knight starts with empty me

Chapter 22
Bunkyo Ward, Hakusan Town.

At 10 o'clock in the evening, Higashino Ryusuke dragged his tired body back to Asama's house. Today was Wang Shen's night shift, so he didn't come back.

But after entering the room, a stranger appeared in the living room on the first floor - Shota Asama came back for the first time three days after he came to Asama's house, and the two greeted them politely.

Ryusuke observed it carefully. He was not familiar with Shota Asama's appearance, neither belonged to the policeman he rescued that day, nor was he a well-known character in the original novel.

But this does not mean a good thing. Every time Gu Langji appears, it will cause a large number of casualties to the police. Perhaps he is one of the unknown victims.

The little girl Lizi was very happy, "Dad, can we go to the aquarium tomorrow?"

"Satoko..." Shota Asama hesitated a bit. Going to the aquarium was something he had promised Liko long ago. Although he was on vacation tomorrow, No. [-] appeared in the afternoon report...

"You promised me, Dad." Lizi's tone was lost, and his eyes were full of prayer.

"...Okay, then we'll go tomorrow!" Shota Asama finally agreed, after all, he couldn't let his daughter down.

"Yeah!" Lizi jumped up happily and threw himself on Dad, "Dad is the best!"

"Okay, let's have a rest today."

"Ah."

Granny Asama watched with a smile, and the wrinkles on her face relaxed.

Ryusuke Higashino was a little lost, and he seemed to have no family now.Home is too far from him.

Shota Asama suddenly said to Ryusuke: "Higashino-kun, if you have time tomorrow, come together! I have something to ask you."

"Ah?" Long Jie came back to his senses, "Oh, okay."

……

The night passed quietly.

polepole, 7:32 the next morning.

Shiyu Saburo was close to the phone and said, "No way, I'm really sleeping too fast. Even if I pull him, hit him, push him, blow in his ear, there's nothing I can do if I scream. Itching him, Pulling his hair and whispering in his ear, Mr. is closing, but he doesn't move at all. It's the first time I've seen him like this."

"Really? Then I'll call again after a while!" Ichigo Kaoru frowned in the corridor of the Metropolitan Police Department. Of course he knew the reason for Wudai's current situation.

When they returned from their conversation yesterday afternoon, they happened to meet the No. [-] locust monster who was in the process of killing. The fifth generation turned blue during the battle, but they lost to No. [-] and fell from dozens of high-rise buildings. down.

After that, they went to Kanto Medicine again. Wudai's injuries were very serious, and normal people would almost certainly die in that situation, but Chun said that as long as Wudai guarantees a rest, he will be fine soon.

Even so, Sakurako, who got the news, rushed over without being angry and worried.

Thinking of this, Ichigo Kaoru could only reply: "Please let him have a good rest... No... I can't hear you about the adventure story today... I'm leaving."

Then Kaoru hung up the phone and rushed to the conference room of the Joint Search Headquarters.

……

Outside the polepole store, Sakurako came to the neighborhood and looked at the window in the attic with a worried look in her eyes.

Is this really the fate of the fifth generation?She remembered what Xun Xun said in the hospital last night.

"I'm sorry, but what you're worried about still happened. It's very similar, he and I. So I know it can't be stopped even if I stop..."

So five generations, why on earth are you fighting?Sakurako stopped outside the store, clutching the bag tightly in her hand, thinking in confusion.

"Miss Sakurako?" A call came from behind, Sakurako looked, but found out that it was Wudai Minoru, the younger sister of Wudai Yusuke.

Sakurako waved her hand and greeted her...

Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, joint search headquarters. 8:56am.

Ichimon was making a report in front of him, "According to the report of the observation class [-], the abnormal fall incidents that happened in the city yesterday all had inconceivable things in common. That is to say, after they jumped off the building, there was bleeding on the edge. Considering the scene highly, this phenomenon is completely against common sense. It is the result of external force at the moment of falling from the building.”

"That said, they must have done the right thing!" Sueda Shoudao speculated.

"Yeah." Ichigo Kaoru nodded and continued: "Furthermore, these incidents have another thing in common, smoke and wind direction. All accidents happened within a certain range. And there was absolutely no haunt in the place where the factory smoke was exhausted. Mark of."

Sueda Shoudao quickly understood the meaning of this clue, "If there are such conditions, the location of his appearance can be determined to a certain extent."

"Yes, according to the results obtained from the simulation." One operated on the computer for a while, and the big screen released an area map, "The location that appears today is completely limited to this range.!"

"Okay!" Minister Matsukura stood up and began to give orders, "We will deploy police in that area. Everyone, please!"

"Yes!" Everyone in the conference room got up and answered, and moved quickly.

Matsukura came to Ichikun, "The Metropolitan Police Department has been equipped with high-performance rifles, you can take them."

"Yes." The corner of Xun's mouth could not help but bend a little, and replied with some joy.

Tokyo Tower Aquarium, 9:47am.
"Wow, Dad, look, that fish is so big!" Riko Asama exclaimed while lying on the glass.Followed by Shota Asama and Ryusuke Higashino.

"Yeah." Looking at the happy inside, Shota's mood seemed to relax a lot.

"Higashino-kun, what did you do before?" Shota Asama asked suddenly.

"Oh, I'm probably traveling around after graduation! Actually, I didn't do anything." Long Jie thought about it and said, but of course these words are all made up.

"Speaking of which, what about Riko's mother?"

Shota's eyes dimmed, "She is a criminal police officer like me. She disappeared a few years ago while investigating a bizarre murder case. At that time, I searched through the files and couldn't find any clues. Maybe..."

Shota looked at Liko not far away, "I just feel sorry for Liko, I want to track down what happened in the past, and I have to do my duty as a police officer, so I often don't have time to accompany her. Sometimes when I see her so gloomy, I just think about my own. Effort is not used in the wrong place."

"I'm sorry." Long Jie said apologetically.

Shota sighed and continued: "She had always believed that there were supernatural forces in the world, but I didn't believe it at the time. But now that these unidentified life forms have appeared, I wonder if they were made by similar monsters back then. case."

Long Jie's eyes narrowed, and he felt that this matter was not simple, "Lizi's mother, didn't she show any abnormality at that time?"

"What do you mean?" Shota frowned, "Do you know what?"

Long Jie paused, realizing that he might have said too much, and quickly denied: "Oh, nothing... I just heard some insignificant legends."

Shota wanted to continue to ask something, but his cell phone suddenly rang, and he picked it up to connect.

"Hey, Captain? What?! Docklands. Okay, I'll be there soon!"

After hanging up the phone, Shota became tense again, "Higong Ye-kun, it's too late to explain, please take your riko out of here quickly!"

After speaking, he quickly left here without looking back.

Beside him, watching his father's figure leave quickly, Riko Asama's immature face gradually lost its luster and became dim and lost.

"dad……"

"Riko-chan, let's go!"

"Well..." The little girl responded weakly...

(End of this chapter)