Dark night, Naruzawa Detective Agency.
The faint sound of the TV came out from the office window, and the sound of panicked and rapid footsteps kept ringing in the room.
A plump middle-aged man kept walking back and forth in the room. His expression was flustered and frightened, and he was muttering something in a low voice repeatedly.
"Dead, they are all dead...what should I do...what should I do..."
He is Naruzawa Sanpei, a veteran in the Japanese detective world.
He has been engaged in the detective industry for more than 20 years. Although he is not as famous as the young high school detectives in recent years, he focuses on corruption cases in the business world and is a famous detective who has solved countless cases. His ability as a detective is guaranteed.
In addition, he also runs a detective training class aimed at cultivating young people who want to become detectives.
Because of this, he also enjoys a high reputation in the Japanese detective community.
The above are all the apparent identities of Naruzawa Sanpei.
Behind the scenes, he works for a powerful mysterious organization.
The true strength of this organization is bottomless, and what Narusawa Sanpei can see so far is only the tip of the iceberg.
He has a superior with whom he can have a single line of communication. He does not know the true identity of that person. He only knows that the other person should be a male and has a code name that calls himself "Rum".
As early as more than ten years ago, before Naruzawa Sanpei was famous, Rum approached him. After a secret conversation, the two established a special cooperative relationship.
Naruzawa Sanpei is responsible for investigating and monitoring the companies on a list provided to him by Rum. Once any abnormal behavior occurs in these companies, he must report it to Rum immediately.
Among them, he can ask for a small "care fee" from these companies within the scope allowed by the rules.
At the same time, he can also use some "immediate means" in the way he is good at to help Rum and the mysterious organization absorb and control some "suitable enterprises".
Over the years, Naruzawa Sanpei has been working hard for Rum. He considers himself to be a "veteran hero" of the organization, and his hard work has made great achievements.
but? What did he get?
It's just meaningless money.
As for money, he had already made enough from those "obedient companies" ten years ago.
To put it very unpleasantly, Narisawa Sanpei now has no interest in money at all.
Pointless.
What he wants is power.
It’s the kind of power that gives you the power to be greeted with respect, smiles, and bows whenever you go out!
This is what he wants now!
Don't think that Narazawa Sanpei is also a famous detective now, but in fact, he is really not qualified for the profession of detective.
He's a detective, and what?
Can he go out on the street and have others bow down and salute him? Can he go anywhere with cameras pointed at him? Can he make countless people quiet down and listen obediently just by speaking?
both are not.
He can't even go out for a meal without paying.
The kind of situation where countless people are following you wherever you go, and countless people want to sign your autograph, is a privilege that only belongs to the handsome and beautiful young high school detective.
It has nothing to do with him.
But even among those high school detectives, how many are famous throughout Japan? What kind of Kudo Shinichi was there before? And the nearest Karasuma Ying?
How many others can there be besides these two?
Too little.
In the final analysis, the profession of detective is not "high-end" and "classless" enough.
So Naruzawa Sanpei wanted to climb higher, and he also felt that he was qualified to climb higher.
The strength of the organization is unfathomable. He has worked hard for the organization for so many years, and he has worked hard even if he does not have any credit. Now that he is not young, he should have to go through the seniority process, right?
So Naruzawa Sanpei contacted Rum and told him the idea.
As a result, to his great surprise, Rum rejected his request and sent him away with the words "You can only be in this position."
What's the meaning?
What do you mean he can only be in this position?
Is it because he is not capable enough?
What are you farting?
Which of your companies have I not been watching with all my heart and soul over the past ten years? Think carefully about how many obedient companies I have helped you absorb over the years for the development of the organization?
In terms of ability and merit, which one is worse for me, Narizawa Sanpei?
Don't tell me that there is no place for you at the top, so just organize this huge force. Who will believe you when you say that the top is full?
It’s been more than ten years, brother! Even if it's a black-hearted enterprise, you have to move your position for me, right? !
Naruzawa Sanpei was very angry, but he felt that he could still communicate with Rum and talk sense to him.
So he once again made a request to Rum.
But this time Rum did not reply to him immediately. It was several days later that Naruzawa Sanpei finally received a reply.
This time the person who replied was not Rum, but a man who called himself Regel.
This person stated in the reply that Rum was transferred away in the previous organizational personnel transfer, and from now on, he will be Naruzawa Sanpei's superior.
At the end, Reger also rejected his idea of "promotion" and said:
"Your current position is your best position. Calm down, come on, and work hard."
When he saw this sentence, Naruzawa Sanpei took a deep breath and was shocked.
Is this what the upper echelons of our organization do? Want to send him away with just empty words? How about coaxing fools? You really think he's a good person, right?
You wait.
After verbally asking for promotion failed, Naruzawa Sanpei decided to take some practical actions.
He secretly contacted his good friend, Owada Ichiro, the president of Ed Company.
Like Ichiro Owada, they were both good partners who wanted to ask for promotion from the organization, so they hit it off and decided to join forces.
Of course, Naruzawa Sanpei actually didn't intend to do anything too harmful to the organization.
His original intention was just to collect some evidence that the organization controlled those companies, reveal a little bit of this evidence to the outside world, and give the organization a little shock, so as to force the organization to agree to his idea of promotion.
He swore that was really all he thought.
Then Ichiro Owada died.
It was said that he was murdered by his old housekeeper, but during the subsequent interrogation, the police discovered that the old housekeeper seemed to have carried out the murder under the instigation and instruction of a mysterious person.
In other words, the old butler himself is also a chess piece.
His long career as a detective has made Naruzawa Sanpei keenly aware of the anomaly behind this.
He suspected that the organization might have taken action.
But before he could react, another friend of his, Kimiko Arai, died together.
It was still murder, and she was murdered by her own daughter.
And similar to the death of Owada Ichiro, her biological daughter also said that there seemed to be someone behind her killing of Kimiko Arai...
Hiss, Sange seems to be able to do it barely (﹃)
(End of chapter)
