Chapter 472: Understanding the Contract
The scene starts with running into a group of policemen. For a criminal on the spot, this is really an overly exciting horror story.
The arsonist fled back to his car in a frenzy and just kept driving down the path, knocking over a lot of things along the way.
It was precisely these traces that prevented Sato, who took a detour, from losing the car immediately, and instead allowed him to chase for quite a distance.
However, once we reached Haido Town and got onto the main road, this tracking method was no longer effective.
At a traffic light intersection, Sato Miwako's car slowly stopped.
She frowned and looked in three directions, not knowing which way to go.
Next to her, in the passenger seat, Jiang Xia leaned back in his chair, looking straight ahead.
——When he knocked on the ghost's head just now, he also threw Mist Tengu out, letting it hitch a ride with the arsonist and act as a metaphysical locator.
At this time, Jiang Xia felt the location of Mist Tengu and was a little hesitant whether to make up an excuse to give directions or just rely on "intuition".
I just thought of it and was about to speak.
But at this moment, the ghosts around him began to stir slowly, clinging to the car windows and looking up at the sky.
——There is a shopping building next to this intersection, which is the shopping center of Beido Town.
Outside the shopping mall, there is a slowly rotating Ferris wheel with a small commemorative plaque hanging next to it.
Jiang Xia looked around and was surprised to find that there was the breath of a ghost fetus here, and it was getting closer and closer to him.
He followed the ghosts' gaze and looked upwards.
Then a normal-sized ghost fetus jumped down from the Ferris wheel on the side of the road and floated slowly towards where the car was.
It quickly managed to grab the car window, then crawled into the car through the window gap.
Jiang Xia's eyes were fixed on this new ghost that came to his door for free, and he could hardly move.
——The adult male ghost he had always wanted.
——No weird wings or tail or anything like that.
——Although he is a Q-version ghost with three heads and a body, judging from the distribution of his facial features, he was a handsome guy before he was born.
Jiang Xia: “!”
...After such a long time, his European power finally erupted again?
Jiang Xia moved his hand hanging by his side with a slight look of surprise, opened his palm, and caught the ghost fetus that fell out after passing through the car window.
The new ghost rolled half a circle in his hands, quickly got up, and stood up straight. Then he nodded to Jiang Xia in a very humane way, as if he was hurriedly greeting a colleague during an urgent handover.
Then it raised its hand and pointed straight ahead.
——It was exactly the direction the arsonist fled.
Jiang Xia looked at the enthusiastic city ghost that jumped out to show the way, then glanced at the Ferris wheel next to it and had a vague guess about its identity.
Thinking of this, he looked to the side for confirmation.
—— Sato Miwako was originally looking around, searching for traces of the arsonist's escape. But gradually, she found that the surrounding scenery was becoming more and more familiar, and her expression changed slightly, with a hint of sadness in her eyes, as if she was briefly lost in memories.
Jiang Xia nodded secretly and confirmed it.
It looks like I picked up an elite police ghost this time.
——Jinpei Matsuda.
As we all know, Toru Amuro had excellent grades when he was studying at the police academy, and all of his friends were talented as well. The five of them formed an excellent small group.
Unfortunately, except Toru Amuro, the other four are now dead.
- One of them was an undercover agent in the organization and committed suicide after his identity was exposed; another was Officer Takagi's boss and died in a car accident; the other two joined the explosives team and died seven years and three years ago respectively from a vicious trap set by the same bomber.
In Jiang Xia's impression, the place where Jinpei Matsuda was killed by a bomb three years ago was exactly in a Ferris wheel built on a shopping mall.
Although the ghost fetus's thinking is not as agile as that of a human, it still retains some memories of its previous life.
Judging from the appearance of Matsuda Oni just now, it seems that it has been staying on this Ferris wheel to look at the city. From here, it can just see several of the arson points.
...No wonder it suddenly ran out and tried to point the way when Officer Sato was unsure of the direction.
Ghosts are born knowing how to tell the identity of a medium, just as mammals know how to eat as soon as they are born.
Although Matsuda Jinpei was as good at boxing as Amuro Toru and could be considered a half-scientific superman, now, as a weak ghost without a source of food, he could only watch the arsonist setting fires everywhere in silence. Not to mention arresting the criminal, he couldn't even call the police, and he felt very upset.
Now, it suddenly turns out that a psychic has infiltrated the police force...
Although he was a little confused as to why a psychic wanted to be a policeman, when he thought that the psychic could see it, receive his clues and catch the criminal, Matsuda Jinpei couldn't help but float down and squeeze into the car, wanting to give Jiang Xia directions and help them bring the person being chased to justice.
And yesterday, when the arsonist passed by here, Matsuda Jinpei saw a shikigami hanging on his leg - this means that the arsonist is not only setting fires, but also carrying a murder case. If left alone, there is no guarantee that other people will not be killed later.
However, after floating into the car and reporting the direction, the psychic holding it did not respond.
Jinpei Matsuda tugged at Jiang Xia's clothes to urge him, and at the same time raised his head in confusion.
The psychic was staring at him, his eyes flickering, and it was unknown what he was thinking about.
…
Jiang Xia briefly admired his new ghost.
Then, before the traffic light changed, he opened the door and got out of the car: "I have something to do, go straight and see if you can catch up."
After leaving a message to Sato Miwako, Jiang Xia slammed the car door, crossed the road and ran towards the sidewalk amid the condemning shouts of the police officer behind him.
Of course, I didn’t forget to bring the ghost.
Getting off the car in the street is actually not in compliance with traffic regulations. However, Jiang Xia thought about Hattori Heiji's motorcycle, Conan's skateboard, and Amuro Toru's car, and felt that it was not a big problem - he was still a rare law-abiding citizen among detectives.
…
The traffic light quickly turned from red to green.
When the traffic started to flow again behind him, Jiang Xia turned a corner at the entrance of the shopping mall, stepped onto the path, and walked towards an empty corner.
Jinpei Matsuda looked at the increasingly gloomy scene around him and felt that something was not right.
It clung to Jiang Xia's arm nervously, looked left and right vigilantly, and instinctively observed the retreat route.
But soon, after taking a look at the circle of ghosts staring at Jiang Xia curiously, especially those with eight legs and tails that looked like they could run faster than it, Matsuda Jinpei was silent for a moment, gave up his futile struggle, and turned back into a quiet ghost pillow.
Jiang Xia walked a distance and stopped.
After confirming that there was no one around, he lowered his head, looked at the new ghost who was looking up at him, and got straight to the point:
"Would you like to sign the contract? It's painless and only takes a few seconds. Once you sign, we'll go catch the arsonist."
(End of this chapter)
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