Chapter 898 Exorcist Vine

No. 8 Fujino

‘Is the slap in the face coming so fast? ’

Fujino looked at the little girl who seemed to be a ghost not far away, and secretly complained in his heart.

Just now, he said that the night watchman separated the yin and yang, and now he comes to get close to the face and open up.

Do I not want to save face?

“That... seems to be a little girl, right?”

“By the way, the rumored ghost seems to be a little girl, right?”

“Could that be a ghost?!”

Looking at the little girl who waved at this side not far away, who seemed to be a ghost, the faces of several girls turned pale.

Even Yuanzi, who looked very brave, after actually seeing the ghost...

I can only say...

‘Can you let go of your hands holding my arms first? ’

‘But to be honest, the plot of using human-shaped hand warmers in "Border Town Wanderer" was quite real. Anyway, it was really warm. ’

‘It’s not the first time that Hongye feels this way, and Yuanzi is like water in a sponge. There is always some if you squeeze it...’

‘No, why do I think about these? ’

Fujino glanced at Sonoko on the left and Hongye on the right, who were holding his arms, and complained in his heart.

He felt like he had become an old pervert.

He coughed, moved his arms that were bound on both sides, and reminded the two people: "Anyway, no matter what it is, let me take my hands out first, okay?"

"Oh...oh!!"

The two were stunned for a moment, and when they came to their senses, they let go of their hands. Their shy faces flushed a little. They looked at each other and quickly looked away, as if they were a little girl who had done something bad.

"Stare..."

Grayhara drooped her eyelids and revealed dead fish eyes. She retracted her gaze and said in a flat tone: "So, is that really a ghost?"

"I don't know either."

Fujino took off the wooden sword necklace on his neck, then played with the enlarged wooden sword and slowly walked towards the girl: "Anyway, I'll go over and take a look, and hit her with a club first."

"..."

Conan looked at Fujino's back and was speechless.

Why do I feel that Fujino's style is getting weirder and weirder...

A detective, he keeps talking about folk rules.

Do you think you are an exorcist?

"Wait..."

"Fujian Senior, are you going over there?"

"What if it's really a ghost?"

Mori Ran agrees with Sonoko and Hongye's views, and glances at the night watchmen who have walked a distance to the side: "Yes, we should hurry up and catch up with the night watchmen!"

"I think I'd better go and take a look."

Fujian looked at the few people, thought about it, and handed over the wooden sword in his hand: "This thing is made of peach wood, which can ward off evil spirits. If there is really a ghost, it can be useful. You should catch up with the night watchmen first, I'll be back soon. After all, this kind of thing has also caused a lot of trouble to the locals... What's more, the old saying is that when the wronged ghost appears, there must be an injustice, and 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..."

Fujiano 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 will kill it."

"Oh..."

Everyone nodded when they heard it, not quite understanding what Fujino meant.

But since it has been decided, it means that they should be prepared.

After all, in their impression, Fujino seems to have never done anything without preparation.

Conan: So what about me?

You go to show off your cool exorcism, and I'll just watch here, right?

Conan is of course very curious about ghosts.

As a detective, how could he not investigate something that doesn't conform to scientific common sense like ghosts?

So he secretly followed.

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 see Brother Fujino exorcise the demon!"

"Sister!"

…………

It was dark at night and the road was quiet.

The hazy fog covered the surrounding environment.

Fujian carried two knives and silently followed the little girl who looked a little unreal.

From the dirt road, into the woods.

The little girl looked around from time to time.

It seemed that she didn't notice herself behind her.

Fujian was actually quite curious about this little girl who suddenly appeared.

It is certain that this girl is not a physical entity, and whether she is a ghost or something, it is not certain for the time being.

Combined with the thick fog around, Fujijian thought of a mirage or a Buddha's light phenomenon.

Although the mountain was shrouded in clouds and mist after nightfall, it is indeed possible to produce a mirage.

But this environment does not seem to constitute the conditions...

It may be 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 came into view was a small platform.

On the platform was a small house.

Fujino didn't quite understand what this was, but he felt that it should be a sacrificial building used to worship the river god or something.

"Huyou~"

The evening breeze suddenly blew by, and the surrounding mist was rolled up by the soft wind.

The little girl's figure disappeared without a trace as the mist was rolled up.

"Disappeared suddenly...?"

Fujino lowered his eyes and pinched his chin: "Speaking of which, I seem to have some impression of ghosts or something...but the impression is not too deep. It seems to be related to a certain case?"

Fujino frowned: "Brother Tongzi, can you give me a hint?"

"..."

"Sister Tongzi?"

"..."

"Ding, a new system task has been detected, please check it carefully."

"Good guy."

Fujino was speechless for a moment.

I can't call you brother, but I have to call you sister, right?

It seems that this is indeed my sister.

But why is this dog system a little flat now?

I don’t know if I call you, you won’t be given a mission, right?

Fujino did not worry about the gender of the system, but instead looked at the interface prompted by the system:

[System Mission: Ghost, Detective and Jewel Thief

Mission summary: The Nagakura family seems to have an unspeakable secret, and the ghost little girl who has not been identified yet seems to be guiding you to find something. The appearance related to all this seems to be the key point... At the same time, there seems to be a secret behind this incident. The figure of a jewelry robber.

Mission goal: Uncover the truth about the jewelry robbery case related to existence

Mission reward: 5 million yen, 5 detective coins, 500 detective reputation]

"The jewel thief and the ghost..."

Fujino looked at the prompts given by the system and his jaw dropped.

The system didn't give many hints, but he could probably guess that the Nagakura family's son might have been involved in the jewelry robbery.

Withdrawing his thoughts, he looked around.

The eagle's eyes opened, and a strange light flashed in his 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 glove from the flowing river.

He took out the magic wand and looked at it, and found that it was a bathrobe.

The bathrobe also had her last name embroidered on it.

But it's not a key clue.

Fujino stood up and put his bathrobe away in his pocket. After thinking about it, he took out his mobile phone and opened the text message interface of Sawada Hiroki: "Hiroki, help me investigate the surname Nagakura, Onisawa Village, and the jewelry robber. Information related to the case.”

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"Fujino-senpai, how is the investigation going?"

"Is that little girl a ghost?"

"Yeah, what's going on?"

It was already very late, but the lights were not turned off in the B\u0026B where everyone lived. As soon as Fujino returned to the B\u0026B, Sonoko, Momiji and Xiaolan hurriedly asked Fujino.

"I'm not 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 seemed that it was accidentally blown there by the wind."

"That's a ghost, right?"

Xiaolan's face stiffened when she heard this, and she whispered: "After all, how could someone suddenly disappear..."

"I think you must have seen it wrong."

Mr. Boss Si was not asleep yet. He heard the conversation of several people and came over: "For example, mistaking a bathrobe for a person or something. After all, reports of ghosts like that are all false. We don't have ghosts here." Plant something.”

"It can't be the bathrobe, we saw it clearly at the time!"

Yuanzi stretched out her hand and gestured, and described vividly: "Short black hair, about ten years old, and wearing a red skirt. She was waving to us at that time!"

Mr. Si Wenyan's expression suddenly froze.

Mrs. Junji who was following him was stunned for a while before she murmured: "Asami-chan...she must have come to see Eiji..."

"Have you two seen that little girl?"

"ah……"

Facing Fujino's inquiry, Mrs. Kimiko explained: "Asami's child is Eiji's childhood sweetheart. They are only one year apart, and they usually have a very good relationship... I think she must believe that Eiji was wronged. , that’s why I came back!”

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Mr. Si shouted and said in a deep voice to everyone: "Let's not mention that Eiji died half a month ago, and Asami has been dead for more than ten years. How could she come back? You must be Wrong!"

"Uncle, are you too excited?"

Sonoko looked at Nagakura and frowned dissatisfied: "The fact is that we really saw it, and Fujino-senpai followed her and saw her disappear with our own eyes."

Hongye nodded in agreement: "That's right."

"What nonsense are you talking about? How can we have ghosts and ghosts here?"

Yongcang Zuo still maintained his opinion and glanced at the few people, "You slander our village like this... I understand, you must be sent by those people!"

"You actually use such a despicable and despicable method. Do you think you can force me to submit?"

"Listen to me, that scum Eiji is not my son, not from now on!"

"If you have any other dirty tricks, just come forward!"

With that said, Yongcang Zuo turned around and left the living room angrily.

Mrs. Junzi stood there and sighed helplessly.

"What do you mean??"

"Why do you feel that Mr. Si's temper is weird?"

Everyone looked at Nagakura leaving in confusion, and Fujino took the opportunity to explain: "Eiji Nagakura is twenty years old... a suspect in the 413 jewelry theft case."

"About a month ago, he robbed a jewelry store in Masahito Town, shot the waiter and store manager in the store, and held a jewelry appraiser hostage. Since fingerprints were left at the scene, the police directly locked the suspect's identity on him. On his body, he was found to have committed suicide half a month ago."

"Jewelry theft?"

"Suicide out of fear of crime... no wonder."

Everyone looked strange when they heard this, and suddenly they understood why Yongcang Ao never mentioned his son.

"Eiji...he must have been wronged."

Mrs. Junzi glanced at a few people and said in a low voice: "Although he is a little naughty, he simply can't do such things as robbing jewelry and killing people."

“Until established facts are established, anything is possible.”

Fujino looked at Mrs. Kimiko: "However, there are still many doubts about the suspect Nagakura Eiji."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Kimiko looked at Fujino and asked quickly: "Are you saying that Eiji might not be the murderer?"

“If you think about it, it’s actually quite simple.”

Fujino thought for a while and explained: "Jewelry store robbery, generally speaking, it is impossible for one person to do it, even with a gun. It is basically a gang crime, let's not talk about him alone. Whether he has this ability or not, just planning the course of action for this robbery is not something he, a newcomer, 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!"

Yuanzi echoed from the side: "Where can there be stupid thieves who rob without wearing gloves?"

Xiaolan nodded repeatedly when she heard this: "Even murderers know that they must wear gloves when killing people."

"If you say this, then the possibility that Nagakura Eiji is a suspect is low."

Haiyuan Ai thought about it and reasoned: "Since he has the ability to plan a robbery, normally he would not be stupid enough to leave fingerprints at the crime scene, but there are his fingerprints at the scene..."

As she spoke, her tone suddenly became a little lower: "If you think about it this way, he is most likely the scapegoat of a gang of robbers."

Conan: "..."

By the way, shouldn't reasoning be my job?

Shouldn't you, Haiyuan, be watching silently from the side, and then sarcastically say a few truths about life from time to time?

It’s okay if Fujino, the exorcist, steals my role.

Huiyuan, why do you want to rob me?

"That's pretty much what I thought."

Fujino put his hands in his pockets, lowered his eyes and reasoned: "Judging from the current situation, he is probably involved in some gang of robbers. He was threatened or joined, but the robbers did not regard him as one of their own. Instead, after he succeeded, he killed him and pretended to commit suicide. I think it might be the jewelry appraiser. "

"After all, the jewelry has not been discovered so far, and the jewelry appraiser has not been confirmed to be dead. For jewelry appraisers, the possibility of committing crimes is greater."

"Taken together, he is regarded as a scapegoat, and he is also the scapegoat of the kidnapped jewelry appraiser."

Mrs. Junzi was stunned for a long time after hearing this, and then she regained consciousness. Her eyes gradually became moist: "So that's it...I just said that Eiji is innocent. How could he do such a thing as killing someone!"

"Mr. Fujino, you must be a detective, right?"

After saying that, Mrs. Junzi looked at Fujino after hearing the words, took two steps forward hurriedly, and then bowed deeply: "Although I know that it is difficult to force someone to do something difficult, I hope you can help investigate the evidence that Eiji was wrongly accused... ...This is because as a mother, I don’t want to see my child suffer injustice even if he dies..."

Fujino directly stopped Mrs. Junzi who was lowering her posture: "Madam, you don't have to do this. I will definitely continue to investigate this case, even if you don't entrust it."

"In the end, besides making money, the most important responsibility of being a detective is to discover the truth."

"What's more, I can't bear to see this kind of unjust, false, and wrongful convictions where the real culprit goes free while the victim suffers injustice."