Going back in time a little, it is now 7:00 in the evening, in a high-end residential area in the city. A middle-aged woman in her forties is busy. Besides going out for shopping, she almost always changes into casual clothes as soon as she comes back home, because it is more convenient for doing housework. This routine repeats itself 365 days a year. Some might be confused and wonder, doesn't she have a job?

Well, how should I put it? If we consider doing housework as her job, it is not wrong either. After all, she is a full-time housewife, which means she doesn't need to go to work. Her daily task is to take care of the family's life. How many years has this kind of life lasted? Since getting married, she quit her job and became a homemaker. A year after getting married, she gave birth to a daughter who is now in high school. It's been so many years, hasn't it? Has this "status" unknowingly continued for such a long time?

Therefore, even though it is already this time, the middle-aged woman doesn't stop after washing the dishes. She continues to clean the house. When she reaches a certain room, she stops and remembers that her daughter is probably reading in her room. The middle-aged woman decides to temporarily pause her work and walks towards the kitchen.

A few minutes later, she comes out carrying a cup of tea and walks to the door, using her free right hand to knock.

"Rimi, can I come in?"

"Yes."

A delicate voice comes from inside.

After getting the reply, the middle-aged woman turns the doorknob and opens the door while entering.

"Rimi, take a break. I made a cup of tea."

Saying that, the middle-aged woman places the tea cup on the girl's desk.

The obedient girl puts down her book on the table and picks up the tea cup. Under the illumination of the lights, her appearance becomes clear. She has coffee-colored hair that reaches just past her shoulders, snow-white skin that is dazzling, and coffee-colored eyes. Although her appearance is very delicate, she is also sharp-minded. She wears a dark blue thin coat on the upper body, and inside is a snow-white shirt. The two corners of the coat are crossed and tied in front of her abdomen. On the lower body, she wears a black skirt that is not even knee-length.

After drinking half of the tea, the girl starts to talk to the middle-aged woman.

"Mom, hasn't dad come back yet?"

"Well, I just called a while ago. He said there's a meeting tonight, so he'll be back late."

"Oh..."

The girl's words reveal a hint of disappointment. It seems like she has sensed something. The middle-aged woman starts to comfort the girl.

"Dad specially asked about Rimi on the phone, you know."

"?"

Saying that, the middle-aged woman shows a kind smile.

"He asked if Rimi had a good dinner, stuff like that. Dad cares a lot about Rimi."

"..."

In response to the middle-aged woman's comfort, the girl's face shows a puzzled expression.

After a few seconds of silence, the girl speaks again.

"Mom, I'm going out for a while."

"Going out?"

"Yeah, I'm tired of reading. I'm just going out for a walk."

"I see. But be careful outside, and remember to come back soon."

"Okay."

Facing the middle-aged woman's advice, the girl hastily replies. Then, after quickly finishing the remaining red tea, she abruptly stands up and leaves the house as if escaping.

After leaving the house, the girl aimlessly wanders the streets. If there is a purpose, it is simply to get away from the suffocating atmosphere of her home. Since there's nothing else to do, let's go to the shopping street. With that thought in mind, the girl directly goes to the shopping street.

It is now 7:15 in the evening, but the shops here show no signs of closing. On the contrary, it seems to be the right time. And considering it's Saturday today, it's not strange at all. Although the street is not overcrowded, the noisy voices of people and the calls from shops are still everywhere.

However, the girl's purpose of coming here is not to buy something, so for now, she can only randomly wander around.

At some point, three high school students with somewhat frivolous behavior suddenly approach her."Hey, miss, are you alone?"

"We're rich, you know. Look, this is a 'Crazy' phone."

One of them took out their phone and started showing it off.

"Do you want us to accompany you?"

The three of them were talking to themselves.

Ah, this is what they call approaching, although it's not the first time, it's still boring and lacks originality.

The girl sighed helplessly in her heart, decided to ignore them, and continued walking as if she hadn't seen them.

But the three men seemed unwilling to give up. Feeling ignored, they became somewhat angry.

"Hey, we're talking to you."

"I even have the latest 'Crazy' watch, Xfeng Watch."

One of them continued to show off.

"Don't toast and not eat the punishment."

They surrounded the girl.

Despite the situation, the girl remained calm. Perhaps it was because she had experienced it many times before.

In her heart, she thought they were a group of boring individuals, dirty-minded men. She wore a disdainful expression on her face.

Facing the girl's reaction, the three men became even more furious.

"Hey, you, it seems like we need to teach you a lesson."

One of them didn't care about the people around and started getting physical, grabbing the girl's arm.

But in the next moment, he grabbed nothing.

"Dirty-minded men, don't touch me so casually."

While speaking, the girl grabbed the outstretched hand, using a skilled movement to twist it in the opposite direction. The man fell to the ground with a thud.

Afterwards, the girl clapped her hands, didn't bother to look at the others, and continued walking with an air of disdain.

"..."

The other two men stood still for a moment and then regained their senses. Perhaps they felt they had lost face in front of the crowd, so they ignored their fallen comrade and lunged at the girl from behind.

When they were about to make contact, the girl stopped and took a step back without turning around. She once again accurately grabbed the arms of the two attackers and effortlessly knocked them down in the same way.

Consequently, the two men lying on the ground couldn't care about their dignity and groaned in pain.

The girl wore the same disdainful expression on her face. She couldn't remember how many times this had happened. Every time, a group of repulsive and foolish men or pseudo gentlemen would approach her, and every time, she would knock them down. They had no talent, only a desire for those depraved things. Did they really think they were impressive with their dirty money? She didn't need to rely on such things to maintain her self-esteem. She despised those who showed off their luxury goods in front of others. Were all men so superficial?

Just as the girl was about to leave,

"Boom—"

Suddenly, an explosion sounded in the distance.

Thinking that something had happened, she ignored the three men on the ground and rushed towards the source of the explosion.

Along the way, following the crowd, she quickly arrived at the scene. After all, whenever something happened, people would gather to watch. Thanks to that, the girl didn't have to exert much effort to find it.

It was a man-made lake located in the city center, designed for scenic purposes. It was oval-shaped and had an area of about several hundred square meters, not too big.

At this moment, the area was surrounded by the police, and ropes with "Keep Out" signs had been put up. It seemed that something had indeed happened. Based on the scene, the girl made this judgment and struggled to push through the crowded people to get closer.

"Move aside, unrelated individuals, please stay away."

Several male police officers who were maintaining the scene shouted.

When they saw the girl approaching, one of the male police officers, with an impatient tone, reiterated.

"Once again, unrelated individuals..."

But he stopped midway and was replaced by a very surprised tone.

"Isn't this Miss Gekijo?"

The male police officer recognized the girl and looked at her with surprise. Although the surrounding pedestrians seemed to be getting more restless, the girl didn't pay much attention to it and went straight to the point."What happened here?"

"Um...just a regular accident."

The other person started to play dumb.

"A regular accident?"

"That's right."

"It doesn't seem like it. If I have to say, there should have been an explosion just now. From the current situation, you should still not know the cause of the explosion, and in theory, there is a possibility of a second explosion. You should be very worried, but in fact, you don't seem surprised at all, it's like you knew beforehand."

"..."

At this point, it seems that the other person feels they can't hide it anymore, so they lean in and whisper.

"There's nothing we can do. This is something that can't be casually mentioned to ordinary people. I guess we can't hide it from Miss Katsuragi after all? Her deductive abilities are consistently terrifying, worthy of being the modern-day Holmes. Now that Miss Katsuragi has almost guessed, there's no way to hide it anymore."

"It seems like this situation is not simple."

The girl rested her chin on her right hand and made a judgment.

"It is indeed a very troublesome matter. Since we have to talk about it, let's change locations."

"Alright then."

After making this decision, the girl followed the other person to the local police station.