"Little sister, are you separated from your family?"
In the parking lot behind the Metropolitan Police Headquarters building, Okino Mina walked up to the little mixed-race girl sitting on the edge of the flower bed and squatted down, asking with a smile.
Hearing the sound, the little girl looked back at the headquarters building blankly, turned to Okino Mina, and shook her head slightly.
"No, I came here on my own."
Her expression is very calm, and it can even be said to be a little dull. If I had to use one word to describe it... it would probably be "three-no girl"?
"Huh? Is that so?"
Okino Mina sat next to the little girl and continued to smile and asked:
"Did you come here alone? Not with your parents?"
This little girl must have just entered elementary school. Is she walking alone on the street at this age...
Okino Mina looked around and found no one who seemed to be the little girl's parents.
"Well, if we stay with them, we might not be able to come over..."
The little girl answered her like this and added at the same time:
"Because they don't want me wandering around outside."
"Ah, that's it..."
Her words aroused Okino Mina's vigilance.
I don't want her to wander around outside...
From a normal point of view, this should be a sentence that parents are afraid that children of this age will run around and cause accidents, so they will deliberately tell them, similar to "Don't play around after school, go home early."
But for some reason, when this sentence came out of the mouth of this mixed-race little girl, Okino Mina tasted another meaning.
[My family has a very serious "control" over me. I can't go anywhere except the places prescribed by them...]
Frowning slightly, Okino Mina looked at the little girl again.
There are no signs of abuse or malnutrition on her body. She even looks healthy... Could she be a child from some elite family?
The kind of family where the family is wealthy and both parents are successful people, so they like to raise their children in extremely strict ways?
Okino Mina feels that she may have found the truth.
"Little sister, can you tell me your name?"
After completing a derivation in her mind in just a few seconds, Okino Mina continued to ask.
Although she was old enough to be the mother of this little girl, she decided to consider herself a sister.
When the little girl heard the sound, she turned to look at Okino Mina again, with a slight wariness in her eyes, as if she was doubting Okino Mina's identity and motives.
However, this suspicion dissipated when her eyes fell on the police badge on Okino Mina's chest.
"Just call me Jing." She replied.
"Jing? What a special name..."
This was obviously just a first name... The little girl seemed to be wary, and deliberately omitted her last name.
Okino Mina didn't care and continued to ask: "Girl Jing, can you tell the police what you want to do when you come here?
Just now, my sister saw you sitting here alone looking at the Metropolitan Police Department. Is it possible that you need help from the police? "
Although she could continue to break down the little girl's defenses with small talk, Okino Mina decided to get straight to the point.
After all, she had to go home and cook for Yoko.
However, when faced with Okino Mina's direct inquiry, the little girl did not give a positive reply.
"Nothing, I was just curious, so I came over to take a look."
The little girl did not hide her alertness. As she said this, she jumped down from the flower bed and turned around to leave.
"Goodbye, police sister, it's almost time for me to go back."
"……Eh?"
After saying that, the little girl didn't wait for Okino Mina's reaction, and left with a quick pace.
This actually gave Okino Mina a headache.
She was really worried about letting a little girl of this age walk alone on the street.
However, her family still has...
well……
After struggling for a while, Okino Mina sighed, got up and quietly followed the little girl.
At best, Bai Heqing can drive a police car to take her back later... No, Bai Heqing has a meeting during the day, so she can only take a taxi back...
With this thought in mind, Okino Mina followed the little girl quietly without letting her notice.
As a former Phantom Thief, she is still very confident in her ability to hide her aura.
As for other passers-by on the street... it's not a big problem. Anyway, she is still wearing a police uniform, so there is no chance of any misunderstanding.
In this way, the two of them walked one behind the other. The little girl's steps were very fast. After a while, they arrived in front of an elite primary school nearby.
Okino Mina has heard of this elementary school before, and it is said that the tuition fee is very high... Is this little girl really a child of a rich family?
Only then did Okino Mina realize that this time period usually happened to be lunch break time in school.
In other words... this little girl quietly ran out of school during lunch break?
Just to take a look at the headquarters building of the Metropolitan Police Department?
Just when she felt weird about all this, she saw that the little girl did not go in through the main entrance of the school, but went around a corner on the street near the back entrance of the school.
There, there was a tree on the side of the road with a slightly longer trunk, leaning towards the school wall.
【No way……】
Okino Mina, who was quietly hiding behind, vaguely guessed what might happen next.
The little girl looked around and found that there was no one on the street. She seized this opportunity and jumped up, hugged the trunk of the big tree, and climbed up it skillfully. branch, and then opened his arms again, stepping firmly on the branch under his feet, and walked to the position closest to the school wall.
Then, the little girl jumped hard again, and under Okino Mina's heart-wrenching gaze, she landed firmly on the stone pillar of the school wall. Finally, she jumped off the two-meter-high wall and successfully entered the school.
The whole process is quite skillful.
"This little girl is really amazing..."
Through the iron railings of the wall, Okino Mina could see that the little girl didn't feel any physical discomfort when she jumped, and she didn't even sway. She was equally stable.
After landing on the ground, he didn't pause at all, didn't even take a breath, and ran directly towards the teaching building.
At this age, with this kind of flexibility and physical fitness, this little girl is probably much better than other little girls her age...
It would be understandable for a child who has lived in the countryside since she was a child, but this little girl grew up in the city...it can only be said that she has some talent. When she grows up, she may consider pursuing a career in sports. industry.
Without thinking any more, Okino Mina turned and left after making sure the little girl was safe.
Of course, she didn't realize the little girl's true identity at this time.
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(End of chapter)
