Chapter 33 Don't grind strange things in the middle of the night
It was getting very late, so Shiraishi motioned for the little man to sit wherever he wanted while receiving the rewards for the first three tasks.
He offered a total of 150,000 yen and a piece of Tamada Rikuto's [[N] Memory Fragment].
This fragment was much more mottled than the one Butterfly Ninja gave him. Shiraishi looked at it for a moment and put it into his backpack.
After receiving the reward and looking at the much shrunken task bar, Shiraishi looked at the little boy next to him who had been peeking at him.
This mission caused by the coffee shop will not officially start until tomorrow, but this does not prevent him from collecting some information beforehand.
Shiraishi asked the little boy what specifically he needed him to do.
"It's my dad's business." The child recalled:
"After I died, my dad became very unhappy and looked very scary every day. I thought about comforting him, but he couldn't see me and gave away all my favorite toys in batches.
"I heard from others that he didn't want to think of me through those things..."
At this point, the little boy felt a little sad. He raised his hand and wiped his face before continuing:
"Recently, dad suddenly became very strange.
"The night before yesterday, when I woke up, I found that he was not in bed, so I went to look for him and finally found him in the kitchen.
"He is sharpening a knife, such a long knife!" The child gestured with open hands.
"The soul still needs to sleep." After Baishi finished speaking, he suddenly realized that the point was wrong, "What happens next?"
"Then he sharpened it for a while, wrapped the knife in a thick newspaper, put it in his bag, and went back to his room to continue sleeping.
"I thought that was the end, but yesterday, I woke up in the middle of the night and saw him sharpening the knife again.
"Fortunately, my mother has moved in with my grandma a long time ago. Otherwise, if she saw her, they would definitely quarrel again..."
The child held his head in worry. He remembered the TV series he had watched before and guessed:
"Does my dad want to commit suicide, but he can't make up his mind? Brother, can you help him?"
"..." Although I can understand what you mean, it sounds like you want me to help him commit suicide... Shiraishi nodded.
I definitely have to help, it is a mission after all.
However, looking at all aspects, this father really does not look like he wants to commit suicide, but more like he wants to kill someone.
Shiraishi asked the little boy his name, origin and residence.
The child said that his name was Ogino Tomoya, and he died of illness a long time ago. He couldn't tell exactly how long ago. After all, when people don't need to go to school or go to work, people's memory of dates will become very blurry.
He hesitated and couldn't explain clearly where he lived. He only said that he followed an inexplicable fragrance all the way through the wall to find it. As for how to get back, he really had no idea.
Shiraishi was a little disappointed, but for a child who died very young and wandered around for a while, his poor memory is understandable. We can't expect everyone to be like Conan.
Fortunately, I can still find the name and approximate age. Wait until tomorrow morning and go to the police station to check before the mission starts. It is rare that Professor Hirota has an acquaintance, so there is no need to waste more.
I don't know if Ogino Satoshi had nowhere to go or was bound by a contract and couldn't run away. He stayed in the store and sat at the table in a daze.
The Butterfly Ninja didn't need to sleep. She was hiding behind the bar doing something unknown, and she didn't look sleepy at all.
Shiraishi asked, and after learning that they could sleep if they wanted to, and that it would have no impact on their health if they didn't want to sleep, he didn't say anything more, yawned, and turned around and entered his room.
The next day, Shiraishi got up early and went to the police station to find Teacher Hirota's friend.
In this world that focuses on solving crimes and detectives, the information confidentiality system is not very strict, so the old police officer helped him check the information without much hesitation:
"In the past twenty years, there have been a total of 32 'Ogino Tomoya' in the country. If the household registration is limited to Tokyo, the age is under 8 years old, and they have passed away..."
The old policeman sighed and clicked on the record above:
"This child died of appendicitis two years ago. He was only five years old when he died. The death certificate was issued by Mihua General Hospital, so there should be no problem."
After saying that, the old policeman looked at Bai Shi doubtfully: "Why are you suddenly interested in this kid?"
"It's like this. When I went to sweep the grave a few days ago, I accidentally tripped over the steps and fell right in front of this child's grave. So I thought maybe he had encountered some injustice and wanted to ask people passing by to help him redress his injustice.
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Shiraishi talked nonsense in an upright manner, and finally concluded: "Since he died of illness, then I have no problem."