Chapter 248 The dragon crossed the river and hit by mistake!

As a blue high-risk mental ability with a talent sequence of 28, [Listen], whose basic function is only to distinguish between good intentions and bad intentions, does not seem to be worthy of its ranking.

But as long as [True Listening] is raised to the level of a fourth-level superpower, one can capture a small number of the real thoughts in the opponent's mind with a flash of inspiration, and the highest-level ability representation can even completely hear the opponent's voice.

In a battle, if an opponent knows everything you are thinking and thinking, it will make your scalp numb and shudder just thinking about it.

Nishimaru Miria has just stepped into the threshold of the fourth-level superpower, and I am afraid she is still far from being able to fully penetrate people's hearts.

But Higashinohara didn't think that Nishimaru Miria would make a mistake in his judgment this time. He was quite reassured about this little guy's growing strength.

Did you lie?

From the corner of his eye, Higashinohara glanced at the kind-looking woman behind him. His mood turned slightly cold and he walked out calmly.

Even though he lied, Higashinohara currently has no way of judging whether the other party's motive for lying is to get rid of responsibility, or for other reasons that he doesn't want to think about in that direction. He can only wait to hear what Nishimaru Miri said after he comes out first.

explain.

After being taken to the entrance of the yard by the female worker at the shelter, both parties said goodbye politely.

Higashinohara looked at the other person's back as he disappeared around the corner of the corridor. He turned to Nishimaru Miria and said, "Did the aunt who received us inside just now lie? Do you know what it is specifically?"

"Yeah." Nishimaru Miria was very happy to be able to help Higashinohara. She thought hard and said seriously:

"When she was telling us that Sia and Nova were quarreling, I suddenly heard a voice saying softly, 'Fortunately, I asked Sia to provoke that little guy in advance, otherwise it would be really hard to explain this time.'"

Hearing Nishimaru Miria's words, Higashinohara's pupils couldn't help but shrink slightly.

Deliberately causing conflict between Sia and Nova?

Do you mean the planning started a few days ago?

And to whom should the explanation be given?

Higashinohara didn't think that if all this was true, the seemingly kind-hearted woman would use the word "explain" to them.

That means that she has other people who need to "account", and this probably isn't the first time she has done this, such as those lost children from the shelter.

Thinking of this, Higashinohara couldn't help but feel a little cold.

The more kind a person pretends to be, when you peel off the appearance, you will find that the filthiness and filth inside the other person are far beyond your imagination.

It's just that there is still a key link missing, which is evidence. The voice of Nishimaru Miria's heart heard by Listening Deeply cannot be used as any evidence.

Charlie next to her was comforting the little boy Yuni who had followed him out. At the same time, the long ears on her head were erect, eavesdropping on what Higashinohara and Nishimaru Miri were saying.

When she heard this, her chest suddenly heaved with anger, and she said indignantly:

"Wow! I've already seen that she is not a good person, and she actually dared to lie to us!"

With that said, she turned around and walked inside to stage a comeback.

Higashinohara quickly grabbed her.

"What are you going to do?"

"Settling accounts with her."

"You didn't bring your 'account book', so what's the account?"

Charlie was suddenly startled and stopped where she was.

Recalling that when she first entered the house, she also felt that there was something wrong with the woman in charge of the shelter. She looked so aggressive and angry, but in the end she was sent away calmly.

What do you say when you go in now?

There is no concrete evidence, and they are not from the Metropolitan Police Department. How can they take the person in charge of a shelter? You can't use violence to extract a confession, right?

When Higashinohara saw Charlie frozen in place, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart.

If he had to explain to Charlie why he shouldn't act rashly and alert others, it would probably take him a long time.

But following her words, she immediately gave up this unrealistic idea.

"Hoo ho ho"

Charlie gasped through her nostrils, feeling helpless and furious, and asked angrily, "Then what should we do now?"

Higashinohara narrowed his eyes and said, "Of course we need to find someone who can ask clearly. This is not the first time this shelter has done something like this. As long as we can catch some clues, we can follow the clues. The most important thing now is

The mission is to rescue Yuni's sister Nova and possibly other children."

"Yes, yes, yes!"

Charlie nodded immediately in confusion, then suddenly paused and said, "But we can't tie up that woman and torture her, so where should we look for clues?"

Higashinohara pondered for a moment and then said, "Of course we have to go find the local snakes in Edogawa District."

"Who is the local snake?" Charlie asked.

"Your boss." Higashinohara said.

Although Edogawa Ward is a poor area with a high crime rate, Aragaki Satoru looks lazy and out of place on weekdays.

But he can own an entire building here like a demolished household in an urban village in a coastal area in his previous life. In addition, he once retired from the Metropolitan Police Department and started his own business to set up a detective agency.

It's not too much to call it a local snake.

After hearing Higashinohara's words, Charlie also had a thoughtful look on her face.

In fact, Higashinohara had another plan in mind.

If Aragaki Satoru can't find any useful information, then he will have to come back with Nishimaru Miria and get straight to the point and ask for relevant information, allowing Nishimaru Miria to take the opportunity to use [True Listening] to eavesdrop on the other party's thoughts.

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And the reason why he didn't make this his first choice was because if he asked it directly, if the other party's psychological quality was good and he wouldn't think in that direction at the first time, or Nishimaru Miria's unskilled [Listening] didn't

Can accurately obtain useful information.

That might not only alert the enemy, but the other party might also change their target in advance, and then they would be wasting water in a bamboo basket.

Thinking of this, Higashinohara no longer hesitated, greeted Nishimaru Miria, put on his helmet and rode Aragaki Satoru's motorcycle towards Aragaki's apartment. Behind him, Charlie also put on the little boy Uni who had rekindled hope and followed closely.

Later.

Returning to Aragaki's apartment, he found Aragaki Satoru who was betting on horse racing.

Higashinohara was still a little surprised when he saw Aragaki Satoru squatting in front of his small TV, betting on horses with full concentration on his face.

Since the news of the Judgment Division's withdrawal from Wano spread yesterday, Prime Minister Higashikata Mori gave a public televised speech in the afternoon.

Today, although for ordinary people who are burdened with mortgage, car and fruit loans, they still have to live their lives as usual and go to work.

But he went out in the afternoon, and through his observations along the way, Higashinohara discovered that what happened yesterday still had a considerable impact on the emotions of many people.

Walking on the road makes people feel miserable, their eyes are dim and dull, and they look like they are lying down waiting to die.

There is one person who is different.

His eyes were not dull, they were even shining as he stared at the TV betting on horses.

Higashinohara once suspected that even if the end of the world in disaster movies really came and huge floods rolled in from the sky, this unscrupulous uncle could stand on the rooftop and wave his golf club against the floods on the horizon.

Then he picked up the wine glass on the table next to him, shook it gracefully and said, "Fuck the end of the world."

In addition, I have to say that Aragaki Satoru never disappoints in terms of the gossip around him.

Half an hour later, around four o'clock in the afternoon, Higashinohara and Charlie went out again.

This time, Uni was temporarily left in the apartment because some of the clues Aragaki Satoru provided to them were not suitable for children to follow.

In fact, if it weren't for Nishimaru Miria's eagerness to try and her eagerness to help, and she really helped a lot when we were at the shelter in the afternoon, Higashinohara might not have even planned to take Nishimaru Miria with her.

The next place they were going was a nightclub in Edogawa District.

According to the photos and information provided by Satoru Aragaki, Edogawa District is almost the poorest place in New Tokyo. The man in the photo is said to be a member of the Ashida group named Yoshihiro Ashida, and he was engaged in human trafficking more than ten years ago.

I was arrested once about ten years ago, but someone in their church was pushed out to take the blame.

The Metropolitan Police Department's accusation against Ashida Yoshishi lacked evidence, so he was released after a short period of detention.

Just now, Higashinohara returned to Aragaki Satoru's apartment and asked Aragaki Satoru if there were any rampant human traffickers organizations nearby.

Aragaki Satoru spat out the man's name without much thought. This shows that this man's "famousness" is still very high. It is this kind of high-profile person that Higashinohara is looking for.

Because judging from what Nishimaru Miriti heard from the voice of the woman in the shelter, she showed a relatively low posture when facing the man she was interacting with, indicating that the other person was very strong, and that gave her the confidence to be strong.

With these thoughts in mind, Higashinohara took Nishimaru Miri and Charlie on a scooter and walked through the streets of Edogawa District. After driving for about half an hour, they came to a door that looked a little old.

nightclub.

I remember that last year when the Aragaki Detective Agency was investigating the Sakura Crossing Tram Case, Higashinohara and Charlie went to a bar in Shinjuku with Aragaki Satoru.

Compared with the low-key luxury there, the style of the nightclub with a shabby door number in front of me was completely outshone.

But Higashinohara and the others came here, naturally, not for any excitement and drinking.

He glanced at the two burly men at the door who were wearing black short-sleeves and showing tattoos on their sleeves, and they looked like they were not easy to offend.

Higashinohara knew that it would take some effort to get in.

Fortunately for him and Charlie, Higashinohara had just come of age, but he used to get a fake ID when he was helping that unscrupulous uncle Aragaki Satoru.
To be continued...