Chapter 68: Detective Koshien

Furuya Rei had no idea that his identity had almost been exposed.

At this very moment, he was sitting in a taxi heading toward the hotel near Teitan Elementary School—the exact location where he had his first formal meeting with Yan Shuangying and learned his name. He was planning their first official conversation.

As for whether that urban legend would arrive as promised, Furuya Rei harbored a fair amount of doubt in his heart.

This was because Yan Shuangying’s attitude toward the Japanese Public Security was noticeably hostile. During their last encounter, the man had explicitly delivered the evaluation: [Everyone inside the Japanese Public Security is a hopeless idiot]—though he had kindly excluded Furuya himself from that category.

Even so, Furuya did not feel particularly happy about it.

No one enjoys hearing someone else describe the organization they serve as a bunch of idiots, nor does anyone wish for their teammates to be a collection of fools, good-for-nothings, moles, and traitors.

Even Gin, the ace of the Black Organization's operation team with his exceptionally high stress tolerance, would feel the same way.

Thud—

Closing the taxi door, Furuya Rei looked up at the upper floors of the hotel.

After adjusting his collar, he strode into the building without hesitation, climbed the stairs all the way, and finally, on the floor where he had previously met Yan Shuangying, he spotted a somewhat familiar yet inexplicably strange figure from behind.

It was a person wearing a black trench coat, just like Yan Shuangying had worn on the day they met.

That's right, it was *like* Yan Shuangying on that day, but it was not Yan Shuangying himself.

"Who are you?"

Furuya Rei frowned, asking without hesitation.

The person waiting for him here might be dressed like Yan Shuangying, but it was definitely not him.

With the sharp observational skills of an outstanding graduate from the National Police Academy, Furuya Rei could tell with a single glance that this person's height and body shape were completely different from the Yan Shuangying he had met before.

"It seems Yan Shuangying has sent a double, or should I say, an assistant to meet me?"

"Where is Yan Shuangying?"

He spoke in a low voice. Then, the person standing in the corridor looking out the window turned around.

—That person was wearing sunglasses, just like Yan Shuangying.

The facial features did not look particularly stern, but with the sunglasses on, it was impossible to tell whether the person was male or female, either from their physique or any other aspect.

"Yan Shuangying has things to do, so I came to see you in his place."

"Don't worry, Yan Shuangying is aware of this meeting. Whatever you have to say to me is no different from telling him directly—of course, if you truly cannot set your mind at ease, you are welcome to come back again at three in the morning."

"At three in the morning, you will most likely be able to see Yan Shuangying right here."

Nanae Koshimizu pushed up her sunglasses and said softly.

However, her gender-neutral voice still made it difficult to determine whether she was a man or a woman.

Furuya Rei, standing not far from Nanae Koshimizu, did not care about the contact person's gender either.

Male or female, this person was merely an assistant to Yan Shuangying, a mouthpiece, and one of the countless citizens he had helped or rescued. Investigating a contact person's background was utterly meaningless and would only provoke Yan Shuangying's hostility.

He simply took a few steps forward, closed the distance to Nanae Koshimizu, and lowered his voice.

"Then, how much do you know? About Yan Shuangying's recent operations?"

Nanae Koshimizu replied, "Everything, whether it concerns the Black Organization or those criminals."

Instantly, Furuya Rei felt a sense of reassurance in his heart.

This contact person was perhaps not just a mouthpiece for Yan Shuangying, but one of his true core assistants.

"Then, to be frank, the Black Organization has likely set its sights on the Tokyo National Stadium. The rumor that someone intends to blow up the Tokyo National Stadium on New Year's Day might actually be true."

He spoke in a low voice.

"We investigated the Tokyo National Stadium for a whole day, but we found nothing at all."

"If they truly might detonate the Tokyo National Stadium tomorrow, then members of the organization will definitely be roaming around the stadium. I would like to ask Mr. Yan to check the vicinity of the Tokyo National Stadium tomorrow for any suspicious individuals."

"Although our people are also deployed nearby, our judgment and investigative capabilities fall far short of Mr. Yan's. If Mr. Yan takes action and this matter turns out to be real, we will undoubtedly catch the members of the Black Organization."

"If this matter is true, then how do you plan to prevent the bomb from being detonated tomorrow?"

Nanae Koshimizu did not answer whether Yan Shuangying would go to help or not.

Instead, she turned the tables and asked how the Japanese Public Security intended to handle the potential bomb at the Tokyo National Stadium that threatened the lives of a full fifty-seven thousand people.

"You found nothing today, and in all likelihood, you will find nothing tomorrow either."

"Sometimes, crucial tasks must be left to crucial people, don't you think?"

Her words left him feeling puzzled.

If the Japanese Public Security could not be considered crucial people, then who on earth could be?

Furuya Rei turned to look at Nanae Koshimizu, and she said softly, "If all goes as expected, two detectives will enter the Tokyo National Stadium tomorrow."

"They will help you find the location of the bomb and assist you in neutralizing the bomb threat."

……That person was not one of Yan Shuangying's people; the only detective Yan Shuangying knew was her.

That was someone Nanae Koshimizu knew—no, to be precise, someone she had contacted.

Her departure from Tokyo to the outside world had actually been to fulfill a dream: to host an event called the "Detective Koshien," inviting four famous high school student detectives to challenge a complex case together.

It was only because trouble had broken out in Tokyo that she had been forced to put that matter aside and return to Tokyo first.

However, two of the invited detectives had shown great interest in her as the organizer. While reviewing certain materials, Nanae Koshimizu had noticed that they seemed to have followed the clues and made their way to the Tokyo area.

With just a little bit of guidance, they would most likely come over to investigate the situation at the Tokyo National Stadium.

"Detectives? Are you still talking about detectives at a time like this?"

Furuya Rei narrowed his eyes.

It wasn't that he didn't trust detectives, but compared to Japanese Public Security officers like himself, detectives' deductive skills weren't necessarily all that much higher.

"Rest assured, Mr. Yan will also go on that day."

"If you cannot resolve it, then he will step in."

"If you can resolve it, he will go after the mastermind behind the scenes."

Nanae Koshimizu said firmly.

Hearing this, Furuya Rei finally let out a sigh, and then he asked, "Then, which two detectives are you referring to?"

"Heiji Hattori, and... Hakuba Saguru."

Nanae Koshimizu stated with absolute certainty.

Among high school student detectives, these two were undoubtedly the crème de la crème.

Furthermore, their backgrounds were special.

Heiji Hattori was the only son of Heizo Hattori, the Chief of the Osaka Prefectural Police, while Saguru Hakuba was the only son of the Superintendent General of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. Once these two high school student detectives got involved, the police would undoubtedly ramp up their security investments.

By then—the bomb would definitely not go off.

And Yan Shuangying would gain more time for his investigation as a result!