Toru Amuro was going through the formalities at the counter when he suddenly shivered.
He came back to his senses, glanced at the stacked mountains in the distance, and thought silently that it was time to add some clothes - the ones he had prepared before departure had all been blown to ashes in the villa at dusk.
However, you don’t need to buy too much this time.
After all, this long and despairing journey will come to an end soon.
...When I thought about it, I suddenly felt that the sky outside was getting clearer.
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A few hours later.
Tens of kilometers away, deep in the forest.
As dusk approaches, the light fades.
There was a sudden bang on the forest path and the sound of a flat tire.
The next second, a Mazda skillfully slowed down, rolled over the uneven dirt road, and stopped on the side of the road.
Amuro Toru sighed silently.
Then he found that his mood was quite calm, and he seemed to have gradually adapted to this kind of thing... At the same time, he was secretly glad that when he applied for the task, he applied for ten days, and now he had enough time to waste on the road.
Moreover, once you accept the setting of "Jiang Xia is an incident physique" and give up avoiding Jiang Xia's acquaintances. At this time, when encountering an unexpected situation, assuming the identity of a detective, you can barely experience a little fun of solving puzzles...
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After all, Toru Amuro is a skilled undercover agent with outstanding ability in adjusting his mentality.
This time, before Jiang Xia, who had just woken up from a late nap next to him and was rubbing his eyes, asked "Boss, why did you get a flat tire again?", Toru Amuro had already opened the door and got out of the car, looked around, and began to search.
Where are the suspicious wilderness villas.
Then I discovered that the surrounding area was just an ordinary deep forest.
Unlike before, you can find a place to stay or borrow a phone after you get off the bus and look around.
"Boss, there seems to be a signal here."
Just as he was thinking about it, Jiang Xia's slightly surprised voice came from the car. Jiang Xia turned on the radio in the car and turned it off, then turned to ask him: "Do you want to find a towing company? But at this time, they should have already gotten off work."
Amuro Toru was startled, and then realized that he seemed to have over-adapted to Jiang Xia's incident. He didn't give priority to calling for help, but seemed to have acquiesced that "there must be no signal around here."
"..."
He reflected in his mind on his actions when he was out of state.
Then he took out his phone as if nothing had happened and pretended that he was just breathing fresh air and enjoying the forest, instead of forgetting to check the signal.
I turned on the screen and looked, and sure enough there was a signal.
He then dialed the emergency number.
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"I'm sorry, sir."
The staff on duty asked clearly where he was and then gave a regrettable reply:
"Yesterday, a vehicle transporting metal materials rolled over on Jiusen Road. Many sharp parts were scattered nearby, puncturing the tires of several vehicles. Currently, none of our vehicles on duty are free."
After that, considering the desperate experience of travelers who have no place to go and no store, the staff provided some small suggestions with humanistic care:
"The location you described should be near the Guiwei Cliff in the Toushen Forest - starting from there, walk along the road to the southeast for nearly ten minutes. There is a hotel that is quite famous in the local area. The food and environment there are
They are all very comfortable. It is the off-season for tourism, so the hotel should still have vacancies and the price will not be too high. You and your companions can go there to have a rest first.
"We will pick you up as soon as the car is available. Of course, you can also choose to rest all night, and we will send someone there early the next morning, so the cost is only 40% of the night price."
Toru Amuro: "..." What cliff?
...sounds very ominous.
Moreover, the name of Tou Shen Forest is also weird, with an inexplicable sense of spookiness...
However, there are no ghosts or gods in the world, and this forest looks nice and peaceful... The most important thing is that the trailer will not be able to get through for a while.
Amuro thought that at present, since he had given up the plan to isolate Jiang Xia and no longer had to guard against Jiang Xia and his acquaintances who could always show up from various places, there was no need for the public security men to pretend to be "passing by here".
Picking him up with Jiang Xia - although this plan is easy, it is very labor-intensive and prone to flaws. For example, the subordinates suddenly have a tire blowout, and then the three of them are left in the deep forest looking at each other, and then the subordinates attack him inadvertently.
A sentence like "Mr. Feng Gu"...
...In short, finally.
Among the two suggestions given by the staff, Toru Amuro chose to have them pick him up the next morning.
Of course, overtime pay doesn't matter, but with the previous lessons, Amuro Toru now feels that it is necessary to maintain adequate rest. Otherwise, let alone the harm to the body, it will easily affect his judgment. Now even if he doesn't have to spend so much time monitoring
After Jiangxia, there are still organizational tasks that need to be properly handled.
With this thought in mind, after hanging up the phone, Toru Amuro sighed and started packing his luggage, preparing to take what he needed to the hotel.
Jiang Xia also packed up a backpack, and the two of them set off quickly.
——I didn’t have a lot of luggage to begin with, but it was completely burned when my hotel was bombed at dusk. Now my luggage is even rarer than before. This journey is as easy as an autumn outing.
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After walking for a minute or two, Jiang Xia's eyes suddenly moved.
——On the roadside in front, there was a gray thing lying upside down.
Toru Amuro also noticed the abnormality immediately.
He looked at it doubtfully for a moment, and quickly recognized it. It was a stone statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. At this time, the stone statue had tilted over and was lying face down on the ground.
The stone statue is about the height of an adult's calf. It has a bald head, big ears, and an old red bib tied around its neck.
The collapsed statue looked unlucky.
Although Toru Amuro didn't believe in ghosts and gods, he still frowned, stepped forward to help it up, and stood it on the side of the road again. At the same time, he picked up a sharp piece of gravel next to Jizo and threw it into the bushes from a distance.
——What if a car doesn't watch the road carefully, runs over Jizo, rises up and then falls down, and hits the rocks just now... It will easily cause a tire blowout.
He has had many tire blowouts, and now Toru Amuro has begun to instinctively reject all situations that may cause tire blowouts, just like a person who always drops things and likes to push the porcelain near the edge of the table back to the center of the table.
After eliminating the danger, Toru Amuro stood up, wiped the dust off his hands comfortably, and continued to move forward.
After taking two steps, I suddenly felt that something was not right. I turned back and frowned at the standing stone statue and the place where the stone statue had fallen upside down.
Behind him, Jiang Xia didn't know when he stopped.
He stood next to the stone statue and said with a hint of doubt in his tone: "This Ksitigarbha statue seems to be particularly flat."
