"Yes, yes, I heard the same thing. He solved the case without even entering Grandma Ping's house!"

…

"Hey, have you heard about it? That Tachibana Aoden..."

…

"Hey, have you heard about it? That Tachibana Aoden..."

…

"Hey, have you heard about it? That Tachibana Aoden..."

…

Edo, a certain town, outside a certain confectionery shop——

Okita hates the behavior of going to crime scenes...especially going to murder scenes to join in the fun.

They gathered around the crime scene as if they were watching a play, standing on tiptoes and craning their necks to watch...

What’s there to see?!

Have you considered the feelings of the victim’s relatives and friends...

It's so disgusting...this kind of behavior that ignores the feelings of the victim's relatives and friends...

Therefore, two days ago, after learning that a murder had occurred in Koyanagi Town next door, Okita did not run over to join in the fun like those busybodies.

After watching Aoshito leave, Okita stayed at the tea house and continued to enjoy his favorite steamed buns with red bean paste.

After finishing the steamed buns, he silently returned to the trial clinic alone, and did not pay attention to Granny Ping's case after that.

Okita is a serious sweet tooth.

After a day without Jinping candy, I felt uncomfortable all over.

After seeing that there were not many Jinping candies stored at home last night, he rushed to the snack shop he often frequented early this morning to buy his "daily necessities".

But his luck doesn't seem to be very good today.

After Okita arrived at the confectionery shop he often visited, all the Jinpei candies in the store were sold out.

Okita only loves to eat the Jinpei Candy baked by this confectionery shop, so he can only wait patiently in the store for the store to bake a new batch of Jinpei Candy.

In order to pass the boring waiting time, Okita stood outside the snack shop and took out a small stack of paper from his arms.

Let’s study arithmetic!

The small stack of paper that Okita took out from his arms was filled with dense handwriting - all the arithmetic problems he had asked Hijikata Toizo, who had a good arithmetic level, to help him draw up.

Hijikata Toshizo once told him before: To learn arithmetic well, it is necessary to practice a lot.

Therefore, in order to practice arithmetic in large quantities, Okita pestered Hijikata Toshizo for a long time before he finally agreed to help formulate questions suitable for Okita to practice.

When Okita first asked Toshizo Hijikata to help him formulate the topic, he was reluctant in every possible way and said it was "too much trouble."

But after Okita's various entanglements, he finally agreed to Okita's request. He became extra serious and helped Okita write down arithmetic problems that filled several large sheets of paper.

Okita turned over the small pile of paper in his hand and found a question that he had not done yet.

As soon as his eyes caught sight of the new question, Okita's delicate eyebrows immediately frowned, and his expression changed to this: (′?ω?｀)

[Soji, you now have 39 Jinping candies, and I have 27 Jinping candies. I will give you all my Jinping candies. How many Jinping candies do you have now? 】

Both the tone and content of the question are full of Mr. Hijikata’s style.

39 Jinpingtang...well...a pair of palms has 10 fingers, 39 is 3 pairs of palms plus 9 fingers!

27 golden candies are 2 pairs of palms and 7 fingers!

Perhaps it's because he is standing next to the snack shop and can smell the sweet and greasy smell all the time. Okita feels that his mind is very bright now! His thoughts are very smooth!

In great condition!

Well! Good! Feeling great now! I should get it right this time!

With a smug smile on his face, he continued to brainstorm.

39 plus 27...that's 3 pairs of palms and 9 fingers plus 2 pairs of palms and 7 fingers...

Okita, who felt that his thoughts were running smoothly today, shouted excitedly in his heart:

(≧?≦)103 in total!

Okita proudly turned his gaze to the next question...

But at this moment——

"Did you hear about it? A murder case in Kilianagi Town the day before yesterday was solved by the "Three Chapters" of the North Division in less than an hour."

"Well, I heard that a Tongxin with the nickname 'Stupid Head' from Sada Town was defeated in less than an hour, right? What was Tongxin's name?

"

"Ju Qingden."

"Oh, yes, it's Tachibana Aoden."

A string of dialogue suddenly came from beside him, which made Okita stunned. It was difficult not to pay attention to it...

The hosts of the conversation were two uncles who were standing not far from the dim sum shop, each holding a glutinous rice dumpling and chewing on it. They looked like idle members of society.

One of the uncles stuffed all the glutinous rice dumplings in his hand into his mouth, lowered his voice, and said in a deep voice to his companion opposite him as if he was telling a little secret:

"Hey, have you heard? That Ju Qingden is said to have mastered Zhuge Kongming's secret technique of finger counting!"

...Zhuge Kongming?!

Okita's expression at this time changed to this: Σ(°Д°;)...

*******

*******

New book sets sail!
Chapter completed!