Vol 6 Chapter 2 (2/2)

Did she really record the converation? If Alice was able to hack into her phone, we'll find souess she probably deleted it? Alice at this point should be tussling with the security syste,

“How about you consider exchanging infors even you don't know about, Xiao Ling-san That s”

Those words were completely , and Xiao Ling-san knew about that Within this lie was 80 fact

At that ure at the side of the 6th level Due to the backlight, I could not see clearly, but the profile appeared to be fe the phone by her ear I could even sense her lowering her head, looking down at me

A sigh came from the cellphone, followed by a hushed voice

“Continue on in the phone There's nothing much to answer since what I know isn't any more than what I didn't”

Baited So, did I realize my true potential as a con artist? For a moment, I was really ah to recover, switching my phone to the left hand

“Before exchanging iintel, tell roup's motives What do you intend to do? Will it not affect the Huangs at all?”

I gulped Right, this was the point, the hardest one AliceHowof, that'll depend on your talent as a con artist

“Actually, I want to know -san”

I hushed my voice as I said this I really could not help but feel that it was inconvenient not to be able to see her expression at this moment, but at the same time, she couldn't see mine

“Alice and I couldn't interpret your feelings, since you don't seem worried that Hanada Masaru will be killed by the mafia When you made the request, you never mentioned the need for us to help hiim, did you? I don't knohat your true intents are? You probably don't want Masaru-san to get caught, right?”

Following that, Xiao Ling-san began to ponder This rally of guessing each other's feelings really drains the brain cells assuht be a few reasons why she wouldn't tell us, and the most definite reason would be that she didn't trust us If she told us, there ht be a chance someone would slip up, and the mafia would obtain the news However, if she didn't trust us in the first place, why did she coency?

“Masaru-san, he probably won't get caught Do you kno terrifying were his experiences? Even if all theCoalition is to be mobilized, it'll be useless, probably”

There was a strange feeling in Xiao Ling-san's voice as she said this She was quivering slightly due to some uneasiness, but there was a firm conviction It was really paraoxical

“There's no need to worry about Masaru-san I just want to let things develop as he hoped, and not get Ming Li in some misfortune”

She was siency

I closed , but her saying that it was for Min-san's sake, that she hoped to respect Masaru-san's wishes were both probably true

Let's trust her Or else there would not be any developments

“Understood” I continued “Now then, I'll state our aim”

I opened ht of hoanted to start off

“Your older brother—Hong Lei-san intended to have Min-san take over for hisYu-san Did you hear that?”

“Yes, I heard fro Lei”

“It appeared Hong Lei-san used to have sos for Min-san Is this still true? Erm, in other words”

“Will he really use this as an excuse to getif that's the case too”

Even his little sister feels this way too? So our guesses were right?

“Erm, is such a plan really plausible? I heard that it's a politcal e between the ht to have so?”

“Wen Li-san—Ming Li's on Head doted on Back then, when it was known that she wanted to on Head sent a few assassins after him”

My jaw near dropped when I heard that Doting on a daughter that ht?

“However, it appeared Masaru-san took down those assassiins, and finally gained the Dragon Head's conssent After Ming Li was born, thewanted to take her back to raise her SoI'hted with this”

I could not help but sigh ThatLei probably anticipated matters to such a level

“If Min-san's to be ht?”

“About that, I don't know I' Li”

“No, Min-san—”

At that moment, I recallled

Before leaving the ramen shop, I had a little chat with Min-san, andLei

Min-san never said that she didn't want to getLei

“Masaru-san once askedLi has any suitable partner, whether she's living a happy life”

“Haa”

So that's why Xiao Ling-san went to ask Hiro directly? That Masaru-san killed someone, and is on the run, yet he's still able to worry about this, I could not help but wonder Maybe this is the heart of a parent Speaking of which, there's a likely chance that he won't be able to see his daughter again

Min-san's happiness

That—should be up to Min-san to decide Objectively, Hiro's in a disadvantage right now One side's Min-san's childhood friend and the boss of a startup, and wholeheartedly devoted to Min-san (I guess) The other one's a gigolo, the nuits

I continued to sla of now? The one requesting this ti Lei can bring happiness to Min-san, and I don't need to worry about Hiro's gigolo antics having a high chance of et Xiao Ling-san to trust us, to tell us the truth and help us

I gulped, and said,

“Actually, we're looking for Hanada Masaru-san”

I said it There was no rooret at all

“It's unreasonable to force a ht now, Min-san has her own life That's e intend to bring Hanada Masaru back, and have him settle the issue he caused”

I paused, waiting for Xiao Ling-san to speak up, but she didn't say anything

“In other words, we're on the saet in your way But—”

Taking a deep breath, I continued,

“Our ulti-san We definitely don't wish for any unhappiness to happen to Min-san”

Saying till this point, I went silent again

The cars and motorcyles continued to race down the shi+njuku street, and the exhaust gases tickled ht breeze By the tiure at the side had vanished, and the lights on the 7th and 4th levels vanished

In the end, I stated ht

After a long while, I heard Xiao Ling-san mutter,

“How are you kids going to find Masaru-san? He ht not be in japan anymore”

“Xiao Ling-san, if you're willing to reveal what happened at the scene, or the vehicle that was used in the escape”

“Don't be silly If any outsider is to know of this, Hong Lei will definitely kill me”

And so, the call ended

Not willing to go through the Meiji street that was filled with exhaust gases again, I chose to cycle slowly through the Gaien West path I decided not to think about it, but I had a feeling that if it was Hiro, he -san's right in that the mafia intended to handle this murder case themselves If any infor Lei would not spare even his own sister It was really unwise to request her of this

Right when I could vaguely see the massive shadow of the National Oly suddenly I parked at the side of the pedestrian path, and found an anony?

“hello?”

“Are you the high school kid at the detective's place?”

The voice fro each other, and I could hear immediately that it was Hanada Masaru Why call me on my phone?

“Ho-how did you—where are you now?”

The sound of the bicycle toppling cut off my words Now's not the ti hand to press the record button

“Listen Leave the interaction with Hong Lei to Hina to involve hiuy's too obvious ”

“Ho-how did you know of Yondaime's past?”

“The Huang Coalition has eyes around 'Hana in and out of the agency You guys are being too careless here!”

Ho's it possible for hi-san?

“Now that he's seen, forget about it Let Hina Lei Have hi for , that will et suspicious”

“What are you intending to do?”

The phone line was suddenly cut off, and a ringing continued on for a while Nomy phone away from my ears, or I took a deep breath, that sound never vanished I looked down, and found that the wheels ofloosely I stepped on the pedal to stop it, and dialed Alice's number

“H-Hanada Masaru just called my phone!”

The detective gasped, and i up Hanada Masaru knew of Alice, and probably wouldn't be so stupid to have her investigate the GPS signal, but just in case, there was a chance

I lifted my bicycle, and slowly stepped on the pedal At the sa in my mind, only to find that it was in chaos What was Hanada Masaru intending to do? Why give us suggestions? Did he wish to be caught? Iht as well show up intead

Right, the first time Hanada Masaru called over, he did tell Min-san to 'wait for another week' What's he doing now? Raise enough et far away? Does he intend to use the NEET detective agency to ! I really had the urge to say that to hi, but it's because you never showed up that things aren't developing at all! Please show up and settle this, so that Min-san won't have to worry again

Suddenly, I thought of a possibility

Was Hanada Masaru running around because the reason of that killing wasn't due to carelessness?

It was just a baseless feeling, but if that was the case, e're doing right noould be ht even end up trapping Min-san further until she's unable to escape

I exerted strength as I pedaled, accelerating the bicycle The chilly bright grazed my ears, but it could not erase this chill in my heart

Two days later, after school—

On that day, I did not pass by the east entrance of the station where 'Hanamaru' was, but instead, I est

On both sides of the slope filled with s and all kinds of restaurants s There were already a few shops pedalling for businesses, probably because it was almost dusk I tried to avoid the crowd as I pedaled hard up the slope, and at the Tokyu depart majestically afar, I turned at the left

My destination was a short building The first floor was a small convenience store, and the shop front was covered hite and pink artificial flowers that were obvious fro was the office of Hirasaka-gumi

“Good work today, Aniki!”

“You've worked hard, Aniki!”

I opened the , savage looking reet , yet they're all wearing short sleeved black T-shi+rts

The Hirasaka-gu of delinquents on this street The leader, Yondaie where they could no longer be called youths, and it's really unco these people call h school boy Rather than being used to it recently, I guess I gave up

“Eh? Where's Yondailass table in the ht in the raphy writings on the wall This really was an i office, but the most important leader wasn't around In the study inside?

“Sou-san's off to get a car”

Answering me was a hunk in a black T-shi+rt who's probably above 2m tall, nicknamed Pole

“Aniki, are you two going somewhere to beat people up today?”

“No no no, we're not going to fight”

If they knew that we're headed to the house of a Chinese uys would definitely be utterly et ridiculously excited Thus, I decided not to say anything more

The reason was due to the call froo We took the initiative to request Huang Hong Lei to conduct a collaboration in the investigations The risks were great, but it orth a ga-san While I was feeling worried through it all, things got negotiated quickly

However, I really could not shake offus? To use us as a smokescreen for his escape?

I was really curious about this, but I decided to follow to Huang Hong Lei's house Of course, I did not tell Alice about this Theso tense, I was gasping for breath

At this moment, I found a book on the desk, and the title was 'Crash Course! Wedding Ceremony Manners' That was really a title that invited uneasiness

“What's this?”

I actually asked, using up all rin on his face

“Everyone's discussing about what to say at the ceremoney”

“E-er ceremony? Whose?”

“Who else? Master and Hiro's, of course! We heard it all It's on the 3rd next month!”

Where did they hear that fro like that?

“Alright, you guys, repeat what you just thought of and have Aniki hear them out!”

“Right! We'll train our uys in black T-shi+rt opened a folded piece of paper

“Ehh, congrats on getting married, Hiro-san, Min-san People say that there's a need for three 'bags' First, you need the 'sto'” “A stomach's needed even if you aren't s” “Your T-shi+rts are already co with promotion here!?”

“Isn't there the three 'Saka' version?” Once those words were said, I decided not to retort anymore If this kept up, it'll be endless

“Three 'Saka'? Which three?” Pole asked

“The first is Hirasaka, right?” “That's referring to us!” “What's next?” “Akasaka?” “Right, there's a lot of weddings held there!” “Right, what's the last one?” “Otokozaka?”

“Definitely not Otokozaka!” This is bad, I instinctively retorted again Stuff that are on hiatus or co of which, nobody said anything about holding a e!

“What are you guys yapping about?”

The savior's voice entered the office along with the sound of theopened

“Sou-san, good work”

“Good work there!”

I turned my head around, and saw Yondai around the sofa The white bleached hair caused his savage glare to intensify by another 30 percent or so, and I cringed back in shock, only able to nod at hi to play Better maintain some tension

“Do you have time to bother with those idiots? Hurry up and move!”

The glittering, posh body of a Mercedes Benz CL was parked in the narrow lane in front of the building

“Wh-what's with this?”

Yondaied from pricey to cheap, but this was the first time I saw him drive a benz Really, this car really was a dissonance fro as having foie gras with sushi+

“I'll only drive this kind of car when dealing with such annoying stuff” Yondaier seat, while he went for the driver seat This annoying thing he's referring to, I wonder if that referred to hi, and not letting himself be underestimated?

“Having you on the co-passenger seat is enough to have anyone looking down on us even if I'ht?”

I feel the same Sorry

Yondaime stepped on the accelerator, and the car i out to the road outside

The Huangs' villa was located in a quiet part of shi+mo-Ochiai, a unique, luxurious mansion bult with hundreds of thousands of flat tiles stacked together It was also built on a slope, and one had to wonder howHong Lei lived alone in this place, but it would not be strange to say that this place was large enough to house the entire clan

“Are you really co?”

Yondaime asked me at the entrance,

“You definitely ca to bawl her eyes out if she knows you sneaked into the den of a Chinese mafia”

“Ehh, wellthat's true”

Don't approach Huang Hong Lei Alice did warn me harshly before

“I' h school kid, and he'll probably think of uess I probably won't be in any danger?”

“What lackey? I seriously have no idea if you're either scared or reckless”

“My uneasiness is directed at Hanada Masaru I just find that there's so anyway If we're going to negotiate with Huang Hong Lei, thatYou don't mind about that yourself, Yondaime?”

“What's there to hts are they, we just need to ht? Besides, if we don't do this, we're at our wits end Alice couldn't hack into that woht?”

“You're right”

In any case, I just couldn't relax I had a thought, that if I could personally hear what Huang Hong Lei had to say, I rasp Hanada Masaru's plan That hy I ca

In other words, I completely directed my attention on Hanada Masaru, and co Lei

Yondai, and with a snort, he pressed the intercom button I could only sense the nu all over us

Surprisingly, it was Huang Hong Lei himself who personally came to invite us He had that slick black hair combed back, the color of his hair akin to iron The deep, wine red shi+rt under the white suit had three buttons unbuttoned, revealing his chest This was the second ti white However, the white on Hiro was of a war, flickering light that was like a blade Huang Hong Lei glared at Yondai us “come in” Why did he not call in his subordinates or servants to open the door? Feeling startled, I followed hi of which, did he notmy school uniform?

Unexpectedly, the interior of therooe carpet on the floor, and a sis were plants for viewing, and it was a simple yet classy Western-styled roolass, and I could see a garden of green grass carpet and potted Azalea I originally assuons, or that it would be a place filled with uess?

“Is it that rare?”

Huang Hong Lei asked with an inti me from shock

“You aren't here just to sightsee, are you?”

He sat on the sofa opposite us, his sharp glare on me for half a second before he turned to Yondaime

“Er-erm”

I would be fine keeping my mouth shut, but I just had to yap and explain

“I just feel that this isn't a place a Chinese would live in There's no decoration on the walls, and the lights are normal”

“Do you japanese all live in ninja houses? Enough with the crap”

Hong Lei's words struckt ht in the chest, and I could only shrink back into the sofa After that, Hong Lei didn't say anything else to uess I'll just shut up and pretend to be a lackey here

“Hina-san”

To be honest, this was the first time I heard Yondaime speak to anyone else with a respectful tone, and I sincerely hoped it was the last tie, but hearing it gavedown coffee powder My mouth and throat felt really uncomfortable

Hong Lei narrowed his eyes as he sized up Yondaime

“Enoguh with that stupid polite tone” Hearing Hong Lei say this, I inadvertently widened my eyes, “I find you to be an eyesore anyway, and since I'll figure out a way to crush you, let's save the hassle and just speak normally”

Yondaih

“Well, guess you knew about me”

“Having set up a business on such a scale, of course I would have ations”

“That's an honor I alreayd knehat kind of person you are, so let's stop wasting tiet to the ether with you again, so better to settle this as soon as possible”

I overheard the conversation from beside Yondaime What's with these two? Why do they look like they want to brawl uponeach other for the first time? Well, it's true that they couldn't treat each other as friends

“I heard of it so Lei spoke up first, “And then? Why are you guys going to help find Masaru?”

Yondaied ot to be kidding! I turned naw me to death I frantically turned forward, and didn't expect even Hong Lei to be staring at o home

No, but, he'll be suspicious if I don't say a single thing Guess I got no choice here

“Erht?”

I staain recalled what I should take note of

First, Hong Lei probably knew that Xiao Ling-san ca Lei knohat Xiao Ling-san requested, or else thecontact from Hanada Masaru would be revealed So, I just needed to tell hiht because she orried about Min-san Alice, Min-san and I never heard the content of the call from Hanada Masaru, and never heard that he would call back a week later Right Most i Lei know that I received a call from Hanada Masaru If I let it slip, I don't knohat'll happen toout

As for anything else—as for what Hanada Masaru warned uess I should be honest

I cautiously began to explain

Hiro has feelings for Min-san too, and he's worried that you'll try to have her pretend to be the bride beforeof some way to prevent it—after I foolishly revealed it all, I realized, in my astonishment, and inadvertently shut up as I lowered my head

Hong Lei's intentions were ht now, and I said it to him!

I ti over his other one as he gave ry, but he was ry

“Hive up on Ming Li, right?”

“Eh?”

“Well, whatever I already knohat you stupid brats are thinking already But Hinamura, your situation is different Given your identity, I don't think you'll be bored out of your et involved?”

“This is worldly loyalty I don't think you understand how the people in this country behave”

“Hmph”

Hong Lei again turned toout between ers

“And then? How much have you learned? Since you know the information we have, you have to show your cards”

Hong Lei suddenly leaned towards us, shockingflattened Why ask me? Please just continue to talk with Yondaime!

“E-erm, anyway, there's not much nee have that we can report to you”

“Don't underestimateactions o openly Obviously, you got some news on Masaru, don't you?”

“Eh?”

“I know that you aren't just soh school student”

“I'!”

“Are you intending to pretend not to know anything about hello Corporation and the Tahara-gumi incident?”

I was at a loss of words

On Spring this year, a Thai girl barged into the NEET detective agency with 2 hundred inated froroup of a certain gang

This isn't good I really shouldn't have couess I was too naive to think that I could pretend to be a lackey What do I do? I couldn't just lie to hi skills are atrocious to a point of despair My own voice echoed earnestly in my mind I had to say some truth

“Around April or so—”

Saying that, I was praying that my voice could reach out successfully

“—Masaru-san once sneaked in to 'Hanaery on, and even Min-san couldn't recognize hiredients that could be used for new soupshop These i now I guess that's so you don't know?”

I loweredLei's eyes There was no lie mixed in, but that information was probably useless However, he didn't know this

“That's all?”

With Hong Lei interrogating me, I could barely nod my stiff jaw

“Once you get back, send me a mail”

I could only hold in a sigh of relief to prevent Hong Lei fro from his pocket, and threw it onto the table

“First, for you”

Two photos that were attached together with a clip

“Photos of Xiang Yu, and her lover”

Photos of their corpses? I was taken aback, but Yondaiht In the end, both photos were simply normal head photos It was to be expected The corpses were taken away by Hanada Masaru, and there was no way any photos could be left behind

Huang Xiang Yu really didn't see-san in appearance She's pretty too, but there was a sick gloominess to her I felt that she would be seated on a Wisteria chair in the concubine quarters, with the fehness hasn't been seeing me recently”

“Aherht be a little late, but, well, my condolences”

Suddenly, I recalled that she was dead, and so, I shrank rief

“Enough with that nonsense The other guy's a lowlife called Umeda Kouji”

Yondairaph, and it appeared to be ripped off from a driver's license, for the photo was terribly taken Uh he should be a young guy, his skin was rough, and his lips were drooping His eyes alone looked slender, and did not seeans

“So this lowlife barged in to snatch your fiancee back—and they were shot by Hanada Masaru Is that it?”

Yondaime said as he lifted his eyes from the photo

“Right I'll show you the scene Follow me”

Hong Lei got to his feet, while Yondaih a siht of stairs that were not too steep, and brought to a villa that should be located at the bottom of the slope It was eerily quiet, and I could not sense anyone else around I recalled the scenes after entering the house, and certainly, I didn't see anyone other than Huang Hong Lei

“I don't think I saw a single houseservant orLei merely snorted

“This isn't an office How can I let my subordinates in? The fewer people that enter, the safer it is, and I can take care ofon Head said to hire a bodyguard to protect her, and hired Masaru”

I see So the granddaughter of the boss was a young lady in her youth, and I guess she probably didn't wish for anyone to bring guns, walk around in black suits, wielding so bald heads with scary looks lurking around?

“Over here”

Hong Lei stopped in front of a simple cream white door, and turned around The door opened, and inside was a luxurious bedroom as fine as a