"Why do you ask that?"

Without keeping himself silent for too long, Kenji Hagiwara, who had changed into a new disguise, looked like a young man with orange hair. He leaned his arms on the edge of the table, his upper body slightly leaning forward.

The distance between the two of them was suddenly shortened a lot, to the point where their foreheads could touch if they just lowered their heads together.

At such a distance, his gaze could not be diverted. Facing the young man's magnificent face, Kenji Hagiwara unconsciously looked at the young man's face, which was not much bigger than his palm, and all the details of his facial features were forced to be firmly imprinted in his mind.

At this moment, those eyes reflected his disguised appearance like a mirror, as if they could see through everything, dyeing the soul hidden under the false disguise with a warm orange-gold color like flames.

Unfortunately, before I could capture it, the beautiful color only stayed within my reach for a moment.

Hasegawa Yu immediately sat up straight and returned to his original position with a polite attitude, maintaining a normal social distance between strangers.

Kenji Hagiwara quickly regained consciousness, his eyes flickering slightly. Maintaining his posture, he extended a finger to tap the cover of the book beside him, completing his previous unfinished words, "Most people wouldn't guess I'm a vocal music major when they see me holding a book on this subject, right?"

Upon hearing this, Hasegawa Yuu put on a serious face and said, "Because I hope you can be."

If you are an ordinary college student, it would be convenient to ask directly.

"?"

Hasegawa Yu coughed lightly and gave a more serious answer, "Because you have a nice voice."

Although I don’t know what his original voice sounds like, it’s always right to praise him.

The original voice of a human who can imitate voice must not be much different!

【He is Hagiwara Kenji. 】

Noticing that Hasegawa Yu's reaction was not right, Ararat hacked into the other person's mobile phone without hesitation to find clues. He wished he could immediately conjure up a body so that he could shake the young man's shoulders and wake the mermaid up.

【He came to you in disguise with bad intentions.】

Isn’t that better!

Hasegawa Yu, who couldn't resist a human who could fake his voice and change his appearance, became even more excited.

Both sides have their own goals, they can exchange them.

As long as you can teach him new skills, he will definitely tell you what he knows!

We all come from the same organization, so it won’t be a problem for us to continue working on our own after discussing technical issues.

Wouldn’t it be nice to improve each other?

"……Thank you for the compliment."

Kenji Hagiwara, who really couldn't figure out the young man's thoughts, paused for a moment, then slowly moved back to his original position under the other's increasingly eager gaze.

One of the main reasons why he came to look for someone was to find out how Hasegawa Yu recognized him.

The second is for news from Nagoya Port.

After returning from the dock a few days ago, Kenji Hagiwara went to check the post mentioned by the fisherman.

The post was published on a fishing technology exchange forum with a good daily activity. The poster was an old user who would occasionally recommend some remote fishing spots that have not yet been explored, and the one near Nagoya Port was one of them.

Fisherman A is a senior user of the forum. He often visits the forum to browse related posts. When a new location appears, he is always very active in exploring it and will call his friends to join him.

From this point of view, it seems more likely to be a coincidence.

After all, there are several remote spots recommended in the post, and Fisherman A chose them completely randomly, and there is no way to rule out the possibility that other people would go there during the process.

If it wasn't a coincidence, Kenji Hagiwara couldn't figure out what the purpose of leading the fishermen to the dock was to help him get to know them?

Or maybe... as long as someone goes, it doesn't matter who goes.

Assuming that Kenji Hagiwara was the only one at the dock that night, he probably would not have stayed there "blatantly" but would have found a more secluded place.

As for whether he would go directly to gather intelligence or observe secretly after discovering that Scotland was also in Nagoya Port, it depended on his mood at the time.

Scotland and Bourbon are almost fixed partners. The former, like him, has good popularity in the organization, and the latter is also in the intelligence team. Unless necessary, Kenji Hagiwara rarely has any intersection with them.

Not to mention that his partner really dislikes Bourbon.

Unlike Bourbon Scotland, Kenji Hagiwara was originally just an intelligence dealer wandering in the black zone. If Matsuda Jinpei hadn't suggested joining the organization for fun, he would not have been interested in the organization.

This remains unchanged today, seven years after joining the organization.

Based on this, Spese and Granwitt in the organization are more arbitrary when on missions than other code members, and often change the planned actions according to their mood.

At present, most of the goods left at the dock by the Di'ai Group were "bombed" by Scotland, and the drugs were also destroyed in the fire. The loss was heavy, and it is likely that there will be no more transactions with third-party organizations in the short term.

Kenji Hagiwara only cares about whether drugs will flow into the territory under his jurisdiction, and what is happening outside is not within his concern.

Now that Bourbon is taking the lead in confronting the Di Ai Group and the third-party organization from the United States, he doesn't mind staying behind and watching.

Compared to such trivial matters, Kenji Hagiwara is more interested in Hasegawa Yu.

He figured it out. The newcomer was just assigned to Bourbon by the boss, and he didn't get a code name, so it was uncertain what would happen next.

"My name is Jun Shibata, and I'm a senior at Beika University majoring in mechanical engineering."

Hagiwara Kenji suddenly changed his mind and decided to extend the use of this disguise. "What should I call you, classmate?"

Hasegawa Yu, who was becoming more respectful towards others, clarified the misunderstanding after saying his name, "I am not a college student."

This setting of having multiple identities is so cool!

Hasegawa Yu's eyes lit up, not caring at all about being told his pseudonym again. "Shibata-kun seems to be well-versed in other knowledge as well."

"Ah, that's a hobby." Hagiwara Kenji threw out the hobby he had just thought of without blinking, "I'm currently studying to become a detective."

"detective?"

Hasegawa Yu, who had only heard of this profession on TV, thought about it and gestured uncertainly, as if he were raising his hat. "Like Sherlock Holmes?"

"Well, I like Poirot better." Hagiwara Kenji blinked.

This disguised face was paired with a pair of black eyes, which shone slightly purple as they moved, then disappeared the next second as if by illusion. "Murder on the Orient Express is truly a classic."

The name of the case sounded vaguely familiar, but Hasegawa Yu was completely unsure of the details. He said frankly, "I haven't seen it. Could you tell me more about it, Shibata-kun?"

Hagiwara Kenji raised an eyebrow, looked at him intently, and said in a puzzled tone, "Eh, Xiaoyou, you haven't seen it? I thought that people who studied criminal investigation would be familiar with this kind of detective story."

If it's acting, it's even more real than what Vermouth did.

But Kenji Hagiwara always felt something was wrong.

Weird.

If this were a comic or anime, there might be a half-lit tungsten filament light bulb above the head of the young man in disguise.

However, the reality is that Kenji Hagiwara didn't even breathe, with an expression of encouragement, "The novels written by the queen of mystery Agatha are very famous, and are no worse than Conan Doyle's."

Hasegawa Yu, who had never paid attention to mystery novels in his original world, scratched his cheek with his fingers and said, "I'll go read it when I have time... I just started learning these things today."

Just as Hagiwara Kenji was about to continue the conversation, the sound of breaking glass interrupted him.

“Crash—”

The sudden harsh sound made Hasegawa Yu subconsciously raise his hands to cover the ears closest to the source of the sound, and his whole body trembled.

"It seems like something happened."

Seeing that the orange-haired young man looked frightened by the sound, Hagiwara Kenji's gaze gently swept over his ear half-hidden under his hair, then raised his eyes to look at the skylight with a big hole in it, but he sat there without moving.

The two were currently in the public reading area on the second floor of the library. Looking down through the nearby fence, they saw a twisted body lying facedown on the marble floor, a large pool of bright red blood oozing from beneath it.

The crowd on the first floor was agitated for a moment before gradually returning to calm. A few unlucky customers who were nearby walked around the corpse indifferently and sat in a corner where they would not be affected.

The librarian who heard the noise and rushed over took out his phone and complained to the police, "What bad luck! This happened when I was working."

No one came forward to check on the body that seemed to be bleeding out.

Hasegawa Yu hurried downstairs and touched a cold corpse.

Standing beside the corpse, he took everything in, pursed his lips and said nothing.

Although Hasegawa Yu has seen many similar scenes these days, he is still puzzled by such indifference.

Has it become commonplace and become everyday?

It's so common that it feels like dying is no different from drinking water.

In terms of emotional perception, the gray humans made Hasegawa Yu a little sad. In his world, humans were obviously colorful.

Hagiwara Kenji walked slowly to the first floor and stood beside the orange-haired young man, handing him a tissue. "Wipe your hands first."

"...Thank you." Hasegawa Yu slowly wiped the blood off his fingertips and quickly cheered up.

"Shibata-kun, let's solve the case together!"

"?" Hagiwara Kenji didn't want to bother with such boring things. "We ordinary people can just wait for the police to come."

Is it necessary to go to this extent? What path are the newcomers taking?

"Don't detectives always solve cases?"

Hasegawa Yu turned around, his figure reflected in his orange-gold eyes full of anticipation, "Detective Shibata, it's time for you to go out. I can be your assistant!"

“…”

Seeing that the person seemed hesitant, Hasegawa Yu did not force him. After thinking for a moment, he took out his mobile phone and said, "I wonder if you are free..."

This can also be considered as asking a question, but it has turned from theory into practice.

Even if the senior is not available, there is Ararat to help him.

Thinking of this, Hasegawa Yu's fingertips moved rapidly across the screen.

"Wait." Hagiwara Kenji held his hand.

Hasegawa Yu stopped typing, confused.

"There's no need to go far." Hagiwara Kenji signaled him to turn off his phone, "Let me give it a try."

Regardless of whether this person recognized him or not, why not ask Bourbon, who is only good at being sarcastic, for help instead?

Somehow he seems to be worse than Bourbon.

"Oh!" Hasegawa Yuichi deleted the words he had typed and put away his phone. "I'm ready, Detective Shibata!"

Hagiwara Kenji gave a forced smile, "...Just call me normal, thank you."

No matter what the newcomer did, he accepted it.