The truck cab is too small, with only room for two people except the driver.
Jiang Xia gave up her seat to Toyama Kazuye, who was carrying a huge backpack, got out of the car and climbed into the back of the truck. Together with two other riders and a motorcycle, they sat in the room that was originally used for storage.
place for goods.
The air is fresher than in the cab, but the metal base is a bit uncomfortable to sit on.
However, because there was a group of wild murderous energy next to him, the comfort level of this position in Jiang Xia's heart skyrocketed.
…
After adding three people and a motorcycle, the truck started again.
This time, considering how many people were sitting behind him, Takeda Yuzo drove a little slower than before.
Hattori Heiji leaned on the waist-high railing and looked at Jiang Xia who was in a good mood for some reason. He then silently lowered his head and glanced at the continuously receding dirt road outside.
I thought that the car was not going very fast, so it was too late to jump out of the car now.
...Wait, what are you thinking about?
Hattori Heiji raised his hand and tapped his forehead to stop his dangerous thoughts.
...In fact, now that I have met Jiang Xia more often, he is gradually not as repulsive as when he first met him.
Especially the last time on Furukawa's ship, Jiang Xia saved him from a veteran wanted criminal - if he was really attacked by the murderer and thrown into the sea at night, and no one saw him, he might change.
He became a corpse floating in the sea. From this perspective, Jiang Xia was his savior.
Moreover, people will always gradually adapt to the environment.
It was the first time Hattori Heiji saw Jiang Xia's speed of solving crimes as if reading from a script, and he felt unbelievable;
The second time, I didn’t feel like admitting defeat;
The third time, I firmly believe that I can do it.
After that, four, five, six, seven, eighty-nine times...
Antibodies gradually develop.
It's just that the previous conditioned reflex of "not wanting to investigate the case with Jiang Xia" still remains and has not subsided for the time being.
——Hattori Heiji analyzed his thoughts about jumping out of the car just like this, and felt that it was very inappropriate.
Escape is an unhealthy mentality. Maybe my parents are right: people must learn to face difficulties. He is still young and has many opportunities to practice and progress. Sooner or later, he will be able to catch up with Jiang Xia's speed.
And no one likes to be disliked by others.
Every time he sees Jiang Xia, he turns around and walks away. This behavior may cause some invisible harm to Jiang Xia's mind, just like He Ye and the two people in Tokyo said... Although he didn't see the harm.
No matter where I am, I just feel that Jiang Xia lives a happier life than him most of the time... But in short, a person must be conscientious.
Hattori Heiji took a deep breath and temporarily suppressed the instinctive thought of "jumping out of the car".
And to show friendliness, he tried to talk to Jiang Xia: "Why are you here?"
Jiang Xia turned to look at him. Due to the abundant cases surrounding Hattori Heiji, he was always very pleased with this Osaka gangster: "Like you, I received a letter of entrustment with 500,000 yen in cash, so I wanted to take a look.
look."
With that said, he took out the letter paper he had collected before and gave Hattori Heiji a look.
Hearing this, Hattori Heiji's face turned dark.
He took Jiang Xia's letter and muttered in his heart: Jiang Xia received 500,000? He only had 200,000... It's not that he was greedy for the commission fee, he was just a high school detective, why was he so cheap?
Hattori Heiji felt a little subtle resentment in his heart.
However, after receiving the commission letter from Jiang Xia, this little emotion immediately dissipated.
——The letter Jiang Xia received was handwritten vertically, signed and sealed, and the wording was very cautious and polite. It looked like a very formal letter of entrustment.
This was completely different from the one he received.
His letter was typewritten, anonymous, and worded... There was no wording at all, just two vague sentences.
...If the same person hires detectives on the same day, it is certainly not necessary for one to sign and the other to write in a mysterious style.
If this happens, it means that the people who sent the letters of entrustment to him and Jiang Xia are two different people.
And this means...
No need to investigate the case with Jiang Xia!
The corners of Hattori Heiji's lips raised, but he quickly suppressed them as if nothing had happened.
He took out the commission letter he received, shook it towards Jiang Xia, cleared his throat, and said as if he was a little regretful:
"It seems that there are two families named 'Takeda' here. We have to investigate each one."
Jiang Xia silently glanced at Hattori Heiji, who seemed to have "I'm very happy!" written all over his body. He felt that the acting skills of this high school student detective were not up to par, whether in Kansai or Kanto.
However, he still glanced at the paper Watori Heiji was waving to show his dignity.
Compared with the letter sent by Takeda Shinichi, the style of Hattori Heiji's letter is obviously different. There are only two sentences in it:
[Please arrive at the Takeda family at Gogu Peak before dusk next Saturday.
Otherwise, there will be live puppets that become bait for spiders]
Jiang Xia was silent for a moment.
In fact, compared to the letter sent by Takeda Shinichi, he preferred the style of the notice letter in Hattori Heiji's hand - it was mysterious and looked like there would be a lot of ghosts...
On the other side, Rob Taylor, who was also riding in the car, saw these two letters and came over curiously.
While reading Hattori Heiji's commission letter, he read it out smoothly as if he were learning a foreign language: "Become bait for spiders... Why do you feed spiders with live puppets?"
Takeda Yuzo, who was driving in front, had his windows open. The speed of the car was not fast, and the wind noise from both sides was not loud.
Not only did he hear Robert's confused murmur, but he also heard Hattori Heiji's regretful tone of voice, "Each one investigates his own."
Feeling that the guest seemed to have misunderstood, Takeda Yuzo, who was cold-faced and warm-hearted, interjected:
"If the word 'spider' is mentioned in the letter, it should be referring to our family - something bad happened to my family before. People nearby said that we were cursed by the spider. They also said that if we don't want to be hung up inexplicably and...
If you want to kill him, just don’t get close to the ‘Spider Mansion’… Huh, what a boring rumor.”
When Toyama and Ye heard the "curse", goosebumps appeared on their white and tender arms.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! She quickly stroked her skin, using friction to generate heat to fight the coolness, and half comforted herself and half convinced: "There are no monsters and curses in this world.
! Someone must be doing something secretly. They invited detectives here this time, probably to find out the matter - with Jiangxia and Heiji here, they will be able to reveal the truth about the 'curse' right away!"
Hattori Heiji:"……"
Is this "Takeda" also that "Takeda"?
...We cannot investigate separately from Jiang Xia.
Also, why did Heye put Jiang Xia's name in front of his? Don't they usually mention more familiar people first...
Hattori Heiji sat in the open car, silently tightening his coat, feeling a bit chilly in the mountain breeze.
Rob didn't notice the inexplicable depression of his fellow travelers. He touched his chin and asked doubtfully: "Why haven't I heard such rumors?"
"You came here three years ago, right? I remember that Misa took care of you after you were crushed by a collapsed rock." When Takeda Yuzo recalled this, he suddenly remembered something and his voice gradually became lower, "No wonder you
I’ve never heard of such rumors…”
Rob didn't dwell on the rumors anymore.
He smiled like a guest who came to visit his benefactor attentively and asked: "Speaking of Misa, how has she been these past few years?"
"..."
Takeda Yuzo held a cigarette in his mouth, remained silent for a moment, raised his hand and pointed out the window.
The four people in front of and behind the car were startled and looked at the direction at the same time.
According to normal development, they should have encountered "Misa" here by chance on the roadside, so Takeda Yuzo pointed it out to them.
However, upon closer inspection, there was no one in that direction, not even a bird.
Just as I was wondering, I heard Takeda Yuzo say dryly:
"Look, does that mountain look like a sleeping puppet? In fact, this is one of the reasons why Puppet Peak got its name..."
To be continued...