At the same time as the battle in the sea, the old house of Yukimizawa Asahina's family.

"Boom—!"

The thunder exploded, and the rolling thunder sound reached the ears of the two people in the house through the brick roof of this old Japanese-style house. The pouring rain swayed outside the eaves, and fell on the bluestone ground in the yard, splashing countless blooming water. As the wind blows, it also brings mist and humidity to the house.

"Crack——"

At this moment, the screen of the monitor placed on the table suddenly went black, and after a burst of flickering disorderly, only the circle representing [No Signal] was still slowly spinning in the center of the screen, indicating to the red-haired beauty in front of her that , not the monitor itself.

"..."

Seeing this, Asahina Hana paused slightly as she was wiping the dagger in her bosom. , After a moment of hesitation, he moved the cotton cloth and wiped it again. At the same time, he turned his head to look at his own consultant next to him, and asked softly with red lips.

"What do you think?"

The red-haired beauty's eyes were obviously still stuck in the scene just before the monitor screen disappeared, and she spoke at this moment, with a hint of heart palpitations.

"I didn't expect that there would be one of them." Tsubaki Yamauchi sat lazily beside him with his arms folded, he didn't even put on his clothes, but casually half-slouched, shrugging lazily at the girl in front of him. "Then there is no way. Such a fatal mistake will naturally lead to disastrous consequences."

"..."

Hana Asahina narrowed her eyes slightly, and turned her gaze to the screen in front of her again.

"This action is too hasty." Tsubaki Yamauchi then commented, pointing out the problem to the point. "They don't know anything about what's underwater, so they dive in a hurry. It's good luck that it doesn't go wrong. But it can't always be luck when things go wrong. Someone has to pay for the haste."

"Indeed." Hana Asahina sighed.

"Then...the operation failed like this?"

"Failure." Tsubaki Yamauchi nodded indifferently.

"He's gone?" Asahina Hana frowned.

"He's gone." Tsubaki Yamauchi continued to nod.

"What about the night raven?" Asahina Hana thought for a while, and then asked, "What about the lady from the monthly reading group?"

"It's gone too." Tsubaki Yamauchi spread his hands.

"The chief inspector is gone, who else can I count on to save her? The monthly reading group's own people? Or the detective agency where middle school students play house? Do you think they will be more professional than the chief of the search bureau?"

"Advisor Yamauchi..." Asahina Hana gave her an annoyed look. "I'm a middle school student too."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Tsubaki Yamauchi quickly apologized with a smile, but there was no sense of apology in his tone.

"Smooth, smooth."

"..."

So there was a few seconds of silence between the two, and neither of them spoke for a while. There was only the sound of rain splashing in the yard.

"well--"

It was not until a long time later that Asahina Hana sighed leisurely, breaking the silence.

"Miss, what are you doing sighing?" Tsubaki Yamauchi tilted his head. "These two are our opponents, right? At least not very harmonious. They are gone, isn't it a good thing for us?"

"It's just a little emotional."

The red-haired beauty lowered her eyebrows.

"The heir of an old family, a big man who has just climbed to the top and announced his existence to the whole Xue Jianze. I was still negotiating with them at the wine table a few days ago, and each of them was dressed in fancy clothes. Interests are intriguing and sword-fighting. As a result, they disappeared within a few days. It is a sense of sadness that the rabbit died."

"..."

Tsubaki Yamauchi was silent for a moment, knowing what she was feeling.

"The two of them are not ordinary big men. A few days ago, all parties jointly summoned dozens of desperadoes and even used heavy weapons but failed to kill the man. Now they are so light and gone. Weird power... really It's amazing." Asahina Hana shook her head slightly as she recalled the fight that night.

"They are the ones who disappeared today, when will it be our turn?"

"It's a troubled time, and Yukimi Sawamoto is like this now." Tsubaki Yamauchi moved from the side, hugged the girl's shoulder from behind, and gently comforted her.

Her disheveled clothes make this scene look a bit sweet, but the lights in the room are not turned on. In the dark background of continuous rain, the black and white suits and red kimonos of the two are so abrupt in this scene against the snow-white skin. There is a strange feeling that makes people feel chills down the spine. Under the faint light of the monitor, the slender figures of the two cast huge shadows on the wooden boards on the ground.

"Isn't it always been like this since Yong Ye? Who knows whose house those nightmares will find next?" Tsubaki Yamauchi whispered in the red-haired girl's ear.

"Flowers are easy to fade, people are easy to grow old, and the continuous bitter rain is thrown away by me."

She sang in a low voice, the song was long and lamented, and she sang a waka in the song of a hundred people. The content was originally lamenting that the beauty is easy to grow old, and the words and sentences of the life experience are drifting, and there is no sense of sadness when placed here.

"Huh huh—"

The wind and rain swayed fiercely outside, and the thunder rumbled, as if responding to the two people in the house.

"Miss."

After a while, Tsubaki Yamauchi slowly sat upright, and whispered to Asahina Hana.

"The failure of this operation has a lot to do with it. The disappearance of Jian Shenxiu and Yedu Yuya is a big change for Xue Jianze. It's time for us to act."

"..."

However, at this time, Asahina Hana, who had been feeling emotional all the time, suddenly had a hint of hesitation on her face.

"Wait a little longer."

She stared at the screen as if she had a premonition, her slender and beautiful brows were slightly frowned, and she just said that.

"Wait a little longer."

...

[Top floor of Venus Tower · NAVI Speaker's Office]

"Speaker, the Search Bureau's operation failed."

Looking at the blacked out screen in front of him, the young secretary bowed slightly beside him, and said respectfully to the person on the chair.

"Failed?"

The person on the chair was shrouded in shadow with his back facing him. Thunder was shining outside the window, and the light shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows into this dim office, illuminating many luxurious furnishings in the office, but because of the angle, the light finally only reached him. It stopped at the chest, and finally failed to illuminate the face of the man on the chair.

"Well, judging from the current situation, there is no hope of completing the task. Although the matter is not over yet, the result is already clear." The young secretary said calmly, without any tendency in his words, and naturally There will be no waves.

"The Chief Investigator, Jian Shenxiu, and the Investigator Markesias died in the operation, and Miss Yedu Yuya lost the possibility of rescue. This will have a major impact on Xue Jianze's situation. Please tell the Speaker about the next arrangements."

"... I heard that you don't have a good relationship with the chief investigator?"

However, the person on the chair didn't react when he heard his words. After pondering for a moment, he suddenly mentioned something completely unrelated to this matter.

"I heard people say that he seems to have reprimanded you in public? It makes you very embarrassed in front of others, doesn't it?"

"...It's not a bad relationship." When this matter was mentioned, the young secretary paused slightly, and then his attitude suddenly became more respectful, and the depth of his bow subconsciously increased a little.

"It's the right thing to see the chief of the gods to guide his subordinates in their work. The subordinates don't think there is anything that they can't come to power."

"I see that little guy Shenxiu has a stubborn temper, and sometimes he does things that don't care about human feelings." The man on the chair said with a smile. "You're also a young man, it's normal to be angry about such a shameful thing, but don't let this kind of personal matter affect your official judgment."

"You mean..." The young secretary was taken aback for a moment, then quickly raised his head and asked in surprise.

"Wait a little longer."

However, the man on the chair didn't answer, he just stretched out a hand from behind the chair and waved it casually.

"Be more patient and wait a little longer."

...

[Fanxing Pharmaceutical President Office]

"Do you want to stop moving?"

Someone stood at the desk and asked, but the silver-haired man behind the desk stared at the screen and only frowned seriously. After a while, he shook his head slightly.

...

Almost at the same time, similar scenes were also happening in a civilian building in the fringe area, an old building in the lower city, a hidden shrine in the high-tech zone, and other places.

In this dark and rainy day, countless pairs of eyes with different thoughts are paying attention to this matter in the entire Xue Jian Ze. These people have different identities and standpoints, but at this moment they are all staring at the screen in front of them. Looking forward to things turning around-or to confirm the death of the two.

So that no one noticed, when they were staring at the screen, there was a black-clothed thief humming, using a simple black card with a metal chip exposed——

Leisurely opened the [secret door] of the NAVI archives.

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