"Boss, it's time. Going to bed too late is bad for your skin."
"Add money."
"That's okay." Shimabukuro Kime sat on the sofa next to him, pretending to glance at the paper bag Lu Ren put in his hand inadvertently, and then quickly looked away and looked at Lu Ren, "What do you need me to do?"
"There is a Halloween party the night after tomorrow. You go to it on my behalf. Wear this outfit." As he said that, Lu Ren took out a complete suit and a mask from the handheld paper bag.
Shimabukuro Kimie looked at the suit, then stared at the mask in his hand for a while, then asked uncertainly: "DC Joker?"
"Yes. It was a cosplay party. This is the invitation letter." Lu Ren handed Shimabukuro Kime a letter and an ear-band walkie-talkie, "First, go there in my name. Second, don't reveal my identity to anyone present. Identity. Even if it’s someone I know. Third, keep in touch with me at all times.”
"Okay. I'll go try on some clothes."
"Um."
A quarter of an hour later, Shimabukuro Kime walked out of the room and walked to Lu Ren. She waved her sleeves and complained: "These clothes and pants don't fit at all."
"It definitely doesn't fit. It was tailor-made for me. Your task is to make it fit without changing the premise of this suit."
"It's not difficult. It's just that height is not easy to deal with. There is a ten centimeter difference between you and me."
"I'll call and ask."
Shimabukuro Junhui responded and sat back on the sofa, waiting for the boss to call and ask for a solution. It's just that she doesn't have much hope for this. The flaw of height is really difficult to overcome.
If it's five centimeters, it's okay, but ten centimeters is really difficult.
However, after listening to the content of Lu Ren's call, Shimabukuro Kime began to doubt that his boss was crazy.
"Is there any magic that can make people grow taller temporarily? The duration would be better. Okay, please come over now."
Then Lu Ren hung up the phone and said, "Done."
So Shimabukuro Kimie began to think about which mental hospital in Tokyo had the best results. Before she could figure out the reason, a dark door suddenly appeared in the center of her living room. A red-haired woman walked out from behind the door and stood in the air. Then she walked step by step as if stepping on invisible steps. Arriving at Lu Ren's side.
On June 20, 20XX, the 27-year-old Shimabukuro Kime’s worldview collapsed.
"Is it her?"
"Yeah." Lu Ren roughly explained what happened to the witch Koizumi Hongzi.
"Is it a Halloween party? It's interesting." The witch thought for a moment, "How can I attend this party?"
"Just get an invitation letter."
"Then get one for me, and it will be my reward for this move."
"No problem." Lu Ren agreed happily, "Are you going to participate too?"
"Yeah. Literary works don't often have scenes like this. In this kind of activity of dressing up as monsters and monsters, there are always some real things mixed in. I'm going to go and have a look."
Koizumi Anko glanced at the clown mask in Shimabukuro Kimie's hand, and pointedly said: "Although you have a bunch of weird magic props in your hand. You and I have some things in common. But after all, you haven't started, so you can't count. My kind.”
"Then you have to be more careful. As you said, at this time, if you really meet them, be careful that they have bad intentions."
"It's them who should be worried." Koizumi Hongzi didn't care.
She reached out and drew a door in the void again, "Okay, I'm going back to rest. I'll come to pick her up the night after tomorrow."
"See you."
Shimabukuro Kimie - on-hook hosting, disconnected and reconnecting.
After a while, she came back to her senses, reached out and held Lu Ren's arm, and said excitedly: "Boss, it turns out there is really magic in the world!"
"Yes, I've known it for a long time. Can you stop shouting so loudly?"
Shimabukuro Kimie ignored it and continued to ask: "Since there is magic, are there gods in the world? Is there heaven or hell? Where do people go after death? Can they be reincarnated?"
Questions were asked one after another. Shimabukuro Kimie held on tightly, and her nails turned white due to excessive exertion. It was as if she wouldn't let go of Lu Ren's arm if she didn't get the answer she wanted.
"I don't know. You can ask the witch the day after tomorrow. But I don't recommend you to have too much hope." Lu Ren opened Shimabukuro Kime's fingers one by one. Only now did he realize that Shimabukuro Kimi was still living in the shadow of his mother's accidental death.
It’s just...so what.
The deceased has passed away, and there is no one who can truly look away. Either forget or be numb. He couldn't see it himself, so how could he comfort others.
"Get some rest early. I'm going back first."
…
Early the next morning, Lu Ren drove Huiyuan to his home, told her what might happen next, and told her to stay at his home for the next two or three days and not go out.
Haiyuan remained silent from beginning to end. After Lu Ren finished speaking, she turned around and went up to the second floor and locked herself in the room.
Lu Ren probably understood what she was thinking, but he was helpless. He stretched out his hand and pinched two handfuls of oranges, and told Dabai, "You must protect Xiao Ai while I'm away."
【clear. The gentle Dabai will definitely protect his little master. 】
"Yeah, please." Lu Ren let go of Orange, changed his clothes and left the house.
Before leaving, Lu Ren turned around, smiled and waved to the second floor of his house.
Although the windows were closed and the curtains were drawn. But Lu Ren knew that Huiyuan was behind him. She must be able to see herself.
alright! That's it. Any more and it will become a flag. Lu Ren turned around and headed straight to the cafe.
However, the cafe is not open today. Lu Ren called the store owner and found out the reason. Shiina Hana took sick leave and had not returned to work, and Shimabukuro Kimie also took leave today. There was no waiter in the store, and the boss happened to be not feeling well himself, so he simply asked for a few days off to rest.
Lu Ren, who temporarily lost his permanent hang-up point, had no choice but to turn around and drive to the office.
Brother Maori is not on strike, but he is really idle, and not a single customer has come to the door all day. Mao Li was also used to this. Seeing that Lu Ren came so early today, he suddenly had the idea of having a small gathering. No one came to the door anyway, so he simply put up a sign of closure early and pulled Lu Ren to start drinking.
Mao Lilan complained, but her hands were not slow. He neatly prepared some side dishes for them to drink with.
When Mao Li was drunk and confused, Mao Lilan returned to the house holding two envelopes.
"There are two invitations in the mailbox." Mao Lilan handed one of the envelopes to Lu Ren, "Brother Ren, this is yours."
Lu Ren took it and put it aside.
Maoli didn't pick it up. He couldn't even hold the glass of wine, let alone read the letter. "Xiaolan, please open it and see what's inside."
"Oh." Mao Lilan opened the envelope and after taking a look at the letter inside, she began to look embarrassed.
"What's wrong, read it."
"Then I'll read it. Incompetent detective Mr. Mouri Kogoro..."
