The Bully's Apology / A New Five-Star Request

The other party has been searching for clues about Hanabusa since ten years ago, because his younger brother was killed by Hanabusa, the founder of Ptantom.

As a female lead with a keen sense of detective skills, and also drawing inspiration from Sherlock Holmes, her level of expertise is comparable to that of Conan.

Hanabusa hid herself too well. After all, she was a character created based on Moriarty. So even though Sakurako Kujo had gained some reputation in Hokkaido over the past ten years thanks to her own abilities and her fiancé's connections in the *** Gate, she didn't realize that Asahikawa City was rotten from the root.

However, because of the tragedy that happened back then, she has always been very cautious about people related to the Hanabusa. After finding the precious Shotaro Tatewaki again, she would never reveal her intention to harm Ptantom unless she was absolutely certain.

Now that she knows her enemy is this city, she will be able to quickly adjust her mindset and make the right decision in the end.

Jiang Hang also frankly expressed his concerns to Natsuki Kosimizu.

"I know what you wanted to do by looking for Tokitsu Junya before, because I am not a pure detective. The methods I use may be more special than you imagine, so I also know that you are not the kind of pure detective."

"Ptantom's greatest strength lies in stirring up the dark side of others' hearts. They've been adept at this process online, and in Asahikawa, a city they control, they'll have even more tricks up their sleeves. If they notice that you, an outsider, are trying to challenge their authority, then nobody knows what they'll do to you."

"Don't let hatred blind you; that's the only thing I can remind you of."

Of course, Jiang Hang also had other methods, such as installing a smart plugin on Natsuki Kosimizu's phone so that if anything happened to her, his phone would receive an immediate notification.

It takes one or two hours to fly between Tokyo and Asahikawa, but teleportation only takes a few seconds.

His words to Natsuki Kosimizu be seen as a test for her.

He could accept the darker side of Natsuki Kosimizu's personality, but if he couldn't control his emotions even knowing that, then that was a personality flaw.

If Natsuki Kosimizu ultimately falls into the other party's trap, then Jiang Hang will have no choice but to slow down his training of her.

Chapter 603: The Bully's Apology

After meeting Jiang Hang, Ogihara Sayu felt that her life had been completely changed.

Although there is a criminal organization in Asahikawa City, where they live, that controls criminal activities throughout Asahikawa city and even Hokkaido, it sounds like the criminal Napoleon Moriarty from Sherlock Holmes stories.

The organization even targeted her and Masaka Yui, trying to corrupt them through bullying and setting numerous traps for them.

When she first learned of this fact, she couldn't sleep for several days. Every night, she dreamed of Masaka Yui suicide and jumping off a building. She wanted to seek Masaka Yui, but no one believed her tragic future.

When she woke up, all she could think about were the things Jiang Hang had said.

If Jiang Hang hadn't appeared, she felt there was at least a 50% chance she would have faced such an unfortunate future.

She truly didn't know what she would do if Masaka Yui left her like this.

Fortunately, with Jiang Hang's help, they have finally come to their senses and realized that silence is never the best solution.

More importantly, they also learned that the teachers at the school had actually known about the bullying all along.

It's just that their middle school entrance rate is among the highest in Asahikawa and the surrounding areas, and many of the students in the school come from families with considerable prestige in Asahikawa and even Hokkaido.

To avoid adding trouble to their work, those teachers, even if they already knew about the bullying at the school, would not deal with the bullying students, nor would they care about the bullied "non-social" ordinary students.

They will only cover everything up, as if nothing had happened.

If they simply resist, it may not be effective, and they may even suffer more abuse in a short period of time.

Fortunately, Jiang Hang reminded them that we are now in the internet age and these things can be publicized online.

The school may still deny it, but if it really causes a stir online, even if they don't want to deal with it, they will have to step in and stop the situation from escalating further.

And just as Jiang Hang said.

It's not that Jiang Hang needs to worry about the criminal organization's conspiracy; rather, it's that the criminal organization needs to stay away from Jiang Hang.

During the few days Jiang Hang stayed in Asahikawa, that organization did not reappear.

The girl who Masaka Yui, and who has online contact with that organization, has become much more low-key these past few days, perhaps because she has noticed something.

However, bullying is not something that can be easily stopped once it starts.

After all, those people are used to doing these things, and they might feel rusty if they don't vent their anger on Masaka Yui for a day.

Even though Masaka Yui showed signs of resistance, they still did not stop.

Because of this, Ogihara Sayu was able to collect a lot of video evidence of bullying by school bullies without spending too much effort, and then post it online.

When it comes to the internet, this is indeed Jiang Hang's home turf.

He used just a few tricks to successfully get more attention for videos of Ogihara Sayu witnessing the bullying of cars nationwide.

Although in Japan, a country that places great emphasis on collectivism, school bullying is commonplace, and in some places it is even used as a way to unite the class.

However, they cannot express this directly on the internet. Regardless of what those netizens really think, they still have to fight against school bullying in the open.

With Jiang Hang's instigation, in just a few days, under the pressure of online public opinion, those bullies experienced what it's like to be exposed and cyberbullied by netizens.

However, this can be considered as Jiang Hang showing mercy.

If Jiang Hang really wanted to kill them, he would have already opened all their boxes long ago.

Unless they can move to a different country, simply changing schools or cities will not save them from being labeled as bullies.

But even though Jiang Hang had already restrained himself...

While bullies deserve to die, these people aren't entirely beyond redemption; let's give them a chance, at least.

Moreover, even though Jiang Hang had given them a chance not to completely wipe them out.

But the feeling of being criticized by thousands or tens of thousands of netizens every day when you open your eyes is also not pleasant.

In just a few days, those who had bullied them apologized to them in person.

Of course, Ogihara Sayu did not choose to accept these apologies, nor did she want Masaka Yui.

After all, she truly couldn't forgive those who Masaka Yui.

Ultimately, she couldn't sense any sincerity in those people's apologies; they were simply worried about being expelled from school and wanted their forgiveness.

These guys can't stand being cyberbullied for more than a few days, but she and Masaka Yui have been bullied for almost a year.

I don't know how these guys dared to come to her and beg for forgiveness.

In this matter, Ogihara Sayu showed a firm enough attitude.

Although her position in the Ogiwara family was awkward, as the daughter of the Ogiwara Food Company's owner, even though her parents disliked her, her brother treated her fairly well. After learning about the school bullying, he didn't blame her like her mother did, but instead firmly stated that he wouldn't forgive those people.

Unfortunately, the school tried very hard to shift the blame. Although they issued an apology statement online, they only admitted that the school's supervision was not strict enough, which led to serious bullying in the school.

In the end, the school replaced a few teachers and expelled the bullies with ordinary backgrounds, while keeping a few with more powerful backgrounds and only giving them a disciplinary warning. That was the end of the matter for the school.

Ogihara Sayu was naturally not very satisfied with this result, but she could barely accept it.

After all, her thoughts haven't changed much from before; she still wants to find a way to break away from her family after she comes of age and live a more carefree life with Masaka Yui.

Chapter 604: A New Five-Star Commission

As for Ogihara Sayu now, matters concerning the school and her family are no longer on her mind.

The time she looks forward to most each day is after dealing with the bullies who come to apologize to her and Masaka Yui, as well as the teachers who stand idly by, so that she can go to see Ms. Masaka Yui Natsuki Kosimizu after school.

This is the detective that Jiang Hang introduced to them before he left Asahikawa.

Jiang Hang had told them that this Ms. Natsuki Kosimizu came to Hokkaido to find a lousy detective who had hurt her friend, and that she would probably stay in Hokkaido for a while.

If they encounter any problems in their lives during this time, they can seek help from Natsuki Kosimizu.

In addition, if they are interested in detective work, they can also help out alongside Natsuki Kosimizu, and the agency will pay them a normal apprentice salary.

Although Ogihara Sayu has never worried about money, her salary is indeed what an ordinary high school student could earn working part-time.

But Masaka Yui values this job quite a bit.

According to her, it was when she was being bullied on the rooftop by so many people that Jiang Hang appeared and made her realize her weakness all along. It was also Jiang Hang who encouraged her to cheer up and bravely face those who bullied her.

This made her feel the hope that the profession of detective could bring.

She may not have much detective ability, but she feels that she still has a chance to become a qualified detective partner in the future.

Just like Watson beside Sherlock Holmes.

Um... maybe we could also take Shotaro Tatewaki, who's always by Sakurako Kujo's side?

Now that they know Natsuki Kosimizu, they will naturally also know Sakurako Kujo.

Compared to Natsuki Kosimizu, who traveled a long way from Fukuoka, Sakurako Kujo, a local young lady, is actually quite famous among the older generation in Asahikawa.

One reason is the former power of the Kujo family, and the other is that Sakurako Kujo herself is very beautiful, to the point that a passerby could remember her for days after just one glance.

Masaka Yui Yuko didn't know about Sakurako Kujo before, but Ogihara Sayu certainly did.

They had initially admired this young lady, but after seeing her unusually enthusiastic expression when facing a corpse, the two underage girls became somewhat indifferent to beautiful women like Sakurako Kujo.

Even though Natsuki Kosimizu said that Sakurako Kujo was far more sensitive to the case than she was, Ogihara Sayu and the others still couldn't overcome their fear of the corpses.

Although Masaka Yui was trying her best to restrain herself, she was indeed not good at dealing with someone like Sakurako Kujo.

In comparison, cheerful and youthful girls like Natsuki Kosimizu are more suited to their style right now.

Moreover, under normal circumstances, Natsuki Kosimizu's side doesn't receive any big cases, so using those small cases to train is a good experience for them.

Of course, the most important reason is that being by Natsuki Kosimizu's side makes it easier to have contact with Jiang Hang.

For some reason, when Jiang Hang and Natsuki Kosimizu shared some of their experience as detectives, they were more receptive to Jiang Hang's teachings.

Basically, as long as Jiang Hang gives them a brief explanation and demonstrates in front of them, they can quickly learn this knowledge.

Being around Jiang Hang can easily make you fall into a state of obsession with learning.

Even Natsuki Kosimizu said that if Jiang Hang doesn't want to be a detective in the future, he could open a detective school and become a famous teacher, producing many famous detectives.

Just like Shotaro Tatewaki, who had always been by Sakurako Kujo's side, after only a few days of instruction from Jiang Hang, his entire mental state seemed to have completely changed.

According to Natsuki Kosimizu, that guy has started to grow from a little boy who only relied on others to someone who can stand on his own.

If you can maintain this attitude, you will definitely become a good detective in the future.

Because they realized this, they all cherished every opportunity to meet Jiang Hang.

However, when they arrived at the agency today, they found that only Fujibayashi, who had little presence, was left.

"Fujibayashi, why are you the only one in the office? Did Ms. Koshimizu leave early?"

Masaka Yui asked Fujibayashi, who was an NPC, a question.

Fujibayashi then explained the reason.

"Jiang Hang has already returned to Tokyo. Why so suddenly? Didn't he say before that he wanted to stay in Asahikawa and not go back for a few more days?"

Upon hearing the news of Jiang Hang's departure, both girls felt somewhat uneasy.

After all, their lives were changed because of Jiang Hang.

Even for these two girls who had never really experienced fatherly love, Jiang Hang's presence made them feel, for the first time in a long time, what it meant to have a reliable parent at home.

They had originally planned to prepare a nice farewell gift for Jiang Hang before he left.

Before we could even start preparing a gift, Jiang Hang had already left.

This development caught them somewhat off guard.

"Mr. Jiang Hang is now like a pillar of strength for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. As long as he stays in Tokyo, he can deter some criminals. It has been more than a week since he left Tokyo. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has called several times to ask if Mr. Jiang Hang has encountered any difficult cases in Hokkaido. They were planning to send people over to help. In order not to alert the criminals, and because there have indeed been several serial murder cases in Tokyo recently, Mr. Jiang Hang back first."

Fujibayashi dutifully completed his NPC task, explaining the situation in Jiang Hang.

Seeing the regretful expressions on the two girls' faces, Fujibayashi continued, "However, things here are not over yet. When the time is right, Mr. Jiang Hang will be back soon."

Although Ogihara Sayu and her friends knew that a huge criminal organization was hiding behind their city, it was because of the existence of that organization that the bullying against them escalated step by step.

Jiang Hang stayed in Asahikawa in order to find out the exact size of that criminal organization.

But there are many more things they don't know.

In the words of Natsuki Kosimizu, these things were a bit too much for them; the more they knew, the more dangerous it became.

Even Jiang Hang hasn't revealed that he already knows about and is investigating that organization.

This was to avoid alerting the criminal organization and to allow its members to remain completely hidden.

Therefore, they are better off not knowing these things and not going out alone at night until everything is over.

All they knew was that when Jiang Hang returned to Asahikawa next time, it would probably be the time for a complete showdown with that organization.

Upon receiving this answer, both Ogihara Sayu and Masaka Yui felt a little disappointed, but at the same time, they were also thinking about what kind of preparations they should make for their next reunion.