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"I see. Do I need to ask for leave from school?"

Jianye is now Reiya's guardian. Whether it is asking for leave or other matters that require the approval of the legal representative of a minor, they all need to be handled by Jianye Butler.

"Not necessarily. If it's the weekend, you don't need to ask for leave."

Ling also agreed to go to Izumo to participate in the New Year Hatsuma at Izumo Taisha, as a shrine maiden. So no matter what, even if it was just a formality, she had to go to Izumo Taisha to undergo the ceremony of becoming a shrine maiden, and then be entered into the list of shrine maidens at Izumo Taisha, officially becoming a clergyman - the kind whose name can be found in the relevant departments of government agencies.

Whether it’s the weekend or not, a two-day round trip to Izumo is not enough to see it all.

But Jianye said nothing, because he didn't know how the young lady traveled. If it was her unique way, half a day would probably be enough.

"Do you need me to go with you?"

"No need, Grandpa Jianye." Ling was also sitting in the back seat, looking at the old man in the front driver's seat, who already had a head full of white hair. "Grandpa Jianye, you also need to find something you like to do."

For example, playing golf is a bit of exercise, but it doesn't require much physical activity. Or you can go fishing at the beach or take a walk in the mountains.

Now that he is in his sixties and has spent most of his life in the Oshima family, it’s time for him to relax and enjoy his time.

Jianye just smiled.

"Okay, but that has to wait until the eldest daughter gets married. I also have to drive the wedding car for her. I won't feel at ease before she gets married." Jianye never thought that he was old. He was still in his prime in his sixties.

Even ten years later, when the eldest daughter is of marriageable age, he will still be able to drive when he is in his seventies.

"Ah? Then I'll get married tomorrow."

This time it was Jianye's turn to be speechless. He didn't know if the young lady was joking or if she really had someone she liked. In any case, at such a young age, Jianye didn't think it was suitable.

How could a nine-year-old girl understand what love is? She is just curious about the opposite sex.

"I will marry Tomoyo. The Oshima family and Daidoji will form a strong alliance."

Knowing that the young lady was joking, Jianye laughed and breathed a sigh of relief.

But it is also true that the Oshima family and Daidoji are old friends. It would be great if the Daidoji family's child was a boy. The master and his wife would definitely be happy to see such a marriage. Daidoji Shiro, this name is not bad.

Unfortunately, the one from the Daidoji family was also a girl. Daidoji Tomoyo, that was the eldest lady's best friend.

Of course, if the boy from the Daidoji family was really a boy, Miss Lingye would not have said such a thing. The two of them might not even become friends, as fate is unpredictable.

The little black car was driving on the streets of Tokyo. It was another peaceful and tranquil day without any super beasts disturbing it.

TAC team, after discussing with Reiya a few days ago, the suggestions that Beidou brought back were approved by Professor Kiji.

"In science, this is called bionics. In fact, people have been studying it since ancient times. For example, the legendary Icarus flew to the sun wearing wax wings. Although it is a myth, it is also the yearning and imitation of birds' flying by our ancestors. Animals have many abilities that we humans do not have, and modern science has also listed this as a branch of science."

"So, if we observe pigeons and study their automatic returning to the nest pattern, as well as the simple thinking logical patterns of other animals, will these work?" Captain Long confirmed with Mu Kaji.

"It works. This is indeed a direction worth studying. But then again, ordinary pigeons from the vegetable market won't do. We have to have homing pigeons."

Pigeons raised by humans as meat pigeons have long lost their instincts.

"Carrier pigeon? Where can I find a carrier pigeon?"

"I know. I heard there's a racing pigeon association in Tokyo that holds a race every few years," Yoshimura interjected.

Yoshimura is usually interested in these strange competitions. His hobbies are always different.

"Where do the Pigeon Association get the pigeons? They are just the qualification review department for membership and the organizer of the event." Yamanaka shook his head. "Who among the people in the Writers Association can write? Who among the people in the Calligraphy Association can really write?"

"Ah, that's true."

As Yamanaka said, the Pigeon Association does not raise homing pigeons.

It has a competition referee group, a news group, and a research group, but there is no department that actually raises homing pigeons. They set standards for homing pigeons and hold competitions regularly, but they don't raise homing pigeons themselves.

"This is going to be difficult."

"But the Pigeon Association should have a list, right? The information of the owners of the pigeons who join and participate in the competition should be recorded. I think there will always be people willing to cooperate with our TAC team."

"Nan Xizi is right! Captain, what do you think?" Beidou is always the first to agree with Nan Xizi's proposal.

This proposal does have merit.

"Well, Beidou, Nan, I'll leave it to you two to investigate. If you can contact the owner of the pigeon, you can't use force, you have to get their consent. If they are willing to cooperate with the TAC team, you can give them some compensation rewards, otherwise you can't force them."

"Understood, don't worry, Captain, we know what to do."

Chapter 106: Carrier Pigeon

The headquarters of the Pigeon Association was not difficult to find. Beidou, driving the Black Panther, and carrying Nan Xizi, they quickly found their destination on the outskirts of Tokyo following the map.

They were greeted by a young man named Kawasaki, who was more talkative than Beidou had imagined.

In fact, when Kawasaki saw Beidou and Minami Yuko wearing TAC team uniforms, he knew everything. If you are not in Tokyo, it is difficult to feel the conviction of TAC team.

Every time a super beast appears, they must appear on the front line to protect everyone as much as possible. From the Kurt team to the TAC team, the uniforms have changed one after another, but this purpose has never changed.

People will blame the government and the cabinet ministers, but no one will ever blame the TAC team that is at the forefront.

As Yamanaka said before, the Pigeon Association does not train pigeons. They are only responsible for appraising each pigeon sent by the owner and issuing pigeon leg rings with coded codes after paying a fee.

In fact, each region has its own pigeon association, such as the Aichi Shizuoka Regional Alliance, the Hokkaido Southern Regional Alliance, the Chiba East Regional Alliance, etc. In Saitama Prefecture alone, there is the Saitama Regional Alliance and the Higashi Saitama Regional Alliance.

Interestingly, there are only 43 counties in the country, but there are nearly 70 alliances named after regions.

The National Pigeon Association located in Tokyo does not have a superior-subordinate relationship with the regional alliance associations, but only plays a coordinating role in organizing various competitions.

But anyway, as the organizer of various activities, the information of homing pigeons across the country is indeed registered here.

It's just that the registration of the district itself is more detailed, while the records of participants from other alliances are more vague. Name, pigeon leg ring number, that's all. There is no home address other than the respective city.

Beidou had originally prepared to apply for an investigation warrant, but he didn't expect that as soon as he stated his purpose, a registration book had been opened in front of him.

"Is this okay? These are all personal privacy, right?" Beidou was a little unsure.

"You're exaggerating. What the TAC team needs to investigate must be related to the Ultra Beasts, and every citizen should cooperate. Moreover, this is a registration book for contestants, and it doesn't involve too much privacy. You see, the registration book only has the name and ID number, and the specific address is only registered to the city, nothing more specific."

In this era, mobile phone numbers did not exist, and landline phones were the exclusive domain of a few wealthy people. Of course, they were not in the registration book. In fact, the registration book did not even have a column for phone numbers. In this era, if you wanted to find someone, you either went to see them in person or sent a letter.

So if you want to find someone, you must have the exact address. Just the name and ID number are really meaningless to ordinary people, and these are worthless information.

However, this is not a problem for the TAC team. With the ID number, they can find out the specific situation through the police system.

In that case, Beidou won’t be polite.

"Let me see. Is this the list of participants in last year's National Pigeon Race? Yes, even the winning places are included. What is crossed out in red?"

"They are the runners who didn't finish the race, didn't run the entire distance, went home halfway, or simply disappeared."

"Can't all homing pigeons find their destination?" Beidou and Nan took a look and found that there were more than a hundred participating pigeons, and nearly half of them were crossed out with a red pen.

"Of course, this was a 1,500-kilometer race held last year, which is considered a long distance in pigeon racing. After all, there are too many possibilities for accidents over such a long distance. For example, they may be attacked by natural enemies. Pigeons are most afraid of eagles. Some may die suddenly due to exhaustion, lose their way, or just fly back to their farms. Pigeons also need to be carefully trained. They are not born knowing how to deliver messages."

"So if we want to find pigeons that can really know the way and return home from a distance of a thousand kilometers, do we have to find those that are ranked high?"

"In theory, this is definitely the case. At least the top three pigeons in the race all have excellent bloodlines and have been carefully bred by their owners. I was particularly impressed by the first-place pigeon, which was half a day ahead of the second-place pigeon and arrived at the designated place early."

Beidou and Nan were attracted by the staff's words and couldn't help but look at the column marked with the champion.

"The pigeon's name is 'White Snow', and the owner's name is - Mikage Aki. Judging from the name, she's a girl. Ah, it's a pity that the registered address is in Hokkaido, which is too far away." Beidou muttered to himself while reading the information.

Hokkaido is indeed quite far away. Although the TAC team's plane can arrive quickly, it is not easy to find someone in such a remote place. It is more suitable to stay in Tokyo.

"Look, the second place is in Tokyo. The pigeon's name is 'Kojiro', what a cute name." Nan Xizi found the second place's information and said, "The owner is called Murakami Saburo. Beidou, shall we go find this Saburo?"

"Ah."

With the help of the Metropolitan Police Department, Saburo's information was easily found. It was in an ordinary house in Honmachi 2-chome, Shibuya District, Tokyo.

But Beidou and Nan didn't expect that the first person they found would fail miserably.

When they drove to Saburo's address, Saburo was not at home. It was Saburo's mother who received them, and he was still in school. The boy named Murakami Saburo was still a second-year junior high school student.

"Are you asking about the pigeons that Sanlang raised? That's really unfortunate. I let that kid release the pigeons a few days ago."

"Released?"

Beidou and Nan looked at each other, both feeling a little unbelievable. Carrier pigeons are not ordinary pets. They require a lot of effort to breed. Not to mention how much money has been invested, even the feelings are too great. How could they be released so easily?

"That pigeon was picked up. It landed at Sanlang's feet two years ago when we went to the waterside to watch the boats. Its wings were injured. Sanlang kept saying that he wanted to keep it, but I didn't quite agree. But he was always disobedient and insisted on taking it home. I was watching TV a few days ago, and the news reported that pigeons have salmonella and Helicobacter pylori, which can infect people. It's too dangerous, so I asked Sanlang to throw the pigeon away no matter what. The kid even ran away from home, but was brought back by his father with a belt."

"Really thrown away?" Beidou still couldn't believe it. That was the runner-up pigeon in the national competition.

"Throw it away, of course. Ever since he started raising this pigeon, Sanlang's academic performance has been affected. What's the point of the prize money in this competition? Academic performance is the most important thing!"

Ah, when it comes to academic performance, it really hits the sore spot of parents. Taking care of a pigeon is definitely a hassle, and if it really affects the study, it is not surprising that it is thrown away. After all, in the eyes of parents, nothing is more important than academic performance.

The mission failed, Beidou and Nan were a little depressed, but there was nothing they could do. Since they had been released, they couldn't change back.

"Then excuse me."

"Why, aren't you waiting for Saburo to come back?"

"No."

Since the carrier pigeon is not here, there is no need to look for Saburo.

Back in the car, Beidou let out a sigh of disappointment.

"What a pity! The top three pigeon owners in the race are Saburo, who lives in Tokyo."

"Well, let's go report to the captain and see if it's necessary to go somewhere other than Tokyo."

"It can only be the."

As TAC's Black Panther drove back to the base headquarters, a pickup truck was driving on the road from Shibuya to the suburbs.

"Yongwu, I still don't think this is appropriate."

Although she was already in the pickup truck, Aki was still a little hesitant.

Aki knew that Hachiken Yugo worked for a wealthy family. It was said that the family's villa was in the mountains outside Tokyo, and there were often wild beasts around, so they hired Yugo to guard it.

This kind of forest ranger work is not unfamiliar to Aki. There are often such rangers in the mountains and forests of Hokkaido. One is to protect wild animals from hurting people, and the other is to monitor illegal hunting. They don't seek to catch people, just report to the police if they find anyone.

But Aki didn't expect that Hachiken would take the initiative to talk to the employer where he worked and let her live in the staff dormitory.

As for Maria's teasing about "living together" before, Aki didn't consider it - since it was an "employee dormitory", she thought it must be divided into male and female. She just felt that she had no reason to take advantage of others and live there for free.

You know, the rent for the shabby house she rented before was more than 50,000 yuan a month. How could the staff dormitory be more shabby than that house? The rent should be at least the same price.

She was not an employee and did not feel that she was qualified to live there for free, but she could not afford to pay for it.

As a child who grew up in the countryside, Yaji has always been well behaved and has never taken advantage of others. Her father always told her that "suffering a loss is a blessing".

"It's okay if you don't go. I'll turn around and go to the train station. Can you go back to Hokkaido and apologize to your uncle?"