Ke Xue: I picked up a bottle of sherry at the beginning.

Quan Yi finished his coffee in one gulp, stood up and said, "No need. Just compile the information collected by each team into a report for me..."

"Huh?" Meiwako 060 honestly wanted to follow Shiraizumi Masaru. "Izumi Masaru, you're really something. Ever since Yuriko left, you've been assigning all your work to me. I'm pretty busy too, right?"

Bai Quanyi said, "Really? I guess office work is more comfortable than field work."

"Hmph! I prefer going out on field trips." Miwako was very unhappy. "You want to compensate me?"

"I'll take you to the hotel tonight and let's relax."

"That's pretty much it."

Miwako blushed shyly. She really enjoyed spending the night with Shirazumi Masu...

Evening, Ginza Hotel.

Bai Quanyi took out a suspender bikini from the system space and handed it to Meiko.

"Meihezi, this is the bikini I bought for you. Put it on and show it to me."

Miwako took the bikini, which was a suspender bikini with cherry-colored floral prints and very little fabric.

"I feel so shy."

"Okay, put it on now."

"Ah."

In front of Shiraizumi Mashi, Miwako took off her clothes and put on the bikini neatly.

As a policewoman, Miwako exercises all year round, and her body lines are quite perfect, without any extra fat, and her skin has a light wheat color. Wearing this sexy bikini, she has the style of a passionate South American woman, which is really amazing.

"Miwako, you're so beautiful."

"But if I were asked to wear such a risqué bikini to the beach, I wouldn't be able to do it."

"It's okay. Next time I'll take you to a private beach. It'll be fine if you don't wear anything."

"I do not want it!"

Miwako's cheeks were flushed. She said no, but she was very much looking forward to it in her heart.

"Meiwako, come here quickly."

Miwako's heart moved, and she crawled into Shiraizumi's arms. The happiest time was when she was with Shiraizumi.

The tacit understanding of Miwako

Let Miwako wear a bikini and do exercises with her, and the night passed quickly.

After leaving the hotel, Shiraizumi Masu and Miwako separated.

As planned, Bai Quanyi came to the National District Jinshi Metal Factory alone.

As soon as you enter the factory, you can hear the noisy sound of machinery processing and the constant sound of metal clanging, a typical industrial environment.

The factory is located in a remote area and its surroundings look like the countryside. There are lush grass and water around the Tama River and a few scattered houses.

The entire area is mostly composed of factories, warehouses, etc. The Jinshi Metal Factory should be the larger factory here, and many young people who come to Tokyo from other places work here.

If a company goes bankrupt and a middle-aged man can't find a job in the city, he might come to a place like Yashima with nowhere else to go, even though it's very likely that the factory doesn't want them at all.

The Japanese economy was really bad at that time. Yashima Fuyuki hadn't found a job for half a year and had been relying on his girlfriend who worked at a fast food restaurant to support him. He must have been very desperate...

"To be honest, I don't have any impression of Yashima."

At the factory office, after receiving a notification from the security guard, the factory director and the team leader who had previously been in charge of Yashima came out to meet the visitor. When questioned by Shiraizumi Masaru, the team leader simply shook his head and put down the photo of Yashima Fuyuki.

"After all, he was dispatched here, and we didn't have much contact. We just assigned tasks, and he just followed them... Most dispatched employees are like this. The dispatch company seems to warn them first, telling them not to do anything extraneous and not to talk too much..."

Quan Yi then asked, "It seems that the contracts for temporary employees here are all signed for three months at a time. Yashima was fired in the ninth month. Was there any special reason?"

"Well..." The squad leader hesitated and looked at the factory director next to him.

The factory manager, a dark-skinned man in his forties, chimed in, "It's simply staff reductions. The manufacturing industry is in a slump right now, and it's not just Yashima who was laid off early. You'll see if you check the personnel records..."

As he spoke, he shook his head and sighed, "Although I can understand the feelings of these dispatched workers, killing their employers just because of this is really too cruel..."

"It's still not certain that Yashima is the murderer," Izumi continued, "Mr. Aoyagi is the head of the manufacturing department, right?"

It was certain that these people didn't want to have anything to do with the case. He knew that when they came, and he wasn't naive enough to think that they could answer whatever they were asked.

After all, even the parties involved in the case would conceal it...

"Yes, Mr. Aoyagi started out at the factory and is a boss who understands the on-site conditions very well. Even after I became factory manager, I often consulted with him..." The factory manager seemed to have great respect for Aoyagi Takeaki. "And Mr. Aoyagi comes for regular inspections every month."

"That means Yashima might have met Mr. Aoyagi..." Izumi noted the information in his mind and stood up. "Can I take a tour of the factory? I want to see the part that Yashima used to be in charge of."

"Okay." After getting permission from the factory manager, the team leader took Quan Yi into the factory.

Compared with the factory workers wearing blue work clothes, Quanyi's suit looked out of place, especially when he put on the safety helmet, which was quite eye-catching. Even the workers who were still working couldn't help but look over.

"Someone from the head office?"

"I heard it was the police..."

"What happened?"

The noise in the factory was much louder than outside. Quanyi could hardly hear the workers whispering. When he looked over, he only saw workers busy on the production line.

In fact, because the parts are constantly moving along the conveyor belt, the operators have no way to stop, and everyone is not close to each other. They only say a few words when they are moving. If they don’t see visitors, they won’t even say a word.

It's a busy and terrible environment. Working in such a place is really just for a living and to make money. Almost everyone has a numb look on their face, and maybe they will only smile when they get off work or when they get paid.

"This is the production line where Yashima works," the team leader explained. "Nothing special."

Quan Yi watched the assembly line-like work process and asked, "Did Mr. Qingliu come into contact with Yashima during his inspection?"

"I don't think we had a direct conversation..." the squad leader answered, and suddenly saw an operator standing on the conveyor belt. He widened his eyes and shouted to stop him.

"Hey! What are you doing!"

The operator was startled and hurriedly jumped off the conveyor belt, lowered his head and pressed the red button of the machine.

With the sound of a gas leak alarm, the conveyor belt stopped immediately and the alarm light flashed for a while before it started working again.

Quan Yi asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"Nothing," the squad leader paused and then asked, "Would you like to visit other places?"

Quan Yi glanced at the workers who continued to work hard on the production line, suppressed his inner doubts and said, "We want to talk to a colleague who has a good relationship with Yashima."

"Well..." The squad leader shook his head regretfully, "I tried asking the Ruoshui Novel Group 97⑤⑥②⑧⑧④①, but no one there knew him well. It seems like communication isn't easy among dispatched employees either..."

At noon, Quan Yi took advantage of the factory's lunch break and successfully found a friend of Yashima, a young man named Yokota.

Since it was not convenient to ask questions in the factory, Shiraizumi Masaru secretly asked Yokota to come out.

However, because he was afraid of being discovered by the factory and being fired, Yokota carefully chose a remote place, repeatedly emphasized confidentiality, and after reluctantly explaining Yashima's situation, hurried back to the factory to work.

According to Yokota, there were great safety hazards at the Jinshi Metal Factory. Yashima had suffered a work-related injury accident. In order to conceal the fact, the factory did not allow Yashima to apply for work-related injury and asked Yashima to go to the hospital with other reasons.

However, this meant that Yashima would have to pay for all the medical expenses himself, which he was unwilling to do. However, in the end, not only did his work injury go unresolved, but he also lost his job...

Shiraizumi Mashi returned to the office, read the report compiled by Miwako, and called other investigators to share his findings.

"Deliberately concealing a work-related injury? Inspector Bai, what's going on? Does this have anything to do with Yashima?"

Shiratori, Miwako, Takagi...the investigators all looked surprised.

Shiraizumi said: "Yashima should know the victim, because the victim often visited the factory..."

"So," Miwako pondered, "the fired Yashima threatened the head of the manufacturing department and threatened to expose the fact that he had concealed the work-related injuries. It's very likely that he was carrying a knife because of this..."

Shiratori said, "We can't say that the knife is Yashima's, and there is no record of Yashima contacting the victim on his phone."

"In short, let's continue investigating based on this clue..." Bai Quanyi assigned tasks to his subordinates.

After everyone left, only Shiraizumi Masaru and Miwako were left in the office.

Bai Quanyi asked, "By the way, how is the hospital?"

Miwako replied, "Yashima hasn't woken up yet. I heard from the people who stayed over there that Nakahara Kaori has been staying in the ward all day."

"is it?"

Baiquan Yi got up and hugged Meiwazi from behind. Meiwazi knew what Baiquan Yi wanted to do and cooperated by raising her butt...

……

In the evening, after get off work, Shiraizumi Mashi drove to the hospital alone. When he found Yashima's ward, he saw Kaori Nakahara guarding the bedside.

In the quiet ward, there was only the intermittent sound of medical equipment, and the faint sobbing of Kaori Nakahara could be heard.

Yashima still showed no signs of waking up. He seemed to be struggling to even breathe. His life force was so weak that he probably wouldn't be able to hold on for much longer...

Quan Yi glanced at Nakahara Kaori who was covering her face in pain. She looked so sad that Quan Yi couldn't say anything to comfort her.

"Ding ding ding!" Suddenly the ringing of a cell phone brought Quan Yi back to his senses and also woke up Kaori Yumi Nakahara in the ward.

"Sorry." Quan Yi nodded to Nakahara Kaori who was wiping her eyes, and quickly ran to the aisle to answer the phone.

"What's wrong? Miwako."

"I arrived at the Aoyagi Takeaki funeral venue and made some discoveries." Miwako stood outside the Aoyagi Takeaki funeral venue, watching the people coming and going to attend the funeral and talking to Izumi.

"I understand. I'll be there right away." Quan Yi hung up the phone after asking for the address.

The funeral was held in a special funeral home, with two tents at the door. Countless people in black suits lined up in the middle, taking turns to enter the venue to pay their respects. There was also a place specifically for collecting funeral fees.

Quan Yi said that when he drove over, before he even saw Miwako, he heard the sound of monks chanting. It didn't feel ritualistic at all, but rather a bit noisy.

Tonight is a black funeral dress

"Miss Miwako!" Pulling over to the side, Izumi glanced around and quickly spotted Miwako outside the venue. At Miwako's request, he hadn't revealed the purpose of his investigation and was simply presenting himself as an ordinary mourner. She was wearing a hastily prepared black funeral attire, which was quite striking.

After making sure that no one else was paying attention, Izumi hooked Miwako's chin and asked about the case.

“Is the factory hiding work injuries?”

Miwako groaned shyly, then looked at Shiraizumi Masu and said, "I didn't find out why Mr. Aoyagi came to Nihonbashi today, but I did find some interesting information about the victim's son. Aoyagi Yuto dropped out of the swimming club due to an accident in junior high school and has given up swimming ever since. The victim seems to be troubled by this."

"Accident?"

"A junior from the club sneaked into the school swimming pool at night and nearly drowned. He was saved because the advisor spotted him in time..."

"Although there seems to be no connection, this may be a key clue..." Quan Yi said with a frown.

"Yes, it is also my principle not to miss any clues." Meiko said seriously.

"Your outfit is nice, keep it on for now."

"As long as you like Quan Yi, that's all that matters..."

After the wake ceremony, the guests moved to the next room where drinks and meals were prepared. Miwako narrowed her eyes slightly and found that Yuto Aoyagi and several teenagers appeared at the door of the memorial service, including the swimming club advisor.

"These people were all students in the swimming club at the time."

"With Aoyagi Yuto?"

Quan Yi looked in the direction he was looking and saw the swimming teacher patting Aoyagi Yuto's shoulder as if to comfort him. Several other boys who looked like students also seemed to be trying to comfort him.

Swimming Club...

There seems to be something hidden in the middle.

"If we could find out why Mr. Aoyagi went to Nihonbashi, perhaps the whole case would become clearer," Izumi nodded and said to Miwako, "Okay, Miwako, let's relax today and then go for another run tomorrow."

"Well, we have been relaxing every night recently." Miwako showed an excited smile on her face.

For a police officer, the feeling of getting closer to the truth through investigation is like an addiction without side effects. Even after a busy day, one feels more excited.

Finding out the truth is a good thing for Fuyuki Yashima, Kaori Nakahara, and the Aoyagi family.

It was the same hotel and the same room as last night. Miwako was wearing a black funeral dress with black stockings, which looked great.

The naturally beautiful face, the curvy figure, the slender and powerful legs... coupled with this funeral dress, it's really amazing!

Shiraizumi Masaru is very skilled in experiencing different plots, different postures, and different feelings with Meihezi...

……

The next morning, Baiquan Yi was holding the remote control and watching the TV in the hotel. Miwako was still sleeping soundly beside him.

The morning news was broadcasting news related to the "Nihonbashi Murder Case".

"The suspect, who is still unconscious, had an accident at the factory where he was assigned six months ago and was off for about a week. If a worker takes more than four days off due to a work-related injury, they are required to apply to the Labor Insurance Bureau. However, neither Jinshi Metal nor the staffing company has filed an application, suggesting they may have deliberately concealed the work-related injury case..."

"It seems the information was leaked from higher-ups. The Procuratorate has intervened to prevent Yashima from being brought to justice. To quell public outcry, the higher-ups can't wait any longer." Izumi immediately realized the severity of the situation. "But time is running out. If there are no new leads, we'll have no choice but to send Yashima off as the murderer."