Jingxi frowned when he heard the Ming foreign student shouting and catching up from behind.

"It's so annoying..."

"Mr. Jingxi, I think you need to take a look at this. ”

Breke raised his hand with a solemn expression.

"What is this?" Inspector Jingxi impatiently took the wood carving, his expression suddenly became a little strange, and then he sniffed the dark red spots on the wood carving, "This is... Bloodstain. ”

"This is what I gave to Wei Gongjun yesterday, and I watched him leave me with this... In other words, there is a good chance that this bloodstain is..."

Banzhuan hesitated and said, for fear that Jingxi would make some irrational moves.

"It's sharp and it's powerful. To his surprise, the inspector calmly took Hatsune's past wood carving and examined it carefully, gently stroking or tapping it from time to time, "Did he take this with him in his hand?"

"No, it's not, I think he was in a cardboard bag. ”

"Being able to cut through a paper bag a wood carving that is not too hard, and cut into the human body behind it, it seems that the murderer's strength is not small. Jing Xi gestured and said, "You see, the blood stains at the section are dotted rather than face-shaped, indicating that this is sprinkled on the section after the human body is cut, not soaked after the blood flows out." ”

The inspector continued: "In addition to this, the murderer should have attacked the victim from a lower terrain, because it can also be seen from the section that the murder weapon was cut from the bottom up. Naturally, the victim could not have lifted the bag above his head, so I deduced that the killer and the victim should be in a place with a certain height difference - such as a staircase over there. Of course, it is also possible that the murderer was only fifty or sixty centimeters tall... Probably only monkeys are so tall. ”

"It's... Yes, you're right. ”

Breech, who had never seen Jing Xi's mouth-watering appearance, said a little stunned.

"So, where did you find this?"

Led by Bric, the two walked to where he had been lying down. There is a narrow alleyway between the Ottoman Turkish Student Residence and the adjacent house, and Breke has just unconsciously rolled into this alleyway, and picked up the wood carving that originally belonged to the Wei Palace in the recess corner of the ventilation duct of the Ottoman Turkish Student Mansion. Jingxi crouched down, carefully observed the wall near the subject, and grabbed a handful of dirt on the ground, put it in the palm of his hand, and rubbed it and sniffed it.

"This should be here, and the victim should be attacked here. ”

"You're saying that Wei Gongjun was killed here. ”

"It doesn't have to be killed, and it doesn't have to be Emiya. Jing Xi paused and replied gloomily, "Of course, this is very unlikely. ”

The older inspector looked to the end of the alleyway, where a large amount of debris had blocked the road, but he knew very well that behind him was the police station where he and Wei Gong were.

- I guess I want to take a shortcut. He was already sure in his mind who was being attacked here.

"However, there is one more problem. Shizuki pondered, "If this is the first scene, then the terrain obviously doesn't match my inference... Is it a maze, or is it..."

"That's... Where are we going next?"

Seeing the Inspector Lost in thought, Breke couldn't help but ask.

"You go back first, it's not too early. Jing Xi's attitude softened slightly compared to before, "I also have to go back to the police station to sort out the documents first." ”

"Okay, if there's any news..."

“...”

Jingxi didn't answer anything, just waved her hand and slowly strode away in the direction of the police station.

What Breke didn't know was that the paperwork for this small police station with only four people was originally shared by Emiya, Kuroki, and Tono.

Another three days passed, and Brick had a good time with Requiem, which was about to become a waster. However, on the issue of Wei Gongjun's whereabouts, Inspector Jingxi never came again.

By the way, the fog in Heiankyo has not dissipated either, and it can even be said that it is getting thicker and thicker. Although experts in Sakurafu still make plausible theories in the newspapers every day, it is also an indisputable fact that more and more people are choosing to move out of the foggy area of Heiankyo.

Although Breck himself was in the most foggy foreign neighborhood, he didn't seem to feel anything unusual about him, so he didn't care too much about it. Of course, not everyone is as indifferent as him, and a few days ago, Uncle Gong, the porter, temporarily took his luggage to live in the suburbs without fog. In other words, now there are only the out-of-school young man Brick and the Requiem of Rice Worm Town from ancient times in the entire Ming Kingdom's international student apartment.

However, nothing good happened.

Now both of them still maintain a kind of-

Friendship? No.

Lovers?

Do you think this is the pseudo-love?!

It is the relationship between the breeder and the feeder.

As in countless well-fed afternoons before, the two of them stayed in Brecke's room and chatted.

"I said, why did you eat the croquettes before noon today?" Requiem, perhaps because she was already familiar, sat on the black box she never left and swung her legs without a ladylike image, "Is there no money? Well... I'll cheer you on for your part-time job. ”

"In terms of money, there is still a lot of money left over from the past few years. Brick sighed, "It's just that the proprietress of that shop is worried about the danger of this fog and closed the store and went to the countryside..."

"That's a pity, I think that croquettes are delicious. The girl said, holding her chin.

"If you want to blame it, blame this strange fog that has not dispersed. ”

Requiem patted his clothes and jumped down from the box and walked to the window: "Speaking of this fog, I always feel that this fog gives me a familiar feeling. ”

"Feeling familiar?"

"I also said it's not good... Anyway, I just don't think this fog is natural. ”

"Nonsense, I also know that this fog is not natural, how can it last so long?" said Brecke, disdainfully.

"I think... It's very likely that this was done manually. ”

"Artificial?could it be a meteorological weapon developed by the Sakura Prefecture Military Department?" Bruke smiled and teased, "Then should I hurry back to China to inform the imperial court and Lord Shi Xingyu Shi Shoufu?"

"Should... No, I have... Familiarity, but also... Can't remember. ”

The girl covered her head and said intermittently.

"If you can't think of it, don't think about it. ”

"Well, I think so too. The girl looked up and smiled.

"I've never seen you borrow a donkey like this. ”

Requiem continued: "I can't remember it anyway, and I guess it's not a big deal, so let's talk about your side first." Did you find that patrol that smells like you?"

"There is more than one bad luck. Beck shook his head, "The inspector hasn't heard anything yet, and I'm sure he's not the kind of person who would give up halfway through this kind of thing." ”

"Chew .. Then you're ready to... Chewing... What should I do?" the girl didn't know where to find a handful of dried fish and stuffed a handful into her mouth.

"Maybe I should go and ask him about it and see if there's any progress. Brick pondered.

"Do you want to go now?"

"Yes, why are you so active, do you want to turn yourself in?"

"Look, I'm done with my dried fish. Requiem spread her hands.

"See, and then. ”

"Actually, I borrowed it from the dry goods store next to the police station in the middle of the night when I came to you. ”

She said without any guilt.

"So what?"

"Buy me some back. Requiem grinned toothily and stood on tiptoe and patted Brick on the shoulder.

Seeing that the time to return home was getting closer and closer, Wei Gongjun had no news, and Brick was becoming more and more anxious. So, in this afternoon, he finally couldn't help but leave the dormitory and came to the police station where Jingxi was before.

When he walked into the police station, which he had passed countless times on the way to the university, he found that it was empty, and only a young man with glasses sitting in the corner looked at Svenwen, as if he was worried about the mountain of official documents on the table.

"(Sakurafu) Ah, hello, what's the matter?"

Seeing someone walk into the police station, the young man raised his head and helped his glasses.

"Hello, I'd like to ask Inspector Jingxi..."

“... Well, Chief Shizuki isn't here right now. ”

The young man paused and replied.

"And where is he now?" asked Breke anxiously.

"What the hell are you looking for him? You can tell me anything, I'm also a patrolman. The young man added in a whisper, "Although I have only just taken up my post today." ”

"That's right... I have a friend who has gone missing, and I have helped the inspector to investigate the incident, but I have not heard from him for the past few days. ”

“...”

The youth fell silent.

"What's wrong?"

"What you're talking about—" the young man seemed to struggle to squeeze the sentence out of his throat, "... Wei Gongjun?"

"Ah, yes, it's Wei Gongjun, who also worked here before, has there been any progress in his affairs?"

"Look at this. ”

The young man handed over a document he had worked on earlier.

"This is—" Breke took the file and flipped through it, a black-and-white photo piercing his eyes.

"Yes, this is Wei Gongjun's martyrdom report. ”

In disbelief, Brick hurriedly flipped through it, recording the date of birth, the time of his entry, and the time of his death in the line of duty—the day he left Brecke. At the end of the file is written the reason for the death of the guard patrol.

Drowned.

The location was along the embankment of the river, which was three blocks away from where they found the wood carvings.

As he continued to look in disbelief, he noticed a line of very faint lead print at the very end of the document, and he struggled to read what was being said.

"The chief inspector of the police station found the body in the afternoon of the day after he died in the line of duty during the inspection of the palace and was sentenced to drowning. ”

"No, it shouldn't be like this!"

Breke shouted.

"I know you're sad right now... Actually, I'm also..."The young man wanted to comfort this Ming student.

"No, that's not what I mean!" Breech said more and more quickly, "Oh, I can't tell you, what about Inspector Shizuki, where is he now?"

"It seems that I have been injured in some way, and now I am recuperating at home..."

Before the young policeman could finish speaking, Breke ran out of the police station—

"Where does the Inspector live?"

By the time Brick ran back to the police station to ask for this sentence, ten minutes had passed.