"The image of my mother in my memory is that of her smiling palely on the hospital bed."

Kirikiri stared at the wall, seeming to be recalling the past.

"As a result, I didn't get to see my mother for the last time. I happened to be abroad with my grandfather at that time, but my grandfather had to complete his detective work first, so he didn't return home. And I also... learned from him."

"...Have you learned from him?"

She nodded.

[Complete the detective work first, then send her family off for the final journey] - At the age of seven, she faced the Kirigiri family's dogma head-on.

"Of course that person denied what grandpa did, and then began to completely deny the Kirigiri family. Maybe what he really wanted to deny was the blood of the Kirigiri family in his body."

She said it in an emotionless tone as usual.

"Your father never did detective work at all?"

"It seems that he was led by his grandfather to participate in the work, but he never wanted to be a detective."

"Then he has not been registered in the detective library?"

"It's impossible to register. For him, the Detective Library is probably the most terrifying place in the world." Kirigiri said this, and then cast a probing look at Uzuki Yuyue.

"Although I think it's unlikely, do you think that the fourth level 30 detective whose record has been erased is him?"

"No...well, hey, I just suddenly had this idea when I was listening to you..."

"That's impossible." She replied without hesitation, "Even if that person becomes a detective, he can only be promoted to level '5' or '6' at most, and no higher."

It was said without any mercy.

"Since he has blood from the Kirigiri family, maybe he also has hidden talents."

"That person hated the detective so much that it was impossible for him to register it in the detective library. This premise is invalid."

It seems that although she has blood from the Kirigiri family, her father seems unlikely to be the level 30 detective whose record has been erased.

In that case, who is this former detective who disappeared?

"Speaking of which, have you ever asked your grandfather about the former detective?"

"——I asked."

"Where's the answer?"

"He didn't tell me and told me to check it out myself."

"——Is this also part of detective training?"

"Yeah. But he told me one thing - it was the former detective's nickname."

"nickname?"

"Well, what the former detective is best at is disguise. He is so elusive that no one has seen his true face. I heard that the detectives call this person whose true identity is unknown - the 'variationist'."

"Another very exaggerated name."

"It's the most troublesome situation when a detective's abilities are used to commit crimes. If the former detective really wants to play a game of 'catch' or 'hide-and-seek', then it's impossible for anyone to be

His opponent."

"But haven't we all learned so much information?" Although we mainly knew it through Kirigiri.

"As long as we work harder, we can succeed!"

"You are so optimistic, Sister Yu."

"Because I have no talent, at least I have to stay optimistic."

"...That's right." The girl named Kirigiri Kyoko suddenly looked a little lost in thought.
Chapter completed!