The police quickly left, and Hirota Kenzo's body was taken away. Even so, after all, a murder had happened in this apartment. The residents still felt uncomfortable and asked the landlord to check out.
The landlord was considerate and did not beat around the bush. He quickly returned the rent to the tenant according to the number of days left. Mochizuki thought about it again and again and also chose to check out. No one liked to live next door to the crime scene.
As for whether the landlord would cover up the news and rent the apartment to someone else in the future, that wasn't something that Mochizuki could consider.
With the returned rent, Mochizuki found a new apartment in Asuka. Just like the previous apartment, it was the kind with the stairs outside. There were three floors in total, and each floor had three rooms. He stayed in Room 202 on the second floor.
"This is the key. Take it well and don't lose it. Otherwise, you'll pay for the lock.”The landlord was still an old woman with a permed head and rings on her hands. She handed the key to Mochizuki and said,""After all, no one would feel at ease living in a room that had lost its key before.”
"Yes, I will be careful." Mochizuki took the key.
At this moment, a woman walked up from downstairs. She wore large black-rimmed glasses and had neat bangs. She was about 30 years old. She was carrying a lot of things in her hands, as if she had just returned from shopping.
When the landlady saw the woman, she smiled and greeted her." Haihara-san, you're back!”
"Yes." The woman nodded slightly and did not say anything.
Miss Hui Yuan? Hearing this surname, Mochizuki carefully looked at the woman. Who knew that Mochizuki would be stunned after seeing the woman's face? Wasn't this woman…Miyano Akimi?
Did she change her name again? But…the surname Hui Yuan…wasn't it too much of a coincidence?
The woman also looked at the Moongazer Serpent and was stunned.
Mochizuki wasn't mistaken. This woman was Miyano Akimi, who had fled with her sister. She naturally couldn't guess that Mochizuki was the Grim Reaper who had helped the two sisters. Her only impression of Mochizuki was that when Maori Kogoro brought her to find her relatives yesterday, she met him once in the apartment building where Hirota Kenzo lived.
"What?" the landlord asked, puzzled. Do you know each other?"
"No, I got the wrong person." Moongazer Serpent smiled.
Ming Mei opened the door and entered the house. The landlord said to Mochizuki,""She just moved in this morning with a little girl with brown hair. I heard that she's her sister. They just came back from abroad and don't have a place to stay…"
The positioning mark on Akami's body had not lost its effect yet. Mochizuki checked and found that the person was indeed Miyano Akami.
Wasn't this too much of a coincidence? I just moved and happened to live next door to the Miyano sisters?
However, this isn't a bad thing. It's convenient for me to attack Miyano Shiho. Oh right, what was her name now? Was it called Haihara Ai like in the original novel?
……
In room 201, a little girl with brown hair was standing facing the door, as if waiting for her family to return.
The little girl was Miyano Shiho, who had shrunk in size. After Akira entered the room and closed the door, she asked unhurriedly,""Who was that person just now? Sister, do you know him?"
Ming Mei looked out the window and immediately understood. The windows here faced the corridor like the door. Zhibao must have been hiding behind the curtains and observing the situation outside.
"I don't know her, but I've seen her before.”" I asked Detective Mao Li to look for my missing partner," Ming Mei explained." That young man happened to live in the same apartment building as my partner. His name was Mochizuki, and he seemed to be Detective Maori's daughter's classmate.”
"Did he recognize you just now?" asked Xiao Zhibao.”
She and her sister were being investigated by the organization, so she could not be recognized. Even if Mochizuki didn't know her sister's true identity, if he recognized her as Masami Hirota, the consequences would be severe.
"Don't worry, it's fine." Ming Mei smiled and advised Zhibao not to worry, but she was careful because Mochizuki's eyes seemed to have discovered something. "What we really need to worry about now is the money. In order not to be found out, I definitely can't use the money in the card. And the cash I brought out was almost used up.”
"Sister, do you mean you want to find a job?" Zhibao asked.”
" It's not necessarily to find a job, but I have to find a way to earn money…"
……
It was already late. Mochizuki went out for dinner. On the way back, he was still thinking about Mingmei and Zhibao living next door. How should he get in touch with them?
As a master of gaming, Mochizuki was very good at this kind of thing.
"By the way, the Japanese seem to have the habit of bringing gifts to visit after moving. Should I do as the locals do?”Thinking of this, Mochizuki went to the dessert shop by the roadside to buy some pastries. He didn't expect to buy Chinese desserts here.
By the time he returned to the apartment building, it was already completely dark. He first went to the neighbors on the first and third floors to give gifts, and they all accepted the gifts politely. Then he went to Room 203 on the second floor.
201 was Ming Mei's residence, 202 was his own residence, and Mochizuki had yet to meet the resident of 203.
She knocked on the door and heard a man speaking in Japanese that was not quite standard." Who is it?”
Mochizuki's expression changed. Foreigner?
The door to Room 203 opened, but it was not completely open. It was only about ten centimeters wide. The residents inside revealed half of their faces and vigilantly observed the situation outside the door.
Mochizuki was sure that the resident of Room 203 was really a foreigner. This person had a fierce face and was half a head taller than the Moongazer Serpent. He looked full of hostility.
"Hello, I just moved here. My name is Mochizuki and I live in Room 202 next to yours.”Mochizuki handed over the gift in his hand." This is a small gift.”
"Hmph, no need to teach me." The man didn't accept the gift. After saying this, he closed the door with a bang, leaving Mochizuki standing outside the door holding the gift box in a daze.
What the hell? I gave you a gift and you actually dare to reject it? He didn't even accept free things?
Mochizuki was a little angry. If he didn't want it, then he didn't want it. Wasn't it good to keep it for himself?
But then again, this foreigner's behavior was a little strange. Why was he so vigilant? He only opened the door a crack and didn't like to interact with outsiders. Could it be a fugitive?
Mochizuki couldn't help but think of the one billion yuan robber's neighbor...
"Hehe, it shouldn't be, right? It was probably just a foreigner with a strange temper.”Mochizuki left Room 203 and came to Room 201, which was where Miyano Akumi and Miyano Shiho lived.
Knock knock. Miyano Akimi's voice came from inside." Who is it?”
"Hello, I'm the resident of Room 202.”
The door opened. Miyano Akimi was still wearing her big black-rimmed glasses as usual." It's you. What's the matter?”
Mochizuki deliberately acted like he didn't know anything and smiled embarrassedly." My name is Mochizuki. I just moved here. I heard that people in Japan have the habit of bringing gifts after moving, so I bought some gifts. Please accept them…"
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