I teach kendo in Tokyo

Kazuma rummaged through the things on the table, expecting to find a piece of paper with the criminal's information written on it, but nothing happened.

The desktop is also very clean and no death information can be seen.

Sure enough, everything in Conan is fake, not everyone can leave death information.

Kazuma also failed to find an object that could reveal what the Lord God found before his death. Either the thing was taken away by the murderer, or it didn't exist at all.

Just when Kazuma was about to continue looking through the cabinets in the room, the little boss Xiaolin, who had been standing at the door with a solemn expression, spoke.

"I know! I solved the puzzle!"

Kazuma looked at him confused.

Kobayashi pointed at Kazuma's nose: "It was you who killed the Lord of God!"

Kazuma frowned.

This guy named Kobayashi just refused to call the police now in order to let the festival go on. He wanted the god to hang here waiting for the festival to end, so Kazuma had a very bad impression of him.

Now being accused like this, Kazuma was even more angry, and his words were a bit provocative: "You accuse me like this, do you have any evidence?"

"No, but listen to me. There are people coming and going at the festival now. Someone really entered the community office and killed the priest. Even if he escaped from the back, someone would definitely see it!

"After all, humans are not monkeys. They cannot fly away from the treetops. As long as the murderer wants to go to the ground, he will definitely be seen. Moreover, all the folks in this village know each other. If they see a stranger walking out of the woods, they will definitely be seen. Keep an eye out.

"If no one has seen such a person, then isn't this just a locked-room murder in a detective novel? So it seems reasonable for a detective to solve the case - but is this really the case? Is it really a locked-room murder? ?

"No, it's not!"

The guy named Xiaolin stepped forward and pointed at Kazuma's nose from a closer place: "It was you who killed the Lord of God! Because you made an appointment with the Lord of God, so the Lord of God had no defense at all and was killed with one blow!

"Then you turn around and pretend to be the first person to discover the crime, shouting "Catch the thief" to clear yourself of suspicion! This way, the time of death will be right!"

The uncles behind Xiao Lin who were preparing for the festival nodded repeatedly: "That makes sense."

"I never thought that Xiaolin-san has the talent to be a detective."

Kobayashi smiled and said: "That's right, I also read a lot of detective novels! I have the complete works of Edogawa Ranpo at home!"

Kazuma sighed.

Xiao Lin immediately asked: "What, are you going to give up denying it?"

Kazuma looked at him: "I sighed because you have no idea that modern criminal investigation science has developed to the point where many traditional Honkaku-style mystery novels cannot be established at all. That's why novelists like Edogawa Ranpo have to Set conditions in the work not to allow the police to appear."

Kobayashi frowned and glared at Kazuma: "What do you mean?"

"For example, if you want to accuse me of being the murderer, it is not enough to have the reasoning just now. You must have a chain of evidence. The first is the murder weapon, which is the most critical. Secondly, the murder weapon must be related to me, such as the above It has my fingerprints."

As Kazuma talked, he walked towards Xiaolin, stopped in front of him, and used his height advantage to look down at the country uncle: "Where is the murder weapon?"

Xiao Lin hesitated and said: "This... must be with you! Or you are hiding it!"

"Oh, really? Then come and search me. But before searching, you have to tell the person searching you what kind of murder weapon you are looking for." He Ma paused, "If you want to know what kind of murder weapon it is, you have to know How did the Lord God die?"

Kazuma moved closer to Xiao Lin, his nose almost piercing his eyes.

"Doctor Fujita doesn't even know how the god died, how do you know? I think you are the murderer, right?"

Xiao Lin quickly denied: "I, I don't know how he died! But as long as we complete the reasoning and find the murderer, won't the truth be revealed? The murderer will confess!"

He Ma burst out laughing:

"This is the difference between detective novels and reality!

"Let me tell you, if you accuse me of being the murderer even if you can't even explain how the Lord of God died, this statement won't go to court at all, and it will be rejected directly by the prosecutor. No prosecutor would do this File a lawsuit under such circumstances.

"I can countersue you for defamation and ask you to compensate me for the loss of my reputation. My lawyer is from the famous Gumei Law Firm. They are a group of legal wolves, and they are 80% happy to take this kind of job that guarantees a profit without losing any compensation. Son!"

Xiao Lin immediately showed a naive look on his face. The country man had never dealt with the court in his life, and he felt weak when he heard that he was going to court.

This is actually quite normal. People who don’t often come into contact with lawyers and courts will instinctively feel frightened when they see this. In many cases, ordinary people are not unable to use legal weapons to protect themselves, but they instinctively avoid the existence of courts.

For the rest of my life, debt collection agencies like to send out fake lawyer’s letters to scare people.

He Ma had a college classmate who overturned the temporary credit limit on his credit card and was harassed by a debt collection company hired by the bank. Not only did he receive a fake lawyer's letter, but he also received an "arrest notice."

That's right, it's an email that says "I am a police officer from XXXX police station. If you don't pay back the money, you will be arrested. You are hereby notified." At that time, this guy threw this email in the class group, which made everyone laugh stupidly: How can you give advance notice when someone is going to be arrested? Is it because he is afraid that the prisoner will not escape?

Later, a lawyer in the group - don't ask why there are lawyers in the computer department class group, and there is also a senior sales representative like He Ma - the lawyer encouraged the unlucky guy who was being pushed back to report the case, saying There are people pretending to be lawyers and police officers.

The result is, of course, outstanding. Every class reunion in the future will inevitably talk about it, and the air will immediately be filled with joy.

Seeing that Xiao Lin was confused, Kazuma did not continue to press the question, but changed the subject:

“Modern criminal investigation actually involves very little reasoning. Most of the time, it is scraping the ground, scraping out evidence and then using scientific methods to deduce the truth.

“This is completely different from detective novels. Novels must pay attention to the twists and turns of the plot, but it is not easy to write twists and turns in modern criminal investigations.

"After all, most of the work of a criminal police officer is boring investigation."

He Ma said this as if he was an old detective who had been in the industry for many years.

But at this time, everyone present had been suppressed by his aura, and no one pointed out that he was actually just a college student who had just entered college.

Kazuma also got excited and continued to hang his book bag:

“Actually, many of the detective techniques in Sherlock Holmes are the early prototypes of modern criminal investigation.

"For example, judging height and weight through footprints. Holmes also often carefully searches crime scenes. For example, the story "The Silver Horse" describes in detail Holmes "scraping the ground" to find evidence.

"But it is precisely because of this that stories like "The Silver Horse" are a bit boring in the entire Sherlock Holmes collection. Therefore, Conan Doyle usually controls Watson's perspective, omits the investigation process, and improves story reading. feel.

"In the omitted parts, Holmes is like a real detective, carefully scraping the ground and identifying the murderer through details. He does not rely solely on reasoning, but often wears makeup to investigate and visit.

"Compared to Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie's works tend to be more "pure reasoning", so she often uses various means to prevent modern forensic science from interfering with her stories.

"Agatha Christie's most famous works either took place on an isolated island and there was a big storm and the police outside couldn't get in; or they took place on a ship on the Nile and the police couldn't get on; or they took place on the Orient Express. Come on, as long as the police can’t come up anyway.”

Kazuma's round of hanging his book bag made the whole room silent, and a bunch of country uncles had their mouths opened in an O shape.

It was the young man Taro who spoke first: "Xiao Lin-san, I have read many more detective novels than you."

"That's so long-winded, I'm from Dongda University." Xiaolin cursed, then scratched his head, bowed to Kazuma and apologized, "I'm sorry, I was careless."

Kazuma sighed: "What a waste of time. Can I continue looking for the murderer of the God Lord now?"

“Do more, do more (please please)!”

Kazuma shook his head.

He had just checked what was on the table, now it was time to look around the table.

He lay on the ground and inspected each piece of tatami inch by inch.

Suddenly, he found a white hair.

He took the hair with his gloved hands and carefully picked it up.

The length was similar to the one Tamamo found on him before. It was probably the "son of the mountain god" who chased the horse for ten miles that night.

At this time, Xiao Lin also saw clearly what Kazuma was holding. He turned around and shouted: "Hey! Go and arrest those little bastards from the town!"

Someone immediately responded: "Understood! I saw them in front of the convenience store before I went up the mountain, so I took someone to arrest them."

"Wait a minute!" Kazuma called to a few people who were about to leave, "I met those second-rate guys with gray hair on the way here. My apprentice even beat them up. They probably didn't have time to commit the crime."

Xiao Lin: "What is this white hair?"

"The descendant of the mountain god, that's what the god called it. It was this guy that I chased for ten miles that night. With his footsteps, he had already run far away. Moreover, he could leap between the treetops like a monkey, so he didn't It’s normal for people to see it.”

Kazuma's words may sound ridiculous to people with common sense, but now that he has established his prestige by rebutting Xiaolin and dropping his book bag, no one here raised any objections.

But Kazuma himself was in trouble.

The person who committed the crime was actually weird. Doesn't this completely violate the principles of original mystery novels?

The most important thing is that if this kind of evidence is presented, it will be rejected by the prosecutor.

He Ma was in trouble when someone outside the house shouted: "The president is here!"

Xiao Lin and others immediately turned around and bowed respectfully to the newcomers: "President, thank you for your hard work!"

The man hadn't even entered Kazuma's sight, but the response came first: "You have worked hard too."

He sounded like a very elegant middle-aged man.

These days, Hema has been running around everywhere to learn about the situation, and everyone in the village has basically seen him. Even Xiao Lin, who just said that Hema was the murderer, thought about it and had met him in the village office.

But Kazuma had never met the president of this tourism promotion association.

When he went to the Tourism Promotion Association, the president was basically holding meetings elsewhere.

Kazuma doesn't find it strange. After all, if this poor place wants to engage in tourism, it must "attract investment." It is normal for the president to run outside the hot spring street every day.

This time I can finally see her true appearance.

Strangely, Kazuma suddenly felt thirsty.

It’s just a meeting with the president. Are you so nervous that you feel thirsty? Kazuma complained about himself like this.

Xiaolin and others made way after bowing, and then President Sang passed through the crowd and entered Kazuma's field of vision.

The moment he saw this person, the hairs on Kazuma's body stood up, and goosebumps appeared on his back.

This guy has three entries on his head, and they are not good entries from the first one.

Heavenly evil ghost

This is an evil ghost in Japanese legend. In the early version of the legend of "Melon Seed Princess", the evil spirit divided and ate the melon seed princess who was about to get married, and then put on human skin and turned into the melon seed princess to do evil everywhere.

In the key early version, Tian Xie Gui ran away after the incident was revealed.

In contrast, the version that was widely circulated later was much gentler. Not only was Guaziji not eaten, but she was later rescued because of the bird's tip-off, and the evil spirits were also defeated by human warriors.

Gradually, Tianxiegui has become a funny character, and he is also a miscellaneous soldier in various Japanese-themed games.

Echoing the Tianxiegui entry, this man was surrounded by black mist in Kazuma's field of vision, and black energy was constantly being produced from him.

The second entry is called "Abandoned Soldiers". This entry comes with a description, but the text of the description is as informal as ever: it means the same as the literal meaning.

The third entry is called "The Avengers Returning from Hell."

While Kazuma was reading the entry, the man was also looking at him. Finally, the man introduced himself with a smile: "I am Eita Mukai, the president of the Tourism Promotion Association of this hot spring street. You must be Mr. Kiryu. I have long admired your name."

As he spoke, he held out his hand.

From Kazuma's perspective, the hand was constantly emitting black gas, as if black flames were continuously burning it.

Damn it, this guy doesn’t look like a good person at first glance!

The entry embodies a person's soul. Not only that, but what the person's soul is like will be visually displayed. This visual effect shows that this thing is extremely bad.

So Kazuma didn't shake his hand.

"President Mukai," Kazuma said, making his wariness clear as soon as he spoke, "what wind brought you here?"

Although Kazuma has now determined in his heart that this guy is behind the scenes, there may be problems if he cuts him off directly. If he wants to be a criminal police officer in the future, he will not have a criminal record.

"I was supposed to attend the main event of the festival. In fact, I was supposed to show up for the mikoshi parade in the afternoon, but I was outside and couldn't make it back in time." Eita Mukai retracted his hanging hand in embarrassment and said with an apologetic look, However, his apologetic expression didn't look apologetic at all to Kazuma.

After all, his face, which is always showing black anger, can only give people the impression of a villain no matter what expression he makes.

We also took the girls to see the mikoshi parade and horse riding in the afternoon, but this kind of parade is actually not interesting. Just watch the fun and take photos, and then a group of people were driven back to the hotel by the scorching heat.

Kazuma remembered that the shrine maiden who danced the shrine dance at the largest religious sect was pretty good-looking.

Tamamo said that the miko was one of those who came from Tokyo to support her.

Eita Mukai lowered his head to look at the God Master who was still lying on the ground, and sighed heavily: "Ohta-san and I have been old friends for many years, but I didn't expect that he would actually... Teacher Kiryu, please be sure to find the murderer!"

When Kazuma heard this, he wanted to point directly at Eita Mukai and shout: "There is only one truth, and the murderer is you!"

If the guy in front of him was a real monster, it would be easier to deal with. Calling Tamamo over would solve most of the problems.

But he has entries, indicating that he is a human being.

To cure him, we can only find clues to form a chain of evidence.

The person who committed the murder was probably a real weirdo, but I'm afraid it wouldn't be easy to find clues that fit the needs.

Now I don’t even know how the God Lord died...

No wonder this guy can show up at the scene calmly and calmly.

However, the other party did not hesitate to silence him but also prevented the god from telling Kazuma what he had discovered, indicating that the god had really found something that could give Mukai Eita a fatal blow.

If only I knew what it was...

Seeing Kazuma's silence, Eita Mukai asked, "Teacher Kiryu? Did you find anything?"

Kazuma suddenly had an idea, so he pinched the hair he just found and showed it to Eita Mukai.

"Mr. Mukai, do you recognize this?"

Mukai frowned and stared at his hair for a second, then turned around and ordered: "Xiao Lin, go and catch those second-rates!"

"Eh? But Teacher Kiryu asked us not to arrest those guys." Xiaolin looked surprised, "This... should we arrest them or not?"

Kazuma: "Of course not. This hair doesn't belong to them. The person who attacked today is the guy I chased after Yuexia a week ago."

Eita Mukai: "The voyeur you chased that day was probably one of those second-rate scoundrels..."

"You and I both know it's not them." Kazuma interrupted Eita Mukai. He said this deliberately, implying "Stop pretending that I have seen through you."

In fact, there is another way, a way to expose Mukai himself without finding evidence.

Quite simply, just bluff.

Kazuma directly determined that he was the mastermind through a plug-in.

As long as he acted confident enough at this time, he would suspect that He Ma had conclusive evidence.

Eita Mukai stared at Kazuma silently.

Kazuma's hint was too obvious. The only difference between Kazuma's direct declaration that "the murderer is you" is that there is still a thin layer of window paper that has not been pierced.

Even the big bosses present heard it.

A group of men from the promotion association headed by Kobayashi all looked stunned and a little confused. They looked back and forth between Mukai and Kazuma.

Mukai finally spoke: "This is a very serious accusation."

"Yes." Kazuma said openly without shying away.

Eita Mukai spread his hands: "Since Kiryu-kun is so confident, then I will wait for the police to come and arrest me. But before that, I still have a festival to attend. Xiaolin, you go and prepare. The god can't host the festival. , I can only do it on my behalf to prepare the priest’s attire.”

"Eh? You... still want to host the ceremony?"

"Yes, the festival is related to the livelihood of so many people, so we can't stop just because of a college student's reasoning game. Everyone will really starve."

When he said this, Eita raised his chin and cast a contemptuous look at Kazuma.

Kazuma felt himself getting thirstier.

It's strange, why am I so thirsty? I didn't drink enough water.

Suddenly, Hema was excited.

He opened the lid of the teapot on the low table of the god in front of Eita Mukai.

There is no water in the teapot, but the teapot is still warm. The fact that the teapot is still warm after being left for such a long time means that the tea has not been brewed for long.

But the tea has been drunk down to the little bit in the cup.

The Lord was also very thirsty.

Many diseases can cause people to be constantly thirsty, such as diabetes.

However, due to the Lord’s age and body shape, as well as the fact that he often goes to the mountains to exercise, it is unlikely that he suffers from diabetes.

Akanishi Kaede also said that when she was hiking last year, she was often thirsty, so she drank a lot of water. As a result, after Watanabe-kun's accident, she even vomited because of nervousness.

Thirst...could it be the key to the whole thing?

Kazuma pondered - suddenly, he found Mukai glaring at him with a serious expression.

--ha! ha! ha! Is that really the case? Is thirst the key!

Mukai also realized that there was a flaw in his expression, but at this time he simply stopped restraining himself.

Perhaps he felt that even if Kazuma discovered the truth, no one would believe him if he told it.

Kazuma, however, was not discouraged.

Thirst... I followed this symptom and thought about what the Lord God said before. His grandfather once saw the military police in the mountains escorting the Chinese to secretly build the railway...

A bold and terrifying speculation formed in Kazuma's mind.

Kazuma said to Mukai: "I talked to Lord Ota before about the thing I was chasing. Ota-san said that it should be the son of the mountain god."

"Oh, do you believe in mountain gods? It's a very common folk belief." Mukai responded calmly.

"But the beliefs here seem to be different. Because the god told me what his grandfather saw when he was collecting medicine in the mountains. He said that his grandfather saw Japanese military police escorting a group of Chinese-speaking people to build roads in the mountains. Since then. After that, grandpa warned his father not to go into the mountains to collect medicine.

"It's a coincidence that it was at that time that the legend of a demon fox that loved to eat the hearts and livers of children began to circulate here."

Mukai smiled and said: "How is it possible? This is a deep mountain and there is no railway around it."

"I didn't say it was a railway." Kazuma smiled at Mukai, "This little trick is really tried and true, Mukai-san."

Mukai laughed loudly: "Hahaha, you really figured it out. It seems that you have also read the relevant information compiled by the War History Research Office of the Defense Department."

The War History Research Office of the Defense Agency is Japan’s official war history research department. It has published a set of "The Complete Book of War History" that is very meaningful for studying historical materials on the war history of World War II. And because this department is left-wing from top to bottom, this set of "War History" "The Complete Book" simply takes pleasure in slapping the right wing in the face.

The stuff that the Japanese right wing came up with after the war to evoke the souls of Nazism, such as the "Five Minutes of Destiny" theory proposed by Mizuo Fuchida, was first overthrown by this group of left-wingers. Western historians did not wait until the Japanese left-wing overturned this theory three times. It took more than a decade to follow up.

But Kazuma had not read any information about the Japanese wartime railways.

He was about to respond when he heard Mukai say again: "As for escorting Chinese-speaking people to build the railway, is there anything strange about that? It's just to let the logs do more work."

The moment the word "log" appeared, a string in Kazuma's mind snapped.

This word is the name given to the test subjects by Unit 731.

This is like putting a knife in Hema's heart and adding a pinch of salt. Anger burst out.

**

Amao, who was far away in Tokyo, was studying in the dojo when he suddenly heard a loud noise. When he looked up, he found that two knives fell from the knife rest together with the knife room.

Immediately afterwards, a strong wind poured in from the door of the dojo, and the scroll hanging behind the knife also fell with a crash.

As soon as Amao stood up, he heard low thunder coming from outside the dojo. The thunder came from far away, but it was very present.

**

Kazuma yelled, "Fuck you!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a fist as big as a clay pot hit Mukai's face, breaking the bridge of his nose. He flew backwards, broke through the paper door of the room, and fell to the corridor.