"That must have happened half a year ago. I remember it was a Saturday night. You went to the Adachi District Police Station to report that a vicious murder had occurred in a convenience store. The murderer killed ten people in the convenience store. The store was full of people.

Flesh and limbs."

"You saw the murderer and almost caught up with him. All members of the Adachi District Police Station were dispatched, and reporters happened to be in the police station at the time. The horrifying news of the vicious murder spread in Tokyo immediately, and even the Metropolitan Police Department

Everyone was alerted, and the criminal police team from the search department was sent over."

"However, when the police officers arrived at the convenience store, the convenience store was in good condition. There was no trace of any crime, and no one was killed. The Adachi District Police Station and even the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department were in disarray because of this.

Face, you naturally ended up with a false police report. It is said that some criminal police officers were very angry at the time and wanted to arrest you and put you in a cell for a few days to teach you a lesson. But later, he probably had some scruples and just gave you a verbal

warn."

Akai Jiro recalled.

As a member of the police system, he knew this matter in detail.

Several reporters were fully involved in covering the police action that night, which caused riots in Tokyo. The Metropolitan Police Department had to send a person in charge to bow to the people and apologize to the people afterwards. It was a loss of face. Those police officers may have wanted to kill Higashino Hirosawa.

.

"Is that so? Did you find out why I reported a false police report?"

Higashino Hirosawa is a bit strange.

If his personal safety was threatened and he had to go to the police station to report a false alarm to protect himself, he would understand.

But judging from the incident described by Akai Jiro, there is absolutely no reason for Higashino Hirosawa to do this.

"The external explanation at the time was that you were under too much pressure, which led to confusion between reality and movies, and hallucinations. During that period, you were under the greatest pressure from external public opinion."

Akai Erlang thought for a while and explained.

Six months ago, Higashino Hirosawa was under 18 years old, and he also had to raise a child under one year old. If Higashino Hirosawa was arrested for this, during this period, if something happened to Higashino Hirosawa or his daughter, the police would

The TV station will be under great pressure from public opinion.

So even though they hated Higashino Hirosawa with all their teeth, the detectives at the Metropolitan Police Department could only hold their noses and admit it, bow and apologize.

Hallucination?

This seems to be the only explanation,

…

Half an hour passed quickly.

In the drizzle, a somewhat feminine white car stopped outside the police box.

Hearing the sound of the engine, Higashino Hirosawa and Akai Jiro looked out the window.

The car door opened, and a tall woman wearing black trousers and a suit walked over from the driver's seat and opened the umbrella.

"Excuse me, are you...?"

Akai Erlang stood up and went over to greet him, and asked doubtfully.

"I'm here to pick him up."

The woman has short black hair that reaches her neck, and when paired with a black suit, she looks very clean and neat.

She is nearly 1.7 meters tall. In Japan, women of this height are quite tall.

She took out the police manual from her suit pocket and handed it to Akai Jiro, looking at Higashino Hirosawa in the police box.

"Search Section 1, Nishio Mahiru Police Department?"

When Akai Jiro saw Nishio Mahiru, he felt something familiar. He took the police manual and looked at it. He was shocked and saluted quickly.

Two or three months ago, he saw Nishio Masuru on the news of the Metropolitan Police Department Commendation Ceremony on TV.

The only woman among a group of male police officers, she was still so young and beautiful that it was hard for Akai Jiro not to notice her.

At that time, Hanagata-senpai on the side told him that in two years, when Nishio Shinryu turns 26, he will be promoted to police officer.

In the Japanese police hierarchy, Jiro Akai is still the lowest-level patrol officer. He will serve for three years soon. After passing the police promotion exam, he will be promoted to the patrol director. After the patrol director, he will be supplemented by the police department, and then promoted.

Only by reaching level one can you become a police officer like Nishio Masashi.

Above the police department is police surveillance, and police surveillance is almost the pinnacle of what a small patrol like Akai Jiro can achieve.

Considering the police rank at this level, even if Jiro Akai stays in the police system for a lifetime, if he is lucky enough to make a contribution, he may be able to touch it.

In other words, Nishio Shinryu only needs two more years to complete a journey that he may not be able to complete in his lifetime.

The two are of the same age, but the huge gap is just because they have different starting points, or different backgrounds.

Akai Jiro is an ordinary policeman who passed the local civil service examination, while Nishio Mahyu is a super elite who passed the national Class I civil service examination. The National Police Agency only recruits 20 people every year, and it is called a professional group within the police.

After members of the professional group enter the police system, they are promoted to the police department. After one year of internship and practice in the police station, they will be automatically promoted to the police department.

However, even in the professional group, it is difficult to continue to be promoted quickly after joining the police force.

Those who can be promoted to the police at the age of 26 have always been able to do so only those male elites in the professional group, or the elite among the elites.

It is quite remarkable that Nishio Shinryu can be among them.

A police officer from the Metropolitan Police Investigation Division came to take him home?

Higashino Hirosawa felt strange.

He has watched a lot of animations and comics, and also learned about the levels of the Japanese police system from some popular science videos.

The position of Nishio Masashi Police Department is equivalent to the director of a district-level public security bureau in China.

This is very abnormal.

But when he looked at Nishio Masuru's eyes, he suddenly felt enlightened.

Nishio Mahyu and Higashino Hirosawa of this world know each other!

"Come out and get in the car!"

Nishio Masuru said to Higashino Hirosawa in a not very friendly tone.

It seems that the people in the Metropolitan Police really don't like Higashino-kun very much.

Akai Jiro on the side murmured in his heart.

Even Akai Jiro could hear it, so of course Higashino Hirosawa would not be unaware of it.

He was even more worried that Nishio Mahyu didn't just know Higashino Hirosawa because of official business.

If two people know each other personally, some things cannot be completely covered up by amnesia.

So he didn't talk nonsense and walked out silently.

"Hey, Higashikata-kun, take this dry towel."

Akai glanced at Nishio Masashi's beautiful car, fearing that Higashino Hirosawa's wet clothes would stain the car seats, he quickly and carefully took another dry towel and handed it to Higashino Hirosawa.

"Thanks."

Higashino Hirosawa took the towel.

Nishio Mahiru obviously didn't want to sit with Higashino Hirosawa, so he just opened the back door of the car and let him sit in.

After Higashino Hirosawa was seated, Nishio Masuru started the engine and drove towards Adachi City without saying anything.

The atmosphere in the car was a bit depressing. Nishio Maru had a cold face and looked like he didn't want to talk to Higashino Hirosawa at all.

Although Higashino Hirosawa has something he wants to ask, he doesn't know what his relationship is with Nishio Shinryu.

Worried about exposing a flaw that could not be covered up by the excuse of losing his memory, he simply remained silent and just sat quietly.

Adachi City is very far from Minato City, almost crossing half of Tokyo.

There were not many people on the road in Ye Yu, only vehicles whizzing by in a hurry.

The car almost stopped all the way, but even so, it took nearly an hour for Nishio Mahyu to stop in front of a two-story apartment.

The apartment was very similar to the low-cost apartments that Higashino Hirosawa had seen in anime before, with a light steel structure and two separate grid rooms on the upper and lower floors. The second floor could be walked up from the steel stairs on the side of the apartment.

There were not many lights around, only some lights from the apartment room were transmitted through. Before Hiroshi Higashino got closer, he could vaguely see that the apartment had been around for some years, and the sides of the steel stairs outside had been exposed to the sun and rain.

Full of rust.

"Let's go and open the door."

Nishio Mahyu opened his umbrella and said to Higashino Hirosawa expressionlessly, his voice becoming colder and colder.

The apartment is divided into two floors, with 5 rooms on each floor.

Except for the room at the end of the second floor, all the other rooms have a little light leaking from the cracks in the door.

So even though he didn't know which room was right, Higashino Hirosawa walked towards the dark room on the second floor.

The two of them went up to the second floor one after another, and Higashino Hirosawa took out the key he took from the corpse.

There are only two keys, one big and one small. The bigger one fits the keyhole of the door.

Insert the big key and the door opens.

The light switch was on the left side of the door. Higashino glanced at it and pressed the switch with a snap.
To be continued...