My new wife discovered my past

Chapter 201 199. An offer Watanabe couldn't refuse

Is this the nth time I have heard about the concert that Haruka Hoshimi is preparing to hold in Tokyo?
Watanabe Toru can no longer remember.

As he heard it more and more often, and saw concert posters everywhere on the Internet and on huge billboards in the streets, Toru Watanabe became officially desensitized to Haruka Hoshimi who was about to arrive or might have already arrived in Tokyo.

Unlike Watanabe, Hoshimi Haruka's fans are completely excited both online and in real life.

The popularity on Twitter remains high, with several high-ranking hot search trends appearing every day. It can be said that Hoshimi Haruka's fans have been rampant on major forums during this period, and they are the talk of the town.

This aroused the jealousy of fans of other idol stars, who more or less fanned the flames, causing passers-by to gradually become dissatisfied, and once again triggering the Nth Holy Grail War.

However, what is strange to the fan circle people who surf the Internet all year round is how could Hoshimi Haruka's "number one black fan" remain silent in the face of such a grand occasion?

I clicked into her account and saw that there had been no news for three or four days...

The Internet is the Internet, and reality is reality.

With Haruka Hoshimi's advertisements being seen everywhere in the streets of Tokyo, her fans have also started a trend of taking photos and making videos with her advertisements.

As for the tickets for Haruka Hoshimi's concert, they were sold at a minimum price of 2 yen, and the front row tickets soared to nearly 20 yen each.

2 yen... you can go to the street outside Okubo Park to find those night-time women and shoot FC2!
That is, the purchase of tickets and entry require strict regulations such as personal ID, payment records, ticket stubs, facial recognition, etc., which prevent scalpers to the greatest extent, otherwise the tickets will definitely be sold at sky-high prices.

So when he heard that Kurosawa Ryosuke had a channel to buy tickets for Haruka Hoshimi's concert, Toru Watanabe sighed inwardly that he was worthy of being her brain... a die-hard fan.

It would be fine if he was willing to spend money and use his connections to get tickets for himself, but he was actually willing to bring other people along with him in order to recommend his idol to the audience.

Can Mr. Miyagawa tolerate this?

"No, thank you Mr. Kurosawa for your kindness, but I've been busy lately and don't have much time.

“Thank you for your concern. I have basically found a new job, which makes me feel relieved. However, I still need to prepare and acquire new knowledge to cope with the new job, so I have no free time recently.

“As for the team-building dinner… I’ll definitely do it next time!!

"Let's make another appointment. There will definitely be a chance."

Toru Watanabe patiently comforted Ryosuke Kurosawa, rejected him with his new job as an excuse, and also painted a big rosy picture for him.

Moreover, Watanabe really didn't want to go to Hoshimi Haruka's concert. Looking at her face again and listening to her beautiful voice that was no longer out of tune and hoarse like before, the smiles and frowns of the Asahina sisters could not help but appear in his mind...

Hoshimi Haruka is no longer the same Hoshimi Haruka as before, which makes Watanabe Toru feel extremely disgusted.

Takahashi was also afraid that Kurosawa would keep pestering Watanabe and would insist on getting to the bottom of things and getting a specific time.

Watanabe's classmate died not long ago, so he is definitely not in a good mood.

“What Mr. Watanabe said makes a lot of sense... Don’t worry, Kurosawa. I will arrange the team building and dinner. Yui and I will also accompany you and Mr. Miyagawa to the concert!
"Watanabe wants to talk to me now, so go get the tickets for me and Jie Ai first..."

The voice from the other end of the phone gradually became quieter and Watanabe couldn't hear it clearly. He could probably guess that it was Takahashi who was driving Kurosawa away and asking him to leave.

Watanabe did not stop him and thought Takahashi was right.

It is better to avoid involving irrelevant people in such matters. Besides, Kurosawa Ryosuke has a carefree personality and it is easy for the news to spread and cause unwanted effects.

"Kurosawa is gone. I'm going to ask for leave now. See you at the school gate later."

"Okay, I'll be at school right away." Watanabe thanked the other party sincerely again.

I told Jiko that I had something to do in the afternoon and decided not to video call her.

When Tetsuya Watanabe drove to the roadside opposite the Yugao gate, he spotted Rinto Takahashi standing under the shade of a tree with his sharp eyes and immediately invited him to get in the car.

At noon on a hot day, even standing for a while would make a man sweat profusely.

Takahashi felt a little regretful. He should have driven and waited for Watanabe earlier. It would be troublesome for each of them to drive their own cars and communicate, but it was better than suffering alone.

Handing Takahashi a tissue to wipe his sweat, Watanabe asked him, "Can we go now?"

"No problem, I've already arranged it. We can just go to the Metropolitan Police Department and someone will take us to see it."

"No one stopped me?"

"No! Watanabe, what you mean is... someone inside the Metropolitan Police Department will hinder us...?"

"Well, that's about right... My classmate's death was quite special. So I specifically asked you for help. I don't trust anyone else at all."

Rinto Takahashi was so proud and satisfied that he had never felt before. He calmly asked Tetsuya Watanabe, pretending to be very serious: "Then if I blatantly use the connections of the Metropolitan Police Department, will it alert the enemy?"

Watanabe shook his head, indicating that there was no need to worry about that.

He is now under the supervision of Saotome, Kujo Sakura and others at all times, so there is no need to conceal his actions in public.

And it seems that Watanabe is in the light and they are in the dark, but that is not entirely true. Who can tell the difference between the real and the fake?
As long as they think from a different perspective, jump out of this framework, and deliberately create an illusion, Watanabe Toru can lead them by the nose and command them at his will.

As for how to do it specifically, Rinto Takahashi is the most important link.

On the way there, Toru Watanabe briefly explained to him some unimportant information from last night and today.

"Among so many things, the most crucial point is who has the ability to block all the posts related to my friend in a short period of time? Until now, there is no discussion of this matter on the Internet!
"Logically speaking, although my friend may not be the most popular or have the most fans in the virtual anchor circle, she still has some fans. How is it possible that there is no news about her on the Internet?"

Rinto Takahashi, who was sitting in the passenger seat, listened to Tetsuya Watanabe's story and searched for the personal account of the virtual anchor MOMO-chan on YouTube.

His latest video is a cover video released five days ago, which has been viewed a staggering 627 million times!
Most of her other videos don’t even have a fraction of the views of the last video, and few have more than 100,000 views.

Looking at the other data of this video with 627 million views, it is very strange.

The number of comments has not yet exceeded 100!

The most recent comment was posted four days ago.

The ratio of views to comments is so huge that anyone can tell something is wrong.

After trying to post a comment in the comment section, Takahashi Rinto found that he could send it and it was displayed, but to determine whether he was the only one who could see it, he needed to use other accounts to verify it.

But there was no need for that now. Takahashi turned to look at Watanabe who was concentrating on driving and asked him: "Do you want me to investigate? As long as there has been any tampering on the Internet, there will definitely be clues left." Although it is difficult to investigate, as long as you are willing to do it, you can definitely find it.

"It's just that...if the mastermind behind this has made preparations in advance, concealed or deliberately led us, and disrupted our vision, then we will be in big trouble..."

There is one more thing that Takahashi Rinto didn't say. Since the mastermind had the design and the complete set in advance, he would definitely interfere with their investigation later.

"So... our purpose is not to investigate who is deleting and blocking those posts, or who does not allow anyone to comment on MOMO on the Internet."

"Ah? What do you mean?" Takahashi Rinto didn't understand.

Watanabe Tetsuya explained: "It will be difficult to find out who did it, and there is a possibility that the mastermind behind it will shift the blame to other innocent people.

"After all, we are in the light and they are in the dark.

"So we need to do the opposite. On the surface, it seems that we are fully mobilizing our connections and taking great pains to track down who was behind the deletion of posts and blocking all information about MOMO last night. In fact, we are just watching from the sidelines, turning light into darkness, and quietly waiting to see if someone will make arrangements along the way and provide information on various key points, so as to divert our attention to the situation they want to see and the mastermind they want us to identify.

"And the person who did this is, unsurprisingly, the real mastermind behind all this!"

Watanabe Tetsuya said in a decisive tone, and Takahashi Rinto's eyes lit up.

Yes, absolutely right, that's what he thought!

However, Takahashi was also puzzled. Watanabe made such a conclusion. Did he already have a suspect? But he didn't have conclusive evidence yet, so he took advantage of the situation?

"Watanabe...from what you said, do you have a target of suspicion?"

Watanabe Tetsuya shook his head, rejecting Takahashi Rinto's question.

Asking Takahashi Rinto to intervene in this matter was already an exception, because Watanabe Toru really didn't have enough female friends whom he trusted and whose status and position were comparable to those of Kujo Sakura, Yanagihara Nao, Saotome Hazuki, etc.

His only choice was Takahashi Rinto.

And he can't get involved any deeper!

Ozawa Natsumi, Asahina sisters, Watanabe Naoko, Yuuki Gonmiyaji, Momozawa Mitsu'e...

Toru Watanabe doesn't want anyone else to die because of him!

That's why he decided to end his life, but he didn't expect that in the last moments of his life, the innocent Momozawa Mitsu'e would be involved...

Therefore, if Takahashi Rinto wants to get to the bottom of the situation in a more in-depth and specific way, Watanabe Toru will not satisfy his curiosity and will stop his inquiries and investigations.

In addition to not wanting Takahashi Rinto to be involved and get hurt, Watanabe Toru actually didn't trust him 100%.

Knowing more is impolite and will cause the relationship between friends to deteriorate and become distant.

Since coming to this world, there are only two people who have truly gained Watanabe's 100% trust, Watanabe Naoko and Shimizu Noriko...

“Takahashi-sensei…I don’t have many friends in Tokyo, and you and Kurosawa-sensei are the few good friends I have.

"I didn't intend to trouble you with what happened today. I didn't want you to get involved, but I'm powerless and helpless, so I had to find you.

"But I think this alone is enough. It's mostly my private matter, and I don't want others to know..."

"So please, can you please listen to my advice? Please!"

Takahashi Rinto was stunned, he obviously didn't expect Watanabe Toru to react so strongly: "Really, I was just asking.

“I promised Mr. Watanabe that I would not ask too many questions or investigate further.

"Let's do the job at hand first and work together to find out the mastermind behind this disregard for human life!"

Among the powerful people in Tokyo, there are also people like Takahashi Rinto who have justice in their hearts...

As soon as Watanabe and Takahashi arrived at the Metropolitan Police Department, a man in high-end suits shook hands with Takahashi and took them through the back door to the point.

"Takahashi, you guys came at the right time. Did you know that Inspector Minamisora ​​from the Investigation Division just left with the autopsy report less than ten minutes ago?

"Fortunately, I specifically asked you to make a copy for you in private."

"Thank you so much, Sato! I'll treat you to a drink later!" Takahashi Rinto hooked Takizawa Sato's shoulder.

Takizawa Souta shook his finger: "Today, today."

"Okay! Tonight, let's do it!" Takahashi thought about it and decided that he had time tonight, so he agreed immediately.

Just as the deal was finalized, a woman in a white coat and a mask came out. He nodded to the three men and left the room.

Takizawa Souta explained: "Nikaido Akari, she was the forensic doctor who performed the autopsy on Momozawa Mitsu'e.

"I don't know which police chief had a brain failure, but insisted on letting male forensic doctors perform autopsies on men and female forensic doctors perform autopsies on women... It's really crazy.

"Forget it, I'm going to go smoke a cigarette over there, you guys can do whatever you want."

After seeing Watanabe, Takizawa naturally knew why Takahashi asked him to do something. It seemed to be for the man behind him.

Since they would ask Takahashi for help, they are just friends that Takahashi knows. Naturally, their family backgrounds are not the same as theirs, so there is no need to make friends with them.

But he does look good. How can there be such a handsome man?
But that was all. Takizawa Souta didn't have any special hobbies, so he temporarily avoided it under the pretext of smoking.

As soon as he left, Takahashi immediately handed the report to Watanabe.

Watanabe Toru read it carefully from beginning to end, paying special attention to the column of cause of death, which clearly stated "poisoning by unknown drug."

Drug poisoning? Or something unknown...

Watanabe Toru immediately thought of Rika Horiguchi who worked in the drug research and development laboratory of the Tsukimi Group. Didn’t she use a new type of "WT" drug that afternoon?
There is another way to contact Horiguchi Rika, and the possibility that she is a suspect seems to have greatly increased.

But it was precisely because of this that Watanabe Toru felt suspicious. There were so many means and methods of killing people, but it was just a coincidence that it was poisoning by an unknown drug, which connected it to Horiguchi Rika?
Standing aside and watching Watanabe frown, Takahashi thought he was mourning the death of his classmate and friend, so he suggested: "Teacher Watanabe, why don't you take one last look at Miss Momozawa."

"Can we go and see? Will it be any trouble?" Watanabe Toru couldn't refuse Takahashi Rinto's suggestion.

(End of this chapter)