Chapter 77: It was done by Mist Tengu

Jiang Xia responded perfunctorily.

I flew the puppet for too long last night and consumed a lot of energy.

However, psychics and ghost fetuses are different.

The consumption of ghost fetus can only be restored by taking ghost mint. But as a living person, the psychic can also replenish his energy by "sleeping" and other methods besides taking ghost mint.

Now, Jiang Xia has more and more ghosts to support, so he thinks: since he doesn't have to drive on the road anyway, he might as well recover in a more murderous way.

--sleep.

Jiang Xia entered the hall, found a corner to sit down, hugged the ghost fetuses on both sides, and continued to doze off.

The original Mist Tengu case was a classic case of reputation-boosting because of its complicated operation and its methods that combined metaphysics and science.

But now, the old monk died suddenly, and Jiang Xia was not going to reveal his act of hanging someone, so there was really no room for reasoning.

Rather than getting involved and not being able to say anything, it is better to leave the battlefield from the beginning and leave everything to the police.

At worst, there is a detective next to us.

——Boss, come on!

…

This temple is also located in Tokyo, and the person who came was once again Inspector Megure.

Inspector Megure strode into the house and paused when he saw Jiang Xia in the corner of the hall:... I didn't expect that I would meet brother Jiang Xia in such a remote area almost out of Tokyo. It seems that this case is another murder case.

Inspector Megure arranged his men to investigate the scene and he walked over to find Jiang Xia.

Seeing that Jiang Xia seemed very sleepy, Inspector Megure made a joke to cheer him up: "It seems that the temple can't suppress the wronged spirit of Brother Kudo - why don't you find a shrine to exorcise the evil spirit?"

However, before Jiang Xia could say anything, someone next to him suddenly said, "There are no wronged ghosts in the world, and the police shouldn't believe in such things. Even if there really are, it's because your efficiency in solving cases is too low, and you can't bring the murderer to justice. If you have time to look for temples and shrines, you might as well improve your investigation skills."

Inspector Megure was stunned, and suddenly felt as if he was being criticized by his superior.

He turned around and saw a young man with a serious face.

The man had blond hair, dark skin, and his facial features and hair color made him look like a foreigner.

Although the other person was younger than him, Inspector Megure felt inexplicably suppressed by his aura. He hesitated and said, "You are..."

Jiang Xia rubbed his eyes and introduced himself briefly: "He's the boss of the detective agency I work for."

As he said this, he glanced at Toru Amuro.

I don’t know if it’s an illusion, but I always feel that the boss’s reaction is a bit extreme - the statement that “there are no wronged souls” seems to be not just directed at Inspector Megure, but there is something else behind his words.

Jiang Xia looked at his ghosts with a guilty conscience, hesitated for a moment, and ordered them to hang around Amuro Toru.

A few ghosts lined up and floated by obediently, some even flew into your face.

However, Toru Amuro kept his eyes fixed straight ahead, completely unaware of the presence of the ghost.

Jiang Xia felt relieved immediately.

Come to think of it, how could Toru Amuro, a scientific leader on the red team, believe that there are wronged souls in the world?

…

The police soon called the young monks for questioning.

Jiang Xia took a look and closed his eyes without caring much.

He was not worried that Xiunian would expose the existence of "Mist Tengu" - no one would believe it if he told them, and even if they did, they would not be able to find the Mist Tengu.

Moreover, the puppet took on the appearance of Jiang Xia's soul, not this body. In other words, even if Xiu Nian saw the puppet's face clearly, she would not be able to connect Wu Tengu with him.

…

Fortunately, it turned out that Xiunian was quite patient and did not reveal any flaws when being questioned by the police officer.

With few clues, the police investigation reached an impasse.

Toru Amuro heard about an old case from two years ago from a monk. He vaguely guessed the method used by the murderer in the "Mist Tengu Murder" case that year.

But today's case, both the cause of death and the situation at the scene, are very different from those two years ago and cannot be applied.

Inspector Megure looked at Jiang Xia in embarrassment and found that the new brother was lying on the table to catch up on his sleep and had no intention of getting up to reason. The new brother's boss also remained silent.

Inspector Megure could only sigh and thought that this case might not be a murder case at all, which was why it did not match the business scope of Jiang Xia and his superiors.

…

However, when the police were about to call up their team, things suddenly took a strange turn.

Residents living at the foot of the mountain sent two photos.

——When they were driving home last night, they passed by here and accidentally saw a strange-shaped bird in the sky, so they took a picture of it.

When they were sorting out the photographic papers this morning, they discovered that the "strange bird" actually looked very much like a person with wings, and that person seemed to be holding another person in his hands.

Because it was dark and the distance was far, the photo was very blurry.

But precisely because of this, it gives people enough room for imagination.

…

The police officers looked at the blurry human figure in the photo and suddenly remembered the strange wing prints they observed on the beam on the top of the confinement cell during the investigation just now.

Considering the terrifying "Mist Tengu" legend in the vicinity, several timid police officers have begun to secretly pray to Buddha.

Then they were scolded by Inspector Megure, using the words that Amuro Toru had just said to him: There are no wronged souls in the world, and by analogy, there is no Mist Tengu.

…

In the end, Inspector Megure was unable to figure out the case and had to temporarily withdraw his team.

When the police left, the car that Toru Amuro called also arrived.

Jiang Xia followed him into the new car.

A closer look revealed that there was a new tire in the trunk and on the back seat. Jiang Xia even saw a few mousetraps in the back.

He carefully memorized the location of the mousetrap, then turned around and continued to doze off while hugging the ghost, while the vehicle continued to move towards Izu.

Although Toru Amuro felt sorry for not being able to solve the case, he still had a mission to accomplish.

And at the moment, there is a lack of clues in the case, so it is useless for him to stay.

In addition, the longer you stay in the temple, the more something seems wrong. You don’t want to stay there for long... There must be something wrong with the magnetic field.

…………

When they arrived at the place, Jiang Xia was woken up by Amuro Toru again.

Although this temporary boss did not say it explicitly, Jiang Xia always felt that his face was full of lines like "Are you possessed by something?", "Why don't you really go find a shrine?", "This won't work".

But in the end, Toru Amuro still stood firm in his materialist stance and didn't say a word.

…

There are many high-end hotels along the Izu coast.

But Toru Amuro did not choose those hotels. Instead, he picked a B&B near a pottery classroom and stayed on the top floor.

From here, with a telescope, you can barely see a corner of the potters' courtyard.

——The target pottery classroom is a shop-front and home-back model, with the shop connected to Kikuemon’s yard.

After entering the B&B room, Toru Amuro pulled the curtains, set up a telescope, and observed secretly for a while, but did not see anything wrong.

So he decided to wait until dark, sneak in to investigate and get a general idea of ​​the situation.

The next day, I used the experience coupon to sneak into the pottery classroom and gather information in a more targeted manner.

…

Unlike Toru Amuro, Jiang Xia doesn't have much enthusiasm for work.

He knew that the "eavesdropping pottery" that Toru Amuro wanted to investigate was actually a farce - it was just a rehearsal prop used by a reserve murderer, not someone targeting the organization.

Even if they were targeting the organization, it had nothing to do with Jiang Xia. After all, he was just an innocent peripheral member...

Jiang Xia originally planned to continue catching up on his sleep.

However, just as he lay down, there was a knock on the door.

——Toru Amuro handed him a book, "Introduction to Ceramics", but he didn't know when and where he got it from.

"They opened a pottery class to select successors to the art of pottery - if you show more talent, you might get more opportunities to do so."

After saying this, Toru Amuro went back to keep watch.

In the room, Jiang Xia held the book in silence for a moment, thinking that Amuro Toru was really a talent who could increase the workload of his employees.

Fortunately, although Jiang Xia has never played with pottery, he has made many things in the past.

——In those days when there were no ghost fetuses but only shikigami, if you wanted to make a puppet that looked a bit like a human, you had to do it yourself. Jiang Xia mastered the skill of this by doing it over and over again.

Although there are many differences between clay and puppet materials in terms of feel and other aspects, the core is definitely not much different.

Jiang Xia flipped through the book "Introduction to Ceramics" meaningfully, threw the book aside, locked the door and continued to catch up on his sleep.

(End of this chapter)