novelraw Chapter 1057 [Chapter ENDING] 9
Chapter 1057 [Chapter ENDING] 9
For a moment, he almost had a bad urge to take two quick steps forward to see who the person whose face happened to be hidden by the red brick wall of the restaurant from his perspective was.
But after he unconsciously took a few steps forward, he suddenly realized what he was doing and slammed on the brakes, standing by the side of the road.
Across the road, the newly opened western restaurant on the opposite side of the street is inlaid with large floor-to-ceiling glass windows, and the gas lamps on the sidewalk in front of the windows shine brightly; under the warm light, Miss Quan at the table inside the window is Towards the person who couldn't see his brows clearly - the place where he is standing now is enough for him to see the person's hand on the table, and judging from the sleeve covered by the arm connected to the hand , that person is undoubtedly a man—a smile that does not mean anything, but is very bright.
Tufang suddenly felt absurd.
……What is he doing? !
Just because of that very similar face, did he pay too much and inappropriate attention to Miss Quan?
What is he expecting?
Isn't he obviously seen many times?How did those companions who became Rakshasa disappear during the journey northward—just like everything that happened in the bright sun of Kagoshima, they gradually turned into bluish-white ash, just like Rakshasa The original way of survival is the same, they overdraw and burn their lives, and in the end, even their own bodies burn together, and they are wiped out——
It was like, on that day—ten years later, the day when she, whose life and death were unknown, finally returned, and Satsuma was finally destroyed, she turned into ashes in front of his eyes.
...she is no longer in this world.What exists here is nothing but a very similar forgery.No matter how similar it is, it won't be her.If it's just a skin, not her own words, then nothing will work.
Hijikata stood on the sidewalk, looking at the woman under the gas lamp across the road.Then, he shook his head, turned around resolutely, and strode away.
……
However, this determination of the earth side suffered a major setback after only one day.
The next day, his boss, Kuroda, called him to his office.
"Naito-kun..." There was an encouraging smile on Kuroda's face as loyal as a good old man.
"You have always performed very well... But the reality is like this. There are only a few fixed high positions. Before there is no vacancy, no matter how talented you are, you can only slowly accumulate actual performance..."
Earthwork: "...Yes, I fully understand."
Kuroda: "I also heard that you once had the opportunity to serve as a judge through the free appointment system, but you insisted on studying the law and passed the trial of the judge, which we appreciate very much... However, you have not completed the field training period. Letting you serve as the investigator temporarily is entirely for the sake of displaying your talents; I hope you can understand this point..."
Earthwork: "...Yes, of course."
Kuroda took out his handkerchief to wipe his sweat.
"Very well... Now I have a trickier case for you to handle." He said, then groped through the pile of papers on his desk and pulled out a file.
Hijikata took it over suspiciously, and as soon as he opened the cover of the file, he heard Kuroda continue: "It's actually an ordinary theft..."
Tu Fang was full of question marks, and he also frankly asked the questions in his heart. "...Shouldn't the Metropolitan Police Department investigate the theft first?"
Kuroda laughed dryly twice.
"Generally speaking, it is true... But this case is a bit difficult." He picked up the handkerchief again and wiped his sweat.
"The victim of this theft was a Western businessman who was doing business between Tokyo and Yokohama... No, maybe it should be said to be a powerful businessman with certain influence... It is said that he is expected to become the head of the Western Chamber of Commerce in the next re-election. The position of president..."
Earthwork: "..."
"Let me just say it straight....The rich businessman doesn't seem to trust the investigation results of the Metropolitan Police Department very much. Although the case file has been handed over to us, he hopes that we will select another reliable person to carry out the investigation through some connections. Re-examination... Besides, although the suspect of the theft has been caught, he still refuses to explain where the stolen items fell..." Kuroda explained.
For a while, the earthworker felt that there was nothing to say.He remained silent, quietly waiting for Kuroda to continue explaining the complicated ins and outs behind the whole incident.
"I don't know where he heard that the court can also investigate the case separately, so through some contacts and means, he put some pressure on us..." Kuroda sighed, "So although it is a simple case on the surface, we also You need to act accordingly.”
Earthwork: "...Yes, I understand."
In short, it's just a pretentious investigation, so as to silence the complaints of the foreigner who is furious because the stolen items can't be found, isn't it?
He and Kuroda looked at each other, and he always felt that he could read such a subtext in Kuroda's eyes.
Kuroda coughed.
"There is still a necessary process... Correspondingly, because the other party is a foreigner, it may be very difficult to communicate... Therefore, we have also found an excellent person who can act as an interpreter to assist you in your investigation."
Earthwork:? ? ?
Ignoring the question marks on his face, Kuroda wiped the non-existent sweat on his forehead with a handkerchief for the third time, and raised his voice and said to the outside: "Please come in."
Immediately there was a sound of "excuse me" outside the door, and then the door was opened.
While the door was opening, Tufang was still thinking, the voice that spoke seemed somewhat familiar, and it was undoubtedly a woman——
In the next second, he was stunned to see that standing at the door was that troublesome Miss Quan!
Ms. Quan walked into this office with a smile, closed the door gently behind her back, walked to Tufang and stood still, gave him a slight nod in greeting, and then looked at the person sitting behind the desk with a smile like "Ah, this is really true" on his face. It couldn't be more perfect, this matter will definitely be resolved satisfactorily," Kuroda with this expression.
"Mr. Kuroda." She greeted politely.
Kuroda nodded curtly at her, then smiled at Hijikata.
Earthwork: "..."
If it wasn't for the weight of the file in his hand, reminding him that there is indeed a case that needs to be investigated, he would have thought that all of this was another arranged matchmaking routine? !
But now he can only stand here, listening to Kuroda say: "Miss Quan is proficient in foreign languages, and has already gained the other party's trust and approval to participate in this investigation... I hope you can work together to give a convincing answer." The results of the investigation, ahahahaha..."
Earthwork: "...Yes."
He took a deep breath, and after a short reply, he couldn't help turning his head and glanced at the troublesome Miss Quan standing beside him.
...But just in time to see her turn her face at the same time and smile at him.
Suddenly, Tufang felt a miasma of smoke above his head, which was about to smoke.
But the next moment his attention was drawn back to the case by what Kuroda said.
Because Kuroda said: "...The best thing is, we can also find the whereabouts of the stolen items for the victim... We can't do this in vain and get nothing..."
Finally, Tu Fang couldn't help but asked, "What exactly is the stolen item?"
He hasn't had time to carefully read the case file from beginning to end. So far, all his knowledge of the case comes from Kuroda's narration.But Kuroda said a lot of nonsense, and even called in a woman who he didn't expect to appear at all, and forcibly arranged for him to be his assistant (?); However, Kuroda never said what exactly was stolen The thing is so important, so important that the Metropolitan Police Department has already concluded the investigation, but the other party is still not satisfied enough to use their personal connections to re-investigate——
Kuroda laughed dryly twice.
"Haha, didn't I tell you?" He put down the crumpled handkerchief, looked up at Tufang, and said, "...it's a sword."
Earthwork:! ! !
"...Wu/Soldier/Sword?!" He repeated the noun slowly, almost unable to hide the surprise look on his face.
"Isn't the victim a Western businessman? How could there be—"
Kuroda snorted.
"I heard that he is very interested in our country's warrior culture." There seemed to be a bit of sarcasm in his tone.
"He collects samurai/soldiers/knives purely for his own collection...but because of his status, as long as he doesn't take it outside for display or use, who else will care if he keeps it at home? How many swords?"
Earthwork: "..."
He could only grit his teeth so as not to make any inappropriate, overly sentimental comments the moment he opened his mouth.
Instead, Ms. Quan said with a sarcasm with a mocking smile: "I really feel sorry for those swords that fell into his hands... No matter how heroic the previous owner was, and no matter how many times they fought, they can only be defeated now." In the hands of foreigners, it has become a curious collection..."
Hearing her words, Tu Fang couldn't help turning his head to look at her again.
The strange feeling in my heart rose again.But now is not the time to think deeply.
Kuroda didn't seem to notice the eye-brows - no, eye contact - between them.He bent his knuckles and tapped the table a few times, without warning, dropped a big bomb in front of Ms. Hijikata and Izumi.
"The lost sword, said to be called 'Nagasomi Kotoru'."
Earthwork:! ! !
He turned his head abruptly, staring at Kuroda with wide eyes.The blood in the veins boiled to the peak in an instant, bubbling and bubbling in his body, his face flushed red almost immediately, his temples swelled, and the blood rushed to the top of his head.
Before he could speak, he heard Miss Quan beside him speak first.
"...How is this possible?!" There was a sense of surprise in her voice—although it sounded a little sharp, but given her feminine and sensitive personality, it didn't seem too much offend.
"I've also heard about that knife... Doesn't it mean that it has disappeared long ago?"
Hijikata barely suppressed the turbulent emotions in his heart, and listened to Kuroda's indifferent answer:
"Who knows... Maybe the foreigner was fooled, it's just a fake—"
Earthwork:! ! !
This sentence did not know where it stabbed his nerve.He had to clenched his fists—his five twitching fingers clenched the dossier so hard that it even crumpled the documents in the dossier—before he could barely restrain himself from swarming from the depths of his consciousness. The kind of hurtful words that almost come out of your mouth.
But before he was almost about to erupt, Miss Quan's voice sounded again, interrupting him just in time.
"It's okay," she said.
"We will investigate carefully... Find out how it got into the hands of that Western businessman, and find out its current whereabouts..."
"Where is it now, we will definitely find out."
The author has something to say:
February 12:
Today I will explain a little bit about the private settings here.
The author Bacteria is a very unprofessional liberal arts student [no
So I don't know much about the history of jurisprudence...
I checked and found that before 1880, the appointment of Nihong judicial officers was a free appointment system, that is, the appointment of administrators was enough, and no rich legal knowledge was required.
In 1884, the "Rules for Judgment and Use of Judgments" was formulated, which introduced the relevant rules for the judicial examination.
Explanation of nouns: judges = judges, trials for judges = judicial examinations
The Law on the Constitution of Courts was promulgated in 1890, including provisions such as the establishment of prosecutorial bureaus (prosecutors = prosecutors) in courts
Therefore, this period in the article should be an era when the regulations are relatively not so sound.
Well, since it is a sub-world derived from the game anyway, the author Zhe just messed around [You are enough!
If there are bigwigs who are familiar with the relevant historical background and information, please despise the author in your heart, and you don’t need to say it [Hey!
Next update: by tomorrow night.