A comic book, but a librarian

"Good morning...why are you here too?"

Hikigaya Hachiman ran out with breakfast in his mouth and opened the door. At this time, Hikigaya Komachi, who had stayed up all night last night, was still sleeping, and his parents had already gone out for work, so he made breakfast for himself first and waited for Uesugi Sumire to come.

Of course, he never expected that he would not only wait for Uesugi Sumire, but also another person, Yukinoshita Yukino.

"Do you believe that we actually met on the road? Never mind... I called him over, hoping that Yukinoshita-san can help."

Uesugi Cheng gestured to let the two people in first before talking.

Hikigaya Hachiman showed the scar on his arm. It healed very quickly and was completely different from its original appearance. Only some black marks remained on it.

"It doesn't look like a particularly powerful thing, otherwise it wouldn't be able to break through your defenses. But you did one thing right... You tried your best to leave that little trace, and now is the time to use it."

Hikigaya Hachiman had a confused expression on his face. He did leave behind a piece of clothing before he fell into a deep sleep, but when he woke up and found nothing, he thought he had done nothing.

"Well, let's see... It's pretty much what I thought, Hikigaya... You did find a very interesting situation, Yukinoshita-san. I wonder if you have ever learned about people in the same industry as your family."

"Eh? Actually, I haven't really known much about this stuff. I don't know much about it. Maybe my sister would know a little more."

Yukinoshita Yukino was a little confused as to why she was suddenly asked such a question. After all, Hikigaya Hachiman looked like he was cursed, but what did this have to do with the construction company.

"That's just perfect for me. Could you please find out more about... the famous construction company that went bankrupt two years ago? Of the three of us sitting here, only you can reasonably investigate that company. If two of us go, we'll more or less attract the other party's attention."

"But wouldn't it be easier for her to be noticed if she were to sit with me and investigate these things now?"

Hikigaya Hachiman raised an objection. Although it was reasonable, if the cause and effect were taken into account, it would be more obvious that Yukinoshita Yukino was the target than the two of them.

"Of course, so this place of Yukinoshita is just a cover. You just need to investigate at a shallow level. If you can find something, that would be great. If you find nothing, that doesn't matter."

Uesugi Cheng smiled and took out his cell phone.

"If you need help, I can call any number of people, but we can't make too much noise when investigating this kind of thing. The other party is obviously very cautious, and the collapse of this construction company is probably just the beginning of their plan... It's really interesting, much more interesting than the cases in the hands of the Anti-Suppression Bureau."

Yukinoshita Yukino and Hikigaya Hachiman didn't know what the Suppression Bureau was, but they could vaguely feel that a huge conspiracy network covering the entire Tokyo seemed to have invisibly shrouded them, and the cause was simply Hikigaya Hachiman's curiosity and motivation to investigate.

"Is it really okay? If they dare to do this... what happens next will be very dangerous."

Hikigaya Hachiman obviously didn't want to involve Yukinoshita. After all, this was an incident that he had insisted on investigating.

"No, Hikigaya... You have to know that in this place, fists are the only way to speak. Didn't you notice that they were always on the defensive? Cleaning up traces, killing people who knew about it, they didn't dare to expose themselves at all. They could only survive by hiding under the mercy of the shadows."

Hikigaya Hachiman was stunned by Uesugi Sumiya's words. He did not look at Uesugi Sumiya's expression, but turned his head away, because his intuition told him that it would be bad for his eyes if he looked over now.

"However, the light has no mercy. Let's see what these guys who can only hide in the dark want to do."

There was a pair of glasses on Uesugi Sumiko's nose, and Yukinoshita Yukino didn't even notice when he put on the glasses.

"By the way, Hikigaya... we'll have to ask you to stay at home for a few more days and pretend that something has happened. Just in case. We're here to visit the patient today."

"okay, I get it."

368

Chapter 368 Rumor: Letter from the Dead.

"So what are we doing here now? Do you want anything to eat?"

After determining the course of action, Hikigaya Hachiman visibly relaxed and prepared to go to the refrigerator to see what would be for today's breakfast.

"No, I don't need to. I've already eaten before I came here. But I didn't expect that Hikigaya can actually cook?"

Yukinoshita Yukino also seemed to be quite relaxed. After all, when she heard what Uesugi Sumire said, she thought that Hikigaya Hachiman had gotten into trouble that would make other people targeted as well (which was annoying, so she rushed over immediately. However, after arriving, she found that the other party didn't seem to be very powerful either.

"I still have to remind you. Although the other party doesn't seem very powerful in my words, you should not try to test or provoke them casually. On the one hand, we really don't know what cards the other party has. If they counterattack at the last moment and cause some casualties, it won't be a good thing. On the other hand, if you make too much noise now and scare them back, it will not be good."

Uesugi Sumire paused, took a sip of water, and glanced towards the door. Hikigaya Hachiman instantly understood and casually fetched a notebook.

"What about this problem? How do you solve it?"

It took Yukinoshita Yukino three seconds to understand Hikigaya Hachiman's intention, and then she very naturally began to solve the problem in an irrelevant way. Sure enough, after a few seconds, Hikigaya Komachi yawned and walked into her living room with messy hair, then opened her eyes and saw three high school students staring at her.

"Ahhhhhh!!! Don't look! I haven't even washed up yet!!!"

Hikigaya Komachi ran back in a hurry, which made the three of them smile knowingly, and then they continued their tense and exciting discussion.

"After all, if you seem to be collecting intelligence in meaningless places all the time, it will more or less lull the other party into action. What we fear most is that the other party will remain completely silent. In that case, there will be no clues to deal with."

"I see. So I just need to pretend now, right? But what if the other party finds out that the curse has been removed?"

"With my mediocre skills, I can turn into its appearance and stand in front of it. I can guarantee that it won't be able to recognize who is the real one. Don't worry about that. Just pretend to be sick. If you really can't help it, staying in the hospital for two days is also a good option. I just know someone in the hospital, and I can give you a discount. Just think of it as staying in a hotel room."

Uesugi Cheng yawned. He seldom did such detective activities, but in this densely populated metropolitan area, he still had to be cautious occasionally. After all, he didn't want to act rashly and let the other side create an evil spirit made up of the lives and resentment of hundreds of thousands of people and then have to get rid of it.

This is not a joke. In fact, Uesugi Cheng can do this by himself, and he can further specialize the power and form of the evil spirit to make it more suitable for exterminating humans. However, Uesugi Cheng is just thinking about this kind of thing. He never intends to solve his own problems in such a rough and boring way.

"That's the bad thing about Tokyo. There are too many people. If you make a little noise, it will not only affect many people, but also many people will start taking videos or doing other things for no apparent reason... If we can clear the area when we work, our efficiency will be much higher."

Hikigaya Hachiman could only shake his head when he heard this. He actually hoped that there would be fewer people in Tokyo, but this hope was meaningless. It would be more realistic to have fewer tourists.

"Okay, if there's nothing else, let's end this discussion. It's time to go to cram school and eat breakfast. I see your sister is almost done and back."

Uesugi Sumire clapped his hands, ending the discussion, and then the three of them started to busy themselves. Yukinoshita Yukino was carefully flipping through her teaching materials, which she had picked up before going out. She had originally thought that she could use them as temporary ignition if anything went wrong, but she didn't expect them to really come in handy. Hikigaya Hachiman went back to the front of the refrigerator and began to look for ingredients to see how to make a breakfast for himself and Komachi that would not only fill their stomachs.

"Brother!! Why didn't you tell me there would be guests today!!!"

There was a feeling of 'Forget it, the world is about to be destroyed...' in Hikigaya Komachi's eyes. Although she changed into ordinary home clothes and cleaned her hair and face, she always felt that her disheveled appearance was already engraved in the minds of the three people in front of her.

Not counting Hikigaya Hachiman, the guy who couldn't even notify his sister and was barely even a human being, Komachi felt that her image in the eyes of Uesugi Sumire and Yukinoshita Yukino was completely shattered.

"Good morning, you look good today."

Hikigaya Komachi's face turned slightly red with embarrassment. She really didn't know how to respond at this time. She could only look at her brother with dissatisfaction. At this time, her brother was looking at the bread and toaster in front of him with an expressionless face, as if the ultimate answer of the universe was hidden in them.

"Please add more cream. Give me one slice."

Uesugi Sumire suddenly spoke up to break the deadlock, and the atmosphere immediately eased. Hikigaya Komachi took the opportunity to sit down and put an end to the awkward atmosphere.

"Why did Uesugi-senpai and Yukinoshita-nee suddenly come here today? I remember that my brother stays at home every day. He occasionally goes out by himself and does things secretly. My parents even thought he was doing something bad."

Hikigaya Hachiman's dead fish eyes did not waver at all. He still looked at the bread maker that seemed to contain the secrets of the universe, waiting for the bread to be popped out.

"Oh, so maybe your brother is working during the winter break. After all, he has expenses too, right?"

Uesugi Sumire said casually that Hikigaya Hachiman didn't do a very good job of hiding his whereabouts, although it was probably because he could basically hide his whereabouts in front of his family.

"Speaking of which, do you two seniors know about that thing that's been very popular recently?!"

Hikigaya Komachi's sudden excitement made Yukinoshita Yukino and Uesugi Sumika look at her. Even Hikigaya Hachiman seemed to turn his head slightly. They were now paying almost ten times more attention to this rumor circulating among the crowd.

"That's it... Letters from the dead. I heard that many people received them."

369

Chapter 369: Banquet and alibi.

"It is said that if you send a letter to the mysterious mailbox at 4 a.m. every seven days and write the name of the recipient as the dead person, you will definitely receive a reply from the dead person."

Hikigaya Komachi seemed to be somewhat interested in this topic. Of course, it is also possible that she deliberately brought it up after discovering that Uesugi Sumire and the others were particularly interested in this topic.

"Is there such a thing? Did anyone really receive a reply?"

Uesugi Sumire seemed very interested. Yukinoshita Yukino silently put away her tutoring materials and put on the special black gloves.

"Although I haven't seen it myself, it is said that someone really received a reply. It was the kind of message where the sender was a bunch of garbled text. It was said that it was a message sent by a family member who had died a long time ago."

"Oh, it's actually a cell phone message? The deceased nowadays really keep up with the times."

Uesugi Cheng complained very cooperatively. He understood very well how to make the target reveal more information without using his own power.

"Yes, although it is unbelievable, it does accurately describe what happened, and it also encourages that person to live well."

Hikigaya Komachi looked a little excited, but then seemed a little dejected.

"But I don't have anyone to write to."

"Isn't this a good thing? If you have any questions, you should ask them in person. If you use this method to say what you want to say and get the response you want, it will definitely be a very sad thing."

Hikigaya Komachi was stunned for a moment. She never expected Yukinoshita Yukino to say this. What she didn't expect was that her brother actually nodded along, seeming to agree with this very much.

"That's true. Rather than expressing what you want to say in a regretful way after death, it's better to say it while you're still alive, isn't it? But this is quite interesting, maybe I can give it a try."

Uesugi Cheng asked for the address of the mailbox very naturally. It was located on a street in a relatively remote area. It seemed to be a mailbox that could be found everywhere. It was said that only if an envelope was thrown in at a specific time would there be a reply.

"You can try. Anyway, he doesn't look very threatening. Who of you wants to go? If not, it's me."

Uesugi Sumire sent this text message on his mobile phone. Hikigaya Hachiman and Yukinoshita Yukino both said that they had other things to do, so they tactfully passed the matter to Uesugi Sumire. To be honest, they all felt that this kind of problem should not appear in the to-do list at all. After all, this kind of weird talk, which was most likely non-aggressive, was not a target to be eliminated.

Then Yukinoshita Yukino and Uesugi Sumiya simply stayed as guests in the Hikigaya family for the whole morning. When they left, they were very professional and showed a serious and helpless expression, as if they were at a loss as to what to do about what was happening in the Hikigaya family.

"Yukino-chan, where have you been so early this morning? I've been looking for you for a long time."

The voice of Yukinoshita Haruno sounded in Yukino's ears. This voice, which would have made her feel unconsciously irritated and even lose her calm judgment, no longer sounded so harsh at this moment. After learning the art of stealing fire and coming into contact with knowledge that she might never understand in her entire life, Yukinoshita Yukino found that the things she had pursued before, although very meaningful, were not as fanatical as they are now.

"Oh, I went to visit a classmate at his home. He was a bit seriously ill, so the teacher asked me to bring something to him."

It was a very clumsy lie, but it successfully made Yukinoshita Haruno lose the desire to continue asking questions. This lie was clearly telling you not to ask any more questions, and further questioning would not produce any results.

"Oh, my mom said there's a party tonight and she wants you to come along. Remember to change your clothes."

When Yukinoshita Haruno mentioned her mother, her tone was not as relaxed as before. She seemed to be speaking with some helplessness.

"Got it. I'll change my clothes."

Yukinoshita Yukino nodded, but had no other reaction. She subconsciously clenched her fists. The wrapped feeling of the gloves made her feel a little more at ease. She already had something of her own. Even if she had to leave the Yukinoshita family, she was no longer a high school girl with nothing.

……

"Hey, are you going to the party? Your brother is busy now, can you go on my behalf? It's not a big party, just the kind where everyone eats, drinks and chats."

When Uesugi Shin said this, Uesugi Cheng almost subconsciously pressed the hang up button. He had no interest in this kind of social activity.

"You really aren't going?"

"No, I plan to go."

"what?!"

Now it was Uesugi Nobuyuki's turn to be in disbelief. He really didn't expect that these words would come out of Uesugi Cheng's mouth. He was already prepared to take some time to go there casually and leave immediately.

"I said I would go, time, place, invitation."

Uesugi Sumiya's tone did not change. He was certainly not interested in the banquet, but he thought of something.

"In this way, I can also use this time to do something that I shouldn't do... The fake body is particularly useful at this time."

Looking at the 'Uesugi Sumika' in the mirror who looked exactly like himself but made completely different movements, he smiled, and the smile was the same as the one in the mirror, which was creepy.

"After all, I have a perfect 'alibi'."

"Okay, okay, I'll send it to you right away, tonight, you can just go there directly."

Uesugi Nobuyuki was very excited, and as if he was afraid that Uesugi Cheng would change his mind the next second, he immediately hung up the phone and sent the message.

"Tonight, we still have some time... Let's go to the Metropolitan Police Department first and make an appointment with that person."

Uesugi Cheng yawned and got into the taxi taken by the ghost driver. It must be said that the service of this driver has been getting better and better since he became a dedicated driver.

"Get off at a corner near the Metropolitan Police Department. I'll take a nap first."

After issuing such a simple command, Uesugi Cheng closed his eyes and began to sort out the possible hidden dangers in his body to prevent problems from occurring during forging.

"To be honest, the Metropolitan Police Department doesn't welcome other people to come, but you are an exception. Uesugi-san, what's up today?"

Inudo Ranko looked very lazy as she lay on the sofa. It seemed that she had some free time as the New Year was approaching.

"Nothing, just looking around... just checking out the files you have here."

370

Chapter 370: The goodwill of a big shot.

"It's up to you. Just don't take the original out. There's nothing interesting here. Why don't you tell me what you're looking for? Maybe I can help you find it."

Inudo Ranko changed her posture and leaned lazily on the back of the sofa to watch the live broadcast of the horse racing. It must be said that at this time of the year, the most anticipated competition for horse lovers like them is the Arima Memorial Tournament at the end of the year, but it is obvious that the one she is watching now is not this one.

"Did you make a profit or a loss? You seem very enthusiastic about it."

Uesugi Cheng yawned. The heating in the police history compilation room was turned on very high, which made people who walked in unconsciously become lazy. Moreover, he had just designed a plan for his friends, and he was indeed a little tired mentally.

"..."

Inudo Ranko didn't say anything, but gave Uesugi Sumiko a look and told him to understand it himself. Talking about whether or not he made money in front of her was simply... an insult to her.