Chapter 898 Exorcist Vine
"Is the slap in the face coming so quickly?"Fujino looked at the little girl who seemed to be a ghost not far away, and complained secretly in his heart.
I just finished talking about the night watchman dividing the yin and yang, and now he comes over to get close and use his ultimate attack.
Don't I have any dignity?
"That... seems to be a little girl, right?"
"By the way, the rumored ghost seems to be the little girl, right?"
"Could that be a ghost?!"
Looking at the little girl who was waving towards them not far away, who seemed to be a ghost, the faces of several girls turned pale.
Even the seemingly brave Sonoko, after actually seeing the ghost...
can only say……
"Can you please let go of your hands that are holding my arm first?"
'But to be honest, the plot of using human-shaped hand warmers in "Border Town Prodigal Son" is quite realistic. Anyway, it is indeed warm. '
"It's not the first time I've felt the red leaves, and the garden is like water in a sponge, if you squeeze it there's always some..."
'No, why would I think about that?'
Fujino glanced around at Sonoko on his left and Momiji on his right who were hugging his arms, and complained in his heart.
I feel like I've become an old pervert.
He coughed, moved his bound arms, and warned the two men, "Anyway, no matter what it is, let me pull my hands out first, okay?"
"oh oh!!"
The two were stunned for a moment when they heard the words, then they came to their senses and let go of each other's hands, their faces flushed with shyness, they looked at each other and quickly looked away, like little girls who had done something bad.
"stare……"
Huiyuan drooped her eyelids and looked dead. She looked away and asked calmly, "So, was that really a ghost?"
"I do not know either."
Fujino took off the wooden sword necklace from his neck, then swung the enlarged wooden sword in a fancy way and slowly walked towards the girl: "Anyway, I'll go over and take a look, and then give her a blow."
"..."
Conan looked at Fujino's back and was speechless.
Why does it feel like Fujino's painting style is getting weirder and weirder...
A detective who always talks about folk rules.
What kind of exorcist do you think you are?
"and many more……"
"Fujino-senpai, are you going over there?"
"What if it really is a ghost?"
Mao Lilan agreed with Yuanzi and Hongye's views. She glanced at the night watchmen who had walked a distance to the side and said, "Yes, we should hurry up and catch up with the night watchmen!"
"I think I'd better go and take a look."
Fujino looked at the few people, thought for a moment, and handed over the wooden sword in his hand: "This thing is made of peach wood, it can ward off evil spirits. If there really is a ghost, it will be of some use. You guys should follow the night watchmen first, I'll be back soon. After all, this kind of thing has caused a lot of trouble to the locals... What's more, there is an old saying that when wronged ghosts appear, there must be an injustice. We can't just leave it alone."
Sonoko wanted to take action first, but Hongye was closer.
So she took the wooden sword.
Then he looked at Fujino and asked, "What about you?"
"I don't care..."
Fujino smiled, turned around, took out Chiyo and Cangxue from his personal space, and put the two swords on his belt: "I still have two swords with a history of more than a hundred years. Let alone a ghost, even if it is a wronged soul, I guess one cut of the sword will make its soul fly away."
"Oh……"
Everyone nodded when they heard this, not quite understanding what Fujino meant.
But now that it has been decided, it means that we should be prepared.
After all, in their impression, Fujino never seemed to have done anything without preparation.
CONAN: So what about me?
You go off and show off your cool exorcism, and I'm just going to sit here and watch, right?
Of course Conan is also very curious about ghosts.
As a detective, when I see something like a ghost that goes against scientific common sense, how could I not investigate it?
So he followed secretly.
However, Xiaolan noticed it again and reminded him directly: "Don't cause trouble for Fujino-senpai!"
Conan smiled and scratched the back of his head: "I just want to watch Brother Fujino exorcise the demon!"
"Da sister!"
…………
It was dark at night and the road was quiet.
A hazy fog obscured the surrounding environment.
Fujino carried two knives and followed silently behind the little girl who looked a little unreal.
From the dirt road, walk into the woods.
The little girl looked around from time to time.
He didn't seem to notice me behind him.
Fujino was actually quite curious about the little girl who suddenly appeared.
It is certain that this girl is not a physical entity, but as to whether she is a ghost or something, it is not certain for the time being.
Combined with the thick fog around, Fujino thought of a mirage or the Buddha's light phenomenon.
Although the mountain is shrouded in mist at night, mirages may indeed occur.
However, this kind of environment does not seem to constitute the conditions...
Maybe it's some kind of scientific effect.
Thinking of this, Fujino walked through the forest, passed under a white torii, and came to a small river.
What comes into view is a small platform standing upright.
On the high platform is a small house.
Fujino didn't quite understand what this was, but he felt that it was probably a sacrificial building used to worship river gods or something.
"Huuu~"
The evening breeze suddenly blew, and the surrounding mist was blown up by the gentle wind.
The little girl's figure disappeared without a trace as the mist was rolled up.
"Suddenly disappeared...?"
Fujino lowered his eyes and pinched his chin: "Come to think of it, I seem to have some impression of ghosts... but the impression is not too deep. It seems to be related to a certain case?"
Fujino pursed his chin and said, "Brother Tongzi, can you give me a hint?"
"..."
"Sister Tongzi?"
"..."
"Ding, a new system task has been detected, please check it."
"Good guy."
Fujino was speechless for a moment.
So it’s not enough to call you brother, I have to call you sister, right?
It seems that this is indeed my sister.
But why is this dog system a bit flat now?
I wonder if you won’t give me any tasks even if I call you, right?
Fujino didn't bother to think about the gender of the system, but instead looked at the system prompt interface: [System Task: Ghost, Detective and Jewel Thief
Mission Summary: The Nagakura family seems to have a hidden secret, and the yet-to-be-identified ghost girl seems to be guiding you to find something. What is related to all this seems to be the key point... At the same time, there seems to be a jewelry robber behind this incident.
Mission Objective: Uncover the truth about the jewel robbery that is connected to existence
Mission Reward: 500 million yen, 5 detective coins, 500 detective reputation]
"The jewel thief and the ghost..."
Fujino looked at the prompt given by the system and clenched his jaw.
The system didn't give many clues, but he could probably guess that the Nagakura family's son might have been involved in the jewelry robbery.
Pulling his thoughts back, he looked around.
The eagle eye opened, and a strange gleam flashed in the eyes.
He stood there and observed for a moment.
Fujino took out a pair of white rubber gloves and put them on his hands, then walked to the river and pulled up a white one from the flowing stream.
He took out the magic wand and took a look at it, and found that it was a bathrobe.
The bathrobe also has the last name embroidered on it.
But it is not a key clue.
Fujino stood up and put his bathrobe into his personal space. After thinking for a while, he took out his phone and opened the text message interface of Hiroki Sawada: "Hiroki, help me investigate the information related to the surname Nagakura, Onizawa Village, and the jewelry robbery case."
…………
"Fujino-senpai, how's the investigation going?"
"Is that little girl a ghost?"
"Yeah, what's going on?"
It was already very late, but the lights were still on in the B&B where everyone was staying. Fujino had just returned to the B&B, and Sonoko, Momiji and Xiaolan hurriedly asked Fujino.
"I'm not so sure either."
Fujino shook his head slightly. "I followed her to a nearby river. After a gust of wind, she suddenly disappeared. There was a bathrobe in the river, but it looked like it was accidentally blown there by the wind."
"That's a ghost, right?"
Xiaolan's face froze when she heard this, and she whispered, "After all, how could someone suddenly disappear..."
"I think you must have seen it wrong."
The boss, Mr. Li, hadn't slept yet. He heard the conversation and came over: "For example, mistaking the bathrobe for a person or something. After all, reports of ghosts like that are all fake. We don't have ghosts here."
"It couldn't have been the bathrobe, we saw it clearly!"
Yuanzi stretched out her hand and gestured, describing vividly: "She had short black hair, was about ten years old, and was wearing a little red skirt. She even waved at us at that time!"
Mr. Wenyan's face suddenly froze.
Mrs. Junzi, who was following behind him, was also stunned for a long time before she murmured, "Ami-chan...she should be here to see Rongzhi..."
"Have you two seen that little girl?"
"what……"
In response to Fujino's question, Mrs. Junzi explained, "Asami is Eiji's childhood sweetheart. They are only one year apart in age and they have a very good relationship... I think she must have believed that Eiji was wrongly accused, so she came back!"
"Stop talking nonsense!"
Mr. Li shouted and said to everyone in a deep voice: "Not to mention that Rongzhi died half a month ago, Mami has been dead for more than ten years. How could she come back? You must have seen it wrong!"
"Uncle, are you really too excited?"
Sonoko looked at Nagakura and frowned in dissatisfaction: "The fact is that we really saw it, and Senior Fujino followed her and saw her disappear with his own eyes."
Hongye nodded in agreement: "That's right."
"What nonsense are you talking about? Ghosts and spirits, how could there be any of them here?"
Nagakura still maintained his own opinion and glanced at the few people, "You slander our village like this... I understand, you must be sent by that group of people!"
"You actually used such a despicable and vulgar method. Do you think you can force me to submit like this?"
"Listen to me, that scum Rongzhi is not my son. Not in the past and certainly not from now on!"
"If you have any tricks up your sleeve, just come on!"
Having said that, Nagakura turned around and left the living room angrily.
Mrs. Junzi just stood there, sighing helplessly.
"what does it mean??"
"Why do I feel that Mr. Li has a weird temper?"
Everyone looked at Nagakura leaving in confusion, and Fujino took the opportunity to explain: "Nagakura Eiji is 413 years old... the suspect in the jewelry theft case."
"About a month ago, he robbed a jewelry store in Changren Town, shot and killed the waiter and the store manager, and held a jewelry appraiser hostage. Because fingerprints were left at the scene, the police immediately identified him as the suspect. Then, half a month ago, they found that he had committed suicide out of fear of punishment."
"Jewelry theft?"
"Committed suicide out of fear of punishment... no wonder."
Everyone looked strange when they heard this, and suddenly they understood why Nagakura never mentioned his son.
"Eiji... he must have been wrongly accused."
Madam Junzi glanced at the few people and said in a low voice: "Although he is a little naughty, he is not capable of robbing jewels and killing people."
"Until the established facts are established, anything is possible."
Fujino looked at Madam Junzi and said, "However, there are still many doubts about the identification of Nagakura Eiji as a suspect."
Upon hearing this, Madam Junzi looked at Fujino and asked quickly, "Are you saying that Rongzhi might not be the murderer of the murder and robbery?"
"It's actually very simple if you think about it."
Fujino thought for a moment and explained, "Jewelry store robbery is generally impossible for one person to do, even with a gun. It is usually a gang crime. Not to mention whether he has the ability to do it alone, just planning the action plan for this robbery is not something a newcomer like him can do..."
After a pause, he continued, "What's more, only his fingerprints were found at the crime scene. If he is really an experienced robber, he should also understand the principle of wearing gloves."
"Yes!"
Sonoko chimed in, "How could a stupid thief rob without wearing gloves?"
Xiaolan nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "Even murderers know that they should wear gloves when killing people."
"If that's the case, then the possibility that Nagakura Eiji is the suspect is low."
Huihara Ai pondered and reasoned, "Since he is capable of planning a robbery, he would not be stupid enough to leave fingerprints at the crime scene. However, his fingerprints were found at the scene..."
As she spoke, her tone suddenly deepened: "If you think about it this way, he is most likely a scapegoat for a gang of robbers."
Conan: "..."
By the way, shouldn’t reasoning be my job?
Shouldn't you, Huibara, just watch silently from the side, and make sarcastic remarks from time to time and say a few life truths?
It’s okay that Fujino, the exorcist, stole my role.
Huihara, why do you want to snatch it from me?
"That's what I thought."
Fujino put his hands in his pockets, lowered his eyes and thought, reasoning: "Based on the current situation, he is very likely involved in some robber gang, threatened or joined, but the robbers did not regard him as one of their own. Instead, after they succeeded, they killed him and disguised it as suicide. I think it might be the jewelry appraiser."
"After all, the jewelry has not been found yet, and the jewelry appraiser does not seem to have been confirmed dead. For a jewelry appraiser, the possibility of committing a crime is much greater."
"To sum up, he was used as a scapegoat, and he was the scapegoat of the kidnapped jewelry appraiser."
Madam Junzi was stunned for a long while after hearing this, and then she came to her senses. Her eyes gradually became moist: "So that's how it is... I said Rongzhi was innocent. How could he do such a thing as murder!"
"Mr. Fujino, you must be a famous detective, right?"
Madam Junzi looked at Fujino, took two steps forward, and bowed deeply. "Although I know it's a bit difficult to ask, I hope you can help me find evidence that Rongzhi was wronged... As a mother, I don't want to see my child suffer injustice even after death..."
Fujino directly stopped Madam Junzi who had lowered her posture: "Madam, you don't have to do this. I will definitely continue to investigate this case, even if you don't ask me to do so."
"After all, the main duty of a detective, besides making money, is to find the truth."
"What's more, I can't stand this kind of wrongful conviction where the real culprit is at large and the victim is wrongly accused."
(End of this chapter)
