural ability, and growth potential was carried out.

Although the people in the villa call them precious [exhibits], at first glance they look like "two-legged livestock" waiting for others to choose at will in a chaotic vegetable market.

In the corner, a five or six-year-old girl curled up on the ground, tightly hugging the little bear in her arms, her breathing was a little short and disordered, and her face looked very pale.

Although she was locked in a cage, she had to say that this was the first time she had grown up and lived in. No, the first time she saw such a spacious and bright house.

It would be great if this is really "home"

The little girl thought to herself.

afternoon.

Thirty past three,

Takehara South Private School.

Today is Friday. After the actual combat training session, Higashinohara packed his things and prepared to go home.

Speaking of which, after the scene of the actual combat class yesterday afternoon, the atmosphere today is a bit weird—many people in the class are secretly discussing Higashinohara’s training methods, discussing whether they should go to the playground for a few runs every day in the future. lock up.

As for Hikari Sagi, who was taught a lesson yesterday, he must be unconvinced.

But the strength of the power user academy is paramount.

Yesterday, he was easily broken through by Higashinohara even after the second-order technique was launched. Even if he was upset, he didn't have the confidence to go to Higashinohara for another match to save face, so he could only endure the anger for the time being.

There is ample time.

Anyway, everyone is only in first grade now.

In addition, I heard that there are "good people" in the class who saw Higashinohara's performance yesterday and made a bet on whether Higashinohara, a well-known "three-war veteran" in the first grade, can pass the examination and be promoted next year. into the second grade.

The bets accepted by the dealer are not too big, and many people join in the fun.

At this time, Aida Yuta from the back row of Higashinohara poked him and asked, "Higashino, do you have any arrangements for the weekend holiday?"

Oh, by the way, this guy is the one who opened the market.

"work to earn a living"

Higashinohara didn't even look back.

"Except for part-time work?" Aida Yuta asked.

"Of course I still work part-time."

Higashinohara was not in a good mood.

"Hey, Higashino, do you want to work so hard?"

Aida Yuta couldn't help complaining.

"Didn't Mr. Nakazaki say in this afternoon's actual combat class that your strength level should already be at the second level and the second level? As long as you work hard to improve one level and enter the second grade next year, you will be able to restore the accommodation allowance and free lunch. Now work hard Why do you earn so much money from a part-time job?"

"Ha ha."

Higashinohara laughed, turned around and asked, "What's the current housing price in New Tokyo?"

Aida Yuta’s parents are both real estate agents. Hearing the words, he said without hesitation, “The average price is about 850,000 yen per square meter, right? Some places are cheaper, what’s the matter?”

"Think about it, if I want to buy a 50-square-meter second-hand apartment in Tokyo after graduation, I will need 42.5 million yen. Based on the average annual salary after graduation, it will take about 12 years without eating or drinking."

"Based on my current part-time salary of 1,000 yen per hour, I need to do the same thing in one place for more than 40,000 hours to buy a second-hand small apartment."

After finishing speaking, Higashinohara looked at Aida Yuta with a smile, "Now you still ask me why I make so much money?"

Aida Yuta was stunned for a moment.

He has lived in New Tokyo for so many years since he was a child. Although he occasionally goes to work, he only makes some pocket money to buy his favorite mountain bike or game console. He has never thought about this issue.

Higashinohara smiled, feeling helpless in his heart, and at the same time couldn't help complaining. Since he has traveled through time, why don't he wear a new Tokyo native, at least he doesn't have to worry about being able to stay here in the future.

Shaking his head, he said goodbye to Yuta Aida, Higashinohara took the train home first.

Although part-time work is the guarantee of life, he also knows what his foothold in this world is, and he will definitely not miss out on daily exercise.

Back to the apartment, Higashinohara has been thinking about the missing Miri Nishimaru in his heart today, so he couldn't help but go to the third floor to find Satoru Aragaki from the detective agency to inquire about today's progress.

The result is that there is no news yet.

Perhaps because he was a little disappointed seeing Higashinohara, Aragaki Satoru patted Higashinohara's shoulder with a smile, "Don't worry, the Metropolitan Police Department has already paid attention to these disappearance cases, and the files have been transferred from the smiling tiger in the first investigation class to the third investigation department." Form the thirteenth team, my daughter said that the captain of the thirteenth team is a reliable guy, and I believe he will be found soon."

The third investigation team?

Higashi Nohara thought of the quick and easy arrest at the station that night, and couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. The members of the third investigation team were indeed more reliable than the police of the Metropolitan Police Department.

But thinking of the oranges that Shunsuke Nishimaru said, Higashinohara frowned again, feeling that Miri Nishimaru's disappearance was not as simple as it appeared on the surface.

But now he wants to investigate and has no way to start.

The twenty-three administrative districts of New Tokyo have a population of tens of millions. Just because he wants to find someone out is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack. He can only wait for further news from the third investigation team.

Carrying the handbag and returning to the fifth floor to rent a room by himself, Higashino originally cooked himself a cup of ramen for dinner.

While eating noodles, he checked the bank account he had left with the Metropolitan Police Department on his mobile phone—the wanted bounty has not yet arrived, and it may take seven working days to wait.

Really.

Can you earn interest if you keep the little money?

Higashinohara complained in his heart. After eating noodles, he seemed to log in to a part-time app that he usually used to swipe to find out if there are any suitable part-time jobs on Saturdays and Sundays.

He swiped the screen a few times, and the recruitment information of an [exhibition waiter] whose salary ends the day after tomorrow jumped into his eyes.

Working time: Sunday.

Working location: private villa in Odaiba, Minato-ku.

Job Description: Greet guests, serve dinner, and leave before the exhibition begins with a daily salary.

Job Requirements: Excellent body and facial features are preferred, good image and good temperament are preferred, ability is preferred.

Is this hiring a waiter or a publicist?

Higashinohara saw the fourth article, even though he knew it was about himself, he still couldn’t help complaining.

But he vomited halfway and held back.

Because he saw Article 5.

Work Salary:

10,000 yen per hour,

Tipping is extra.

It is ten times the hourly salary of his usual part-time job!