Ke Xue: I picked up a bottle of sherry at the beginning.

"Let me tell you, about what happened tonight."

Prince Kadoga stroked his beard and said

"I have a better or worse guess."

"You mean to say..."

"The one who wants to kill me is my brother."

"what?"

"My brother, Prince Chaga, has always wanted to get rid of me. Although this is a major state secret, out of trust in you, I will tell you anyway."

"Ah, ah..."

"You guys should at least show some sign of your trust in me."

"This... this... words of trust..."

The Foreign Minister's eyes rolled around wildly, his expression showing embarrassment and confusion.

He looked at Ryoko with an expression that seemed to be begging for help, but Ryoko also gave him an expression that said, "I don't know."

There was no other way but for him to ask the question himself.

"Why...why does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince want to get rid of Your Highness?"

"Do not you know?"

"do not know."

"You haven't done enough to understand the Mewat royal family. As the head of diplomatic affairs, you are really not ambitious."

"I'm so sorry."

The Foreign Minister repeatedly wiped his face with a handkerchief. Even if he had taken this seat voluntarily, it was still pitiful that he had to endure such a thing.

"If you want to know, I can reluctantly give you some pointers."

“¨「 ……”

"Don't you want to know?"

"Ah... yes, I really want to know."

"Why do you want to know?"

"Ah, yes..."

"Then I'll give you some pointers. This is about state secrets, so you have to listen carefully."

"Yes, I'm really grateful."

The Foreign Minister had already decided to go all out, and he bowed to Prince Kadoga.

Prince Kadoga rolled his eyes a few times and whispered mysteriously:

"Actually, he is jealous of his younger brother, Gu."

"what?!"

The Foreign Minister's mouth twisted downward.

"No matter what, there can only be one king, and only one person can sit on the throne. Even brothers can't inherit the throne at the same time. It can be said to be a fateful conflict."

"Even so, why would His Royal Highness be jealous of you?"

"Don't you understand?"

"No, I don't understand. Please give me some pointers."

I thought, "It's not good for me to stand too close to the front during such an important conversation." But the Foreign Minister seemed to have lost his composure and didn't even ask the unrelated people to leave.

"It's like this. I'm superior to my brother in every aspect."

"Winning by one step means..."

"Looks, talent, popularity, even sex skills, every aspect is better than my brother..."

"Worse than you?"

Ryoko interrupted Prince Kadoka coldly.

"Yes, that's it."

"what."

Ryoko sneered:

"What era is this? You still have a monarchy? The kingdom of Mewat will end with your generation!"

Ryoko pointed at Lord Kadoka and spoke like a prophetess predicting something bad.

"If you have the decency of a royal, or even the most basic humanity, shouldn't you say something humane to the aide-de-camp who was killed as your substitute?"

"Do you mean... words of thanks?"

"It's something like this, you can judge for yourself."

"boring."

As soon as he opened his mouth, His Highness Kadoka reached out to stroke his beard.

"I'm a royal, and that guy is a subject. The Kingdom of Mewat is the royal family's private property, and the lives of its subjects are also its own. For a commoner like me to be a substitute for royalty, isn't that a great honor? That guy must be screaming 'Long live the royal family!' in his heart. What kind of nonsense... is there no need for that?"

Ryoko didn't answer, but just glanced at Prince Kadoka with contempt and turned away.

"Let's go, Quan Yi."

"Yes."

"If you continue to stay in this place, the poison gas will penetrate your ears and rot your intestines."

Ryoko walked away. Neither the Foreign Minister nor Prince Kadoka spoke. Shiraizumi Masu shrugged and followed Ryoko.

"Where are you going?"

"First, we'll go to 'Edgar Allan Poe's House', then 'Dinosaur Kingdom'."

"Seeing dinosaurs?"

"Yeah? We need to have some fun."

"I thought you were going to chase the Half-Merce Princess?"

"Let the Chiba Prefecture police handle it.

Capture the Mermaid Princess

"Is Miwako Sato here?"

"I am here."

Miwako Sato waved. On her left was Inspector Megure, and on her right was Inspector Takagi. They seemed to have been watching the situation closely, worried about Ryoko.

"We're conducting a solo search. Everyone, follow me. Really, I had the whole place to myself today."

Leading his four subordinates, the head of the criminal department walked away in a heroic manner.

After walking for about two minutes, we arrived at our original destination.

A mansion with white walls - Edgar Allan Poe's House.

This building, recreating the world of Edgar Allan Poe's novels, depicts the bizarre and fantastical. Naturally, there were staff and two or three police officers at the entrance. Ryoko showed us her VIP ID, and the other four showed us their police IDs. They let us in, bewildered.

At the entrance of the dark room, a machine painted black and shaped like a crow greets visitors.

Ryoko asked:

"Has anyone suspicious been here?"

"Will I know?"

The crow replied grimly.

In the next scene, a sharp blade mounted on a pendulum is cutting a wax figure in half. The scenes in Poe's novels are indeed not suitable for children but for adults.

Suddenly, the big bell rang out with a sharp and heavy sound. At the same time, the pendulum cut through the air with a "bang" sound and fell down, chopping off the wax figure's head to the ground.

"Wow...what is this..."

Sato Miwako couldn't help but sigh.

Inspector Megure muttered, "Don't let children see this." Inspector Takagi nodded and said, "Yes, yes," in agreement.

"Quan Yi, what are you thinking about?"

Ryoko asked unexpectedly.

"Of course it's about that terrorist dressed as a half-merman princess."

"What a man with no sense of fun! I brought you here specially..."

"I'm so sorry. But there's one thing I can't let go of."

"Really... I can't help it. Tell me."

"The assassination attempter must be from Mewat."

"Most likely."

"If they were from Mewat, they would know Prince Kadoga's appearance. Why would they target a double? If it was a double that looked very similar, it would be fine, but a double with such a different appearance..."

"Indeed."

"right."

"It's like the stark difference between me and Yuki. The moon and a turtle, a diamond and coal, there's no mistaking them. Or maybe he used a stand in Mewat as well? It can't be that serious..."

"Or maybe he was staring at the original and accidentally hit the substitute?"

"Isn't that a pity?"

"Or perhaps the terrorists' goal is to create a stir between Japan and Mewat, enough to turn the two countries against each other? In that case, killing the real person and the double would have the same effect..."

"Oh, Quan Yi, you look like you've become a politician."

"I'm not interested in a troublesome career like a politician."

Bai Quanyi denied it, but there were definitely doubts about this matter.

"You've seen what happened to the Rebel Killer!"

If this statement is true, the assassin targeting Prince Kadoga must have been a supporter of the former King Ludola III. The murder of the King's family was likely avenged by loyal subjects. In that case, the murderers of the former King's family must be the family of the current King, Bikulam II...

The fact that a state guest was nearly assassinated by terrorists is simply a failure of the Japanese government. Furthermore, if a mistake were to lead to involvement in other countries' political struggles...

"The more I think about it, the more difficult it becomes... Fortunately, I'm not a politician..."

"Can you rashly make friends just for a few rare metals? As an adult, you need to choose your friends carefully."

Inspector Yakushiji Ryoko was pulling out something like a magic trick. It was a device the size of a cell phone.

"this is……"

"This is a receiver for an invisible microphone. Needless to say, it's a new product."

"Who did you put that thing on?"

"It's the latest product. It hasn't been tried before it's released."

"So who are you going to use this on?"

"Who do you think it is?"

"Prince Kadoga...in his true form?"

"Wrong answer. Tomorrow it's your treat, Hungarian cuisine in Ginza."

"Uh--"

"If we put an invisible microphone on Kadoka, all we'd hear would be the incomprehensible Mewat language."

After the irrelevant conversation, Shiraizumi finally realized that the microphone was installed on the Foreign Minister.

A voice came through the receiver. The Foreign Minister was speaking viciously. His voice was distorted.