Chapter 14 Chapter 14 Officer Isshiki is an excellent
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The innkeeper looked innocent. "What are you talking about? The layout of the castle? I don't know anything about this."
"Yeah, okay, boss, you know nothing about these things, let alone whether that scary castle is haunted or not." Kamonohashi Ron nonchalantly said, "Are you telling us that when we asked you earlier, you said so seriously that the castle was really haunted, but you were lying to us? You have to know that some people heard the rumors about the castle being haunted and even flew all the way here from Europe. It's really heartbreaking if you, boss, are lying just for business."
Isshiki Todumaru was initially wondering if he'd gone too far, but in the end, looking at the innkeeper's suddenly sweaty head, he finally dealt him a fatal blow: "Those things that scared Tiger Hair and the Divination Prince so much, were you the one who installed them to attract customers to the inn, right?"
The hotel owner said, "Okay, it was me, but I was just trying to turn the castle near the hotel into a new tourist attraction. I only scared the famous anchor a little bit. The impact shouldn't be so bad that you'd question me about it, right?"
"Yeah, so we're simply asking you about the traffic issue." Kamonohashi Ron said, "I personally don't have any objections, but I don't know if Prince Divination and Tiger Hair will have any objections. If they want to pursue accountability... we can complete the entire process now."
Hotel owner: “?”
Wait, is that right?!
He just played a prank and didn't seem to have done anything wrong, right? Why did the emotional anchor in front of him look like he was eager to send him to jail?
"Lun, you can't do this." Isshiki Todumaru realized something and said, "We are just here to ask if it is a trap set by the innkeeper. Besides, Prince Divination and Mr. Tiger Hair have no intention of pursuing responsibility."
"Is that so? If I had known earlier, I should have said I would hold someone accountable."
"Even if you want to hold someone responsible, you can only hold Mr. Ori... Sayo responsible, okay?! He never scared you at all. Mr. Sayo simply invited you to watch Tom and Jerry in the castle!"
Hotel owner: “…”
The hotel owner said: "Who came up with the idea of putting Tom and Jerry in that mysterious castle? I'm going to put Doraemon in it next time."
Isshiki Totomaru: "..."
These people are beyond saving!
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[Ohhhh, it turns out to be an insignificant little character, actually the inn owner! ]
[A very good hotel owner scared a person with super powers and also scared a fortune teller. The one who solved this case was our purely ordinary emotional anchor Yaya! ]
[As expected, there is a script, so it’s a common routine]
[What a shame! I still want to see Tiger Hair show off his super powers.]
[I'm so amused! It's a good idea to play Doraemon instead.]
Because the so-called mysterious castle exploration is basically over, and the exact person who set up the trap has been revealed by Kamohashi Ron, Oda didn't feel any guilt when he said goodbye to the next live broadcast. What's the shame of going off the air? There is no such thing as everyone going off the air together.
"Actually, our hotel also offers hot spring services. Are you interested?" the hotel owner said. "Although I set up those haunted traps to attract customers, there were actually some suspicious things happening in the castle a few days ago... but the police have been treating it as childish nonsense and have not taken it seriously at all."
"The police don't take it seriously?" Isshiki Todumaru asked in surprise, "What exactly is going on?"
Logically speaking, that shouldn't happen. The officers in the Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigation Division are very responsible. If something is suspicious and dangerous enough, they will really pay attention to it, no matter if the person reporting the crime is a child or something else...
Although in such cases he is often the one who responds to the call, and most of the time it is indeed a mistake.
But it seemed that Kamonohashi Ron's eyes were shining with excitement: "What are you talking about? Why didn't you tell me about such an interesting case earlier? Let's go investigate it together!"
As soon as he heard there was a difficult case, this guy got super excited. Wasn't it said he was just going to be an emotional anchor?!
Isshiki Totomaru looked at Kamo no Hashiro helplessly. It turned out that the man had already asked the hotel owner what exactly happened and where the problem occurred. Then, as if subconsciously, he naturally invited Isshiki Totomaru: "I've learned the general idea. From now on, Toto, just come with me to investigate!"
Isshiki Totomaru: "..."
Are you forcing me to buy or sell?!
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This time, Kamohashi Ron once again entered the mysterious castle that was said to be haunted, fully armed. Isshiki Todumaru looked at Kamohashi Ron, who had even prepared evidence bags and white gloves to prevent the crime scene from being destroyed, and didn't know what to say about him. This person did not take his identity as an emotional anchor seriously at all.
It's like being a detective!
But since Lun has a detective license, that means that the official organization that Lun mentioned, whether it is Blue or the World Detective League he mentioned, has given Lun a detective license, which means... these two organizations think that there is no problem with Lun being a detective?
"What's wrong, Toto? You seemed a little absent-minded when you came to investigate again after listening to the hotel owner's speech just now?" Kamohashi Ron seemed to be aware of someone's mood and asked.
"Ah, it's nothing. I was just thinking, considering you have a disease that would drive a murderer to his death, yet you still managed to get your detective license... that's pretty impressive."
"Of course." The corners of Kamo no Hashiro's mouth curled up slightly. "You know, I'm the best graduate in Blue's history. Almost all the world's top detectives graduated from Blue, and I'm the best of the best. It's normal for me to get a detective's license."
After a while, the corners of Kamo no Hashiro's mouth drooped. "Ah, but because of my incurable disease, some teachers do not recommend or want me to get a detective license. My final compromise is to diligently complete the psychological test sent by the World Detective League every year."
Isshiki Todumaru: ...No, I think that psychological test is indeed necessary.
"Besides, I only force murderers into a desperate situation. Other types of cases are completely fine." Kamohashi Ron said, "As long as they are not murderers, the disease will not be activated at all."
"So there are such rules?!"
"Yes, I told you when we first met that if it's just a simple scam, it's fine, no problem." Kamonohashi Ron stretched lazily. "But if it's a murder, I'll have to ask everyone to keep a close eye on me... Ah, I've arrived at the strange scene in the castle that the innkeeper mentioned."
"The hotel owner said that some children who were exploring this mysterious castle saw a woman lying on the ground, motionless and seemingly dead. They were so frightened that they called the police, but when they arrived they saw nothing and dismissed it as a child's prank."
"The problem is, the innkeeper said more than one kid told him that," Isshiki Totomaru said, "Wait, if there really is a body, wouldn't that be a murder case?!"
"Everything is here, so it's fine. Besides, I want to meet the deceased with respect!"
“Please don’t just assume there are dead people!”
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"It's probably this room." Isshiki Totomaru opened the door and took a look. "There's really nothing here. It's normal that the police came to investigate many times and thought it was a prank."
"Toto, if the eyewitness is a child, you can't view the situation from an adult's perspective," Kamonohashi said. "You have to treat their testimony with respect—start by putting yourself in the child's shoes."
Isshiki Todumaru: “Is that so…?”
But that's not a reason for you to just lie down on the ground outside, right?! What are you mumbling about?
Come to think of it, the first time I went to help Amemiya solve that murder case, he just lay down next to the corpse... What on earth is this, a detective quirk?!
After a while, Kamo no Hashiron asked Isshiki Totomaru to leave the room and close the door. He then squatted down and slowly opened the door like a child, only to see a completely different scene.
There was indeed a person in a white wedding dress lying on the ground, motionless.
Isshiki Todumaru: "The room is completely different too?!"
"It's like a secret passage in a mystery novel. It's really interesting," said Kamohashi Ron. "I don't know how it works, but if you use the handle that an adult can reach, you open the door to another room. But a child can't reach the handle, so they have to rely on their strength to push the door open... and when they push the door open, they open it to another room, and inside lies a dead person."
"Lun, how can you be sure that this is..." the deceased, and not some other doll in a wedding dress or something like that.
"Maybe plastic dolls don't have corpse spots." Kamohashi Ron said sarcastically, and Isshiki Totomaru sighed, "I'll ask my colleagues to come and seal off the scene."
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This time, it was Amemiya who led the team. When she saw Isshiki Totsumaru and wanted to ask about the situation, she saw Kamonohashi Ron beside her and asked with a little surprise, "Hey, Mr. Kamofu, why are you at the crime scene?"
"Because Officer Isshiki and I were the ones who discovered the crime scene, but we weren't the first to discover it," Kamohashi Ron said. "Someone must have called the police before, but they didn't seem to take it seriously."
"That's why I say that all of you police officers here should be more competent." At this time, a male officer appeared with tweezers. "Your suit buttons are not fastened! Your shoelaces are loose!" Then the male officer slowly shifted his gaze to Isshiki Todumaru: "...Zero qualifications."
Isshiki Totomaru: Why do you make him sound like a sugar-free drink!
"Is that so? I don't think so. Officer Isshiki is a very good officer." Kamohashi Ron suddenly retorted.
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