May 8, 1985, the first working day after Golden Week.
After washing his face in his bathroom with Ma, he looked at himself in the mirror.
Three years, the biggest change brought to him was that stubble.
At this time, Qingliu arrived at the door of the bathroom, saw Hema standing inside, and said, "Shave your beard, it's your first day at work today, so you can make a good impression on others."
He Ma frowned: "I shaved..."
"I've clearly seen it all! Here and here!" Qingliu stretched out her hand, pointing at the fish that had slipped through the corner of the horse's chin, "Look, I've touched it all, it hurts!"
He Ma curled his lips and picked up the electric shaver.
Qingliu frowned and complained: "I can't shave cleanly with electric! Use shaving shampoo and razor!"
He Ma stubbornly objected: "That's prejudice. Electric razors are the crystallization of scientific and technological progress, and mine is the latest model that Yuzao gave me, which can perfectly fit the epidermis."
While talking with Ma, he used a razor to carefully clean up the spot Haru pointed out just now.
Qingliu sighed: "Obviously he is an expert at playing Japanese swords, but he is afraid of razors in the end."
"It's up to you. How does college feel?"
"It's okay." Qingliu responded, "But last month I sang a death rock song in opera class, and the effect was outstanding."
"Don't trouble the professors, their evaluation can determine your future in the music industry."
"I don't care. I've already learned all the skills of the subject's voice, and I can fly solo freely at any time. From now on, I can hang out even as a rock singer."
Hema patted Qingliu on the head and said, "I paid your tuition fees. If you don't graduate from school honestly and get a degree, be careful that I won't let you sing my song from now on."
"Eh? Are you still writing songs? Didn't you concentrate on official duties after you started working in the Metropolitan Police Department?"
"The salary of the police alone can't afford the tuition of you guys." He Ma said, carefully inspecting the stubble on his neck, and after confirming that there were no fish that slipped through the net, he put down the electric razor and washed it. He didn't wipe his face afterward, and just left the bathroom with a face full of water.
Hema entered the kitchen and greeted Chiyoko who was busy in front of the stove: "Morning."
"It's getting late." Chiyoko glanced at the wall clock on the wall, "Be nervous, what should you do if you are late on the first day of work?"
"It's okay, I have a free ride today." He Ma sat behind the dining table, and this newly bought dining table was bigger than the previous one.
Chiyoko: "Didn't you get your driver's license? When are you going to buy a car?"
"Don't be in a hurry, maybe the police will provide a car." He Ma said as he took out a slice of hot bread from the toaster and began to spread peanut butter on it.
At this time, Qingliu also finished washing and came to the restaurant to take a seat.
"Xiaoqian, is my blue dress being washed?" she asked.
"Yeah, there is a big piece of mud on that skirt, maybe it's the masterpiece of the children nearby. Don't you still have a beige skirt?"
Qingliu picked up the slice of bread and complained, "I want to wear a blue dress today."
"Don't complain, the beige color is also pretty." Chiyoko said while bringing a pot of miso soup over, and then filled a bowl for Qingliu and Kazuma.
"I'm going to have a seminar this afternoon, and I'll probably come back later, so you can figure it out yourself," she said.
Qingliu glanced at Chiyoko and said with a smile, "Seminar? Aren't you going on a date with Amao?"
"No. I haven't seen Ah Mao for three days." Chiyoko said.
He Ma looked at the calendar on the wall: "Three days, so you went to see a movie on the 5th? I see you have a poster of that movie back."
"Yeah, what's the matter, can't you?" Chiyoko asked back.
He Ma shrugged: "Amao will come back and have a look when he is free. Since he got the exemption from me, why hasn't he come back at all?"
"He's going to study for the bar exam."
"Just take the bar exam now? Isn't he just a sophomore?"
"What if you fail the exam? Ah Mao is a person who has sufficient experience in failing the exam, unlike you, brother."
He Ma spread his hands together: "I passed the college entrance examination once, and I also passed the first-class civil servants once. You don't think it's pure luck, do you?"
"Of course I don't think so. I just want to tell you, brother, that ordinary people have many restrictions in this world, so they have to make various plans. Amao is not going home now, just because he is working hard. "
Hema curled his lips: "You haven't passed the door yet, why do you keep turning outside?"
"Brother, you should decide who will come in and take charge of our kitchen. You don't really have to wait for Mikako to come back, do you?"
At this time, Qingliu, who had been eating sullenly, suddenly put down her chopsticks and poured a whole glass of milk into her mouth.
"I'm done eating." She stood up, then put away her dishes and chopsticks, and said while washing, "Can I go out with you and your car later?"
"I'll take you to the subway station. Musashino Music University and I are not on the way."
"Okay." Qingliu said after washing the dishes, she put the dishes and chopsticks into the disinfection cupboard.
Chiyoko looked at the cupboard and said, "This disinfection cupboard, when I used it last night, the light was not particularly purple. Is this really ultraviolet light?"
"Oh, it would be nice to warm up the meaning of this kind of thing a little bit, and we can't afford better ones." Said He Ma.
Chiyoko shrugged.
He Ma also finished his meal, and he also put the dishes and chopsticks in the sink. Just as he was about to wash them, Chiyoko said, "Leave it alone, don't be late. I don't have class in the first period, so I'll wash it. "
Kazuma nodded, turned and went back to the room to get dressed, at this time Chiyoko said again: "I've prepared your windbreaker for you, it's definitely a criminal policeman."
Hema glanced at the windbreaker hanging on the coat hook in the room: "I saw it."
He went back to the desk first and put on the holster—although the policeman's gun hadn't been issued yet, Hema himself had a gun license and could carry the PPK pistol.
After putting on the holster, put on the windbreaker with the horse.
The self in the mirror looks like a criminal police officer.
He picked up the electronic watch on the table and put it on.
It stands to reason that after graduating from Tokyo University and passing the first-class civil service examination to enter the Metropolitan Police Department, Kazuma should be a member of the gold watch team, but no one issued him a gold watch.
But the criminal police must have a watch, after all, they must often record the time during the handling of the case.
So Hema can only use an electronic watch to hold it up first.
After putting on the watch, he confirmed his appearance with the horse again. At this moment, he suddenly found that there was a stubble on the edge of his neck that seemed to be unshaven.
He touched it with his hand, and it did feel a little prickly.
But at this time, the horn of a car came from outside the house.
Hema's hitchhiker today has apparently arrived at the door.
Chiyoko's voice came from the kitchen: "This speaker is for you, bro?"
Hema replied: "Yes. Today is also the day when Yuzao goes to work in the prosecutor's office, so he dropped me off."
"Riding in a woman's car on the first day of work, the title of romantic detective will probably accompany you for the rest of your life. By the way, is Yuzao coming over for dinner tonight?"
"Aren't you a seminar this afternoon?"
"Yeah, and then there will be a dinner party, and I will pack the things and bring them back. Both you and Qingliu can have a midnight snack."
Kazuma scratched his head and came out of the room, looking at Chiyoko who was tidying up in the kitchen: "It sounds like the two of us have become your puppies and cats."
"Where do you have puppies and cats so worry-free." Chiyoko said.
He Ma shrugged and walked towards the entrance, Qingliu had already changed clothes and was waiting at the door.
She was wearing the yellow skirt that Chiyoko recommended just now, and she also wore a small waistcoat.
Hema looked at Qingliu's still flat chest and said, "You haven't grown much in the past three years."
"What do you mean, I've grown by five centimeters!" Qingliu retorted loudly.
"It doesn't matter how tall you are."
Talking to Ma and avoiding Qingliu's kicking feet, he put on his shoes and opened the door to go out—only when he went out did he realize that he didn't bring his driver's license, so he hurried back and picked up the driver's license and wallet that Chiyoko had prepared on the shoe cabinet.
Looking at Kazuma's figure, Qingliu sighed, "Are you okay?"
"No." He Ma waved his hands, and went out again, the first thing he saw was the package placed at the gate of the courtyard.
He Ma frowned, and muttered: "There is more."
He picked up the package, carried it back into the house, and put it next to the shoe cabinet.
Qingliu: "There are still videotapes being returned."
"Yes." Hema looked helpless.
The movie of Akito Anno and the others released last year is literally a "magic masterpiece", except that it is not a blockbuster, everything is good.
Okada Koji not only fooled the Chiyo Foundation, which invested in it, into hundreds of theaters, but also printed a lot of video tapes in one breath, and naturally lost all his money.
Now Hema's dojo is used by them to store videotapes that have nowhere to store them.
It takes a lot of money to destroy these things, so we can only save them first.
Fortunately, Hema's dojo has a large space and can be put there.
As soon as Kazuma moved the things in, Chiyoko from the kitchen poked his head out to take a look, and then sighed, "It's here again? Didn't Okada-san say that after word of mouth fermented, everyone would want to buy this thing?" Is it a masterpiece of phantom?"
He Ma said with a smile: "It is indeed possible that it will happen, but I don't know how many years later. The only good news is that the original soundtrack of this film is selling well."
All the music is performed by Hema, and if the soundtrack album sells well, it means that Hema has royalties.
"Chiyoko, I'm leaving." Kazuma called to Chiyoko who retreated to the kitchen again.
"Okay, let's go." There was a perfunctory voice from Chiyoko.
Hema went out again, Qingliu followed behind him and closed the door behind him.
He Ma looked at the car parked in front of the house.
"Nissan." He Ma was speechless.
Yuzao, who came out of the door, pushed his glasses: "If you drive a European and American car to work, you will be criticized. After all, it is the current situation."
Now, at the time when Europe and the United States are launching a trade war against Japanese companies, the legendary Plaza Accord seems to come later, and it is said that negotiations are in full swing.
Kazuma looked at the Nissan sedan and scratched his head: "I want to buy a Lamborghini..."
"You have to save your salary for many years before you can afford it?" Qingliu asked, "Or, you can also ride your Harley motorcycle to work."
And the horse shrugged.
Sure enough, Yuzao was right, on the first day of work, it's better not to be too ostentatious.
He strolled to the mailbox at the door, opened it, and found a postcard from the UK.
Kazuma took out the postcard and looked at the oil painting of London Bridge on the front. On the other hand, he saw the flamboyant cursive script written by Mikako, and read aloud: "Have you become a criminal police officer? Or regretfully failed? If you fail, you can Just imagine me and cry. What shit."
He Ma threw the postcard into the driver's seat and opened the door.
Yuzao got into the co-pilot seat, sat still and pulled the seat belt while asking: "Is she coming back next year?"
"yes."
"Still living with that roommate who might be the princess?"
"Yeah." Hema responded while fastening his seat belt.
When Mikako's roommate returned to China last year, she was successfully spotted by the crown prince and became a candidate for the crown prince.
Then, just like the history in He Ma's memory, the girl fled back to England immediately, as if she planned to hide in England for the rest of her life.
According to what Mikako boasted on the phone call, the girl shed tears many times.
Just how much is true is not known.
Kazuma turned his head to confirm that Qingliu had also got into the car, and then started the car.
Yuzao: "Get out of the car near the Sakurada Gate, and then I will drive to the prosecutor's office by myself."
"Yes, Miss Prosecutor." Hema replied.
Qingliu said, "I'll get off at the first subway station I pass by."
"Okay. Just remember to stop singing rock to your opera teacher."
"oh."
Hema drove along the road. While waiting for the traffic light at the intersection, a van stopped beside him. The driver lowered the window and honked the horn.
Hema took a look and found that it was an old acquaintance Jinshan Pingta.
"Interpol Sang, do you think my current driving is in compliance with the regulations?" Jinshan Pingtai asked.
He Ma: "You bastard, did you confuse the traffic police with the criminal police? Be careful, I will call that shrew named Xia Shi to arrest you."
"Wow, thank you so much." Jin Shanping said with a smile, "However, if you come to form a pair, then our fate will have to continue."
The Organizational Crime Countermeasures Section is organized into the Fourth Search Section, and the Shiratori detective is in that section.
He Ma shrugged: "Which class I will be assigned is still unknown, maybe they will put me in the public security police."
"Isn't that too bad luck?" Jin Shanping said dumbfounded, just at this time the signal light came on, and he started the car, "Then goodbye, detective Sang."
And the horse waved.
Not long after Jin Shanping left, He Ma also waited for the green light, so he started steadily. After driving a few hundred meters, Qingliu pointed to the side of the road and said, "Okay, let me down."
"Remember the access control to go home at night." He Ma told Qingliu.
"Got it." Qingliu got out of the car and ran towards the subway entrance without looking back.
And the horse starts the car again.
At this time, Yuzao said, "You finally became a criminal police officer."
"That's right. I thought you would become a detective like me." Kazuma glanced at Yuzao.
"The criminal police department has a lot of prejudice against women now, but the procuratorate has already started to have female prosecutors. I also made a choice after careful consideration."
He Ma smiled: "To be honest, I am looking forward to investigating the case with you."
"Don't think about it, just go and partner with uncle." Yuzao smiled.
Shaking his head with the horse, he focused on driving.
An hour later, the car arrived near Sakurada Gate, and the Metropolitan Police Department building could already be seen in the distance.
Kazuma glanced at Yuzao: "Are you coming to pick me up after get off work at night? Or should I take public transportation to go home?"
"The Metropolitan Police Department should provide you with a car." Yuzao said, "I may have some entertainment after get off work, and you probably will too. Don't be greedy."
He Ma nodded, then opened the door and got out of the car.
In the car, Tamamo quickly shifted from the co-pilot to the driver's seat.
Hema took a step back and watched Tamamo drive away.
When Yuzao's car was out of sight, he turned around and followed the crowd across the road.
The Metropolitan Police Department Building, in the eyes of Kazuma, who is used to seeing high-rise buildings in later generations, is not a tall building.
He just politely expressed his exclamation, and followed the flow of people to the entrance.
When going through the security check, Hema's gun caused a small commotion, but Hema showed his gun certificate.
A few criminal policemen who passed by the security check whispered, "It's actually PPK, a spy gun."
"The rookies with this kind of gun may not be directly assigned to the public security police."
Hema glanced at the tongue-twisting senior, and then asked the policeman who had just registered his gun license number: "I'm a new recruit from the police department, where should I report?"
The person who registered immediately took another look at Hema, and then his eyes fell on the electronic watch exposed from the cuff of Hema's windbreaker.
At that moment, He Ma saw a series of complex expressions on the face of the uniformed policeman with the patrol rank.
He pointed to the back and said, "See that policeman in police uniform? That's Policeman Hanto from the Ministry of Internal Affairs who is in charge of receiving new recruits today. He will convey your appointment."
He Ma turned his head and looked in the direction pointed by the inspector, and saw several people in police uniforms waiting in front of the elevator door.
In addition to the men in police uniforms, there were also several young men in windbreakers, who should be He Ma's contemporaries.
He and Ma Xie passed the patrolling guide and walked towards this group of people.
The person with the police title on his face saw that he and the horse had arrived, and said with a smile: "It seems that the last newcomer has arrived today."
After the words fell, some of the newcomers held out their hands to Kazuma: "Takeda Hiroaki, graduated from Meiji University."
He held the outstretched hand: "Kiryu Kazuma, University of Tokyo Law School."
"Oh, Dongdagumi." Takeda Hiroaki smiled, then glanced at Kazuma's digital watch, "Uh..."
He Ma was about to talk, when suddenly he saw Police Hanto looking at his watch—the gold watch. As soon as the light of the gold watch appeared, it attracted everyone's attention.
"You can say hello on the way up." Police officer Hanto put down his watch, "Go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to go through the process first, and then you will be assigned to a department. Don't worry, no matter which department you go to, there will be a veteran who will come to guide you. Come with me now."
After saying that, Police Hanto turned around and walked towards the elevator.
A group of people hurried to follow.
Hiroaki Takeda whispered in Kazuma's ear, "Don't everyone in the East University Group wear gold watches?"
He Ma whispered, "I'm poor."
Takeda Hiroaki glanced at Kazuma unexpectedly, and then burst out laughing.
At this time, another police officer approached Kazuma, and asked in a low voice, "You... are Kazuma Kiryu, right? The apple swordsman who won the second consecutive championship on the Jade Dragon Banner and is still invincible in the East and West Japan Kendo Championships."
He Ma frowned when he heard the nickname "Apple Sword Master", shook his head and said: "A hero doesn't mention his bravery in the past."
At this time, another police department added: "You have written a lot of songs, and you still have ambiguities with many female singers!"
"I haven't." He Ma categorically denied, "It's Fang Chun, the weekly magazine, talking nonsense."
Takeda Hiroaki glanced at the others, and frowned at Kazuma: "Why do you come to the Metropolitan Police Department?"
"Because you can't ignore the future of Tokyo," Kazuma responded.
Just at this time, the elevator reached the floor of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"This way." Police officer Yu Fuji was the first to get out of the elevator door, striding towards his office.
In the several offices that passed by along the way, there was the regular sound of typewriters. It was obvious that although it was still early, the day's work had already begun.
"The accountant is responsible for the registration of the personnel file. In fact, most of the content has been prepared and should be completed soon. Within an hour, you will go to the assigned department. The registration number comes here to get your appointment. shape."
Takeda Hiroaki went through the formalities with Ma first, and then got the letter of appointment.
"Oh, it's actually the first search department." He said excitedly, "I just want to do a search."
Kazuma raised his head and took a look at Takeda Hiroaki.
Police officer Hanto said to Takeda: "The criminal department will come down later and take you away. You all go to the next room and wait. There is tea."
Takeda Hiroaki immediately turned and left.
He Ma's registration was also completed, and then a power of attorney came into his hands.
He opened it and was dumbfounded.
"Broadcasting class?" He read out his affiliation.
Kato pointed to the corridor outside the house: "Go along the corridor all the way to the end, then take the elevator, the tenth floor is the battlefield of the publicity department. Be careful, the reporters are very cunning."
He Ma's mouth grew into an O shape: "Is this a mistake? I am super strong in swordsmanship, and I have a gun license. I can wear a PPK pistol. I should go to the scene!"
Police officer Kato frowned suddenly: "Have you watched too many detective films? Do you think Japanese criminal police will use force every day? Don't be stupid, Japanese criminal police don't have that demand, and most of the time they face boring investigations. "
Hema wanted to say something more, but Police Officer Kato was impatiently urging: "Okay, let's go! The Publicity Department is a fat job. Many reporters will stuff some money for exclusives. And recently, the female reporters of the newspaper office are getting more and more There are more and more of them, many of them are super beautiful, go quickly!"
He Ma pursed his lips, and couldn't say anything more, so he exited the office directly, followed the guidance of Police Officer Kato, walked to the end of the corridor at the door, got on the elevator, and pressed the button for the tenth floor.
The elevator quietly went up to the tenth floor. As soon as the elevator door opened, He Ma was suddenly dragged out of the elevator by a group of people before he could react.
"Are you the new broadcaster?" A bearded reporter asked.
He Ma had a question mark on his face, but the reporter directly took the letter of appointment in his hand and opened it roughly.
"It really is you! You are half an hour late!"
He Ma: "Well, I just finished the formalities in the Accounting and Accounting Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and I just joined the job. I..."
The reporter who had just checked He Ma's appointment certificate shouted: "A newcomer is used to fool us? Is this how you treat the freedom of the press? I want to protest to the Superintendent of Police!"
At this time, Kato Ma remembered Kato's words, and said, "Well, in theory, there will be a senior from my department who will bring me into the job."
At this time, all the reporters looked at He Ma with sympathetic expressions.
The bearded reporter just patted He Ma on the shoulder: "The previous broadcasting officer just fainted from a brain hemorrhage yesterday. There are four people in your department. Are you a police officer? Then you are the highest-ranked police officer now." .”
He Ma's mouth became O-shaped: "What did you... do to the previous broadcaster?"
"It's just advocating freedom of the press." The bearded reporter said.
At this time, He Ma suddenly discovered that there was a man in police uniform hiding in the corner, gesturing to him desperately.
He Ma said to the reporters: "Well, please allow me to hand over the work first."
"We've waited until now! The newspapers are rushing us for today's news!" Youji shouted.
At this time, the bearded reporter said, "Okay, if the new broadcaster is not allowed to figure out the situation, the press conference will not be possible. Just wait a little longer. Anyway, there is air conditioning."
After the words fell, the reporters gave way, grabbed their commission certificates with Ma, and walked towards the man in police uniform at the corner.