Unexpectedly, Nishimaru Miria suddenly changed into a small brown suit and a pair of black round-toed leather shoes. Her wavy golden hair was shining brilliantly in the sun.

"What? You want to go too?"

"Uh-huh!"

Nishimaru Miria nodded decisively.

Higashinohara hesitated for a moment.

Then I thought that Miria Nishimaru, like him, had been bored at home for many days during the spring break and had not neglected to exercise on weekdays.

Now that Wano Country is about to be in chaos, he won't be able to protect her all the time in the future, so it seems good to take advantage of the opportunity to experience it.

"Okay, then let's go together." Higashinohara nodded immediately.

Nishimaru Miria's little face suddenly lit up, showing an expression of extreme joy.

Higashinohara always acted alone and rarely took her with him.

The person who is always being protected also wants to do something even small for the person who protects her.

Edogawa Ward is located in the northeast of New Tokyo. Together with Adachi Ward and Katsushika Ward, it is known as the "Three Shitamachi Brothers". It is separated from Chiba Prefecture by the wide river [Edogawa]. It can be regarded as completely different from the style of the center of New Tokyo.

A different living area for common people.

In layman's terms, prices here are low, rents are very cheap, transportation is not very convenient, but the crime rate is quite high. Even some wealthy people in New Tokyo think that Edogawa District is considered the capital area, but it is not.

Belongs to New Tokyo.

The Overseas Juvenile Shelter is located near Koiwa Iris Garden in Edogawa Ward, a few streets away from the Aragaki Apartment where Higashinohara lives.

Higashinohara and Xia Li rode on their landlord Satoru Aragaki's and her own scooter, carrying Miria Nishimaru and Uni respectively, and arrived at the juvenile shelter in a short time.

It was a small two-story courtyard that looked a bit like a nursery. When Higashinohara and Charlie parked the car and knocked on the door, they could hear the noisy sounds of children playing inside through the gate and the wall from time to time.

The person who opened the door was an aunt in work clothes, probably in her fifties. She felt a little strange when she saw Higashinohara and Charlie standing outside the door.

The children they take in here are homeless, fatherless and motherless overseas children. Under normal circumstances, few people come to visit, not to mention Higashinohara and Xia Li are locals at first sight.

But at this moment, she lowered her gaze and saw Uni hiding behind Charlie. She was stunned for a moment and then came to her senses.

Higashinohara stepped forward to explain the situation to the other party, while Charlie stared at the other party eagerly from behind.

She determined that there might be something wrong with this shelter, and was always ready to be polite first and then use force after being rejected by the other party.

But unexpectedly, the shelter did not refuse their visit and was very kind.

The elderly aunt quickly led them into the reception room of the shelter and made them tea before leaving.

Charlie glanced at the tea, hesitated for a moment, picked it up and took a few sips, then suddenly leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Dongye, is there any medicine in this tea?"

The corners of Higashinohara's eyes twitched and he said nothing.

Do you still dare to drink it if you suspect it was drugged?

After a while, the person in charge of the shelter walked in.

She looks like a woman in her thirties, dressed simply, and looks very kind and kind.

When she walked over, the children playing in the yard stopped and called her aunt after seeing her. She seemed very loved by the children.

Charlie was a little confused when she saw this.

In her imagination, the person who came in would be a vicious person who would be difficult to get along with at first glance.

With a strong sense of justice, she will definitely punch hard. After completing one set of Tianhu's six moves, she can do the second, second, third, and fourth again without any problem.

But the woman in front of her had a gentle temperament, vaguely like Clodia, and the children also liked her very much, which made Charlie a little passive.

Fortunately, Higashinohara had never preconceived the idea that there was anything wrong with the shelter, so there was nothing surprising at this time.

After sitting down and saying hello, he asked in detail about when Uni's sister disappeared this morning, when the shelter discovered it, and whether Nova had been bullied recently.

After some questioning, Higashinohara was silent for a moment and asked, "So Nova had a conflict with a girl named Sia in the shelter two days ago, saying that she would leave here one day?"

The woman sitting opposite gave a helpless smile, "Well, many children heard it at that time. Children of this age have strong self-esteem and are prone to conflicts. Although I called them to mediate once after the incident happened, the two little girls

They all shook hands and made peace, but I didn’t expect Nova to suddenly leave the shelter today.”

Higashinohara glanced at the dazed little boy Uni in the corner. He didn't seem to know that his sister Nova had had a quarrel with someone a few days ago. His eyes were suddenly panicked, like a puppy that was afraid of being abandoned.

Higashinohara withdrew his gaze and continued to look at the woman opposite and said, "Then you mean that Nova ran away from home?"

"I can't guarantee that."

The woman shook her head and said helplessly, "It's just that similar situations have happened in shelters before. Some children came back by themselves at night or at most the next morning, but some children... Sigh."

She sighed and did not continue.

Higashinohara looked at the woman's expression, and it didn't look like she was lying.

In fact, if you think about it, if you put yourself in their shoes, they have to take care of so many children in their job, and they are foreign children with different eating and living habits. It is not easy to be able to attract so many children like her.

Seeing that he could not ask anything else, Higashinohara nodded, stood up and said, "Excuse me, thank you for taking the time, then we will leave first."

Upon seeing this, the woman stood up to see her off, and said that if Higashinohara and the others find any news about Nova, they must contact her as soon as possible.

When going out, Charlie seemed a little embarrassed because she had always imagined the other person to be a vicious villain. She turned around and bowed solemnly. When she turned around hurriedly, she almost hit the door frame.

This second-hand

The corners of Higashinohara's eyes twitched.

He sighed and glanced at the children playing on the slide in the yard.

He suddenly had an idea in his mind, and was going to ask a random child who "Xia" was, and find the other person to verify what he just said.

Teenage children are not yet mentally mature, so it is difficult for them to lie in front of them.

Unexpectedly, just as he was going out, Nishimaru Miria, who was following behind him, quietly pulled at the corner of Higashinohara's clothes.

Higashinohara turned his head,

He glanced at Nishimaru Miria with some confusion.

However, Nishimaru Miria turned back and quietly pointed at the woman in the room behind her who was packing the tea sets herself, and lowered her voice and whispered, "Brother, she lied."

Lie?

How do you know?

Logically speaking, Higashino should have asked this question.

But he didn't ask that.

Because Higashinohara remembered one of Nishimaru Miria's double talents.

Talent sequence 28 Listening.
Chapter completed!