Is there anyone who really wants to be a partner of justice?

"So... your purpose in searching for the person in the mirror?"

"It's to find the core of the mirror world."

"The core of the mirror world?"

Shinichi pondered over this word, this setting...it seemed to have appeared in the TV version, but it seemed that it was just an illusion and there was no point in breaking it.

"Ms. Kono, do you want to find the core of that mirror world and then break it?"

"Huh? Why would I have such a thought?"

"Uh...isn't it?"

"Mr. Kadoya, your idea is a bit too extreme." Takano shook his head, criticized Shinichi's idea, and then explained: "No one can predict what will happen after the core of the mirror world is broken.

There are so many monsters in the mirror world, which gives me the feeling that the mirror world is not just a place to accommodate the battles between knights, but more like a cage for imprisoning mirror beasts. We must admit that the existence of the mirror world not only rarely interferes with the human world, but even protects humans in some aspects. Therefore, it is unreasonable for me not to think about destroying the mirror world.

I personally believe that the existence of the mirror world is an objective natural phenomenon, and has nothing to do with good or evil. The reason why I want to find the core of the mirror world is to determine what it is and what its relationship is to this cycle.

If there really is such a great power as time loop, then it is more likely that someone is using the power of the mirror world to influence the real world. In this case, we must also find a way to use the power of the mirror world to fight against it..."

Shinichi listened to Takano's narration with a dazed look on his face. This time, he was not pretending to be surprised. He was really shocked by everything Takano said.

Why haven't I seen these things in the original work? Finding the core of the mirror world, using the power of the mirror world to fight against evil, etc. The concepts mentioned here can't be said to be rarely mentioned in the original work, but it can also be said that they are not there at all.

However, the logic that Takano said made Shinichi feel very reasonable. Indeed, in the original work, Kanzaki Shirou used the power of the mirror world to create the knight system, which was indeed almost true. And using the power of the mirror world in reverse...

At this point, Shinichi could only sigh that he was worthy of being the Half-Immortal Manta, and the things he came up with in his mind were truly astonishing.

This also made Shinichi feel that his thinking was indeed too constrained by the original work. This world was similar to the Dragon Knight world, and many settings were very different from each other. He had always used the original work as a reference in his mind, and it was possible that there were really many mistakes and omissions.

Especially since Night Knight, who was the main rider in the original work, disappeared in this world...

Thinking of this, Shinichi glanced at Takano, and asked, "Um, Miss Takano, can I ask you a question? Have you ever seen a blue knight?"

"The blue knight? Do you mean the Deep Knight? Sorry, I haven't actually seen him. The Deep Knight is always elusive. Except for a few knights, it's rare to see him."

"Yuanqi..." Shinichi scratched his head. This guy was indeed blue. At first, Shinichi thought that the blue knight Mai was talking about was Yeqi, but after thinking about it carefully, Shinichi felt that it was Yuanqi.

"It's not the Fuchi Knights, it's the other blue knights. Don't just limit yourself to your memories, Takano. You can try to think about your dreams and see if you can find the other blue knights."

"..." He was so intent on finding a blue knight who didn't exist at the moment, and he even made himself look for him in a dream of death? The perceptive Gao Ye sensed something fishy, ​​but she didn't say anything, and honestly recalled the dream she had missed...

"..." After thinking for an unknown amount of time, Takano suddenly opened his eyes, thought deeply, and said, "Well... although it's very vague, if I think about it carefully, I did find the blue knight other than the Abyss Knight that Mr. Kadoya mentioned... the image is very vague... is he wearing a black cloak?"

Shinichi was shocked. Is it really true?

He suppressed his surprise and asked calmly, "Well...is there a more detailed description?"

Takano shook his head helplessly: "Ah... this, no, I thought about it for a long time and found a vague impression in my dream. I was also surprised that I could really find it... That figure, I have never seen it before. It may be a different knight from different reincarnations. How about it, Kadoya Shikun, do you know Him?"

"Well... I don't know him. I just heard from Mai that her predecessor was killed by a blue knight."

"That? I think it's possible that Yuanqi did it. After all, that guy has a criminal record and killed Yaocui. He is a dangerous person no less than Wangshe."

"Humph... who knows..."

Shinichi muttered meaningfully.

Just as the two were talking heatedly, Izumi Tomoka came up to them in a maid outfit and greeted them energetically, "Oh hayo~ Kadokuni Shikun~ You came early today. Do you want a refill? Or do you want to try our new coffee?"

Looking at Izumi Tomoka in front of him wearing a backless black and white maid outfit, Shinichi's shy soul burned again: "Oh my~ Tomoka, your maid outfit... nnnice! Especially the backless one, what a genius idea!"

"Hehe~ I made this myself! It took me more than a week! But, Kadoya Shikun, don't just look at my naked back with lustful eyes. Look at the lace I embroidered on it. It's so beautiful. It took me a lot of time!"

As she spoke, Izumi Tomoka covered her back, allowing Shinichi to only see her front image. Although it was a pity that some highlights were missing, Shinichi still had to admit that this maid outfit was indeed very beautifully designed.

"Not bad, not bad. I never thought that Youxia not only makes delicious cakes and brews great coffee, but you also have the talent to make clothes. What else can you do that I can't think of?"

"Hehe~ That's a lot, Kadoya Shikun, I'm an all-around beautiful and Japanese girl with two thousand skills, Izumi Tomoka!" As she said that, Tomoka made a V sign to Shinichi. If it weren't for the different movements of her hands, Shinichi almost thought that this girl was reminding him to underestimate me.

"Let's not talk too much. Work is important, otherwise the manager will urge us again. Kadokuni-kun, Takano-chan, do you want a refill?"

Gao Ye said, "Well, please refill your cup."

And Shinichi asked curiously: "What's the situation with that new coffee you mentioned?"

Quan Youxia immediately turned around and came to the bar, picked up a cup of coffee and explained, "This is a new type of coffee that we launched in collaboration with the bar next door, a wine latte! Do you want to try it?"

"Wow~ sounds good~"

"so what?"

"Please give me another cup of strong mocha."

"... Kadokami-kun, you are making fun of me, right?"

"Hey~"

After a quarrel, Quan Youxia puffed up her face and looked unhappy as she refilled the coffee for Shinichi and Takano, and when she brought it to the table, she looked like a sulky child.

“Hmph!”

In response, Shinichi smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll try again next time. Today I prefer the rich mocha. Oh, by the way, the songs you just played are as delicious as always. I like them very much~"

“Hmph!”

Sure enough, this girl is actually quite easy to deal with.

After taking a sip of mocha and feeling its mellow and dense taste, Shinichi asked curiously, "Speaking of which, Youxia, do you know what big thing happened two months ago?"

Shinichi's question made Takano, who was standing next to him, prick up her ears immediately. At the same time, she was also surprised at Shinichi's ability to take action. He just finished chatting for a while and now he's getting down to business?

When asked, Youxia said, "Big deal? Yes, two months ago, I just moved to Tokyo and settled down, and found a job in a coffee shop. I remember it very clearly, two months and five days, that's right! I plan to celebrate when it reaches 5 days!"

Youxia's answer made the two of them laugh and cry. Well, this was indeed a big deal for this girl.

Gao Ye at the side continued to ask: "Well, congratulations, Youxia, but what I want to know more is some major social events that happened two months ago..."

Youxia touched her chin and thought for a while before shaking her head: "Major social events? I don't know about that. I just moved to Tokyo during that time... But you can ask Mai about this kind of thing. She's a newspaper reporter. I'm afraid no one knows more about major social events than her, right?"

This sentence immediately made the two people's eyes light up. Yes, they only remembered that Mai was a reckless, stupid and good-natured girl, and almost forgot that she was actually a real reporter.

Chapter 88: Big Event Two Months Ago

Inside the newspaper office, the president sat at his desk and read the latest issue of the newspaper. From time to time, he looked up at Mai who was sitting at his desk with her head down awkwardly, and sighed continuously: "Alas... Mai, how long has it been since you found any valuable news for the newspaper? In the past month, there has not been an article written by you in the newspapers issued by our newspaper..."

"Uh... Red Bean Paste Private Masai!" Faced with the president's criticism, Mai was speechless and could only carry forward the spirit of craftsmanship.

The president just waved his hand and said, "Hey, Zhenyi, you should pay more attention to your work. I think you still have great potential. Look, two months ago you helped the police solve a case, and our newspaper got the first-hand news directly.

You should at least show the spirit you had two months ago. Look at this post you gave me a while ago... "The reason for the missing persons is that they were kidnapped by mirror beasts in the mirror world." We are a newspaper, not an urban legend website. How dare you publish such a big news that you made up yourself?"

"Uh..." Mai bowed helplessly and wanted to say something, but finally gave up defending herself. After all, if she hadn't really come into contact with a knight battle, a normal person would not understand that there were such supernatural things in the world.

"Boss, give me some more time, I will definitely find out where all the people who have been missing during this period have gone!"

"Oh, no, no, I'll let someone else investigate the disappearance. You go check other things... um... since you wrote about the mirror world, then go investigate this. There's a rumor about a bat monster in Ikebukuro recently. You go and see what's going on."

"Ah... um... that..."

"What? Don't want to do it?"

"No, no! I just... I just want to say that if someone really wants to investigate the disappearance case, tell him to be careful." Mai reminded the president helplessly.

The president rolled his eyes and said as a matter of course: "Of course I know that our job as a reporter requires boldness and carefulness. You are quite bold, but you are not careful enough and a little crooked.

Two months ago, you got a piece of news and you were so proud of it. Now you have been hitting a wall for more than a month. Do you know how difficult it is to follow the news? So, keep a calm mind and be more pragmatic. Don't think about making big news every day. Start with small things and accumulate little by little..."

The president talked more and more, and finally it became like the nagging of an old mother, echoing in Mai's ears non-stop. She could only stand there obediently and deeply feel the president's "earnest teachings".

This nagging lasted for an unknown amount of time, so long that Mai almost lost track of time. The conversation ended in a daze. When she stepped out of the office, she didn't even realize how the conversation ended.

"Pfft~ You must be confused after being nagged by the president for almost an hour~" The old senior in the newspaper office looked at Mai coming out, chuckled, and handed Mai a glass of water to calm her down.

Only then did Mai come back to her senses from the chaos. She took the cup of water from her senior with a helpless look on her face, drank a sip of water, and said tiredly: "I don't even realize what he said at the end..."

The senior reached out and patted Mai's shoulder to comfort her, "Don't worry, you'll get used to it. Although the president is a bit nagging, he is still very good to us. He nags you so much because he hopes you can succeed. Oh, by the way, someone is here to see you. They have been waiting outside the newspaper office for a while."

"Come to see me?" Mai was stunned.

"Uh-huh, oh, by the way, there's a guy among them who looks a bit like you. Is he your brother?"

"I don't have any brother..." Mai shook her head with a wry smile, opened the door of the newspaper office and took a look at the two people waiting outside.

"Eh? Kadoya-kun? Miss Takano?"

Shinichi raised his eyes and smiled, teasing: "Oh, Mayi, you finally came out. I was wondering if you were rushing to finish your DDL, or if you were so busy with work that you couldn't leave."

"No way~ I was just nagged by the president... Uh, it's not easy to talk here, let's go somewhere else."

"Row."

After the three of them moved to a slightly quieter place, they began to talk about business.

When hearing Shinichi and Takano want to ask about the big event two months ago, Mai looked a little surprised. She said directly: "Big event two months ago, yes. If you want to say what I know most clearly, it has to be a cult case that I solved with the police two months ago."

"Cult case?" Takano at the side seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Are you talking about the illegal gathering in Shinjuku two months ago, the cult case that almost resulted in mass sacrifice?"

"Yes. That one."

Seeing the two of them singing the same tune, Shinichi was a little confused. He asked, "Please tell me more details. I just came to Tokyo. I really don't know anything about this cult case you are talking about."

"Let me explain. I happened to be the first-hand reporter who wrote the teaching plan." Mai patted her chest and told Shinichi about her experience when she was investigating.

It all started with a serial disappearance case. Mai had just joined the newspaper at that time. In order to broaden her horizons, the president arranged for her and another senior reporter to start investigating the disappearance case.

Although Mai is a somewhat slow-witted, stupid and nice person in her daily life, she has very good insight and intuition in her main job.

After comparing the information of the missing persons, Mai chose to investigate the case from a girl of about the same age as herself, Akiyama Li. From Akiyama Li's home, Mai discovered that the girl's family had contact with a cult called Samsara Society.

After receiving this information, Zhenyi instinctively felt that the girl's disappearance might be closely related to the cult.

Faced with this conclusion, the journalist senior who was with Mai chose to give up. After all, when it comes to cults, even journalists would better avoid them if possible, as there are too many crazy people in them and the danger is too great.

However, the young and naive Mai was not afraid at all. Even though her seniors clearly told her not to get involved, she still chose to follow without hesitation.

After experiencing setbacks such as broken clues, investigation deadlocks, threatening letters, personal attacks, etc., Mai finally succeeded in finding the location of the Samsara Society and their plans with the assistance of the police.

And two months ago, she worked with the police to uncover a mass sacrifice ceremony held by the Samsara Society.

"It's very exciting. I didn't expect that you, Mai, could come up with such an amazing answer. You can be said to be a city hero." Shinichi listened with great interest and praised Mai directly.

After hearing this, Zhenyi shook her head a little embarrassedly: "Actually... I personally feel that I just provided a direction. Although there were some minor setbacks in the whole process, it was actually very smooth.

Even the veteran police officer who worked with me said that the case was solved very smoothly and that I was very lucky. When we finally rushed into the cult gathering, there was not even a single obstacle. There was no security at all at the entire cult gathering, and the police easily controlled the scene.

but……"

At the end of her speech, Mai paused and sighed with some regret.

This sigh made the two curious, and they asked, "But what?"

Mai scratched her head and responded, "However, unfortunately, my investigation seems to have gone in the wrong direction. I thought Akiyama Li's disappearance was caused by a cult, but when I and the police cracked the cult case, we did not find Akiyama Li among the rescued victims.

It can be said that I accidentally solved another major case due to a mistake in the investigation... As for Akiyama Li, after coming into contact with the mirror world, I suspected that she might have been captured by the mirror beast and brought into the mirror world."

After getting Mai's answer, Shinichi and Takano looked at each other and started a quiet discussion: "Do you think...it could be this?"

Gao Ye stroked his chin and pondered for a while before saying, "The Samsara Society... just based on the name, I feel it's worth investigating. And the timing of the Samsara Society's investigation is also very coincidental, so we can go and take a look."

"Eh? What are you talking about?" Mai looked at the two people whispering with a puzzled look on her face. She was very curious. What's the matter that you didn't take me with you?

Looking at Mai's curious little face, Shinichi asked Takano, "How about... letting her join in?"

After thinking for a while, Takano nodded: "Okay, at least Mai is a kind girl, and she is very strong in combat, and she will be a good help to our plan."

This made Mai even more curious, and she asked like a curious baby: "Plan? What plan? Tell me about it?"

Takano did not choose to hide anything from Mai and told her his speculations and ideas.

And then...then Mai regretted it.

What's going on? She knows every word, but when they are put together, how come it feels more confusing than the president's nagging? Her brain... her brain is so swollen and itchy... Is it going to grow out?!

Looking at Mai's confused eyes, Gao Ye chose to shut up halfway through her explanation. For a moment, she regretted her suggestion...

Chapter 89: Inoue Madhouse

Relying on the information revealed by Mai, Shinichi and Takano also determined their first investigation target, which was the Samsara Society that had been cracked down by the police.

Now that the Samsara Society has been uncovered and destroyed by the police, if we want to start from this aspect, we can only ask the bishop of the Samsara Society who is currently detained in the police station.

However, when Zhenyi and the other two arrived at the police station to inquire, the response given surprised them.