In Bunkyo Ward, Hakusan Town.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, Higashino Ryusuke dragged his tired body back to Asama's house. Today was Wang Shen's night shift, so he didn't come back.

But after entering the room, a stranger appeared in the living room on the first floor - Shota Asama came back for the first time three days after he came to Asama's house, and the two of them greeted him politely.

Ryusuke observed carefully and found that Shota Asama's appearance was not familiar to him. He was neither the policeman he saved that day nor a well-known character in the original work.

But this does not mean a good thing. Every time Gulangji appears, it will cause a large number of police casualties. Perhaps he is one of the unknown victims.

The little girl Lizi looked very happy, "Dad, can we go to the aquarium tomorrow?"

"Riko..." Shota Asama was hesitant. Going to the aquarium was something he had promised Satoko a long time ago. Although he was on vacation tomorrow, No. 6 appeared in the report in the afternoon...

"You promised me, dad." Riko's tone was lost, her eyes full of pleading.

"...Okay, let's go tomorrow!" Shota Asama finally agreed. After all, he couldn't let his daughter down.

"Yeah!" Riko jumped up happily and threw herself on her father, "Dad is the best!"

"Okay, let's take a rest today."

"Um."

Granny Asama looked on with a smile, and the wrinkles on her face relaxed.

Higashino Ryusuke is a little absent-minded. He seems to have no family now. Home is too far away from him.

Shota Asama suddenly said to Ryusuke: "Higashino-kun, if you are free tomorrow, let's come together! I have something to ask of you."

"Ah?" Ryusuke came back to his senses, "Oh, okay."

…

The night passed quietly.

polepole, 7:32 the next morning.

Shi Yusaburo pressed close to the phone and said, "No, I'm really too fast asleep. Even if I pull him, hit him, push him, blow into his ear, scream, there's nothing I can do. I can't even tickle him.

I pulled his hair and whispered in his ear that sir was about to close, but he didn't move at all. This was the first time I saw him like this."

"Really? Then I'll call back later!" Kaoru Ichijo frowned in the corridor of the Metropolitan Police Department. He certainly knew the reason for the fifth generation's current situation.

Yesterday afternoon when they went back after finishing their conversation, they happened to encounter Locust Monster No. 6 who was carrying out killing activities. The fifth generation turned blue during the battle, but was defeated by No. 6 and fell from a tall building of dozens of floors.

Come down.

After that, they went to Kanto Medicine again. Godai's injuries were very serious. Normal people would almost die in that situation, but Chun said that as long as Godai rested, he would be fine soon.

Even so, after receiving the news, Yingzi rushed over regardless of being angry or worried.

Thinking of this, Kaoru Ichijo could only reply: "Please let him have a good rest... um... I can't listen to you about adventure stories today... I'll take my leave now."

Kaoru Ichijo then hung up the phone and quickly rushed to the conference room of the Joint Investigation Headquarters.

…

Outside the polepole store, Sakurako came nearby and looked at the attic window with a worried look in her eyes.

Is this really the fate of the fifth generation? She remembered what Kaoru Ichijo said in the hospital last night.

"I'm sorry, what you were worried about still happened. It's very similar to him and me. So I know that even if I stop it, I can't stop it..."

So Godai, why are you going to fight? Sakurako stopped outside the store, clutching her bag tightly in her hands, thinking in confusion.

"Ms. Sakurako?" came a call from behind. Sakurako went to look, only to find that it was Minoru Godai, the younger sister of Yusuke Godai.

Yingzi waved her hand and said hello to her...

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Joint Investigation Headquarters. 8:56am.

Ichijo Kaoru was making a report from the front, "According to the report of the Second Observation Section, the abnormal falling incidents that occurred in the city yesterday all had something incredible in common. That is to say, they all had edge line bleeding after jumping off the building. So

The scene was highly considered and this phenomenon completely goes against common sense. This is the result of external force acting at the moment of falling."

"That means they must have done something right!" Sugita Morimichi speculated.

"Yes." Kaoru Ichijo nodded and continued: "Furthermore, these incidents have another thing in common, which is the direction of smoke and wind. The accidents all occurred within a certain range. And there was no smoke at all in the factory exhaust area.

Mark of."

Sugita Morimichi quickly understood the significance of this clue, "If there are such conditions, we can determine the location of his appearance to a certain extent."

"Yes, based on the results of the simulation." Ichijo operated on the computer for a while, and an area map was displayed on the big screen, "The location that appeared today is completely limited to this range.!"

"Okay!" Chief Matsukura stood up and began to issue orders, "We will deploy police forces in that area. Everyone, please!"

"Yes!" Everyone in the conference room stood up and responded, moving quickly.

Matsukura came to Kaoru Ichijo and said, "The Metropolitan Police Department has been equipped with high-performance rifles. You can take them."

"Yes." Yiyi Xun couldn't help but curve the corners of his mouth a little, and replied with some joy.

Tokyo Tower Aquarium, 9:47am.

"Wow, Dad, look, that fish is so big!" Satoko Asama exclaimed as she lay on the glass. She was followed by Shota Asama and Ryusuke Higashino.

"Yeah." Seeing the happy Satoko, Shota seemed to feel a lot more relaxed.

"Higashino-kun, what did you do before?" Shota Asama asked suddenly.

"Oh, I'll probably be traveling around after graduation! Actually, I don't do much." Ryusuke thought for a while and said, but of course these words were all made up.

"Speaking of which, where is Riko's mother?"

Shota's eyes were a little dim, "She is a criminal police officer like me. She disappeared while investigating a bizarre murder case a few years ago. At that time, I looked through the files but couldn't find any clues. Maybe she has..."

Shota looked at Satoko not far away, "I just feel sorry for Satoko. I want to trace what happened back then and fulfill my responsibilities as a police officer, so I often don't have time to spend time with her. Sometimes when I see her so depressed, I just think about myself.

Have you put your efforts in the wrong place?"

"I'm sorry." Ryusuke said apologetically.

Shota sighed and continued: "She had always believed that there were supernatural forces in the world. I didn't believe it at the time. But now that these unconfirmed life forms have appeared, I wonder if they were caused by similar monsters back then.

case."

Ryusuke's eyes narrowed, feeling that this matter was not simple, "Riko's mother, didn't she show any abnormality at that time?"

"What do you mean?" Shota frowned, "Do you know anything?"

Ryusuke paused, realizing that he might have said too much, and quickly denied it: "Oh, it's nothing... I just heard some unfounded legends."

Shota wanted to ask more questions, but his cell phone suddenly rang, and he picked it up to answer the call.

"Hey, Captain? What?! Minato. Okay, I'll be there soon!"

After hanging up the phone, Shota became tense again, "Higashino-kun, it's too late to explain. Please take Satoko and leave here quickly!"

After saying that, he quickly left here without looking back.

Next to her, watching her father's figure leave quickly, Asama Satoko's young face gradually lost its luster and became dim and lost.

"dad……"

"Riko-chan, let's go!"
Chapter completed!