I’m a Witch In Dongying

　　 As expected, the junior high school students have already been questioned...

　　 This is also normal.

　　 If Higashino wakes up now, he will definitely tell the police what happened in Mizuno Park, and most junior high school students will also be taken for questioning.

　　 And if Higashino is still in a coma, then if you want to trace the cause of his coma, you can only start with people he has contacted. Junior high school students can be regarded as doglegs by Dongye's side. As long as the police spend a little time inquiring near Mizuno Park, it is not difficult to find him on his head, and then ask about Bai Shuiqiu's appearance in Mizuno Park.

　　 But the problem is...

　　 That guy sells too clean, right?

　　Although I said that he would answer truthfully if he couldn't hide it, but with such a detailed description, I'm really afraid to go back and find him to settle the account...

　　 Bai Shuiqiu silently slandered a few words in his heart.

　　 The time, place, and person are all accurate to this level. Obviously, the other party already has quite sufficient information. In this case, it doesn't make much sense to deny it any more.

　　 So Bai Shuiqiu nodded quickly and admitted: "There is such a thing."

After a pause, he said: "...for some personal reasons, I went to Mizuno Park last Sunday, where I saw the Dongye you mentioned, and asked some things from him. As for other things, I don't know."

　　 This kind of answer that sounds slightly perfunctory, obviously can’t make Kuri Jiancheng also satisfied:

"Then may I ask what personal reasons made you appear in Mizuno Park at that time? Also, what is the relationship between you and the victim in this case, Tachikawa Ran? According to our investigation, Tachikawa Ran lives and The place of work does not seem to have an intersection with you, so why did you ask Dongye about her?"

　　"..."

　　 Facing a series of questions, Bai Shuiqiu was silent.

　　 The air in the shrine calmed down.

After a while, she raised her head, clenched her palms unconsciously, and took a deep breath: "I want to ask first... Does this matter have a lot to do with that case? It doesn't matter if I and Tachikawa Lan are involved. Knowing, and how to know... should be my personal privacy, even if you are a policeman, it seems that I have no obligation to answer these questions, right?"

"Oh?"

Li Jiancheng also looked at Bai Shuiqiu, and suddenly smiled: "Then change the way, just as if I am not a policeman, but I am asking you personally, I hope you can answer truthfully. Because of you and Dongye's Contact is a fait accompli. As long as I report this clue, someone else will ask you sooner or later."

　　 "...Report?"

　　 In other words, the one who has this piece of information is actually only Kuri Jian Chengya himself?

　　 Bai Shuiqiu was a little bit confused about what the police officer meant. After hesitating for a moment, he said softly: "If I said, I only met Tachikawa Lan after her death, would you believe it?"

　　 "What a joke, how can this kind of thing..."

Kuri Jiancheng also instinctively wanted to refute. He was halfway through, and it seemed that he suddenly thought of something. He once again looked at the red and white witch costume that Bai Shuiqiu was wearing, and realized that he was now in a shrine. , His tone couldn't help but stagnate.

　　 almost at the same time.

A cool breeze blew over from the courtyard outside, and the wind chimes and stone lanterns hanging around the shrine rang for a while, interrupting what Kuri Jiancheng had originally wanted to say, the crisp sound joined together, and finally even white water The blue resentment wind chime in Qiuyi's pocket also began to tremble slightly.

　　 The humid air is brewing in the courtyard, and it smells like wind and rain.

　　 It took several minutes before the sound subsided, but the atmosphere in the worship hall had faintly turned a little strange.

　　 After a long time, Kuri Jiancheng hesitated to look over, "What you said...is true?"

　　 The Narita City Police Department, to be precise, Kuri Jiancheng has a lot of information in his hands.

Although one of the several suspects has not yet been brought back to justice, and the other was unconscious without any traces of trauma, and was suspected of being in a vegetative state, according to the confession made by Ito and Sawanaga, the Narita City Police Department quickly recovered The story of the entire case. Now he is arranging forensic doctors to conduct criminal autopsy on Tachikawa Ran’s corpse and prepare to prosecute Ito and others who committed the crime.

　　 But apart from the facts of the case, there are several doubts in this incident.

　　 The two main doubts are the disappearance of Long Shan and the identity of the reporter.

　　 I won’t talk about the former, because it’s still under investigation and we need to wait for the results to come out before making a final conclusion.

　　 As for the latter...

　　 Within a few days after the case was discovered, the police had launched a detailed investigation of the number of the police call and retrieved all recent call records of that number. The results obtained showed that the owner of the phone number was Dongye. Moreover, after the police received that call, another call was made from that number, which was to Longshan, the main culprit in the Tachikawa Lan case.

　　 This is a bit intriguing...

Judging from a series of subsequent events, it was obvious that the reporter had deliberately created such a coincidence on the premise that he had mastered the relevant information, and led the police and Takayama to the riverside of Tonegawa successively, causing Takayama and others to kill and hide. The truth of the corpse was exposed and he was arrested at the crime scene where he committed the crime.

　　 But the problem is...

　　 How did the caller know about this?

According to the police investigation of Li Chuanlan’s background, the identity of this woman is not complicated. After graduating from high school, she joined the club and worked in the club. For the next two years, she remained single and lived alone, with little contact with her parents and no men. Friends or other close friends have a very narrow social circle.

　　 So until two weeks after she was sealed in a cement bucket, no one found out that she was missing, and the police did not receive any related reports.

　　 As for the several suspects involved in the case, they will not disclose these things to the outside world. They are not stupid. They know that they will go to jail when they tell the truth.

　　In this case, a person suddenly provided the police with exact case information, and it was hard not to make people think about it.

Someone inside the police suspected that the caller might be a relative of Tachikawa Ran. He got the news through abnormal channels and was dealt with by Takayama. That's why the guy absconded in fear of the crime...Although the Japanese judiciary rarely does it. Sentenced to death, but for serial homicides who kill many people in succession, the punishment will definitely be aggravated.

　　 Some people have speculated that this call was actually an infighting between gangster groups. Some people wanted to use the power of the police to suppress Long Shan and his Jidong group...

Chapter 59

　　 But the second guess is a bit untenable.

　　 Because from the telephone recordings left during the connection, the caller was obviously a young girl, and the gang should not hire child labor.

　　 And if a voice changer is used, it seems that there is no need to imitate a girl’s voice. After all, this is not a telecommunications fraud...

　　 Incidentally, telecommunications fraud is also widespread in Japan.

　　According to official data, there are tens of thousands of telecommunications frauds across the country every year, with a total amount of tens of billions of dollars involved. This phenomenon has caused considerable trouble to the Japanese police...

　　 Get back to the subject.

　　 Due to lack of evidence, until now, the Narita City Police Department has not made a conclusion on the identity of the caller.

　　 And Kuri Jiancheng was also in charge of the visit and investigation. He accidentally obtained information about Bai Shuiqiu and Dongye from a junior high school student, and then based on time calculations, he judged Bai Shuiqiu's role in this incident. It's just that because of the lack of critical evidence, it can only stay in the inference stage.

　　 At the same time, because Kurimitari was also in the process of investigating, he accidentally discovered his sister Kurimi Sanae, who seemed to have a good relationship with Shirasuiqiu, and the former had just been to Tonegawa Riverside on Saturday...

　　 In the case of unsure whether Kurimi Sanae was involved, Kuri Jiancheng did not report the clue immediately, but intercepted it.

　　 Then, first came to Tenme Shrine in his own name and asked Shirasuiqiu.

As for why Kuri Jiancheng knew Shirasuiqiu was the witch of Tenme Shrine, it was because he had read the file of the Kato Jin case in Yutian District some time ago and saw the photos left by several people involved in that incident, and it happened to be Corresponding to the Shirasuiqiu who appeared near the Tone River that day.

However, there are only a few people who have met with Bai Shuiqiu. Among those who have read the Kato Jin case file, it is probably only Li Jiancheng. As long as Li Jiancheng doesn’t say anything, the Narita Police Station is at least short. It’s not possible to investigate Tenme Shrine within time...

　　 But now, the answer he got from Bai Shuiqiu was a little hard for him to accept.

"You mean that you have seen the ghost of Tachikawa Ran in the shrine, and learned from her what Takayama and others did, so you went to Tonegawa Riverside to ask Higashino about the case. I left a recording and reported it to the police secretly... As for what happened later, it has nothing to do with you, is it true?"

"Yes."

Bai Shuiqiu nodded, with a calm expression: "It was also in the news reported by the media on the Internet that I learned that the person named Longshan mysteriously disappeared. One of my classmates lives near Shimono Town. She is now very scared, hope You can catch him as soon as possible, so that the people living in that area can feel at ease."

　　 "Um...Of course we will try our best to hunt down the suspect. Please don't worry about this."

　　 Kuri Jiancheng also hesitated.

　　Although Bai Shuiqiu’s answer is a bit twitchy in my heart, but thinking about it carefully, it seems that only this explanation makes the most sense, just... a ghost?

　　 Does that kind of thing really exist?

After thinking about it, Li Jiancheng also looked in the direction of the gods in the main hall. He didn't know whether it was an illusion caused by psychological effects, or it was true. It seemed that he really felt that something was staring at him in the dark. The same, made him a little impetuous.

　　 "...I have understood the situation in general, and if necessary, I may contact you later, hoping that you can cooperate with our investigation."

"OK."

　　 Bai Shuiqiu responded swiftly, just thinking about taking the police officer away quickly.

　　 "By the way, there is one more thing."

When Li Jiancheng was about to go out, he suddenly paused and turned around: "Actually, I am not very concerned about the whereabouts of Longshan. In my opinion, a guy with a bad plot like him, It’s best to be sentenced to death, because even if this kind of person goes to jail, it’s impossible to repent...

　　 But as a policeman, I can only act according to the rules. Even if the other party is really guilty, I cannot take action based on guesswork without evidence. But some people...not so. "

　　 Bai Shuiqiu's eyelids twitched slightly, feeling that there was something in the other party's words.

Li Jiancheng also paused, and continued: "If, I mean if... if someone takes an investigation because of the disappearance of Ryushan and finds you, then please contact our police in time. Hit me. The personal phone number on the business card, or directly call 110 to the police, we will take measures to help you as soon as possible."

　　 "From the position of a policeman, I can only remind you that you must be careful during this period of time."

　　 After saying this, Kuri Jiancheng also owed his body slightly and turned and left.

　　"..."

　　 Bai Shuiqiu stood in front of the temple silently, and only after Kuri Jiancheng had also walked out of the shrine, did he withdraw his gaze, lowered his head and glanced at the business card in his hand, and lightly bit his lower lip.

　　 "The Jidong Group..."

　　 Although Kuri Jiancheng did not say it explicitly, the hints in the words are already obvious.

　　 Takayama is a member of the Jidong group. Although his identity may be just a small person, he suddenly disappeared mysteriously, and it is involved in a big case like the Tachikawa Lan case. The organization he belongs to may not be indifferent.

Most gangs dare not do things that hinder the police from handling the case or retaliate for killing people. After all, this kind of thing is a very serious crime. It is impossible for the police to let them go, but will they intervene in some other way? It's hard to say that the disappearance is investigated.

　　In the Japanese legal system, gangster groups exist legally.

　　 As long as there is no obvious criminal evidence, the government cannot ban them.

　　 And just like registering a company, the establishment of a gang requires the relevant government departments to make corresponding reports, and then the information of each member will also be registered.

　　 Formal gang members have licenses in their hands. They usually wear suits to clock in and commute, and there are special booths. They even pay regular salaries every month like those club employees...

　　 sounds a little bit ridiculous, but it's all true.

　　According to official data, there are almost sixty to seventy thousand gang members who are still registered in the country.

This is because in recent years, the official pressure on gangs has gradually increased, and the times have changed, more and more young people would rather stay at home watching anime and playing games than participating in these fights. As a matter of fact, the number of new recruits recruited by the gangster group each year has been declining repeatedly, and the fresh blood injected has been seriously insufficient.

　　In the 1980s and 1990s, when the gangs were most rampant, the number of gangs might have doubled or tripled.

Chapter 60-Daily Task Refresh

Of course…

　　The data published on the official website are only for official gang members, but besides these people, most gang members will train some non-staff members and use them to do things that are inconvenient for them.

　　 And these people are no longer in the official statistical roster. They are probably meant to be temporary workers. They can be used when they need to do things. If something really happens, they can be thrown out for crime.

　　In this era, it is indeed not the time for gangs to run rampant. Things like hacking people in the street can only be seen in movies. As for firearms... Japan’s gun prohibition system is still quite strict. Even gangs have difficulty in legally possessing firearms. Usually they can only be equipped with rubber bullets and their lethality is very limited. Only at close range do they have a certain chance of death.

　　Moreover, many gangsters have already gone ashore, making money by setting up clubs and engaging in formal business activities. Because of the accumulated contacts in black and white, and some gangs themselves are thugs trained by the consortium, it is still very easy to make money.

　　Washing white goes to washing white.

　　 It is undeniable that there are indeed gangsters who have changed their minds after they landed and no longer make illegal profits.

　　 But human trafficking, organ trading, drug trafficking, loan sharks...These profiteering black industries have always been done by someone, but they have moved from the table to the back of the scene. And as long as the markets for these industries still exist, I'm afraid they will not disappear completely in dozens or hundreds of years.

　　 The non-staff members mentioned above are often used to do this kind of things.

　　 Generally speaking, most of the outer members of the gang are some young unscrupulous teenagers and gangsters.

　　 Most of these guys are in their teens or twenties. They don't have a deep life, are youthful and rebellious. They are prone to passion and impulse. They can use it with a little bit of instigation. Once the blood is on the top, they dare to do things like murder and arson.

　　 Sometimes when people who borrow usury don’t pay their debts, sending a group of bad boys over to block the door and splash some paint to intimidate them. It’s more effective than anything else.

　　 As for collecting protection fees, the same is true.

　　 On the other hand, many unscrupulous teenagers are also proud of being a member of the gang, eager to gain the favor of the gang through the promotion of "fame", and step into the real "hot-blooded rivers and lakes". On the one hand, it seems more face-saving to go out, and on the other hand, you can get a decent salary. After all, compared with the formed industrial chain of gangsters, these guys usually engage in extortion, which is a small amount of petting, and at best they can only earn some pocket money for smoking and drinking...

　　 In the context of the declining power of gangs in recent years, most gangs dare not openly challenge the police. In particular, Long Shan’s criminal evidence has been effectively grasped by the police. Even if the Jidong Group is really backed by a consortium, it is not convenient to intervene in this situation.

　　 As for retaliating against the reporter, it is also a crime. If discovered by the police, he will definitely be arrested.

but…

　　 There are exceptions to everything.

　　 Since Kuri Jiancheng also made a deliberate reminder before leaving, I am afraid it is not groundless, and it must be right to be careful.

　　 Moreover, Bai Shuiqiu felt that it seemed necessary to find a way to inquire about the situation first.

After all, apart from knowing that this is a gang group, and Long Shan is a member of this organization, she doesn’t know anything about other things. In case Jidong Group is really the kind of radical gang organization, then Staring at me, I'm afraid I won't even be mentally prepared by that time, but it's dangerous.

　　Thinking about it, among the people Bai Shuiqiu knows, the most likely to understand the situation of the Jidong Group is Dongye.

　　 But she didn't have time to ask at the time. When Longshan's matter was over, this guy was already lying in the hospital again, and under the control of the police, there was no way to ask any more.

　　 Kuri Miancheng should also know some inside information, but his identity is a policeman, what he said just now is a bit out of bounds, naturally it is impossible to reveal more information about the gang...