Chapter 18 Eighteen Ghosts Behind

When Toru Amuro found the piano room where the crime occurred, the other four people had already gathered there.

He stood outside the door and observed the scene inside calmly.

Apart from the small reception desk that had nothing to do with the others, among the remaining people, the brown-haired young man was comforting the red-haired woman - it seemed that the scream was made by Kuki Liko - and the black-haired innkeeper was squatting in front of the window with a grim expression, and there was a pool of blood on the floor.

"Oh, that's not good." Chijiang Nayue said suddenly.

When Amuro Toru looked over, he showed an innocent expression and pointed at Hanada Minoru beside him: "The guy at the front desk seemed to be planning to call the police just now, but, here now..."

Sure enough, the next second Hanada Minoru shouted in surprise: "Boss, no signal!"

While he was speaking, Chi Jiang Na Yue took advantage of the fact that no one could see her and openly locked her eyes on the faces of the other three people.

Again, it was consistent with his guess... Among He Lai Ling's three friends in the same club, only Tsuda Atsushi was truly surprised and worried, while the red-haired guy and the two who looked like peacemakers were just superficial in their emotions.

Honestly, if he hadn't noticed what happened, he might have thought the murderer was between the two people at the back. After all, no one would pretend to be shocked when their friend's life or death was unknown, right?

Unless, they wanted to deceive someone, and they knew that the 'kidnapped' He Lai Ling was not in danger of life at this time.

It was a surprise to everyone that Toru Amuro had booked this hotel. They had never met each other before that, so the person that He Lailing and others wanted to deceive was not Toru Amuro, nor could it be an unimportant receptionist.

Then there is only one possibility.

Akae Nagetsu crossed his legs and held up his chin, hovering beside Tsuda Atsushi. He looked up and down at this strange classmate. From Amuro Toru's perspective, the black-haired boy's expression had evolved to the point where he was eager to take Tsuda Atsushi apart to see its structure.

In fact, Chi Jiang Na Yue Ben Ling had no interest in this boring case. What attracted him were the secrets hidden by these four people.

Crossing the barriers of the world and traveling to other worlds is not something that Chi Jiang Na Yue cannot do, but each world has its own operating rules. If he wants to get something, he has to pay something accordingly.

The main world that Chijiang Nanyue belongs to is a special system that accepts "people with special abilities", but other parallel worlds that have not been merged do not have any people with special abilities.

Just like what the book told him at the beginning, he was the only unscientific person in the world.

The price of not being rejected by this world is not painful or itchy - even he cannot figure out what secrets Tsuda Atsushi and others are hiding before they take the initiative to speak up, this is one of them.

He thought that it was probably because the world consciousness judged that these secrets were related to the memories that he had not yet obtained, as well as the real cause of death of Chijiang Nayue in this world.

As for why it doesn't hurt or itch, it's because Chijiang Nayue is confident about it.

He can save the world, relying on more than just his special abilities and brain: to get someone to tell a secret, for Chi Jiang Nanyue, who used to be a top cadre in the organization and the port mafia, it is not just a matter of reasoning from the beginning.

Of course, the fact that he can do it does not mean that he is willing to be forced to replace the optimal solution and use a more troublesome method.

What is this, saving the world by lending money? He is the only savior who has to pay a price to save the world.

Chijiang Nayue curled her lips at an angle where no one could see her, thinking that after completing the mission, she would make a lot of money by fleecing this world.

He wasn't called the little devil for nothing. The last world consciousness that rejected him had already become food for the Book.

Toru Amuro suddenly felt a chill all over his body, and when he looked over, he saw the sinister smile on half of the black-haired boy's face.

"Hey, what's wrong?" As if noticing his hesitant gaze, the boy turned around and faced Amuro Toru, curling his lips innocently, as well-behaved as a real high school student, "I will not participate in this case. After all, it is really simple and boring."

The boy shrugged his shoulders and pointed his chin at Tsuda Atsushi. "I'm more interested in his secrets."

When Toru Amuro was "conquering" Akae Nazuki, the latter naturally did not sit there and wait for his death. You have to know that in this world, Akae Nazuki is the person who knows Toru Amuro best.

So Akae Nazuki also knew how to make Amuro Toru accept and trust her more: be honest.

Well, he didn't lie, he just kept four out of six and concealed a few things.

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Through the oral accounts of several people, Toru Amuro and Nazuki Akae learned about the things that happened in the afternoon that they did not see.

He Lai Ling chased out in the afternoon and found Kumu Riko not far away. After chatting outside for a while, the two returned to the hotel together. Later, Kumu Riko, feeling depressed, chose to stay alone in the piano room A reserved for her in the hotel to practice piano. He Lai Ling went to Tsuda Atsushi's room first and talked to the latter.

"After sitting there for only ten minutes or so, the schoolgirl left, saying she wanted to go out and relax. But I saw it was almost dinner time, so I asked her to wait until after dinner."

Tsuda Atsushi had already taken off his glasses and explained solemnly, "We started gathering here eight years ago. There is nothing dangerous on this mountain, so everyone is basically familiar with the area around the hotel."

"I was downstairs chatting with Hanada-kun, and I just came up when I heard the noise." Fujimiya Tatsuya said, "I didn't see Ling leave, nor did I see anyone else come in."

After they finished speaking, they all turned their attention to Kumu Li Ke. Most of them were attracted by her scream, so if nothing unexpected happened, she would be the first person to discover the scene.

"I was originally practicing in another piano room, and Tsuda said Ling was here, so I came to look for her, but... I saw the room was in a mess, and her flute fell to the ground." Kuki Riko's face was pale, and she looked dazed, "There was a pool of blood under the windowsill, Ling..."

"Before Ling is found, no one knows the source of the bloodbath. It could be the culprit." After she said this, Fujimiya Tatsuya immediately hugged her and comforted her with a worried look.

Amuro Toru and Akae Nazuki looked at each other and saw the same strange emotion in each other's eyes. He asked, "Excuse me, who are Mr. Fujimiya and Ms. Kuki..."

As if she was enlightened by these words, Kumu Riko pushed Fujimiya Tatsuya aside without hesitation and walked quickly to the opposite side of him in her black high heels: "It's just an insignificant ex-boyfriend relationship. It has nothing to do with this matter, right?"

The way you two were leaning against each other just now didn't look insignificant, Chijiang Nayue complained in her heart.

Although Kugi Riko had previously scolded Fujimiya Tatsuya as a traitor, she did not show any rejection when she was hugged and comforted. Even the frequency of her shoulders shaking slightly when she spoke did not change. Fujimiya Tatsuya, who was standing next to her, could see that something was wrong with her, but acted as if nothing had happened.

Who would believe that these two people are innocent in this incident?

"The criminal who took Miss He Lai away had planned it." Amuro Toru finally chose to pretend to be confused for the time being, and continued to talk about the case. He turned to look at Hanada Minoru, "Hanada-kun, do you remember when there was no signal?"

Hanada Minoru was stunned for a moment, then he recalled carefully: "When you came back, Mr. Amuro, Mr. Fujimiya had just gone to the bathroom. When I checked the time on my phone, there was still a signal."

"That's at most 20 minutes ago." Amuro Toru thought thoughtfully, walked to the bloodstain, squatted down, dipped his finger in it, and then gently rubbed his fingertips, "And the blood is still fresh, they must have been gone no more than ten minutes ago."

As he spoke, he stood up and looked out the window: "This is the second floor. The criminal may have been hiding in the woods and observing this place in other ways... The strange thing is that although there are traces of someone stepping on the grass below, there is no blood on the ground or on the leaves."

Outside the window is a raised floor, and access is easy if you have a ladder.

If the injured person was a prisoner, there would be such a large pool of blood inside, it couldn't be just a minor scratch. And in this case, He Lai Ling, who might resist at any time, had to be moved away from the second-floor window, so there shouldn't be just this bloodstain.

On the other hand, if it was He Lai Ling who was injured, the prisoner would not be able to guarantee that He Lai Ling would be able to stop bleeding and follow him obediently within ten minutes, unless He Lai Ling had already... or was knocked unconscious and lost the ability to move.

So that brings us back to the point where you have to silently attack a grown woman, subdue her while leaving so many traces of a fight, and finally get hurt or get hurt by her, and then get away with a living person up a ladder before they get to you, all in a short period of time.

If Amuro Toru were to do it himself, he might not be able to do it, because——

"My room is very close to this piano room, just one room away." Amuro Toru stood up and turned around to look at the others, "But I didn't hear any sound at all, whether the prisoner climbed up from outside, or wrestled with Miss He Lai here, or any of them got injured or ran away in the end, I didn't hear any sound at all."

Chijiang Nayue also nodded to him, indicating that she didn't hear it either.

Maybe Toru Amuro heard it wrong, but Akae Nazuki, who is the spiritual person behind the scenes and has a keen sense of perception, would not have heard it wrong.

Kumu Li Ke finally couldn't help but questioned, "Who are you? Why should we believe what you say?"

A gentle smile slowly appeared on the face of the blond young man, and he said leisurely: "Maybe I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Toru Amuro, and I am a detective."

Akae Nazuki clapped enthusiastically at the side, even though only Amuro Toru could hear it.

"No matter if it's dangerous or not, let's go ahead first..." Tsuda Atsushi rubbed his brows and was halfway through his words when his vision suddenly went dark.

The lights in the piano room dimmed... no, I should say...

All the lights in the hotel were turned off.