"Inspector Yang, it's really better to meet him than to be famous~ When we met today, Inspector Yang is indeed as talented as the rumors said, and he is also very sharp and well-liked by everyone~"
The woman in front of me gently flapped the fan in her hand and said to me with a smile on her face.
[You woman, you really push your limits, can’t you just keep your mouth shut?]
I squinted my eyes, showed a murderous smile, and then said: "Thank you for your compliments, it's a great honor for you to say so about me. What's more, I have already said that I am not eloquent, but
After seeing you, words of praise came out of my mouth on their own."
"Pfft~"
After hearing these words, the lady in front of me finally couldn't help but put down the fan in her hand and laughed softly.
"Okay, as expected, you are as quick and responsive as the rumors say, making people think you are reliable."
Having said this, she gently took off the hat on her head, gently took off her gauze gloves, and placed them on my table together with her fan.
I gently cupped my hand and said to her with a smile: "I wonder why this lady is dressed so solemnly and comes to see me? If you have anything to say, please just tell me."
"Detective Yang, you are really good at complimenting people. Just because of my outfit, when I walk on the street, I will only be seen by passers-by who are weird~"
The lady in front of me gently put down the fan in her hand, sighed with a wry smile, and said softly.
"I wonder why you said that?"
At this time, I knew that this woman's words were the key to my understanding of the world, so I quickly asked.
"Inspector Yang, you also know that ever since ancient costumes became popular, the status of people like us who like aristocratic costumes, compared to those who like Lolita and Gothic styles, our status can't be any lower.
.”
When the woman in front of me said this, she gently put down the Spanish fan in her hand and said to me with a wry smile.
[Her clothes, her names for clothes...and based on her words and deeds, the worldview here seems to be not much different from my world.
However, I am still not sure exactly what era the world here is in and what the practices are, so I should ask again to be more sure.]
"What does the status of these clothes have to do with it? Don't you just like it? Originally, this kind of clothes is just a decoration itself, something to show your own charm. This kind of thing... What is the difference between high and low?
?”
I smiled and softly comforted the woman in front of me.
"Really? Detective Yang, thank you for saying that!"
The woman who heard this seemed very shocked. She slightly raised her head with gratitude and said to me with a grateful face.
"You're welcome, just tell me what you want to do with me."
I nodded, made an invitation gesture to her, and asked softly.
"Inspector Yang, in fact, our European-style ladies' clothing is not so in decline, but... people don't dare to wear this dress because of a strange urban legend. You are the detective who solves urban legends. In this regard,
I’m an expert, so please help me!”
As she spoke, she bowed deeply to me and begged me very devoutly.
"But what kind of urban legend is it that makes people afraid to wear these clothes?"
I couldn't help but frown when I heard this sentence, and asked curiously.
"Look
this."
The woman in front of me stood up gently, took out a pile of cut newspapers from her purse, and seemed to place all the reports on urban legends and so on in front of me.
I took a cursory glance, and the densely packed words in front of me were all explaining one main content to me:
Wearing a whalebone skirt, holding a Western lady's big umbrella, and holding a Spanish fan in her hand.
As long as a person wearing the above-mentioned outfit goes to the Western Grand View Tower to take pictures, this person will definitely die suddenly at midnight within three days.
[Although these people all died at the same time, what is a bit strange is that...since it is an urban legend that accidents happen only to those who have been to the Western Grand View Building, then what does this have to do with the decrease in sales of their clothing?]
Thinking of this, I can't help but have some questions.
"Didn't the government intervene in the investigation?"
I raised my head and asked with some doubts.
"We have investigated, but Zhengdu has no clue and found nothing, so we can only set this matter as an unsolved case. Let me put it this way, you must have heard about the Western Grand View Building serial murder case."
The woman raised her head and said to me helplessly.
"I have indeed heard about this matter, but this is not my accusation. I will not arrest criminals or anything..."
I smiled wryly and shrugged, saying helplessly.
"It's precisely because the government can't solve the problem that I came to you for help." When she said this, she couldn't help lowering her head and sobbing softly: "After all, the government claims to be scientific. They will have no clue in time and will not seek to claim that they are scientific."
You who have superpowers can help me... so I am here to beg you."
"Since you are looking for me to do something, don't worry. Now I have a few questions to ask you."
I frowned and gestured to her, and then said to her very seriously.
"Whatever the problem is, if I know it, I will tell you everything."
The woman raised her head and spoke to me softly.
"Well, my problem now is that the news above is all about people wearing your outfit who have been to the Western Grand View Building. So this has nothing to do with what you said about unpopularity and sales.
What does it matter? Isn’t it okay as long as you wear this outfit and don’t go there to take pictures? What’s more, aren’t you also wearing this outfit now?”
Frowning and analyzing carefully, I asked these crucial questions one after another.
"No, all this, this is just the beginning."
She swallowed softly, feeling a little sad, and said helplessly to me.
"Just the beginning?"
I frowned and asked in confusion.
"You should have mentioned the recent serial murder case, right?"
She bit her lip gently and said to me helplessly.
"Yes, I have heard of it. But it has nothing to do with me. It is something beyond my ability."
I shrugged my shoulders. Although I didn't know what was going on, I still followed her words.
"Although the Western Grand View Building has been closed down since then, the perverted murderer has not stopped killing and continues to kill."
She swallowed softly and said to me slowly.
"Could it be that you want to tell me..."
Having said this, I slightly squinted my eyes, rubbed my hair, and said calmly: "As long as I wear your outfit,
Will he be targeted by a murderer, and no matter where he hides, he can't prevent his being killed?"
"Yes."
She nodded slightly.
"I want you to tell me everything you know. Otherwise, I won't be able to do anything about this matter. Do you understand?"
I stared straight into her eyes, and knowing the seriousness of the matter, I questioned her very seriously.
"I see."
She nodded slightly, sighed, and seemed to bring out the tragic past, and said helplessly: "Well, at the beginning, everyone thought this was just a perverted murderer, not to mention everyone thought
Once the government got involved, we didn't pay much attention to this matter. We, like other clothing groups, have our own small group. But what we didn't expect was that this was just the beginning."
At this point, her tone suddenly changed, and she said to me with a look of fear: "I am a merchant who sells this kind of clothes. Like them, I am a member of the clothing group who loves this kind of clothing."
"Tell the important point."
After listening to her unfocused words for a long time, I couldn't help but sigh softly and interrupted helplessly.
"There were about a hundred people in our small group at that time, and we often held parties and went out on the streets. But one day, the first person in our small group died..."
When she said this, she seemed a little scared and even couldn't help sobbing.
"Please control your emotions, otherwise I won't be able to help you." Seeing that her mood was about to collapse, I couldn't help but comfort her and said at the same time.
"Since that day, people in our small group have been dying non-stop. As long as they go out on the street wearing these clothes that day, even if the police are guarding them 24 hours a day, the deaths will still continue. The most terrifying thing is that...
He died on time at twelve o'clock. The rest of us fell into panic because of this. After all, five people died this time..."
When the woman said this, she couldn't help but burst into tears. It seemed that she had suppressed such emotions for a long time.
I didn't interrupt her crying, but waited until she finished venting, then gently took out the handkerchief from my chest, reached out and handed it to her.
"Thanks……"
She gently wiped away her tears, and her look of somber flowers and rain made people feel a little distressed.
"Ok?"
I pursed my lips and asked tentatively.
"Um……"
The woman sighed, then nodded to me, and said to me haggardly: "Suddenly one day, this kind of killing stopped. We also breathed a sigh of relief, and the remaining people were shrouded in death.
They left, and in the end there were only a dozen or so people left."
"Um...please continue."
I nodded and gestured for her to continue.
"Soon... there is always someone in our group who is itchy. One day, she told us that she couldn't help it anymore, so she secretly wore it at home for a while. She was indeed very happy at the time, but the two
Days later, she died suddenly in full public view, and no one knew why."
She bit her lip and continued with some fear.
"And since then, I don't know who has spread the word that anyone who wears our kind of clothes, no matter where they are, will die within three days. Moreover, she must be on time at twelve o'clock
Death. So far, no one has ever been able to escape punishment."
When she said this, she leaned lightly on the recliner, as if she had finished telling her experience.