Edogawa Ward, Kosenori convenience store.

The rain fell pattering outside the window, leaving winding and mottled rain tracks on the glass.

For two clerks in a convenience store, a man and a woman, a convenience store with few people on rainy days is a rare "good weather" for them to fish in a service-oriented industry.

Behind the checkout counter of Kobayashi Convenience Store, a female clerk named Kaori Umekoji was bored, holding her chin in her hands, staring at the rain marks falling on the window in a daze;

The male clerk next to him, Miura Yuki, was holding his mobile phone with both hands attentively, as if he was engaged in a game battle.

At this time, three figures in black trench coats walked up the rainy street not far away, holding a black umbrella in their hands. Every step the man walking in front took seemed to be pressing the beat of falling raindrops.

Rhythm abruptly turned the deserted rainy streets into a fashion week show.

"Ding bell! Welcome to the Little Forest Convenience Store. I wish you a happy shopping."

The sensor door opened and when the three figures stepped in, the convenience store's welcome sound also sounded.

The three uninvited guests in the rain stepped in and put their umbrellas on the drain rack at the entrance of the convenience store. Aragaki Satoru scratched the wet strand of hair in front of his forehead and said angrily, "Damn it! New Tokyo

Are all the meteorological stations in the country a fool? Every time they say it won’t rain, it will definitely rain. It’s a waste of the ‘work clothes’ I prepared for you.”

"Boss, is there a possibility that you read the weather forecast wrong?" Charlie shook her head after entering the door, shaking off the rainwater on her short, fluffy, milky-white ears.

"Absolutely impossible!"

Aragaki Satoru said loudly with a guilty conscience.

Beside the two of them, Higashinohara put his umbrella on the drain rack and looked at the convenience store calmly.

Cameras are placed in several key places on the ceiling inside the convenience store, and the TV screen behind the cashier is divided into nine small squares to monitor the situation in the store in real time.

However, there are only eight cameras with pictures on the TV screen. The one in the lower right corner is probably malfunctioning, and the picture is completely black.

Seeing customers coming in on a rainy day, the female clerk Umekoji Kaori behind the cashier cheered up and said with a smile on her face, "Welcome, our store recently has a promotion for oden, buy three and get one free, it's great to have a cup of oden on a rainy day.

Oh!"

The girl smiled with squinting crescent-shaped eyes, and her baby-fat cheeks revealed shallow, sweet dimples.

The male clerk next to him, Miura Yuki, seemed to have not finished playing a game. In the past, he would not dare to play on his mobile phone during working hours.

But the situation is special recently. The owner of the convenience store has just been killed, and the wife of the convenience store is busy chasing the murderer. Who can bother to check the convenience store's camera every day.

So Miura Yuki glanced around furtively, coughed, and walked into the storage room and changing room of the convenience store.

You can't cheat your teammates by cheating anyone.

The camera in the storage room and dressing room seems to be malfunctioning. Miura Yuki usually hides here to fish when he is lazy and playing games. The job in the convenience store is very easy, and there is no problem if there is a person outside to look after him.

Hearing the sweet sales pitch from female salesperson Umekoji Kaori, Aragaki Satoru stepped forward, clenched his fists and coughed dryly, "Thank you, but no need."

"Boss, buy three and get one free!"

Charlie's eyes sparkled.

The female salesperson Umekoji Kaori glanced at Charlie, the smile on her face became sweeter, and she continued to sell, "Yes, if you buy two copies, you can exchange for a bottle of Coke for an additional 50 yen."

“Boss! I’m also giving you Coke!”

The expression on Charlie's face became even more excited.

That look seemed to say that if you don't take advantage of such a huge advantage, you deserve to be struck by lightning when you go out.

Aragaki Satoru then thought about it. Next, they would use these two store clerks as a breakthrough strategy. It seemed a bit unreasonable not to buy something.

So he took out his wallet and said to Umekoji Kaori very generously, "Then give me two oden dishes, and buy a bottle of drink for 50 yen. You don't need to find the remaining 150. It's a tip from the uncle."

tip?

The corners of Higashinohara's eyes twitched.

When Satoru Aragaki goes to the supermarket downstairs to buy cigarettes, he has to bargain with others for discounts, and one day he even takes the initiative to tip. I can only say that the world is really amazing.

The female shop assistant Kaori Umekoji was used to giving change, and it seemed that this was her first time accepting a tip. After being stunned for a moment, she bowed politely and said, "Thank you very much."

After saying that, she put the money away with both hands, turned around and quickly picked up the cup to serve the oden.

"You're welcome, your smile has dispelled the gloom of the rainy day for me, uncle, and you deserve it." Aragaki Satoru, who had a swollen face and looked fat, said in a gentlemanly manner.

After a pause, just as the female clerk Umekoji Kaori bent down to serve the oden, Aragaki Satoru, holding the oden counter, suddenly bent down through the window and asked, "By the way, I heard that the owner of your store met last week.

Unfortunately, do you know anything about this? Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, I am a police officer from the Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Department."

As he spoke, Aragaki opened the folded wallet in his hand, revealing the Metropolitan Police Department ID he had just forged in the morning, and then calmly put it away in his arms, "They are all my colleagues."

The female store clerk Umekoji Kaori raised her head and glanced at Aragaki Satoru. She suddenly looked past Aragaki Satoru and looked at Charlie, who was always staring at the oden in her hand, and behind them, Higashinohara, who had his hands in his pockets and looked like a "cold Tokyo handsome guy".

Her slightly baby-fat cheeks suddenly revealed a sly smile.

"Uncle, you are actually from the detective agency, right?"
Chapter completed!