Fight the monsters before 8 am

As soon as he drove the car into the police station yard, Natsume Mika saw his roommate Asu coming out of the building.

Early this morning, Asu followed the others back to the police station ahead of time, while Natsume Mika followed the others to continue visiting the nearby area.

In fact, it can’t be considered a visit. After all, it was the middle of the night and most people were asleep. There was only a walking session, not a visiting session.

Natsume Mika's task was to drive around and look for jewelry stores, and then determine whether there were any similar situations as the one that was robbed.

After visiting all the jewelry stores on the nearby streets, Natsume Mika didn't find anything special.

After returning to the police station and parking the car, Natsume Mika got out.

"A-Su, do you want to have dinner together?" Natsume Mika waved her hand and called to her roommate.

Asu nodded and walked towards Natsume Mika. The two of them left the police station compound together and went to a nearby breakfast shop to eat.

"Huh, it's only October, why is it so cold?"

Natsume Mika put a bowl of tofu pudding on the table. After sitting down, she put her hands against the bowl to warm her hands with the heat from the bowl.

It's only mid-October, but the temperature feels like December.

There was already a pile of food on the table in front of Natsume Mika, including steamed dumplings, pan-fried buns, fried dough sticks, egg pancakes, eight-treasure dish, etc. She even bought two bowls of soup, one of which was tofu pudding and the other was spicy and spicy soup.

She didn't really want to drink the two mixed drinks, but if she drank the spicy soup alone, it wouldn't be refreshing enough, and her mouth would probably be very salty by the end of the meal, so she simply bought an extra bowl of tofu pudding.

Anyway, she earns her own money now and spends it by herself, so she has the final say on how to spend it.

"There are more abnormal weather conditions now, and this summer hasn't been hot for long."

Asu took a cup of soy milk and drank it in small sips.

"It's becoming more and more like the background in a special effects drama." Natsume Mika complained.

After finishing a pan-fried bun in one bite, Natsume Mika continued to ask, "Did you find out anything from the store manager?"

"No, after he was brought back, the store manager fainted without even asking any questions and was sent to the hospital." Asu said.

"It is really hard for ordinary people to bear such a thing, and I don't know whether the insurance company will compensate for it."

Natsume Mika could actually understand the person in charge. This was a completely unexpected disaster and the losses were huge, so it was completely normal for him to be withdrawn.

"But we still found the surveillance video and are analyzing it now."

Because Asu returned to the police station early, she knew all the news coming back from the scene.

"So what should we do during this time?" Natsume Mika asked again.

"Watch special effects dramas and see if you can find weirdos or monsters that spray corrosive liquids, like to eat jewelry, and are small in size."

"It's worth finding."

Natsume Mika was thinking that he might as well ask his younger brother later to see if he knew.

"But I feel a little strange. If that unknown creature likes to eat jewelry, why doesn't it attack other houses? There is a larger jewelry store less than 50 meters away from the scene." Natsume Mika raised her question.

"Who knows? We can only wait for the person in charge to wake up, or for the store's surveillance video to reveal something."

After Asu said this, the two stopped talking about work and ate quietly.

In the meantime, many colleagues came to this breakfast shop to eat.

Natsume Mika and Aso are actually quite unique in the police station. Apart from being very familiar with each other, they can only be considered acquaintances with other colleagues and can talk to them, but they are not familiar with them at all.

In addition, the two of them do not like to maintain interpersonal relationships, and always like to do their own things in their free time. In addition, they are both very beautiful and have outstanding abilities, so in the eyes of some people, they seem to be false and noble.

However, they both have outstanding looks and are criminal police officers, so many people pursue them and many people want to matchmake for them, but they were all rejected by them.

Natsume Mika quickened her eating pace and before leaving she ordered two more servings of steamed dumplings to take away, planning to eat them when she went back to watch the special effects drama.

When she returned to the dormitory, Natsume Mika looked at the time. It was just after seven o'clock.

Her naughty little brother was definitely still sleeping, so Natsume Mika decided to contact him later.

After changing into loose clothes, Natsume Mika sat in front of the computer and started watching TV series.

Natsume Mika still planned to start the investigation from Gurongi. She found the episode in which Scorpion Gurongi appeared and started playing it.

Natsume Mika was busy all day yesterday, and she only slept for a few hours at night. Now that she was full and the dormitory was warm, she felt sleepy.

The special effects drama on the computer had just been playing for about five or six minutes when Natsume Mika fell asleep.

I don’t know how long it had been, but in her drowsy sleep, Natsume Mika felt someone shaking her and calling her name.

Natsume Mika, who didn't want to wake up at all, still tried her best to open her eyes. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw Asu's expressionless face.

"Hurry up, there is a mission."

As he spoke, Asu handed over a cup of iced coffee.

Natsume Mika's mind is a little confused now, she always feels that she has experienced this scene.

She looked around and found herself lying on the bed.

"Is this... Groundhog Day?" Natsume Mika asked confusedly.

Groundhog Day is a movie in which the protagonist is trapped in the same day, which keeps repeating itself.

Natsume Mika thought that her day had also repeated itself.

"Has a jewelry store been robbed? Should we go to the scene now?" asked Natsume Mika.

"what are you talking about."

Asu put the iced coffee on the table, then reached out and touched Natsume Mika's forehead.

"Having a fever? Feeling confused? Or amnesia? We arrived at the scene early this morning."

Asu's cold hand made Natsume Mika shudder, and when she became a little more sober, she realized that she might have misunderstood.

"But...I remember I was sitting on a chair? Why am I on the bed now?" Natsume Mika still felt a little confused.

"I was the one who carried you to the bed. You fell asleep on the chair and almost fell down." Asu said.

"Oh, I understand." Natsume Mika nodded.

As long as it's not Groundhog Day, being woken up in the early hours of the morning countless times is a terrible feeling to think about.

After yawning again, Natsume Mika picked up the phone next to the pillow and looked at the time. It was already eleven o'clock.

I turned my head and looked out the window. It was sunny outside, which meant it was eleven o'clock in the morning.

"What's the new mission?" asked Natsume Mika.

"Change your clothes first, I'll talk to you when we get in the car." Asu didn't tell Natsume Mika directly.

Natsume Mika changed her clothes, washed up to make herself more awake, and then got into her car with Asu.

Because Natsume Mika had just woken up and was still a little confused, for safety reasons, Asu drove the car, just like he did early this morning.

Besides, Natsume Mika didn't know where the two of them were going, so it would be more convenient for Asu to drive.

On the way, Asu talked about what happened this morning when Natsume Mika was sleeping.

A lot of things happened during this period of time. The first was that the surveillance video was analyzed.

In the past, when they dealt with such special incidents, they were always unable to obtain many useful clues from the surveillance videos.

This time, the surveillance video provided the police with very important clues, directly presenting the suspect's appearance and the process of the crime to the police.

This time the suspect is not a human, but a slug the size of a large dog.

In the surveillance video, the slug was seen spraying corrosive liquid from its mouth, destroying counters and the safe as if it were in an empty space in the jewelry store, swallowing the jewels, and then sneaking out of the store after eating.

Looking at the huge slug in the surveillance footage, even the police who are not afraid of insects can't help but feel a numbness in their hearts. After all, they have never seen such a big insect. It is estimated that only the legendary southern cockroach can compete with it.

By comparing it with the enemies in the special effects drama, the identity of this giant slug was successfully confirmed.

This slug is the slug monster Gilima from the special drama "Ultraman Taro".

According to the description in the setting collection, Gilliama is a monster that likes to swallow a special kind of gem and has existed since ancient Egypt.

In the special effects drama, Gillian Ma also tracked an ancient necklace and followed it to the vicinity of Higashi Kotaro's residence. However, in the drama, Gillian Ma's size at the beginning was not as huge as in the surveillance, and there was no scene where Gillian Ma swallowed other jewelry.

But in reality, Guillermo bought up all the stock in the jewelry store and did not attack any nearby jewelry stores. I wonder what was inside this jewelry store that attracted Guillermo.

This question did not bother the police for long and was soon explained.

At around nine o'clock in the morning, the police received a call from the hospital, saying that the store manager had woken up and was in a relatively stable mood.

The police immediately sent people to the hospital to communicate with the person in charge.

The person in charge's emotions were indeed very stable, even a little too stable, giving people the feeling that he was compromising after being completely hopeless.

At first, the police were unable to get any useful clues from the person in charge, because he still didn't know who he had offended. He was still running the shop as usual, but who knew that the shop was suddenly robbed.

Seeing that they could not get anything useful out of the question, the police took out a photo and asked the person in charge to identify it.

Printed on that photo is the necklace that attracts monsters that Higashi Kotaro gave to Saori in the special effects drama.

When the person in charge saw the unique necklace, he immediately recalled it and told the police what he knew.

During the previous Golden Week holiday, all jewelry stores of this brand started to hold trade-in activities, where customers could bring their old gold and silver jewelry to the stores to exchange them for new jewelry.

Generally speaking, for old jewelry recycled in this kind of activity, customers are required to provide proof of purchase such as invoices to prevent someone from taking stolen goods and reselling them.

However, invoices are paper products and are easily damaged or lost, so customers only need to bring their ID card, provide a copy of the ID card, register and sign a guarantee agreement to participate in the old-for-new activity.

During the Golden Week, the store manager saw jewelry of this style.

The jewelry was somewhat different from the one in the photo. The gesture in the photo was the same as the gesture props in the special effects drama, which were inlaid with gems. The jewelry that the store manager had seen was made of pure gold and was not inlaid with too many gems.

The jewelry was melted down and remade into new jewelry.

Now the police know why Gillianma insisted on eating at this restaurant, and why he ate so much.

This means that many of the jewelry in the store contain part of the jewelry that attracted Gillianma.

At this point the police immediately split into several groups. Two policemen went to look for the customer who exchanged the Guillenma jewelry for a new one, and the rest went to look for people who had bought jewelry in the store during this period to prevent those people from being attacked by Guillenma.

Natsume Mika and Asu's mission is to visit one of the customers who has recently purchased jewelry from that store, and it would be best if they could convince that customer to bring the jewelry back.

Asu drove the car and took Natsume Mika to the night market.

"I heard the night market here is pretty great, but I never had the time to come and visit."

Natsume Mika looked out the car window. Although it was noon, many small vendors had already come and occupied their positions. The prototype of a night market had already appeared.

"It's laziness, huh?" Asu complained.

Sometimes the truth is more hurtful, and coupled with Asu's expressionless face, the lethality is doubled.

"Stop talking, I know I'm lazy." Natsume Mika covered her chest and begged for mercy.

The vehicle carrying the two people turned from Night Market Street into Sunflower Street, and then stopped in front of a western-style pastry shop called "Sunflower Bakery".

"Don't you want to go meet the person who bought the jewelry first?" asked Natsume Mika.

Although it was already time for lunch, she still felt it would be better to finish the task first.

"The man is here." Asu said, and then she pushed open the shop door.

The wind chimes on the shop door jingled, and a sweet scent wafted over.

Along with the sound of the wind chimes, there was also a gentle and pleasant voice.

"Hello, welcome. The tray and clamps are on the right. Please let me know if I can help you."

The female store manager Nana was standing behind the cash register and talking to Asu and Natsume Mika who were entering the store.

"Hello, we are the police, and we want to know something from you," Asu took out his police ID and handed it to the female store manager, "Excuse me, are you Christina Mackenzie?"

Chapter 234: Speaking of which, Christmas is almost here, right?

The first time she saw Christina, Natsume Mika was attracted by her long burgundy hair.

Although there are people with red hair in real life, the hair color of those people is definitely not as beautiful as that of the female store manager in front of him.

Not only her hair, this female manager also has a very beautiful appearance, with smooth and fair skin, looking like a daughter of a wealthy family.

Smelling the aroma of baked bread in the store, Natsume Mika felt a little hungry. Fortunately, her stomach did not rumble, otherwise it would be embarrassing.

Natsume Mika also took out her police officer ID and asked the female store manager to confirm it.

After confirming everything, Christina returned the police ID to the two people and nodded, saying, "Yes, I am Christina Mackenzie. What do you want to see me for?"

"It's like this, your husband ordered a pair of rings from a jewelry store, and he left the couple's information there," Asu said.

"Ring?" Christina looked confused and seemed to know nothing about the ring.