Ayanokoji in Kexue World

(28) Am I the most suspected one?

I found that I seemed to be the only one feeling good about the party tonight.I'm not sure if it's because Uncle Nikaido spoiled the content of the party in advance, after all, some people hate spoilers-spoilers will lower their expectations.

But, I'm one of those people who likes to be told the ending.

I can grasp the situation in time.

I pointed in the direction of the restaurant and said, "I want to go to the restaurant first."

"Are you looking forward to that?" Toru Amuro put his pocket in his pocket, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, "Still hungry?"

Toru Amuro has paid attention to the meal time before, and only meals are served from six o'clock to eight o'clock in the evening.In addition, other small food stalls will close at [-]:[-], so Toru Amuro said that unless you plan to eat in the room, you will definitely hit the villagers' blind date meeting.

This really fits with the words of the proprietress Baishi - the village pays attention to human feelings.It is indeed an expression of enthusiasm to meet foreigners without distance in this way.

"I want to go to the restaurant first to see if anyone is there."

I heard from Uncle Nikaido that all the women in the village are preparing dinner for tonight and food for tomorrow's worship in the kitchen connected to the back of the restaurant.

Toru Amuro didn't stop me, and said, "I heard that there are other places that can be visited here, so I'll take a look around."

Edogawa Ranbu looked left at Toru Amuro and right at me, and said, "Then I will follow Ayanokōji."

When he said that, an idea popped into my head.

Edogawa Ranpo has a childlike face and a rather childish personality, which may arouse the maternal care of the women in the village and attract their attention.

Furthermore, he has no father, no mother, no relationship history, innocent, stable job, high income, and lives in the big city Yokohama.Surrounded by people who flatter and take care of him, life is simple and easy.If those people look at the trait of "Ranpo Edogawa is a rich and independent single", I will have no competitive advantage.

"I don't want you to come with me." I refused.

"why?"

Edogawa tried to argue, but I was firm.Seeing that the two of us were at a stalemate, Toru Amuro said, "Mr. Ranpo, why don't you follow me around and look around? I happen to have something to tell you."

Edogawa Ranpo reluctantly agreed.

After Edogawa Ranpo and I parted ways, we went straight to the restaurant.There are no tatami mats in the dining room, and there are simply wooden tables and chairs. Near the dining area, a few elderly women sit on small stools kneading noodles.

Billowing white smoke and a sweet smell came out of the back kitchen.

"This is the aroma of hot spring buns stuffed with sweet potatoes and chestnuts. It smells delicious! Steaming hot spring buns with hot spring steam is the most authentic way, but unfortunately most of them are now mass-produced by factory machines. "

After I heard the voice, I turned around and saw Gojo Satoru standing behind me with arms folded.In fact, when I came here, I noticed him, but I didn't know what his purpose was, and I didn't know him well, so I pretended not to care.

"Ayanokōji, what a coincidence, you're here too."

"..."

Didn't he come here specially?

I found that he likes to joke, play tricks, and play tricks on others.

Maybe because he saw that I didn't want to pick him up, Gojo Gojo concealed his truth and said, "I'm here to secretly see what's for dinner."

The first foodie I saw was Edogawa Ranpo.

Gojo Satoru was second, but he had a "you can't fool me" face.Unlike Ranpo Edogawa, sometimes even if he finds out that others are fooling him, as long as he is happy, he doesn't really care too much about it.

I was wondering if he had discovered the mystery of this blind date, when there was a slender, student-aged boy sitting in the corner, with two moles under his right eye, and a soft and delicate face.

Another competitor.

This man looks rich.

How to tell whether a person is rich is not by his clothes, but by his shoes.The most infrequently changed and most frequently used clothing accessories are shoes. Just looking at the style of the shoes, you will know that the sneakers cost at least [-] yen.

He sat in a corner eating sweets, carefully observing the chattering and laughing villagers.I don't want to talk to him.As the saying goes, "There are no eternal enemies or eternal friends in the world, only eternal interests."His purpose and my purpose will conflict, so there is no need to be friends.

But I just turned my gaze away when Gojo Satoru patted me on the shoulder and said, "Let's go over and talk to that person."

I don't understand: "Why?"

"He knows this village very well," Wujo Satoru said.

"How do you know?" I'm not sure if he's talking nonsense.

Gojo Satoru put on an expression that those who believe in me will gain eternal life, and said in a serious manner: "We met them before we came. They came from Tokyo Paddy Private College in Kanto District, and they came here to study the "Momijibara Sea of ​​Trees". Student groups at suicide resorts. "

Gojo Satoru folded his ring finger and little finger, made a bright "3" and said, "You, us, and this university group, there are a total of twelve guests in this hotel."

That is, in addition to the men in the village, I might have to compete with 11 other people?It's been a long time since I met a competition. I don't know if I can make any decent results?

My expression also became serious.

"Let's go over and talk to him."

Gojo Satoru was determined to talk to the college student who was alone, so I had no choice but to follow his steps.Gojo Satoru had long arms and legs, and after a while he sat down in front of the college student, which surprised the college student.

"Hi!"

"What?" The other party subconsciously made a defensive move, "I didn't do anything."

"My name is Gojo Satoru, this is Ayanokōji Kiyotaka, what's your name?"

Gojo Satoru spread his hand in his direction. The college student hesitated for a while, then carefully held Gojo Satoru's knuckles, and said, "Karazawa, Karasawa Akira, a student of Tokyo Paddy Private Academy."

"I know." Gojo Satoru said pretending to be mysterious, "I also know that you came here for a secret that you can't tell anyone."

Tang Zeming opened his eyes wide, and his head, which was subconsciously tilted back, also followed his forward body at this moment: "How do you know?"

Gojo Satoru continued: "I also know that you have a good family and have a brother who is an indoor school, but if you want to do sports seriously, you can do well."

His family background can be seen from his clothes.

"Indoor style" because his complexion is very fair, and his eyes are bruised from the habit of staying up late, and besides the convenient game console on the table, there are no less than five games on the single-page interface of the mobile phone. "There are brothers" is also seen from the mobile phone. A message popped up just now, although it disappeared quickly.

"Exercising well" is probably the strength of the other party's backhand grip when shaking hands just now.

These are very simple reasoning.

Gojo Satoru raised his jaw with a smile and said, "Of course it's because I'm a detective."

"Uh……"

It never occurred to me that he was such a thick-skinned person.

I'm actually curious, why are some people so good at lying?

Gojo Satoru raised his head and looked at me with a smile because of the strange sound in my throat: "Look, you can't think of it, right?"

I said blankly, "Of course I couldn't think of that."

"Actually, I've been investigating this village recently."

When Gojo Wujo came to this point, Tang Zeming followed suit and said, "You also think there is something wrong with this village, don't you?"

Gojo Satoru showed an expression of "the hero sees the same thing", deliberately lowered his voice and said, "Maybe we can chat with each other."

"..."

I just want to ask, can I really not go first?

Whether there is a problem with this village is not the point for me.

The point is whether I, who have never been successful in making friends, can correctly and effectively please the opposite sex.Although Uncle Nikaido said that the women in the village have passed the age when they would scream and be full of joy when they get flowers, but I have to inquire, if necessary, I have to go outside the cave to see if there are any autumn flowers blooming .

"Ayanokōji, sit down too, you look like you are going to leave at any time." Gojo Satoru pulled out a chair for me.

I glanced at Wujo Wuji several times, and finally sat down following his movements and said, "I see."

"However, my cases are all official cases. I can't tell you the details." Gojo Satoru listened to me and sat down, poured me a glass of water, propped his chin, and said with one leg on top of the other, "You You don’t need to tell me about your affairs, just let’s exchange information.”

"I'm here to find someone. At the same time last year, she came to the hot spring tour group and never went back." Tang Zeming called out a photo from his phone and said.

In the photo is a girl with a beautiful smile and full of energy.

After noticing the camera, she gestured to the camera.

"Maoko Mingtian, the university and I are in different colleges at the same time. We used to be classmates in high school, and she used to be an honor student. At this time last year, she had already obtained the qualification for exchange students in prestigious American schools funded by the university. However, Xiao After the long vacation, Ming Tian never went back to school, and about a month or two later, I heard that she had participated in the suicide party in Hongyebara Juhai during the small long vacation. She had committed suicide."

The time delay of this information can be really long.But considering that he is a nerd, when others are chatting about this big event, he probably is still playing games without hearing anything outside the window.Moreover, he and the other party are really high school classmates who don't know each other very well. There are a bunch of watermarks in this picture, which may be downloaded from which post.

But this time he came to the village to investigate the matter himself, and the logic of his actions was not right.

"You have a good relationship with her?" I asked.

"To be honest," Tang Zeming hesitated, "Although she and I are in the same high school, I haven't talked to her much, I only know her name."

Gojo Satoru said, "Then why did you come to her?"

Karazawa looked at the two of us solemnly, and said, "Do you believe that there are ghosts in this world?"

"..."

Believe it or not?

I don't know, but I don't believe it.

"From October, that is, almost a year after Ming Tian disappeared, I started to dream."

Gojo Satoru followed the rhythm and said, "Did you dream about Ming Tian?"

"She said she was trapped in a place and couldn't get out." Tang Zeming said anxiously, "I thought it was because I played too many horror games and accidentally dreamed about her. But it was the same for several days in a row. A dream, and in a recent dream, I seem to be trapped in the same place... Do you watch horror movies?"

I shook my head.

Gojo Satoru nodded and said, "Look."

Tang Zeming probably got excited. Seeing Wujo Satoru's positive response, he patted the table, stared at us and said, "Then what I said just now, is it only seen in many horror movies? I don't have enough language to say that." If you have a sense of horror, you should savor it by yourself, savor it carefully, and have the same dream every day, the more the dream, the more terrifying it will be."

Akira Karasawa gave us a "delicate" look that lasted ten seconds.With my eyes glazed over, he nodded seriously and gave me an affirmative look—"Yes, that's what you feel."

…………

Forget it, straight to the point.

I said, "So, do you know what's wrong with this village?"

"Although we came in the same group, we actually met each other on the first day." Tang Zeming paused, then deliberately lowered his voice and said, "I know that among our passengers, some people are colluding with the villagers to kill people. And the villagers' gathering tonight is an opportunity for them to meet up."

Why does the more I listen to it, the more wrong it becomes?

"So, Detective Wutiao, you should watch carefully at night. Whoever is more diligent in contacting the villagers is most likely to have colluded with the villagers. You see, it is some kind of blind date tonight. How can ordinary people be interested in the elderly?"

"..."

If I actively market myself...

So tonight I'm still the biggest suspect, right?

The author has something to say:

At present, all four readers are online.

I was afraid that "Tang Zeming" would make some readers feel out of play, so I changed the word "泽" to "沉". The two have the same meaning and are Japanese Chinese characters.