Chapter Twenty-Four: A Delicious Beginning!
'Cursed tape? β
It sounds delicious.
Jason's eyes lit up.
Then, sitting quietly, looking at the rock boss.
Under Jason's gaze, Boss Rock quickly spoke.
"It's supposed to be something like an urban legend."
"It is rumored that there is a videotape, as long as the person who watches it will die of myocardial infarction within seven days, and if you want not to die, you can only copy the tape and give it to others to watch."
Boss Rock said what he knew, and his gaze kept sweeping towards Jason.
looks like he wants to say and stops.
"What's wrong?"
Jason asked.
"Rumored...... The tape shows a well and a woman in white who will crawl out of the well. β
Boss Rock replied.
"Well?"
"The woman in white?"
Jason subconsciously thought of what appeared in the second-hand TV before.
"Hmm."
"It's the rumor I told you about earlier."
"But not from TV, but from videotape...... Or there's something in there that we don't know yet, but it really happened. β
Speaking of this, fear appeared on the face of the rock boss.
Yesterday, the second-hand TV that was sold broke down inexplicably.
He always felt uneasy.
Every TV sold, Rock Boss will carefully inspect it.
This is not only the attitude of work, but also the habit he has developed in the past 20 years.
The accumulated experience may not make him an electrical inventor or anything like that, but he is a real skilled electrical repairer.
Therefore, a good TV suddenly broke down inexplicably in front of his eyes, and under the premise that it was not a human effort, the old man of the rock boss naturally thought about some aspects.
In particular, the person who sold the TV told that story.
So, after leaving the office yesterday, the rock boss hesitated to call a friend.
The seller of the second-hand TV did not leave contact information, but he knew something through this friend.
In just one month, people around the other party died one after another.
The other party is really like a god of death.
Something weird was going on around that guy. β
Don't touch him and don't accept any gift from him. β
That's the advice of Boss Rock's friend.
But the more his friend told him like this, the more curious the rock boss became when he was frightened.
He couldn't help but find another friend who was in some kind of hidden place.
It's supposed to be a 'cursed tape'! β
It was a terrible object! β
If you look at it, you will die in seven days! β
If you don't want to die, you have to copy the tape and let someone else watch itβto die instead of him." β
The words of the two friends were directly connected.
The truth is obvious.
The seller of the second-hand TV must have been exposed to the 'cursed tape' and wanted to live, and then the surrounding area began to die one after another.
In other words, the other party is just being cheated by the people around him.
He was also the one who accepted the copy of the videotape.
That......
Will Jason be okay?
Thinking of the strangeness of the second-hand TV, the rock boss really didn't sleep all night.
He didn't want to kill Jason or anyone else because of his unconscious actions.
Therefore, he kept looking at Jason's 'Mask X Knife X Meat' office.
After seeing Jason go out.
And after personally confirming that Jason was okay, the rock boss finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Did you see yesterday, yesterday?"
Boss Rock asked Jason tentatively.
"Nope."
Jason said with great certainty.
Jason could see the true kindness of Boss Rock.
In the face of such kindness, he naturally would not refute it.
And seeing Jason's affirmation, Boss Rock really put his mind at ease.
"That's good, that's good."
Boss Rock said again and again.
"Do you know that person's address?"
"The guy who sells your second-hand TV."
Jason asked.
"You?"
Boss Rock was stunned.
"I'm an exorcist."
"When you encounter something like this, you will naturally be curious."
"I'd love to see that 'cursed tape.'"
Jason said this, but in the bottom of his heart, he was extremely excited.
The 'Cursed Tape' is more than just a copy.
You can also copy!
Does that copy taste like 'food'?
According to Boss Rock, it must have a taste.
That......
How many 'cursed tapes' have been copied so far?
That......
And how delicious was the original 'cursed tape'?
Thinking of this, Jason was naturally excited.
As for the danger?
Jason, of course, knew.
But for Jason, the last thing he fears is the 'difficulty of hunting', he is afraid of not finding 'food'.
Boss Rock looked at Jason, and Jason smiled calmly.
In the end, Boss Rock chose to compromise.
He wrote down an address.
"That's the guy's address."
Boss Rock said.
Then, after a slight hesitation, the old man wrote down another phone call.
"This is a call from an old friend of mine, Jason, if you have a problem that can't be solved, you can call him and tell him that you were introduced by Old Rock, and he will give you some help."
"He's a very capable person."
"I think it's half of your peers."
Boss Rock said, handing the note to Jason.
Silver-7-201, Tetsuya Shimura.
0200-775327, grass wall.
The handwriting on the note is clear, the former should be a seller of second-hand TVs, while the latter ......
Grass wall?
What kind of strange surname is this?
A look of surprise appeared in Jason's eyes.
The rock boss was stunned when he saw this.
"Caobi Ryu is a very powerful Onmyoji family."
"This friend of mine is from that family, but he left the family for some reason."
"But people are very good people and they are very strong."
The old man explained
"Hmm."
"Thank you."
Jason nodded in gratitude.
"If only I could help you."
"I'm going back for my lunch break."
"When you get older, you can't keep up with your energy."
The old man, who hadn't slept all night, stood up and stretched, waved his hand to the busy Hui Lijing with a smile, and left the cafΓ© with the wind chimes in front of the door.
Half an hour after Boss Rock left, the food was brought up by Hui Lijing.
It's a pan-fried meat.
The slices of meat are fried until golden brown, and the shredded cabbage on the side is gathered into a ball.
Three hash browns were stacked next to the cabbage, with a doll flag on them.
On the other side, there is one honey mustard, one tomato sauce, one salad dressing, and one barbecue sauce, and four sauces are placed on the other side of the barbecue in the shape of flower petals.
Fits well with ...... State of the children's course.
That was Jason's first reaction.
Of course, the portions are much larger than children's meals.
Flavor?
It's also beyond Jason's imagination.
"I drained the acid with ice water, and then washed it with salt water."
"It's a pity that the time is too short."
"Otherwise, it can be more flavorful."
Hui Lijing, a chef, said.
Jason had already picked up the fried meat and began to dip it in each of the four sauces.
Sweet, sour, salty, and fragrant, fully embodied in the four sauces.
Especially honey mustard, it is not as spicy as imagined, but that sweet with a faint and unique fragrance, Jason is quite fond of it, if you accompany a little ketchup, it is really delicious.
The barbecue sauce was tried on its own, and Jason's eyes narrowed as soon as he ate it.
Shredded cabbage natural salad dressing, stirred well, Jason stuffed his chopsticks into his mouth.
It is crispy in the mouth, and quickly dilutes the only bit of greasy flavor that has just been fried.
"Not bad."
After Jason had eaten it all, he complimented.
"Of course."
"I'm a female detective who dreams of being a barista."
"Next time, would you like to try my marching rations?"
Hui Lijing asked.
"Okay."
Jason nodded straight.
When it comes to food, he never refuses.
Especially if a chef has already made a recommendation for a decent meal, he won't refuse.
Of course, Jason hasn't lost sight of business.
"Tetsuya Shimura, do you know the name?"
Jason asked.
"What happened to the 'cursed tape' just now?"
"You want to borrow my detective circle?"
Although Hui Lijing is upright, she is not a fool, and she immediately understands Jason's thoughts.
"Hmm."
"Solving these weird cases in the name of detectives is more powerful for us."
Jason said.
Hui Lijing doesn't know what Jason means, but it's part of the deal between them - she assists Jason in solving these strange cases, and Jason teaches her 'mystical knowledge'.
"Wait a minute."
"I'll reach out and ask someone else."
"With so many people dead, someone will definitely notice."
After Hui Lijing finished speaking, she walked back to the bar, took out a phone book from there and began to rummage through the phone.
Jason, for his part, looked ahead.
[Swallowing 'raccoon dog' (miscellaneous)]
[Moderate recovery of physical strength, energy, and injuries!] γ
Satiety +20
[Satiety: 718]
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"Raccoon dog?"
Jason looked at the term with confusion in his eyes.
The 'mysterious side' of the dungeon world in front of him is obviously very different from the 'mysterious side' he came into contact with before, although knowledge, skills, and secret techniques can be used universally.
However, he lacks a lot of 'common sense' knowledge.
Subconsciously, Jason thought of his subordinate Tu Yumen Yuan.
The other party was born as an onmyoji, so naturally there is no shortage of such knowledge.
Just contact now...... This is likely to affect the original plan.
That......
Jason's gaze involuntarily looked at the other phone call left by the boss of the rock.
Grass wall?
Jason immediately shook his head.
He was not familiar with the other party.
If you call to ask for some knowledge, you will most likely be rejected.
It is even likely to cause disgust from the other party.
If it involves the well-meaning rock boss, Jason doesn't want to see it.
"So, we can only take one step at a time."
"Privately?"
Or......
"More direct?"
Jason's eyes narrowed slightly.
Before, the 'raccoon dog' came to him in the form of Modo, and Jason didn't think it was a coincidence.
Most likely, it was a temptation!
Perhaps it was the temptation that 'he' had caused before.
It is also possible that after the 'time of the devil', he was tempted by the 'fear of words' of Tong Shou Temple.
Either way, it's far from easy.
This time the other side failed.
Then the other party should have prepared for the next temptation.
Moreover, the means are bound to be drastic.
For the takeaway delivered to his door, Jason doesn't mind taking it all as ordered.
At the same time, he can also find more 'knowledge' from these 'foods'.
It shouldn't be hard to get the knowledge of trying sex.
Jason thought.
Hui Lijing ended the call.
"Tetsuya Shimura's case has a related commission."
"However, it's not Tetsuya Shimura himself, it's the younger brother of one of the dead people around him."
"I've got the address, do we need to meet him?"
Hui Lijing asked.
"Of course."
Jason stood up and walked out.
Hui Lijing immediately put on a jacket with pepper, chili water, lime, pistol, and grenade, and quickly followed Jason out of the White Bear Cafe, locked the door, hung up a sign that said 'The shopkeeper has something to do', and went straight to her car.
The car is parked at the entrance of the real Tongmori Town.
Hui Lijing drove back in the morning.
With the twist of the key and the roar of the car's engine, Hui Lijing removed the accelerator with one foot.
The car quickly disappeared into the midday sun.
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Sato took the yakisoba bread he bought from the small shop and walked absentmindedly on the school path.
He declined the invitation of the two friends to eat together, and just hid in a secluded corner, eating bread little by little.
It's just that the delicious yakisoba bread on weekdays tastes the same as chewing wax for Sato at this time.
His eyes stared straight ahead without focus, and he mechanically put the bread into his mouth.
"How could my brother die for no reason?"
"What do you mean by Tetsuya Shimura?"
"Did he kill my brother?"
"And then, faked everything?"
"Why can't those detectives find evidence?"
"Is Tetsuya Shimura so capable?"
Sato recalls information about Tetsuya Shimura.
and his brother.,Both are members of the 'Summer Symposium (Strange Talk)'.γ
Tetsu Shimura is also the president.
My brother is a member.
The relationship between the two sides is average, according to the elder brother, they can only be regarded as ordinary friends, and moreover, Tetsuya Shimura looks very gloomy, he doesn't like it very much, but his brother likes those terrifying urban legends very much, so he will join them.
"Hey!"
The voice behind him startled Sato, who was thinking, and when he turned his head to see the person who shouted him, Shimura Tetsuya, the bread in Sato's hand almost fell to the ground.
"Do you want to know the cause of your brother's death?"
"Come with me to the club's room."
"As long as you have passed the test, I will tell you everything."
Tetsuya Shimura had a gloomy face and muttered at a very fast pace.
Then, without waiting for Sato's answer, he turned around and left.
Sato was stunned.
Then he chased after him.
His idea was simple.
Everyone is in school, and Tetsuya Shimura doesn't dare to do anything even if he is a murderer.
He's going to be fine.