Chapter 25 Section 24

Tuoshi puts the photo borrowed from Takemi in front of the shopkeeper. The other party raised his head and shot a sharp gaze. "what is this?" "Has this girl been here before? This." Takumi pointed at Chizuru's face. The shopkeeper didn't look at the photos at all, and took turns looking at Tuoshi and Shisheng rather boredly. "Who are you? It's not like the police." "Looking for someone, she may have been here. Hey, look at the picture." The owner waved back the photo. "I don't want to be involved in such troubles. Let's go."

"See what's the matter? Just say you haven't been here before?" Tuoshi's voice became rough. The shopkeeper shook his head. "The customers who come to my store don't want others to know. If I talk too much, I will lose my credibility. If it is related to any case, please go to the police and come with me. I won't be able to say nothing." This statement is reasonable, but Ke Tuoshi can't stop there. "Maybe there will be a big case, and this girl may be involved. But the case didn't happen, and the police refused to act, so they had to figure out their own way."

"Okay, you can find a way, but don't bring this kind of bad luck into my shop and hinder my business. Go back." The shopkeeper waved his hand.Tuoshi reached out to pick up the photo and handed it directly to his eyes. "Let's have a look. Was this girl here the day before yesterday?" "I don't know." The shopkeeper turned his face away and pushed the photo back, "If you have nothing else to do, please go back. It's useless to talk." The phone on the desk just rang.The shopkeeper quickly grabbed the receiver. "Hey, this is Arakawaya... Ah, hello, hello." His wrinkled face bloomed like a flower, and he was completely different from the cold frost just now. "What's the matter again? What a good product... Oh? Eiji Yoshikawa's... Ah, bring it here, I can always find a way, I have friends who collect used books. Ah, sorry, please wait a moment."

He covered the receiver and looked at them without a smile on his face. "How long do you want to stay? You don't want to be a thing. You are here to get in the way. Get out!" He made a repelling gesture and put the receiver back on his ear. "Sorry... no, there are no customers, just two wandering around." Seeing his smiling face, Tuoshi suddenly felt the blood in his whole body rush. "Who is wandering around? You old man!" He kicked the underside of the counter violently. The shopkeeper raised the corners of his eyes: "What are you doing? Call the police." He was furious, but he still didn't forget to cover the microphone.

"Okay, call me." Tuoshi stretched out his hand across the counter to grab the shopkeeper, and someone hugged him from behind around the waist. "Tuoshi, it can't be like this." "Let go!" "no." Tuoshi was dragged out of the gate by Shisheng. "Let go, you bastard!" Takushi struggled so hard that both of them fell to the road.Pedestrians looked at them in surprise.Soon, the two stood up almost at the same time. "Don't mess around!" Shi Sheng yelled angrily, "Why are you always so impatient? Everything is messed up. He won't tell us any more. Don't you feel that you have cut your own way?"

"Hearing his tone, can you swallow it?" Tuoshi raised his legs and walked away aimlessly. "Where are you going?" Shi Sheng followed. "have no idea." "There's no pawn shop around here, you know?" "I know. Don't bother me." He used his bravado to hide his embarrassment, but he didn't know what to do next, so he had to stop. Tuoshi sighed, and said, "There's no way, let's go back." Shi Sheng frowned: "Where is Zhumei?" "The only thing Qianhe can rely on is her, maybe she will contact her."

"How should I put it, I have already contacted you if you want to contact me, didn't Zhumei say the same?" "Then what can you do?" Tuoshi's eyes suddenly stopped on the phone booth, as if he remembered something.He approached and opened the door, grabbing the phone book sorted by industry. "What do you want?" "Shut up!" Tuoshi turned to the pawn shop and frowned. "Damn, so many!" Looking at the long line of numbers, he couldn't help but cursed. "Do you want to search for pawnshops all over Osaka?" "It's really long-winded! Is it okay to speculate first and then inquire?"

"How to speculate? There is no clue at all." "Let me say you don't talk too much. Let's start with the neighborhood first. This is the Ikuno District, right? Where is the Katsuyama South District?" He said the address of a pawn shop he found in the phone book. "Ah! Where's the bag?" "Bao?" Tuoshi looked at Shisheng, but he didn't have anything in his hands.At this time, he realized that he was also empty-handed. "Where did you put it?" "How do I know? Didn't you hold it?" Takumi smacked his lips, closed the phone book and left the phone booth, closing the door roughly.Where did Bao forget, he immediately remembered.Full of pain and annoyance, he returned the same way.

Prepared to be scolded, Takumi opened the door of Arakawa House.He decided not to say a word, no matter what the shopkeeper said, but took his gym bag and left. The owner is still on the phone.Takumi thought he would definitely look bored.However, he turned his head with only a slight surprise on his face. "I'll call you later. Well, first of all." He hung up the phone, stared at Tuoshi and said, "Are you here to get the bag?" Takumi nodded silently.The familiar sports bag was on the side of the counter.He remembered that he was not there before, so he must have been passive.

He took the bag and went out, but was stopped. "etc." Toshi turned his head.The owner picked up the glasses on the table, put them on, and sat down on a chair.There was nothing sinister or frightening in his face. "Show me that photo just now." "how?" "Okay, show me. Didn't you want me to see?" Takumi handed over the photo inexplicably. "Yeah." The shopkeeper raised his head and slapped the back of his neck twice, "I said, didn't you bring anything?" "Something... what's wrong." "You see, I'm a pawn shop here. If you accept the items, you can release the money and buy them out. In short, as long as you take out something that can be exchanged for money, you are customers. I will not be cold to customers."

Tuoshi didn't speak, he didn't understand the meaning of these words for a while.Shi Sheng beside him stepped forward and asked, "The girl in the photo has been here before, right?" "Well, how should I put it..." The shopkeeper showed a sly smile, and pushed the photo in front of Takumi. "Hello, how are you? Have you been here?" Tuoshi asked aggressively. "How should I put it?" The shopkeeper said deliberately slowly, "I said before, I will not be cold to customers. Since I am not a customer, I can't say it casually." It seems that Qianhe has indeed been here, as long as it is time to inquire about the details.As long as there is something of value, the stubborn old man seems to provide some clues.It's not clear why he said that, but it seemed wise to do some business with him before he changed his mind. "Hey, what can I do?" Tuoshi asked Shisheng. "How could there be?" "Tch, it's really useless." Tuoshi took off his shirt and put it on the counter, "How about this one? It's not cheap." The shopkeeper didn't even look at the jacket that was about to show his elbows, but scratched the back of his head and muttered, "It's hard to follow." "Wait, I'm looking for it." Tuoshi put the bag on the counter, opened the zipper, and took out all the contents: dirty towels, underwear, atlases, toothbrushes... The shopkeeper stretched out his hand, grabbed the comic, and his eyes flickered slightly. "Hand-drawn comics, it's been a while. How do you have them?" "Given by someone else." "Oh." He flicked through the pages, "The author is not well-known, and the paintings are not very good, but there are still people who want it—the so-called collectors. Well, I can buy this." "That's not okay." Shi Sheng said to Takumi, "This is very important to you." Takumi shifted his gaze from Toki to the shopkeeper. "What price do you offer?" "Tuo Shi!" "That's all." The owner tapped the electronic calculator on hand a few times, turned the display to Tuoshi, and it showed "3000". Three thousand yuan?Just such a broken comic?These two thoughts flashed through Tuoshi's mind - earned it!No, maybe much more than that. He reached out and tapped a few keys on the calculator. "How about the price?" The calculator shows "5000".The shopkeeper frowned. "Little brother, speaking of it, this is just a graffiti book. I don't know if collectors are willing to buy it. Can such a thing be offered for five thousand? Besides, your purpose is not to make money, just three thousand." Hearing his sticky tone, Tuoshi was burning in his heart, and wanted to make a quick end. "Okay, deal, but you have to tell me about the girl." "Tuoshi, no!" Shi Sheng stretched out his hand to snatch it.Tuoshi stopped him, grabbed his lapel, and pulled it up vigorously. "What are you talking about? That thing has to be thrown away anyway." "You must keep that manga. Uncle, that book is not enough, you should buy something else." Shi Sheng struggled to shake Kai Shi's hand. "What's the matter? This little brother said he couldn't do it again." The shopkeeper said slowly. "Don't listen to him, I will do as I say. Don't make trouble, you boy!" Tuoshi grabbed Shisheng by his collar, opened the store door, pushed him out forcefully, closed the door immediately, and locked it again.Shisheng was outside banging on the glass door, but Tuoshi ignored it and turned to the shopkeeper. "The troublemakers are out, let's continue trading." "You clean up there first, the dirty shorts are disgusting to look at." When Tuoshi packed the things in the bag, the shopkeeper took out three thousand-yuan bills, all three of which were brand new.Tuoshi signed the receipt and pushed it over. "Let me tell you, that girl," the shopkeeper took off his glasses, "came here the evening before yesterday. Because it is the first time a customer came to the door, I remember it very clearly." "Are you alone?" "It was a person who entered the store, and there was a man waiting for her outside, just like him." The owner moved his chin towards the door of the store.Outside the glass door, Shi Sheng was looking at Takumi with resentful eyes. "What kind of man is he? In his thirties, poor?" Tuoshi asked, recalling Zeff's words. "Well, I'm not tall, and I still wear Ray-Ban sunglasses in the evening." "Oh... what did you bring?" "Cufflinks, tie clips, etc., a total of seven pieces. The goods are good, unopened, with a guarantee letter, like a gift from abroad." Cufflinks and tiepins, Takumi thought. "I gave her the pawn money, or..." "Buy it out, only pay so much." The boss raised a finger. "Ten thousand... no way." "How? Of course there are more." I heard from Zhefu that the man had a lot of ten thousand yuan in his wallet.If you put in 100,000 yuan, it should look about the same. "She has a Tokyo accent?" "Yeah, same as you." "Did you ask her what she does here? Where does she live?" "Do I need to ask these?" Toshi bit his lip.indeed so. "However," the shopkeeper pursed his lips into a smile, "she will definitely come again." "why?" "She asked about the hours of operation of the store, and the main business area. I told her that it basically does everything, and she seemed satisfied." "Didn't you say when you're coming?" "That's not to say, and maybe it won't come." "I said old man," Tuoshi pressed his hands on the counter, "I'm asking you something." Before he even started, the shopkeeper shook his hand away. "You want me to wait for her to notify you. I have no obligation and no time." Tuoshi smacked his lips lightly, not letting the other party hear him, thinking: He has seen through his mind. Tuoshi opened the glass door and looked outside, Shisheng was squatting in front of the window.He stared at Takumi and stood up. "What's the matter with you? It seems that you don't know how important that comic is to you." "You are so long-winded. Didn't the woman who gave it to me tell you? You can throw it away if you don't want it." Shi Sheng walked to the pawn shop, Takumi grabbed his arm. "What for?" "Of course I'm going to come back." "No, that book is mine. It's not up to you how I deal with it. Remember it, don't mention that comic to me in the future, or I'll beat you up." Tuoshi raised his fist at Shisheng, but Shisheng showed a rebellious look and snorted coldly. "Go play hard with Jesse." Takumi's fist suddenly loosened.He dropped his hands and took a big breath. "You can do whatever you want, just don't bother me." With a sad face, Shi Sheng shook his head slowly, as if there was something he couldn't make the other party understand, so he was anxious and even desperate.Seeing this, Tuoshi couldn't say anything more. He looked around, found a small bookstore, and walked over. "Where are you going?" Shi Sheng asked from behind, but he neither answered nor stopped. The bookstore is only over three meters wide.Takumi didn't go in, but went to a magazine outside, pretending to browse.Shi Sheng came to him, without saying a word, kicking the ground awkwardly. "Qianzuru may still go there." Takumi stared at the magazine, and gently moved his chin towards the pawn shop. "So," Shi Sheng asked angrily, "You just stare here? All day? Stare every day from today? The bookstore owner will definitely find it strange." "Then what can you do?" "I don't know, maybe not." After Shisheng finished speaking, he walked away, and Tuoshi hurriedly chased after him. "Hey, where are you going?" "take a walk." "Are you still in the mood for a walk at this time?" Shi Sheng turned around sharply and looked directly at Tuoshi, seriously and obviously full of anger, Tuoshi couldn't help but take a step back. "Isn't it possible? You do yours and I do mine. Isn't that bad? You said what you said." Takumi was speechless.Shi Sheng didn't seem to want him to answer at all, so he left after speaking.Takumi looked at his back and shouted: "The pawn shop closes at six o'clock, so come back before then." Shi Sheng raised his left hand as he walked.