Chapter 168 Slash. Shadow of Alien Demon! (7.5K ask for monthly ticket)
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uncle,
You are actually from a detective agency, right?
Hearing the words of Kaori Umekoji, the female clerk behind the checkout counter, Charlie suddenly let out an "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhinginginging" looking like a dog after her secrets were revealed.
Higashinohara and Aragaki Satoru also looked at each other.
The corner of Aragaki Satoru's mouth twitched.
Could it be that my forged documents are not authentic enough?
He coughed dryly and said with a smile, "That's it, we"
Kaori Umekoji who was behind the checkout counter blinked her eyes, her baby face with a slight baby fat smile showing her two dimples, "Actually, uncles like you have come to ask me a lot, and there have been many of them in the past few days."
Ah this?
Aragaki Satoru didn't expect to be exposed by his colleagues.
Umekoji Kaori paused and curled her lips cutely, "The police won't ask me to investigate these things. They will probably go directly to the boss lady."
"Uh, what a smart girl, haha."
Aragaki Satoru is indeed a veteran. He was exposed by the cute female clerk in front of him. When Higashinohara behind him was still a little embarrassed, he had already scratched his head and let out an "awkward but hearty" uncle laugh.
"But uncle, I'm not lying at all. I was the most powerful person in the Metropolitan Police Department back then, and now. Hey, this visit is indeed a private visit."
Hearing Aragaki Satoru's frank admission, Umekoji Kaori's face hesitated. She glanced in the direction of the warehouse from the corner of her eye, lowered her voice and said worriedly, "But... I don't know much about the boss.
I can’t say anything, but I’m always a little worried.”
"worry about what?"
Aragaki Satoru asked subconsciously.
At this time, the male clerk Miura Yuki, who was hiding in the convenience store warehouse to play mobile games, turned his head and glanced outside, and happened to meet Higashinohara's eyes.
The latter quickly looked away as if nothing had happened.
Umekoji Kaori didn't answer immediately, she hesitated for a moment, and looked past Aragaki Satoru to the "cold and handsome" Higashinohara.
Higashinohara was stunned for a moment and forced out a gentle smile.
It has to be said that Higashinohara's unique appearance and smile are very contagious, and have a unique lethality for girls.
Kaori Umekoji's face suddenly turned slightly red, and she lowered her head. When she raised her head, she finally summoned the courage to say to Aragaki Satoru, "Actually, I heard that people from the detective agency have come several times in the past few days to inquire about our boss.
But I heard something happened last night."
"What happened."
"Died in the detective agency in the middle of the night."
"."
Aragaki Satoru suddenly choked.
He took a closer look at the somewhat frightened look in the female clerk Kaori Umekoji's eyes, and after confirming that she was not entertaining him, he couldn't help but take a breath of air.
Damn it!
How come I never knew this news?
Aragaki Satoru was stunned immediately.
He accepted the commission to make money, what's the use of making money if his life is gone.
But then I thought about it, I'm here already, what I said just now was so righteous, Ling Ran.
As the president of Aragaki Detective Agency, if we back down at this time, I am afraid that people will lose their support in the future and it will be difficult to lead the team.
With a calm aura, Aragaki Satoru gritted his teeth and said solemnly, "There is only one thing for the detective to do, and that is to make the truth known to the world. Don't worry, we are professionals and will not retreat no matter how scary it is."
Umekoji Kaori was stunned for a moment.
"There are a few things I want to know about your store manager. If it's convenient, please tell me everything. Please." Aragaki Satoru said seriously.
Umekoji Kaori hesitated for a moment, and finally seemed to be infected by Aragaki Satoru's awe-inspiring aura, and finally nodded.
The two of them chatted quietly, asking questions and answering questions.
Higashinohara stood behind him and listened. During this period, he noticed that the male clerk who had entered the storage room earlier seemed to be a little uneasy.
In less than three minutes, his eyes drifted towards them six or seven times.
When the inquiry was over, Aragaki Satoru took out a business card with the address and phone number of Aragaki Detective Agency from his arms, and handed it to the female clerk Umekoji Kaori.
"The information you provided is very important to us. If anything happens, please keep in touch." Aragaki Satoru said with a smile and glanced towards the storage room.
"OK."
Kaori Umekoji took it with both hands and looked at the business card carefully.
At this moment, Charlie had finished the two portions of oden and was sipping happy water with her head up and her eyes staring at the delicatessen cabinet near the cashier.
Aragaki Satoru suddenly felt nervous. He quickly said goodbye and greeted Higashinohara. The three of them were about to leave. The follow-up investigation would be discussed after they left.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a group of people suddenly rushed out from the rain curtain on the street outside.
Unexpectedly, they saw an acquaintance among this group of people - it was Aragaki Satoru's daughter, Aragaki Mai, who belonged to the 13th Division of the 3rd Investigation Team.
The latter's face was solemn, and behind him, in addition to the people from the third investigation team, there were several people who looked like they were from the detective agency.
After the group of people arrived at the door, they divided into three groups in a well-trained manner. The left and right sides separated to surround the convenience store. Aragaki Mai quickly rushed into the convenience store with the group in the middle.
As soon as she entered the door, she saw Aragaki Satoru and Higashinohara standing at the door. Mai Aragaki couldn't help but was slightly startled. After coming back to her senses, she glared at Aragaki Satoru angrily, and then went straight to the cashier.
She simply showed her ID and said straight to the point to Umekoji Kaori, who was standing behind the cashier, "Hello, we are members of the Third Investigation Team of the Metropolitan Police Department, and we are now going to investigate Miura, the suspect who is a convenience store employee."
Yuxi is conducting arrest questions, where is he?"
Umekoji Kaori was stunned for a moment, hesitated, and then raised her finger to point to the storage room.
The next second, the people behind Mai Aragaki who were wearing navy blue windbreakers from the Third Investigation Team immediately rushed towards the storage room.
Higashinohara was stunned for a moment when he saw this, and suddenly noticed that Aragaki Satoru's face looked a little angry next to him, and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
"He's from Kudo Detective Agency."
Aragaki Satoru said with a dark face, "Damn it, they actually got one step ahead of me. I originally wanted to collect some more evidence before contacting the police. These guys. Mai is really good at helping others without losing their wealth.
Come and steal your own business."
"Did the clerk say something just now?" Higashinohara noticed the problem.
Aragaki Satoru nodded somewhat dejectedly.
Now that the Metropolitan Police Department has begun arresting people, at this point, he naturally does not need to wait to discuss anything before going out. He turns around and explains the situation to Higashinohara.
It turns out that one of the several questions he skillfully asked the female clerk Umekoji Kaori just now, Umekoji Kaori's unintentional words caught Aragaki Satoru's attention.
That is, the male clerk Miura Yuki who worked with her was the nephew of the victim's shop owner's wife. He had had a conflict with the victim a week before the incident, and the shop owner and his wife even had a quarrel over this.
In addition, Miura Yuki often scolds the unscrupulous boss when she is at work, saying that the rich people in New Tokyo are inferior to pigs and dogs, and do not treat their employees as human beings.
"Is that all?"
Higashinohara frowned slightly after hearing this.
In a murder case, this is indeed quite suspicious, but it always feels like something is missing.
By the way, ability, no crime can be committed even if there is no motive and no ability.
Could it be that the clerk is an esper?
As if to answer Higashinohara's question, the moment the men of the third investigation team pushed open the storage room door, Higashinohara suddenly felt that their movements seemed to have stopped for a moment.
The next second, the clerk named Miura Yuki rushed out of the door, his pupils narrowed like successive apertures into a strange dark red, and angrily shouted at Kaori Umekoji, who was behind the checkout counter with a look of astonishment, "
Bastard! You actually betrayed me!"
This ability seems familiar?
Higashinohara immediately realized that this was the spiritual ability [Crimson Eyes] that fell from Charlie after he captured her when he first met her. It was later upgraded to [Nine Eyes and Six Paths] by his source points.
It's too late to say it, but it's soon.
Miura Yuki, who looked like a crazy person, pushed away the person from Kudo's office who was blocking the way, and was about to rush out of the convenience store's front door at all costs.
"drink!"
Just at this moment, there was a loud and clear shout from the convenience store!
Charlie, who had a look of "Ah, what's going on?" seemed to suddenly realize something. Her long and powerful legs like a cheetah suddenly jumped up in two steps, and with a sudden kick, she made a huge roar and headed towards
The clerk who was running away was kicked in the back.
Tianhu Six Postures and Wind Kicks!
The next second, Miura Yuki still rushed out of the convenience store door, but this time he flew out completely, and fell on the roadside with a bang, causing a splash of water that was ten feet high.
The corners of Higashinohara's eyes couldn't help but twitch.
He looked a little hurt.
Immediately afterwards, the three groups of people who were briefly mentally controlled at the door of the storage room also woke up.
They quickly joined their teammates who stayed outside to surround the convenience store. They quickly pushed the man named Miura Yuki to the ground, and handcuffed him with an ability suppressor.
Uh, actually it's not necessary.
Xia Li's kick was so powerful, coupled with the heavy fall, that the criminal suspect was knocked unconscious.
"Phew! Thanks to you, Charlie-chan, thank you so much." After coming back to her senses, Aragaki Mai hurriedly came up to express her thanks.
"Be polite and polite, and roar when you see injustice on the road. My father often taught me this when I was a child."
Charlie waved her hands very sternly and continued, "Sister Araguan, if you really feel sorry for me, please treat me to a meal."
Higashinohara:
Everyone has to take care of your relationship, right?
"sure."
Mai Aragaki didn't care about a meal. After confirming that the suspect was arrested, she took out her communicator and contacted the logistics. After a while, a police car came from a distance.
Before leaving, she did not forget to remind Aragaki Satoru that recently there was a big shot in Wano Country in the Adjudication Department in Beijing, and there was a lot of noise outside and inside, so it was best not to get involved in cases involving people with abilities.
Regarding his daughter's words, Aragaki Satoru always raised his hands and surrendered, without refuting for a long time.
Of course, he never listens.
The episode at the convenience store represented that Aragaki Detective Agency fell one step behind in this investigation commission and lost to Kudo Detective Agency.
Although Aragaki Satoru was unhappy, he could only hold his nose and be willing to admit defeat. He could only say that there was still a long way to go to revive the glory of Aragaki Detective Agency.
Higashinohara still felt a little strange and disappointed. This time he participated in the investigation of the detective agency, and by the way, he also wanted to get some sin points and ability drops to disassemble.
However, from the time they entered the convenience store until the clerk Miura Yuki was arrested, the mission of the "Guilty Manual" was never triggered.
Could it be that the sin value is not enough to trigger it?
Not quite right.
After these brutal serial murders, based on his past experience, he must have at least a three-star crime index.
There is no reason not to trigger the Guilty Manual.
Or is there some hidden condition that was missed?
After leaving the convenience store, Aragaki Satoru held up an umbrella and saw Higashinohara's slightly frowning brows aside, "Higashino-kun, do you have any more questions?"
Higashinohara shook his head, glanced at the police cars leaving in the rain, shook his head and said, "There's no problem, it's just that I have a few questions that I don't quite understand."
"What's the problem?" Aragaki realized.
"The motive for committing the crime." Higashinohara said.
Aragaki Satoru said with a smile, "Well, didn't you say that you had a conflict with the victim a week before the crime? He is a person with abilities, and it is easy to understand that young people are angry. The kid just now seemed to have 'admitted' it."
Higashinohara shook his head and said, "But this is a serial murder case, where are the others?"
"This is a doubtful point." Aragaki Satoru pondered for a moment, his eyes brightened slightly, "Oh, by the way, Miss Umekoji just mentioned that the suspect seems to be somewhat dissatisfied with the current situation of life, or the rich class, you
Tell me if you will."
"Do you hate the rich class?" Higashinohara did not answer directly.
He had read the information on the victims. In Wano Country, they could be considered middle class at best, but perhaps they were equivalent to "rich" compared to a convenience store worker who had to stay at a relative's house.
"A little bit lost and frustrated, right?"
Aragaki Satoru smiled and patted Higashinohara's shoulder, and said with a smile like an experienced old man, "That's what being a detective is like. The truth is there. Even if you find something suspicious, if you are slow, you will be discovered."
If others pick the fruit, you will gradually get used to it."
Higashinohara didn't have any setbacks.
But I still don't understand.
But he didn't say anything more, smiled and nodded, and the three of them took the car back to the apartment building.
Aragaki Satoru was open-minded, but he started to complain again on the way back.
You should know that the three of them were wearing detective coats and rented them from other shops. On rainy days, they would be charged extra for cleaning and the trip would be in vain.
He muttered as he drove,
I will definitely not go out on a rainy day next time.
In the evening, the showers began to subside.
Jingle Bell-!
The phone at the Aragaki Detective Agency rang, and when it was answered, it was discovered that it was a call from the Metropolitan Police Department.
"Don't you admit it? After you woke up, you said you were wrongly accused?" Aragaki Satoru was stunned for a moment after answering the phone, and asked subconsciously, "Then why did he run away when he was caught? Why did he yell at others to 'betray him'?"
At this moment, Higashinohara happened to be in the office, and he wanted to see if there were any other commissioned investigations on people with abilities.
Aragaki Satoru said a few words and then turned to Higashinohara, shrugged, and said with a smile, "It's Mai calling. The criminal suspect caught at the convenience store today refused to plead guilty. I want to ask if I have any good ideas."
Higashinohara was slightly startled, with a thoughtful look on his face.
Aragaki Satoru rarely showed his father's dignity and taught by words and deeds for a long time. It was time for Mai Aragaki to get off work. After thinking about it, she decided to come back in the evening to ask for advice in person. It was not convenient for her to say some things in the office.
At about seven o'clock in the evening, a Metropolitan Police car parked in front of Aragaki's apartment, and the first to get out was a tall figure wearing a navy blue windbreaker.
The tenants who come and go all know that the landlord has a beautiful daughter who is a police officer and a third investigation team that specializes in handling special incidents, so they are not surprised by this.
Mai Aragaki did not come back alone this time. There were a few young and fresh faces behind her. They looked like newcomers who had come for internship. They all followed very respectfully and greeted the neighbors passing by from time to time.
.
"Hey! Stand up and show your manliness!"
When Mai Aragaki saw the low-brow looks of the interns following her, she suddenly became angry and said, "Remember, no matter where you go, don't forget that we are from the Thirteenth Division."
"Yes! I will never embarrass Division 13!"
Several interns immediately shouted in unison.
Mai Aragaki covered her ears and looked at these idiots angrily, "Just talk, why are you shouting so loudly?"
She made up her mind that this time she must let Aragaki Satoru train these newcomers well - she knew that although her father was not very popular, he could still control these newcomers with his many years of experience in the Metropolitan Police Department.
In the corridor on the fifth floor, Higashinohara lowered his head and saw the scene downstairs, and couldn't help but smile in his heart.
Mai Aragaki usually felt like a gentle and reliable senior to him, but unexpectedly, in her job at the Metropolitan Police Department, she unexpectedly had a sisterly demeanor.
However, remembering what Aragaki Satoru and Aragaki Mai said on the phone just now, Higashinohara's brows couldn't help but frown slightly. He always felt that this case seemed not that simple.
Do you want to go to the convenience store again tomorrow?
"Higashino-kun (eldest brother), come back and have dinner together." While he was thinking, the voices of Miria Nishimaru and Coladia came from behind.
Higashinohara responded and shook his head not to think about these things. Anyway, he doesn’t have to go to school tomorrow and Sunday. Let’s go and see if he has time.
The night is getting darker.
The tall buildings in the distance lit up with lights.
When resting on weekends, Higashinohara used to do part of his exercise in the evening. After eating, he would walk all the way downstairs.
When he reached the corner of the fourth floor, Higashinohara suddenly discovered that the voice-activated light in the corridor seemed to be malfunctioning and the corridor was dark. He remembered that a tenant had reported this a few days ago.
Higashinohara came back last night and saw that the lights were on. He thought it had been repaired, but he didn't expect that the light just came back - this unscrupulous landlord is really stingy in this regard.
He was thinking about this, but when he reached the dark corridor on the third floor, Higashinohara suddenly stopped.
The third floor seems a little quiet.
You know, the word quiet rarely appears in an apartment building with a mixed crowd.
Of course, if it were just like this, it wouldn't be worth stopping Higashinohara.
At this time, the night wind blew from the east side of the corridor, and Higashinohara smelled a strong smell of blood.
On the easternmost side of the corridor, under the flickering dim light, there seemed to be something dark.
On the third floor, in the neon-lit room of the Aragaki Detective Agency, several figures fell into a pool of blood and breathed their last without even a trace of struggle.
A petite figure wearing a high school uniform stood at the door with a business card in his hand.
She lowered her head and took a look in the faint moonlight, revealing slight dimples on her cute cheeks that were slightly baby fat.
"Na na. Aragaki Detective Agency? This should be the right place."
The petite figure looked like a high school girl in need of help. She timidly looked for her according to the address on her business card, looking happy after successfully finding her.
Of course, the premise is that you must ignore her deformed right hand, which is as sharp as a sharp knife.
And in this unusually quiet environment, the scarlet blood was dripping down.
Aragaki Satoru sat in the chair where he often sat on horse racing and drank wine. His face was very painful, sweat was dripping from his forehead, and his right hand was tightly covering his sticky and blood-red abdomen.
"Ma Yi! Leave quickly and leave me alone!"
"Shut up! Do you think she could possibly let me go?"
Aragaki Satoru smiled bitterly.
He stared at the baby face with a little baby fat in front of him, even though he just watched the other party push open the door like a ghost and take action, the incredible deformity of his right hand turned into scissors and brutally killed several of the people Mai Aragaki brought back.
New intern.
Thinking back on it now, he still felt a little ridiculous and unbelievable.
Because the girl blocking the door was actually Kaori Umekoji, who was behind the cashier of the convenience store that she had met at the convenience store today. She looked like a sweet girl in high school.
Judging from the weird ability that the other party just showed with her hands turning into scissors, she has at least the strength of a fourth-level or even fifth-level superpower.
No one in the Aragaki Detective Agency is her opponent, and no one can recognize the talent sequence corresponding to this weird ability.
“What a pity”
In the shadow of the doorway.
Umekoji Kaori's girl smiled sweetly at Aragaki Satoru, "Uncle, do you know? Today is the first time I have received a tip. I didn't plan to kill you."
At this point, she sniffed, lowered her head, and said with some disappointment, "But today, you all have to die here."
Mai Aragaki knew that running away and begging for mercy at this time would only make her die faster. The only thing she could do was to delay time. She took a breath and said, "So you killed the convenience store owner?"
"Shopkeeper? Are you talking about the uncle who likes to take advantage of me?"
Umekoji Kaori nodded and said softly, "Yes, he used to like to harass me. He often told me that he touched my hands and couldn't bear to wash them after returning home for several days. I thought about it.
.Since he likes it so much, just peel off those hands and give them to him."
Mai Aragaki and Satoru Aragaki looked at each other in shock. It was hard to imagine that such words would be said so gently by a baby-faced girl.
Mai Aragaki took a deep breath.
"I sympathize with your situation, but in that case, you should call the police."
"Call the police?"
Umekoji Kaori shook her head, "It's useless. I called the police. I already called the police three years ago when my mother remarried and my stepfather's brother often touched me."
"But my stepfather could only say a few words in a nonchalant manner. When the police came, my mother also told the police that it was just a misunderstanding."
"I ran away from home several times, but when I came back I was beaten by my stepfather, who said I made them worried. Did they really worry about me?"
Aragaki Mai was stunned when she was told that, and she felt a little sympathetic to the girl in front of her.
However, the bodies of the several interns she brought tonight were in a pool of blood. Her father, Aragaki Satoru, also had a huge wound on his abdomen to protect her, and his life might be in danger at any time.
At this moment, it was obviously not the time to empathize with the extremely dangerous girl in front of her. She took another breath and continued to ask questions in her mind.
"What about the other recent murder cases in Edogawa District? They and you probably have no connection in their lives. Are their deaths also related to you?"
"Are you talking about those uncles?" Kaori Umekoji said.
"Do you really know them?" Aragaki Mai frowned.
"No, I don't know him, but when I was on my way home a few nights, I felt an uncle following me behind me. He wanted to invade me." Umekoji Kaori said with her eyes closed and her eyelashes trembling slightly.
"They did that?" Mai Aragaki asked.
"No."
Umekoji Kaori shook her head.
"Were they being persecuted in delusion? So you killed them?" Mai Aragaki looked in disbelief.
"No, it's not like that."
Umekoji Kaori shook her head and said softly, "Have you ever felt that way? It's as if there is a person living in your mind. He knows what you think and understands your thoughts. He will tell you the truth of the world and give you strength.
Let you protect yourself."
Saying that, Kaori Umekoji raised her right hand.
Her right hand strangely turned into sharp scissors like dark blue bone spurs, glowing with a chilling brilliance under the dim moonlight.
Mai Aragaki reacted somewhat, frowned and asked, "There is someone talking to you in your mind? Telling you that you should kill them? And giving you this ability?"
"right."
Umekoji Kaori nodded, then shook her head, "But it's not 'giving', giving is 'charity'. This is the ability I was born with.
Suddenly, a smile appeared on her baby face.
"Just like this moment, you should not be involved, and you should not die, but the voice in my head tells me that you must die.
In fact, I know that you are stalling for time by asking me so many questions. Sometimes time is not so precious. What do you think? Can anyone come to save you now?"
"It's over. I have to go back to greet my dear brother. He should be coming home from school today."
After the words fell, Umekoji Kaori's figure seemed to blend into the misty moonlight, and her bone-spur-like scissor hands slashed a clear cold light in the air.
quick!
It’s completely faster than Aragaki Mai’s naked eyes can capture!
It's hard to imagine any ability in the talent sequence that can mutate a person's body while also giving him such terrifying speed.
However, just as Aragaki Mai was unable to escape, and behind her, Aragaki Satoru, who was lying on the chair and dying, suddenly got the strength to rush forward with his belly covered, and pushed her out to the side.
"This idiot!" The moment Mai Aragaki lost her balance, her heart suddenly tightened.
However, the next moment, when she fell to the ground and turned around hurriedly, there was no scene of blood spilling in front of her as she had imagined. Instead, she heard only a "dang" sound, like the clash of gold and stone.
The fire suddenly bloomed!
Without any warning, they saw a familiar tall figure standing in front of them.
he is
It’s Mr. Higashino, the tenant upstairs!
Aragaki Mai suddenly froze on the ground.
In the detective agency, under the dim light, Higashinohara's figure slowly emerged from the shadows.
He frowned slightly and looked at the girl in front of him. Before finishing dinner in the evening, he was thinking about going to the convenience store again tomorrow, but he didn't expect that the girl actually "came to the door".
Of course, what makes Higashinohara even more uneasy at this moment is that there are several young corpses lying strewn in a pool of blood on the ground.
But he stared at the baby-faced girl with slightly baby fat cheeks under the moonlight at the door, and the "Guidebook of Sin" in his mind remained as silent as ever.
