Chapter 533 Am I a prophet?
Half an hour later.
Jiang Xia's head was filled with strange experiences. After finishing the commission negotiation, he opened Mrs. Torakura's bedroom door in a daze.
Then he caught Suzuki Sonoko who was eavesdropping on the bedroom door.
Suzuki Sonoko fluttered her arms and stood up again with an awkward smile: "Well, I, I came to ask if you guys want to drink tea. Mr. Tansho's rosemary tea is especially delicious!"
…Although she tried hard to listen, the door was made of thick material and had rubber door seals all around, so Suzuki Sonoko couldn't hear anything clearly. She only vaguely felt that Amuro Toru was talking inside, and there was no strange movement in the room.
Torakura Etsuko glanced at her, tilted her head uncomfortably, and wrapped her shawl around her.
…
The four people walked downstairs, each with their own thoughts.
Jiang Xia was walking on the stairs leading to the first floor when his sight suddenly moved and he noticed that there was someone more in the crowd...
A fresh shikigami.
Jiang Xia: “…”
...Before, when he heard that this villa was related to vampires, he thought that if a vampire fetus appeared in the villa, his air force puppet would have a replacement outfit, so he could drive the Mist Tengu in winter and the vampire in summer - the Mist Tengu's fluffy big wings and heavy and simple shape looked very hot in summer. The vampire's wings were quite smooth and looked very cool...
However, it turned out that he was overthinking it.
“…”
Forget it, the flying unit already has Mist Tengu, and the puppet can't feel the heat, at most it will make people who see him feel psychologically warm.
Jiang Xia quickly figured it out and returned to a calm state of mind.
He sat on the sofa next to the coffee table, took the new tea brought by Toshiya Tadokoro, and joined the poker team.
As long as Mao Lilan is not around, the good cards will basically go to him.
In general, in Jiang Xia's opinion, playing cards is a good entertainment activity to relax and unwind.
…
The game ended in the middle of the night, and on the opposite side of Jiang Xia, the one with a stronger desire to win, Qingtian Yumi, was the first to get restless.
She pressed down a bad hand of cards and took off the stack of punishment notes on her head. She glanced at the watch nonchalantly: "It's 12 o'clock, get ready for bed. I have something important to do tomorrow."
Except for Suzuki Sonoko, who was not paying attention to the cards, the others took advantage of the chaos to throw their cards into the deck, took off the notes, stood up and agreed: "Indeed, staying up too late is not good for your health."
Suzuki Ayako gathered the cards and wanted to ask Tadokoro Shunya where they should be placed.
When I turned around, I found that Tansuo had been dialing at the landline. Thinking about it carefully, it seemed that he had dialed several times.
Amuro Toru also noticed the situation. He suddenly sensed something unusual in this action: "What's wrong?"
Tanosho Shunya put down the receiver in confusion: "At this time, the teacher usually orders supper. But he didn't call me today, and he didn't answer when I called him..."
Editor Doi frowned and said, "Maybe he fell asleep after drinking. He always sleeps very deeply after drinking... Let's go and take a look."
Hamura Shuichi pushed his pince-nez up and said, "Is this okay? If I go over there rashly and disturb his writing, he will scold me."
Editor Doi shook his head. "I remember that the study room didn't have any heating equipment installed because of the collections. The room is located in a windy place. With today's extreme weather, if we don't do anything about it, something bad might happen. Let's go and take a look."
Tadokoro Toshiya hesitated for a moment and nodded.
Jiang Xia watched them enter the corridor.
Then he picked up the teapot and poured himself a cup of tea.
Just as I warmed my hands for a while, I heard a faint noisy noise in the corridor leading to the study. It seemed that several people were talking in low voices, followed by increasingly loud knocks on the door.
As an apparently working detective, Jiang Xia stood up vigilantly and walked over to check the situation.
Toru Amuro, Sonoko Suzuki and Ayako Suzuki also followed quickly.
Ikumi Qiangtian had been planning to take a rest, but at this moment she stopped going upstairs, looked back, and smelled an unusual scent.
So he walked back and joined the team.
…
Soon, everyone walked through the corridor and gathered at the door of the study.
The heavy soundproof door makes a muffled sound when you knock on it, and it feels very textured.
However, after knocking for a long time, no one came to open the door.
"…Maybe he fell asleep after getting drunk."
Torakura Etsuko recalled the structure of the study and pointed to a door next to it: "Opposite the study door, there is a French window that can be opened. It is next to the cliff and no one can come up, so it is usually not locked... Go around from the balcony and call him."
Jiang Xia nodded and pushed open the side door.
Daisuke Torakura's study is a separate octagonal room protruding from the cliff. Together with the corridor, its shape is like an octagonal lollipop connected to the living room by a stick.
This door on the side leads to the open-air balcony surrounding the study.
As soon as the door opened, the cold wind and snow swept in. Looking down, the circular balcony was covered with snow, which was flat and without any footprints.
However, after walking along the circular balcony to the side of the floor-to-ceiling window facing the study door, the group of people were slightly startled.
——The floor-to-ceiling window was wide open, and there were messy footprints in front of the window. The wind blew into the room, and the scarlet curtains fluttered, giving people an uneasy feeling that "something happened" for no reason.
Toru Amuro's heart skipped a beat and he quickly stepped forward.
He ran to the window and looked into the room through the open French window. His pupils suddenly dilated - the study was pitch black, and the only light came from an old projector.
The old machine made a slight noise as it ran and was dragged to the door by someone unknown. The cone-shaped light emitted from the port was no longer directed at the movie screen, but changed direction, illuminating a cross on the wall used to burn vampires.
The old light spots flickered unsteadily, and in the eerie light, one could see a man with his arms spread out, tied to a blood-stained cross, like a vampire specimen waiting to be burned - Daisuke Torakura's eyes were wide open, and a thick wooden nail was deeply embedded in his heart. Judging from the depth of the nail, the man was undoubtedly dead.
“…”
Toru Amuro looked at the corpse and fell into silence for a moment.
The others realized something was wrong from his reaction and hurried over to look inside the house.
Immediately afterwards, screams broke out among the crowd.
Amuro Toru stepped back a little silently.
While everyone else's attention was focused on the horrible corpse, he quietly took out the dice from his pocket, looked at it over and over again, and even shone a flashlight on it.
…No matter how you look at it, there’s nothing wrong with it. It’s just an ordinary dice, nothing has been tampered with.
The route he and Jiang Xia took when they traveled was indeed a random route, and the people they met were also random acquaintances.
...Is it really a problem of the event's constitution?
(End of this chapter)
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