I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

Tear off the plastic paper on top and stick it on carefully.

"This should be fine for now."

Only after confirming that there was no problem with the bandage did Reiko Akita breathe a sigh of relief.

Serabelle opened her five fingers and looked at them back and forth. "Well, it doesn't matter if you don't apply the patch. This little injury will heal quickly on its own."

"Uh……"

Upon hearing this, Akiba Reiko, who had originally shown a slight smile of relief, suddenly froze on her face.

After two seconds, she pursed her lips and snorted softly, and her beautiful eyebrows, which were quite queen-like, returned to their usual position of keeping strangers away.

"What can I do? You got hurt while trying to save me. If I can't even give you a band-aid, wouldn't that make me seem a bit cold-blooded?"

"Oh, no, actually I am still very grateful..."

"No need to thank me!"

Ouch?

He didn't know if it was Serabel's illusion, but he always felt as if he had just heard similar words not long ago.

Is it an illusion?

On the other side, after rushing for a long time, Sera Masumi and others finally arrived at the gate of the yard where Serabelle and Akiba Reiko were.

Looking in from the outside, there were no obvious wounds on either of them... oh, except for the band-aid on Serabelle's hand.

When he climbed over the courtyard wall again and walked onto the road outside, Sera Masumi immediately came over and held up the boy's left hand.

"Brother, is your hand injured?"

Serabelle shrugged, "Well, I accidentally scratched it when I landed, but luckily Miss Qiu Ting gave me two band-aids."

“I just happened to have it in my backpack!”

A female singer's voice came from the side with emphasis.

It seems that he is still a little angry.

"Forget it, compared to this..."

Serabelle pulled her hand back and looked straight ahead in the direction they were originally heading.

——The residential road that was completely blocked by the dump trucks that were crossing the road.

The dump truck was not particularly large, but the roads in the residential area were not as wide as the main roads in the city. As the body of the truck tilted sideways, the front and rear ends of the truck stabbed into the front yards of the houses on both sides of the road, collapsing the walls and leaving rubble and bricks all over the ground.

"Really? Who is driving this car? It's running rampant in a residential area. It even drives like this when it sees someone on the road. Is it planning to murder someone?"

Miss Sonoko was a person who spoke her mind. She had just escaped death and was still in shock. When she turned around and saw the culprit, she couldn't help but get angry.

But now the car was tilted to one side and the road was completely blocked. The only thing facing them was the chassis of the car. If they wanted to get to the other side and pull the people out, they would have to go around in a long circle.

Serabelle didn't want to go through so much trouble, so after making sure there was no risk of detonation, he climbed directly onto the side of the dump truck with his hands on one side of the bottom of the vehicle.

But when he walked to the car door and looked inside through the window, the entire cockpit was empty.

"……How about it?"

Seeing Serabelle fall back to the ground from the car, Yuanzi, who was eager to know the result, immediately came over and asked.

However, the boy responded by shaking his head: "Don't think about it, the person has already run away. Besides, it is unusual for a dump truck to appear in a residential area. It seems that it came with a purpose."

When saying this, Serabelle took a special look at a female singer.

"The purpose... is it to come for Miss Qiu Ting?"

Yuanzi was not stupid. Less than an hour ago, the thermos was drugged, and then he was attacked by a dump truck. It was easy for him to make the connection.

"Probably so."

Serabelle thought about it.

"How about this, you guys take the kids home next, and I'll take Miss Qiu Ting back first. That way there won't be any more dump trucks attacking you."

"But if that's the case then you'll..."

"Don't worry. We have already failed twice in a row. No matter how anxious the other party is, they will be more cautious."

Just as Serabelle and Sonoko were communicating with each other, Akiba Reiko, who had been silent for a while, spoke.

"Wait a minute, didn't you say before that you wanted me to go with you to investigate at the Domoto Music Academy?"

"Well~ I can only say that this was originally the plan, but now the plan has changed."

Serabelle pointed at herself.

"I can go alone. Before that, I will send you home, Miss Qiu Ting. Remember to stay at home and lock the door. This will be safe for everyone."

"……understood."

The matter of the mud truck founder was still before her eyes, and Reiko Akita couldn't say much but to agree.

So an hour later, after sending Reiko Akiba home, Serabel took the bus again to the Domoto Music College.

The person in charge of guarding the booth in front of the gate was the old man whom I met last week when I came here with Hattori Heiji and the others.

Serabelle walked over with ease.

"Hello, I want to ask--"

After briefly explaining the whole story and the questions I wanted to ask, the old man in the booth recalled for a while.

"If we talk about the people who came this morning, besides Miss Akiba, there was only..."

Hearing the name called out later, Serabelle raised her eyebrows slightly.

Wait, why him?

Chapter 377 Going Out to Meet Big Sister

The next day, it was 7:20 in the morning, at Sera's house.

squeak--

The sound of the door hinge turning rang out in the quiet living room. Masumi Sera, who had just gotten up after three alarm clocks went off, walked out of the room in pajamas, with messy hair and half-awake eyes.

Then when he looked up, he saw Serabelle and Akai Mari sitting face to face at the dining table eating breakfast.

"Uh, good morning~"

Still in a daze, Sera Masumi barely said hello and, not realizing anything was wrong, staggered into the bathroom.

As soon as the door closed, the sound of washing could be heard from inside.

It was not until she finished washing up, came out of the bathroom and sat down next to Serabelle at the dining table that the tiger-fanged girl regained some consciousness and opened her eyes slightly.

She first looked at her mother who was sitting diagonally opposite her, then at Serabelle beside her, and then at the clock hanging on the wall next to the dining table.

Half past seven, isn't that right?

"...Wait a minute, brother, why are you up so early today? The sun is rising from the west?"

Masumi Sera, who had felt something strange since she woke up, finally discovered something was wrong.

You have to know that unless there are special circumstances, this brother is a staunch sleeper. In the late stage of the disease, getting up early in the morning will ruin the whole day. He must maintain sufficient energy to do anything... Yes, energy.

"Why? Have you forgotten what happened yesterday?"

Serabelle raised her hand and flicked the stupid Moduo's forehead.

It was as if his Ren and Du meridians were opened up, and now Sera Masumi was completely awake. He touched his forehead, which still had some feeling, and said "oh".

"I remember now, Miss Qiu Ting..."

As soon as she said this she realized she had said the wrong thing, and it was too late to interrupt.

Mary Akai, who was sitting across the table, raised her eyes and glanced at him. She paused for a second before saying something indifferently.

"I just saw the news. There is a follow-up to the explosion at the Domoto Music Academy that you mentioned earlier, Masumi."

"Follow up?"

Sera Masumi was stunned for a moment.

To be honest, Japan's land area is not large, but there are quite a lot of things going on. Almost every day you can see TV news reports about murders in certain areas. The better ones will list the suspects, but that's all.

It is very rare to hear about the follow-up of catching the murderer.

If there is, then there must be a detective who helped solve the case.

So why is the efficiency so high this time?

"In addition to the initial school explosion, there was another explosion and a sinking at sea. According to the news reports, the common point of the three incidents is that part of the flute was placed next to the victims. So far, there have been four deaths and one serious injury. From the evidence found at the scene, we have collected the three parts of the head pipe, body pipe and tail pipe."

As we all know, the flute is composed of three parts: the head tube, the body tube and the tail tube.

Oh……

Serabelle understood.

In other words, this so-called follow-up does not mean that the criminal has been caught so everyone can rest assured.

Instead, they publicly confirmed that this was a serial murder case and informed everyone that all the murder information had been collected, which was equivalent to saying that the criminal had killed all the people he wanted to kill, so everyone could rest assured.

This... is also a kind of reassurance to some extent?

"By the way, Zhenchun, I remember you have an exam at school today, right?"

Before her daughter could digest the huge amount of information, Akai Mary spoke again indifferently.

"Oh yeah."

The girl with tiger teeth nodded subconsciously.

"Today and tomorrow are the final exams, and then we will have winter break."

"Then hurry up and have breakfast." Akai Mary said intentionally or unintentionally, "It's already 7:40. I remember your exam starts at about 8:30, right?"

"Eh? Nani!?"

Looking up at the clock on the wall again, the girl with tiger teeth wailed loudly and quickly shoveled her breakfast into her mouth.

……

After breakfast, the brother and sister went out together.

Naturally, Masumi Sera rushed to school to take the final exam, while Serabelle took the bus to the door of the apartment where she had sent Reiko Akiba home last night.

Reiko Akiba's house is located on the first floor of the apartment. The house is a bit old, and it is roughly estimated to be about 20 to 30 years old. It is not known whether it is rented or bought.

ding dong~ ding dong~

Serabelle rang the doorbell at the door.

However, even after half a minute, there was still no movement coming from inside the door.

uh-huh?

Out of her detective instinct and her instinct as a former MI6 investigator, Serabelle immediately looked down at the keyhole on the door.

There are no signs of being pried, which means the possibility of being invaded is extremely small.

It doesn't necessarily mean he went out, does it?

Serabelle pressed the door handle tentatively.

Unexpectedly, the door handle, which I thought was locked and could not be pressed, was pressed down all of a sudden.

The lock tongue exits the lock, and the security door slowly opens a small hole inward.

After a little thought, Serabelle pushed the door open and walked in.

After taking off his shoes at the entrance, he walked up the stairs and walked inside slowly.