"Ah... huh? That's pretty smooth!"
Zhu Yuan let out a soft sigh as the words slipped from her lips while she watched the siblings walk away. Just then, her phone rang, an incoming call breaking the brief mont of quiet.
"Hello, what's wrong with you today? You actually have ti to call in the middle of the day?"
Seeing who it was, Zhu Yuan couldn't hide her surprise. As far as she knew, the caller was always busy during the day.
On the other end, Hoshimi Miyabi spoke calmly, her tone unhurried.
"Hello. I'm looking through our graduation yearbook."
"Checking the graduation yearbook all of a sudden? You're not doing so strange training again, are you?"
Hearing that, Zhu Yuan instantly thought that Hoshimi Miyabi probably used to practice this kind of thing even during their school days, right in front of everyone.
And the result was exactly what she had expected.
"Yes, I'm practicing recalling the nas of all our classmates from photos. By the way, do you still rember the graduation ssage you wrote for ? 'May you beco a person who seeks true justice, and beco the sharp sword of law enforcent that cuts through the evil night sky above the city.'"
"Wait, wait a minute... don't read it out so loudly. There are people next to you, right?"
Zhu Yuan felt her embarrassnt about to explode. Having her forr classmate recite her chuunibyou remarks so openly was simply too much.
The sense of social death was like soone digging up her old chat logs from her younger years. Thankfully, it hadn't escalated into a full public exposure.
"I apologize, but I'm very interested in this sentence. What's the difference between your 'true justice' and 'ordinary justice'? Is it like the difference between a real honeydew lon and a honeydew lon-flavored lollipop?"
"This..."
Zhu Yuan fell into deep thought upon hearing Hoshimi Miyabi's sudden question, yet the other party didn't stop there.
"Even though many people say they can't taste the difference, and the honeydew lons I buy are often not sweet, I still prefer a real honeydew lon. Just like how you pursue true justice. A honeydew lon is a honeydew lon; it will never beco fake."
The mont she heard this, Zhu Yuan grasped what she was trying to say.
"Ha, are you trying to encourage ? Thanks, I guess. But wait, how did you even find out about my disciplinary action from the Public Security while you're over in HAND?"
Zhu Yuan was a little surprised that she already knew about it, as Hoshimi Miyabi explained things at an unhurried pace.
"Because the case involving Belobog Heavy Industries discovering the monster has now been handed over to the Hollow Special Operations Section 6. My intelligence officer reminded that we might need you to co here soon to provide more detailed information."
"It's been handed over to you? That thing really was problematic!" Zhu Yuan said, clearly taken aback.
"Yes, that's why I contacted you. We found pieces of a man-made object, sothing like a mask, among the monster's remains. Residual human DNA was extracted from it."
Zhu Yuan was stunned by the revelation and instinctively pressed on.
"You already know who the monster in the monunt was?"
"Unfortunately, aside from confirming through DNA that the deceased was male, we found no matching records after comparing it with all registered missing persons and criminals in the city. So it's also possible that he was soone without an identity from outside the city. But what do you think?"
Hoshimi Miyabi's rhetorical question carried an air of tense suspense.
"Since the culprit went through all that trouble to enter the Hollow and grab the evidence, the deceased has to be hiding sothing. At the very least, he wouldn't be a nobody."
Zhu Yuan pieced together what little information they had, and Hoshimi Miyabi agreed with her take. For now, there was nothing more to dig up.
After setting a ti to et in a few days, they hung up. Zhu Yuan put her phone away and turned to look at Qingyi beside her.
"Senior, sorry to keep you waiting."
She hadn't avoided Qingyi when making the call, so the latter had clearly heard the entire conversation.
"From what I heard just now, it seems there's been so progress in the evidence investigation on HAND's side?" Qingyi asked, her tone as calm as ever.
"That's right. We uncovered sothing important, but it also raised more mysteries. Let's talk after we get in the car. It'll be easier on the road."
Not long after, the two entered the vehicle and left the area.
That night, within a eting room of a Public Security detention center located in the Janus District.
Perlman, who was present there, t his forr secretary once again. They exchanged only a few brief words. After threatening her and sending her away, he was left alone in the room.
Soon after, the woman spoke quietly to soone through an earpiece, already planning their next move.
anwhile, Belle and Wise returned to the video store after eating out.
"So? After that luxury al, are you finally full?"
Wise glanced at Belle. She was rubbing her slightly swollen stomach and answered with clear satisfaction,
"Satisfied, totally satisfied!"
"You really ate a lot. I was half-expecting you to throw up on the way back."
"Hehe~ don't worry. Even satisfied, a little 'milk' would go well later..."
Belle's words carried a heavy hint, and Wise looked a bit helpless. Ever since their relationship had been confird, his sister seed to be getting more and more forward with her desires.
"Alright, it's getting late, so let's get so rest. Also, are you sure about it?"
"You already know, Brother, so let's go to bed quickly!"
Belle hopped into the bed and waved at Wise, clearly urging him to hurry.
The next morning, after Wise woke up, he went downstairs to organize the videotapes. The official trial for the Vision Corporation bombing case was only a few days away.
He also prepared so blank videotapes, planning to record the event. After all, this was a rare highlight for Nicole, and he didn't want to miss it.
Speaking of which, there seed to be a special program airing today called 'Vision Corporation Bombing Case Public Trial Preview'.
Since he had nothing better to do and didn't know how it would turn out, he figured he might as well watch it.
The mont he sat down, Belle joined him and boldly placed her feet on his lap as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
The TV screen showed the sa sharp-tongued host as always, but Wise's attention was drawn to the enormous airship hovering in the background instead.
He was almost certain it would crash later, and that Perlman was sohow involved. With that thought in mind, he resolved to warn Nicole.
At that exact mont, as Wise reached for his phone, Nicole suddenly rushed into the video store, dragging Anby along with her.
"Anby, since when do you have the key to Wise's house? Forget it, we'll talk about that later. Hey, Phaethon!"
Nicole no longer had the mind to care about such trivial matters. Seeing her current state, and hearing her call him by his professional na, Wise imdiately guessed that she must have sothing important to ask.
"Anby, Nicole, why are you here? Weren't you supposed to take the airship to the Supre Court today?"
"It was supposed to be like that... but I think there's sothing I need to talk to you about. Otherwise, I won't be able to focus in court!"
Nicole then went on to explain the situation. It was about the hacker, Rain.
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