Early that morning, Elizabeth learned the latest news at the headquarters of the Red Rain Investigation Team.
Last night, the Metropolitan Police Department carried out anti-criminal cleaning in many areas, especially in Kabukicho, targeting street children.
I promised to give wild dogs and street rats a more relaxed environment and more opportunities to obtain legal status, but that was just talk.
She called the Metropolitan Police and found out that those children were sent to a welfare home in Kabukicho. But she no longer had a good impression of the so-called welfare institution. It said that children were allowed to study and become self-reliant, but their living conditions had always been worrying.
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She also asked about the situation of Sophia's disappearance. There was no new progress, so just listen to the master.
Elizabeth wanted to visit the orphanage for investigation, but the management department of Santo Company refused.
When she was confused and angry, she decided to go to the field to understand the situation last night and the attitude on the street.
She, Ayako, Master Wu Zhen and others took a business car from Etani District to Kabukicho.
Kabukicho is very large and is one of the oldest districts in Ryukou City. It has many well-known neighborhoods.
Each Yakuza hall is in charge of a well-known neighborhood, and each neighborhood has many well-known places and people.
"Miss Elizabeth, where are we going?" the driver of the security team asked.
"Shouhui Street." Elizabeth thought for a moment and chose this neighborhood.
Last night's crime prevention and cleaning operation was the most intense in the area of Caoyuan Street and Shouhui Street. This was probably because an audition venue for "Streaming City Talent Show" was located between these two streets. Santo and the Metropolitan Police wanted to
Improve security around the venue.
She chose Shouhui Street, maybe because the name sounds nice.
When the commercial vehicle drove through the San Manga District and entered Kabukicho, the street scene outside the vehicle was just as she remembered.
This is not the first time Elizabeth has set foot in Kabukicho. High-rise buildings and wooden buildings coexist here. It always rains on the streets at night, with neon signs flashing, lanterns and flags swaying, and crowds of passers-by walking by in the rain or holding umbrellas.
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But as long as you stay for a while and see more, you will find the differences in each neighborhood.
Sodan Street has more classical buildings and traditional industries, Jimbo Street has many bookstores, and Akiha Street is a base for otakus.
As for Shouhui Street, there are more custom shops, theaters and other entertainment venues. It seems to be more noisy than anywhere else, with people coming and going.
The commercial vehicle stopped at a section of Shouhui Street. Elizabeth got out of the car and stood on the busy street.
While she was looking around, many passers-by also glanced at the red business car and this group of people. This was not a familiar face on the street, but the red-haired girl was immediately recognized by some passers-by.
If you see such a beautiful person once, you will be deeply impressed, and this person has been in the limelight recently.
"Elizabeth Sterling!"
"It's her, that's right."
The young girl in her early twenties had short to medium red hair, a slender figure, and was wearing a brown coat, a colorful printed shawl and flared jeans. She had a small satchel hanging on her shoulder and was holding a sheathed electronic long sword.
This young lady has no makeovers, tattoos, random decorations, and no luxurious jewelry.
Simple, yet still elegant.
"She's coming, she's coming! Be careful, be careful of this guy, the daughter of Seth Group!"
At this time, the low-income girl in shabby clothes who was active in this area walked up quickly and was separated by Seth's security personnel. The girl pointed at Elizabeth Sterling and shouted to passers-by:
“It’s them who are producing a lot of electronic waste that we don’t need and turning us into fools!
"Our humanity is constantly being erased by electronics. People no longer talk face to face, but across wires and screens. One day, people will no longer speak. Even if they sit face to face, they will remain silent, holding hands.
E-waste is talking through the screen, and parents and children, relatives and friends are all silent.
"Crazy, this city is making everyone mentally ill! Save the children, save us!"
As the girl from the low-level family shouted, more passers-by looked at her, and more people stopped.
Elizabeth was still slightly startled when suddenly there was the roar of a motorcycle engine, and a group of bosozoku men passed quickly on the road, almost hitting the cars and people of the Red Rain Investigation Team.
She looked around and saw fluttering flags on those black motorcycles, with "Hirata Group" printed on them.
There are more and more unfriendly looks around me.
Every time Elizabeth went to a district, she would find that she was an outsider, a person from another world, as if she didn't understand anything. Kabukicho was different from the Ken District and the Walled City District.
How could she blame them? They had just experienced an invasion of the streets by banks and violent machines last night. How had those children been treated?
Children, the future of Streaming City, their future.
"Hello everyone." Elizabeth looked around at the people, "We are the Red Rain Investigation Team, here to investigate what happened last night."
"In the investigation, you have to ask the person involved, right?" A homeless man walking by asked, "Have you seen any kid on the street?"
Elizabeth was silent. Indeed, she could not see the "street rat" through the car window along the way.
She didn't see it when she came to Kabukicho before, because the area was cleared by security personnel.
But she knew from some information videos that there were always groups of street rats running around here. The people of Kabukicho were tolerant of street rats, so much so that many street children came from San Manga District, Pharaoh District and other places.
Street children have no fixed place to live, they just walk around. When they find this place is good, they stay.
But now, although the streets are lively, they are deserted.
She only hoped that one day in the future there would be no more street children on the street, but it was not because of this kind of cleaning.
"Let's go, we don't need you." Several gang members walked by, "Yakuza's place doesn't need Seth's people."
"Stop checking, it's useless to check. If you have time, you might as well go to Licai and order a Cowherd for fun."
Elizabeth did not refute when she heard this, but since the last time she was at the Happy Fountain Club in Xuanyuan District, she has not gone to such a custom place again. She has been busy with various things, and redemption is not that simple.
When she has time, she will still go to that kind of place and have the experience of that kind of place.
The passers-by's curiosity about this rich hero did not last long, and they dispersed without the kind of madness caused by Chiba Gibson. Some people continued to watch indifferently.
"Seth Santo, Seth Santo, man-eating machine, machine eating man!" the low-tech girl was still shouting.
Elizabeth asked the security personnel not to drive her away and let her do whatever she wanted. The investigation team was the outsider here.
On the road over there, there was a tall blind busker with no pupils, playing the guitar and singing rough songs.
There were call girls leaning against the outer wall of the club, smoking cigarettes and squinting at them.
Suddenly, if Elizabeth sensed something, she turned around and saw a young man in sportswear glanced at them and hurriedly squeezed into the crowd. She could only see clearly the man's back and a thermos cup in his hand.
She didn't care. Most people on the street had this attitude and were both curious and fearful of her.
Ayako and Xiaomei dispersed, and Elizabeth led the team to walk around the streets to investigate. They visited several convenience stores, butcher shops and restaurants, looking for people and asking some questions. She could clearly feel that something was undercurrent here.
This was very similar to the feeling given to her by the people on the streets before the riots in the Boxing District and the festival in the Walled City District.
She saw a hint of anger in many people's faces.
I also saw a lot of graffiti, many torn and rewritten posters:
[Streamer City Killing Show, the winner’s prize is as high as 30 million!]
【Streaming City Murder Show, the next murderer is you!】
The talent show has been transformed into a murder show everywhere.
"There are indeed weird things here, all kinds of weird things." Jian Bao also said, "There is only a thin line between weird things and the truth."
At this time, when Elizabeth walked to the section in front of Licai Club, Ayako came back to meet her.
"Not all street rats have been captured. I saw a few in the alley over there. They are hiding more secretly for the time being."
"Great, take me there quickly!" Elizabeth said happily.
"I have another discovery." Ayako said again, "I saw a person from the Black Panther Gang. This is not a boxing area. When the Black Panther boy appears in other areas, there will be two of them if there is one.
There are thousands of them."
Elizabeth's heart skipped a beat as she vaguely realized what this meant.
Since there are only three audition venues in the city for the Talent Show, many people from all districts gathered in Kabukicho, including people from the boxing district. It is not unusual for one or two Black Panther boys to appear.
But what Ayako said, and the feeling after her investigation...
Moreover, how could the Black Panther boys sign up for the talent show? If they wanted to participate, they would do so in their own way.