Sato Hayato's tone was filled with panic and a hint of crying.
Fang Cheng's heart sank slightly and he asked calmly: "When did it happen and where did it disappear?"
Hearing Fang Cheng's calm voice, Sato Hayato's suppressed panic seemed to have found an outlet, and he burst into tears: "Just, just when school was over in the afternoon, she disappeared on the road..."
"Have you called the police?"
"I reported it, the police are still investigating, and they haven't found anything yet..."
"Where's your sister's bodyguard?"
Fang Cheng still remembered that the Sato family found a personal bodyguard for Mai Sato. Although his skills were not very good, he was tall and strong and had professional fighting ability.
Sato Hayato's voice became deep and frightened: "He died, and the police found his body in a car on the roadside."
The face of the man in sunglasses immediately flashed in Fang Cheng's mind. He was a very professional man and would not reveal his employer's information even if he was beaten.
"It's all my fault... for not picking up Mai..."
Sato Hayato cried again as he spoke. Because he was protected by bodyguards, he didn't care about picking up his sister from school.
I didn't pick him up in the past two days, but something happened.
Fang Cheng did not comfort him. Comfort would not help at this time. It was better to let him vent his pent-up emotions first.
Sato Hayato stopped on his own. As if he had found a savior, Fang Cheng shouted: "Classmate Fang! Classmate Fang! Please help me! Help me find where my sister is!"
Fang Cheng stopped joking and said slowly and seriously: "Sato, I can't help you now."
It would be okay if Kanzaki Rin was here, but the rich woman had already gone to training and could not be contacted at all.
On his own, Fang Cheng couldn't even find a monster to hunt, let alone the missing Mai Sato.
Moreover, the police are already investigating. If monsters or cults are involved, the countermeasures department will also intervene. If Fang Cheng, a fake devil, intervenes hastily, his identity will be discovered easily.
He believed that the police and the Countermeasures Department were far more professional than he was. If they couldn't find anyone, adding him wouldn't help.
Although I also learned a little bit about intelligence collection from Masumi Takeda, that was only effective because of the powerful intelligence network within the Countermeasures Department, and I had no access to it at all.
Do you want him to go out on his motorcycle and try his luck?
If you meet the Countermeasures Department or Kamikawa Takumi, it would be funny if you get involved.
Of course, Fang Cheng could completely pretend to agree verbally and then say he had tried his best after a while, but this would be too disgusting.
When Sato Hayato heard Fang Cheng say he couldn't help, he immediately became anxious: "Classmate Fang..."
"Sato!"
Fang Cheng interrupted him in a deep voice: "If I can help, I will. If I can't help you, it's useless no matter how much you say. Do you understand? Just wait patiently for news from the police."
Fang Cheng's determined attitude stunned Sato Hayato.
He was dazed for a while, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that the call had ended at some point.
…
After hanging up the call, Fang Cheng walked to the window and silently looked at the night view outside the window.
He couldn't be friends with Sato Hayato. The two only interacted with each other a few times at school, and he only met Sato Mai twice.
It was okay to help out before, but there was no reason to take risks for the sake of the siblings. This was a conclusion reached after rational thinking.
Just the shy smile of Sato Mai and the aggrieved look of Sato Hayato after being bullied flashed in his mind, but Fang Cheng felt a little irritable.
He is already trying to keep a distance from everyone, why is he still like this?
About half an hour later, the doorbell suddenly rang.
Fang Cheng walked over and opened the door, and it turned out to be Hayato Sato standing outside the door.
He looked extremely haggard, his hair was messy, his eyes were red and swollen, his face was pale, and his eyes were bloodshot.
Fang Cheng sighed: "Come in."
Sato Hayato silently followed him into the living room, standing a little dazed and at a loss. It was not until Fang Cheng poured him a glass of water that he came back to his senses.
"Classmate Fang..."
Sato Hayato choked up as soon as he opened his mouth: "I'm sorry... I really can't help it..."
He is an ordinary high school student, and his social circle is limited to his family and school. The only person who can be considered a network is Fang Cheng, an 'intern' in the Countermeasures Department.
For his sister's disappearance, Sato Hayato blamed himself so much that he could hardly breathe, but he really had no choice.
So even if he was rejected on the phone, he still had to come to the door and try again.
Fang Cheng didn't care how Sato Hayato found his home. Just ask the head teacher.
He asked: "What did the police say?"
Sato Hayato wiped his tears with his sleeves: "The police said they are working hard to investigate... But when can they find the missing person safely? By the time they find it, my sister will have already..."
"Did the Countermeasures Department get involved?"
"No, the police said it had to be a special case before they would apply for the countermeasures department to intervene... I told them that the person who kidnapped Mai must be a cultist, and they said they would apply, but it would take one to two days!!"
Sato Hayato's eyes were red, and he became more and more excited as he spoke.
Fang Cheng let him vent, and after he scolded the police for their faults, he slowly said: "If it's about killing monsters or cultists, I still have some experience, but I'm really not good at finding people. I'm sorry, this There’s nothing I can do about it.”
Sato Hayato looked at Fang Cheng blankly, and was about to kneel down when his legs became weak.
Fang Cheng took a step forward and picked him up: "Don't do meaningless things."
Sato Hayato looked into Fang Cheng's eyes and finally understood that he was serious.
"Yeah...sorry for disturbing me."
Sato Hayato bowed deeply to Fang Cheng, then turned around and slowly walked towards the door. Tears couldn't stop sliding down his face and dripping on the floor.
Fang Cheng looked at his back silently, feeling increasingly irritable.
…
Sato Hayato walked out of Fang Cheng's house and moved in the corridor like a zombie.
When he came to the elevator, he received a call from his mother, asking him to go home quickly.
A daughter has gone missing and will most likely never come back. She cannot let her son disappear too.
Sato Hayato agreed to his mother's plea. After hanging up the call, he was in a daze for a while. He slowly squatted on the ground, buried his head in his knees, and let out a suppressed cry.
"Little friend, why are you crying?"
A strange voice suddenly sounded next to him. Sato Hayato raised his head and saw a strange man standing next to him.
This man was probably in his thirties, and he looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere.
It was late at night, but he was wearing a peaked cap and looking at him with concern.
Sato Hayato shook his head and slowly stood up. His eyes seemed to have lost focus, revealing his confusion.
The man in the hat asked again: "Have you encountered anything sad? Tell your uncle."
Sato Hayato didn't want to pay attention to him, but reached out and pressed the elevator button.
The man in the hat persisted: "Are you worried about your sister's safety?"
Sato Hayato was shocked and suddenly turned his head to look at the other party: "You..."
The man in the hat smiled: "We took your sister."
At this moment, Sato Hayato felt as if his head had exploded.
First there was a blank, then rage overwhelmed reason.
"asshole!!"
He roared and rushed towards the hat man, but the next moment he felt dizzy and his body completely lost balance.
Then there was a muffled sound, and there was severe pain in the back and back of the head. He hit the wall hard, and the man in the hat grabbed his neck with one hand and lifted him up.
Sato Hayato had trouble breathing and his face turned red. He struggled with his hands and feet and spat out broken words from his mouth: "Give...sister...back to me..."
"That's not possible. Your sister is a prepared saint."
The man in the hat said with a smile: "But you don't have to worry, she is happy and can enter the paradise of heaven to serve the supreme god. But you unbelievers will unfortunately have to go to hell and be burned forever by the wrathful flames."
Sato Hayato could no longer hear what the middle-aged man was saying. He felt his ears buzzing, his mouth and nose couldn't take in any air, and his consciousness gradually became blurred.
The hat man was about to strangle Sato Hayato's neck when he suddenly sensed danger.
He hurriedly retracted his hand, and a bright red blade flew past in front of him. If he had retracted his hand slower, it might have been cut off.
The man in the hat turned around and saw a high school-aged boy standing not far away.
"Why do you want to kill someone in front of my house..."
Fang Cheng stared at the other party and asked expressionlessly: "Do you know that washing the floor is very troublesome?"
