Akie's incendiary actions resulted in the deaths of innocent people.

This was the first time someone died because of him after he came to this world.

Before, his two vests had always been on the sidelines, or went to save people in person.

Even when Yumeno Kusaku lost control, the behavior of "Erasmus" was just that it could save more people, but it was limited by human design and could not be saved.

But this time, it was indeed someone who committed a murder or lost his life because of his conscious help.

In this process, Chi Zhi should bear the responsibility, not to mention the [-]-[-] split with Kyogoku Xia Yan, at least [-]-[-] split.

Is the blood of innocent people stained on my hands when I aspire to be a doctor?

Akae, who didn't feel much guilt, felt that he might have a common language with Mori Ogai.

In this world where curse spirits can cause serious harm, Kyogoku Natsuhiko must not be allowed to act freely until his scheduled death in five years, otherwise it is hard to say whether there will be Wenye's main line at that time, I am afraid it will not merge with the plot of curse return, The whole of Japan has been reduced to a paradise for curse spirits.

Is it a temporary decision to persecute Kyogoku Natsuhiko because of the insignificant chaotic vest, or did he have a plan to solve the obstacles in front of the main mission? It is as difficult to distinguish from the surface as the line.

The only thing that is certain is that he has already made up his mind that someone will die because of him.

After all, in the world he is actually living in right now, there is no such thing as a protagonist's halo or certain victory, and he has to pay a corresponding price if he wants to accomplish something.

And his identity is essentially similar to that of Kyogoku Natsuhiko, and he is also an 'instigator' standing behind countless threads, willing to use all means to achieve his goals.

In this regard, those detectives are also his 'enemies'.

Detectives with a keen sense of smell can even bypass Chizhi's various super-technical and supernatural means, and find clues to him by relying on the motivation behind the 'event'.

Fortunately, although the 'motivation' cannot be hidden, it can also be twisted to become his strongest and most secretive mask.

Putting on the mask of "evil", Chi Zhi watched the detectives round up the "magician" very leisurely, and began to watch the fire happily from the other side.

Edogawa Ranpo is currently looking through the local case files at the police station in Gunma County.

A few days ago, he solved a mass poisoning case in Yokohama. The method of the case was very subtle, not at the level that the murderer could think of by himself. In a word, there is a mastermind behind the scenes.

He didn't intend to continue the investigation, but added his speculation in the report to the police, and planned to wait for the day when the higher-ups officially issued a commission, but the next day he felt the same behind-the-scenes in a husband and wife murder case in Tokyo. The breath of the black hand.

Then there was the massacre in Shizuoka.It's still the same mastermind behind the scenes.

Ranpo Edogawa felt that he had been provoked, so he got serious and went to several counties in a few days to check the files of unsolved difficult and suspicious cases.

Judging from the proficiency of this opponent, he must be a repeat offender, and judging from the old cases he has marked so far, he is still a "fraternity" guy who has no preference for motives, races, and methods.

It just seems that the frequency of committing crimes in the past is more cautious. I don't know why I have suddenly become a little 'smug' recently.

When I came to Gunma County and asked to read the case files, I was also questioned by the local police department, "Is there such a 'fashionable' thing in this rural place?"

The detective's answer at the time was "Maybe the demagogic demons will favor the conservative areas."

He already had a vague image of the other party in his heart, but he needed more cases to complete it.

Edogawa Rampo is looking for the 'spider' that weaves the web in the voluminous pile of files.

There are generally two ways to solve the mystery of the criminal consultant who hides behind the scenes and possesses obviously extremely high intelligence.

One is to take a few cases as thread ends, and approach the center of the spider web in a thread-like manner; the other is to collect a large number of related cases, analyze the opponent himself, and then search.

Edogawa Ranpo, who possessed an abnormal level of insight, chose the second option.

It's not that he wants to use a method with a greater workload and more trouble, but he judges from the few cases he has personally encountered that the other party must have mastered many tools through various means during his years of criminal career.Through individual case tracking, it is easy for the other party to cut the silk screen in a targeted manner.

A detective's brain continues to function efficiently under the blessing of sugar. Cases that cannot be solved at a glance make him in a rare state of excitement. He only remembers to take a break when the accompanying members remind him.

On this day, after quickly flipping through the file in his hand and adding annotations to a few difficult cases, he handed the file to the local police officer beside him.

"Have you read the dossiers of the three counties? How is the progress?" A cold and clear voice sounded.

The person who took the file was not a police officer from Gunma County.

Edogawa Ranpo raised his head.

The speaker was a tall man who had just entered the youth stage, with a slightly youthful look on his face.

Peaked cap and sunglasses, fair skin like the dead. *

Luanbu stared at each other for a few seconds, the expression on his face quickly changed to very unhappy.

"Only one detective is enough here!" He pouted, his emerald green eyes opened, "neither a second detective nor a detective's assistant is needed!"

"You just need a nanny who brings tea, water, and snacks, right?" The blond young man sneered back without changing his expression, "But it's me, not you, who received the invitation."

Hearing the words, Luanbu cast a deeper glare.

The person who came was Ayatsuji Xingren, who was also a detective with a good judgment, but compared with Ranpo, Ayatsuji had a more vicious tongue.

Originally, he went to investigate because he wanted to solve the mystery of the disappearance of tourists on Jail Island, but the outcome of the case was quite hasty. Before he could complete the investigation, the prisoners were fighting among themselves because of the uneven distribution of spoils. One of them even went to the police station to report other people.Knowing that the police had arrested more than a dozen surviving criminals, Ayatsuji did not continue the investigation and created the idea of ​​"accidental death". , He found out that someone else was instigating behind this case, and it was also designed for him to come to solve the case.If the other party hadn't stopped suddenly, he would probably have been supervised or even executed for 'killing' too many prisoners at once.

With the personality of Ayatsuji pedestrians, he will never let go of the real culprit behind this. After a little investigation, he also came to Gunma County and directly collided with Edogawa Ranpo.

And succeeded in angering the other party within three sentences.

Seeing Edogawa Ranpo looking down at the file again and ignoring him, Ayatsuji walked straight to the other side of the room as if nothing had happened.

The blond detective spoke directly to a policeman who looked indistinguishable from others in the police force: "You just watch him start the investigation from the beginning?"

"Eh? Are you asking me, are we?" The person being asked turned his head to look at his colleagues on the left and right, with a very bewildered expression.

"Stop acting if you've already been recognized. Military police or the Supernatural Secret Service?" Ayatsuji pedestrian's tone was quite impatient, and he glanced again, "Oh. It's military police. You should have suspected candidates and past investigation records Well, otherwise, I won’t be here to monitor Edogawa’s reasoning progress.”

The military police who were directly skinned on the spot immediately contacted their superiors and released some information to the two detectives.

The "evil" system that has been growing in this country really cannot hide from sight all the time.

In addition to a list of cases that were probably influenced by the other party behind the scenes, several objects that had been suspected and investigated were also listed.

One of them was named Kyogoku Natsuhiko.

Already a grey-haired old man.A well-known folklorist in academic circles. **

He has no guilt at all, and seems to be an innocent ordinary person, but there are several bloody murders around him.

It was originally monitored just in case, but one of the two special investigators of the military and police under surveillance was brutally mutilated and died. The real culprit is still unknown.

……

The two detectives quickly read through the information given by the government.

The two exchanged a look in silence, and said in unison: "That folklorist."

A enigmatic dialogue ensues.

"You go?"

"I'm not going. It's super annoying over there."

"Then don't go."

The two seem to have reached a consensus.

Edogawa Ranpo said to the accompanying members: "Call Kunikida and tell him to look up rumors about online crime consultation. The related words may be 'crossroad', 'river bank' or 'water well'. The more similar to urban legends, the better. Mark, he knows who to look for."

On the other side, Ayatsuji pedestrians directly said to the military police standing aside: "Take me to see the investigator who monitored Kyogoku Natsuhiko and kept chasing him after he survived."

Neither offered any explanation for their actions.

The next day, after reading the information faxed by the detective agency, Edogawa Ranpo took a glance at the map and directly led the staff to claim that he was going to 'site inspection', but he didn't tell anyone in the police station where the scene was.

On the other hand, Ayatsuji pedestrians met and talked for half an hour with the recorded military and police investigator, Asuka Jing, and said that "he has already got half of the truth", and put aside the government personnel, it is said that he went to fight with Edogawa. Step will be and.

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