MM Racing Page 138
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Immediately, Shotaro turned to Terui Ryu as if he had just realized something: "Do you think it's a dopant, Terui?"
“Yes.” Terujiro nodded.
"Why don't you just go and ask Lu Chen directly? You and Officer Kujo have a good relationship with Lu Chen, right?" Shotaro asked again.
"Do you think it's appropriate to trouble him with everything?" Terui Ryu asked rhetorically.
Upon hearing this, Shotaro Hidari suddenly realized.
"Too......"
Just then, a middle-aged man dressed in a suit, looking neat and tidy, pushed open the door of the firm and walked in.
The man exuded an aura that made him seem unapproachable.
very scary!
Akiko was instantly intimidated by the man's aura, and didn't even dare to drink her coffee, hiding directly behind Shotaro.
"This uncle looks terrifying!"
"What...what is he here for?"
"Hey, wait!" Shotaro quickly stepped forward to stop the middle-aged man, looking him up and down. "Are you a shady land developer? Get out of here right now, we don't need to know anything about you."
However, the man raised his hand the next second and flicked Shotaro's forehead hard with great speed.
"Ouch! That hurts!" Shotaro cried out in pain and fell to the ground.
The man didn't seem to care about his appearance at all and casually put down his bag.
"Where is the boss, Narumi Shojito?" The man explained his purpose. "My name is Oto Isao. He helped me a lot before. I served ten years in prison. He told me to come to him after I got out."
Upon hearing the uncle's name, Shotaro's eyes darkened. "Uncle, he's already..."
He didn't know how to tell her the news of the old man's death, but Akiko beat him to it:
“My father… my father has passed away.” I’ve been at Narumi’s office for so long.
Akiko had already learned the truth from Shotaro Hidari, and although she would be very sad.
But no way.
This is the fact.
"Has Mr. Narumi passed away?" Oto Isami's previously nonchalant expression instantly turned tense as he looked at Akiko with a questioning gaze. Akiko nodded: "He died in an accident..."
"But now that his daughter, me, and his apprentice, Shotaro, have taken over the detective business, is there anything you want to ask my father?"
“It’s nothing. When he came to see me, he said he was helping me with an investigation and that he would use the results of the investigation to congratulate me on my release from prison,” Isamu Oto said slowly.
“Mr. Oto’s investigation records.” Akiko walked to the bookshelf where the files were kept and looked through Oto Isamu’s investigation records.
After searching for a long time, I still couldn't find it. "I couldn't find any cases starting with the last character..."
"Never mind then." The man said dejectedly, picking up his bag and getting up to leave.
"Please wait a moment." Shotaro quickly stepped forward to stop him. "Since it was something Uncle left behind, it should be my responsibility to complete it!"
"I won't hire a half-baked person." After saying that, Isamu Oto flicked Shotaro's forehead hard again, and while the latter was in pain, Isamu Oto walked out of the office.
"Damn it! Who said I'm a half-baked amateur? We just met, didn't we?" Shotaro couldn't understand why this man could see right through him.
Seeing that Isamu Oto was about to leave, Shotaro Sato quickly grabbed his hat and chased after him, saying:
"Mr. Isamu Obō, wait a minute!"
...
Finally, Shotaro Sato walked alongside Isamu Oto to a place they didn't visit often.
"Nothing here has changed at all."
"Isamu Oto sighed."
"It has a very middle-aged man's vibe." Shotaro nodded, looking around with some curiosity. The style here was something he didn't see often, a feeling of being out of touch with modernity.
Shotaro was lost in his own fantasy, and before he could even smile, he was given a sharp flick on the forehead.
"Ouch!" Shotaro immediately clutched his head and cried out in pain.
"You're making so much noise, detective kid. Listen up, you can come with me if you want, but you better keep quiet."
Wearing a black suit and carrying a heavy camouflage bag, Isamu Oto said in a deep voice.
After saying that, he turned around and walked up to a vendor, politely greeting him. Shotaro followed closely behind, afraid that something might go wrong.
"Hey, little brother."
"I'd like to ask, I'm Ito Isamu, who used to have a stall around here."
"My little brother, Maru, no, Arima Maru-o, do you know where he is?"
"No, I don't know that person." Surprisingly, the small vendor didn't recognize him.
Seeing the guilty look on his face, Isamu Oto and Shotaro Sato exchanged a glance.
They all realized that something was wrong.
Just as the two were about to continue asking questions...
"Sho." The monitor, dressed as slovenly as ever and holding a chicken leg, spotted Shotaro and jogged over.
"Isn't this the Monitor? What are you doing here?" Shotaro was surprised to run into the Monitor here.
"Is this another photo shoot for a food blog?"
"Yes, I just overheard your conversation. That guy named Arima is the president of the company in charge of the construction industry in this area. What do you need him for?" The monitor nodded and got straight to the point, looking at the two of them with curiosity.
Upon hearing this, Shotaro Sato looked surprised, while Isamu Oto was shocked.
"Maru is the president?" He didn't expect that Maru would become so famous ten years later.
......
At the Sonozaki residence, Lu Chen was flipping through documents.
During this period, under his orders, the museum organization has been thoroughly cleaned up.
Some people who were not respectable were either executed or imprisoned in dungeons.
Of course, it's impossible to be absolutely clean.
Lu Chen couldn't do anything to an organization cadre like Saeko. However, he couldn't control what she did in the past, but from now on, she would only follow his orders.
So does everyone else.
For example, Sonozaki Ryubei.
Overall, the museum organization has now been largely whitewashed, and with the help of people like Congressman Masaru Kusuhara, the museum can now operate openly.
Once it comes out into the open, and with the upgraded Gaia Memory, the toxins aren't as strong, and there's no need for connection surgery.
People from Fengdu are more likely to accept the existence of memory chips and thus purchase and use them.
at last......
Loyal Lu Chen.
"It's going smoothly, but..."
Lu Chen put down the documents and sighed.
The loyalty of Terui Ryu, Shotaro Hidari, and Philip is not yet at its maximum.
If their loyalty is insufficient, Lu Chen will be unable to complete the mission, and naturally, he will not be able to obtain the T3 Eternal and T2 Ultimate Memory.
"Should we take a tougher approach?"
Lu Chen stroked his chin and began to think.
For example, locking them in a dark room and forcing them to use the memory continuously.
Just then, footsteps sounded.
Lu Chen snapped out of his daze and looked toward the source of the sound.
Immediately afterwards, a gentlemanly figure came into view; it was none other than Lu Chen's capable subordinate...
Sudo Kirihiko.
"what's up?"
Lu Chen asked softly.
"Master." Sudo Kirihiko stopped and bowed respectfully before explaining his purpose.
"I'd like to recommend someone to you."
Lu Chen didn't speak, but just looked at him calmly. Sudo Kirihiko then said a name.
"Sudo Yukie".
"my little sister."
"Oh?" Lu Chen immediately became interested upon hearing this. "Hmm, she sounds like a very capable person. Ask her to come and let me meet her."
Although Sudo Kirihiko sensed that something was off about Lu Chen's words, he didn't think much of it.