Chapter 2706-2718 [The Psychic Medium Who No One Cares About]
Officer Sato glanced at the registered check-out time and his expression changed slightly. "It takes a lot of effort to arrange the body into that state. Working backwards, only this Tsuzugen has the time to do that. He is the murderer, the 'Hell Puppet Master' who has fooled us several times!"
manager:"!"
He said with fear: "Two days ago, the Silver Meteor came here, and Mr. Tsunegen came here on it."
Officer Sato looked suspicious: "Wait, there are so many passengers on each train, why do you remember Tsune's origins so clearly?"
The manager said helplessly: "If you have seen Mr. Tsunegen, you will never forget him - he wears a white plastic mask. From a distance, he looks like a white plastic mannequin in a shopping mall. It is even scarier when you look at him up close..."
He sighed, "This outfit is really a bit strange. Mr. Tsunegen never said a word, as if he was a mute. I couldn't help but pay more attention to him."
"From what I remember, he had been staying in his room for the past two days, doing nothing. Not long ago, he suddenly left with his luggage and went downstairs to check out of the room."
As he spoke, the manager glanced at the train schedule on the wall and said, "The next train won't arrive until two days later, so I'm a little curious about where he's going now that he's checked out, but I don't dare to ask. Now it seems... he's on the run for fear of being convicted."
Jiang Xia looked down at the guest list and saw the full name of Mr. Tsingen - Tsingen Blanket Master.
"This person's name is so strange." Suzuki Sonoko stood beside him, curiously looking at those strange characters. After repeating them in her mind several times, she was suddenly startled, "Wait, the pronunciation of this name..."
Jiang Xia nodded: "It's a homonym of 'marionette'. This 'hell puppeteer' used a pseudonym when he checked in to the hotel."
Officer Sato thought of the body hanging in the house and clenched his fists in anger. "This cunning and cruel guy... He deliberately left such a name. It's simply a provocation."
Officer Takagi took his notebook and asked the hotel manager: "Where will he go after leaving this hotel? - You have been here for a long time, so you should know the common routes around here."
The manager hesitated and said, "To be honest, this area is full of swamps and wetlands. The only road leading to the adjacent station unfortunately collapsed due to the recent heavy rains, and many guests who originally planned to leave were forced to stay... Under such circumstances, I really can't imagine where Mr. Tsunegen went after checking out."
"Wait, the road collapsed?" The Fantasy Magic Troupe member listened for a long time and finally couldn't help but speak, "The next Silver Meteor will not arrive until two days later... Then, won't we be trapped here for the next two days?"
"Yes." The manager was mixed with joy and sorrow. "Thanks to the collapsed road, well, I mean, because of the collapsed road, the occupancy rate of our hotel has been exceptionally high in the past two days. It's like going back to the old days."
Hashimoto Maya's ears twitched. She was highly sensitive to such words. "The time before? What time?"
"Oh, you may not know that there was a kind of mine near us." The hotel manager pointed to the side, "Because of this thing, this place was once very lively."
Jiang Xia looked at the place he pointed at: "Raw jadeite?"
"That's right." The manager turned around and touched the seemingly ordinary stone on the counter with care. "Unfortunately, after all those years of excessive mining, the good jade has been almost mined out. Now there are only some worthless broken stones left - but no matter how broken they are, they are still raw jade. It would be a waste if we don't use them. I asked the waiters to put them in each guest room as decoration. This is also a rare local feature."
I listened to the manager's introduction to the local area, but didn't find many useful clues.
Back in the lounge, Officer Sato turned around twice and his eyes couldn't help but drift towards Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia noticed her gaze and reached out to pat the seat next to him: "Don't be in a hurry, take a look at this first."
On the table in front of him, he was looking at the travel brochure that he had not finished reading last time.
"Instead of searching for a needle in a haystack to check for strangers, it is better to start with the people related to the leader." Jiang Xia pointed to the core members of the Fantasy Magic Troupe in the brochure.
"I know these people." Officer Takagi had done his homework early on, and his understanding of the magicians far exceeded the few words in this brochure.
He pointed to the magician who looked like a Western prince on the far right of the album and said, "This is 'Noble' Yura. It is rumored that he has a bad temper and is always arguing with the audience. However, due to his superb skills and outstanding appearance, his popularity is currently the highest in the group. Many people regard him as the face of the Fantasy Magic Troupe."
"Superb skills?" Conan recalled the time when this magician invited Mao Lilan to perform magic on the train, but he randomly pulled the belt of her windbreaker. He snorted coldly, "Isn't this the uncle who was bitten by a cat? I really can't see what's so wonderful about his performance."
Officer Takagi also wanted to laugh when he thought of that funny scene.
But now is not the time to talk nonsense. Thinking of the ambitious policewoman next to him, he cleared his throat and said seriously:
"The photo next to him is of 'Mermaid Princess' Xi Hai, the wife of the leader of the Fantasy Magic Troupe. Although her overall magic skills are not as good as that of the Western Fantasy Prince, she is very good at various water magic and can be considered a leader in this area."
"The plain-looking guy next to him who is always smiling is Sakonji, the clown who is very good at prop magic. Many haters say that he should be a comedian rather than a magician, but his magic has improved significantly over the years, and I think he will continue to go further and further on this path in the future."
As he spoke, Officer Takagi secretly sighed: These lines should have been whispered by him when he and Officer Sato arrived in Hokkaido and leisurely watched the magic show, creating an atmosphere like a date and casual chat, but now...
Shaking his head, getting rid of those pink bubble scenes, Officer Takagi continued to introduce the fourth person without complaint: "This is the 'psychic' Sakuraba, who is very good at hypnosis and supernatural magic. I heard that a rich man once offered him a large sum of money to exorcise evil spirits, but he declined. He must love magic very much."
Jiang Xia: "..." He is indeed a fake colleague. He even hides when a job like exorcism falls on his head... Why doesn't anyone ask him to do exorcism? Is it because his public identity is a detective instead of a psychic?
(End of this chapter)
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