Ippanjin Enpou Yori Kaeru. Mata Hatara Kaneba!

"Geez..."

The ice creaks in the glass and breaks down.

Iced coffee soaks into a paper coaster as it sweats.

Inside the live house, there was only a slight sound of western music and air conditioning.

I borrowed a corner of the eating and drinking space in the store, and when I finished explaining why I was here to avoid sudden panicking, I fell silent for a while.

However, you didn't think that the conversation would go on like this, so Aine starts talking with a slightly pale face.

"The last time I saw you... I think it was probably the time of my mother's third recollection."So, four or five years?It was clear before that. "

Trying to explore his memory, he starts talking about his sister, Melanie Kellogg, and his father, Hans Kellogg.

"Have you heard from your father and sister?"

Ishijima asks and shakes her head sideways.

"My mother broke up with my father..."I can't say it out loud, but my father suddenly immersed himself in a strange seminar.In the form of my father, my sister, and my mother and I, I am in two parts of the family.The former personnel of the nursing home who were close to me solicited such things, so both my mother and I kept a distance.After my mother's crash, I took care of her for a while, but after a while, she went somewhere... "

The final response was to transfer the subjects from Ishishima and the others to Mio.

"Even if my mother died in the mountains, my father would not come to get me.The nursing home seemed to be a little distant from the group that was attending the seminar, so it might have been good to keep looking after them.However, there were places where I wanted to get out quickly and independently.I was lucky enough to pass and live in a dormitory as a papyrus trainee. ”

"Your father told you that your mother had died, didn't he?"

"Yes, I erased my contact information from the nursing home."However, when I finally got the cooperation of the facility, I was able to recover from the three contraindications.However, it's a little strange to think that the outfit at that time was the venue for the third recollection..... "

Unusual?

Aine nods as Ishijima asks if she decides to confirm Melanie's contact information with the nursing home.

"There were three recollections, so I was wearing student clothes, and other people were wearing mourning clothes and dresses."Overall, the venue feels black.But, um... My father and sister are pure white from top to bottom.It doesn't suit the atmosphere of the venue..... "

Pure white.

As soon as I heard that word, everyone but Aine looked at me.

"So after the ceremony, I really haven't talked to my sister in a long time..."I really thought it was the sister I knew.Like... putting a human vessel higher up.That's why we were born.I don't have much to say about my old mother or my sister or my father lately, but the tension only rises suddenly at that time.I'm sorry about this sharp self-development seminar, but I'm a little scared. "

“Oracle Power... an emerging religious community in the United States where the police have had problems with their operations.It was a fairly extreme, exclusive group of dominant ideas. "

Konkun, nodding.

"I was also a Papyrus associate, so I might have looked up Mio-san's attacked terrorists online."Then I knew that the people called True Blue were related to that oracle.My sister and my father entered the religion through the seminar after three recollections. "

That way, she takes out her phone and displays the remaining image data.

There are images of Aine wearing younger student clothes, Melanie Kellogg, whose clothes are all pure white, and Hans Kellogg, whose father resembles them, from the shoes that Ishima and the others have seen in the past few days.

Therefore, it is almost certain that the person named Melanie Kellogg in Ishima is the same person as the "White Doll" that was looking for.

"Are you sure you want to take this image data?"

"... yes"

After obtaining approval, Kato transfers the image to his smartphone.

Ishijima speaks to Aine as she sees the work.

"For once, we looked into it."The nursing home you were in.Until the other day, the operating funds there came from related companies.However, several people, including those in charge of the funds, disappeared after the Seajack incident.Get the money out of here. The rest of the staff are looking for a new place to lend.... it must have been used in a way like a front company. "

"I haven't heard from you in a long time, and it seemed pretty tough.The people who were managing the money are gone, and I don't know where and how the payment relationship was.Now I've heard that someone who knows how to help me is doing something like this. ”

“Maybe it was part of True Blue.”

Ishishima fufu and frames her arms.

There is a lot of deviation from the initial story of environmental terrorists, but it must have been a cover-up.At least Ishijima didn't think from the beginning that they were a group operating under the slogan "Take care of the earth".

In addition to possession of firearms and the smuggling of large quantities of illegal drugs, that occasional hydrographic human rattlesnake doesn't make any sense.

Joining them is Oracle Power, an emerging religious doctrine with a slightly dangerous aroma.

(To a higher height, perhaps....... there was something similar to the purpose of the "Nuwa Loess")

I recall that there was an ideological purpose similar to the materials related to "Nuwa Loess" that became the eagle of reading and fishing.

Nevertheless, the content of trying to be better as a person is also a major ubiquitous phrase that has been advocated in various ways since ancient times.

To put it simply, whether it is a tough waterfall trip, a smoothie that can be easily bought at a convenience store, or a funny lover who goes to a subcontract music, movie, or theater, one of its aims is to "grow as a person" and "pursue spiritual enrichment".

If all things become "growth" and "learning", on the contrary, anything can be attributed to the reason.

(It is a subject that is commonplace everywhere.... but it stinks. Even if you desperately hit me with deodorant, I can't get rid of it anyway, and the smell of shit sticks in my nose)

* giggle *, snorting your nose and scratching your face.

A detective named Kang is so suspicious that his face is crooked.

It was a coincidence that I felt something caught in my heart.

Kato, who had completed the data transfer, nodded thinly as he glanced at Aine so that she wouldn't notice.

I guess Kato felt the same way.

(I didn't expect it to be plentifully soaked in the most disturbing material.... oh, I'm glad I didn't get salt.)

Now, what are we going to do about it?

Are you going to leave this einay and go to the nursing home, or is it Papip's management company?Let's see if we can find the safest place in the Preparation Room again.

III. Adoption of the agenda.

(Whether to leave her or not is also a problem.In some cases, it may be possible to seal your mouth.)

The top emerging Yakuza, who traded firearms in Seajack, has been discovered with his neck and torso singing after he disappeared.

Some of them have been arrested by the police for turning themselves in, but others don't know where they are.Whether they are hidden or "processed" is not a matter of judgment.

But I do know that if they find us, they won't fit in with us.

In other words, the person who "processed" at least has the possibility to use such a means.And it is unclear whether "processing" will be done or not.

(If possible, I want to take her with me.to ensure her safety and.....)

Again, let Kato have his eyes.

And Kato nodded.

"Just a suggestion, Aine Kellogg."... I'd like to confirm a little bit of what we talked about, so could you settle down somewhere else and let me talk to you again later? ”

Well, there are people here, right?

When Kato shifted his gaze a little, he gazed at the store manager in the distance and wondered what was going on.

However, I am surprised that Mio Kamiki, the man in the vortex of entertainment news, came to the small live house on purpose.

"... I see. Well, I'll ask you to let me get back to work a little earlier today."

When she got up, she lowered her head slightly and Aine walked towards the store managers.

"... thank you, Ishima-san, for Kero-chan"

Hmm?

That's what Mio says to Ishima.

I'm a little shocked, and maybe you're thinking about the harm from onee-san.

"Yeah. Well, that's it.Just to be safe, it's a formality.

I turned my face toward Eine, trying to avoid the gaze that Miho was looking at.

However, even if Ishijima had that idea, there was another one.

Whether it's beauty or yui, because it had a certain relationship, it hasn't got there.No, it could be because of their youth, which makes a difference in their life experiences, or the difference in the professions of the Ishima detectives.

(Young.... but if they knew we didn't care, they'd hate us. Hahaha)

Ishijima pretends to be calm with a bitter smile inside.And Kato, who has the same face.

Yes, they are not only caught in the safety of Aine.

Both Ishima and Kato knew with their professionalism that the worst case should be considered.

In other words, they suspect that Aine Kellogg is also involved in the incident with her sister, Melanie.

It's unlikely, but I still suspected her because the image was on her smartphone.An image of my sister and father together, even though I said I would feel a little fear.

It is still in the smartphone.

Family love is strong, and there is incompetence.At the very least, it is a gift for my mother.

No matter what the reason, it will come out.I just took a picture of my family.That's all. It's really just normal behavior.

If it's not the worst, we'll have to meddle in the transfer.

(I became an unpleasant adult.Now, how do you roll?)

I wish you hadn't, and I put my hopes in Aine's smile when she came back.