I'm Not a Detective

Takeshi Nanahara's living room was originally very shabby, with only a few simple pieces of furniture, but now a famous painting worth tens of millions of yen was suddenly hung on the wall, and the style has really improved a lot.

Well, at least that's how Qingmi Ruri felt. She ate one more bowl of rice than usual. It was definitely not because the Spanish ham and cheese roll made by Takeshi Nanabahara was so delicious.

To be honest, her appetite has improved significantly since she started working with Takeshi Nanahara. She used to only eat one bowl for dinner at home, but when she came to Takeshi Nanahara, she started with three bowls. She ate four bowls tonight and still wants to eat more. , I just didn’t have the nerve to scrape the bottom of the pot, so I had to forget it.

She ate very comfortably. After clearing the table, she went to stay healthy and drink digestion tea with Takeshi Nanahara. She was too lazy to move, holding an exquisite celadon tea bowl and humming quietly. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, ruining this rare leisure time. time.

She murmured, got up and went to the entrance hall. After looking through the peephole, she quickly opened the door and said excitedly: "Ms. Nakano, is there another murder?"

Nakano Eri adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses and flashed a speechless white light. She was a little confused about how Qingjian Ruri, a JK with a 90-point appearance, had a weird mentality of looking forward to dead people every day. This hobby was too special.

She was silent for a while and said directly: "No, I have some personal matters and I want to meet Nanabahara-san." Then she turned sideways, revealing a person behind her, and introduced, "This is my friend Mariko Aikawa."

Mariko Aikawa is a college classmate of Eri Nakano. They are about the same age and dress similarly. They both look like female elites in the urban workplace. Mariko Aikawa has long hair permed in big waves and looks more charming than Eri Nakano. Some, more feminine.

She looked curiously at the homely girl in front of her who was wearing a fitted piggy apron. She found out that this was the girlfriend of Takeshi Nanahara who her friend had mentioned before. She immediately lowered her head and said politely: "Kyomi-san, please excuse me."

"Hello, Ms. Aikawa, please come in." Qingmi Ruri is very polite in dealing with people and treats people in daily life. She quickly invites guests in. Takeshi Nanahara comes out and looks at Mariko Aikawa, and immediately greets the guests with a smile. .

The two parties were seated separately. Qingmi Ruri served tea and went through the process of introducing each other. Nakano Eri had a more direct personality and the two parties were familiar with each other. He immediately adjusted his glasses and said: "Nanahara-san, Mariko... well, recently I encountered something that is difficult to explain. I didn’t have a clue when I was approached before, so I came here to ask you, the famous psychic detective, for help.”

She had probably read the adapted special report on solving the case, and she directly called him the psychic detective. But Takeshi Nanahara was very shameless and didn't care. He looked directly at Mariko Aikawa and asked with concern: "Nakano Miss Bichuan is a good friend of mine. If Miss Bichuan needs anything, just speak up and I will do my best to help."

"That's presumptuous." Mariko Aikawa bowed politely and said hesitantly, "It wasn't me who encountered something, it was my grandmother. She seemed to have encountered... something unclean."

"Oh?" Takeshi Nanahara thoughtfully reached into his arms, took out a folding fan, opened it with a "swish" sound, and asked softly while fanning, "Is it something unclean? What do you mean specifically?"

"I can't say exactly what happened. It's the first time I've encountered this kind of thing..." Mariko Aikawa is also a highly educated person. Although she also goes to the shrine to pray for blessings and draw lots to win the horse, she only treats it as a I don't believe much in the folk customs and traditions, but I can't explain the things I encountered now, so I have to believe it if I don't believe it. Under the conflict between the two, I talked intermittently, and it took me a long time to explain things clearly.

The cause of the incident happened five days ago. Her grandmother, who lived with her, looked very unhappy when she got up that morning. She looked a little dazed. She asked a few questions worriedly, but her grandmother forced a smile and said it was nothing. It was just today. I need to go to the shrine.

She didn't take it seriously at the time, just thinking that the old man didn't have a good rest that night, so he went to work. Nothing happened the next day, and her grandmother's condition seemed to have recovered a little. However, when she got up for breakfast on the third day, she found that Grandma's energy seemed to be getting worse, so she couldn't help but ask a few more questions.

This time her grandmother was not sure, and hesitantly told her the reason, saying that she dreamed of a man being killed. The man had been pleading before he died, but was still killed. She suspected that she had accidentally been contaminated with "uncleanliness". "Things", I plan to go to the shrine again today to see if it can be purified.

If that doesn't work, try going to temples and churches.

At this point, Aikawa Mariko just thought that the old man had a nightmare. In order to calm the old man's heart, she took leave and went to the shrine with the old man. She spent a lot of money to beg the guardian to come back to ward off evil spirits, but she still only used it for one day. On the fifth day, her grandmother His condition got worse, and he seemed to be in a severe trance. He said he had the same dream again, and even this time the dream was more specific. He even reported the surnames of the murdered man and the murderer - the murdered man's surname was Kameda. The person who killed him was named Aiura, and he mentioned it during the conversation between the two. She heard it clearly in her dream this time.

When the matter has developed to this extent, even if Mariko Aikawa is highly educated and not very superstitious, she cannot continue to ignore it. Otherwise, her grandmother, who has loved her since she was a child, will most likely call her old police officer immediately. My classmate Eri Nakano would like to ask if there have been any murder cases recently, and whether a man named Kameda has died.

For Eri Nakano, a senior officer of the Criminal Division, it was easy to investigate this kind of thing. He immediately looked through the files of recent murder cases and found a case from five days ago. A man named Atsushi Kameda was murdered. In a corner of Furuya Park, the murderer Harimitsu Aiura has been arrested. All witnesses and evidence have been sent for inspection and he is lining up to go to court.

The victim and the murderer actually met each other. After Eri Nakano and Mariko Hikawa talked about it, both of them found it incredible and couldn't understand it at all. After analyzing it together for a long time, they still couldn't figure out what was going on. They could only make plans. Asking a professional to ask, Nakano Eri thought of Takeshi Nanabahara.

Even though the old detective Utō Anaji thinks that Takeshi Nanahara is a deceiver reserve, Nakano Eri thinks that Takeshi Nanahara does have some special abilities. So it is better to find someone familiar with this kind of thing. Even if Takeshi Nanahara is a reserve deceiver, at least he is. A capable fraudster reserve was more reliable than finding a strange exorcist, so he quickly brought his old classmate here - this matter had nothing to do with the police station, it was purely her personal matter, but it was still very important. important.

After Mariko Aikawa finished speaking, Takeshi Nanahara fanned herself to avoid the smell of perfume on her body, closed her eyes and meditated, and said nothing for a while.

Qingmi Ruri was also confused after hearing this. She felt that it probably meant that Kameda Atsushi was killed and turned into a supernatural substance such as a resentful spirit. He inexplicably went to Aikikawa Mariko's grandma. This matter...

Let's not talk about whether it is scientific or not. Just say that Kameda Atsushi wanted revenge after his death, so it would be reasonable to go to pester the murderer, but it would be unreasonable to go to pester an innocent and ordinary old lady, right?

She hesitated and said: "Could it be that Grandma Bichuan just had a nightmare, happened to see this case on TV or in the newspaper, and subconsciously connected it?"

Nakano Eri adjusted her glasses, shook her head and said: "In Kameda's case, the murderer was arrested that day, and the motive was just a simple vendetta. It was not newsworthy, and no criminal reporter cared about it at all. The police station only made a brief report, and the TV It wasn’t even published in the newspapers, so I specifically asked the press officer to verify it.”

"Then...could it be that Grandma Bichuan accidentally witnessed the murder scene and temporarily forgot about it due to stimulation, but remembered it again when she went to bed at night, so she had continuous nightmares?" Qingjian Liuli thought for a while, I came up with a new idea, which I feel makes sense, and is more scientific than being entangled with "unclean things" anyway.

This time, Mariko Aikawa shook her head, "My grandmother is over seventy years old. Although she is still in good health and often walks in the town park, she will not leave home so far away alone without saying anything. Furuya Park is not far away." Our home is more than 20 kilometers away, and my grandmother hasn’t been there for at least several years.”

Ah, you haven't been to this place for several years? Kameda Atsushi had only been dead for five or six days, so he certainly couldn't be seen being killed.

Qingjian Ruri fell into deep thought again, thinking about other scientific explanations, and also proposed ideas such as what she heard from friends, but Nakano and Aikawa had already considered these and rejected them all. In the end, she could not think of any It was possible, so he looked directly at Takeshi Nanabahara, a famous psychic detective and professional exorcist.

Takeshi Nanahara closed his fan and tapped his knees, opened his eyes and nodded: "Accidental contamination with 'unclean things' is probably the only explanation at the moment. I'll go take a look tomorrow. I'll probably deal with it and it'll be fine. Tonight..." Miss Bichuan, tonight you accompany your grandmother to stay at a relative's house or find a hotel to rest far away from home and see if the situation improves."

"Okay, I understand. My grandma and I will find a place to stay temporarily tonight." Mariko Aikawa nodded and looked at her old classmate again. She still believed in her judgment. Takeshi Nanahara should be more mature even if he is young. Seeing something real, he immediately took out a white envelope from his brand-name bag and put it on the table, "Nanahara-san, I'll make a hard trip for you tomorrow. I'll pick you up after school tomorrow."

Takeshi Nanahara liked this kind of knowledgeable customers. He picked up the white envelope and twisted it. The smile on his face became three points more cordial and he said politely: "Ms. Nakano's friends are my friends. You shouldn't accept money in the first place. But our profession has its own rules, so I have no choice but to accept it. I will wait for you after school tomorrow afternoon, Miss Bichuan, don’t worry, please pay attention to safety on the road. "

After the commission was completed, Mariko Aikawa had no intention of staying for a long time. She planned to go home and take her grandma to a temporary place. She said goodbye to Eri Nakano directly and asked her to go back to keep her company. Now that things have developed, especially when it is confirmed that a murder has really occurred, she has begun to be afraid. In fact, she wants Nanahara Takeshi to go back with her tonight to "exorcise demons", but it is indeed a bit late now, in case the unjust ghost is special at night. Hey, if you rush out and beat the exorcist to death, it's all over. It's really better to hide first and wait until daytime.

Qingmi Ruri followed Nanabahara Takechi and politely sent them away. After returning, she cleared the table and sat down at the table. She asked Nanabahara Takechi: "Did it really happen to Grandma Aikawa that she encountered something unclean? "

Takeshi Nanahara was flipping through some idle books and said without even raising his head: "How many times have I told you that there are no ghosts, gods, or monsters in this world. Most of this happened by chance. I'll probably find out the reason tomorrow. I’ll give the old lady some psychological counseling and arrange a diet for her, so that she can calm down and nourish her energy for a while and then she’ll be fine.”

Qing Jian Liuli was speechless. What kind of professional exorcist is this? He just accepted someone's exorcism money and said such nonsense. He was almost blatantly fooling people.

But this matter sounded a bit scary, and it also involved a murder case. She really wanted to discuss it, so she couldn't help but ask: "Then you don't have any ideas now?"

"No." Takeshi Nanahara still didn't care. He had encountered this kind of thing many times before. "I'm not a god. I haven't even seen the victim. What can I think? Okay, Mariko Aikawa can only choose the taste of perfume. Not very good, she probably hasn’t done many bad things otherwise, we can’t exploit her, so this time it’s just hard-earned money, so you should worry less and stop thinking wildly!”

At this moment, he wanted to read quietly and had finished all the housework. Seeing Liuli nagging at the side was a bit annoying, so he immediately crossed the river and demolished the bridge, waved his hand and said: "Don't stay with me after work, go home quickly. .”

Qing Jian Liuli pouted, got up, took off her apron, picked up her schoolbag and left.

Damn it, it seems like no one wants to discuss it with you, I'll go back and think about it myself!