21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 681 - 677: A Date to Go Shopping (Seeking Subscriptions, Seeking Monthly Tickets)

However, the boss also felt sympathetic towards his niece, hoping she could enjoy outings and fun with friends like other ordinary girls, and thus directly said, "Since Doctor Kohinata invited you, you should go, Minami. Tomorrow just happens to be a slow day at the shop, and you haven't really had fun since you came to Tokyo, have you?"

Saying this, the boss also turned to Kohinata Kaori, entrusting her with: "Doctor Kohinata, my niece has been in Tokyo for some time and hasn't really gone out much, with just old clothes brought from home, and as a man, I don't know what kind of clothes girls like these days. Could I ask you to take her out shopping tomorrow and maybe help her buy a few pieces of clothing?"

"Of course, I can do that. Leave it to me!" Kohinata Kaori replied with a smile.

Minami was still a bit worried, but at that moment, it was not appropriate to object, so she compliantly agreed: "Then I'll trouble you, Doctor Kohinata."

"It's no trouble at all; it was my invitation to go out, after all," Kohinata Kaori patted her chest and laughed nonchalantly.

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Kohinata Kaori's invitation to Minami to go shopping naturally fell within the surveillance range of the Metropolitan Police Department.

However, for the agents monitoring Minami, the nearly two months of continuous observation had left them somewhat numb and slack.

After all, keeping an eye on a young girl working every day at a small restaurant, with a daily routine more punctual than an alarm clock, and who hardly ever left the restaurant, was really enough to numb and tire the agents over time.

While they had experience in long-term surveillance of suspects before, Minami's lack of significant activities was unprecedented.

For these agents, it was like serving a hard sentence — two months of surveillance and Minami's life had not changed at all, with her only outings being to accompany the boss for medical check-ups and surgery.

Two months of staring at a small shop that could be taken in at a glance without any discernible action left the team feeling like they were turning into salted fish.

Yet, they could not afford to relax, as their superiors constantly reminded them of the potential dangers of unexpected events, without actually telling them why, which only added to the agents' frustration.

The prospect of Minami finally agreeing to go out shopping undoubtedly brought a long-missed change to these watchers, as the monotonous surveillance of the past two months finally had something different.

They quickly reported this development and also hurried to formulate a plan of action; after monitoring for two months, they could finally get moving, which gave everyone on the team a sigh of relief.

At the same time, they couldn't help but envy their colleagues monitoring Inomata Naoki, who had a much more comfortable assignment than watching Minami.

Though Inomata Naoki's daily life was simple, working at the ranch, at least he wasn't like Minami, staying in the same place for two months without stepping out.

During those two months, because of his acquaintance with Tokairin Yūko, Inomata Naoki still came to Tokyo every weekend and had dates with Tokairin Yūko.

Every date meant a major operation for the team monitoring Inomata Naoki, involving full surveillance, action arrangement, and plan formulation... Their days could be said to be extremely busy, which made the team surveilling Minami enviously wish for something to do other than just staring blankly at the small shop all day!

Thankfully, it was finally their turn to take action.

With this mindset, the whole team was brimming with enthusiasm and eager to excel.

Although they didn't know what practical benefit good performance could bring, after being idle for two months, the elite squad from the Metropolitan Police Department was instinctively eager to demonstrate their capability, hoping to prove to their leaders they were not just idlers.

What the members of this operation team didn't know was that, as they were preparing for Minami and Kohinata Kaori's scheduled shopping trip, the other team monitoring Inomata Naoki was also preparing their action plan because Inomata Naoki was coming to Tokyo again and had arranged to dine with Tokairin Yūko.

Both operation teams were making intensive preparations, unaware of each other's activities.