But even though Hotaru seems to have fooled Miwako Sato in person, it's clear that the other party isn't that forgetful.

[I'm Miwako Sato, I think I probably remember who you are, and we may need to talk a little bit more about what happened that day and see if you can provide more details.] I hope you cooperate, because I know your school, and I guess you don't want the things you did to be known by your classmates, right? I live in the Green Terrace Park Building, so how about we meet at Staircase 2 in the underground parking lot at 9:30 tonight? 】

"......" frowned, and Hotaru looked up at the front - it was the staircase of the underground parking lot of the Midoridai Park Building.

The last time she dealt with the other party head-on, it should have been a year ago, right?

……

One summer morning a year ago.

"Really, why didn't this old pervert react at all?" Hotaru, dressed in casual summer clothes, stood in front of the electronic door lock of the apartment building, looking at her phone angrily. "Obviously asked me to go to his side, but he didn't give any reaction until now, what is it!"

Just yesterday, she had just received a doctor from the Dongdu Affiliated Hospital, eating out and then taking her home. But not long after taking her home, the drunken guy suddenly told her that he was not feeling well today and could not enjoy her according to the agreed deal, so he kicked her out after paying a part of the deposit, and asked her to come back to him during the day the next day (weekend).

"If it weren't for the quick payment and the clothes you bought with me yesterday here, I would have dropped your pigeon directly." Muttering like this, Hotaru continued to call the other party in dissatisfaction, trying to call the other person up, but finally slipped through the door when a young woman entered.

But as she ascended the stairs, Hotaru felt a little uneasy—the doctor's apartment was on the top floor, and the woman was on the same path as she was about to go up to the top floor...... Out of professional habits, Hotaru immediately stopped, made a gesture of reading the text message, and asked the other party to go home first, leaving a private space for herself to visit the customer alone. It took about thirty seconds for her to emerge from the stairs and make sure they had returned home before heading to the doctor's apartment.

"......" still had a slightly thief-minded expression, and Hotaru looked around before opening the door of the apartment that the doctor hadn't closed - probably because he had drunk too much and fell asleep, so he deliberately opened the door for him in advance, right?

But just as she opened the door, she took off one of her shoes and prepared to put on slippers as she closed the door in the hallway......

She noticed that the working woman who had been with her was standing in the dining room in front of the entrance, looking at her with a stunned expression.

"Huh?" Hotaru looked surprised.

"Who are you and how did you come here?" The other party immediately asked.

"I ...... I came to visit a friend, and I came in when I saw the door open, and now it looks like I've gone to the wrong room—" Hotaru walked to the shoe cabinet with one foot on her shoes and one sock on her own, and looked in the direction of the living room through the small shoe cabinet, and confirmed whether she had really gone to the wrong room through the impressive living room setting—she remembered that there should be a picture of the doctor in the living room when he was receiving his doctorate.

But after taking two steps to the side, she saw that the middle-aged doctor who had taken advantage of her with her lustful eyes and groping hands yesterday was lying on her stomach in front of the working woman, and the floor in her abdomen was covered with blood. And the working woman also has blood on her hands, and she has a fruit knife at her feet.

"Ah......h You...... It's you ......."

"Huh?" Only then did the working woman realize what Hotaru was thinking. "Wait a minute, I didn't kill people—"

But such words obviously backfired, and Hotaru hurriedly put back on the shoes she had taken off earlier, and at the same time hugged her backpack and was about to open the door. "I didn't see anything, I'm going home first!"

"Hey, don't go, listen to me!" Working women are walking briskly. "Who are you and why are you here?"

Hotaru ignored her and just wanted to get out of here, but just as she was about to unlock the door, her hand was grabbed by a professional woman. "You let go of me!"

"Who are you and why are you here!" The working woman has more strength than the thin Hotaru, so she uses brute force to pull Hotaru back. "Make no mistake, I didn't kill the man, I'm his sister!"

……

About fifteen minutes later.

"Officer Twilight asked me to support here, did anything happen?" Officer Sato looked at the male policeman standing at the door of the apartment, a little helpless.

"There's a little girl here, and she's not very cooperative...... And then I'm not going to be able to do it well......" the other man sneered.

"Little girl?" Officer Sato looked inside the room and saw a young woman sitting in a chair for a long time. "The ...... It's not a little girl, is it? ”

"It's not me, it's the one I'm watching—she's tried to run away several times."

"I don't know anything, why don't you let me go!" Holding the bag of clothes that the doctor bought her, Hotaru sat on the couch by the wall rather resentfully. "He was fine when I left yesterday, but he was drinking alone, and I came a little later than his sister this morning, what can I have to do with this case?"

"......" Sato looked at the bag in Hotaru's hand and frowned - it was the bag of clothes, and from her description, it seemed that it was probably the clothes that were deposited on this man's side yesterday. Considering the value of this dress, it is not like a girl of this age can afford it, is it ......

"What is your relationship with the deceased?" Sato asked.

"Hmm...... It's like a new friend at first sight," Hotaru replied after thinking about it. "I've got some things to do, if you have any questions, how about we finish talking here?" I don't want to go that far from the Metropolitan Police Department. ”

"......," Sato sighed. How old are you this year? ”

"Eighteen years old," Firefly added her age by one without changing her color, becoming the legal age. "Ask me what I'm doing with these?"

"Because, if you leave something here, we will treat you as a suspect no matter what, so even if you don't cooperate, we have every right to take you back as a suspect for interrogation." Sato first asserted his power, and then began to persuade. "I just heard that the deceased was a doctor, and you can say that you came here to consult the deceased's medical affairs when you made the transcript! As for what you are here to do, it really doesn't matter much, after all, he is dead, and it is impossible for us to sue him, let alone do anything to you. ”

......" Hotaru bit her lip and finally nodded. Okay, but can you find me a pair of sunglasses and a mask? I don't really want to be seen in the face. ”

……

"I don't want to go to that kind of hell place a second time," Hotaru muttered as she walked down the stairs. "It's a shame to meet my brother......"

With that, she rounded the corner of the stairs and entered the last flight of stairs that led to the underground parking lot.

He then saw a young man lying outside the stairwell door, his back covered in blood - apparently not an accident, but a murder.

And she was called here by text message, I'm afraid it was not an accident, but a blame.