Chapter 30 Thirty Ghosts Behind

The corridor should have been silent at night, but the voices of several familiar figures talking broke the silence and made Amuro Toru break out in a cold sweat.

No, if we continue like this, we will definitely attract other people on the ship! Although he checked this corridor in the afternoon and found that there was no surveillance, it was very close to the three lower floors. If we were not careful, we would be caught.

He couldn't stay in the stairwell for too long, as if someone else came over, he would also be discovered.

Originally, Toru Amuro could have taken the initiative to reveal Bourbon's identity after encountering this situation, but if he was found together with those irrelevant people outside like he is now, if he revealed his identity again, those who knew things they shouldn't know, such as the woman in sunglasses, would be silenced.

Besides, the purpose of his trip was to conduct a secret investigation, and it would be best if he could avoid attracting the organization's attention. After all, there was Gin outside and he didn't know how he would deal with him.

Amuro Toru sighed helplessly in his heart, and with the background sound of Akae Nayue complaining "I've told you everything", he quietly slipped out from the shadow of the stairwell and quickly covered the lower half of the face of the man with earrings who was talking loudly.

A very serious expression appeared on his face, and he used his strength to resolve the earring man's frightened struggle in a few seconds. He also raised his head so that the other frightened people could see his face clearly.

The gentle detective who had dined together in the evening suddenly appeared with such a cold look. The woman in sunglasses was frightened by the contrast and the sudden attack and almost screamed at first. Fortunately, Yi Dahang understood what she meant and stopped her quickly, otherwise she might have been woken up in the next second, not to mention the three floors below, but the three floors above.

"Be quiet." Amuro Toru pretended to be expressionless, looking around vigilantly while speaking, "If you don't want to attract everyone, do as I say."

The man with the earrings who was being held down by him shuddered all over, and quickly patted Amuro Toru's arm to indicate that he knew he could let him go. The woman in sunglasses opposite him also nervously covered her mouth, her eyes still filled with fear.

Only the black sweater could maintain a certain degree of composure, which made Toru Amuro look at him more. Then the smart boy behind him floated over, and it was not known whether it was a coincidence, but he just blocked Toru Amuro's line of sight.

"You really look more and more like a real villain." Akae Natsuki stood in the air calmly, and was in the mood to tease Amuro Toru, "But you also look like Duck Mother... So are you going to send them all back now, Amuro Duck Mother?"

Amuro Toru ignored the trash talk in his ears. He was worried that he would lose control and perform a talk with the air in front of a group of ordinary people. He had to try his best to focus all his attention on the only reliable person present: "Come with me first, and I will explain it later, Officer Date."

He led a few people directly into a hidden door near the stairwell. This was a storage room he found during the day and was very suitable for hiding.

After holding his breath and making sure that no one outside had heard the noise and rushed over, the tense Amuro Toru finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at the people opposite him again and made that frightening expression again: "I remember that you said the adventure was on the deck, not here?"

The woman in sunglasses hesitated, not knowing how to speak. Finally, it was Date Kou who spoke up. Her face was filled with the same speechless emotion as Amuro Toru before. She explained with her forehead propped up: "Everyone felt that the deck was boring, so they wanted to go to the lower three floors for a walk. We agreed not to go down... Natalie fell asleep, and I was worried about something, so I followed her."

Amuro Toru caught a glimpse of Akae Nazuki's expression from the corner of his eye and saw that it was getting even more unhappy. Then, relying on the fact that no one could see the ghost behind him, he floated to the side of the woman with sunglasses and the man with earrings, and deliberately said in a scary tone: "Aren't you looking for the red-eyed ghost? I'm right here."

As he spoke, he became interested and started playing with the two of them by moving his arms around.

Amuro Toru, the only one in the audience who saw this scene and heard those words, suddenly felt very regretful that his camera could not capture Akae Nazuki, otherwise he would definitely not be able to control himself and take a photo as a souvenir.

What red-eyed ghost? It’s obviously a childish ghost—a childish ghost!

Amuro Toru cleared his throat and suppressed his smile. The frost on his face melted away, but he still said in a serious manner: "Then Officer Date, please take them back first. This is not a place for everyone to come."

The woman in sunglasses was stunned. I don't know what she was thinking about. Her expression suddenly became excited: "Could it be that Mr. Amuro is investigating a case?"

Amuro Toru still remembered that his current role was a detective investigating a cruise ship for his client, so he nodded calmly in response to this question: "Yes, a case I'm investigating is related to this place, but it's very dangerous..."

The man in the black sweater who had been silent raised his head suddenly upon hearing this and rushed to Amuro Toru: "Investigating a case here? Who is your client?!"

Amuro Toru frowned, a look of confusion on his face.

"I am a detective with professional ethics. I will not disclose the client's information casually. Sorry." He said seriously, "Anyway, you should go back quickly. There is no surveillance here, but it does not mean that there will be no patrol."

"Yeah, after all, there is no such client." The little devil also said with a smile while lying on his head. After that, he passed by Amuro Toru who was being pulled by him and patted the head of the man in the black sweater in front of him. "Although it's very interesting, forget about bringing a few more burdens. You should go back and rest, Tetris~"

This guy didn't care at all that when his palm passed through the black sweater's head, the other person shuddered all over his face and covered his forehead with his hands as if he had a splitting headache.

On the surface, Toru Amuro was still discussing with Kou Date to let them leave quickly, but in his heart he calmly confirmed a fact: Akae Nazuki was very unhappy with these three people, but his attitude towards the man in the black sweater was especially the worst.

Did they know each other? No, it didn't look like that. If they did, the little devil would have told them.

...won't you?

Toru Amuro was shocked to find that he actually thought Akae Nazuki would be 100% honest with him.

"Then, we'll go back first." Ida Ko's voice interrupted Amuro Toru's thoughts. The blond detective nodded to a few people again and watched them walk out of the utility room.

As long as they don't get close to here, nothing will happen to the others on the ship, so Amuro Toru is not worried about their safety in the future. Anyway, no one else can beat Date Kou, and Date Kou, who has always been responsible, will definitely bring them all back safely.

Thinking of this, Toru Amuro leaned back against the shelf. Now he and Akae Nazuki were the only ones in the storage room, so he could finally speak directly.

"You seem to be paying close attention to him, the man in the black sweater... ahem, is that person related to this place?" Amuro Toru did not hide anything and stated his guess directly. However, when he mentioned the name of the man in the black sweater, he subconsciously used the nickname that Akae Nazuki gave them, and quickly changed it to something unimportant.

Chi Jiang Na Yue smiled innocently: "Didn't I say that I'm just good at reasoning--"

"It's not a search engine, right?" Amuro Toru continued, feeling a little relieved. "I just think you don't seem to like it very much."

"How strange." Chi Jiang Na Yue pulled the corner of her mouth and said with a smile, "Don't I always dislike everyone equally?"

Not the same.

Toru Amuro thought firmly: That's what he said, but he could see that Akae Nazuki's dislike for the two women in sunglasses was completely different from her dislike for the man in the black sweater.

However, since Akae Natsuki didn't want to say anything for the time being, Amuro Toru thought about it and decided not to ask any further. Instead, he turned around and listened to whether there was any unusual movement in the corridor outside the door.

This time it was the little devil who couldn't sit still first. He moved up to him and poked him here and there, making Toru Amuro feel hot and cold.

He was extremely helpless and turned back to look at the ghost behind him: "What's wrong?"

"You're really not curious anymore." The little devil said fiercely, "How can you not be curious? Keep asking me!"

"Didn't you say you didn't want to say it first?" Amuro revealed his crescent eyes, and was poked by the spirit behind him, so he had to accept his fate and speak, "Then..."

"Master Kaluya, the world's number one detective." The spirit 'Goodwill' behind him reminded.

"Mr. Kaluya, the world's number one detective, what did you see on that black sweater? Can you tell me?" Toru Amuro changed the address readily.

It's on the right track, worthy of being called Bourbon.

Akajangazuki thought with satisfaction that he really should have recorded the recording, because his own Zero-kun would never call him that, so it felt really good to hear Zero-kun from this parallel world say that!

"The woman with sunglasses and the man with earrings were instigated by the man in the black sweater." After Chi Jiangnanyue was satisfied, she did not hesitate to explain, "The latter is the real leader among the three, including when we talked about the legend before."

"The tone of the other two people's narration was just a normal 'story', but the man in the black sweater was different. Although his expression was well concealed, his eyes could not deceive people."

Akae Nazuki deliberately stuck close to Amuro Toru and smiled with a mischievous look: "Don't you think that what he said was very specific?"

——The 'story' of the red-eyed ghost.

"I killed so many members of the organization, they will never allow the crew to spread this matter, let alone someone who is not even an outer member. If he is really discovered, they will just shoot him instead of moving him back to the room." Chijiang Nayue slightly distanced himself, "Eight years ago, I would do the same, because I will not let anyone ruin my plan."

"And we did look for past tourists during our previous investigation, but we never heard of this incident, right?" As she spoke, Akajina's tone turned cold. "So who told the man in the black coat... isn't it obvious?"

The biggest possibility is that the person who told Black Sweater this story witnessed the fight between Akagi Nayue and members of the organization on the boat, and was not silenced and was able to tell this story to others, which means that the person is also a member of the organization.

I'm afraid that person himself didn't see much real stuff, so the only description of him eight years ago was a pair of red eyes.

As for the man in black, he was just using this half-true, half-false story to lure his two companions out on an 'adventure', as well as some... other purposes.

Akajiang Nayue did not tell Amuro Toru the second half of the sentence, because he did not yet understand what the purpose was.

Chi Jiang Na Yue is just usually cold to the stupid NPCs, but it is normal for him to be twice as unhappy with anyone who has anything to do with the organization. Not to mention that it is related to his death eight years ago. Do you want him to have a good attitude? It's better to dream.

"I take back my comments in the restaurant." Chi Jiang Na Yue wrinkled her nose childishly, and her unhappiness was visibly evident. She said firmly, "This guy in the black sweater will not stay still. He will affect your future actions."

"So why don't we just take the initiative and kill him first before we move on?"

"…Refute!"

Just as Toru Amuro finished speaking, there was a noise in the corridor.

The souls behind each person quickly calmed down.