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Chapter 18 Greetings from Mitarai: Digital Lock Chapter 5

【Greetings from Mitarai: Digital Lock】 "That's why my younger brother also told them that they only need to go out at eight o'clock. As for whether to arrive at nine thirty or ten o'clock, it all depends on the situation on the road." "How do you prove that we set off from here at eight o'clock?" "My daughter Yasuko will confirm. Usually my daughter and wife will take care of the staff in the apartment." "I see. I want to meet the four of them, especially Mr. Akita Tatsuo who has the company key." "Then let my daughter take you there. That child is very familiar with the four of them... But she is slow enough to make tea. Let me call her. Excuse me."

Suita Yoshifumi stood up listlessly and walked towards the corridor.I whispered to Mitarai, "Since when did you become a private detective?" "It started today, and it was just delivered today. I know a person who prints business cards, and he used to pester me to ask if I want to print business cards. It's really troublesome. Do you want to print a copy too?" "I don't want to be branded 'private eye'." Mitarai began to think about it: "It would be great if the police were printed..." "You don't want to be an astrologer anymore?"

"I still do it. I used to be an astrologer interested in crime research, and now I am a crime researcher interested in astrology." "You used to say that you were a musician who was interested in astrology? You were quite busy." "Although it's uncomfortable, the case of Mei Ze's family is still very interesting." "Who knows what you will be next time..." At this moment Yasuko Suita came to the living room, carrying a tray with three cups of black tea on it. "Are the four Suita Denshi employees in their room now?" Mitarai asked Suita Yasuko.

"Yes, I think they're all there. They're all a little depressed." "Ah, please sit down and talk." Mitarai said. Suita Yasuko was sitting across from me, and her father, Jiwen, also walked in and sat back down. I kept looking at her face and sighed secretly, what a beauty.Mitarai's attitude is also very attentive and friendly. It seems that even my gender-bending friend is overwhelmed by the beauty's charm. "What kind of person is Mr. Akita?" "Akita-kun is the oldest, a very capable person. He is tall and has a loud voice..." "I see. In order of age, the next one is..."

"It's Okubo-kun." "How about Mr. Okubo?" "He's a joking comedic character, a little sloppy, but not obnoxious." "And Mr. Tsuchiya, right?" "He is also very shrewd and capable, and he is a bit cunning. But he does his work very seriously, and my uncle trusts him a lot." "Is there another person?" "It's Miyata-kun. He's still young, and he's here to help everyone. He's an honest and sincere boy." "How did everyone get this job?" "Introduced by an acquaintance, or saw a newspaper advertisement."

"I see. The other one is Mr. Kitagawa, right?" "I'm not familiar with Mr. Beichuan, but I heard that he is a very good talent." "What kind of person is the deceased President Suita?" "Well, he is really a nice man. Although my elder brother said this because of family relationship, he takes good care of his subordinates and is a kind and righteous person." Brother Ji Wen said. "What does Miss Jingzi think?" "I think so too. My uncle has a cheerful personality. The four people who live in my house call him 'Old Man, Old Man' and respect him quite a lot. I never dreamed that such a thing would happen to him. He is also very ideal for me. Uncle."

"That's right. So is there anything wrong with him at work?" "That's true. My younger brother is also the head of the family on his own. Of course he has rivals. What about Shi Yuan, what about the horse farm, because of the stocks, he has a grudge against my younger brother. Where did this start! Yes The people they hold grudges against are wrong, there are winners and losers in this world, if the situation is reversed, they will do the same, how can you blame my brother." "Then please take me to the room of those four people." Mitarai said. Suita Yasuko took the three of us to the corridor, and Suita Denshi's truck could be seen from the window.The last setting sun before the winter sun disappeared, coldly sprinkled on the truck.

"The four of them drove this truck, right?" "Only three people can sit on the seat," Yasuko Suita said, "so Miyata-kun, who is the youngest, always sits on the back of the car wrapped in a blanket." "It's so pitiful, it's cold." "Winter is tough enough." We passed the room, but none of the staff were there, only Miyata-kun was in the room. Yasuko Suita knocked on the door and entered Makoto Miyata's room.He seemed to be leaning over the table, but suddenly looked up, and was surprised to see us walking in behind.He appears to be lying on a table making model cars.

"What about everyone?" Jingzi asked. "They said they went to Kichijoji to drink." Miyata Makoto replied in a low voice. "Oh. Can you be back by supper time?" "Oh! It's really well done!" There was an ornament on the wall, and Mitarai stood there and sighed excitedly.As soon as she entered the room, Mitarai turned around impolitely, and finally stopped at the corner she was most interested in. ※Bandhammer Academy's E-Book※ "It's very delicate, and the colors are carefully painted, which is quite good. You have a talent for modeling. I have done a lot in the past..."

Mitarai stared at the corner of the wall, her tone was quite engrossed, "I also make plastic models, but what attracts me the most is the electric model car. HO's electric car is really top-notch. The glass counter of the electric car store in the mall is a paradise for me. I often lie there and look at it I can’t see enough all day, just thinking, how can there be such a beautiful thing in the world! So from then on, I made a firm determination to make all kinds of mountains as soon as I got pocket money from adults The planning templates for houses, rivers, etc. I’m talking about this because your models of locomotives are very delicate, but the models of buildings and trees are rough, which makes me unable to be moved.

"At that time, I made up my mind that when I become an adult, I must make things that are a hundred times better than those, but now my interest in models is somewhat weaker, and my dream is no longer mentioned. "It's really heartbreaking. It's really painful! I have grown up in vain, but my body and mind are still stained by boring worldly human relationships. I don't know when I went astray. I have long forgotten when I still held that It’s a kind of pure feeling. Will you really be happier when you enter the adult world? It’s obviously getting more and more boring.” Mitarai stood there with her arms folded, thinking. The owner of the room was completely bewildered by him.Two strange men who had never met before suddenly ran into their room, and one of them gave an inexplicable long speech on his own, and then fell silent... It is natural for him to be at a loss. I sympathize with this shy boy, He probably couldn't remember to ask, who is this man? "These two are detectives. They're here to investigate President Suita. They want to see you, Akita-kun, but..." "No, no, it's okay." Mitarai suddenly turned around and said, "I already know the murderer and the ins and outs of the case, and this case is solved. Regardless of these, when is your birthday?" "January 8th..." Miyata Makoto replied in a low voice. "That's Capricorn. If it's January 8th, you really like music, right?" "I don't really like it." "Nothing, you just like it." Mitarai argued nonchalantly.Of course he knows his character best, so who wants him to talk too much? "The time of birth was around seven o'clock in the morning? Don't you know? What a pity." Then Mitarai didn't care whether he was welcome or not, just sat there for more than 30 minutes, and still couldn't see the appearance of the other three returning before getting up. "Miyata-kun said just now that he doesn't like music, but he actually seems to like it quite a bit. He bought Momoe Yamaguchi's tapes and greeted me to listen to them in the living room. But he soon got tired of listening to them, and the tapes are still in the There." Yasuko Suita said after reaching the corridor. "But his usual interest is making models?" "It seems so... But speaking of it, his greatest wish is to go to Ginza for dinner." "Go to Ginza for dinner?" "Yeah. He's saving money bit by bit now, hoping to eat at the best French restaurant in Ginza one day. That's his dream since he was a child. That kid, his hometown is in the country, and his family is not rich. It seems that someone Leave him in my mother's care." "Oh, I see." "I don't know why he has this interest. My mother told me before. The child is willing to discuss everything with my mother. After all, isn't he still at the age of acting like a baby with his mother? No wonder." "Where is your mother now?" "Go shopping." "What kind of family did he grow up in?" "He doesn't like to be asked about it. His background is very poor. But it seems that there is some complicated inside story. His mother is Tsugaru's escort girl. She eloped with the customers in the store and took Cheng Jun with her. That man He was not a good person, he was very cruel to Cheng-kun, and later that man had a child with his mother, and no one loved him anymore. He ran away from home on the day of the middle school graduation ceremony and came to Tokyo alone." "Oh, why did you come to Tokyo? Do you know anyone?" "Maybe not." "Then why did you come to Tokyo?" "Probably still looking forward to this place." "Can't you go to his biological father?" "Looks like his dad remarried, too." "Ah, so that's the case. After coming to Tokyo, you don't even have a place to live?" "It seems that he saw the job advertisement in the newspaper in Ueno, and immediately walked to Uncle's company on foot." "I see. Then he was taken in by Mr. Suita." "yes." "Then Mr. Suita owes him a favor? The president is equivalent to Miyata-kun's parents." "Yeah. But it seems Mr. Beichuan is the one who loves him the most." "That's right." "But he's very popular with women, and he's so cute. My mother loves him so much." "you too?" "I'm not interested in younger ones." Yasuko Suita seemed to like us quite a bit, she spoke casually and walked us to the door.In the end, she slowly put on her shoes and sent us out on the road as if regretting, and said: "You are welcome to come again if it is convenient. This is the first time I know Mr. Detective, and I hope to become friends with you." Mitarai was also flattered when the beauty said this: "It's really my honor. I will definitely come to visit again." He said—whether it was sincerity or entertainment, he never told me afterwards—watched her slowly walking back to the apartment , Mitarai seems to be quite interested in Yasuko Suita. "What a beauty." I said to Mitarai as I walked down the street to the station after the sun had completely set. "Yes." He admitted honestly. "Unfortunately, most of the staff didn't see it." "It's okay, it's a reason to go to the apartment again." "What the hell did you do in that apartment?" I couldn't help but ask.If you want to take this matter seriously, it is more important to go to Yotsuya or Nakano Sakagami to meet Baba and Ishihara than Ogiki's Suita apartment. However, Mitarai doesn't seem to be taking this matter seriously. "There is only one reason to go there." He happily took out the stack of business cards from his jacket, "I just want to use these business cards. Can I give you two or three?" "One card is enough." I took it and read the words on it by the street lamp, "But your business card is also strange enough—Private Detective Mitaraiji." Today should be December 17th. Thinking about it, it is also memorable—it is also the day when private detective Mitarai was born. "It can't be helped. The Japanese have this habit. They don't feel at ease if they don't read their business cards. It's just a psychological comfort, but if there is no such thing, everyone can talk freely when they meet." "We're almost at the station. There's a very old C restaurant across the street. We had dinner there. We'll be here tonight." Then we ate according to his proposal and parted ways in front of the station.I wondered if he would come to help me move things, but it was too late.
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