Fog Formula-Warning Book of Fog City Search Chief's Strange Talk

an hour later.

Jian Shenxiu leaned against the back seat of the car. He rubbed his sore brows, closed his eyes and rested his mind.

And Markesias also tried not to disturb him, just sat in the seat in front of him, and put away the evidence collected today in order. Stored up.

Then he didn't rush to start the car, but sat quietly in the driver's seat, waiting for Shenxiu's follow-up instructions.

He has always been like this, following all of Jian Shenxiu's orders. In fact, according to his level of intelligence, he shouldn't be able to become an investigator. Seeing Shenxiu pushed him to this position, and he would do whatever Shenxiu asked him to do. In private, he was ridiculed as Jian Shenxiu's dog. People suspected that Jian Shenxiu could shoot anyone as long as he opened his mouth.

Xias had never heard this kind of ridicule. If he had heard it, he would definitely reply to that person seriously - "There is no doubt, it is true."

"Xias, record it."

After being quiet for a long time, Jian Shenxiu, who was sitting in the back seat, finally spoke out.

"Yes, master."

Xia Si immediately picked up the pen.

"The suspects of the few people who just visited have been ruled out." Jian Shenxiu frowned slightly, the previous conversation seemed to consume a lot of his energy.

"Basically, the company line can be ruled out."

"Yes." Xia Si hummed, taking a brush to record.

"The victim's financial situation is good and he has no debts. The impact of the debts caused by the previous bankruptcy can be ruled out, and it is unlikely that he will be involved in the underworld."

"yes."

"The group led by the victim was only carrying out general work projects. Although it is also a company secret, it is not the kind of work of great significance. It can be ruled out that the case of family vendetta caused by the work content."

"yes."

"The victim was an irritable person who may have some medical tendencies, but was never willing to go to the hospital for examination."

Jian Shenxiu closed his eyes and rubbed between his brows. Thinking back to those team members and Director Zhao's [completely different] evaluation of the victim.

"He may communicate very well at ordinary times, but at certain moments he will suddenly become irritable, and suddenly become nervous at a certain moment, showing obvious violent tendencies."

"Yes..." Xia Si widened his eyes and looked a little surprised, but he still recorded all these obediently.

"The victim has always been worried about his previous business failure. He often brags about his entrepreneurial experience in the office and at the same time. He is strongly dissatisfied with the status quo and has been saving funds in an attempt to make a comeback. He is very arrogant. He looks down on the colleagues around him, and also despises his boss, but he can keep flattering his boss for income, because he has always wanted to save money to start a new business, so he never spends any money on social networking, and he is not responsible for his own food, clothing, housing and transportation. He is also extremely stingy. He has many hobbies, including the opposite sex, but he refuses to spend money on them..."

Sentence-by-sentence descriptions were slowly spit out from the chief inspector's mouth, and with the friction of paper and pen, the person named "Shoichi Yamada" gradually appeared on the paper.

"So come to a conclusion."

Seeing that Shenxiu's eyes were still closed, he slowly rubbed the center of his brow with a finger, and made his final deduction.

"Even in this Xuejian Ze, there is really any force that can hide a large beast over two meters in length. It is difficult for a person like the victim to provoke such a force. In addition, there will be no If you get involved in the underworld because of your debts, the possibility is even smaller."

"It means." Marchesias brushed the notes, then stopped writing, his expression became much more serious. "[Man-made disasters] are less and less likely."

If it's not a man-made disaster, it can only be a [natural disaster].

And in Xuejianze... there is only one kind of [natural disaster].

"..."

Seeing that Shenxiu was silent, he slowly opened his eyes. The moment he opened his eyes, there was a burst of light from the bottom of his eyes, like a sharp blade passing through the flesh and pulling out a blood-colored cold light.

Marchesias, who was turning around in the cab, subconsciously leaned back to avoid it, as if the gaze was really some kind of sharp weapon. The air pierced across his cheek.

He knew that although the inspector general was known to be cold even on weekdays, in fact his attitude towards those people could be considered gentle. He only regards one kind of [existence] as his real opponent, and when facing that kind of opponent, Jian Shenxiu will show his true posture.

"There's no need to rush back to the Venus Tower." Jian Shenxiu leaned back in his chair and turned his gaze out of the car window. The garage underneath the AI ​​Electronics Center didn't have much of a view, but he still turned his gaze to the car window.

Sometimes it is really hard for Xia Si to distinguish clearly, seeing that Mr. Shenxiu likes to look out of the window so much, is it the scenery outside the window or his own shadow in the glass.

"Driving around outside."

"It's raining outside, Master." The boy in the hood reminded him.

"It's okay, there's no need to drive anywhere, I just wandered around Xue Jian Ze." Jian Shenxiu still insisted.

"OK."

Then the dark special car of the Search Bureau started, and the roar of the engine echoed in the basement like thunder roaring, rushing into the rain curtain.

...

"Hello, is this Miss Fukuhara Chika's house? Excuse me."

Xi Wei knocked on the door in front of the door with a middle-aged male colleague, and showed the ID and documents of the search bureau to the middle-aged woman with a confused expression.

It was a middle-aged woman in her early thirties. According to the information, she and the victim were college classmates and should be the same age. There was no make-up when she opened the door, but her brows and eyes were still very delicate, and the traces of her figure becoming fat and out of shape were obvious, but some of her original curves were still retained. Compared with her age, she gained weight a little early, but it can still be seen that she should have been a beautiful and bright woman at most a few years ago, with a beautiful face and a good figure.

"We are the investigators of the Search Bureau. There is a case involving you here, so I come to bother you and ask you something. I hope you can cooperate with our investigation."

"Oh, I'm Chika Fukuhara. Please come in first, both of you."

The woman froze for a moment, looking at the two investigators outside the door, her eyes especially stayed on the two-meter-tall male investigator next to Xiwei for a long time, but she looked at the girl's clean and pure picture like a fresh graduate Although she still doesn't know what they are here for, she still opens the door and invites them in.

She appeared very calm, which is the unique confidence that people who are sure that they have not committed a crime face the police officers.

"There are shoe covers at home." She took out shoe covers from the shoe cabinet and gave them to them, and invited them into the living room, where they sat down on the sofa. "I'll pour tea for you two."

"Well, sorry to trouble you."

Xi Wei accepted it with a smile and nodded, took advantage of the time when she was pouring tea, and looked around the entire living room, secretly noting a few points that caught her attention, and then exchanged glances with the male investigator next to her. , confirmed some information with each other.

"Meow~~"

However, at this moment, a sudden cat meow attracted the attention of the two of them. As if it heard the noise outside, the white kitten, which was only a little bigger than a palm, came out of the room, jumped onto the coffee table, and tilted its head to look at the two of them.

A cat - the male investigator.

It's a cat! —— Xi Wei.

When the young female investigator saw the kitten, her eyes lit up, and she subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch it. However, when her hand was only halfway out, the cat turned over and avoided it, meowed twice, and jumped out to the side.

"noob!"

Chika Fukuhara, who was making tea in the kitchen, came out with a plate on her face when she heard the meowing of the cat, put the tea for the two of them down on the coffee table, and then reached out and hugged the kitten in her arms.

"There are guests coming, don't be naughty."

"Is it the cat raised by Ms. Fukuhara?" Xi Wei couldn't leave her eyes from the little white cat, and almost wrote the word "moving" directly on her face.

"so cute!"

"Thank you." Chika Fukuhara hugged the cat and smiled. Obviously, she was very happy that her cat was praised like this. He pinched the cat's two little paws and greeted Xi Wei.

"Her name is Xiaobai. Come, Xiaobai, say hello to the investigator's sister."

However, the cat obviously didn't appreciate it. It stuck out its tongue and licked its own lips, then turned its head to one side. Obviously, he didn't want to talk to his master very much.

"Hehe, let's go play." Seeing his cat like this, Fukuhara Chika smiled awkwardly, put it down, threw it a ball of wool, and let it play.

"Miss Fukuhara is very good at keeping cats." Xi Wei said enviously, but she still couldn't take her eyes off the kitten.

"I have raised cats for many years, so I have some experience." Chika Fukuhara smiled.

"Many years?" A sly gleam flashed in Xi Wei's eyes. "But the cat looks like it's only a few months old."

The search bureau has special responsibilities, and the search officers inside are all elites drawn from the police department and the army, so this civilian girl named Xi Wei is always the one that is most easily overlooked among those violent elements. In the search bureau, she was just a civil servant in charge of liaison, and almost no one paid attention to her education background, so few people knew that the most harmless girl in the entire search bureau was also a ruthless character with a dual degree in forensic medicine and biology. She was by no means ignorant of cats as she seemed on the surface, and the cliché began the moment she saw the cat.

The first thing she saw when she entered the door was the photo on the TV cabinet. It was a group photo of a couple holding a cat in their arms. The two parties in the photo are Chika Fukuhara, the owner of the house, and Shoichi Yamada, the victim of the case. However, the cat in their arms is obviously not the one that just walked out of the house——

This one is white, but the one in the photo is a black cat, stroking its hair as smooth as black silk.

"Miss Investigator knows cats very well." Chika Fukuhara was taken aback when she heard this, but she didn't think much about it and just put it in a perfunctory sentence.

"Xiaobai is indeed only a few months old. I had other cats before, but they passed away due to some reasons last August. So this year I got another cat, Xiaobai."

Last August—a month before the divorce. The two investigators thought of this at the same time.

"Ah, I'm just talking about cats." Chika Fukuhara looked at the two investigators in front of her and brought the topic back. "The two just said that there is a case involving me. I wonder if there is anything wrong with the two of you this time?"

"Well, it's like this. Yamada Shoichi, do you know him?" Xi Wei took out a document from her bag and held it in her hand.

"Yamada? I do know him. He is your ex-husband." When it came to the word "ex-husband", Chika Fukuhara appeared calm and peaceful, not directly refusing to discuss it like many divorced couples did, or getting agitated on the spot. Even when the word "Yamada" appeared, she subconsciously glanced at the badges of the search bureau on the chests of the two of them, and there was a hint of worry in her tone.

"What's the matter with him? Did he do something wrong?"

this attitude.

Xi Wei's expression moved slightly.

It seems that the relationship between the divorced couple is not that bad.

"You don't know yet, do you? It's like this." Xi Wei pondered for a while. "Well, I don't know what attitude I should advise you to face this matter."

It was also the first time she encountered the situation of finding the ex-wife of the victim and informing the other party of this kind of news. This kind of thing is somewhat... subtle.

"This is the death report of Shoichi Yamada."

She handed the document in her hand to Chika Fukuhara in front of her.

"His body was discovered at 9 o'clock in the morning the day before yesterday. The cause of death is still under investigation. The possibility of homicide cannot be ruled out at present. We are here this time to imagine that you know something and want to know more about the victim."

"Death report..."

The moment Fukuhara Chika heard those four words, her eyes widened instantly, her hands on her lap visibly shook, she reached out and snatched the document from Xi Wei's hands almost like a snatch, and opened the document suddenly , after seeing the photo in the file and the steel seal of the forensic center, he suddenly raised his hand to cover his mouth.

"Yamada..."

"..."

Xi Wei didn't speak to the male investigator beside her, and gave her a little time to digest the information.

"……Feel sorry."

After a long while, Xi Wei heard Fukuhara Chika continue to speak. This woman who had just faced the death of her ex-husband rubbed her mobilized eye sockets and sniffed. It was obvious that she really had feelings for the victim. They have been divorced for six months, but the relationship is not as incompatible as many divorced couples. Fukuhara Chika obviously still has a place for the other party.

"I kept you waiting for a long time."

"It's okay, it's human nature." Xi Wei handed over the tea on the table. This was made by Chika Fukuhara for her before, and she handed it over without taking a sip. And Fukuhara Chika didn't realize that there was something wrong with it when she was emotional, she took a sip subconsciously, then held the cup in her hand and tried to use hot water to bring some warmth to her cold limbs.

"You seem to have a good relationship, so why do you want to divorce?" Xi Wei asked. What she saw now was not quite what she expected.

"Because of...many reasons. In the end it may be...inappropriate." Fukuhara Chika was a little silent. "We've known each other for thirteen years and we've been married for seven years. At the end of the day it's not like it used to be. He's not who he used to be, and I'm not who I used to be. We In the end, it still didn’t work out.”

"I can't give what he wants, and he can't give what I want. Being together can only hurt each other all the time." Chika Fukuhara sighed. "So in the end I filed for divorce, but I didn't expect this kind of thing to happen after only half a year."

"You proposed?" Xi Wei's expression moved slightly.

"Yeah." Fukuhara Chika nodded, holding the cup and lowering her head, and remained silent for a while.

"Thank you, tell me what you have to say." She paused for a while, and finally seemed to recover from that state, and finally remembered that there were two investigators sitting there in front of her. She suddenly felt grateful to the person in front of her. She had always heard how unreasonable the people in the search bureau were, but the attitude of the woman in front of her was like an expert born in the service industry.

"Several aspects."

Xi Wei took out the recording pen and record book.

"First, I want to know about Yamada's character, life and financial situation from the perspective of my ex-wife. Second, I want to know the reason for your divorce and whether you still have any disputes after the divorce."

Xi Wei looked at her.

"You know, the possibility of homicide cannot be ruled out now. On the one hand, you are still on the list of suspects. On the other hand, if the other party targets your family, you may also be in danger."

"Hmm. Divorce..." Fukuhara Chika nodded to express her understanding.

"Then let's start from the chaotic period of Xue Jianze three years ago..."

...

"The city of Xuejianze was not like this a long time ago."

The pouring rain hit the car window with a splashing sound. I saw Shenxiu sitting in the back seat, watching Markesias driving gradually through the streets of Xuejianze, and also watching those who were The hazy and distorted buildings in the rain suddenly spoke such words.

"Huh?" Markesias was stunned for a moment, distracted to listen to Shenxiu's words behind him.

The reaction speed and driving skills of this hooded boy are far beyond ordinary people, and he is not worried about any accident due to this.

"You have amnesia, and you have lived in such an environment after you have memory, so it's normal for you not to understand."

Seeing Shenxiu looking out of the window with blazing eyes, passing through the glass and the rain curtain, as if he wanted to penetrate the reality of the entire city.

"This city was not what it is now."

The black car was driving around the city, and no one dared to stop it because of the photo of the search bureau. Perhaps because of the rainy weather, although it was only noon, the buildings on the street had already turned on the lights of their stores early. The neon lights of various colors appear blurred and dreamy in the rain, looking across the street, they are as illusory and distant as human desires.

Chaotic dark bars and luxurious grand theaters, dark streets selling contraband and bustling buildings, underground arenas and boxing clubs, luxurious uptown and fringe areas full of gangsters, robots produced by AI electronics centers and plastic blocks in slums Board-built houses...

He knew that those dark and dirty things were hidden within the bright shell of this city. It flows like blood.

These things are so contradictory yet so unified, so fragmented yet so harmonious, so absurd yet so reasonable, like a coin that has fallen into the mud, with etched flowers on the front and dirt on the back . Looking at it, you seem to be able to see the greed circulating in the entire city. The flames of desire are burning in the eyes of every human being walking in it. Freedom and oppression are so closely symbiotic, as if everyone Climb up desperately, climb to the top, and you will be able to step on everyone.

"before?"

Markesias was puzzled, as Jian Shenxiu said, he has been with Jian Shenxiu since he could remember, and the world he saw has always been like this, it has always been like this from beginning to end, and he didn't understand what he said What does "before" mean.

"In the first December of 2031, a 72-hour 'Eternal Night' fell on Xue Jianze. And the fog lasted for eight months. After the fog, Xue Jianze's contact with the outside world was completely cut off, and Xue Jianze could not enter or leave .The city has become a completely lonely city in the fog."

Jian Shenxiu softly told him the story that happened.

"When people realized all this, the old order collapsed in an instant. Xue Jianze was a seaport city before that, and the external transportation war accounted for more than 75% of the city's GDP. However, the isolation destroyed all of this, and a large number Many people went bankrupt, and a large number of people lost their jobs. All laws, rules, and order disappeared in that instant. Only chaos, violence, and riots remained."

"But the riots will end anyway, and the city cannot remain in such chaos forever. A new government named NVAI was established amidst the difficulties, and the parliament, courts, and search bureaus were separated. Order was re-established during the riots, and that night People shouted that hope had been gained."

The inspector general smiled silently. The court, the search bureau, and the parliament are divided among the three powers. However, at this moment, as one of the three powers, when he told that story, he smiled mockingly.

"However, once the old order collapses, it will never be able to come back in its entirety. When the new NAVI city government was first established, it faced many intertwined forces in Xue Jianze, and it was completely powerless to bring the order back to the previous situation. The establishment of the so-called NAVI is just a process of constant compromise, compromise, and compromise.”

"In the end, it was this compromise that made Xue Jianze what he is today."

Jian Shenxiu moved his eyes out of the window, looking at the city outside under the rain.

"The city is jointly governed by the underworld and the government. The government is responsible for public security, and the underworld is responsible for a considerable part of the governance. Those violent elements are lawbreakers but they are controlled by themselves. The underworld appears on the street openly. Protection fees are as natural as taxes. ...you have seen this kind of picture since you can remember, so you don't think it's strange."

"But it's very strange in my eyes." Jian Shenxiu's voice was slightly cold.

"In my opinion, violent gangs like the underworld should never have existed from the very beginning."

"Mr. Xiu..." Markesias was taken aback for a moment, then opened his mouth full of surprise, and subconsciously looked out the window.

Because the vehicle is passing through Shangcheng District at this moment, according to the division of the territory of the underworld [Asahi Group] here, if these words are heard here, it is easy to cause some disputes. Even if they are driving the official car of the Search Bureau, it is not impossible for young people to stop the car enthusiastically. If there is a big trouble and the old man comes out to argue, they will not take it for granted.

He is not afraid of things, he is just simply a little surprised whether it is necessary to do so.

"Look." Seeing Shenxiu, he just sneered. "You are the investigator, and I am the chief investigator. The two of us sat in the investigation car and commented on the gangsters in the shadows. You are still surprised by this, and you still have to consider whether these words will cause any harm if they are leaked." Influence."

"Sir..." Markesias was puzzled, he didn't understand why Jian Shenxiu said this, and for a moment he even wondered if he said something wrong that made Jian Shenxiu feel bad.

"You've seen this for as long as you can remember, so you take it for granted."

"You regard the gangster as an organization equivalent to the city hall, and you are used to it. When you see gangsters with machetes and steel pipes fighting on the street, you only think about evacuating the crowd, but you don't think there is anything wrong with this behavior itself. .”

Jian Shenxiu slowly raised his hand to wipe away the fog formed on the car window, so that the outside world could be clearer.

At this moment, it is raining heavily and the world is dark.

"Among the six districts of Xuejianze, the port area is now abandoned. The upper city where the rich live in the east is the territory of the Asahi group, the lower city in the south is the territory of the Tsukiyomi group, and the edge area near the mountains in the west is owned by the spider group. The central area, the northern center, and the second high-tech zone are under the control of the NAVI City Hall. The violent gangs called the underworld exist in this city as a matter of course. They stand in the sun so openly, and even negotiate with the government. Prohibition of government meddling in their territories."

"This is what you have seen since you can remember." This was the third time Jian Shenxiu repeated this sentence in the car today. "So you don't find it strange."

"But to me, it's weird."

"Mr. Xiu." Markesias' expression gradually relaxed, and he felt that he understood what the man in the back seat meant.

So he asked softly:

"Are you planning to go to war with the underworld?"

When he asked this sentence, his hand on the steering wheel was still turning smoothly, and his tone even carried a little lightness. The utterance of such a terrible inference here actually relieved him. In the eyes of this young man, "getting the meaning of seeing the gods wrong" actually made him more disturbed than "going to war with those forces that dominate several urban areas".

"Go to war? Why do you feel that way?" However, Jian Shenxiu's brows were only slightly raised.

"Don't think too much, I'm just complaining normally."

The Chief Inspector spat out the word "complaint" in a cold and indifferent tone that sent chills down the spine, but there was neither the complaint that "complaint" should have nor a trace of "mocking" or "self-deprecating". The indifferent and terrifying tone made people subconsciously think that the judge's knife and pen hundreds of years ago had carved the word "Ling Chi" on the bamboo slips so calmly.

"Xias, remember, peace is hard-won, don't use the word [war] against any force at will."

The chief inspector finally looked away from the car window and smiled at the young man driving.

"We are the police, they are gangsters. The police arresting violent gangs is not called war."

"It's called hands-on."