Oda Kotaro said, "Okubo Park? Isn't that place always crowded? Those women..."
Kyuseishi laughed, "Those women are the perfect cover for our deal. And once we've got the money, we can each pick two to take away. Wouldn't that be great?"
Oda Kotaro burst into laughter, "Just as expected of you! Great idea, great idea!"
Kyuseishi also laughed proudly. After the two of them laughed for a while, Kyuseishi suddenly asked,
"By the way, have you noticed anything worth paying attention to lately?"
Oda Kotaro thought for a moment.
"Hmm... A young married couple just moved in next door recently. They seem a little strange..."
Kyuseishi asked, "Strange how?"
Oda Kotaro gave a lewd grin, "As a newlywed couple, doing it every day wouldn't be strange, right? And with the husband finally back from a business trip after being apart for so long, you'd think they'd be all over each other the moment they met."
"But I ran into them just now when they came home. It's been quite a while already, and I still haven't heard a thing. The walls in this apartment are thin and the soundproofing is terrible, yet I haven't even heard a single moan. Something's definitely off."
Kyuseishi was speechless, "I think you're just thinking with the wrong head."
Oda Kotaro shook his head, "Not at all. That woman always has a serious face, but she's really beautiful, and her figure is amazing too. Big hips, big boobs. Just looking at her makes me drool."
Kyuseishi was startled, "Huh? Could they actually be cops pretending to be a married couple?"
Oda Kotaro's tone also became serious.
"It's very possible. When I saw them outside just now, they looked kind of stiff together. They didn't seem all that intimate."
Hearing this through the listening device next door, Ikazuchi Rika's body stiffened.
Gritting her teeth, she suddenly grabbed Hikari's hand and placed it on herself.
———
Inside the apartment, Hikari and Ikazuchi Rika were sitting across from each other beside the wall.
Using the listening equipment together, they carefully monitored the conversation between the two members of the drug manufacturing group next door.
When they heard the time and place of the deal with the buyer, Ikazuchi Rika excitedly had Hikari start recording while she hurriedly wrote everything down.
After successfully recording the exact time and location of the transaction, she couldn't hide her delight, and the corners of her mouth kept curling upward.
But after the serious discussion ended, the casual conversation between Oda Kotaro and Kyuseishi made Ikazuchi Rika's expression change.
Because the two members of the drug ring had begun doubting whether she and Hikari were really a married couple.
"Could they actually be cops pretending to be husband and wife?"
The moment she heard those words, Ikazuchi Rika's body began trembling with tension.
"It's not impossible. They looked awkward touching each other just now, and after getting home they didn't get down to business. Something's definitely off."
Listening to the two men next door go back and forth, Ikazuchi Rika's heart kept sinking.
'They really suspect us?'
If their true identities were exposed, not only would the investigation fail completely, but both she and Hikari would be in extreme danger.
'No, we absolutely can't let our cover be blown!'
The beautiful investigator clenched her teeth and made a firm decision.
Hikari saw Ikazuchi Rika suddenly put down the paper and pen she had been writing with.
She raised her arms and quickly undid the buttons of her blouse.
Before he could say anything, her black suit jacket slipped from her rounded shoulders.
She wrapped both arms around his waist.
Holding him tightly, Ikazuchi Rika whispered into his ear, "Hikari-kun, hurry and touch me. Quick!"
Seeing her sudden action, Hikari had already guessed part of the reason.
Even so, he asked, "What's wrong, Rika-nee? Why all of a sudden?"
Keeping her voice low, Ikazuchi Rika explained hurriedly, "The two people next door are already starting to suspect our relationship. This is the critical moment, we absolutely can't blow our cover!"
"They're suspicious because they can't hear anything, so we need to make some noise to prove them wrong and get rid of their doubts!"
Looking at Ikazuchi Rika, who was holding him tightly around the waist, Hikari didn't know what to say.
Because under the circumstances, he actually had his doubts.
He suspected the two members of the drug ring had already guessed who they were.
The things they were saying now were probably just meant to toy with them.
After all, they had only been chatting for a short while before suddenly bringing up this topic.
And the way they were taking turns saying it all felt a little too deliberate.
Besides, this wasn't some conventional cops-and-robbers story.
It was the setting of the hidden world.
"Rika-nee, I think...", Hikari started to say, but Ikazuchi Rika suddenly grabbed his hand.
She forcefully pulled it over and pressed it against her chest.
"Hurry and do it. That's an order!"
The moment she finished speaking, her lips pressed against the corner of Hikari's mouth, cutting off what he was about to say.
Before Hikari had even done much, Ikazuchi Rika guided his hand several times.
Seeing how anxious she was, Hikari knew that explaining anything now would be useless.
She was too nervous, too afraid of being exposed, and too afraid the operation would fail.
Faced with the commanding look in her eyes, he could only cooperate.
Ikazuchi Rika also deliberately softened her voice, making the sounds that were expected.
But Hikari had no interest in letting others hear such things.
He had no such habit, nor did he want to be led around by a pair of criminals.
So before Ikazuchi Rika could make any sound, Hikari used the telekinesis he had previously taken from Takasaki Soichi to distort the hearing of the two criminals next door.
They became completely unable to hear anything happening in his and Ikazuchi Rika's room.
At the same time, he manipulated the speakers of a shut-in upstairs who happened to be watching an adult video, directing that sound into the neighboring apartment.
Ikazuchi Rika, however, knew nothing about any of this.
Still extremely tense, she continued acting with all her effort.
To make everything seem natural and avoid exposing any flaws, she insisted that Hikari stay in character with her.
Hikari had no choice but to use the same massage techniques he'd used on her downstairs earlier.
As they became more immersed in the act, Ikazuchi Rika no longer needed to deliberately alter her voice.
Because she had completely gotten into character.
The sounds produced by instinct were naturally the most convincing.
———
Dozens of minutes later, after listening for what seemed like half of a movie, Oda Kotaro and Kyuseishi next door expressed their satisfaction.
Hearing that the criminals had dropped their suspicions, Ikazuchi Rika and Hikari also ended their performance.
Of course, that wasn't the only reason.
It wasn't just that Ikazuchi Rika felt they had gotten through the danger.
She had also reached her own limit.
Even if she had wanted to continue, she no longer could.
After all, you can't cook rice without rice.
Seeing Ikazuchi Rika breathing heavily in exhaustion after everything was over, Hikari gently stroked her smooth back to help her catch her breath.
After taking a while to recover, the beautiful investigator finally came back to herself.
Turning her head and seeing Hikari's handsome face so close, her entire face instantly flushed crimson.
"Hikari-kun, I..."
"Rika-nee, have some water first."
Hikari interrupted her and handed her a bottle of water.
"O-Okay!"
Ikazuchi Rika knew that whatever she said right now would only make things more awkward.
Besides, after all that acting she was extremely thirsty.
Blushing, she accepted the bottle and gulped down several mouthfuls.
Halfway through drinking, her tired hand suddenly trembled.
Her grip slipped, and the bottle tipped over onto the floor.
Water splashed everywhere.
"Ah!"
Ikazuchi Rika hurriedly picked it back up.
But a large section of the tatami beneath them had already been soaked.
Hikari touched his clothes.
They were damp and sticky as well.
"I-I'm so sorry, Hikari-kun!", Ikazuchi Rika apologized awkwardly, her face bright red.
"It's fine. Let's wipe up the water first," Hikari said.
Ikazuchi Rika nodded and hurriedly started cleaning it up.
Hikari also picked up a rag and helped her wipe the wet floor.
Watching Ikazuchi Rika, whose skin was already covered with a layer of sweat after moving around for only a short while, Hikari couldn't help thinking, 'This beautiful investigator really does sweat a lot.'
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