Chapter 14 Jason: I'm on the 5th Floor

Jason deliberately lengthened his tone.

Then, he looked at the office worker, the clerk, and the female student, his eyes sharp as a knife, making people tremble involuntarily.

The office workers, shop assistants, and female students were all pale, and as the only female student, the female student was even more trembling.

who is it?

Hurry up!

I'm so anxious!

Hui Lijing couldn't help shouting in her heart, but she didn't dare to interrupt.

As a late detective, although she is a late detective, she is also a detective, and she still knows some of the detective's "basic skills".

For example: Fraud!

There are two types of fraud.

First, when the general direction is already known, but cannot be accurately judged, the criminal is stimulated with words to truly lock the target.

The second is to have no idea who the murderer is at all, and then use words to expose the criminal's flaws, or cooperate with some extreme methods.

As for how to choose?

That is to see the level of detectives.

Good detectives choose the first.

Although she is excellent, she basically chooses the second one.

It doesn't matter whether she is cheating or not, mainly because she likes to convince people with reason.

physical, rational.

Ryosuke on the side frowned.

He is not very proficient in interrogation.

However, as an excellent criminal policeman, his rich experience told him that at this time, he needed to cooperate.

So, the next moment—

"So it is!"

After Ryosuke sighed slightly, an inexplicable expression appeared on his face.

There is disbelief, relief, and a trace of pity.

Anyway, it's as complicated as it gets.

After hearing Ryosuke's words, the faces of office workers, middle-aged shop assistants, and female students who had been struggling to support all changed.

The three looked at each other, and the most inconspicuous middle-aged clerk took a deep breath.

"Sure enough, you were discovered by Officer Liangjie."

"Although we have been carefully dressed, in the eyes of an old detective like you, there are many flaws, right?"

"Maybe you didn't recognize it at first, but over time you'll find out."

The middle-aged clerk said so, and stood up straight.

The look of fear on his face was swept away.

Not only the middle-aged clerk, but also office workers and female students.

Ryosuke was stunned.

who are you?

However, the middle-aged criminal policeman did not deny it.

He didn't forget that he was cooperating with Jason at this time.

Therefore, he nodded calmly.

"That's right."

"I didn't recognize it at first, but now I know for sure."

"And the injuries on my body... also to let pain and fatigue affect my judgment,

Did you leave it for me and Iwashita to fight? "

Ryosuke pointed to the wound on his arm.

"Um."

"Unfortunately it doesn't work for you."

"We still underestimated you, and this... detective?"

The middle-aged clerk shook his head regretfully.

Looking at Jason's eyes, some are not sure.

And it was only at this time that Hui Lijing recovered.

The female detective raised her voice.

"You are all murderers?!"

Her voice was full of disbelief.

In Hui Lijing's thinking, she narrowly defined the murderer as a single person, and never thought that three people committed the crime at the same time.

"murderer?"

"We're just getting revenge!"

"Ten years ago, he killed my family!"

The youngest female student couldn't help but retorted.

Wearing a short skirt and school uniform, with a cut hair, and a beautiful face, the female student who did not wear makeup was full of youthful and lively atmosphere before, but at this time, she only had a terrifying hatred left. .

Awe-inspiring hatred.

She stared at Hui Lijing and made the female detective clench the handle of the gun subconsciously.

Then, the female student turned around and looked at the hanging body.

"Ten years ago, he killed my father."

"Kill his mother."

"Kill his lover."

"Now, we kill him just for revenge!"

The female student pointed to the office worker and then to the middle-aged clerk, her tone gradually returning to calm.

"Is he a wanted criminal?"

Hui Lijing frowned.

"certainly!"

"Also, he is a well-known wanted criminal."

"Ten years ago, he broke into the house three times and robbed him three times. Each time he killed the owner and plundered the property. Then, he was arrested by the police officer Liangjie, but he killed the escort and escaped during the escort."

It was still the female student who answered.

Even Hui Lijing could hear the sarcasm in the female student's words.

"Feel sorry."

"It's my responsibility."

Ryosuke said in a low voice.

A look of remorse appeared on the middle-aged police officer's face.

If he had tried a little harder, Ishita wouldn't have run.

If he tried a little harder, Iwanoshita could have been captured directly.

If he worked harder, the three innocent people in front of him would not have blood on their hands.

"No, Officer Liangjie, this is not your responsibility."

"Your efforts are beyond the imagination of others."

"thanks."

The female student bowed solemnly to Ryosuke.

The same goes for office workers and middle-aged shop assistants.

However, when the three straightened their waists, the office worker spoke directly.

"We chose our way."

"We know it's illegal."

"But we have no choice."

"We can't wait any longer."

"We couldn't watch him get away, so when this opportunity presented itself to us, we didn't reject it -- the hatred that day and night had already made us unable to choose."

The office worker's voice became high-pitched.

The middle-aged clerk comforted the office worker.

It can be seen that the oldest person is the leader of the three.

After the office worker calmed down, he turned his head to look at Jason, Ryosuke, and Hui Lijing.

"We have no ill will."

"Appearing here, I just hope to trap you here temporarily."

"besides……"

The middle-aged man seemed to want to say something, but finally shook his head.

"The first round is over, and the murderer has been found."

"Now, the second round begins."

"You're going to catch me - the information is in the box behind the plaque."

After the female student finished speaking, the surrounding darkness enveloped the three of them.

Then, the three disappeared.

It wasn't until the three of them disappeared that Liang Jie and Hui Lijing suddenly realized.

The two did not remember until this time that this was not an ordinary murder scene, but an inexplicable environment.

Almost subconsciously, Ryosuke picked up the ladder again.

He was going to take down the box behind the plaque.

"Do you need help?"

Hui Lijing asked, but was rejected by Ryosuke.

Hui Lijing didn't force it any more, but looked at Jason.

"How did you find out, Jason?"

"Do exorcists also train as detectives?"

Hui Lijing asked.

I have vocational skills.

Jason answered silently in his heart, but the words he used to say often came out of his mouth——

"Everything is obvious."

In the illusory and real world where the female pastry chef lives, Jason often uses this sentence to confuse everything. With the help of the female pastry chef, there is naturally no problem.

But Hui Lijing in front of her did not possess such qualities.

She tilted her head and thought for a long time.

The curly hair covering his forehead and eyes was tilted aside, revealing beautiful eyes.

It's a pity that these eyes are full of confusion.

Obvious?

Why am I not seeing it?

Am I missing a lot of important clues?

Hui Lijing frowned, and after four or five seconds, she popped out a sentence from her mouth.

"The results are there, the process doesn't matter, right?"

Saying that, Hui Lijing looked at Jason expectantly.

After a second of silence, Jason nodded.

Because he didn't know how to explain it.

Silently, he missed the female pastry chef a little bit.

"Look at this box."

Ryosuke held the box behind the plaque with one hand and jumped straight down from the ladder.

The box is wooden, about the size of an adult's palm, and has no lock on it, so it can be opened directly.

Inside was a piece of paper, on which was written in brush—

I am arrayed in the east, without eyes.

I am arrayed in the west and have no ears.

I am arrayed in the north, without arms.

I lined up in the south, without legs.

...

Ryosuke frowned at the words without beginning or end, while Hui Lijing was even more confused.

After a while, both of them looked up at Jason.

"Has anything Jason found?"

Hui Lijing asked.

"It's the same handwriting on the letter that was left to us earlier."

Jason said.

"We know this!"

"Apart from this?"

Hui Lijing asked.

Then, just after asking, she found that Jason was looking at her with a very weird look.

Hui Lijing was looked at very unnaturally, even, she thought her shoelaces were open, so she couldn't help but looked down.

"Maybe this is not the knowledge of the 'mysterious side', but I hope you can remember-"

"Never follow the steps of the enemy."

Jason replied.

As he spoke, Jason walked out of the temple.

So far, Jason still doesn't know what happened.

But one thing is certain, the mastermind who led him here was not for a tea party.

As for the words of the office workers, middle-aged shop assistants and female students just now?

Jason wouldn't believe a word.

Before he learned not to follow the enemy's steps in the City That Never Sleeps, he had learned not to trust anyone's words, especially the words of the enemy.

Perhaps these three people are not malicious.

Perhaps the three men were not lying.

but!

This does not mean that the man behind the scenes is not malicious or lying.

The other party can completely deceive the three of them with lies.

Then, use the mouths of the three to numb them.

This is a better way than outright lies.

Because... office workers, middle-aged shop assistants, and female students trust each other.

Even if the other party is telling lies, the three of them will believe it.

Then, the three of them will tell them this as if it were true.

But who can know what the real result will be?

Therefore, even if Jason can still sense the death energy of the three people at this time, he can easily determine the location of the three people, but he will not look for the three people.

He could completely imagine, even if he found three people.

There will also be a third and fourth round.

Even more entanglement.

Under such entanglement, everything will become more confusing.

Far better to start from the most direct place.

Once and for all!

Always the best solution!

Hui Lijing and Ryosuke who followed Jason were also thinking.

"Is there any countermeasure?"

"Can you force the three murderers to show up automatically?"

Ryosuke thought so.

And Hui Lijing is much simpler.

"Jason must have discovered the murderer and went after the murderer."

Obviously, this is a limitation or habit of thinking.

Take a chestnut (a good example, but a chestnut is not bad) -

Hui Lijing is on the first floor.

Ryosuke is on the second floor.

Jason is on the fifth floor

...

In the courtyard, as soon as the 'Shocked Deer' stepped up and down, it made a unique sound of bamboo and stone clashing.

In the crouch, the water droplets rose and fell, causing layers of ripples.

The handsome man holding a folding fan gently tapped the palm of his hand with it, and a smile appeared on the other party's fair cheeks. deer'.

The waiter walked slowly behind the handsome man.

"My lord, those three people have completed the first stage."

"but……"

"I was immediately discovered by that Jason."

"Then, that Ryosuke detective also found out something was wrong."

The waiter said softly.

The handsome man was not surprised.

Instead, he nodded his head naturally.

"Of course."

"After all, it was an exorcist who avoided dozens of chases."

"If you can't even find this clue, it's really disappointing."

"As for that Ryosuke detective?"

"If he wasn't too grumpy and outspoken, he would have already been a vigilante for his credit, and since it was a case he handled, this kind of discovery should have been made."

Speaking of which, the handsome man froze.

"Otherwise, how do you enter the second round?"

After speaking, the handsome man seemed to have discovered something interesting, and his expression became more and more happy.

He raised his hand and waved.

The waiter immediately retreated respectfully.

Then, the handsome man looked towards the courtyard.

I saw that in the courtyard, an old monk in a gray rag robe appeared.

The old monk was dirty and sloppy, and his face was dark.

However, those eyes were very bright.

At this moment, these bright eyes were staring at the handsome man.

"Monk Tongshou Temple, you are finally willing to show up."

The handsome man smiled.

The monk sighed and didn't speak, so he bent down and washed his hands before 'squatting'.

Such a gesture made the handsome man's eyes light up.

He stood up from his kneeling position.

The folding fan in his hand opened slightly.

He made several marks with one hand.

Woo!

A gloomy wind blew into the courtyard.

Dark clouds followed.

The stars are obscured.

The moon becomes dim.

Several skeleton warriors in armor appeared in the courtyard.

They drew their knives and surrounded the old monk.

The old monk calmly washed his hands and face, then shook his robe and looked at the handsome man.

Under the expectant and excited eyes of the handsome man, he knelt down straight and shouted in a very high voice—

"Forgive me!"