After leaving the police station and taking some time to find the way, Hasegawa Yu finally returned to the safe house.

"Mr. Yijie, I'm back~"

The puppy doll silently held the almost full candy jar and did not reply.

Hasegawa Yu squatted down in front of the bedside table, holding his chin with both hands and trying to observe, "Hmm..."

"I think he's fine." Ararat saw what the young man was thinking. "I guess he's going back first."

"Mr. Yijie won't abandon me."

Although he clearly had no memory of their time together, Hasegawa Yu's tone was firm, "He might have been delayed by something. He'll be able to 'wake up' in a few days."

Ararat didn't comment on this and went straight to another topic, "The police in this world are different from the police in your world."

He knew that the young man had such a strong impression of this profession because he had received a lot of help from the police in his original world.

[Profession is profession, and individual is individual.]

"I understand. There are bad cops among the police."

Hasegawa Yu stood up and said, "In that case, according to the principle of relativity, there will be good and bad people among the bad guys!"

【……】

Hasegawa Yu patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Ararat. It's different from when I first came to the human world. I'm now very socialized and I basically understand everything."

Ararat replied immediately, "I'm not worried about you."

What do you know? Theory of relativity?

The following words sound like a wild animal volunteering for adoption.

After a pause, Arara said no more, "Just protect your mermaid identity."

After all, in many legends, mermaids are always associated with eternal youth and immortality.

If the young man were to reveal his true identity, no one in this world would believe that he actually grew and aged like humans.

Especially...organization.

"Yeah." Hasegawa Yu expressed his gratitude with bright eyes, "Thank you Ararat for reminding me~"

There was no response. The orange-haired young man, who had long been accustomed to the other party's occasional silence, hummed a song and ran to wash up.

"Hey." After washing up, he got into bed and called softly, "Ararat."

【What's up?】

I'm a little curious about why Mr. Furuya's status changed from public security officer to councilor.

"Good night~" Hasegawa Yu closed his eyes. Never mind, Ararat had also lost this part of his memory. "And good night to Mr. Ichisuke too."

Within three seconds, the young man fell asleep.

【……】

Ararat, who doesn't need sleep, returns to the cyber world and hacks into the target's phone to look for clues.

It turned out that the driver was from Diaiji.

After getting the information he wanted, Ararat logged out of the phone without being noticed by anyone.

Over the next few days, there was no further contact. Suspected of being left alone by someone, Hasegawa Yu barely finished exploring the map near the safe house while lost, and decided to go to the police station to inquire about the driver's situation.

"Him? He's been taken to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The rest is not my responsibility." The patrolman waved his hand. "If you're lucky, you can see him in the detention center."

If you're unlucky, someone might have secretly paid money to bail you out.

Being a police officer in the Metropolitan Police Department really makes money.

After sighing, the patrol officer turned his attention to the orange-haired young man and said, "If you're alright, leave now."

"Then which police officer took him away?" Hasegawa Yu asked quickly.

"Yes..." The patrolman opened his mouth and hesitated.

Thinking his superior hadn't asked him to keep it a secret, he continued, "It was Section Chief Date of the First Investigation Division."

"Thank you, Officer."

Hasegawa Yu put the extra breakfast he had bought on the way here on the table in front of the patrolman. He had seen the leftover packaging bags from this restaurant in the police station the night he brought the driver here.

"I accidentally bought too much breakfast and it would be a waste if I threw it away. I'll leave it here with Officer and share it with those in need."

The patrolman who was on night shift was so hungry that he felt dizzy, his lips turned pale and he was stunned for a moment as he waited a long time for the person to take over the shift.

"Wait!" He subconsciously called out to the orange-haired young man who was walking to the door.

Seeing the man stop and give him a questioning look, the patrolman gritted his teeth and said quickly in a low voice, "If you can't get anything out of Section Chief Ida, forget it. First, think carefully about whether you have offended any important people."

Hasegawa Yu blinked and said, "Okay, I'll remember that."

An hour later, Hasegawa Yu met the head of the Investigation Section 1 very smoothly.

Not only that, he also learned the driver's identity from the other party.

[Ida Ko, current collapse value 100%]

"Teiai Group?" Hasegawa Yu, who had skillfully skipped the prompt tone, was confused.

Date Kororo, who had pulled the person into an unused conference room, laughed. "Haha, you've heard of Hasegawa-kun, haven't you? This group is very famous in Japan."

"Please wait a moment." Hasegawa Yu took out his phone on the spot, "Let me Google it."

“…”

Date Ko looked at him calmly, without trying to stop him. He changed the subject and said, "By the way, how did Hasegawa-kun know that the driver wanted to kill you?"

Why did Bourbon ask him this question?

Any member of the organization can sense that something is wrong.

The things about Ararat must not be told.

"this……"

Caught off guard, Hasegawa Yu began to stammer, his fingers busy swiping up and down the phone screen, "How did I find out..."

His brain is working so fast!

Seeing this, a dark light flashed in Date's eyes, and he lowered his voice, "Hasegawa-kun, concealing the truth will be detrimental to our police in solving the case."

“It’s a gut feeling.”

In a hurry, Hasegawa Yu answered in a low voice, secretly glancing at the serious-looking police officer in front of him while speaking, and then quickly looked away, "He's like a stinking stone!"

"?"

"For example, Officer Ida feels like a gem to me." Although she is gray.

Hasegawa Yuu gritted his teeth but spoke more and more smoothly, "Generally speaking, stones are bad guys."

In the original world, the Stokas who kidnapped and followed him were stones.

However, all the people in this world gave him a gray sense. After arriving here, Hasegawa Yu could not distinguish the difference between stones and ordinary pebbles.

Some people may be in a bad mood or have low spirits because something happened to them, and it may not be directed at them.

Of course, if humans can control their emotions very well, they won't be able to perceive much.

To some extent, this can indeed be classified as a kind of intuition, Hasegawa Yu made excuses for himself in his heart.

The orange-haired young man straightened his back and nodded firmly, "That's it."

Having concluded that the other party was not lying, Date Ko, who had never expected to receive such an answer, fell into confusion.

Does stone refer to something like murderous intent or malice?

After a while, he raised his eyebrows imperceptibly, "Thank you for the compliment?"

Okay, I think you believe it?

Hasegawa Yuu breathed a sigh of relief. "Did Officer Ida find out why the driver wanted to kill me?"

"No." Ida Hang, who had never been asked, didn't even blink.

A hired third-party killer often doesn't have much intelligence and is not worth the trouble of interrogating.

Besides, the truth had already been discovered by Bourbon.

"Do you need my cooperation?" Hasegawa Yu took the initiative to ask: "Where is he now?"

"Of course he's where he should be." Date Ko's attitude was a little nonchalant, yet there seemed to be some hidden meaning in his words. "Right, Hasegawa-kun?"

"It's in the detention center!"

Having come up with the answer in a second, Hasegawa Yu shook Date Ko's hand and said, "I understand. Thank you, Officer Date."

It is not convenient for the police to disclose the details of the case when handling the case, but he knows the whole process.

“???” Do you really understand?

Ida Hang couldn't help but look at him again. His acting skills were comparable to those of Vermouth.

But what’s the point?

Until the man said goodbye, he was unable to find out the orange-haired young man's intentions.

After briefly reporting the situation in the conference room to Bourbon, Idahang asked about the newcomer, only to receive an even more confusing reply.

The newcomer is a 'fool'. —Bourbon

The Fool, the first card of the Major Arcana in the Tarot, usually represents a naive person.*

Yi Dahang wondered, did that mean his previous guess was wrong?

The Fool himself has no number, but is also called number 0 or number 22. He is the beginning and end of all Tarot cards, representing infinite possibilities.

Fool No. 0 is sometimes considered a "wise but foolish" character.

Ida Ko, who was wavering in his speculation, turned off his phone screen. He was really fed up with these mystical intelligence personnel.

Is there some strange rule that says "you can't speak human language"?