In the warehouse full of dirt and debris, Qiao Muyi rubbed the dark red marks on the dirty white wall with her fingertips, and bits of information gradually took shape before her eyes.
She also gradually recalled that this was the place where a follower of the devil was executed.
Qiao Muyi had been very concerned about cases involving the devil's followers before, but she didn't think that she would be implicated at that time.
She remembered that there was a male high school student who was killed by the Spirit Hall's men. The male high school student had killed more than 30 ordinary people before. Before he died, he shouted out the prophecy "On the day when the devil descends, all traitors must die", and then committed suicide.
This is the most common way for the devil's followers to end up. On the contrary, it is relatively rare for the devil's followers to self-destruct after being subdued.
The above is the brief information Qiao Muyi learned from the Countermeasures Bureau. After she conducted on-site investigations through the "Detective Eyes", she also had a general understanding of the image of the male high school student: about 1.64 meters tall, short, thin, and slightly hunchbacked.
This was a very common teenager in Fanying, and his family was also quite ordinary, but why did he suddenly gain power? And after gaining power, he actually had such great courage to kill more than 30 compatriots?
Killing is not a simple matter, especially for people in peacetime. Many people are afraid of even seeing corpses. People with empathy will feel different degrees of discomfort when watching others suffer - because they will imagine themselves suffering in the other person's shoes. This is why when watching some extreme sports videos, some viewers will feel fear, sweaty palms, and accelerated heartbeats, because they put themselves into the video.
Fanying naturally has serial killers, but Qiao Muyi doesn't think that this male high school student is just that kind of antisocial person. And combined with the male high school student's fanatical belief in the devil, Qiao Muyi tends to think that he is infected by unknown emotions.
This emotion and strength were given to him, making him strong both physically and mentally: his body could rival the extraordinary people of the Spirit Hall, and his mind was so strong that he could fight to the death without fear of death while being absolutely sober...
It really sounds like the power of a demon king.
Qiao Muyi smiled bitterly, but she didn't have that ability - her Demon King was a 'monarchist' who unilaterally plundered the negative emotions of all living beings to fatten himself, so how could he have the ability to strengthen others?
After completing the inspection, Qiao Muyi turned off the flashlight on her mobile phone and tiptoed out.
As soon as she walked out, she saw outside the cordon (which was also blocked by the Metropolitan Police Department), Ren Suo was gently stroking the girl's head with his right hand, which was glowing green, and combing her hair down.
Qiao Muyi raised her eyebrows and walked over. She found that Ren Suo had dragged the body that she had beaten to death and left in the middle of the road into the darkness, and then she casually released a white flame.
This was her enhanced third-level fire spell, comparable to the bone-melting fire in the incinerator. It burned the body cleanly in a short while, and the bones were burned to slag. Qiao Muyi felt nothing in her heart. This middle-aged man was so skilled and perverted, he must be a supernatural repeat offender. Killing him cleanly would save the environment from pollution, and it would be considered an outstanding contribution to purifying the population of Fanying.
She is the deputy director of the Lianjiang Countermeasures Bureau. In terms of cultivation, Dong Chengling may be the highest in Lianjiang, but in actual combat, she, Yu Kuangtu, and Bai Ji are still the strongest - all three of them are third-level cultivators who have experienced bloody fights.
The girl in Ren Suo's arms trembled at the sight. She quickly stood up, bowed to Ren Suo and Qiao Muyi, and said, "I'm Ogino Ayane. Thank you both for your help. If it weren't for you, I might have already..."
Qiao Muyi waved her hand gently, dispersing the white smoke, and a cold wind blew up, blowing the ashes on the ground into the sewer not far away.
Seeing Qiao Muyi's one-stop operation of killing people, setting fires and destroying bodies, with each step being linked to the next and his skills being superb, Ren Suo couldn't help but sigh: He's an expert!
Qiao Muyi looked at Lingyin and said, "I won't say any more boring nonsense. We are two tourists visiting Tokyo and we don't have a place to stay. Now I have helped you kill this villain, but I don't know what to do. Can you take us to find a place to stay so that we can hide for a few days?"
Ogino Ayane was slightly startled, then she was delighted - she was just worrying about how to get closer to him, but she didn't expect the reason to come to her like this.
Even without this factor, just the fact that this extraordinary girl in front of her helped her kill the pervert and destroyed the body in the process made Ogino Ayane dare not refuse her request.
Besides, it is only natural to repay a favor. They almost saved Ayane's life. Now Ayane only needs to provide them with a place to stay. There is simply no better business than this.
She turned around and hugged Ren Suo's arm, and said very sincerely: "No problem, I have a vacant room at home, you two can stay temporarily. But I live in Sakado, Saitama, which is a bit far from Tokyo..."
Qiao Muyi said: "It doesn't matter. It only takes about 40 minutes to get from Sakado to Ikebukuro by taking the Tobu Tojo Line."
She saw Ayane's body pressed against Rensuo, their posture like a couple - and they were like sweethearts in love. She narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "My friend is quite shy and doesn't speak Japanese very well, how about..."
Can't speak Japanese? Are you really from Xuan country?
However, Ayane was not depressed at all. Instead, she made up her mind to do everything she could to keep this man - she never minded taking the initiative to pursue a partner.
In fact, among the couples she knows, half of them are initiated by the women and the other half are by the men. After all, many of them met each other at social gatherings, and if they meet someone they like, they will of course take action directly, otherwise the good guy will be snatched away.
"He and I hit it off right away and I want to be his friend. I'm actually a little scared right now, and I can only feel safe if I hold you as my friend. His smell and voice give me a great sense of security, so please let me go with him for a while."
Ren Suo blinked. He couldn't understand Japanese, so he could only guess what they were talking about by recalling the plot: "What are you talking about?"
Qiao Muyi glanced at him and said, "She said you didn't take a shower and you smell bad."
Ren Suo: "I didn't pee my pants..."
Qiao Muyi didn't correct him that "this is not that", and snorted coldly, urging Lingyin to lead the way and leave. Ren Suo didn't mind - he already knew that Qiao Muyi's mood was slightly lowered here.
When Ren Suo was in the game, he thought that Master Mu's mood dropped because he had ruined his plan of "drawing the sword to save people". But when it came back to reality, Ren Suo noticed that the person they rescued was a girl, and Qiao Muyi was also a girl, so how could the two of them "draw the sword to save people"?
Therefore, in the plot, the one who can really draw the sword to save people is Ren Suo!
If Ren Suo had really chosen the traditional treatment method and wanted to draw his sword to save people, Qiao Muyi's mood would definitely drop drastically, and the reason was not difficult to understand: I'm on the run, and you're having fun with a girl warming your bed?
The mockery is no less than when college freshmen were doing military training under the scorching sun, and a group of seniors were holding cantaloupe and drinking fat-nerd happy water in a cold place, and even brought a few handheld game consoles to play "Beach Volleyball" and "Dead or Alive" online. Naturally, they would be cursed by the freshmen and asked to send a few bald principals to deduct the GPA of these stupid seniors.
However, Ren Suo had already used magic to heal the girl. Qiao Muyi was still a little unhappy, so Ren Suo just let it go - the value would go back up soon anyway.
They were in the middle of nowhere and there was no shop nearby, so they walked for another ten minutes to Hikawadai Station, swiped their card to enter the station, took the Yurakucho Line subway, and caught the last few trains.
There were not many passengers on the train, and when they transferred to the Tobu Tojo Line at Wakoshi Station, there were even fewer passengers - because this place was far away from the center of Tokyo and belonged to the neighboring Saitama Prefecture.
Like all international metropolises in the world, housing prices in Tokyo are extremely expensive. Therefore, many working people do not choose to rent or buy a house in the 23 wards of Tokyo, but choose to live in the surrounding areas of Tokyo to save money. However, this will also extend the commuting time.
Saitama Prefecture is adjacent to Tokyo, and many people choose to live in Saitama Prefecture and spend an hour commuting to work in Tokyo. Ogino Ayane chose to live in Saitama Sakado District, which is very consistent with her salary level.
When the three of them got off the bus at the station, it was already past ten o'clock.
I spent the whole day today strolling from Shinjuku to Adachi's Renso. When I left the subway station, I saw rows of residential areas with a very rural atmosphere. I was a little uncomfortable with it. Compared with Tokyo, Sakado District can almost be regarded as a mountain. There were no shops outside the crowded areas like subway stations, which shows that there should be no business district nearby. The largest goods distribution centers are either Lawson convenience stores or 7-11 convenience stores.
When passing by a convenience store, Qiao Muyi suddenly turned in and came out holding a black bag.
Ayane lives only six minutes away from the subway, in a five-story residential building - such short residential buildings are quite common in this area.
There was no elevator, so the three of them went upstairs very quietly.
But before entering the room, Ayane asked them to wait for a moment, and then she went in and tidied herself up quickly - it seemed that she was also an ordinary girl who looked nice in front of others but was messy behind the scenes. Ren Suo was like that before, he looked decent when he went out to play, but was a mess when he stayed at home.
所以说，分身术真的能显著提升生活水平，提高生活幸福度。除了能包揽清洁阿姨等诸多杂务，任索还打算继续进一步给分身开发出按摩机、洗脚盘等额外功能……
几分钟后，绫音脸红地邀请他们两个进去。她的家是一个普通的日式两居室，客厅就铺着榻榻米，他们得拖鞋进屋。
任索赶紧找插座给手机充电。他看着手机屏幕右上角的快要到底的电池符号被灌入了绿色闪电能量，任索感觉自己的生命线被延续下去了——天知道他刚才在地铁上，是怎么靠看地铁里的日语广告度过几十分钟的无聊坐车时间。
乔木依跟绫音聊了几句后，说道：“小索，我去洗澡了。”
“哦，公子慢走。”
乔木依瞪了一眼任索，又看了看绫音，心想他们两个语言不通应该没什么好聊的，便安心去洗澡了。
正靠在墙边玩手机的任索，瞄到绫音换了衣服从房间出来后，打开冰箱拿出一瓶啤酒，又从厨柜拿出两个大杯子，在茶几上倒了两杯啤酒，向任索招招手。
任索也觉得有点渴了，过去盘腿坐下，礼貌地说了一句‘阿里嘎多’。他拿起大酒杯后，绫音做出举杯姿势，任索便跟她干杯。
绫音内敛右臂，右手画弧，非常淑女地跟任索碰杯，同时十分自然展现身材——她刚才已经脱下毛衣，换上一套缕空蕾丝白衣，衬托锁骨，露出三处诱人但不张扬的部位：光滑的脖子、柔弱的手腕以及绝对领域。
满满喝了一口，绫音放下酒杯，用手撑着下巴，脑袋微左倾斜8°，用崇拜的眼神注视着任索的眼睛！
可爱必杀之‘心动8°’！8°倾斜可是魔法的角度，能令可爱度爆表20%，她之前在联谊用出这招，所有跟她对上视线的男生都会害羞地别过头。
荻野绫音是一个很主动的女生，她之前一直都没找到心动的对象所以才单身，但一旦她找到命运注定的伴侣，她就会浑身解数使出自己学过的、联系过的所有斩男技巧来进行猛攻！
一口气喝完啤酒的任索，注意到绫音眼睛眨也不眨在看着自己。他愣了一下，也撑着脑袋微右倾斜8°跟绫音对视。
居然无视了我的进攻，甚至还想反攻？
绫音还是第一次遇到这种情况，这时候是要继续对视，还是该害羞地别过头去呢？
不过当她对上任索认真的视线，只感觉内心微微一颤，忍不住别过头，避开了任索的注视。
然后她便听见任索嘿了一声说道：
“i，win！”
绫音眨眨眼睛，心想他刚才难不成，是觉得自己在跟他玩‘谁先转过头眨眼睛谁就输’的瞪眼游戏吗？
刚才我这么可爱你没看见吗？没心动吗？还以为我在玩游戏？
不过这一点也好可爱啊。
绫音没再发动攻势，默默喝完剩下的啤酒，忽然呐呐两声，然后转过头以马赫秒速迅速贴近任索！
可爱必杀之‘恋爱贴近’！男孩子一转过头就看见美少女出现在自己面前，还离自己很近，几乎无一例外都会心跳加速遐想非非。
然而绫音靠近过去，却发现任索根本没转过头，而是聚精会神地盯着手机，鼻子嗯了一声，算是在回应绫音的呼唤。
美少女在喊你，你连转头都不转吗！？
还有你的手机线也有点长啊！都快两米了！一边充电一边玩手机真的好吗！？
绫音第一次怀疑她对自己的颜值判断是否出现了什么差错，她其实并非是美少女？
但没理由啊，从初中开始她一直都是班上最可爱的女生之一，对她表示好感的追求者都快能塞满丰岛园了。虽然绫音不喜欢引用这种证据，但连那个超凡变态都对她下手，也说明她十分具有魅力。而且小索是玄国人，东亚人的审美观基本一致，不存在审美差异啊。
这时候浴室响起开门的声音，绫音只好悻悻坐回去。
虽然‘木公子’说她和‘小索’只是普通朋友，不过绫音很敏锐地察觉到她对自己接近小索有所不满，因此她也不敢光明正大挑战‘木公子’的怒火——毕竟‘木公子’可是杀人放火毁尸灭迹一条龙的行家。
不过绫音也不怕，只要小索为她心动，木公子还不是只能乖乖当败犬？
乔木依出来看见他们两个围着圆桌，好像没发生什么事，便从塑料袋拿出一包东东扔给任索：“去洗澡。”
任索接过来，发现是便利店卖的男士**。
他和乔木依都是南方人，外衣可以暂时不换，但内衣必须一天一换，也没什么特别原因，习惯而已。
这时候乔木依想起什么，问道：“对了，绫音说这里只有主卧和次卧，小索你觉得怎么分配好？”
任索这时候不假思索地说道：“当然是绫音一间，公子一间，我睡客厅！”
乔木依瞥了任索一眼：“真的吗？真的吗？但你也可以跟我们睡啊。你看绫音就很想和你一起谁呢，我的话，你求求我，说不定我也会答应哦？”
任索心道嘿嘿嘿，你这点心思早就记录在《小索的秘密日记》，我要是跟绫音睡你就生气，我要是跟你睡你就羞怒，哪个都不是好事，便义正言辞地说道：“不可不可，出门在外小心为上，我们人生地不熟，我要在客厅守夜，怎么好意思跟你们争床？”
乔木依说道：“真睡客厅？不和我们凑一凑？”
任索坚决摇头：“嗯嗯嗯，我最喜欢睡客厅了！”
“那你就睡客厅吧。”乔木依看了他一眼，转过头跟绫音聊起来。只要任索不作死要求跟绫音睡，乔木依也由得他。
如果他要求和我睡呢？
乔木依心里有庆幸又有点遗憾。任索这货平时傻乎乎的，这时候突然这么上道，第一时间就要求睡客厅，乔木依她想发发脾气就找不到理由。
一夜无话，大家其实都很累了，绫音帮忙整理了一下次卧，给任索提供了枕头和被子，三人洗完澡稍作洗漱后，便关灯休息。
乔木依躺在**，心里回忆起今天发生的事。
任索的信任。
任索的帮助。
任索的笑容。
勇气和快乐逐渐充盈她的内心。借助这份美好的心意，她施展起特殊秘法，开始净化那份压得她喘不过气来的负面情绪……
……
第二天。
一大早，绫音就要去丰岛园上班，她今天要值早班。她其实已经睡晚了——前一晚发生的事，遇到的人都让她受到太多刺激，以至于令她忘记现实里还需要上班。
她给两人留下钥匙就匆匆告别离去，而任索和乔木依洗漱完毕后，便开始第二天的调查之旅。
“去这里？”乔木依看着任索在手机地图标出的地点，略感疑惑地问道。
“没错，就是去这里，你要相信我的直觉。”任索信誓旦旦地说道。
乔木依看了看地图，任索指着的地方……根本不是调查点！而是一处旅游景点！
“为什么要去这里？我们现在不该是尽快调查线索吗？”乔木依问道。
任索摇摇头：“我们要松弛有度。昨天我们连续调查了两个地方，已经大有进展。如果逼得太紧，你会崩溃的。今天白天我们先到处玩玩，令你好好放松心情，我们夜晚再继续调查吧。”
虽然任索说得并没有什么道理，但乔木依昨晚已经隐隐感觉到，通过创造更多快乐的回忆，是可以让她净化负面情绪的速度大幅加快，因此她也欣然接受这个建议。
到坂户站坐车，因为今日是工作日，电车上一大早就坐满到东京上班的上班族，任索和乔木依只好站在一边。
到了下一个站，许多上班族又涌进来，瞬间令电车车厢越加拥挤——原来动画片里那种沙丁鱼罐头的车厢是真实存在的啊。
不过任索和乔木依上车早，因此占据了一个比较好的角落，乔木依背靠着车壁，任索面对着她，恰到好处地挡住车厢拥挤的人流——哪怕任索实力一般，但一群上班族是怎么也无法撼动一位三转修士的。
乔木依看着比她略高一点的任索帮她挡住人流，又想起他今天为了她的心理健康着想，要求今天要去景点游玩放松心情，内心不禁微微一软，低声说道：“路上要花不少时间坐车，我来教你一点日语吧，你拿手机出来，我帮你找学习课件。”
任索说道：“车上还有其他人，没关系吗？”
“没关系的。”乔木依的手挽过任索腰，将他拉近自己，抬起头注视着他的眼睛，说道：“你留神听……”
拥挤的车厢里，两人靠得极近。而且为了低声教学，任索不得不微微低头，近距离聆听乔木依的声音。
Qiao Muyi's orchid-like breath made Ren Suo's neck feel a little itchy, and when his eyes met Qiao Muyi's, he noticed that those beautiful eyes, full of smiles like foxes, revealed a heart-beating tenderness and seriousness.
Ren Suo couldn't help but turn his head away, avoiding Qiao Muyi's gaze.