Chapter 22 Twenty-two Ghosts Behind

As Toru Amuro approached the hotel entrance with Tsuda Atsushi on his back, the spirit behind him, which had been floating leisurely, suddenly cried out, "It looks like your fall was not an accident."

"Hey." Akae Nazuki said, turning sideways so that Amuro Toru could see more clearly, "If you didn't know you would fall, you wouldn't have chosen such a good time to play dead, right? The boss is so weak, if there is no one to carry him, he definitely can't come back at this time."

His comments were very sharp, and Amuro Toru's mouth twitched when he heard them, and he felt sympathy for Tsuda Atsushi on his back.

Fortunately, Tsuda Atsushi couldn't hear Akae Nazuki's voice, otherwise he would have been sad for a long time if his idol told him that he was too weak in person.

Amuro Toru thought again: Not necessarily. If it were Tsuda Atsushi, he might firmly agree with all of Akae Nazuki's comments, deeply condemn himself for being so weak, and then feel ashamed.

After all, this is a die-hard fan who, even though he knows how bad the 18-year-old Chijiang Nayue's personality is, is still willing to treat her as a beacon.

Amuro Toru understood what Akae Nayue meant by pretending to be dead at a glance - the paper sliding door of the hotel was ajar, and the warm yellow light squeezed out from the gap, slightly illuminating the long dark red hair spread out on the mossy stone slabs.

It was Kuki Liko, she was lying on the ground, looking dead or alive.

When he left the hotel in the afternoon to scout the surroundings, Toru Amuro found the information of Riko Kusaki, who looked most familiar to him, and learned that she was a little-known actress. Now it seems that the reason why she is not famous is definitely not because of her poor acting skills.

At least if Toru Amuro and Nazuki Akae weren't there, Tsuda Atsushi would definitely have been fooled... They are all fans of Little Devil, how could this one be so easily fooled?

When Amuro Toru got closer, Tsuda Atsushi also saw the figure over there and shouted in astonishment: "Kusaki?!"

This sound seemed to wake up the red-haired woman. Before Amuro Toru was about to put Tsuda Atsushi down and go closer to check the situation, she trembled her arms and barely raised her upper body.

“Da Jun…” Kumu Li Ke’s face, which was originally made up of delicate makeup, was covered with dust and she looked panicked. “Da Jun was taken away!”

Otherwise, why is he called an actor?

Akae Nazuki sighed in her heart that the other party's acting was far better than Shinichi's, even the detail of consciously calling out her ex-boyfriend's nickname while being nervous was not missed.

……strangeness?

He suddenly looked at Kumuriko a few more times, but said nothing.

Although Toru Amuro knew that Kugi Riko was acting, in order not to alarm others, he still cooperated and put on a serious expression, and then said: "We were also attacked. Wait a minute, I will send Dana in first."

Tsuda Atsushi was lucky as he only sprained his ankle when he rolled down the slope. After Amuro Toru put him on the sofa in the hall, he immediately turned back and helped Kugi Riko, who also looked miserable, in to the single sofa next to him. He himself was "pressed" by the suddenly enthusiastic little devil onto the wooden chair diagonally opposite Tsuda Atsushi.

The three of them sat in a triangle forming opposing positions. Although Toru Amuro was speechless, he could tell that the little devil was secretly teasing them.

"Three people, three stances - don't you think it's exciting?" Akajina Yue was lying on top of Amuro Toru's head contentedly, and said happily in a long voice.

Happiness belongs to the spirit behind us. Humans get nothing from it and even feel that the spirit behind us is making trouble.

The other two could not hear Chijiang Nayue's voice and were still following the serious script.

As soon as she sat down, Kumu Riko looked even more anxious. She wore the coat that Amuro politely lent her on her shoulders, and leaned forward. After being comforted by the two, she seemed to finally calm down a little, and then began to explain what happened in a trembling voice.

"After we separated from you, everything was fine at first. Dajun and I remembered that there was a small wooden house a little further behind the hotel, so we wanted to go look for it." Kumu Li Ke said, "But we were attacked when we got close to the wooden house."

She took a deep breath and her tone became depressed: "I... I had a quarrel with Dajun on the road, and then I didn't stay with him. I followed him and separated from him, so I saw it."

At this point, Kumu Li Ke shuddered again, with fear in her eyes: "A man in black clothes came out of the woods. He just touched Da Jun's neck, and Da Jun fainted!"

Toru Amuro also vaguely sensed that something was wrong.

"Before the man took Tatsu-kun away, he said to the unconscious Tatsu-kun, 'This is the third one.'" The red-haired woman sobbed, her eyes reddened from the tension. She stared at Tsuda Atsushi and her voice unconsciously became louder. "What does this mean? Tsuda, you know, right? Even if Ling is included, there are only two of us, so the one in front is you, right!"

"It seems that something unexpected has happened." Akae Nazuki said what Amuro Toru was thinking at the moment, and they looked at each other, "The lie has come true."

When Akae Nazuki, who was more sensitive to emotions, heard what Kuki Riko said outside, she realized that she was not acting at all, but was really panicking, which meant that an attacker really appeared.

All I can say is that even at this time she still did not forget to pretend that 'He Lai Ling was also kidnapped', and took advantage of this incident to question Tsuda Atsushi more sincerely... This is probably the last stubbornness of Kusaki Riko as an actor.

Tsuda Atsushi's face turned pale, and he tried to remain calm and asked, "What did the man look like? Did you see him? What else did he say?"

Kuki Riko recalled subconsciously as he said this: "He had black hair, was tall and thin, looked very unwell, and had a pair of blood-colored eyes."

She shuddered. “He then answered a phone call and said to the other end… ‘This is the black side, got it.’”

Toru Amuro reflexively looked at the only black-haired, red-eyed boy present and saw that he had the same dazed expression, but he did not doubt that the man was Akae Nazuki.

Chijiang Nayue's eyes were also red, but it was a cool and not cold water red. It was not as bright as blood, but more like two rich and precious gems.

He has black hair and red eyes and calls himself Black Fang.

These two characteristics are nothing special when separated, but when put together, Chijiang Nayue immediately dug out the corresponding person from his memory.

Black Label, the younger brother of his adoptive mother, Akae Yuu.

At the same time, it was the BOSS who received the mission in each parallel world to blow up the Akajiang couple, codenamed Red Whiskey and Cherry Brandy - the "organization's heroes" who killed the two traitors.

but……

"That person can't be the black side." Akae Nayue looked deeply at Amuro Toru and said word by word firmly, "Because he was killed by me before I died."

From the perspective of his eighteen-year-old self, since he could kill Karasuma Renya for revenge, he would never miss the executor of Black Label Whisky.

The dead cannot be resurrected, and the attacker was definitely not Black Label.

Akajanga's brain worked quickly, and he thought for a second: since the other party could say a third piece of information with such a clear direction, it must be that he knew that Kumu Liko was nearby, so he deliberately told her and wanted her to pass it on to them.

He looked at Amuro Toru again.

There's no doubt about it. The person who pretended to be Black Label, knocked out Fujimiya Tatsuya, and deliberately let Kuki Riko back was the restless Vermode.

Although Toru Amuro didn't know what Akae Nayue meant, he understood that Black Label was not a person who should appear here. He questioned the boy with a serious look and got the final answer.

"It's Vermode." Chijiang Nayue showed a rare headache, with a bitter face, "She must be trying to test you this way because you told her my code name before and then didn't tell her anything. If you really know about me, you must know that Black Fang has been killed by me."

He had so much fun these past two days that he forgot that Vermouth was not the type to sit and wait for death.

"And doing so can also cooperate with other people's plans, put more pressure on the stupid boss, and force the stupid boss to reveal the complete secret of that year earlier."

Chi Jiang Na Yue didn't know whether to praise or mutter: "I really like to kill two birds with one stone, Sharon."

After once again experiencing the difficulty of Vermode, Toru Amuro's eyes turned cold.

In just two days, even his whereabouts were investigated so clearly. It seems that Vermode not only knew that he was collecting information about Akae Nazuki, but also knew that his target was Tsuda Atsushi.

It seems that someone in the public security department might be leaking information.

While they were exchanging information, Tsuda Atsushi subconsciously glanced at Amuro Toru, with whom he had previously talked in the woods, and then looked at Kuki Riko, as if judging whether her words were credible.

He finally closed his eyes, as if giving up resistance, and said with his lips moving, "If you are right, I am one of the three people he mentioned."

Tsuda Atsushi thought in despair: Did he really make a mistake in who to be on guard against? At first, he suspected that Amuro Toru was one of the people from eight years ago, but now it seems that the one who attacked Fujimiya Tatsuya is the one!

He had taken it upon himself to keep his lighthouse a secret for eight years, and if nothing had happened, he would have taken the secret to his grave.

But now, it seems that I have to say it.

"I'm sorry, you were implicated by me. I was the only person he wanted to arrest." Tsuda Atsushi smiled bitterly and said, "In fact, I know that you and Fujimiya, the three of you have always wanted to know the truth of eight years ago..."

"Now I will tell you everything you want to know."

Even though he was about to hear the secret he was waiting for, Toru Amuro glanced at the window casually.

According to what Akae Nayue said, Vermode is probably hiding somewhere outside, listening to the conversation inside.