The snow in New York always disappears quickly.

When the sun comes out, they are often tired of it or have completely integrated into the city, disappearing silently. Only the wind and trees still remember their arrival and departure, very much like Huntsman in New York.

The way women in Ponte look when they see the police.

——After all, no one wants to be one of the thousands of unlucky people picked up by the New York police every year, right?

"So the police often run into obstacles with this group of smart women, especially when a case occurs. Their strong vigilance makes it difficult for us to know the truth."

Ellery Quinn was sitting in front of a tall building, holding a mobile phone in her hand, and spoke in a brisk tone, turning her head to look at the crowded street in the distance.

Everything seems normal there, and the citizens of New York are living as before. Although there is an appalling record in the news like "a 15-year-old girl beat a 70-year-old man to death and robbed all his belongings in order to pay for playing games", but obviously not

Interfering with the busy lives of New Yorkers.

They are still alive as before, just as they and their ancestors spent countless years in New York.

"Yes, I understand what you mean, and I have no intention of blaming you. From their own perspectives, everyone did nothing wrong."

Kitahara and Kaede replied with a sighing voice, "It sounded as gentle as ever, but a little more tired."

He sat on the edge of the bed, hugging Sigma who was sleeping deeply in his arms. He used one hand to try with some difficulty to braid the other person into a braid of the same style as Lucy's. He fiddled with the child in his arms subconsciously from time to time.

He let out a grunt of dissatisfaction.

"If abiding by the law cannot help a person survive, then there is nothing to blame for them taking other paths. But this does not mean that they do not need to pay a price for harming the interests of others and the stability of society.

Ellery Quinn was silent for a while and replied softly: "The human world is so cruel."

Human beings are so fragile and weak that they must live in a collective to survive. However, in order to maintain the existence of the collective, individual demands and interests are always ignored and sacrificed under excessively unified standards. Yes, some things are indeed justified.

It’s okay, but so what?

The law tolerates no mercy.

"Yes." Kitahara and Kaede said softly. He finally braided Sigma in his hands. He picked up the ribbon that had been lying beside him and tied it up. Then after discovering that he seemed to have tied a bow, his

He couldn't help but move his eyes a few centimeters to another place guiltily.

The snow-white rabbit poked its head out of the top hat that was tilted on the bed, sniffed around, and was very happy after seeing that the human seemed to have finished its work. It jumped over and stretched out its front paws, wanting a hug.

.

Beiyuan and Feng laughed, stretched out their hands to hold the snow-white glutinous rice cake in their arms, hugged it firmly, stood up and walked to the window, still holding the mobile phone they were chatting with Ellery in their other hand.

The warm sunlight outside the window falls on the road where the snow has been cleared, softly changing the colors of the world into sharp contrasts, making people sleepy.

"Humans are like rabbits."

The traveler held the rabbit in his arms and said this metaphor almost subconsciously. As a result, he couldn't help laughing when he said it, as if he suddenly thought of what Borges said at that time.

The retired magician in Guatemala talked about the relationship between New York and rabbits, Mr. Rabbit, and eternity.

"Ordinary rabbits remain silent most of the time about the tragedy of cornered rabbits, because they are powerless and must rely on the collective to survive. Desperate rabbits must resist, because they cannot survive without resisting. And rabbits who maintain order must suppress resistance.

, because no rabbit will be spared after the collective collapse."

Kitahara and Kaede explained the metaphor that he blurted out, staring at this beautiful city, and said softly: "There is nothing to blame, just like what I said before."

The world is not either right or wrong. He has traveled through such countries, so he naturally knows this very well.

"Dear Beiyuan, your words sound a bit like swearing, hahaha. But I feel relieved after hearing that you are so sober. I am still worried about what strange thoughts you have after seeing this gray area.

."

Ellery Quinn let out a "huh". It was unclear whether the short breath was sarcastic or self-deprecating, but her tone was as bright as ever when she spoke. She even leaned against the wall and stretched out, looking at the glasses.

Then he narrowed his bright silver eyes.

He didn't pay attention to this problem that was destined to be unsolvable, or to say that there were heavy topics about society, but he quickly said in a brisk tone belonging to a young man: "So are you still planning to go to that place to look for clues today?"

"This, I think it's a bit dangerous."

Beihara and Feng stretched out their hands to rub the soft fur on the rabbit's body. Thinking back to what happened last night, they almost uncontrollably pressed their fingers between their brows, with a hint of exhaustion in their voices:

"Po was at my house last night."

Ellery was stunned for a few seconds, and then he couldn't help but have a look of sympathy in his eyes: "...You, um, are you okay?"

"It's nothing, he just subconsciously asked me, 'Kitahara, did you go to the red light district when you came back so late today?'"

Kitahara and Kaede's voices sounded quite calm on the phone, but Ellery Quinn, as the culprit, silently moved the phone a little further away, trying to deceive his own conscience in this way.

"Then?" he asked cautiously.

"Then I explained to Sigma for two hours." Kitahara and Kaede said in a strange tone, "I also had to sleep with him. Actually, now that I think about it, maybe he acted last night - you know

? He was looking at me under the quilt with the condemning look of someone looking at a scum, and at the same time he was getting into my arms."

Ellery Queen was silent for a moment.

He felt that the direction of the story was not very consistent with what he imagined in his mind.

So the young detective suggested very sincerely:

"Kitahara, from the perspective of a detective attacking his colleagues, I think you are missing one step."

"For example, use this incident as an excuse to blackmail Edgar Allan Poe or something. Believe me, this guy must be terribly guilty now, and I strongly suggest blackmailing his raccoon--wait a minute, I'm showing up a little here.

Condition."

Ellery Quinn, who was casually and secretly stumbling upon his peers, frowned, put down the telescope he had just raised, and his tone instantly became calm and serious. He quickly threw away the telescope, put down his cell phone, and spoke.

I changed the equipment myself.

The two of them didn't speak for a short period of time until Quinn picked up the phone and said "ok".

"What's wrong?" Kitahara and Kaede asked on the other side of the phone.

"Humph, according to my recent trajectory research, after learning about this incident, O. Henry did have some changes today compared to before. This fisherman actually showed extra interest in some deep alleys and corners.

attention! Generally speaking, they are either vigilant or looking for someone.”

Ellery Quinn showed an unusually bright smile with a very proud expression: "Okay! Now he met a person who came out of the street corner. Let me see, he is quite beautiful. This can solve the problem as soon as possible.

The guys who didn’t want to stay were entangled with each other for almost ten minutes.”

"It doesn't matter if this is what happened this time. I can use this to threaten him in the future, otherwise I will tell his wife hahahahahaha!"

This threat is a bit too vicious.

Beihara and Feng thought of O. Henry, who only cared about their lover and daughter. They burned a stick of incense for each other in their hearts with sympathy, and moved their mobile phones further away from them.

Of course, there was also the reason that the other party's laughter was so loud that it was a bit noisy. But the main reason was that the rabbit in his arms had just jumped down and ran towards the cable that was exposed on the ground.

"So." The traveler pressed his temple, grabbed one of the rabbit's legs, and asked sincerely, "Dear Mr. Ellery, are you really not afraid of being exposed when you laugh so loudly?"

"Cough cough cough...oh, it's okay, I don't

It's tracking, about 800 meters away from him. I'm on the highest building on the street where he is patrolling today. Although the view is not as good as tracking closely, and some corners can't be seen, it's safer. Plus,

I can selectively ask people who pass by him around me without losing too much information."

Ellery coughed several times before he managed to hold back the smile on his face, rubbed his face with his hands, and replied in a brisk tone:

"And the scope I used to observe him is a sniper rifle scope with a filter to prevent reflection. Don't worry, this guy can still see the reflection of the scope from hundreds of meters away. You can rest assured when doing detective work, Kitahara

!”

Kitahara Kaede, who was trying to educate the rabbit about the safety hazards, suddenly looked strange after hearing these words, and almost let go of his outstretched hand, allowing the rabbit to jump to the cable.

Don't worry? Are you sure?

The traveler stopped talking for a while: originally he wanted to complain about why the other party was holding a sniper rifle, but the moment he exited, he suddenly remembered something.

——American sniper guns, because they are not easy to carry, seem to be easier to buy than guns?

"So why don't you use a telescope?" After suppressing their inner shock at the simplicity of American folk customs, Kitahara and Kaede couldn't help but asked curiously.

"Because if you use a telescope, most people will think you are peeping, right? But when I use the scope of a sniper rifle, it's different! You can tell at a glance that you are here to kill someone!"

Quinn's voice sounded particularly proud: "Even if he found out that I was looking at him and found signs of sniper weapons when he came over, he would just think that he was in some big trouble, not that

You were followed by me, and I eliminated the suspicion invisibly. Isn't that very smart?"

"Yes, you are really smart."

The next second, Beihara and Feng heard a faint voice coming from the phone, with a tone that sounded like there was some obvious disgust and disdain.

Kitahara and Kaede blinked.

"I didn't say that." He said sincerely on the phone.

"I know."

Ellery Quinn's tone was also very sincere, even tolerant and gentle: "Beiyuan, listen to my explanation, in fact, that was what my parrot said. Let me tell you, my parrot is all

The stupidest parrot in the world, thanks to him being by my side, I can be so tolerant of the slow thinking of normal people."

Then Ellery Queen immediately hung up the phone, probably going to fight with his parrot, well. Anyway, it can't be a good job anyway, right?

Parrot.

The thoughtful Kitahara and Kaede rolled their eyes after thinking of this word, couldn't help but burst into laughter, and finally buried their faces on the fluffy rabbit, making a muffled sound.
To be continued...