"I guess I have, but for now, I hope you can help."

For Banqing, who seemed to be waiting for Ao Ying's men to leave and pick a time to meet alone, the more urgent request had overridden the previous doubts. Stagnation is not a matter of course.

Rather than thinking meaninglessly about the truth covered up by Banqing in the same place, it is better to generously invite this helper who will not refuse his request before knowing it.

"You should already know what's going on lately. Those were just temporary and reliable helpers. ”

"Well, it's okay, your words depend on the situation, and you don't have to report everything to me."

As always, Banqing put her hand on Nangong's shoulder seemingly casually, yes, there should be no problem as before. But Nangong soon discovered Banqing's abnormality, as if he had experienced something during the time he had disappeared. An indescribable tension, though it shouldn't be a bad thing.

"But you're really outspoken." Although she complained, Banqing didn't mean to blame, but came to Nangong's side after the routine "physical contact", "How can I say that I am also a girl, just ignore my greetings and come to me for help or something, it's a shame that you can think of it." ”

"Hah...... I'm sorry. ”

Although he didn't see Banqing's displeasure, Nangong still subconsciously apologized. At the same time, the strange feeling grew deeper and deeper. Although it wasn't as obvious as Ao Ying's stiff change, I always felt that Banqing seemed to have changed something compared to before.

"It's okay, well, although I wanted to say that. However, your trip for today has been cancelled. Of course. This is my command. Otherwise, you probably won't listen. ”

Banqing waved her hand, "As you said, I haven't even had the only time to rest lately, but I've found something interesting." ”

"Interesting...... Thing? ”

"Prisoner? Prisoner. Banqing's face calmly said about the topic that couldn't calm Nangong down, "The spirit mirror has been insisting on it before, so I'm just a little away from some of the places she investigated, fortunately, I happened to see some bloody scenes?" ”

"You mean continuous ......"

The prisoner who has not been found since the beginning of the riots, according to Lingjing, is. It does not appear to be the work of a single person, but a gang with a clear division of labor. Although there were several times when I almost caught it with the help of the bounty monster Aoi Lei, there was still a little less heat after all. With the departure of Kwai Lei, things have been delayed again and again.

"But there are four of them, if you go like this......"

"So I need you to listen to my orders, I guess what you want is to rush up and cut it down with love and courage. More than that, it's important to observe beforehand. Moreover, things are not as simple as Lingjing thinks. ”

Banqing led the way while explaining to Nangong in a low voice.

"Now that you know about youkai, it should be easier to understand. Generally, when the longevity of all things is exhausted, there will be a special 'messenger' to help. In fact, it is just to solve those who should have died according to the specified time. Their work is very formal and cannot be interrupted. And this time part of the incident is also the same, it is not a vicious case. ”

Black and white impermanence? But...... It's just a part, right!?

"The important thing is that if you can know where these 'messengers' are going, you will definitely be able to know where there will be 'murders', right? Although I don't know how Lingjing tells you the facts she knows, Nangong, you might as well use this benchmark to rethink the 'facts' you know, right? ”

As an inspector, Lingjing has no reason to lie about this kind of issue related to the "inspector" and the area managed by Teacher Qianmian, which means that if there is anything inconsistent, I'm afraid it's just because there is a problem in the connection of things. After all, what you see becomes a "fact" that you make up in your head, not always being correct, although seeing is believing, there are many situations that can lead to deviations, and if you relay the "facts" to others on the basis of the deviations that have already occurred, the second "facts" understood will definitely be missing in subtle places. This kind of deviation is the essence of the children's "talking" game, and often a sentence is passed on to the end and completely deviates from the original meaning of aid.

If you describe it, you can compare "real" to a three-dimensional thing, and a single piece of information cannot be confirmed.

The statement given by Lingjing is that when he was acting with Aoi Lei, he encountered unexpected obstacles. The first time, Aoi Lei was responsible for stopping them, and the spirit mirror only saw the back of a youkai escaping. After the second division of labor was clear, Lingjing met the real "Lord of Yama", of course, the other party was just "working" at that time. After that, Aoi Lei didn't have a commission, but the incident kept happening.

It seems that the machine spirit blocked by Kwai Lei can also be "hired" with something, and it must be that someone hired to do so. In that case...... It seems like......

"Got it? In this case, except for some unexpected circumstances, who has the complete time to commit the crime, and at the same time has the conditions before and after the crime? ”

“…… Aoi, Aoi bud? ”

All things considered, that guy is the only one capable of doing this kind of thing. Since it's a bounty monster, she won't be short of money, so if she uses the money to hire those machine spirits to co-star in a play, she can perfectly create a character like "Aoi Lei who is stopping harassment". If you think about it, it seems clear that the focus of Lingjing has always been on what she has seen, and she has not paid any attention to whether her companion Kwai Lei is really doing "what should be done".

Everything is well qualified, but ......

But what about motivation? I...... I can't think of any motivation for her to do such a strange thing. ”

For money? But if you have the time to spend money and risk doing this kind of thing, it is better to complete other commissions directly. And the deceased has also been reported in various media, basically some ordinary people who don't have much wealth, or monsters who pretend to be humans. Even if the sunflower buds are scavenging oil and water, they will not be worth the risks and costs of the expenditure at all.

As long as it's a normal youkai, it won't do such a thing.

Aimless "killing", not to mention revenge, etc., in the end, what is the reason......

"That's what I want to know, because she's the only one who meets the rules."

Banqing was silent for a while, maybe it was Nangong's illusion, it seemed that Banqing's voice was also a little dry and hoarse, "That's why I took you to find her after a long absence, of course...... Don't do anything fleshy until I have a judgment. (To be continued......)