Chapter 170

Hearing such words early in the morning, Ren Amamiya was also a bit at a loss.

"What is it?"

"It’s about the intelligence from you yesterday."

"Actually, matters regarding informants need to be reported, especially when facing superiors."

"However, Superintendent Matsumoto selectively ignored this matter."

"He just confirmed that I could bear the responsibility and let it go."

"I don't understand why."

Ren Amamiya on the other end of the phone was silent for a while.

"Wait a moment."

He took out a maple leaf coin to confirm.

"Officer Sato, what follows is my personal speculation."

"Before Tsukikage Island, did you have the concept of an informant?"

"No."

"In other words, the concept of an informant only appeared after Tsukikage Island?"

"Yes."

"Then, Officer Sato, don't you think Superintendent Matsumoto knows that your intelligence comes from the young ladies you are protecting?"

"...Ah!"

Sato Miwako reacted at this moment.

"So, that’s why Superintendent Matsumoto made the choice to let it go?"

"No, I think Superintendent Matsumoto’s leniency toward you is just to give you more room for advancement."

Ren Amamiya flipped the coin in his hand, heads up.

Confirming the accuracy of his speculation.

"Officer Sato, you aren't in the career track, are you?"

"Hmm..."

As a non-career track police officer, she was indeed lacking in some aspects, especially in advancement channels.

"Superintendent Matsumoto should also understand this principle, which is why he left you a relatively special room for advancement."

"However, I think they must have guessed wrong."

"I don't possess the channels to help you advance."

Sato Miwako smiled, but didn't care much.

"Doesn't matter."

"Compared to drinking tea in the office, I still prefer to charge to the front."

"I think Superintendent Matsumoto and Inspector Megure should be hoping I can transition to the position of Police Inspector."

Now Sato Miwako probably understood the thoughts of those two.

She felt very helpless about that excessive pampering.

Although she had the support of those two, the reason for the support was to push her to the position of Police Inspector.

Sato Miwako probably knew the thoughts of Inspector Megure and Superintendent Matsumoto.

Especially considering the incident that broke out at Superintendent Matsumoto’s daughter’s wedding a while ago.

She felt that Superintendent Matsumoto must have been a bit triggered, which was why he reacted this way.

"Police Inspectors mostly don't charge to the front lines to handle matters."

"Yes, I’m talking about the front lines of the combat units."

A Police Inspector doesn't charge to the front line of combat, but to the front line of handling cases.

After becoming a Police Inspector, no matter how front-line it is, it’s just front-line command, not a detective participating in front-line combat.

"Although there’s a bit of a misunderstanding, this can't be said to be too bad for me."

"And with this incident, it actually saves me from having to explain too much in the future."

"Officer Sato, you really are... a very traditional police officer."

Her personality isn't rigid, nor is she obsessed with her status, and she likes doing police work.

Ren Amamiya felt that Sato Miwako was that kind of very traditional police officer who just wanted to do her job well.

She didn't care much about her status.

She just liked doing police work.

"Officer Sato, you just don't want to face the dirty things after entering the upper levels, right?"

The maple leaf coin flipped again, and sure enough, it was heads up.

"..."

"It seems the situation is similar to what I guessed."

Not very surprised; Sato Miwako wasn't a police officer simple enough to be clueless.

She knew very well that the upper levels of the Metropolitan Police Department had some special rules, rules that only police officers above the rank of Police Inspector could know.

So she didn't have a high desire for promotion, and had always just done her own job instead of aiming for promotion.

"Inspector Megure and Superintendent Matsumoto should also know your thoughts."

"So, they just hope you won't keep charging to the front."

"Pushing you to become a Police Inspector can limit your thoughts of charging forward."

Friday afternoon after school.

Next is the weekend rest time, which for the Mystery Research Club that has already decided on this weekend’s activities, is a day that needs to be arranged through a meeting.

"Next is our meeting for the second club outdoor activity."

Kaguya Shinomiya is still the initiator and host of this meeting.

Ai Hayasaka has already placed the map on the giant television.

Projected on the TV is an enlarged version of the Tokyo map, and then the image slowly shifts toward the nearby sea area, where a small island is framed in red.

"This is the island from our last outdoor activity, Tsukikage Island."

"Since we encountered drug dealers on the island last time, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department has tightened management in the nearby area."

"But among the many islands nearby, there are also quite a few private territories."

The map begins to mark another island similar in scale to Tsukikage Island in blue.

It’s just that this island is on the other side of Tsukikage Island.

Looking at the map, one knows they are two completely different places.

"So, I have chosen another almost uninhabited island." Kaguya Shinomiya points to the island marked in blue.

"The situation of this island is actually similar to Tsukikage Island; both belong to the archipelago far from the center of the Tokyo circle, it’s just that this island is even more remote."

"It’s almost brushing against the archipelago of the Tokyo circle, so this is also an archipelago not suitable for development, and almost no one is interested in such an archipelago."

"Because the value of development itself is not high, the price of this island is also very low."

"So, I had Aunt Nao buy this island."

"Buying an island..."

To be honest, hearing this, Ran Mouri always feels her worldview is collapsing.

Kaguya Shinomiya doesn't feel her approach is over the top.

"Actually, I think buying it is a better approach."

"We definitely need to go there ourselves for the first time this weekend, and in the future, we can directly locate that island through Hayasaka’s power."

"We also need a quiet place to master our power; that island is a long-term training area for us."

"In the city, it’s really easy to be disturbed."

"Plus, the price of that island isn't very expensive."

"Shinomiya-san, can I ask about the price?"

Ren Amamiya is still a bit curious.

"Hmm, it’s about 600,000 US dollars."

"600,000 US dollars..."

— Author's Notes —

PS: New book is out, asking for data.