Junya Tokatsu sat paralyzed on the floor in the corridor, leaning his back against the wall, looking around with wide eyes in surprise.
I saw the "female ghost" taking off her hood, revealing a girl with short wavy hair, and the makeup artist standing next to her.
"You, you..."
Although Tokijin Junya's head was buzzing at the moment, he roughly understood what was going on.
Everything that happened just now was a play performed by these two people, and the purpose was to make themselves tell perjury while being frightened.
At this time, Tokijin Junya even wanted to take his words back, but it was too late.
From the side of his face, the cameraman was holding the camera and filming his face.
Those few sentences just now have been broadcast to the whole country through TV stations, word for word.
Although this is not considered evidence in court and cannot be used to prosecute him, it has also destroyed his most valued reputation.
Once this incident was exposed, he basically said goodbye to the detective industry. No police officer or client would dare to trust a detective who wronged a good person.
Thinking of this, Tokijin Junzai's expression was completely stunned, and his body became completely limp.
…
Inside the studio.
Junya Tokizu's performance was also simultaneously played on the projection screen on the side of the stage.
The audience couldn't help but burst into uproar when they heard that he admitted that he had committed perjury and forced someone to die.
Compared with Tokizu Junya's complete malaise, the soul detective Hota Keito's face at this time was very energetic, with his head held high and his chest held high, and he looked very majestic.
The host Rena Mizuna also said at this time: "Then let's go to the next step. The audience will vote according to their own thoughts and choose the winner of this show..."
Although Shuiwu Lianna said so, the winner is obvious.
Now the only detective Hotta Keito is left on the field. If not him, who will vote?
Just as the audience was about to raise their hands to vote, a figure in the middle of the front row stood up.
"Please wait a moment..."
Soul Detective Hota Keito was about to walk to the center of the stage to accept the crowning of the winner, but was stopped by this voice.
A mixed-race man walked onto the stage and asked directly: "Mr. Hotta, are you really psychic?"
Keito Hotta narrowed his eyes slightly and recognized the current T1-level famous detective in the Tokyo detective world, Qin Zhibo.
But it doesn't matter. His psychic skills have been faked more than once, but as long as there is no direct evidence, it doesn't matter.
Moreover, he really obtained information that no one else knew except the deceased. This is the point.
"Of course I can channel."
"Really? Then can you channel it for all of us here?"
Hotta Kaito was silent for half a second and replied: "The soul cannot appear in a crowded place. There are too many people here..."
"is that so?"
Qin Zhibo sneered, turned his head to signal Shui Wu Liannai, and then continued.
"In fact, your psychic skills are completely deceptive. The information you claim to have learned from the souls of the deceased was all obtained from other places..."
As soon as Qin Zhibo finished speaking, the projection screen next to the stage came into play again.
On the projection screen, a camera with a very low angle is shooting half a face, and the lower right corner prompts "Abnormal shooting".
Although only half of the picture was taken, the square chin, thick lips, and dark skin exposed on that half of the face. Except for Hota Keito's distinctive Indian face, it is difficult to find another one in Japan.
While the video was going on, the sound of two people talking was heard.
"Is what you said online true? The truth about the Lavender Villa case..."
"Yes, and almost no one knows the truth."
"Well, I want to check the content first. If there is no problem, I will send you money..."
Keito Hotta stared in surprise, looking at the content on the projection screen in disbelief.
As one of the protagonists of the video, he certainly remembers that this happened a day ago.
At that time, he received news from TV director Kuri Sanpei that the case to be discussed was temporarily changed.
Although Keito Hotta wants to protest, he is a low-level detective who has already received negative news before, and it would be good if the program team asked him to appear on the show.
For this opportunity of exposure, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.
Then when he was looking for news about the Lavender Villa case on the Internet, he saw a post written by a self-proclaimed "insider."
The post contains the details of the Lavender Villa case.
Therefore, Keito Hotta contacted this insider and wanted to use money to buy the exclusive information and use it as a TV program.
What is shown in the video is exactly the scene where he and the insider met in a coffee shop yesterday.
"...Well, the information looks quite interesting, so I'll give you the money according to the price agreed upon in advance."
"Don't you need to confirm the accuracy of this information?"
"No, no one will ask whether what the 'soul' said is correct, as long as it is topical enough..."
The video stopped abruptly.
"Mr. Hotta, please explain what is going on."
Mizuno Reina looked at Hota Kaito and asked sternly.
At this time, Hota Keito stood on the stage at a loss, his eyes scanning everything in front of him aimlessly.
He couldn't understand why he, who was so sure of winning, was suddenly about to lose his character?
In fact, from the very beginning, he fell into the trap set by Qin Zhibo and others.
The program team changed the topic temporarily. Keito Hotta is not a real psychic, so of course he can only temporarily search for some information on the Internet.
At this time, the sudden appearance of a self-proclaimed insider will surely make him grasp at life-saving straws like a drowning man.
Of course, this "insider" is actually Sera pretending to be.
And the information told to him was correct enough to bring down Junya Tokatsu.
This allows him to enjoy the peak moment of victory while falling from the peak to the bottom.
"No, that's not the case..."
"The show shouldn't be like this..."
Keito Hotta shook his head and kept repeating that he shouldn't be the villain in this program.
But in fact, the original purpose of this program was to expose the hypocritical faces of him and Tokizu Junya.
Qin Zhibo continued: "Obviously, Mr. Hotta, you don't know how to be a psychic at all. The information about the deceased you mentioned was either purchased in this way or made up..."
"Similarly, if you use the 'psychic' method to find the body of the deceased, you will also find the body of the suicide in advance, bury their body, and pretend that you found it yourself."
"You were afraid that the identity of the suicide victim would be found out, which would lead to your behavior of burying the body being discovered, so you took away all the items that could prove the identity of the body, as well as the suicide note..."
Keito Hotta suddenly shouted: "That's wrong!"
"I can really channel spirits. Those corpses were found by me talking to the souls of the deceased!"
But before he could finish his words, director Sanhei Fururi walked onto the stage and stared at Keito Hota angrily.
"That's you!"
"You found my sister's body in the suburbs two months ago! And you said that my sister died of homicide!"
"But the police later found a suicide note on the computer in my sister's company, as well as medication prescribed by a doctor to treat depression!"
"You bastard buried my sister's body there and used her as a propaganda tool for you!"
The more Furi Sanpei talked, the more excited he became, and he almost rushed forward to use force against Hota Kaito. Fortunately, several colleagues nearby stopped him.
Originally, Keito Hotta wanted to lie about the fact that there was no direct evidence at the scene.
But as the person involved came forward to speak out, he had no room for denial.
In the end, he sadly left the stage amidst boos from the audience.
Today’s victory or defeat.
Tokijin Junzai and Hota Kaito were completely defeated.
…
In the hotel room, Keito Hota stood beside the bed, packing his luggage with a sad expression.
Although this is not the first time that he has been exposed for committing perjury, this time is different from the last time and the impact of the incident is even greater.
And even the matter of burying the bodies of suicides was exposed.
Although there is still nothing the police can do against him without direct evidence, they will at least ask him about the other unnamed corpses.
Before that, he could only go back to his hometown and hide for a while, waiting for the limelight to pass.
Keito Hotta was born in a small place far away from Tokyo.
Since he was a child, he has suffered a lot of discrimination and bullying because of his "outstanding" appearance.
When he grew up, because of his appearance, he had a very difficult time in the workplace. It was even difficult for him to find a serious job in the company.
By chance, he saw an American psychic performing psychic skills on the Internet, and even appeared on a TV show and became a local celebrity.
In the American concept, the indigenous people of that land, the Indians, often possess mysterious powers that cannot be explained by common sense.
Just like the stereotype that "Chinese people know Kung Fu".
Coupled with the concept of "strange people have their own differences", Keito Hotta has found a track that truly suits him.
So, he began to perform psychic skills on the Internet, imitating American psychic masters in every move he made.
But even so, there was no response at first.
Until he realized that he could combine psychics with the most popular detective culture nowadays to create the image of a "soul detective".
Just like that, soul detective Hota Keito appeared.
Although he doesn't know how to solve crimes, he can accumulate followers as long as he uses the voice of the deceased's soul to tell some things that outsiders don't know.
Coupled with the occasional showmanship, he also gained many fans on the Internet.
But with the collapse of his personality this time, his basic plan on the Internet was completely over.
In this era, a new way of playing "black and red" is also "red" has not been developed, and there is no way to use influence to promote live broadcasts.
As long as no one believes in his psychic ability, his value will cease to exist.
Fake psychic masters are not even as good as fake Kung Fu masters, and they don’t even have the opportunity to go to bar shows to perform acupuncture.
Fortunately, I have saved a lot of money over the years...
While Keito Hotta was packing his luggage, he fantasized about living a comfortable life without fighting against the world when he returned to his hometown.
After a few years, it is not completely impossible for him to change his name and become a "detective" again.
At the same time, Keito Hotta didn't notice the large wardrobe behind him at all and was quietly pushing it open from inside.
Bang!
…
When Hota Kaito slowly opened his eyes, his hands and feet were already tied to the chair.
"Answer my question..."
"One unnecessary word and you're dead."
Horrified, Keito Hotta turned his head to look in the direction of the sound, only to find a black muzzle pointed at the side of his head.
The man holding the gun was not masked and looked like a man in black with slightly longer hair.
"You, who are you?"
Keito Hotta asked the other party tremblingly.
But what answered him were not words, but the overwhelming sound of the pistol hammer, which was the signal to switch the pistol to the bullet-ready state.
Hota Kaito immediately understood what this meant and quickly shut up.
The next second, the man asked coldly: "What do you know about the Haneda Koji case?"
"The Haneda Koji case?"
Hotta Kaito was confused for a moment. He originally thought it was the family members of the corpse who had watched this program and came to seek revenge from him.
It turned out that he was here to inquire about the Haneda Koji case.
"I, I don't know much..."
"I only heard that the bodyguard who follows Amanda, Asaka... is a woman..."
"Before she disappeared, she was holding a woman's makeup mirror..."
"What else?"
The man's voice was extremely cold, and the muzzle of the gun in his hand came closer.
This time, Hota Kaito was so frightened that his expression became even more out of control, and even his crotch area began to feel a little wet.
"Also, there are some people who have entered Amanda's room...the leader of the man is a bald guy..."
"Where did you get this situation?" the man then asked.
The muscles on Hota Keito's face began to twitch, and his voice began to break.
"It's a witness..."
"A guy with glasses..."
"female……"
Hotta Keito's voice became lower and lower, until his head tilted and his wide eyes completely lost all life.
The man looked at the violently dead Keito Hotta without any emotion on his face.
He put away the pistol calmly, then took out his cell phone and sent a text message.
【Rum, target solved】
After sending the text message, the man cleaned up the scene, opened the door and left the room.
…
"cheers!"
"cheers!"
In a Chinese restaurant near the TV station, Qin Zhibo, Sera Masun, and Koshimi Nanatsuki toasted to celebrate.
"At that time, Tokijin Junya was finished. Discussions about the Lavender Villa case had already spread on the Internet..."
Sera said excitedly, picking up a piece of Mapo tofu and stuffing it into his mouth.
Nanatsuki Koshizui, who was sitting next to him, had a smile on his lips. He turned to Sera and thanked him: "Thanks to your help this time, otherwise that guy would definitely continue to be harsh..."
"Haha~"
Sera patted Koshimi Nanatsuki on the shoulder, "What can I say thank you for? Aren't we friends?"
Hearing this, Koshimizu Nanatsuki felt a warm feeling in his heart.
"But I never thought before that you are actually a female high school student..."
"Haha~" Seriang smiled heartily again, "People often mistake my gender, I'm used to it~"
"Yeah?"
Koshimi Nanatsuki also smiled playfully, "Actually, I am often mistaken by others..."
Qin Zhibo looked at the two people across the table who were exchanging experiences in this area, with a smile on his face.
At this moment, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang.
What was a bit surprising was that the call was actually from Officer Megure.