Is it a coincidence?

Probably not.

It should be artificially arranged.

Can...... Why would the other party do this?

Homicide?

The 'curse video' is indeed a weapon for killing, and it can even be said to be murderous and invisible, even if the general 'mysterious side' person accidentally touches it, there is a high probability that they will be killed.

However, the 'cursed tape' also has its limitations.

Not to mention anything else, you have to see the 'picture', which makes people constrained.

Unless it's someone like Tetsuya Shimura who kills his friends, and these friends are still very interested in 'weird stories', 'urban legends', etc., but they are not really 'mysterious' people.

And the person who 'grieved' Tetsuya Shimura's 'curse video' must be a 'mystery side' person.

The person the other party wants to kill will naturally be a 'mysterious side' person.

But is it useful?

Isn't it a bit of a fuss?

And if the person you want to kill is an ordinary person?

Then it is even less necessary.

It is no more difficult for the 'mysterious side' people to kill an ordinary person than it is for an ordinary person to crush an ant.

"Why?"

"In addition to killing more ordinary people...... More people are dying? ”

"Collect souls?"

"Panic-mongering?"

Jason's brow furrowed slightly, but his eyes lit up.

He seemed to have figured out what the other party was trying to do.

However, some information is needed to support it.

And the old monk of Tong Shouji Temple is a good choice.

But that was after that.

Right now?

Jason looked at the 'cursed video' in his hand and ate it with one mouth.

Click, click.

Crisp.

Slightly salty.

It's kind of like seaweed.

[Devour the 'Cursed Tape' (Copy)]

[Stamina, energy, and injuries have been greatly recovered!] 】

Satiety +30

[Satiety: 749]

……

"Replica, 30 points of satiety?"

"Not bad!"

Jason commented like this, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl.

One replica has 30 points of satiety.

How many genuine ones are there?

Will there be the excitement of eating?

And also!

How many copies will there be?

The thought of these foods made Jason happy.

At this time, Hui Lijing, who called the police, returned.

Also returning were Ryosuke and Urashima.

"Your Excellency Jason."

"Jay...... Ahh ”

The young officer Urashima is quite normal, but Ryosuke seems to be a little uncomfortable, with a strange sound when his nose comes out, and he speaks in an urn sound, and he sneezes as soon as he opens his mouth.

There should be no doubt that it is a cold?

Is the mountain wind so cold?

Jason thought.

Ryosuke wiped his nose with a handkerchief while looking at Jason and Hui Lijing, who took a step back, with a little embarrassment.

"I'm sorry."

The middle-aged officer apologized for his sneezing.

"Officer Ryosuke caught a cold in the mountains last night, and when I arrived, the whole person was crouching on the side of the road and was about to shrink into a ball......"

"Alright, shut up."

"Get down to business."

Ryosuke interrupted his assistant's words.

Doesn't he want to lose face?

For the sake of self-esteem and honor in my heart, I chose to leave directly, and then ...... Got a cold.

Although it is not good to say this, the feeling given to him is that his dignity and honor are not as good as a cold.

This made Ryosuke a little unacceptable.

Even if this is true.

Sure enough, is a middle-aged man not as alive as a dog?

Ryosuke muttered to himself, and then, took the miniature tape recorder handed over by Hui Lijing.

"It's all in the evidence."

"You can listen to it"

Hui Lijing said.

Ryosuke immediately pressed the play button.

Immediately, Tetsuya Shimura's words just now were played.

"This bastard!"

"He actually killed his own friend!"

The young Urashima cursed, lowered his head and looked at the unconscious Shimura Tetsu and wanted to give the other party a kick to relieve his anger, but when he thought of his identity as a policeman, Urashima held back.

"The complaining guy."

Ryosuke commented lightly.

After so many years as a police officer, Ryosuke has seen too many people who think they are extraordinary, or who have gone to extremes because they have not met them.

Tetsu Shimura is not the first, and definitely will not be the last.

However, Tetsu Shimura is also a bit special.

This bastard doesn't think he's extraordinary.

Rather, it's really 'extraordinary'.

"He has similar special abilities?"

Ryosuke asked Jason.

"Hmm."

"Similar to the ability to read and write."

"Most of the time it's useless, but with some props to back it up, it can get really troublesome."

Jason nodded and explained.

"What about the 'Cursed Tape'?"

The cool interface has a solemn complexion.

As a veteran police officer, he knows too well what the consequences will be if something like this spreads to the market.

The slightest carelessness is a disaster.

"I 'purified' it."

Jason said.

"Purified?"

"It's okay or fine."

Ryosuke breathed a sigh of relief.

Professional things are left to professional people to do.

Ryosuke had known this for ten years, and he had always believed in it.

So, although he is in debt, he is still alive.

"Jason, there's something I want to talk to you about."

Ryosuke lowered his voice.

"Okay."

Jason didn't refuse.

And, guessed what was probably going on.

Ryosuke has come into contact with the 'mysterious side' world that he has never been in contact with, and as an official himself, the official will naturally make arrangements.

In fact, the same is true.

"When I returned to the police station this morning, I was promoted from Search Division 1 to Search Division 0 and started replicating cases that ordinary police officers couldn't handle – they thought I was capable of handling such things."

"Moreover, giving me the title of police department is considered to have broken through the 'inherent ring'."

Ryosuke laughed self-deprecatingly.

Then, the officer's smile turned inexplicably weird.

It was a sneer.

There is also sadness.

"In the past, I worked hard to be promoted to the police department, but the police department supplement is my limit, and there is a high probability that when I retire, I will become a police department, but during the period? There is no possibility. ”

"After all, I'm different from a top student like Urashima."

"And now?"

"I did it easily."

"But I didn't feel joy."

As he spoke, Ryosuke lowered his head.

"You're hypocritical!"

Jason commented.

"Huh?"

Ryosuke looked at Jason suspiciously.

He never had the luxury of expecting Jason to comfort him, but instinctively wanted to find someone to vent his emotions.

The people around are not suitable.

Urashima?

Although he is a good person, there are some things that he is destined not to let Urashima know.

"Do you think that what you don't get by your own efforts is not really obtained?"

"Do you feel that it is impossible to be recognized for doing this, and it is as unbearable as those rice worms in your heart?"

"But have you ever thought that everything that happened yesterday was something you fought for?"

"Don't tell me you faked the gunshot wound on your arm."

"It's hypocritical."

Jason commented again.

Ryosuke wanted to refute, but opened his mouth, but he couldn't say anything.

Because, what Jason said is the truth.

How can he refute it?

Looking at Ryosuke's appearance, Jason turned up the corners of his mouth.

When he met Ryosuke for the first time, Jason could clearly feel that the other party had an aura similar to that of the residents of the 'City That Never Sleeps', and to put it simply, this thing was probably not a good person.

But with the contact, Jason can be sure that Ryosuke is a rather principled person.

In other words, the aura of the other party's body similar to that of the residents of the 'City That Never Sleeps' is emitted for certain specific groups of people.

For example: criminals.

Undoubtedly, such a person is upright.

is a good person.

It is an acquaintance who can be regarded as more trusted.

So, Jason doesn't mind spending a few more words with the other party.

It's definitely not because of the first time we met, the other party invited them to dinner.

"Get down to business."

"Do you remember Iwashita?"

"That outlaw, I captured him with my own hands, and then in the process of escorting, he ran away - I can't imagine how a bastard with 20 kilograms of shackles could kill the escort and escape with more than 500 police officers."

Ryosuke said this, gritting his teeth.

Iwashita died.

But the matter is far from over.

Jason quickly understood what Ryosuke meant.

"You mean there's an inner ghost?"

Jason asked.

"Hmm."

"When I investigated afterwards, I encountered layers of resistance, and I was almost framed as an accomplice to Iwakata."

"I can't act like nothing happened when something like this happened - I want to continue the investigation, to search for Zero, and then, I need your help."

Ryosuke shrugged his shoulders, looking like he couldn't stand the slander.

However, Jason could see Ryosuke talking about slander, and his eyes couldn't help but glance at the humid Urashima in the distance.

Where is it impossible to bear to be slandered.

It is clearly a concern that young people like Urashima will be similarly harmed.

What a middle-aged man who can't say anything!

Jason sighed inwardly.

The older people are, the more they are unable to express their true feelings.

When I was a child, I would say what I wanted when I wanted it.

But as I get older, even if I want it again, I will hold back.

Because, this is grown up.

Some people say that it is mature.

But is that really the case?

For example, two people who obviously love each other very much, but they can't say I love you to each other, is this really growing up? Is it really mature?

Not.

It's simply about saving face.

I just don't want to bow my head first.

Or rather, just want to win.

The restraint of life is not about winning or losing, it is about taking a step back from each other, it needs to be considerate, and it needs to be tolerant.

Think about why everyone was so innocent when they were children?

Because, with the tolerance of parents!

Our parents gave us the right to innocence!

At this time, Jason saw a feeling similar to that of an old father in Ryosuke's gaze at Urashima.

"Yes."

"I like equivalence swaps, though."

"If you come across any weird case, please contact me – as the case may be, in a commissioned manner."

Jason nodded.

"Of course, this in itself is the responsibility of Lesson Zero."

"By the time I became a Zero Agent, you had become my special point of contact, and I would contact you if I had something that couldn't be solved by the rules."

"Also, don't you ask me if I need any help?"

Ryosuke looked at Jason curiously.

He never knew Jason trusted him like that.

As for equivalent exchange?

In Ryosuke's opinion, this is not an equivalent exchange at all.

Because, in itself, it is his duty.

"It's just covering."

Jason waved his hand as he spoke, ignoring Ryosuke and striding towards the ground.

Looking at Jason's back, Ryosuke shrugged his shoulders again.

This time, though, it's not helpless.

It's a habit.

Encountered the habit of good things.

"This guy."

After Ryosuke muttered, he stepped forward and grabbed Tetsuya Shimura.

"Look at that Sato."

"Contact others and ask them to cordon off the scene temporarily."

Ryosuke commanded Urashima.

"Yes, sir."

Urashima saluted.

……

After passing through the cordon pulled up by the officers, Jason and Hui Lijing returned to the car.

Looking at the sun that had just set in the west, Jason couldn't help but ask.

"Is there any food court, snack street or anything like that?"

The time agreed with the old monk of Tongshou Temple was in the evening.

There is still quite some time at this time.

Jason decided that this time had to be put to good use.

"Of course."

"I'll lead the way."

Hui Lijing nodded, her face full of interest.

The female detective, who has dreamed of being a barista since she was a child, is not averse to eating, and she just happened to have completed a commission, so it was natural to treat herself well.

"The commission is complete."

"The commission will be delivered to the White Bear Cafe within three days."

"It's 2,000 yuan in total, according to the previous distribution ratio, Jason you 1,800, I 200."

"That's why we try to keep the cost of food within that range."

Hui Lijing has seen Jason's meals.

She didn't dare say anything like a treat.

She doesn't want to go bankrupt yet.

As for using the money left by Hui Lixiang?

She didn't want to do that either.

Let's leave that money to Hui Lixiang!

What if something happens to that guy and he needs money urgently?

When you eat in the evening, be sure to ask the old monk of Tong Shouji if he knows the whereabouts of that guy.

"Yes."

Jason did not object to Hui Lijing's proposal.

With limited money, it is his dream to taste unlimited food.

When money is low?

Naturally, it is necessary to save.

However, the commission is quite generous.

It was already beyond his expectations.

"In addition to the client, some detectives will also put some funds into such commissions - most of them are not short of money, but each one is curious."

"If it was an ordinary case, they would have already flocked to it."

Seeing Jason's doubts, Hui Lijing explained.

Then, the female detective started the car.

"Let's go, snack street!"

Hui Lijing stepped on the accelerator.

The car smoothly entered the road and then began to accelerate.

The snack street is quite far from the school where the crime took place.

Half an hour later, Jason and Hui Lijing arrived at their destination.

'Gourmet food'!

A huge, illuminated sign stands at the entrance of the snack street.

Waiters at many shops hand out leaflets for each shop.

For such a leaflet, Jason is not refused.

He took them one by one and examined them carefully.

It's not picking.

Food, not to be left out.

He's just ready to choose which portion to start with.

And at this very moment-

"Hello sir, would you like to participate in the Big Stomach King Competition?"