Morning, 9:50.

Kitabayashi Apartment, No. 6, Takebihonmachi 3rd Avenue, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto.

The sky was covered with dark clouds and gloomy. Even though it was mid-morning, the dark clouds pressed over the city, blocking almost all the light. The entire city seemed to be shrouded in darkness during a solar eclipse. People on the streets

Pedestrians were aware of the coming heavy rain and were walking in a hurry, so they couldn't help but speed up their pace.

Yamashina District is located in the valley basin southeast of Kyoto. It once built the famous Ishiyama Honganji Temple and was the headquarters of the Ichikou sect during the Warring States Period. In this valley, many bloody ancient battles broke out.

Know how many bones are buried deep in the earth.

Beiyuan stood on the street, looking at the somewhat old Beilin Apartment in front of him. Some of the tiles on the exterior walls of the apartment had fallen off, and on some peripheries, there were warning zones surrounded by triangular tubes to signal others not to approach.

Today, Kitahara came to visit the female doctoral student Tamai Kimiko introduced by Okawara. He looked around the surrounding environment. Compared with the streets in other cities and towns, this street obviously has a sense of desolation and dilapidation. Even a lot.

The lampshades of the street lamps are damaged and have not been repaired.

And the student named Kimiko lives in the apartment in front of her.

Beiyuan took out a somewhat tattered piece of paper from his pocket, which contained the password to enter the apartment door lock, and then stepped forward.

Miyagawa behind him also closely followed the pace of the man in front of him.

The reason why Miyagawa is here is because of Kitahara's arrangement. Because he thought that if a woman was also present, he might be able to lower the other party's vigilance.

Pressing the combination lock in front of the door, the dark yellow doorbell pager with a sense of age made a dull "clang" sound. I don't know what the principle of the door lock is. The yellow lock immediately popped open and relaxed its bite force. Immediately afterwards

There was a "creaking" sound, and the rusty door was opened.

A faint musty smell came from the wall.

Kitahara continued to walk forward. Kimiko lived on the 11th floor of the apartment. Before coming, he had already collected general information about this student. Kimiko is a doctoral student in the Department of Life Sciences. Although she belongs to Takeuchi's research group

, but her mentor was Muraki Hikoshiro. Judging from her resume, Kimiko’s undergraduate degree was not outstanding, and she graduated from a private university in Japan that was not top-notch. However, such a student ended up getting a doctorate from Kyoto University.

And entering the top research group in the world of Oriental biology can be said to have completed the transformation from pheasant to phoenix.

Just by looking at such a resume, one can feel how much unknown hardship and effort it takes to finally enter such a top university and become a doctoral student there.

In the elevator in the apartment lobby, the narrow row of screens showing the number of floors was flashing red lights, and a lock was hung on the iron gate in front of the elevator. These signs showed that the lifting device in front of them was broken.

It was as if God intended to prevent this man from tracking his opponent and set up another obstacle.

"We have to go up." Kitahara turned around, faced Miyagawa, and smiled helplessly. The two searched in the lobby for a while before they found the escape stairs leading to each floor. Then they started walking one level at a time.

They climbed up on the ground. The railings in the escape stairs had also peeled off, and many of them fell off directly on the steps.

The escape staircase is not a ventilated place. Today is cloudy again, which further aggravates the musty smell in the staircase.

Usually, Kithara and Miyagawa have the habit of exercising.

Climbing up 11 floors should be an easy task.

However, I don't know if it was because of the poor environment in the corridor, but the flow of time seemed to slow down. It felt like the two of them had climbed for half an hour before they reached the 11th floor.

Pushing open the door of the escape stairway, Beihara stood in the corridor and looked around, silently reciting the room number where the doctoral student lived, "Room 1109."

This apartment is a building with the shape of a Chinese character. In fact, it doesn't matter whether you go to the left or the right of the corridor. Kitahara looked directly at the house number and counted the rooms one by one.

"The environment here seems really depressing." Miyagawa was standing next to him, frowning slightly. The facilities in the building were in some disrepair and exuded a musty smell. Coupled with the back-character structure and the extremely cramped design, it couldn't help but look like Imprisoning people in a cold cage.

"After all, the real estate bubble here burst before," Kitahara said. "The Yamashina District is close to Kiyomizudera Temple. It was here during the first wave of real estate boom in Kyoto. At that time, many developers built this area, which is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has many beautiful scenery. Under the banner of a resort, a large number of apartments and one-family houses were built. However, after all, it is far away from the core area of ​​Kyoto. It is impossible for middle-class people who need to commute to buy a house here. Within a short time, the real estate bubble here was the first to burst. .leaving behind many poorly maintained properties.”

“Yamashina Ward was clearly the center of the speculative boom back then, but now it has become the urban area with the lowest average housing prices in Kyoto,” Kitahara lamented.

The two of them were talking to each other.

In less than a while, we were about to reach the door of No. 1109.

The young male lawyer was about to confirm the house number for the last time and rang the doorbell.

Suddenly, a "clang" was heard. The fire escape door on the other side of the building opened suddenly. Several people in black suits came out. They also looked at the house numbers around them. There seemed to be something. Special target. Immediately, they also walked in the direction of Beiyuan.

Among this group of people, the leader was a woman wearing a white shirt.

That face, in his early thirties, exuding an indifferent and charming temperament.

The figure curve is faintly visible under the suit shirt.

Of course Beihara would remember these familiar appearance traits.

The person who also appeared outside door No. 1109 was none other than Yuuki, the investigator of the Accounting Inspection Service.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Yuuki was slightly surprised when he saw Kitahara standing here.

At this moment, the two stood looking at each other.

After the Morimoto corruption scandal ended, the two former allies did not have much communication. They naturally cut off contact with each other as if they had a tacit understanding. But at this moment when they met again, it was different from the past. The court ruled that they were not guilty. After the verdict, both Kitahara and Yuuki made the decision to abandon each other immediately.

When the two sides saw each other again, the atmosphere became tense for a moment.

Yuki frowned slightly. She couldn't understand why she met this lawyer here. But when she saw him standing in front of the door of Room 1109, Yuki immediately knew that he was also looking for Mikiko Tamai.

"Why are you here?" The female investigator smiled and asked.

"This is exactly the question I want to ask you." Beiyuan shrugged and spread his hands.

"If I remember correctly, Morimoto's corruption should be over. Shouldn't Lawyer Kitahara relax and have some fun in Kyoto at this time?"

"I'm also a little curious. At this time, shouldn't Investigator Yuki be checking one piece of accounting information after another in the university? Why does it appear here? Is it possible that an ordinary doctoral student can also be an accountant?

The target of the Procuratorate's investigation?" Beihara asked pretentiously.

"It's really interesting. It seems that you are also looking for Tamai Mikiko." Yuki's eyes became deep and he looked at the man in front of him with deep meaning.

Coincidences are never accidental.

According to Yuki's information, Mikiko Tamai was previously on the prosecutor's office's key pre-investigation list.

The lawyer also found Mikiko, and he definitely had some purpose.

Is it for Morimoto?!

Yuuki was a little confused for a moment about the purpose of the lawyer in front of him.

"Did you date her?"

"Yes. She also made an appointment at this time." Yuki replied.

"In that case, let's not waste time and stand outside." Kitahara was also looking at this group of people from the Accounting Inspection Institute. Different from the people Yuki brought last time, the faces of the people accompanying him this time were obviously more mature and capable.

Many of them are obviously the backbone of the Accounting Inspection Institute, and they are different from the fledgling young people who followed Yuuki last time.

Kitahara did not expect that the Accounting Inspection Agency would act so quickly.

After I found out the information about Tamai Mikiko, I came to meet her the next day.

Unexpectedly, I bumped into the Accounting Inspection Bureau.

Yuuki listened to Beihara's suggestion, nodded, then turned around and raised his hand.

Finger tap.

At this moment, the button fired a radio wave. The transmission signal with a specific frequency immediately penetrated into the room that was invisible to everyone. The doorbell receiver located somewhere unknown triggered the ringing device the moment it sensed the signal.

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"Ding Dong."
Chapter completed!