5:30 PM, Maike Pet Hospital.
A group of people surrounded the female manager sent by the Maike Group to the hospital, trying to understand the situation.
"Resolving the issue of the pet owner causing trouble at the hospital counts as passing the assessnt, is that right?"
"What if two people co up with a solution? Your hospital only needs one assistant director, right?"
"What I'm considering is the issue of who cos first, and how do you determine who solved it?"
"Yes," the female manager explained patiently, "Before you resolve it, you need to write down a solution plan and submit it to the email address I just ntioned, then implent it. The assessnt period is two days in total. As long as the plan is good, even if you can't take the position at the hospital, you will be arranged for a position with the sa salary within the Maike Group. This is the consultant's intention."
In the crowd, Amuro Tooru listened quietly, a hint of a smile in his eyes.
He hadn't expected the job application to involve such an assessnt, resolving an interesting farce...
"Then will you provide any help?" soone thought of this question.
The female manager smiled. "The consultant said, no."
Everyone was taken aback, and soone imdiately started complaining in a low voice.
"Isn't this basically working for free?"
"It's hard to make the troublemaker compromise. She clearly just feels unhappy..."
"Calling the police doesn't seem useful either..."
Soone approached the female manager. "The consultant you ntioned, is it the hospital's consultant?"
"It's the Maike Group's consultant. The consultant said that the assistant director needs to be soone skilled in coordination and communication, not soone who just throws money at problems when they arise." The female manager's expression beca a bit more serious, silently boosting Chi Feichei's reputation.
This wasn't just a consultant, but also the young master. Her coming to the hospital was just to gain experience; if she perford well later, she would definitely move up.
Now was the ti to perform well, striving to be an employee who considers the boss's interests!
While the others fell silent, Amuro Tooru spoke up, "According to what you said, the pet owner will be here shortly. Isn't it inappropriate for all of us to stand here? Should we perhaps disperse and observe first? Or find opportunities to communicate individually?"
"This..." The female manager hesitated.
This matter wasn't specified from above. Dispersing was indeed better, but the consultant had asked everyone to co to the lobby. Perhaps it was to keep everyone together?
However, she didn't have much ti to think. A plump middle-aged woman, dressed fashionably and expensively, clacked into the hospital lobby in high heels. "Where's the director? I want to see your director!"
The female manager glanced over, then turned to the dozen or so n and won. "Everyone, Mrs. Fujima has arrived."
Instantly, the group turned their heads in unison.
The woman paused, startled, staring warily at the group. "You... What do you want?"
The female manager smiled. "Nothing, Mrs. Fujima. Please continue. Let them understand the situation."
All the job applicants: "..."
What kind of divine operation is this hospital pulling?
Mrs. Fujima's expression turned strange. "What... do you an?"
She was here to cause trouble, and the hospital arranged an audience? Was there sothing wrong with them?
"Just do whatever you want," the female manager explained. "You can also tell them about your anger and grievances if you wish."
"Who are they?" Mrs. Fujima surveyed the group of n and won.
"Job applicants," the female manager had excellent composure, turning to the others without changing expression. "Everyone, I'll leave this to you."
With that, the female manager left directly.
Mrs. Fujima and the dozen or so people stared at each other: "..."
A bit awkward...
Within the crowd, so people slowly backed away. So left the lobby, while others chased after the female manager.
"Hello, I'd like to ask, was it your consultant who asked us to gather in the lobby?" Amuro Tooru stopped the female manager.
The others who followed were confused. Weren't they following to ask the female manager to take them to the doctor to understand the situation? Why ask this question?
The female manager didn't understand, but still nodded. "Yes, the consultant said so."
"Was the ti also specified by him?" Amuro Tooru asked again.
"Yes, the consultant said 5:30." The female manager replied.
"Then I understand," Amuro Tooru smiled and turned to leave. "The Maike Group has a shrewd consultant."
The others who had followed were speechless but stated their purpose anyway.
"Hello, could you take us to see Doctor Hirata to understand the situation?"
Amuro Tooru returned to the lobby, saw a group surrounding Mrs. Fujima talking, took out his phone, sent an email to the address the female manager ntioned, thought for a mont, and made another call. "Hello, Kazami..."
No need to run errands himself...
...
Afternoon, 6:20 PM.
In a coffee shop near the hospital, Mrs. Fujima wiped her tears. "So I'll go to the hospital now, what do you think?"
"Of course, you can. After you get there, go directly to the shelter on the second floor and tell them you want to adopt that dog..." Amuro Tooru smiled, stood up, saw Mrs. Fujima off to the hospital, and then returned to the coffee shop.
His coffee cup was still where he had left it, but next to it was a stack of printed paper.
After Amuro Tooru nonchalantly sat down, Kazami Yuuya, who was sitting nearby with his back to him, whispered, "Mr. Furuya, did you decide to infiltrate that pet hospital to probe those few people?"
"Of course. Pets are a good way to close the distance, although I don't think soone like July would keep a pet..." Amuro Tooru whispered, picking up the printed papers from the table and flipping through them.
Finding traces of July was both difficult and simple.
As long as July kept taking action, so clues would eventually be left behind, for example...
Their activities were mostly in Tokyo, so the initial capture of Numabuchi Kiichiro in Osaka might have involved taking transportation there. By checking the flight and train passenger records around that ti, a list could be obtained.
Another example...
It could be confird that Asama Yasuharu was caught on the Hokutosei express train, aning July must have been on that train. For the Public Security Bureau, obtaining the passenger list for that train wasn't difficult.
However, these lists weren't necessarily useful.
July might have driven to Osaka themselves, or used an alias on the train. The sa applied to riding the Hokutosei.
Currently, the Public Security Bureau was just collecting clues and conducting large-scale screening.
All the lists had already been divided into three parts by soone.
One part consisted of those already ruled out – individuals whose identities could be verified and who could be confird to have lacked the ti to capture the criminals.
Another part consisted of those with low suspicion – nas that appeared twice or more in all investigations but were unlikely to be July due to their own circumstances, though suspicion wasn't entirely eliminated. The great detective Mouri Kogoro and the Maike Group's consultant were in this list.
The third part contained highly suspicious individuals, such as a mysterious woman who used an alias on the train and whose compartnt was very close to Asama Yasuharu's. Most people on this list didn't even have confird nas, only general descriptions. If July truly used an alias on the train, their appearance probably couldn't be trusted either. However, information like being left-handed or right-handed could be collected first, possibly useful later.
What he was doing now was going through the second list, eliminating people, and moving them to the first list.
But whether July was even on these three lists, no one could say for sure. Identifying July was still in its initial stages...
"I don't understand, you don't actually need to worry about these things..." Kazami Yuuya voiced his confusion in a low voice.
They had Public Security collaborators distributed across various industries. With just a word, leaving one person to consolidate intelligence, they could compile a rough list in less than an hour.
The people still under suspicion now were those without Public Security collaborators nearby, requiring further contact for confirmation. For example, the choice of the pet hospital was because so suspicious individuals were related to pet hospitals, or owned pets and would visit them. They needed to arrange for soone to investigate the situation here.
But in his view, Amuro Tooru didn't need to infiltrate himself at all. Even if Amuro Tooru wanted to investigate July, it should be at the very end, when the investigation beca extrely difficult, to co in and make the final determination.
End of Chapter
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