Chapter 635: Fateful Encounter
Amuro Toru nodded, expressing the same sentiment.
——This stone statue is not a flat cylinder, but has edges and corners. Whether from its shape or the degree of inclination of its location, Jizo should not be lying face down on the ground.
However, when I saw it just now, it was facing straight down.
It didn't look like he fell accidentally, but more like someone had deliberately fixed him in that position.
"..." Thinking of this, Toru Amuro's eyes suddenly swept to the side and fell on the half-human-high weeds and bushes on both sides of the road.
He had a bad feeling in his heart: "Could this be a message for help left by someone, or a message left before death?"
In that case, wouldn't it be necessary to look for a corpse nearby...
"Probably not." Jiang Xia's voice came from the side.
His expression was not as serious as Amuro Toru's.
Jiang Xia leaned in to look at Dizang for a while, then stood up without much concern.
He continued walking towards the hotel. "I seem to have seen similar legends somewhere recently... and the name of the forest you just mentioned also sounds familiar."
"Yeah……"
Toru Amuro thought of Jiang Xia's keen understanding of crime and criminals, and seeing that he looked as if "it's not a big deal" at the moment, he unconsciously relaxed a little.
Then, while walking towards the hotel, Toru Amuro typed "Forest of the Head God", "Prostrate Jizo", and something the staff member said, "Ghost Crying Cliff" into his mobile phone and pressed the search button.
Although there is a signal here, it is average.
The interface slowly spun in circles, and it took half a day to refresh a few pieces of news.
Toru Amuro took a quick look and remembered.
——There was actually related news a while ago.
At the time, he was working in an izakaya where the target of the mission occasionally frequented. He glanced at the TV in the corner, but soon after, he was called to pay the bill and did not watch it carefully.
As he thought about it, he casually clicked on the details.
Then it was discovered that recently, there was a mystery case that had no conclusion yet in this area, and the crime scene happened to be in this forest.
…
Some authors have the habit of putting the main point at the end when writing reports, and this news is no exception.
At the beginning, it did not mention the mystery, but instead introduced a legend about the crime scene.
——This "Tou Shen Forest" is actually a well-known suicide site in the local area.
The origin of its name, "tou", refers to a person with a headache. According to legend, once you walk into this forest, you will gradually lose your mind and desire to live, and eventually commit suicide here, and you will never be able to leave. Therefore, in the Tou Shen Forest, there is a lying Jizo, which is used to suppress evil spirits. If you lift it up, the person who lifts it will be haunted by evil spirits.
“…”
When Toru Amuro saw this, his steps froze, and he guiltily thought of the Jizo that he had just kindly helped up.
By now, he and Jiang Xia had walked quite a distance apart and could no longer see where the ground was hiding.
After hesitating for a moment, he did not turn back.
——The ghost story is not credible. And from the actual situation, the Jizo has been lying on its side, and this place has become a "suicide sanctuary", which shows that it has no effect. On the contrary, if it continues to lie on the roadside, scratching passers-by's vehicles, or tripping pedestrians, if a passer-by is at the critical point of collapse and is unlucky enough to be tripped again, he may feel even worse and commit suicide...
Toru Amuro secretly criticized feudal superstition in his heart.
Then press the button on your phone to continue scrolling.
After introducing the Toushen Forest, the hesitant writer finally got to the point and talked about the mysterious case.
——Some time ago, someone found a skeleton-like corpse in the Toushen Forest.
Since the body did not carry any identification documents, the police have released some relevant information, hoping to find someone who knew the body through the items on the body and then identify the identity of the deceased.
Finding dead bodies in the mountains is not a rare occurrence.
But this body looked quite strange.
——From the characteristics published and used to find the person, the deceased was a long-haired man wearing a red coat. The receipts and food he carried showed that he died in the summer, but the body was wearing a thick sweater.
In addition, the deceased's belongings included a car key, but no driver's license; there was an opened box of cigarettes, but no lighters or matches to light a fire...
These subtle incongruities have caused some detectives who saw the announcement to question whether the deceased committed suicide. The police seem to have launched an investigation into the incident.
"..."After reading the report, Toru Amuro couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xia.
I always feel that based on Jiang Xia's physique, this unresolved mystery may be solved soon.
...Fortunately, I had a good sleep yesterday. Now my lost thinking ability and judgment have returned a lot. Even if I encounter various emergencies, I have enough energy to deal with them.
…
A distance of several thousand meters is not that long.
The two men quickly walked along the mountain road and arrived at the hotel before dark.
This is a three-story Japanese-style hotel, built in the shape of a U-shaped building, covering a large area. The old exterior wall has been carefully maintained, and it does not look shabby, but rather has a sense of simplicity. A sign with black characters on a white background hangs on the door - Aoiya Ryokan.
As soon as I arrived at the door, a waiter came forward to greet me: "Welcome."
As he spoke, he reached out to help the guest with his luggage. However, when he came forward, the waiter also saw Jiang Xia's face. He was suddenly startled, as if he recognized this as a famous detective.
Jiang Xia also felt something and looked back thoughtfully.
After looking at each other for a second, a hesitant and undetermined murderous aura appeared on the waiter's body.
Jiang Xia: “!”
Both people's thoughts moved at the same time.
Unfortunately, it was not yet completely dark, and this place was right at the entrance to the hall, making it inconvenient to attack or to send out murderous aura.
The two of them sighed at the same time.
However, none of them showed any clues on their faces - Jiang Xia was of course the best, and Shenbao Daxiong had been working in the service industry for many years and had already mastered the skill of keeping a smile.
He led Jiang Xia and Amuro Toru to the front desk with a smile on his face, then returned to the door to prepare to receive other guests.
When he reached the corner, Shenbao Nobita couldn't help but look back.
At this time, Jiang Xia and Amuro Toru had already filled in their names on the hotel roster.
The receptionist had a cold and was on leave. It was the off-season, so the hotel owner did not hire any extra people, but took over the reception himself.
At this time, the innkeeper took the registration book and glanced at it habitually.
Then, when he saw the words "Jiang Xiatongzhi" on it, he was suddenly stunned.
(End of this chapter)
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