Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful fox

"Who are you looking for, kid?"

The door opened, and a woman with tattoos on her arms and loose wavy hair poked her head out.

"Hello, I'm a freelance journalist. Excuse me, but are you a family member of Ms. Haruna Hashimoto? I'm sorry that something unfortunate happened to her..."

Hoshino Hideyuki handed over his business card and expressed his intention to interview.

"Interview? Sure..."

The woman smacked her lips, then reached out to Hoshino Hideyuki:

"One hour, fifty thousand yen!"

Chapter 32: The Fox Uses His Talking Skills

"I was counting on her to give me child support when she grows up."

"I didn't expect that she would commit suicide for the cowherd. How stupid."

"I have nothing to say to a daughter like this, unless... you give me money!"

After the woman finished speaking, she lit a cigarette and started smoking in front of Hoshino Hideyuki.

Hoshino Hideyuki smiled and stared at the woman.

"Ma'am, I've already given you the money. A full fifty thousand yen."

The woman was stunned for two seconds, then nodded:

"Ah... yes... you have already given the money..."

"So should I be invited in?"

"……Come with me."

After entering the house, Hoshino Hideyuki thought the woman would take him to the living room to sit down, but she just opened the side door and said:

"That's the idiot's sister, Hashimoto Misa. If you have any questions, just ask her."

Then she shouted into the door again: "This reporter has been paid, so you better obey me, or you won't have any dinner!"

After everything was done, she no longer paid attention to Hoshino Hideyuki and walked into another door on the opposite side. Soon, a man's laughter was heard from inside.

Oh hoo.

None of the victims' families can rest assured.

Hoshino Hideyuki smacked his lips and walked into the room.

The room was small, but there was no mold in the corners, and the air was less smelly of smoke and alcohol. It had obviously been cleaned carefully, and was a world of difference from the living room outside.

There was a bunk bed at the end, and a short-haired girl was sitting on the lower bunk. Her nose was a little red, and she was holding a tissue in her hand, as if she had just blown her nose.

I guess she must be Hashimoto Misa.

"Hello……"

"Where are you from as a reporter?"

As soon as Hoshino Hideyuki opened his mouth, the person on the other side asked a question in a muffled voice.

"I'm a freelance journalist, but I mainly contribute to the Akita Shimbun and the Umikaze Shimbun."

"never heard of that……"

Misa Hashimoto glared at Hideyuki Hoshino and said, "You'd better leave. I won't say anything to you. An interview with a gossip reporter like you will only increase the reputation of that bastard. I don't want my sister to become the topic of your conversation..."

Hoshino Hideyuki smiled slightly, but was not in a hurry to use the mirror to view the flowers.

He walked to the desk beside the bed, pulled out a chair and sat down so that Hashimoto Misa could look him in the eye without having to look up.

"You should know that the police suspect your sister's death is related to a gigolo named Kasuga Kaito, right?"

Hashimoto Misa remained silent.

Hoshino Hideyuki continued in a calm voice: "That guy is alive and well. After all, your sister committed suicide, and it is difficult for the police to find any evidence to change this fact."

"Are you happy with that?"

Hashimoto Misa: “…”

"As a reporter, I don't need to talk about any evidence. It's the instinct of journalism to make groundless accusations. I don't believe that Kasuga Kaito is innocent. Your sister is not the first one. Before her, there were two people who had a relationship with this gigolo who committed suicide."

"I want to investigate these matters thoroughly, write an article that leans towards your sister's position, and condemn the people who committed the crime."

"I don't deny that after doing this, your sister will become a topic of conversation for many people... But, isn't she a celebrity now? What did your mother call her just now? Stupid..."

"enough!"

Misa Hashimoto shouted, interrupting Hideyuki Hoshino's words, and then suddenly burst into tears.

"I don't understand why my sister would get entangled with the cowherd... and even jumped off the building..."

"She is such a strong and gentle person. She made an agreement with me that she would take me with her and escape from this house after she made money..."

Hoshino Hideyuki waited for the girl to cry for a minute and then handed her a tissue.

"You are right..."

...But perhaps you underestimate the methods used by the gigolos.

Hoshino Hideyuki thought:

They would design the screen saver password of the mobile phone to be the customer's birthday and let the customer know it by accident, carry the customer's gifts and pretend to meet the customer by chance, and arrange ugly women to act as agents to induce the customer's competitive spirit..."

Not only does it use sweet words, but it also accumulates small disguised surprises into a continuous sense of happiness, which is exactly what those who go to find gigolos lack, enough to make them unable to stop...

Maybe your sister didn't want to do this, but she was born in such an environment. One day, she felt stressed and chose to go to a male escort club to try it out. At first, she only planned to spend a few hundred yen, and then she accidentally got into trouble...

Well, this is also possible.

After all, the cowherd is essentially a fraudster.

Of course, Hoshino Hideyuki would never say the above words.

He just said gently to the girl:

"Then please tell me about your sister."

Half an hour later.

Hoshino Hideyuki knew everything.

It is true as her sister said, Ms. Hashimoto is a gentle but strong sister.

Their biological father died when they were young, and the stepfather their biological mother found was very mean to them, beating and scolding them at every turn. However, in such an environment, Miss Hashimoto always insisted on studying hard and tried her best to protect her younger sister.

After graduating from college, she joined a good company and began to secretly give money to her sister. She also started to choose an apartment, intending to bring her sister out...

Then at this juncture, she met the cowherd and committed suicide.

Well, it does seem a bit abrupt, and it’s no wonder that the little girl doesn’t believe that her sister would commit suicide.

What made Hoshino Hideyuki even more concerned was that Hashimoto Misa also said that her sister would secretly give her 10,000 yen pocket money every month...

But according to police information, Ms. Hashimoto had just graduated and her monthly salary was less than 300,000 yen, which was not a lot in an expensive place like Tokyo.

With this economic level, if someone was really entangled with a gigolo to the point of committing suicide, his wallet would have been drained of money and he would have spent money on credit long ago. How would he get money to give to his family?

"By the way, Mr. Reporter."

At this time, Hashimoto Misa added: "I remember that my sister told me a week before her death that she often felt that there was a pair of eyes staring at her from behind... We suspected that there was a stalker..."

"Ok."

After writing down another detail, Hoshino Hideyuki closed the notebook.

"Thank you very much for speaking frankly. This is your reward."

He handed over 50,000 yen.

Misa Hashimoto was surprised: "W-why..."

"I agreed on the compensation with your mother, but she didn't tell me anything. I don't think I should give her the money."

Hoshino Hideyuki smiled and pushed the money directly into the girl's hand. Just as she was about to refuse, he stood up and walked out the door.

Just as he walked out of the bedroom.

There was a knock on the door again.

A sturdy man with dyed yellow hair walked out of Hashimoto's mother's room, cursing as he opened the door.

Outside, the girl bowed slightly:

"Sorry to bother you, I'm a classmate of Hashimoto Misa, and I'm here to give her a notebook..."

Hoshino Hideyuki was the first to notice the scar on the back of the girl's hand.

Oh my god...

Why is it her?

Chapter 33 The little fox has also bitten people

The girl outside the door was someone Hoshino Hideyuki knew, her name was Yukiho Amamiya.

She has long black hair that falls below her shoulders, a face as delicate and beautiful as a lotus emerging from the water, and a graceful figure like a white swan on the tranquil lake.

Even if it is the already beautiful and elegant Ijichi Kikuri, when put in front of her, there will be a sense of regret as if 4K meets 8K.

In addition, she is the second daughter of the famous chaebol Amemiya family and has a very strong background, as can be seen from the two uniformed maids following behind her.

In the eyes of the world, this is the typical high-class beauty, a nearly perfect young lady.

But for Hoshino Hideyuki, Amamiya Yukiho has another identity.

That is the benefactor.

When he first traveled through time, it was Amamiya Yukiho who opened the fox cage, took him out and rubbed him, indirectly giving him the opportunity to escape.

However, unlike the foxes in other novels, Hoshino Hideyuki has not repaid the favor to this day - it's not that he doesn't want to, but mainly because he doesn't know what the young lady still lacks, and he doesn't want to get too involved with the upper class when he is not strong enough.

And instead of repaying a favor, he actually bit Yukiho Amamiya in order to escape.

That’s right, the scar on the white jade-like back of the hand was left by him.

When I think about it carefully, I still feel a little guilty.

all in all……

Hoshino Hideyuki didn't really want to face this woman right now.

Fortunately, the other party was not looking for him.

"Misa's classmate?"

The yellow-haired man was Misa Hashimoto's stepfather. He was very angry when he was called out of the room by the knock on the door, but after seeing Yukiho Amamiya, he was immediately amazed by her appearance and temperament.

He swallowed and seemed to want to say something rude, but immediately noticed the cold gazes of the maids behind him.

With an intuitive warning, he changed his attitude:

"Ahaha, then please come in... Hey, Misa, your classmate is here!"

Having said that, he just shouted to help, and he obviously couldn't expect him to provide serious entertainment such as bringing water or snacks.

Hashimoto Misa walked out from behind Hoshino Hideyuki and looked at Amamiya Yukiho in surprise.

"Amamiya-san, why are you here?"

"The teacher just happened to talk about the key points in math class on Friday. Since you took a leave of absence due to a cold, I wanted to give you the notes..."

Yukiho Amemiya took out a clean notebook that smelled of lavender from her bag and handed it to Misa Hashimoto.

"Thank you, thank you Amamiya-san. I didn't expect someone like you to come and help me..."

The latter took it carefully.

"Why are you so polite? We are in the same class and in the same club, isn't it normal for us to help each other? If you don't mind, just call me Yukiho from now on~"

Yukiho Amamiya said this with a perfect smile.

At this moment, her whole body seemed to be glowing and sparkling, which was out of place in this messy living room.