At noon the next day, in Room 102 of the Zangqian Apartment.

"What? You cosplayed into Diablo, tied them into a 'Jesus car' and drove them on a hot tire? Hey, I'm the general manager of the 71 convenience store in the Kanto region who tortured customers. The first time I saw it, it was really cruel, hahahaha."

On the phone, Higashino Yukihira laughed exaggeratedly.

"Hey, don't mention it, at the convenience store, even if the three guys went to clarify and apologize early in the morning, I wouldn't be able to be the store manager. It would be nice to let me do hourly work in the future."

Sousuke Araki, who "destroyed his career in convenience stores", rolled around on the tatami with his phone, and sighed.

"You can't look for a job so blindly. Before looking for the second one, let's discuss it with the guy and learn from the scriptures... I don't have any position to give you advice on the side of me... That guy is a full-time civil servant anyway."

Yukihira Higashino suggested.

"Before the second? I haven't seen you for a while, I heard that guy is doing well..."

Sousuke Araki thought so, and dialed the number on his mobile phone named "Ryoma Erzae".

Two years ago, Ryoma was also one of the brothers who grew up in the welfare center with Sosuke Araki and Yukira Higashino.

Unlike the violent idiot duo like "Yokohama Double-Headed Dog", Ryoma Nizae, who is a few years older than the two, is unexpectedly gifted in learning.

After graduating from high school, the guy was admitted to the Japan Metropolitan Police Academy in Tokyo as a recommended student.

He is currently working as a patrol officer at the police station next to Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden... that is, a normal patrol officer.

On the other end of the phone, Ryoma enthusiastically said that he was free now and made an appointment to have lunch together.

At this moment, someone rang the doorbell of the room.

On the screen of the video doorbell is a man in a police uniform.

The note came to the door... Could it be that I was found illegally throwing garbage?

Do you want to pretend not to be there?

Impossible, I have fully confirmed that there are no items that can reveal identity.

Calm down, Sousuke Araki, as a habitual offender, you still need this dignity and self-confidence.

Thinking so, Araki Sosuke opened the door with a guilty conscience and a face that didn't change his face.

"Is it a resident? That's great. We knocked on a lot of doors, but no one seems to live there... Have you ever had contact with Ms. Rika Okimoto in Room 304?"

304, seems to be that tall woman.

"I just moved here too. I saw it through the window from the downstairs a few times. It seemed to be a tall, short-haired woman... What's the matter?"

"A new resident? Then I guess I can't ask for any useful information... It's a pity..."

While recording the testimony in the notebook, the young policeman sighed.

"It's a little messy in the room, let's go out and talk."

Sousuke Araki closed the door, skillfully handed him a cigarette, and walked outside.

There are still a lot of "goods" in the room that haven't been put in time. If someone finds clues from the packaging, they will be jailed.

The uncle from the house diagonally opposite was also being questioned by another policeman through the crack of the door.

In front of the door of the Zangqian apartment, several police cars and ambulances were parked at the door with their sirens flashing.

Many residents of the surrounding communities and passersby looked around outside the gate of the apartment.

Sosuke Araki lit the cigarette for the other party, and then answered some routine questions according to the other party's request, most of which were about the situation of the 304 households.

At this time, several medical staff walked down with a body bag on a stretcher.

Judging from the shape, there should be a petite woman inside.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?"

The two who were smoking under the eaves quickly stepped aside.

Seeing the body bag, Sousuke Araki asked in a low voice curiously.

The young policeman whispered with some hesitation: "Hey, Ms. Rika Okimoto's mother has been unable to contact her for more than a month, so she came over from her hometown to check the situation, and found that the door was locked from the inside. When the police opened the door, I found out that she had already hanged herself by the window...

"Eh? That's really a pity."

Sousuke Araki also looked surprised and regretful. Although he only said a few words through the door, the people he had only seen recently were gone.

The suicide rate in Japan is extremely high, and the police are very familiar with handling suicide cases, and the bodies are soon loaded and transported away.

After leaving a business card to Sosuke Araki, asking him to contact him at any time if he thinks of any information, the young policeman also left with the team.

"According to the degree of decay of the corpse, it has been at least a month since he passed away. The smell in the room is really... It's a young age, it's like bacon, what a pity..."

What Sousuke Araki didn't hear was that when he left, the young policeman was still looking at the information recorded in the notebook and muttering something in a low voice.

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"Life is really impermanent."

Half an hour later, Sousuke Araki squatted at the gate of the Zangqian apartment and smoked a cigarette depressedly.

Although I only met a few times from a distance and said a few words through the door, I could feel that the lady in 304 was a very gentle person, and it was really a pity that she committed suicide like this.

Just when he was sad, a new black BMW stopped in front of him. The smooth and delicate paint surface reflected his frowning face.

"Is it great to park your car in front of others casually?"

Sousuke Araki, who was already in a bad mood, immediately put on a bad face.

"Yo, Sousuke, why do you look like you ate **** at noon?"

The window was rolled down, and sitting in the driver's seat was a man with a tough face, a sense of justice, and "I'm a policeman" written on his face.

"Dragon... dragon horse?"

Sousuke Araki looked at the other party in surprise, and the smoke in his mouth fell.

In the car, this tough man wearing a police uniform and looking upright is exactly his best friend~lightnovelpub.net~ Ryoma before the second.

After spending so many years together in the orphanage, he never imagined that Ryoma would one day drive a BMW to pick him up.

"The latest BMW is just different... The interior, the sound of the engine..."

"This is the latest model with a 360-degree camera... Hey, be careful, don't suddenly increase the speed in the city... scratch the expensive paint..."

The black BMW is driving on the road, and the person in the driver's seat has become Sosuke Araki.

Soon, the two of them drove to pack some Chinese food and came to the bachelor apartment next to the police station.

Two years ago, Ryoma's single apartment was as messy as Sousuke Araki's "kennel".

The two also often packed food for dinner here before.

Because you can take off your shirt and open your arms to play.

As soon as he entered the door, Sousuke Araki opened the small refrigerator in the corner and rummaged inside.

In addition to beer, there are all kinds of suspicious bottles and cans in the refrigerator.

"You are lucky, I just took a break today... What wine are you going to drink..."

Seeing Sousuke Araki looking curiously at the things in the refrigerator, Ryoma explained to him one by one.

"These bottles are sake, red snake wine, eel wine... What do you think? This is the snake whip wine I just made and I can't drink it... What, you don't know what snakes have? One is...the one you can't touch, it's a high-tech product that came from 'Qiang' when I cracked down on an illegal organization last time. It is said that if you eat one piece, you can keep piling for a whole night..."

Having said that, before the second, Ryoma still folded his hands in front of him, and gestured his hip-shock movement.

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