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While pressing and pinching, he continued.

"When I was tired from studying when I was young, my mother would help me pinch my head like this. After the massage, I slept for a while, and when I woke up, the fatigue was gone and my head was clear."

"And then you were forced to study?"

"Hahahaha! That's right!"

Recalling the events before her death, a few memories flashed in the girl's pink eyes.

Immediately the girl asked.

"What's Nero's house like?"

"My house..."

Hearing this question, Nero was also quite emotional.

Nero said: "When I was young, my family was considered an enviable family. My father was a furniture dealer with a successful career, and my mother was also in charge of legal affairs in the company. Both of them were very busy at work.

"If it was normal, I might be a child who is not disciplined by my parents. After all, they are busy outside all day. But luckily I am one of the precocious children, even if they let my grades go. Well, the room is also tidy and tidy. Since I was a child, I have been "other people's children" used by other families to teach their own children. I am so good that my parents don't need to take time to discipline me. "

"...Are you bragging?"

"I really didn't lie to you." Nero was chatting, and his words were a little more melancholy, "Although they don't have much time to care about me, and I don't care about my needs when I grow up, but no matter where they go, they are Whether you are on a business trip or traveling, you will always want to bring me various souvenirs.”

"How could they agree to you being a detective? Normally, if the family business is good, wouldn't the children usually be allowed to take over?"

"At the age of 15, they passed away."

"Hey?"

The hand pinching the head stopped.

Suzumi Sugimoto said with some embarrassment: "Sorry..."

Nero smiled: "You don't need to apologize, do you?"

Suzumi Sugimoto suddenly realized: "That's right, I'm already dead."

Immediately, Sugimoto Suzumi gently combed the ends of Nero's hair with her fingers: "Then it's not easy for you, right?"

"I'm almost used to it, and now I have a new family."

"Girlfriend or wife?"

"Not really, I'm single now."

"real or fake?!"

"Although there are quite a few girls who have confessed since they were students, they haven't been able to find a suitable one."

"Too high-sighted?"

"should be."

"What happened to that family?"

"A friend's daughter has become my goddaughter, so it's a kind of family, right?"

"Godfather? I've seen such a word in novels, but it's the first time I've seen it in real life... By the way, what type do you want to find a girlfriend?"

"Hmm... I don't know!"

"Huh? Don't know?"

"There is no way, this kind of thing depends on fate. If you really meet the right one, no matter how outrageous the conditions listed before will be void."

"That's right..."

While chatting, Nero's voice became lower and lower.

The girl's fingers brushed against Nero's hair again, and when she was about to say something, she saw that Nero had fallen asleep like a baby.

Suzumi Sugimoto left quietly, and found another blanket to cover Nero carefully, for fear of waking up the tired detective.

Leaning a little closer, the girl looked at Nero's face and said softly.

"Good night, detective."

Chapter 50 Good morning, detective.

All night.

At about eight o'clock the next day, Nero slowly opened his sleepy eyes.

Although things like sleeping in a haunted house are generally linked to elements such as horror and horror, for Nero, although there is an earthbound spirit living in this room, although there are still black and dry spots on the wall and floor. blood, but Nero slept very peacefully that night.

Looking at the blanket covering his body, Nero smiled, and immediately left the study, just in time to see Suzumi Suzumi in the living room.

Suzumi Sugimoto is holding a book in her left hand and a Pocky in her right hand, a biscuit bar snack covered with chocolate, lying on the sofa in the living room and reading a book leisurely.

Seeing Nero woke up, Suzumi Suzumi's eyes lit up:

"Good morning, detective."

"Morning...you haven't slept yet?"

"Ghosts don't need to sleep. I didn't know this until after I died!"

"The useless little knowledge has increased."

While talking, Nero sat on the side sofa.

Suzumi Sugimoto took out a Pocky and handed it to Nero.

It was just that when Nero took the other end of Pocky, he slightly picked it up with his little hand, and Pocky snapped from the middle with a crisp sound.

"...?"

Nero always felt that this action had some deep meaning.

However, Suzumi Sugimoto just laughed a few times without saying anything, and Nero also shrugged his shoulders, just treating it as a little fun for a 16-year-old girl who can't figure it out.

"This Pocky is..."

"Olsen secretly took it from the convenience store at the door?"

"Is that so, after all, ghosts can eat?"

"Can you?"

"Um……"

If you can eat it, can you poop?

Nero was very curious about this question, but he was a little embarrassed to ask.

Suzumi Sugimoto looked at Nero's expression of wanting to say but not saying, and blinked.

Just when the girl was about to ask a question like "Are you thinking something rude?", the girl recalled the conversation just now, and her face flushed suddenly.

"No, I don't need to go to the toilet!"

"Hey?"

Nero was startled.

I haven't said anything yet.

Immediately, Nero couldn't help but look at Suzumi Sugimoto again.

Ghost, it's amazing!

"Well... can you stop staring at me like this, I'll be embarrassed."

"Sorry sorry!"

Nero quickly looked away.

But at this moment, Nero saw the book in Suzumi Suzumi's hand.

"The Detective Cases of Sherlock Holmes".

Strictly speaking, it is the part of "Four Signatures" in the detective collection.

It's just that what Nero cares about is not what the book is, but how "old and new" the book is.This is a very, very old book.It's not just the old books that have been accumulated in the study for many years, but artificially turned old after being read countless times.

Probably she has read this book and even other books in the study countless times.

Look around this house again.

There is no electricity in this haunted alley, let alone entertainment such as watching videos and listening to music, and there is not even a light at night.Suzumi Suzumi, who lives here, has nothing to do with any activities that can pass the time, but those that require electricity.

Even if you just want to clean up, the faucet is just a simple decoration, and there is no water for washing mops and rags.

Living here alone, Suzumi Sugimoto, who cannot leave this alley, can only pass the time looking at these old books that have been turned over and over again.

Wait, is there a problem?

"Miss Suzumi..."

"Suzumi is fine, detective."

"Well... then, Suzumi."

"Ok!"

"Isn't there a counter for comics and magazines in the Olson Convenience Store?"

"Ah, did you realize that the book I read is too old?" Suzumi Suzumi looked at the detective book in her hand a little helplessly, "The counter is on the other side of the convenience store, I can't go that far. Occasionally getting something to eat from a nearby counter is the limit."

"Is that so..."

"That's right!" Suzumi Suzumi suddenly realized, and looked at Nero with blinking eyes, "Can you bring me some books to read when you come next time?"

"No problem, what kind of books do you like?"

"Anything is fine, as long as you haven't read it! Whether it's comics or novels, even boring astronomy and geography are fine!"

"no problem."

Nero agreed wholeheartedly, but felt a little distressed.

15 years, nearly [-] days and nights.How lonely it must have been on those days alone in this alley without electricity.

If it was me, I would probably go crazy, right?

"Suzumi, you can eat, right?"

"Yes?"

"Then wait a moment, I'll go buy breakfast."

"Hey?"

Suzumi Sugimoto was taken aback.

Nero smiled: "The shopping street is not far from here, I will come when I go to buy something."

"it is good!"

The girl nodded happily.

Nero put on his coat with a smile and walked towards the door.

As soon as he went out, the puppy in the kennel raised his head blankly.

"Wang?"

"Good morning, Arnorud."

"Wang!"

The dog waved its paw and looked at the human in a little bewilderment.

For the next day, Nero mostly stayed in the alley.

After enjoying breakfast with the girl wandering in the alley, Nero somehow found a complete set of books in the bookstore in Morioh Town with great enthusiasm.There are comics, novels, magazines, various professional books, and all kinds of weird things.

In the morning, the girl and the youth were telling each other about the past.The young man talked about how he beat up his client and lost his job during his internship in the law firm. He talked about the countries he had visited in the past few years, the food he had eaten, and the customs he had seen; the girl also chatted about I read the meals my mother cooked when I was a child, and the strange and funny stories of the girls at school.

In the afternoon, Nero got a guitar from somewhere, and sang with the girl on the piano that was out of tune in Sugimoto's house.

In the evening, the two set up a grill in the yard, lit the apple wood and started a barbecue. They were so happy.

It wasn't until it was getting dark that Nero said goodbye to the girl in front of Sugimoto's house.