The Legend of Tokyo Taoist

Chapter 223 New Commission (2)

"Please introduce yourself again." Miss Idol calmed down and said, "My name is Tachibana Mio, a former idol. Tachibana Mao is my stage name."

Tachibana Mio showed her phone screen to others, with the word "Mio" written on it.

The reason she did this was because in Japanese, the names "Mio" and "Mao" have the same pronunciation, "mio". If they are not written out, the two names cannot be distinguished by pronunciation alone.

Qian Xiaoyi still had that calm expression and said, "Okay, Ms. Tachibana, whether you are an idol or a model or something, I've already told you that I don't accept detective commissions here. I don't have the ability. So much time has passed, and the existing evidence may have been erased long ago. There's nothing I can do."

When it comes to the commission, Tachibana Mio's expression gradually calmed down.

Ken yelled, "Hey, can't you just let Mio finish the request? You're so hard-hearted! She's an idol! You should be grateful for coming to us, brother!"

Ignoring the fat man, Qian Xiaoyi said, "You have already given up hope, right? Why did you come here? You must have already looked for other detectives or psychics. Even if you saw the news that I happened to dig up a body, you shouldn't be so impulsive, right? If you have thought it through, please come back. I have made it clear before. I am not a detective."

"Actually..." Tachibana Mio did not answer, but said to herself: "I have been to this office before, and I have also issued a commission."

"Commission?" Upon hearing this, Inuyama Heita began to think hard, but he had no impression that this idol lady had ever been here.

"She wasn't talking about this year, but a few years ago." Qian Xiaoyi said, "It was commissioned by the previous tenant of this house."

Inuyama Heita was stunned and remembered something. He couldn't help but look towards the utility room. The black stains were still on the wall there, making Inuyama Heita's face turn pale.

"Ex-boyfriend... isn't that..." Inuyama Heita murmured.

Tachibana Mio nodded. "It seems that you already know. Yes, my commission may be the last commission that Mr. Kashima accepts. Because I noticed that the address of your office is here, and it is also an office, and there is also the title of "psychic detective", so I thought that maybe you are an acquaintance of Mr. Kashima, so I came to take a look."

"What a terrifying commission~" Qian Xiaoyi said, "It seems that my guess was right. This commission involves some big shots. The previous detective must have found something, so he lost his life in his own office, and then it was my turn to move to such a good location."

Inuyama Heita couldn't help but say, "Isn't this too dangerous? There's a risk of being silenced just by investigating."

Tachibana Mio took out a stack of ten thousand yen bills from her bag and placed them on the coffee table, saying, "Here is a deposit of one million yen. If the commission is completed, there will be another ten million."

Suzuki and Inuyama Heita's eyes widened when they saw the stack of money, and their hearts began to beat non-stop after they heard the amount of the commission. Qian Xiaoyi said with a headache: "Didn't you hear it, Miss Idol? No matter how much money you give me, I can't help you with this commission. We are not detectives and don't have that kind of professional ability. How many times do you want me to say it?"

Tachibana Mio said: "I know, so you don't need to investigate the evidence... You are psychics and can see ghosts, right? So I just need you to go to the place where she disappeared and see if there is her ghost there. Even if you don't see it, it doesn't matter. This is my commission, please!"

"It seems that celebrities really make a lot of money..." Qian Xiaoyi muttered, then asked, "If that's all, it's still within the scope of our agency's commission, but please don't have any expectations. Then please tell me the target's information. I think this commission shouldn't be that easy, otherwise the money would be too easy to make."

Tachibana Mio began to talk: "She is my good friend and also a member of a previous group. Her name is Usa Mi Sakura..."

She met Usa Mi Sakura when she just debuted. At that time, they were only teenagers and belonged to the same girl idol group. The relationship between the two was very good, just like sisters. However, because her popularity far exceeded that of other members, she was arranged by the agency to debut as a solo artist.

The busy idol life made it difficult for Tachibana Mio and Usa Mi Sakura to meet in real life, but they still kept in touch and often chatted on their phones. The relationship was not broken by the distance, and Tachibana Mio always tried to find various connections to help her sister. But unfortunately, perhaps because of her own talent or bad luck, Usa Mi Sakura could not become as popular as Tachibana Mio.

This is a very common phenomenon in the idol circle. Gradually, due to her self-esteem, Usa Miura began to refuse her invitations for help and said that her own agency was already helping her.

Tachibana Mio was skeptical at first, but later she did see that Usa Miura's opportunities to appear on screen had greatly increased, so she thought that she was finally being valued by the agency, and she was sincerely happy for her friend.

However, not long after, Usa Mio suddenly showed great panic during a phone conversation. As a good friend who knew her well, Tachibana Mio immediately realized that something was wrong. After repeated inquiries, the other party still said that nothing was wrong and told her not to worry about it, and that she would be fine.

After that, no matter how many times she called, the other party was unwilling to answer, and only told her in text messages to "don't worry" and "I'm fine." Tachibana Mio could feel that the other party was avoiding her. Even when they met occasionally, she was just perfunctory. When she asked the people around the other party, she couldn't get anything out of them, which made Tachibana Mio very worried.

After a while, in the middle of the night, Tachibana Mio suddenly received a text message from the other party:
[Xiao Mio, save me, I really can't hold on any longer. ]

Tachibana Mio called immediately, but no one answered. She called again, but the phone was turned off.

So in desperation, Tachibana Mio called the police directly, but she received a reply soon saying that they had called to confirm and the other party was fine, which made her very frightened.

During those days, no matter how hard Tachibana Mio tried, she couldn't get any news from the other party. Neither the other party's friends in the group nor the agent responded. But just a few days later, she saw a piece of news.

——Idol Usa Mi Sakura announced her retirement because she was going abroad with her parents.

(End of this chapter)