"What's wrong? Is something the matter?"
"Well, I've encountered something very strange."
Kirisu Mafuyu said softly:
"Could you come to Tokyo? We can talk in detail after we meet."
"Tokyo..."
Gengo hesitated subconsciously. Although he had been on many business trips before, they were all under the guise of business trips to hunt down the X Corporation. He usually did not accept legitimate commissions from other places, so as not to let the monsters take advantage of his absence.
But as soon as such a thought crossed his mind, Gengo couldn't help but chuckle. Things were different now. With 'Cyclone's' current alert range and his own mobility, he figured that even if a monster appeared, he could arrive at the scene in no time.
"Okay, I understand. Send me the address, and I'll be right there."
"Okay, thank you for your help, Yuanxiang."
"Hey, don't be so polite with me. We're like brothers. I'm hanging up now. See you in Tokyo later."
Yuanxiang hung up the phone without ceremony, then put all the memory chips into his coat. Next, he picked up Wangcai, gently rubbed its head, turned on the recording function, and recorded his explanation. He then planned to have Wangcai relay these words to Linfus before coming to find him.
After finishing all that, Gengo went to the Takamachi family to tell Takamachi Nanoha that he was going on a real business trip. At first, the little one was reluctant to leave, but after hearing that he was going to Tokyo, her reluctance turned into wanting a gift. There was no way around it, Fuuto and Tokyo were just too close.
After dealing with all that, Gengo set off for the place that Kirisu Mafuyu had indicated. Now that he thought about it, he really didn't know where Kirisu Mafuyu's hometown was, but it didn't matter. He would find out when he got to Tokyo.
"Wow........"
When Gengo arrived at the address given by Kirisu Mafuyu, he couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, because it was a high-end apartment building. To put it simply, the people living there were definitely extremely wealthy. Gengo didn't even think that he could afford to buy a house here if he saved every penny of his life without eating or drinking.
'Beep~~~~'
Access to this apartment requires a key card or remote unlocking by the person upstairs. In addition, when Kirisu Mafuyu sent the address, she did not include a specific apartment number, so Gengo had to call her to contact her.
"What happened in Yuanxiang? Did something happen to you?"
"No."
Hearing the worried tone in Kirisu Mafuyu's voice, Gengo knew she probably thought he had encountered another strange incident, so he comforted her, saying:
"I'm downstairs, could you open the door for me?"
"Oh... Ah!?"
A startled voice came from the other end of the phone, and hearing the 'whoosh' of a window opening, Gengo figured she was probably peering out the window, so he muttered to himself helplessly:
"Don't lean out of the window, it's very dangerous."
"Huh? Can you see me? Why didn't I see you... Ah, never mind, wait a minute, I'll come down and get you."
Before Gensou could say anything more, the call was disconnected. The boy helplessly put his phone away and waited for Kirisu Mafuyu to arrive.
"Yuanxiang, you're so fast! It's only been... less than half an hour."
Kirisu Mafuyu, who had just opened the apartment door, looked at her student in surprise and said:
"I thought you wouldn't be able to come over until tonight."
"Since Professor Kirisu has entrusted me with this task, I must hurry over."
Gengo greeted Kirisu Mafuyu with a smile, saying:
"By the way, Kirisu-sensei, is this your home?"
"How is that possible...."
Kirisu Mafuyu said helplessly:
"I'm just tutoring here. I know what you're trying to say, but I can't help it. At home, my family nags me every day. I'm almost brain-depleting from all the nagging."
Once inside the elevator, Kirisu Mafuyu abandoned all pretense of composure, clutching her hair and muttering in utter distress:
"This is the first time I've ever been so looking forward to the start of school. I had absolutely no reason to leave if school wasn't going to start. Luckily, a friend recommended a tutoring job to me, which saved me from this ordeal. But... but..."
Kirisu Mafuyu leaned against Gengo as if all her strength had been drained, and said in a daze:
"But their grades are really bad. Their foundation is weak, and some of them don't even try to study properly. It's really a headache..."
So you want me to help you teach her?
Although Kirisu Mafuyu is a history teacher, that doesn't mean she's ignorant of other subjects. Therefore, seeing Kirisu Mafuyu like this, Gengo felt quite guilty. He gently patted his teacher's long, flowing hair and said somewhat sheepishly:
"Well, teacher, I've basically forgotten everything I learned in school..."
"Of course I didn't come to see you because of that. I know you perfectly well."
As they approached their floor, Kirisu Mafuyu straightened up, tidied herself up slightly, reverting to her icy beauty persona, and whispered to Gengo:
“My student has really run into a problem this time. You can see for yourself what happened. I won’t say anything more so that you don’t have a preconceived notion.”
"Oh?"
Gengo glanced at Kirisu Mafuyu and sensed something was off. It seemed that something like the Memory Monster incident had brought his teacher to him. This was understandable, as Kirisu-sensei cared a lot about his students, even if it was just temporary tutoring.
"Gentlemen, I've brought the person."
"Oh~~ Is this little brother Yuanxiang?"
After Kirisu Mafuyu opened the door, a girl with short, attractive hair and an aura of stardom greeted Gengo with a smile and a wave.
"Hello, I am your client."
"......"
Yuanxiang looked at the girl who was smiling so genuinely, but he felt that there was something wrong with her aura. How should he describe it? It was like rolling a box of clay into a ball, but the colors were all very distinct. However, there was no fluctuation of memory in her.
Sensing this, Yuanxiang raised his head and looked around the room. It was a two-story apartment, with a living room downstairs and bedrooms upstairs. The doors of the bedrooms all had different labels, all in a girl's style, and each one was a different style.
"May I ask?"
Gengo asked the question instinctively, but after seeing the mischievous look in the girl's eyes, he decisively looked at Kirisu Mafuyu and said:
"There are at least three people living here, right?"
"Uh...yes."
Kirisu Mafuyu subconsciously agreed, and Gengo nodded knowingly. His gaze then fell on the girl, his eyes slightly narrowed. No matter what she said or did, he didn't react. Finally, just as the girl's temper began to flare, the boy pointed at her and said softly:
"There's more than one person inside your body, right?"
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Upon hearing this, both Kirisu Mafuyu and the girl were stunned. Seeing their reactions, Gengo knew he had guessed correctly. Although it was faint, according to the 'cyclone' response, there were indeed four people lying in the room on the second floor. Furthermore, with the girl's emotional fluctuations, Gengo also borrowed a bit of 'evil' power and sensed the fluctuations in their souls. That's why he dared to make such a statement.
"Alright, stop spacing out and tell me what happened."
Yuanxiang sat down opposite the girl, casually picked up a peach, and said while munching on it:
"Judging from your expression, you probably forbade Kirisu-sensei from telling me about your situation, in order to test my detective skills. Have I passed your test now?"
"Forehead......"
Kirisu Mafuyu's expression immediately became somewhat subtle upon sitting down. She hadn't expected that she had been seen through. Genji waved his hand dismissively, then looked at the girl and said:
"Come on, tell me, what happened here? When did this happen? What did you do before it happened? Did you eat anything strange or encounter anything unusual? Don't think that some things are insignificant just because they seem small. Please tell me everything. Oh, by the way, my name is Gensou, the Fuuto Detective."
"Hello, Mr. Gensato."
Now, Gensou finally saw honesty in the girl's eyes. This remarkably mature alien, when serious, didn't seem like she was his age at all. But just as she was about to speak, Gensou sensed a change in her aura. The girl crossed her arms, put her right leg over her left, and said in a forceful tone:
"I've been through so much lately, you could say everything's been going wrong. Do I really need to tell you all of that?"
“I hope you will tell me.”
Gensato replied without changing his expression:
"As a detective, it's very troublesome to start a job without any information, and the reward will also increase as a result."
"Hmph, it's just money, who needs that..."
The girl snorted and tilted her head dismissively, but before she could finish speaking, Yuanxiang tapped the table lightly and pointed to his own, saying:
"I'm short of funds. May we get down to business now?"
"...Then you'd better listen carefully."
The unexpected answer startled the girl for a moment, then she sat up straight and said softly:
"A few days ago, I felt..."
Please be more specific.
Yuanxiang interrupted her again, saying seriously:
"If possible, please use more precise time-related terms so that I can conduct a follow-up investigation."
The girl hesitated for a moment, paused briefly, and then answered truthfully:
"A week ago, yes, last Wednesday, when I was sleeping at night, I kept feeling something making a 'swish, swish, swish' sound outside, but I couldn't see anything when I looked out. Then last Thursday, when we were getting ready to go out, several hair clips that I clearly left on the table mysteriously disappeared. And then... probably when we went to Kyoto, I kept feeling like someone was following us..."
This girl was very talkative, so much so that Kirisu Mafuyu wondered if she was simply making up stories to fool Gengo. Gengo, however, didn't say a word, just listened while gently tapping the back of his hand. At this moment, the girl stopped, drank a large glass of water, looked at Gengo, and said:
"So? Did anything I said seem strange to you? Or did you simply not remember it? Hmph, if that's the case, even if you were introduced by Kirisu-sensei, I still..."
"A week ago, yes, last Wednesday, when I was going to sleep last night, I kept feeling..."
Gensho interrupted the girl expressionlessly, repeating her story verbatim. After finishing, the boy clapped his hands lightly, praising himself while also drawing the girl's attention back to the present, and said softly:
"Although I'm not very old, I inherited the detective profession from my grandfather. In Fengdu, I consider myself to be quite well-known, and my professional skills should be top-notch, so please have more confidence in me. Alright, may I ask my questions now?"
"........"
"Oh?"
Genshou looked at the girl in front of him, her legs together, her hands silently placed between her thighs, and her expression becoming blank and expressionless, and said softly:
"Has the person been changed again?"
"........"
The girl nodded silently. Yuanxiang filled her cup with water and said in a slightly gentler tone:
"Can you tell me if there's anything that feels wrong?"
"........"
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