Chapter 74 Assassin 4

Of course, Kurosaki Utsuki's reasoning was completely correct. After all, the two people who witnessed everything with their own eyes told her everything in person.

Invisible souls can see too many secrets, but most of the time, they have no chance to bring these secrets to the living.

Today was a special situation. If Hagiwara Kenji hadn't been waiting for her, she wouldn't have openly asked and relayed the information.

As she finished her words, she heard Matsuda Jinpei sigh from behind, whether it was from the heart or in a sarcastic tone: "You are still as charming as ever."

"Are you praising me?"

She tilted her head and replied, looking frail and delicate, her body riddled with flaws. But the next second, the criminal, believing his crime was completely exposed and with no escape, who attempted to take her hostage, was restrained by her single hand, twisting his arm and holding him in place.

The man struggled twice but failed to break free. He twisted his neck and glared at her fiercely, completely unable to accept the reality: "Why did you--"

"I'm not some weak brainiac," Kurosaki Utsuki tilted her head. "So you don't recognize me?"

She tilted her head and lowered her voice, "It's best if you don't resist anymore. The souls of the two you killed are still normal now, but I don't know when they will turn into evil spirits."

After saying that, she let go of his hand, took a step back, and gave her space to the police officer who came forward.

"As expected, the name 'Psychic Detective' seems to be a thing of the past."

She shook her head with emotion, gradually retreated and hid in the crowd, and soon her figure disappeared.

·

After finding the gloves and umbrella that Kurosaki Utsuki mentioned, the case was completely solved.

When the venue was reopened, Ida Kou went to look for the detective who had quickly solved the mystery and made inferences, and asked her to go to the main office to record her statement, but he found that the bright orange figure was no longer in the venue.

"She left early because of something urgent," explained Matsuda Jinpei, who had been entrusted by Kurosaki Utaki to cover the rear. "She'll go to the main agency on her own, and she might bring other cases with her."

When she left, she brought along Morobushi Kagemitsu, who had come for the recent murder of a police officer. If her "own" kidnapping had nothing to do with that organization, the case might eventually be handed over to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Although she herself feels that the probability of it being unrelated is very small.

Yi Dahang was stunned: "Another new case?"

"It's not necessarily a case yet," Matsuda Jinpei replied vaguely, "Anyway, whether it is or not, she can easily solve it."

Just like just now.

"That's true," Ida Ko agreed, but then shook his head. "If Ge Xi wasn't a forensic doctor but a police officer—"

Matsuda Jinpei said bluntly, "The autopsy rate in that bureau will drop even lower."

“…That’s right.”

He couldn't refute that.

·

At the same time, Kurosaki Utsuki and Morofushi Kagemitsu were already on their way to Karakura City.

With Keimitsu Morofushi driving, Utaki Kurosaki was fiddling with her cell phone while cursing the criminal for being too much. He actually committed a crime at a wedding. Apart from the direct victims, Miwako Sato and Ran Mori, how painful would the newlyweds be?

After cursing for a while, her emotions finally calmed down. She put down her phone and talked about Kenji Hagiwara's coming to the human world to take up a post, as well as introduced the current specific situation.

Morobushi Kagemitsu was initially excited to hear that his former companion had returned to the world, but as she spoke, his expression gradually grew more subtle. "Are you saying that Hagiwara returned here, but is stuck in your body?"

Kurosaki Utsuki nodded sadly.

"Yeah, he said he wanted to give me a surprise, so he left Soul Society a little early. When he found me, he realized my body was empty, so at Jinpei's instigation, he stepped into it." She curled her lips and scoffed, "And then he couldn't get out."

What could she do? She was desperate.

Morobushi Kagemitsu couldn't help but laugh. "Then he volunteered to protect Ms. Miyano, but was kidnapped under your identity, Utaki. Was that Hagiwara's plan?"

"Well... I don't know the details yet. Although I can see his current location on my phone, he didn't answer the call I just made."

But she wasn't particularly worried about it - in comparison, she was more worried about whether "herself" was recorded in some electronic device. If this became a case, it would be difficult for her to explain how she appeared in two places at the same time.

"By the way, we will pass by my house on the way there. Let's stop for a while. I'll go get a prop from my house."

Zhu Fujingguang understood and replied, "A spray to process memories?"

"Well, it's a must-have for home and travel."

That being said, after she lost her spiritual power in the Quincy War, she no longer needed that auxiliary tool that served as a proxy for the Shinigami.

After regaining his spiritual power seven years ago, he had been busy with work and studies, and had little interaction with the then-Mika stationed Death God... But the situation is different now.

"Thanks to Yanerjun, I only managed to sleep an average of three hours a day this week, and Rice Flower City remains as peaceful as ever."

"Has Gexi picked up the knife again?" asked a friend next to him.

"What are you talking about?" She looked back with a smile. "I've always been holding it—a scalpel, a dissecting knife, or a Zanpakutō. In essence, they are all weapons to protect humanity."

·

So she didn't need to worry.

After stopping briefly at home to say hello to his brother and sister-in-law, when he arrived at the location indicated by Hagihara Kenji's cell phone, the matter was already completely over.

It was in an old research institute that was abandoned but not completely abandoned. The four-story building was dilapidated, and from the outside, only one room on the third floor had the light on.

Kurosaki Utsuki asked Morobushi Kagemitsu, who was not allowed to show up in public, to find a place to hide downstairs, and he explored all the way up, only to see a few people who were in a coma and suspected to be researchers.

The largest number of people were unconscious in the lighted room on the third floor, while Kenji Hagiwara, who was holding the girl's body, was in a room on the fourth floor, searching for something with a flashlight.

As soon as Kurosaki Utsuki appeared at the door of the room, he turned around abruptly, his face full of grievance: "Utsuki, my phone screen was accidentally broken."

"...So you can't answer the phone?" Kurosaki Utsuki twitched her lips, feeling that this was to be expected. "What exactly happened? Jingguang is downstairs. I'll call him and let him know what's going on."

Hagiwara Kenji placed the documents he was holding on the table next to him and said cheerfully, "That's perfect. These people seem to belong to that organization. Gathering information here should yield some results."

As she spoke, Kurosaki Utsuki had already made a call, while also keeping an eye on the nearby spiritual energy fluctuations. She didn't mind if someone here reported back to the organization that Kurosaki Utsuki had ruined their plans again, but she didn't want anyone to escape.

After the call was connected, Kurosaki Utsuki briefly explained the situation and asked Morofushi Keimitsu to call someone over as soon as possible. Then Hagiwara Kenji also recounted his wonderful experience today.

"Their original target was probably Shiho-chan," he began, "Shiho-chan has an appointment with Mr. Akai from the FBI today."

"For safety reasons, I disguised myself as Shiho and went out first. I left home under the protection of Mr. Akai's companions, and sure enough, someone secretly followed me."

"Then they surrounded us with three cars and took me away by force."

The corner of Kurosaki Utsuki's mouth twitched. She was completely confused by Akai Shuichi's complete lack of awareness that his companions were not that reliable.

...It may also be because I am used to fighting alone.

"The people protecting me weren't injured. I asked them to pretend to be unconscious after the car was hit. Later, because there were passers-by who noticed the car accident, the kidnappers didn't try to silence Mr. Akai's colleagues. Instead, they took me away from the scene as quickly as possible."

That sounds like it went pretty smoothly.

"Well, my identity was exposed very quickly." At this point, Hagiwara Kenji laughed innocently, "Because the wig accidentally fell off."

...Tsk.

"After realizing they'd kidnapped the wrong person, they wanted to give me some strange medicine," Hagiwara said finally. "It seemed like it was a drug that Shiho-chan had a hand in making... If it were a fake body, it wouldn't be a problem, but I'm using Utsukino's body after all, so I have to cherish it."

Kurosaki Utahi nodded and almost subconsciously touched the top of the other person's head: "Well done."

Zhu Fujingguang's helpless voice came from the receiver: "I can hardly tell which of you is the real Ge Xi."

Kurosaki Utsuki laughed: "Hmm? Isn't that good?"

The two men, flashlights in hand, walked down the hallway and moved downstairs. The next task would be handed over to the companions summoned by Zhu Fushigami, so these two "ordinary people" could retreat.

Although Kurosaki Utsuki regretted that Gin was not among them, she also felt that if Gin, who knew that she possessed superhuman abilities, was present, things would not have gone so smoothly... In short, the current situation was the best, as long as she gained something.

While recycling his shattered phone on the third floor, Hagiwara Kenji suddenly thought, "How's the wedding going? I think the timing of my call wasn't very good."

"We encountered an attempted murder case." Kurosaki Utsuki curled her lips, feeling annoyed again when she thought of the criminal. "But with 'Hagiwara Persimmon' here, there's no way he'll just leave the crime scene—just kidding, I'm pretty lucky. I managed to catch the criminal who had committed three previous murders."

"Isn't that great! As expected of Utahiki-chan!"

When the joyful voice reached her ears, Kurosaki Utsuki stopped and looked at the person opposite her, slightly stunned.

The orange-haired girl's eyes sparkled, reflected in the setting sun that streamed through the corridor window, as if the sunlight was flowing down and taking on a human form.

"You, no, I should say it's me," Kurosaki Utsuki blinked and said with a heartfelt sigh, "It's not very modest to say this, but I'm really cute."

"Right!" The person opposite had a brighter look in his eyes and a more charming smile. "Little Gexi is really super-cute!"

A few seconds later, Zhu Fujingguang's helpless voice came from the receiver of the phone: "Ge Xi, I'm still listening."

Um?

"Hey--Hiro-chan, don't you think Utsuki-chan is cute?"

Zhu Fujingguang was stunned: "Eh? No, that's not the case... No, are you really Hagiwara? Or, are you actually Utsukuni? I really can't tell the two of you apart..."

Kurosaki Utsuki rubbed her chin.

"Hey, Jingguang." She raised her voice happily, "Don't tell Furuya about Kenji and I yet. I want to give him a surprise."