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"I knew it was going to be braised sauce noodles again; luckily, I bought some beef."
As Takashi Fujiwara stepped into the house, a familiar aroma hit him. Miki Kazuya paid him no mind, continuing to stir the soup with a long spoon.
The house wasn't very large, with two bedrooms.
One of them had been converted into a studio by Miki Kazuya, filled with various materials and equipment. Aki placed the books she had prepared earlier on the shelf below; they were medical books borrowed from Takashi Fujiwara's home.
She stared at the stack of books, lost in thought, when suddenly a beeping sound echoed through the room—a signal.
Miki Kazuya quickly walked into the studio, nodding slightly at Aki as he passed by. He pulled out a chair and sat down in front of a row of black square devices. Red wires were intertwined with a few yellow ones, plugged into various ports.
Miki Kazuya put on his headphones and began to take notes from the notebook below.
Takashi Fujiwara also entered the room, finding a chair to sit beside Miki Kazuya, his brow furrowed as he stared at the table.
This scene reminded Aki of her first visit here during the summer before their senior year in high school.
At that time, Takashi Fujiwara had said he wanted to introduce her to his most special friend.
The room felt very dark, which was Aki's first impression two years ago.
Miki Kazuya was dressed in a black suit, as if he had just returned from an outing. He didn't take off his jacket but simply changed into white plush slippers.
Aki was startled to find him leaning on the sofa; she had almost forgotten that this was supposed to be Takashi Fujiwara's friend's house, and an inexplicable sense of foreboding rose within her.
Later, Takashi Fujiwara informed her that Miki Kazuya's father had opened a Detective Agency.
A few months ago, Miki Kazuya's father had been attacked by enemies and stabbed several times. Although he was rushed to the hospital in time, it was already too late. However, the assailant was caught shortly thereafter.
On the wall were various colored notes; red represented targets, yellow indicated people who could be used to achieve those targets, and the remaining colors each held their own significance.
Aki watched as Miki Kazuya took out a black marker and wrote something on a yellow note. Leaning in closer, she saw the name "Haruna" written on it, which was then placed below the target.
The current target was a person named Naoki Okamoto, whose name Aki had seen in the newspaper before; he seemed to be a relative of some Tycoon President.
Miki Kazuya generally wouldn't tell Aki and the others where these targets came from or what their investigative purposes were.
He would simply assign them tasks each time, and afterward, some money would come in.
No one ever voiced any objections to this arrangement. Although Takashi Fujiwara often complained that Miki Kazuya was too aloof, he still firmly trusted him deep down.
Beneath the colorful notes were several boxes of business cards, all forged by Miki Kazuya. They covered a wide range of industries, such as bank employees or television staff, with names that were all randomly chosen for convenience in investigations.
However, Miki Kazuya seemed to prefer using Takashi Fujiwara's name; he often introduced himself as Takashi Fujishiro when out in public.
Takashi Fujiwara didn't mind much; in fact, he found it quite amusing that his name was being used for various identities.
For instance, this time, Miki Kazuya used the name Takashi Fujishiro while conducting research at Nichido Planning.
Aki was very curious about Miki Kazuya's brown notebook, which was a style popular when she was in elementary school and clearly had been used for many years.
It must have contained many records of Miki Kazuya's life, and thinking about this made Aki's curiosity uncontrollable.
However, Miki Kazuya always carried it with her, so Aki had no way of knowing what was written inside.
One day, Miki Kazuya accidentally left it at home for the first time.
When she opened the notebook to the front page, she saw her father's name written in Miki Kazuya's handwriting.
Below the name was a drawing of a Swiss Army knife. The ink had begun to fade, indicating it had been drawn a long time ago. Aki was particularly intrigued by this drawing.
It would make sense if the name was written out of nostalgia for her father, but the drawing appeared alongside it, even preceding the name. This must hold significant importance.
What could it represent?
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