"Anyway, Ashbara-san," Ayumi suddenly asked as she walked down the road. "How did you fall in love with the peanut and blueberry jam sandwich?"

"Huh?" Gray Yuan Ai seemed a little stunned, and said after thinking about it. "I don't remember much, at first I actually liked plain peanut butter sandwiches, and then I somehow suddenly added blueberry butter too. When did you taste blueberry jam once and then you liked it? Later, I found that the blueberry jam used for the blueberry sandwich I ate seemed to taste good, so I asked about this place where I could buy delicious jam. ”

"Does Chiba-san, too, like to eat this?" Ayumi said curiously.

"He's quite fond of this," Gray Yuan said with a nod. "He even sometimes eats hollow fries with blueberry sauce from his baked hollow fries!"

With that, several people came to the entrance of Rice Flower Station, which was opposite the Rice Flower Station, where imported goods were sold.

"Is it in that building?" Hotaru asked, looking at the commercial building where the imported goods store was located.

"Yes, the building itself is a gathering place for imported goods stores," Gray Yuan replied. "The imported ingredient store we're going to is right here."

"Do you have any clothes?" Hotaru raised an eyebrow.

"Probably, right?" Gray Plains said uncertainly. "I haven't been here to buy clothes."

It is true that she has no habit of buying fancy clothes - her childhood ended early on with the intervention of the organization, and her natural interest in scholarship has led her to spend her time in the literature, and even on weekends when she can go out in all kinds of clothes, she always stays at home in modest clothes and continues to read all kinds of books and papers.

That doesn't mean she's a nerd, or that she's some weirdo who doesn't know how to enjoy herself—if a person can get pleasure from a practice that helps to grow her condition, why doesn't she keep doing it? The thirst for the unknown and the desire to explore make the learned girl named Shiho Miyano find pure pleasure in the stacks of books that others often shun, which is difficult for others to find in any way.

After completing her studies, Shiho Miyano returned to Tokyo, regaining complete control of the organization—this time not to review what the sages had learned, as she had done before, but to explore uncharted territory that no one had ever set foot in, as the conquerors did hundreds of years ago.

Exploring the unknown is much more exciting than looking back at the known, and the amount of work involved in exploring the unknown is much greater than looking back at the known.

Driven by both the organization and her own personal interests, Miyano Shiho was accustomed to wearing a white coat, and she never bought unnecessary redundant clothes other than the daily clothes necessary for the short walk from her home to her place of work.

This habit has continued to the Gray Yuan Ai - although she has no necessary work tasks and no work to do, and has a lot of time to relax and embrace the lost youth in between student life, she has become accustomed to staying in her own peaceful haven. She has also read a lot of the latest fashion magazines, and she has bought a lot of fashionable clothes, but unless she wears them to herself in the mirror on an occasional whim, she still only wears those simplest styles.

I don't know if this is due to Gray Yuan's own character, or due to the high-pressure management of the organization.

However, after this idle time, my personality has actually undergone subtle changes, right? In fact, a bracelet and a necklace that she saw in a fashion magazine some time ago were actually quite to her liking, and she also thought it would be a good idea to wear these two pieces of jewelry when she went out on the holidays. But considering that because the jewelry store is only open in the United States, the country where the magazine is distributed, and it can only be purchased in stores, there is no way to buy it in Japan, and in the end she has no choice but to give up and say goodbye to these two jewelry that she likes very much.

"Gray Plains?" Ayumi's voice woke Ash Hara from her memories. I saw that Gray Yuan himself was standing on the side of the station at the crosswalk, and Ayumi and the others were standing on the crosswalk, looking at her with some curiosity. "What's wrong with you?"

"I'm sorry, I'm distracted," Gray Yuan shook his head, and hurriedly followed the others, walking with them towards the Imported Goods Building opposite.

…………

About ten meters in front of them, a chubby middle-aged man looked at them with a ghostly expression, and then used the camera in his hand to film them walking down the crosswalk together, talking and laughing.

"Hello?" The middle-aged man then took out his mobile phone and dialed a number.

"Hey, I saw an interesting guy - let me describe it to you, a girl about 8 years old, brown wavy, guess who I'm talking about?"

"It must be her, whether it is her appearance or dress style, even the eye color, hairstyle and hair color are the same, exactly the same!"

"Where did you see that? The Imported Goods Building across from Rice Flower Station, if I were you, I'd be mobilizing people right now. ”

"yes, it's a treasure, a valuable treasure."

"Oh yes, by the way, there is also a long-haired black girl who looks like she is around 18 years old, with a good figure, a delicate face, wearing a miniskirt, and carrying the latest Prada bag."

"No, definitely not, that's why I asked you to go to the boss and tell him about it!"

…………

National Police Agency.

"What?" The young man (Hotaru's older brother) asked in surprise at Kazami in front of him. "Really?"

"Yes," Kazami nodded. He swore he was right."

"......" the young man frowned.

"What should I do?" Kazami asked. "Do it directly?"

"Don't," the young man stopped Kazami. "You-you guys get someone to follow first, and if there's anything out of the ordinary, report it to me immediately."

"Understood," Kazami nodded. "Any more requirements?"

"No......," the young man shook his head. You go ahead and I'll think about it. ”

When Kazami disappeared into the office, the young man sighed.

"I used to think you were a capable force I could rely on...... It's a pity. ”

Taking out his mobile phone, the young man dialed a number.

…………

Hotaru's phone rang suddenly.

“？” Hotaru took out her phone, but when she saw the caller number, she just frowned and hung up.

"What's wrong?" Gray Plains asked.

"It's okay," Hotaru said, her expression unchanged. "A boy in the school who still wants to soak me in the case of Fujiwara-kun is just a self-conscious boy."