From Kiyomi Ruri's perspective, it's really interesting to be with Nanahara Takeshi. He knows a lot, can solve cases, and is also good at cooking. He is a great friend. However, his flaws are also very obvious. He is obsessed with money and doesn't speak or do anything productive all day. He constantly challenges the limits of others' understanding, sometimes making people really want to beat him up.

Now Kiyomi Ruri really wants to beat him up. Which guy in this world would use a cute girl like Tibetan Fox to block dirty mud? And he's surprisingly skilled at it, spinning around to block, leaving the girl covered in mud while he remains clean and spotless.

Is this something a normal guy can do?

No, is this something a human can do?

I can't take it anymore. If I tolerate this, I won't be Kiyomi Ruri, but Kiyomi Wangba!

Kiyomi Ruri is finally about to explode. She was just about to grab Nanahara Takeshi's neck and shake him hard while shouting, "You bastard, die for me, die for me!" But Nanahara Takeshi raised his hand and held her shoulders gently, saying softly, "Wait, don't rush to hit me. I wanted to block it for you, but accidentally turned a little too much. Can you believe me?"

"I don't believe you!"

Kiyomi Ruri is extremely angry now, not listening to anything, continuing to reach out and grab him. Nanahara Takeshi leans back to avoid her, quickly saying, "Fluffy little duckling."

"What?" Kiyomi Ruri is stunned, her hand stops.

"Little kitten's paws, little fluffy meatballs." Nanahara Takeshi continues to hold her shoulders, his voice becoming very magnetic, and continues, "Soft little lamb, bubble-blowing goldfish..."

He listed more than ten cute little animals in one breath, his voice getting lower and almost whispering in her ear, "Come, calm down and imagine the beautiful things in the world with me. Imagine yourself on a beach in the summer, with a gentle breeze, white seagulls flying by. The world is so peaceful and beautiful, and your mood is infected and becomes very good...

Yes, that's it, well done. You are calm now, very relaxed. Slowly close your eyes and imagine yourself soaking in warm water, relaxing your whole body. Now think of me, I am your best friend, you never get angry with me. Just the thought of hurting me makes you feel guilty..."

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His voice is very suggestive, and Kiyomi Ruri can't help but imagine for a while. The anger in her heart unconsciously dissipates a lot, her eyelids feel heavy, and she feels like taking a little nap.

But soon, a cool breeze from April in Hokkaido blows, and the damp school uniform makes her shiver. Just as she was slightly distracted, she was tricked into falling asleep, and she was cheated out of her pocket money, forced into debt, forced to hold an umbrella, called a pig brain, despised, used as a shield against mud. A series of new and old grievances rushed into her mind, making her instantly react.

Bastard, this guy actually wanted to put me to sleep so he wouldn't get beaten!

You wish!

She suddenly bends down, ready to pounce like a cat, but when she looks closely, she is astonished to find that Nanahara Takeshi has already slipped more than ten meters away. He is running while looking back, and as soon as he sees her react, he turns around and runs at an extremely fast speed, enough to qualify for the Olympics.

............

More than half an hour later, Kiyomi Ruri, clutching her waist, walks unsteadily, panting heavily, and finally catches up to Nanahara Takeshi's doorstep. Her face is red, steam is coming out of her forehead, and her whole body is so hot that her clothes are dried. She completely underestimated Nanahara Takeshi's speed - damn it, this guy usually looks so weak, but he runs faster than a dog. He disappeared in the blink of an eye.

She now suspects that Nanahara Takeshi has already run back home and is pretending to be dead inside. And she has the key to Nanahara Takeshi's house, so she wants to rush in and drag him out. After all, it's hard to suppress the anger in her heart without hitting him a few times.

But the door is locked from the inside. Nanahara Takeshi has obviously come back. She angrily pounded on the door twice, then quickly circled around the house, trying to find a place to sneak in. But the windows on the first floor have iron bars, and the windows on the second floor are tightly closed. Nanahara Takeshi is prepared.

She is really frustrated now. After circling around, she stands at the door, trembling with anger. It's so uncomfortable to hold her breath in her chest. At this moment, the window not far from the door is opened, and Nanahara Takeshi finally appears, holding a cup of tea and waving to her through the iron bars, saying with concern, "Over here, over here. Are you tired, Kiyomi? Come and have a cup of tea to rest."

Kiyomi Ruri immediately rushes over, not taking the tea, but seeing that he isn't even breathing heavily, she can't believe it and says, "You... how are you completely fine? I ran like this..."

Nanahara Takeshi smiles apologetically, "I took a taxi back. I've been waiting for you for a while."

Damn it, when did you take a taxi? No wonder I chased you all the way and didn't see you...

Kiyomi Ruri's heart starts to ache with anger, but she can't do anything to him through the iron bars. After forcing herself to calm down for a while, she tries to speak as calmly as possible, "Come out, I have something to tell you."

Nanahara Takeshi shakes his head slowly, "I'm not coming out."

Kiyomi Ruri's small chest rises and falls rapidly, "Come out, I promise I won't hit you."

Nanahara Takeshi looks at her, "Do you swear?"

Kiyomi Ruri stares at his face, her small chest heaving even more violently, and two streams of air come out of her nostrils, but she doesn't say anything. After a while, she says, "Come out, I'll give you money."

Nanahara Takeshi shakes his head, "You don't have money anymore.""I have it." Kiyomi Ruri reached into her backpack and took out a coin purse to show him. "I'll give you the money once you come out."

"I don't believe you. It's empty inside."

"It's not empty. If you don't believe me, you can check." Kiyomi Ruri instinctively wanted to hand him the coin purse, but halfway through, she suddenly realized what she was doing and angrily said, "You bastard, do you still want to trick me for money? You despicable scoundrel who deserves to be burned by the fires of hell for a thousand years, you... you..."

Nanahara Takeshi reminded her, "Despicable."

"Yes, you're despicable, you..."

"Shameless."

"Yes, you're shameless!" Kiyomi Ruri finished cursing and then realized what she had said. She grabbed the iron anti-theft railing and shook it vigorously, tears of anger welling up in her eyes. "I said I don't need you to teach me how to curse. I can curse on my own. Mind your own business!"

"Don't get so worked up." Nanahara Takeshi sighed deeply. "I ran away because you were so angry at that time. You would definitely hit me, and I don't want you to bear the burden of manslaughter at such a young age, to be locked up in prison during the best years of your life. Besides, it's not that I have a bad character to shield myself from mud and water. It's because I have unspeakable difficulties. I can't let that filth splash on me, or else I would have to peel off my skin."

Pausing for a moment, he sincerely said, "I was wrong this time. I apologize to you. You can curse at me, and if you can't find the words, I'll help you think of them. But you can't hit me."

His tone was truly sincere, and Kiyomi Ruri's anger subsided a little. She wiped away the tears in the corners of her eyes and asked, "What exactly is your difficulty?"

"You still want to ask when I said it's unspeakable?"

"Do you have mysophobia?"

Nanahara Takeshi sighed, "You can say that. It's much more serious than that."

Kiyomi Ruri thought for a moment and felt that it seemed understandable. Nanahara Takeshi had been acting like a neurotic, constantly demanding that she clean, and it seemed that he did have symptoms of mysophobia.

But she still felt aggrieved and unhappily said, "Even if that's the case, just because you find it dirty, does that mean I don't find it dirty? I'm still a girl, and I feel uncomfortable running around all dirty. Besides, it's not just because of this incident that I want to hit you. You cheated me out of all my pocket money before, and even forced me into debt, making me do so many chores for you..."

"Wait, I've never cheated you out of your money." Nanahara Takeshi quickly clarified, unwilling to take the blame. "I only admit that I was wrong this time. I wasn't wrong before. Your so-called cheated money was a transaction that you willingly participated in. You asked me questions, and did I not answer them to your satisfaction? When you listen to a rakugo performance, don't you still have to pay for the ticket?"

That's true, the reasoning is sound...

Kiyomi Ruri's anger subsided again, but she still insisted, "But the assistant fee was too much. You asked me for 40,000 yen, and you wouldn't need that much to listen to rakugo."

Nanahara Takeshi patiently explained, "Isn't it the same principle? You insisted on going with me, and I never forced you. It's like hiring a comedian to perform two separate skits just for you. They would also charge you a high price, not to mention that my level is at least better than a comedian. Mrs. Takamatsu paid me 200,000 yen for an hour, and I only charged you less than 40,000 yen. Can you say anything about that?"

Kiyomi Ruri was once again speechless, and Nanahara Takeshi shook his head and sighed, "We are friends, and that's why I took care of you so much. I never expected you to still blame me..."

"I'm sorry." Kiyomi Ruri instinctively lowered her head and apologized softly, but as soon as she finished speaking, she realized that something was not quite right. Why did she inexplicably end up apologizing? Clearly, he was the one who did something wrong!

She couldn't figure it out for a moment, and Nanahara Takeshi sincerely said, "If we're going to bring up old accounts, you almost tricked me in Odacho last time. So this time, I tricked you too. Let's call it even. From today onwards, neither of us can bring up old accounts. Let's treat it as if we just met for the first time, become friends again, and start a new friendship. How about that?"

Kiyomi Ruri hesitated, feeling that Nanahara Takeshi's words seemed to make sense, but there was something that didn't quite add up, although she couldn't put her finger on it...

She hesitated and said, "Then promise me that you won't bully me anymore."

Nanahara Takeshi immediately responded, "I promise you."

Kiyomi Ruri stared at him suspiciously for a while and said, "Swear it."

Nanahara Takeshi immediately raised his hand and swore to the heavens, "I swear, I won't use you as a shield anymore."

"Fine, I'll forgive you one last time." Kiyomi Ruri wiped away the tears in the corners of her eyes, feeling somewhat relieved. "Now open the door and let me in."

Nanahara Takeshi carefully looked at her, shook his head in disgust, and said, "You should go home and take a shower first. You don't need to work today. After you shower, get a good night's sleep. We'll talk about it tomorrow. You're really crazy, running after me for such a small matter."

"It's because you're not human!" Kiyomi Ruri took out his backpack and stuffed it through the window, annoyed. "We were fine before, but you had to make a fuss."

Nanahara Takeshi took the backpack and sighed, "I really didn't mean to. It's just that life is so difficult! But it's all in the past now. Starting from tomorrow, let's get along well again."Transdimensional travel is truly a pain. The scenic views are few and far between. Most of the time, you have to be on guard for unexpected incidents. Sometimes, you even have to be wary of others farting, or else you'll wish you were dead. Just now, I was almost attacked by my Tibetan Fox subordinate. It took me half a day to persuade her. It's really tough.

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Nanahara Takeshi was lamenting how hard life is when Nakano Eri knocked on Gotō Yasushi's office door and asked, "Inspector, do you have a moment?"

"Oh, it's Eri. Come in!" Gotō Yasushi was reading a document with reading glasses perched on his nose, his hand rubbing his belly absentmindedly. He casually asked, "How are things on your end? Have you gotten into the rhythm yet?"

"The murderer has been arrested. Please sign the arrest warrant," Nakano Eri adjusted her glasses, lowered her head, and tried her best not to watch her boss's actions.

Gotō Yasushi took the document, unconsciously sniffed his hand, and nodded, "Good, as long as you're in the rhythm, there's no need to report all the time. Just keep an eye on him."

Nakano Eri, suppressing her desire to distance herself from her slovenly divorced boss, raised her voice slightly, "Inspector, the murderer has been arrested and has confessed. The case is closed."

Gotō Yasushi looked up in surprise, "Who was arrested?"

Nakano Eri wished she had a gun so she could shoot him and get a new boss. She took a deep breath... or rather, she didn't dare to take a deep breath, and slowly said, "The murderer in the Bonkawa case is Uchii Tatsuo, the director of Shochiku Pavilion. He has been arrested and brought back to the police station. He has confessed, and as long as we follow the procedure, we can send him to the prosecutor."

Gotō Yasushi hesitated, "Didn't we just start the investigation yesterday? Is my memory that bad?"

"We did start the investigation yesterday afternoon, but we've already found the murderer."

Gotō Yasushi was stunned for a moment, then slowly leaned back in his chair. He was about to put his hand into his pocket but quickly wiped it on his pants instead. He pondered, "What's your impression of him?"

"He's very capable, has a broad range of knowledge, reacts quickly, and is dedicated to his tasks. His personality..."

Gotō Yasushi waved his hand, "No need to talk about personality. All capable people have some quirks. It's inevitable." He paused, signed the document, and continued, "I'm assigning you to Investigation Teams 1, 3, and 6. If you encounter any problems, go to him. Try to get through this period before my retirement safely. I don't want to apologize to dozens of reporters again. Last time, I almost went blind."

"Yes."

Nakano Eri took the approved document and excused herself. Once she was out of the office, she took several deep breaths. She felt that working life was really tough, even breathing felt oppressive. But it was okay, she was finally working on the front line!