After the issue of methamphetamine was removed from the Junior Detectives' agenda, one such issue resurfaced on the work goals of most of the Junior Detectives.

Well, just most of them, not everyone, because the issue itself is a re-investigation of someone from the Junior Detective Corps.

Why did Ayumi return to the cabin so late and hide her whereabouts? Why was she in the kitchen before?

……

"Hasn't Ayumi come back yet?" Chiba, who was with Motota and Mitsuhiko, asked about Gray Yuan on the phone.

"Apparently not," Gray Yuan said helplessly. "So there's no way, you guys go out and find her."

"Standing and talking doesn't ←←hurt your back," Qian Yu said speechlessly. "Why didn't you come out and find it yourself?"

"I'm going to find it myself?" After being silent for a moment, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and he replied with a subtle expression. "Ah, actually, I don't mind going out for a walk or something, but is that really good? If I go out to look for it, it's likely that after searching for a circle and finding nothing, I will come back to find that Ayumi has already returned to the cabin and fallen asleep. If you're not afraid to take the risk of wasting your time, I can go out with you to find it. ”

"Excuse me, when I didn't say it!" A thousand feathers are embarrassed. "That'...... We'll go out and find her first, you stay in the cabin, and let us know if she comes back. ”

"There is no problem, so let's go and waste time without worry=,="

"What?" Qian Yu was stunned.

"Feel free to explore!" Gray Yuan said word by word. "That's it, then I'll continue to read first, you guys come on."

"......" The corners of Qianyu's mouth twitched, and then hung up the phone.

"What's wrong?" Mitsuhiko felt a little strange and asked.

"It's okay," Chiba shook her head. "Well, that's it...... We're going to go find Ayumi......"

……

Restaurant.

"Is it really still working here?" Chiba, who had already begun to act alone, looked at the restaurant that was still lit and muttered in surprise. "Hmm...... Could it be that Ayumi is really here? ”

With such a question, Qian Yu walked into the door of the back kitchen of the restaurant.

"Huh?" As soon as Qianyu entered the kitchen, several people who were working inside looked at him together - the group of people working in the back kitchen now seemed to be completely different from the group working during the day, so they didn't know Qianyu.

"Little brother," a staff member who had been idle walked up to Chiba and asked softly. "Is there anything you have come here for? This is not the place to play games! ”

"Uh......" Qian Yu asked, glancing at her surroundings. Is there a girl my age who would come here at night? ”

"Girl?" The staff member exchanged questioning glances with the other colleagues, then shook their heads. "No, if I'm not mistaken, you should be the first kid to come here in the past few days."

"Is that so?" Qian Yu made a noncommittal sound. "Alright then......"

With a look of understanding and confusion, Qian Yu left the restaurant.

He hadn't thought that the restaurant might be open at night before he came here, so even if he found out that the restaurant actually had a night shift when he came here, he didn't expect to find Ayumi here.

But although he knew that Ayumi should not be here, he still didn't know where Ayumi was. He knew where he was going to find Ayumi next, but he couldn't figure out why Ayumi was there.

……

Playroom.

In the night, a figure stood quietly in front of the chessboard, silently looking at a small corner of the chessboard in front of him.

At this moment, Mitsuhiko's voice came from the door of the game room. "Ahh

The figure turned and looked at Mitsuhiko at the door.

"Really, why is it you here?" Mitsuhiko turned on the light and looked at Motota in front of the chessboard angrily. "Really, didn't you say that you went to find Ayumi where?"

"Ah......" Genta scratched his head in embarrassment. I'm sorry, that- I was going to come here to find Ayumi, but I was a little too fascinated when I saw the chessboard......"

"Really!" Mitsuhiko supports his forehead. "You guy - forget it, come with me to find where Ayumi is!"

……

Chiba calmly watched the door in front of him parting on both sides.

If Gray Hara hasn't contacted him until now, it probably means that neither Motota nor Mitsuhiko have found Ayumi and brought her back. In this case, Ayumi is probably here—it doesn't seem like a place she would be able to go to, but it's not a place she would never go. If she was here, Chiba would be tempted to talk to Ayumi - because Chiba wondered why she was here, after all, coming here at a time like this didn't seem like something that a kid who wasn't supposed to be very interested in it would do.

When the two doors obediently shrank, Qianyu's eyes immediately locked on the front - the auxiliary unit completed the marking of the search target for Qianyu in the first place.

As Chiba had a hunch, Ayumi was here.

In the moonlight, Ayumi sat under a small telescope and used the telescope under the guidance of Honda of the Tokyo Observatory next to her.

[Sure enough, it's here.] Raising her eyebrows, Chiba looked in Ayumi's direction, and then slowly walked over.

"Observed!" Ayumi suddenly said excitedly. "Brother, the star you asked to observe!"

"Oh!" Honda looked at Ayumi rather excitedly. "Look at it, isn't there another similar star not far to the top left of this star?"

"Yes!" Ayumi nodded immediately. "In that case, am I looking for the right star?"

"Yes!" Honda replied with a smile. "You've got the right place!"

"Whew-" Ayumi breathed a sigh of relief, moving her head away from the binoculars and rubbing her eyes. "Finally ......"

"You stayed here late yesterday," Honda patted Ayumi's head, apparently noticing her tiredness. "Let's go back and rest first, and I'll teach you the rest tomorrow evening."

"No need," Ayumi shook her head, "I can continue—"

As she said this, she yawned again, and her physical and mental fatigue was exposed.

"You," Honda smiled wryly. "Why hold on like this? Behold behind you, your companions are coming. ”

"Huh?" Ayumi was taken aback, and then she found Chiba who was walking slowly. "Chiba, you- why are you here?"