Accompanied by a strange squirming feeling, eight hard and sharp spider legs slowly stretched out from Jiang Xia's back and waved in the air unskillfully.
Jiang Xia controlled the puppet he possessed and let the spider legs reach in front of him.
Jiang Xia glanced at their cold light under the moonlight, then continued to stretch it forward, letting one of them rest lightly on the outer wall.
The moment he grabbed the wall, a strong adsorption force suddenly appeared on the tips of his legs.
Almost at the same time, Jiang Xia discovered that the murderous energy was being consumed at a faster rate.
"..."
The spider form's ability to climb walls seems to be coin-operated?
After being shocked by this, Jiang Xia fell into deep thought for a moment.
After a second, several other spider legs stretched out from the window one after another, groping for hold of the wall.
...You should also try inserting coins.
It was not because of curiosity, but after much thought, he still felt that he should get familiar with the puppet before officially using it, so that he would not make mistakes in the future.
…
In the night, a figure with eight thin legs sprouted from behind, climbing carefully along the wall of the building.
Gradually, the figure in the white kimono became faster and faster, and finally swept back and forth across the wall like a spot of light, light and leaving no trace.
Jiang Xia didn't slow down until he almost used his new legs, and stopped by the window of his room.
He carefully looked at the hook-like spider legs on the wall, recalled the speed of movement just now, and was quite satisfied.
Now that all monsters on land, water, and air are equipped with vests, he may be invincible in terms of running distance from now on. Judging from the speed just now, Amuro Toru's car may not even be able to outrun this spider in the short term.
After understanding how to use the new vest, Jiang Xia was about to return to the room.
At this time, the mermaid and foggy dog ​​who were following him seemed to have discovered something. The two ghosts chatted for a while and pointed Jiang Xia in a direction.
Jiang Xia looked over there. After thinking for a moment, he controlled the spider legs to bypass the hotel and stopped on the second floor on the opposite side, next to a window.
…When I tried my legs just now, my moving speed was too high. My biggest feeling during the whole process was “the sea breeze is so strong today” and “I climbed so fast”.
Now that he stopped and observed carefully, Jiang Xia gradually discovered that something was wrong - through the wall, he could vaguely feel a murderous aura in the room.
In addition, going deeper, there seems to be an even more alluring atmosphere.
...Murderous aura and shikigami?
Has your luck been too good recently... Jiang Xia touched her arm silently, feeling like she was holding Ou Qi.
…
The humanoid part of the spider puppet is very light and moves like a weightless paper man.
Jiang Xia first asked the ghost to sneak into the suspicious murderous room in front of him and take a look.
After confirming that the owner of the house was asleep, Jiang Xia hung herself on the side of the window, then gently stretched out a sharp claw, put it on the window, and stirred along the gap.
The old-fashioned window bolts fell down with a sound.
The window slowly slid open.
The eight spider legs behind Jiang Xia retracted and unfolded silently. When he landed again, he had already entered the house.
This room is a one-bedroom with a simple layout, a low coffee table, and an equally low bed on the left hand side.
Lying on the bed was a middle-aged man with brown hair. He looked like he was not sleeping well. He was gnashing his teeth in his sleep, as if he wanted to catch someone and take a bite at any time.
Jiang Xia glanced at him and quickly landed on the coffee table beside him.
——Maybe he wanted to count the items before leaving, but the owner did not put the luggage in his bag.
At this time, two sets of fishing rods, a pair of insulated gloves, and a lighter were neatly placed on the table. Jiang Xia took a closer look and found that the fishing rods were made of carbon and were very light.
...can also conduct electricity.
"..."
Putting these things together, Jiang Xia felt that his memory bank had moved.
... He seemed to have encountered a case he had seen before.
After thinking for a moment, Jiang Xia did not touch the items on the table, but directed the ghosts to float into the owner's bag, and looked at the business card holder.
There is a stack of business cards stuffed in the business card holder, among which the top few duplicates belong to the owner of the house. His name is "Kazuyuki Kawai" and he is the president of Kawai Public Works Store.
Jiang Xia recalled this somewhat impressive name and nodded secretly.
——He remembered that in this case that had not happened yet, Kazuyuki Kawai wanted to use the recreational activity of "fishing" to cause an electric shock accident. Fortunately, on the cruise ship, a certain financial president who oppressed him with loan sharks "accidentally died".
...It seems that on the way to Moon Shadow Island, it is really possible to pick up something else along the way.
But in that case, you have to find an excuse not to take the boat sent by the organization.
By the way, before that, there is one more thing that needs to be confirmed.
…
Jiang Xia raised her hand to call back the ghost, drove the puppet, and silently walked to the door of the room.
He pushed the door open, used his hook to restore the door bolt behind him, and then came to another door on the right.
It is customary to let the ghost in first and take a look.
After confirming that the owner of this room was also asleep, Jiang Xia used his old tricks to unlatch the door and push the door open.
Then, his eyes solidified slightly.
——In this room, there is also a middle-aged man sleeping. This man has a square chin, a tall aquiline nose, and deep nasolabial folds on his face, which are very clear even when he is not smiling.
Combined with what just happened, these characteristics made Jiang Xia quickly think of a name: Yamazaki Tsuneo.
——That is, the unscrupulous moneylender next door Kazuyuki planned to assassinate, the president of Yamazaki Financial Corporation.
Of course, to Jiang Xia, Yamazaki Tsuneo's name is not important, his character is not important, and his status is even less important.
The important thing is - this man actually has a large piece of shikigami on his leg, which is so densely packed that it almost covers his calf. If you count carefully, there are seven of them.
Seven.
"..."
Jiang Xia stared for a while without saying a word.
Then he left the room silently, restored the doors and windows, and climbed downstairs along the wall.
Avoid the lights and head all the way to the beach.
Eight legs are indeed faster than two legs, and when you only walk on flat ground and don't climb vertical walls, you don't consume as much murderous energy as before.
Jiang Xia secretly adapted to a new way of walking while approaching the dock.
The humid smell of sea water hit your face, and the sound of water splashing against the shore was made by fine waves. In the dark atmosphere, two yachts could be seen moored in the small port.
One of them is a commercial ship with "Haiyuan" painted on the hull. At this time, there are no lights on the ship and no one is around.
There were people moving on the other boat.
Jiang Xia put her vision on the ghost and let the ghost float into the second boat for a walk. She saw two men in black suits who looked very ordinary. They seemed to be on duty on the boat.
...It seems that this ship is sent by the organization.
Jiang Xia looked back and forth between the two ships, his eyes flickering.
The organized ship is certainly safer and more convenient.
But now, as long as you change a mode of transportation, you can easily pick up eight shikigami along the way... This is like switching from driving to taking the bus to work one day in a month, and you can get an extra month's salary.
Same, it's hard not to be moved.
...After all, he is not a big ghost dealer, and you can never pick up too many ghosts.
——Judging from the brochure Jiang Xia received when he checked into the hotel, the "Haiyuan" next to the organization's ship was a traveling merchant ship.
In this current season, there are not many interesting places around, but there is a main island near Yueying Island. There are schools of fish in the southeast corner of the island, which is suitable for fishing. The Haiyuan's recent destination is also there.
The house owner who had prepared conductive fishing rods and insulating gloves and had murderous intent just now planned to use the Haiyuan and fishing as a recreational activity to kill the ghost-filled president.
Jiang Xia thought about it and realized that if he did not take the Haiyuan, but took the organization's ship to Yueying Island, waited for the case to happen, and then went to the island to solve the case, then he would probably only be able to pick up one dropped by President Duogei himself.
To be continued...