knight starts with empty me

Chapter 191 After the incident
"...then we split up there in Nepal, and that's about it."

"So that's the case. It seems that Yusuke may not be planning to come back for a while! You came back just in time. After Nana was selected by the crew, she rarely came to help. I just need manpower here. By the way, just now I'm afraid I didn't find a good place to live when I came back, there are still vacant rooms upstairs..."

"Thank you, boss." Higashino Ryusuke gratefully took the coffee that Shitama Saburo had just made for him, and then said seriously: "However, let's save the job advertisements outside, after all, I came back this time because of the upcoming Something like an unconfirmed living body may happen, and sometimes it may not be able to take care of the store."

Dad smashed his mouth and smiled: "Kamen Rider, I understand, I understand. Hehe..."

Drinking coffee, the next time they chatted was nothing more than some travel adventures or short stories from their parents:
For example, Nana has officially participated in a film and television drama, although it is only a small supporting role...

Another example is that Minoru, the younger sister of the fifth generation, has met a muscular professional wrestler in the past two years. Although they are just ordinary friends, in my father's opinion, Minoru may be cheated by that man sooner or later...

At this moment, a series of sirens of police cars sounded outside the door, whizzing past the pole pole shop, which caught the attention of Ryusuke Higashino and his father.

Ryusuke carefully identified the direction where the sirens were going away, and it was no surprise that it was the location of Daba Middle School.

It seems that the old patrolman should have found the dead body of the student in the tree and called the police, but all this is not as expected, so let's let nature take its course.

……

Ten o'clock at night.

The lights of several police cars illuminated the playground of Dachang Middle School, and a cordon was drawn up around it.And under the big tree where the victim's body was buried, a young criminal policeman was observing the scene.

It was a scrupulous young detective wearing a yellow windbreaker. His name was Hojo Toru, and he belonged to the First Investigation Section of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

The other policeman surnamed Kono next to him was an 'old man' from the first search section. He was a middle-aged man who looked a little short and thin. He was questioning the old policeman who had witnessed the scene.

"Why did you use such a strange method to kill people?" Hojo asked the middle-aged criminal policeman who was walking beside him, "Officer Kono, what did the witnesses say?"

The older Kono took out his handy notebook and opened it, "...I heard an explosion during the patrol, and then I saw a suspected life form near here? Then I found the corpse on the tree..."

"Number one? This is very interesting. Could it be that the Kamen Rider who once fought against unconfirmed life forms will come to kill people now?"

"But how is this possible?"

"Yeah, how is this possible? Unidentified life forms and Kamen Riders have disappeared for two years." Hojo said with an inexplicable confidence on his face: "So it is possible that the suspect is just pretending to be a Kamen Rider. It's just a murder."

"That's right, I can't deny it..." Kono nodded noncommittally, "...Oh, and the testimony of the eyewitness mentioned that the guy suspected of No. [-] seemed to escape in the direction of Otsuka [-]-chome in the end. ..."

……

The next morning.

After greeting the boss, Ryusuke was going to go out to visit people he used to know.

When I went out, I happened to meet a figure and passed him by, and then entered the polepole store.

Higashino Ryusuke couldn't help but stop and look back, the face of that person immediately aroused his memories, although it seemed to be a calm demeanor, but the arrogance and conceit that rushed towards him...

It was Toru Hojo—the famous cast off general Hojo who stood firmly in the human camp, but whose speech and behavior made people hate him.

I didn't expect to meet an important role in the Yajituo period so soon.

Higashino Ryusuke guessed that Hojo came here to investigate because of what happened last night, but as long as he doesn't want to be exposed, he can do whatever he wants.

So he simply put it behind his head, went to the warehouse and opened the door with the key given to him by Saburo Shiyu. A BTCS was quietly parked in the corner.

I still remember the night of the final battle two years ago, when he was attacked by the Water Angel on his way to Nagano, and BTCS was also damaged at that time.

However, after the battle, the people who searched the headquarters helped to deal with the aftermath. After repairing the BTCS, Kaoru was sent to the polepole for safekeeping.

Now that I drive this locomotive again, everything I experienced comes out clearly in my memory.

The roar of the locomotive outside the window gradually moved away, and it also conveyed the message that Ryusuke had left to Shiyu Saburo.

"Coffee is here!"

He smiled and brought a cup of coffee to the criminal policeman in front of him, but he couldn't help but think in his mind: Although he looks like a capable person, he is still inferior to Mr. "Handsome Man in Suit"!
"Uh, thank you." Hojo took the coffee, and wanted to refuse it out of the thought of a gentleman, but the pure aroma of coffee in the store still made him want to try it, but the taste is really good, it is the kind of coffee that runs a lot of coffee. The unique flavor of the old shop. (The polepole shop has probably been around for more than 100 years, and it was founded in 1899 in the official novel.)
"So who was the person just now?"

"Oh, it's the young man who works in my shop."

Hojo nodded silently, took another sip of coffee and took out the photos of the crime scene last night from his windbreaker, and asked Sanyu Sanrou: "There was a murder in Oba Middle School not far from here last night. It seems to be someone who pretended to be the former Kamen Rider No. [-], did you notice any suspicious figures nearby when the incident happened?"

"No. [-] Kamen Rider? Then I know Kamen Rider very well. No one knows Kamen Rider better than me!" Zhuoyu Saburo said, taking out a collection of newspaper clippings from under the counter with great interest, and opened it on the counter.

Hojo Toru frowned, and reminded: "No, you misunderstood. The murderer I'm talking about is not a Kamen Rider, but someone who is suspected of pretending to be a Kamen Rider..."

"Well, it's almost there, let's take a look at this first."

"……All right."

……

Driving the BTCS, Higashino Ryusuke first went to Jonan University, which is relatively close, and when he came outside the research building, he saw an open window, and he was sure that Sakurako Sawatari was still there.

Yingzi hasn't changed much in the past two years, she is still working in the archaeological laboratory.However, because of her outstanding ability, she has also obtained the position of teaching assistant in the department, and may become an associate professor or even a professor in a few years.

The old friends reunited and the two chatted for a while. Of course, Sakurako was still disappointed when she heard that Godai had no plans to come back.

After a brief recap, Higashino Ryusuke left, ready to go to the next place.

(End of this chapter)