I'm in Mihua, and all the ladies like me.

Maybe it’s for those young couples who come to Tokyo and find that it’s over too soon after applauding for love. In order to avoid embarrassment, they both take out their laptops and have a love match on the hotel bed?

Forget it, it's hard to say.

Serabel lowered her head and tightened her arms slightly, putting her face next to the girl's jade-like earlobe. Her eyes fell on the laptop screen just over the fair and delicate shoulders, and the fragrance of the shower gel lingering on the tip of her nose was lingering. .

Akai Marie tolerated his little move and clicked on a document created today from the computer desktop.

"This is the poster I designed. You can take this to the copy shop to print it tomorrow."

"Well?"

Serabel took a cursory glance at the contents of the document and couldn't help but raise her voice slightly.

Akai Marie glanced back: "Is there any problem?"

"No, I'm just a little curious. Is this the latest way to promote yourself?"

Serabel pointed to the laptop screen.

He originally thought that the promotional poster that Akai Marie would create would be in a relatively simple style like "To repair water pipes and air conditioners, please contact Master

The painting style of the finished promotional poster can be said to be quite exaggerated, and the high emotional intelligence is called cool.

On the screen, he is holding a pipe and wearing a classic Sherlock Holmes suit. It feels like this is not a promotional poster for a detective, but more like the debut of an idol!

Moreover, Serabel has no impression that he took this photo. It was obvious that he had carefully cut out some of his previous photos and then combined them.

"It's nothing, it's just a means of publicity."

Akai Marie repeatedly looked at the finished poster on the screen, obviously very satisfied with her work.

“Although many people now despise people who use gimmicks to hype, in fact, in this era, if a person with no foundation or background wants to accumulate popularity as quickly as possible, using gimmicks to hype is indeed the only and reliable way. "

"The saying that the alley is not afraid of the aroma of wine is no longer applicable in this era."

"Of course, as I said before, gimmicks can only make you famous in the shortest time, but if you really want to operate for a long time, you still need to have enough hard power."

“It takes countless successes to build a golden brand, but it only takes one small failure to screw up.”

Akai Marie mentioned this sentence again.

Serabel rubbed her face: "What about Zhenzun? I thought Sister Mary that you would design one for Zhenzun as well."

"She has to go to class and doesn't have much time." The female investigator gave a very convincing reason.

Serabel thought so, and after a two-second pause, she brought up another topic.

"Speaking of which, Mazumi mentioned something about the second lady of the Suzuki Consortium during dinner before. Sister Mary, you don't seem to pay much attention?"

"It's not that I don't care much, but it doesn't make sense if I care."

Akai Marie said calmly.

"Then let me ask you now, Bell, do you think establishing contact with the second lady of the Suzuki Consortium will really help us track down that black organization?"

"really……"

Serabel thought for a moment.

This is actually a very simple truth. It is true that the eldest daughter of the Suzuki Consortium is currently engaged to the son of another consortium. The only person who may be able to take charge of the Suzuki Consortium in the future is the current eldest son Sonoko who is still in high school. But after all, she is still He is not in charge of the Suzuki Foundation.

What's more, in a consortium as big as Suzuki's, with all kinds of complicated interest disputes, how could it possibly use resources to investigate a mysterious organization that has never seen its beginning and end just because its eldest daughter has a good relationship with an outsider.

Just think about it on your knees.

"Understand?"

Observing the change in expression on the young man's face, Akai Marie said softly.

"Of course, I am not prepared to beat all possibilities to death with a stick. There may be a very small possibility. Miss Yuanzi is a sweet-tempered person who will go to all lengths for her friends, but this possibility is real. Too small is almost negligible, but you can try to make contact, but don’t expect too much from this line.”

"I understand." Serabel nodded.

"And if so, I have another piece of information about the Suzuki Consortium."

Akai Marie moved the mouse to close the mailbox webpage, and entered the name "Suzuki Jiroyoshi" in the search bar on the homepage.

This was obviously a very famous guy, and Serabel noticed that before the name was even entered, a whole column of search options popped up below.

The female investigator pressed Enter without squinting, and the page instantly jumped to the character encyclopedia.

"Jiroyoshi Suzuki, as a special advisor to the Suzuki Foundation, is the elder brother of Shiro Suzuki, the current chairman of the Suzuki Foundation. In fact, compared to his younger brother Shiro Suzuki, Jiroyoshi Suzuki is the one who truly built the Suzuki Foundation from scratch. , but he was not born with a strong desire for power. When he reached middle age and the Suzuki Consortium grew, he handed over all power to his younger brother with whom he had a good relationship. From then on, he began to wander around for the rest of his life, dabbling in various fields and winning awards. Countless, today I am 72 years old and unmarried, but I have only one regret."

"No children?" Serabel made a random guess.

"He hopes to catch Kaitou Kidd with his own hands in his lifetime but has failed so far." Akai Mari slowly confided.

Phantom Thief Kidd...

Serabel was not unfamiliar with this name. He had often heard it mentioned by other investigators when he was in MI6.

It is said that he is a mysterious thief who is active in various countries around the world and specializes in stealing all kinds of valuable treasures. His appearance, gender, age, and even his height and weight are unknown. His only distinguishing features are a white evening dress and an ability to A gliding cloak that transformed into a soaring white bird in the sky.

And this thief also has some quite weird quirks, that is, before every theft, he will always send a warning letter like the Riddler in advance. The more tightly guarded the treasure is, the more he will arouse his desire to challenge, and in The treasure will be returned every time after success.

Highlight a taunt.

So every time when the Phantom Thief makes headlines, the news will become the talk of MI6 investigators for at least two or three days.

It's not that they care much about the Kaitou Kidd, it's mainly that they can use it to mock the security of other countries. Only this is the real purpose.

The question is, Kaitou Kidd has never broken through Oiying's security. Can other countries do it?

But it would be rude to ask again, because Kaito Kidd has never been to England...

Akai Marie took a deep breath: "If everything goes well, you may be able to establish a relationship with the real core of the Suzuki Consortium through this matter, and then you may be able to actually get help from the Suzuki family. Of course, the same principle applies. This line is at best only It can be a small-probability surprise, so don’t expect too much.”

"understood."

Serabel nodded without asking why.

Feeling that she had almost finished speaking, Akai Marie gently closed the laptop screen, then curled up her legs, turned around, jumped out of bed, and began to pack the computer and power supplies into her bag one by one.

"Anyway, this is the current plan. I'm going to go back to bed first, and you should go to bed early."

"what……"

Serabel's eyes fell on the bedside table beside her, and she raised her hand to pick up a box of ultra-thin umbrellas that had been less than half consumed.

"Aren't you going to take this Sister Mary back?"

"It's okay, just leave it with you."

The light-blond girl glanced up and said, and then her tone became a little annoyed.

"I brought this box with me when I set off from the UK. I originally wanted to bring two more boxes, but at that time my family hadn't bought any new ones for a while, and this was the last box left."

"Well, anyway, they can be sold in any 24-hour self-service convenience store here in Japan." Serabel didn't care.

"Remember to buy it while Zhenzhun is in school."

The female investigator did not forget her instructions. ?

Chapter 17 Walking Armor

The first day after arriving in Tokyo passed like this, and time came to the next day in a blink of an eye.

It is a desperate Black Monday for the vast majority of workers who have already entered society and entered the workforce.

After all, we have just experienced a beautiful and short weekend. The thought of five consecutive days of high-intensity work and comparing it with the beauty of yesterday is enough to make people feel suffocated.

Of course, the same is true for students.

In the classroom of Class B of the second year of Didan High School, the clouds caused by the continuous yawning shrouded the class. Most students had thick dark circles on their faces, which were all accumulated fatigue after the weekend party.

Except for one person.

That is Sonoko Suzuki.

She actually had some dark circles under her eyes. The reason was that she was binge-watching TV dramas last night until around midnight. When she came back to her senses and noticed the time in the upper left corner of her tablet, she quickly turned off the video and went to sleep. She lay in bed for a long time. Six hours later, the alarm clock started ringing again. Logically speaking, I should be feeling depressed.

However, at this moment, Miss Yuanzi not only showed no signs of distress, but was extremely radiant, as if she was wearing three body beads.

[Energetic] has been activated.

Tee, Tee, Tee...

The time on the clock hanging directly above the blackboard in front of the classroom passed by minute by minute, and the sound of high-heeled shoes stepping on the floor rhythmically sounded from the corridor outside the classroom from far to near.

The classroom door opened, and a beautiful figure wearing an office lady's skirt walked in from the door, followed by the female teacher's friendly voice as always.

"Good morning, classmates, how was your weekend?"

In fact, there is no need to say more. The pairs of panda eyes below have answered everything well.

Then the female teacher, the head teacher, said something that Miss Sonoko had been looking forward to since she got up this morning.

"Okay, before the morning class starts today, please welcome the new students who are about to join our class with a round of applause!"

There are actually new classmates?

Except for Suzuki Sonoko, everyone in the classroom was slightly stunned, including a certain unicorn JK.

But Xiaolan reacted quickly.

Could this new classmate be...

Whoa!

Warm applause instantly resounded throughout the classroom. The Huya girl, who had met at the door of the Rice Flower Cafe yesterday weekend, strode in from the door, came to the podium and showed a sunny smile below.

"My name is Sera Masumi. I am good at Jeet Kune Do. Please give me some advice~"

Then she turned towards Xiaolan and Yuanzi and waved widely.

"Hey, we meet again, Ran-san, Sonoko-san."

Xiaolan was still a little reserved, but Yuanzi simply smiled and waved in response.

"Hello hello~"

"It turns out you know each other, so that will be much easier."

Seeing this, the female teacher couldn't figure out what to do, so she pointed at one of the empty seats near the garden and Xiaolan.

"Then Sera-kun, just sit there."

"Ha~yi."

The morning class, which was filled with small episodes, passed quickly. The bell rang, and the female teacher on the podium just walked out of the classroom. Miss Sonoko got off her seat, and quickly came to Sera Masumi's side and took a picture boldly. A tap on the shoulder.

"Well, I knew that Sera-san would definitely be assigned to our class."

"Eh? Why?"

Xiaolan, who arrived a little slower than Yuanzi, couldn't help but be curious when she heard this.

To be fair, although many schools in Japan, including kindergartens, elementary schools, junior high schools, etc., have begun to reduce the number of classes due to the declining birthrate, high schools will not be affected so quickly because they are far away. Normally, one grade can still be divided into ABC and D. Less classes.

To be so sure that you will be assigned to your own class among so many classes, is this the legendary ability to make money?

"Of course it's because..."

"Because the number of people in this class is one less than other classes, right?"

As soon as Sonoko's words came out of her mouth, Sera Masumi finished it for her.

The answer was indeed a fact and it was so sure that Miss Yuanzi was stunned.

"Eh? Why would Sera-san know?"

"It's nothing. You can tell by looking at the desk."

Sera Masumi raised her chin slightly and gestured to another empty desk not far away from Xiaolan's seat.

"It's that empty seat. Although at first glance it seems that someone just happened to take leave today and didn't come, but if you look closely you will find that the desk has been wiped very clean. Someone must be cleaning it regularly to keep it so clean. .”

"Because it's very clean, someone must be cleaning it frequently. If that's the case, shouldn't there be a lot of people there, right?" Yuanzi didn't understand.

"But it's too clean." Sera Masumi put it bluntly.

"If it is a desk that is normally used, no matter how clean it is, there will always be some traces left, such as eraser scraps, scratch paper, etc., but there are no such signs at all on that desk."