Su Shuang's world is collapsing [Comprehensive]

Tufang felt that meeting the foreigner at night was like a torture.

He didn't understand the language of the young foreigner, and he sat there like a puppet all night, watching the young foreigner court Miss Quan in every possible way—that's right!Even if he couldn't understand a word of what the foreigner said, he could still see that the foreigner must be flattering Miss Quan with all his rhetoric, and the purpose couldn't be more obvious——

Although he doesn't understand the language of the other party, but we are both men, he can still feel whether he is interested in a woman or not, and whether he has any different thoughts.

In short, sitting here, for some reason, he felt that he was as bright and dazzling as a gas lamp with ten lamps gathered.

Although Ms. Quan said that the question they were going to ask this foreigner for verification, the answer they got was exactly as expected-this is a good result-but generally speaking, this is not a good result. Have a nice evening.

The earth side hates situations that they cannot dominate.And tonight is about that moment.

He watched Miss Quan socializing with the foreigner with ease, saying a word he couldn't understand, turning around from time to time to translate for him what the foreigner said just now; suddenly, a rush came to his heart Ridiculously unreal.

In retrospect, how long ago did the Shinsengumi believe in the principle of "Samurai against barbarians"?

If Kondo-kun were here now, how surprised would he be in the face of such times?

Hijikata didn't notice a faint smile on the corner of his lips.

But Robert, sitting across from him, noticed.

After all, the man in front of him had a slightly sullen face all night, and he seemed particularly unapproachable, which reminded him of the harsh instructors in the military academy that his father sent him to when he was a teenager.Just looking at it, I couldn't help shivering.

And now, he suddenly smiled for no reason—Robert was almost terrified again.He winked at the smart and beautiful lady beside him, and asked in a low voice:

"Did we just say something interesting that we didn't even notice? Your companion seems to have suddenly become happier..."

Miss Quan also quietly glanced at the gentleman who exudes the air of a military school instructor, and for some reason burst out laughing, and also replied in a low voice: "Maybe it's because the conversation with you finally became interesting." Get up now..."

Robert nearly rolled his eyes.

He'd known for a long time that his friend's sister was a tricky young girl - just by how many times she had turned down his advances in the past without ever truly offending him.

People with this kind of skilled social skills are not ordinary people.In this strange country, such women are even rarer.

Almost all he saw were gentle-faced women in their traditional kimonos, or women who looked at him curiously but widened like frightened fawns when he approached. Cute girl with scared eyes running away.

Of course, there are also the kind of mature women who are particularly skilled in the affairs of men and women in the romantic field, like strong poppies, alluring him ecstatically; Felt bland pedantic.

However, no woman can be as lively and dignified, serious and interesting as she is, as if she has many faces, but it makes people uncertain which one is the real her.

That's the kind of woman who feels really challenged—yet she's never up to the challenge.

When he felt as if there was no way to talk to her again—even in the name of her brother, it didn’t seem to work; because her brother seemed to be obedient when he came to her—he heard that he The home theft seems to be open for re-investigation.

In fact, he doesn't care about the so-called "Oriental Culture" collections in his home.He didn't think he could appreciate it, didn't understand the value of those things; but if it gave him an excellent excuse to ask her for help, and continued to create a conversation between the two of them, then he I still think it deserves to be more enthusiastic.

Look, here's the chance—she actually invited him to dinner!Even if he came here and found that she had brought an intrusive bystander, it couldn't really spoil his mood.

Until he felt that the atmosphere was a bit subtle, and it was all caused by her paying too much attention to the man who was watching—

Robert glanced at the man who exuded a serious and rigid aura, just like his former military school instructor, frowned, and continued to invite her:

"Come to my house later?"

As soon as he finished speaking, her eyes narrowed slightly.For some reason, he felt a chilling light scrape across his bones.

He shrank his neck suddenly, and when he opened his eyes wide and looked again, he found that the man in front of him, who looked like a military school instructor, was watching him seriously but calmly—that man would never understand his invitation just now! ——But another possible candidate, that is, the lady sitting next to the man, just put down the wine glass she was holding, gracefully tapped the non-existent wine stain on the corner of her lips with a napkin, and said: "...I feel like that's the end of the night. Robert, thank you for your kindness in providing us with so many details. I will let you know if there are any results from the investigation."

He had no choice but to stand up and walk out of the restaurant with her. He stood on the side of the street and watched his family's car drive by. Before he got into the car, he still yelled, "Anastasia——"

Miss Quan turned her head to look at him when she heard the sound, her black eyes were as calm as water, like a deep pool in winter, under which there seemed to be something cold and difficult to warm with body temperature.Robert paused, as if he felt something, swallowed the rest of the words, nodded to her, boarded the car and left.

At this time, Tufang asked: "...What does the long string he just said mean?"

Miss Quan turned around and smiled.

"...It's my name. Well, I just chose a name in foreign language for convenience..." She replied perfunctorily.

For some reason, the earth side was not satisfied with this answer.He subconsciously asked again:

"Did you come up with it randomly? Doesn't the name in foreign language have other meanings?"

Originally, it was just a normal inquiry about some common sense that she didn't understand, but when Ms. Quan heard it, she was suspiciously silent for a moment, and then replied:

"……resurrection."

Tu Fang was taken aback.

"……what?!"

Miss Quan suddenly smiled.

"...That is to say, Mr. Naito is really deceiving."

Earthwork: "..."

For a moment he wanted to lose his temper.But then he thought about the conversation that would follow.

It's nothing more than him yelling at her "Are you making fun of me! Is it fun to play tricks on people!", and she's bound to answer "Yeah, it's fun"—

What a bad night, as he thought!

……

Enduring a bad night didn't seem to be all for nothing.

Ms. Quan said that the foreigner confirmed that Suzuki knew that the Rosenberg family had a genuine tiger cher, and knew the location of the tiger cher.Seriously speaking, because the former owner of the stolen "Nagasoya Kotoru" was Isamu Kondo, the former director of the Shinsengumi who was labeled a "rebel" by the government, the Rosenberg family was more or less cautious and did not There was no bragging about the fact that "Chosomi Kotoru" was in their collection-until the knife was stolen and the fact had to be reported truthfully.

But knowing these facts, it seems useless to interrogate Suzuki.Suzuki could have insisted that he misunderstood the knife, or that he chose it because the story behind "Nagaso Mikotoru" was more magnificent.Moreover, the frequent interrogation of Suzuki will only expose the dilemma that their investigations are actually impossible to start. For two consecutive days, the number of questions that the earth side can ask him has not increased much. It is important to hold Suzuki's defenses at critical moments. There didn't seem to be many clues; according to the previous experience of the earthwork, such a thing would not work.

At noon, sitting on the open space outside the referee building, the earthworker was still thinking about this issue.

Then he heard Miss Quan's voice.

"Mr. Naito, what are you thinking?"

Hijikata came back to his senses, thought for a while, and felt that since he had to cooperate with this difficult Miss Quan, he might as well tell the truth about his thoughts, so he said:

"I was thinking, what kind of intelligence has been obtained in our investigation in the past two days."

Ms. Quan let out a groan, and counted for him with her fingers: "I know that Rosenberg's family still has a genuine Kotoru, but it has not been stolen... Although Suzuki's motive for stealing 'Nagasomi Kotoru' is unknown , It seems that it is not that simple, but he chose 'Nagaso Mi Hutoru' to start, it may also be because the previous owner of this knife—"

Having said that, she paused for a moment, feeling the cold air unconsciously emanating from the man beside her.

But even if this man intends to freeze ten miles around, she has to say that not-so-good inference.

"So, I was wondering, could it be because of...'Shinsengumi'?"

Tufang suddenly turned his head and stared at her!

But there was no shock on his face.For her to say, that expression is more like "ah, finally someone put this matter into words clearly".

Liu Quan turned over and sat up, knelt beside Tu Fang, leaned his upper body slightly, and stared at him with piercing eyes.

"So... Mr. Naito! Is it possible to investigate... all the records of the old members of the 'Shinsengumi' since the end of the Boshin War?!"

Earthquake shook.

"...What did you say?!" He asked hoarsely.

In fact, after thinking about it, Liu Quan felt that the key word "Shinsengumi" was their only breakthrough point—that's why she dared to repeatedly bring up more topics about "Shinsengumi" in front of the deputy chief. .

"Suzuki didn't try to steal the genuine Toru, but instead stole the 'Nagasomi Toru'. If he made a mistake for a while, or because of some unexpected incident during the theft, he had to abandon the genuine Toru and change it. Take 'Nagaso Mi Hutoru', this possibility always feels very small..." she said.

"What's more, it is also recorded in the case file that both Rosenberg and his son were out at the time of the incident, and only the servant Suzuki, the cook and the gardener were at home. Suzuki would be too scared to steal his own because of the existence of the other two. The real target sword, this cannot be justified..."

Hijikata said slowly, "...So, 'Shinsengumi's sword' is his real target...?"

Liu Quan hesitated for a moment, but still said that somewhat hurtful sentence.

"Also, he still refuses to tell where the sword is, isn't he?...With all due respect, it's very difficult to take the 'Shinsengumi's sword' outside now..."

Hijikata let out an unknown hum from his throat, which sounded like contempt and anger, but also as if he was enduring some kind of deep pain; he didn't speak immediately.

Liu Quan looked at him sympathetically, gritted his teeth and continued:

"Also, not every foreigner is interested in collecting swords... So, Suzuki's motives are very suspicious. It doesn't seem like he intends to make a profit, but rather—"

Tufang suddenly raised his eyes and stared at her closely.For the first time since their reunion (?), he didn't care about how close they were at the moment, or her posture of leaning forward to approach him—

There seemed to be small flames and more incomprehensible things in the depths of his eyes.He said one word at a time:

"...Like, seeking revenge?!"

Liu Quan didn't answer him. Instead, he kept the same posture just now, looked directly at his face from a close distance, and asked, "...So, should we investigate the case file records?"

Tufang stared at her, and after a few seconds, he suddenly took a deep breath.

"Of course!" he said, "However, there are as many old case files as there are hills... Investigating cases related to the 'Shinsengumi' is more sensitive, and it is probably not possible to ask colleagues for help... However, if the time is delayed, the delay will change—”

Liu Quan blurted out: "Let me help you!"

Tufang stared at her in surprise.

"You? How can you help?"

Liu Quan smiled.

"I have a bold plan," she said.

Hijikata took a deep breath, as if his head was filled with smoke from her words in an instant.

"It's probably not a good thing..." He lowered his voice and muttered.

Liu Quan blinked.

"So, Mr. Naito, are you... working overtime tonight?"

The author has something to say:

February 12:

I'm running out of brain capacity!If this continues, I will expose my shallow nature [No

After all, this kind of Mary Suwen needs to be full of golden fingers, right? [you are enough

So I decided to give my sister a little more loving gold finger! 【Hello!

Next update: before tomorrow night