It has to be said that these discoveries made the cabinet extremely panic, not to mention the third monster - it was no longer like the first or second monsters that could be explained by science. It was more like a creature like demons and vampires that appeared in myths and legends.
Humans have not paid much attention to these things, especially in modern times, when creatures like the devil in myths and legends seem to have long since disappeared. However, when they began to screen everything because of the previous monster transformation incident, those things that were originally hidden in the darkness suddenly appeared.
It's like a person living in his own house, living comfortably, and then one day he suddenly found a strange creature running around in his house, and then he curiously took a flashlight to check the whole house, and was horrified to find that there were poisonous snakes and countless cockroaches and rats under his floor! !
This is really scary! ! When I think about living with such a group of monsters, I can't sleep well at night.
In addition to this, various countries have also conducted investigations and found that similar phenomena have occurred all over the world - or, because of the chopping and murder cases that have occurred around the world, everyone has discovered these unimaginable secrets hidden in the darkness during the investigation process!
Soon, the cabinet held a closed-door meeting and decided to set up a special department to deal with the threat of these non-human monsters. In the end, the Ministry of Defense established a unit called the Supernatural Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters, and under it, a special combat unit. Their mission is to deal with various supernatural non-human monsters to protect humans from the threat of these monsters and to conduct research on these monsters.
This force also brings together elites from all walks of life.
Of course, this kind of thing will not be disclosed to the public, and the media naturally has no way of knowing it.
As for Kamurocho, it is still immersed in the world of feasting and revelry.
Although the Millennium Tower, the representative building of Kamurocho, has completely collapsed, the area has now been cleared and a new building will be rebuilt soon.
But for some people, this is really speechless.
"What on earth is going on here..."
Standing in front of the ruins, looking at the messy ruins in front of him, Majima complained speechlessly.
"It's really a headache for a building that was built with great effort to have something like this happen."
The person standing next to Majima is naturally Makimura Minoru, but now she is dressed like an urban white-collar worker - after recognizing her brother, Makimura Minoru also joined Tachikawa Real Estate, and her brother also hired a doctor to treat her, and now Makimura Minoru's eyesight has almost recovered.
"The unluckiest ones are the store owners. Now they can only hope that the money from the East City Association is enough to compensate them."
Mashima sighed helplessly. As a landmark building in Kamurocho, the Millennium Tower naturally housed many businesses, and with the collapse of the Millennium Tower, these businesses naturally suffered heavy losses. Many people even looked at the ruins in front of them in confusion when they came to work the next morning.
What happened? I have such a big store. It was right here, how could it collapse?
In the end, the police blamed the Dongcheng Clan, so the Dongcheng Clan became the target of public criticism and was taken to court for compensation. Now the entire Dongcheng Clan is completely bankrupt, all its funds have been frozen, and all of them have been used to pay compensation for those stores - from this perspective, this largest gang in Kanto with 25,000 members is now completely dead, and even its younger brothers have fled.
After all, if you don't run away, you will have to wait for compensation.
Therefore, brotherhood is extremely fragile in the face of money.
Rika Real Estate was also affected. As the owner of the land, they also spent money to build the Millennium Tower, originally intending to make it a landmark building in Kamurocho.
Well, now it is a landmark to some extent.
In the end, the reconstruction work was naturally taken over by Rikka Real Estate, but it was no longer possible to build high-rise buildings here, and even if they were built, I'm afraid no one would dare to move in. So in the end, Rikka Real Estate decided to build a large square and underground street here, and Mashima and Makimura Minoru were here to supervise this work.
After all, since we can’t build tall buildings, we can just dig deeper. It’s the same anyway, right?
If this collapses again... that's fate, just accept it.
"But Mr. Majima, you look really weird in this outfit."
"I don't want to dress like this..."
Hearing what Majima said, Majima looked at his suit speechlessly. He was dressed similarly to when he was the club owner in Sotenbori, in a suit from head to toe. He looked quite respectable, except that the black eye mask was a bit distracting. In fact, every time Majima went out with Makimura, he was mistaken for Makimura's bodyguard.
Although the actual situation is pretty much the same.
"But...it's still very handsome..."
“Ahahahaha…”
Hearing Makimura's praise, Majima scratched his head a little embarrassedly. Then he seemed to sense something and turned his head to look behind him.
"What's wrong, Mr. Majima?"
"No, nothing. I just felt like someone was watching us... maybe it was an illusion."
Looking at the two people in the distance, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders and looked away.
Well, it seems that they are doing well. Judging from the situation, it is only a matter of time before they get married.
So, why bother being a gangster? Wouldn't it be more promising to find a decent job? Look, this man with the eyepatch is the right one, unlike that idiot who is still in prison... Well, he probably has to stay in prison for another five years.
"Mr. Fang Zheng!"
Just as Fang Zheng was thinking, he heard Sayu's voice from behind him. Fang Zheng turned around and saw Sayu walking out of the alley excitedly and taking out two wallets.
"Look, I succeeded!"
"Well, it seems like you don't have much money?"
"After all, the bad guys are poor..."
At this point, Sayu also seemed a little disappointed.
"There's nothing we can do about it. During this period of time, East City will be completely destroyed. All the gangsters who should have fled have already fled. The only ones left are some poor people."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders. It was better when he first came here. At that time, Kamurocho was full of money. You could pick up hundreds of thousands of dollars from any black suit. But now, with the destruction of the Tojo Clan, most of the Tojo Clan members who were entrenched in this area have also dispersed. Only some low-ranking gangsters and bad boys are left... These poor guys naturally don't have much money.
By the way, Fang Zheng can now feel that as his first layer of seal is released, something in this world seems to have gradually begun to surface.
How to put it, it's like boiling water, and now it has gradually changed from a stagnant pool of water to small bubbles starting to rise from the bottom - Fang Zheng has not forgotten that this world is a prison for him, and as a prison, it certainly won't be a place for him to live in his old age.
Hmm...it would be great if it was a prison opened in Sweden. Not only could I live there in my old age, but I could also play PS4.
But unfortunately, this prison obviously won't let itself go so easily. The most obvious point is that in recent times, the number of mysterious murders reported from all over the country has increased sharply.
Sometimes there were mass disappearances in the east, sometimes there were dismemberment murders in the west, sometimes there were evil cult rituals in the south, and sometimes there were strange hunting cases in the north... Although most people could not notice it, Fang Zheng was able to find that in recent times, the number of various murders and strange hunting cases reported in the news had increased by more than one percentage.
It's like water is slowly heating up, and no one knows what it will be like when it boils.
Hmm... I hope the world won't really end in 2012.
The world can't be so shameless.
"Ding-ling-ling..."
Just at this moment, Fang Zheng's cell phone rang. He picked up the phone, and then Ida Zhen's voice appeared in his ears.
"Hey, bro, what are you doing?"
"Go shopping and date beautiful women."
Fang Zheng patted Sayu's shoulder and answered.
"Haha, it seems like you have a lot of free time."
"……so what?"
"So, there's something I hope you can help me with."
"I refuse."
Fang Zheng directly chose to refuse.
"Don't be so quick to refuse. This will be good for you, right? I remember you said you work part-time as a detective."
"…Occasionally, occasionally."
Faced with Detective Ida's persistence, Fang Zheng was speechless. After that, Detective Ida came to him several times, as if he was going to get to the bottom of the matter. Fang Zheng had no choice but to say that he was a detective as a side job, but he didn't expect that he would be pestered by the other party.
"Well, how about this be regarded as a commission from me?"
"As a policeman, aren't you ashamed to ask a detective for help? Besides, no matter what I find, it won't help you solve the case."
Conan's evidence is meaningless. Any evidence found by a private detective cannot be used as evidence to solve a case. Because there is a possibility of forged evidence, the court will not accept it. Even in civil lawsuits, similar to wiretapping, surveillance and other information, if it comes from a government agency or a third-party agency, then it's fine, but the evidence obtained by a private detective is basically not worth adopting.
For example, in Ace Attorney, the evidence that a lawyer finds at the crime scene cannot be submitted to the court in a strict sense, and the court will not use it. Even if the evidence is 100% able to determine who the criminal is, as long as it is collected by illegal means, it will also be considered invalid.
This is also the reason why Fang Zheng doesn't like being a detective. In the Conan world, he likes to follow the police route. When facing those cunning criminal suspects, he is too lazy to ask questions and just shows his ID - OK, OK, next we will go to the police station to treat you to pork chop rice... That is simple, crude and convenient, isn't it much better than Conan jumping up and down and running around?
"So, I hope you can assist me with the case, and there will be no problem."
"...You are really persistent, Mr. Ida."
"That's no problem, right? After all, you're just a photographer. If you can help the police with their investigation... I can't give you a lot of money, but it will be very convenient, right?"
"Haha, you're just an official, and I believe you? Besides, you've been promoted now, haven't you? Go find your subordinates?"
"Well..."
Hearing Fang Zheng's ridicule, Ida started coughing.
"Well...well, actually something happened, so I can't find anyone to help for the time being."
"So you came to me? I'm an outsider, huh?"
"Right. So are you willing to help? I have to warn you in advance that if you're not willing... it will be a lot of trouble, okay?"
"As a police officer, it's not appropriate for you to threaten a law-abiding citizen in such a blatant way."
"Hehe, law-abiding citizen... You should not have forgotten your previous atrocities against the MIA members. If you are willing to do me this favor, then this matter can be written off, okay?"
Well... there is a ghost, definitely there is a ghost.
Hearing this, Fang Zheng rolled his eyes. He was sure that the other party must have some insider reason for asking him for help. But... this is better!
After all, Fang Zheng has always wanted to get close to public authorities, but his previous identity was not very legal. Although he doesn't know why Yida is looking for him now, if he can get the endorsement of public authorities, then his next actions will be much easier.
Of course, although Fang Zheng thought so, he still had to be a little reserved.
It is said that even if you are willing in your heart, you have to say that you are not willing - this is the only way to increase the price.
"So, what are you going to do with me?"
"Actually, I took a case."
When it comes to business, Ida's tone suddenly becomes serious.
"oh."
"We have received information that a series of serial murders and disappearances have occurred in a certain area."
"Shouldn't this kind of thing be handed over to the local police?"
"The problem is that the local police officer who was responsible for investigating the case has also disappeared and may have been killed."
"So the Metropolitan Police Department transferred you to deliver the goods... Who did you offend again?"
“Hehehe…”
Faced with Fang Zheng's ridicule, Ida did not answer, but just smiled awkwardly.
"So, are you willing to help?"
"You make it sound like there's a choice... Pay a deposit first, and then pay the balance after the deal is done. Also, I want all expenses for this trip to be reimbursed by the Metropolitan Police Department."
"no problem."
Faced with Fang Zheng's request, Yida agreed immediately.
"So, are you willing to help?"
"…Okay, so, where are we going?"
"Chang'e City."
"……Um??"