Chapter 18: Three Questions in Philosophy
"Oh, I'm looking at the chandelier on the ceiling, this décor, uh...... It's kind of like a case that the senior sister recorded. Shiraishi fooled the topic with nonsense.
After that, he asked a series of questions to the Twilight Police Department about the case.
But after asking for a long time, his mouth was dry, and he failed to receive the task.
Shiraishi thought about it, suppressed his shame again, and said some middle two lines such as "Leave this case to me".
It's a pity that the face was thrown on the ground and trampled on it, but the effect was not seen at all - the taskbar was still empty.
…… If you continue to talk, even if it is a rough nerve like the Twilight Police Department, you will definitely be able to detect the problem.
Shiraishi let him go in disappointment, and then tried to change the angle and think about how to take the task...... Anyway, I don't really want him to pick an F key and bring it over.
However, when he thought of the keyboard, an idea suddenly popped up for Shiraishi.
He took the camera he borrowed temporarily, walked to a place with few people, squatted down and pretended to take pictures, but in fact turned on the light screen and looked at the initial interface.
Shiraishi remembers that on the initial screen, there will be a stickman representing him, and at the same time, a topographical map of the surrounding area of the character will also be displayed on the screen.
At this time, when he looked closely, Shiraishi found that it was the model of Yoko Okino's family.
Behind the stickman representing Shiraishi, there is a brown stickman sitting on a chair with a bubble exclamation mark on the top of his head.
- Except for the size, color, and shape are exactly the same as the one on the head of the Twilight Police Department.
There is a door!
Shiraishi's eyes lit up, he pretended to check the camera, raised his hand and secretly poked the stickman.
The brown stickman shook his head, and after a few moments, the bubbles above his head slowly expanded, elongating into a rectangular task box.
It is not marked with a title as usual, but a synopsis first.
[Tonight, the unknown Maori Detective Agency was lucky enough to receive a commission:
Popular idol Yoko Okino has been very distressed recently. This month, she always feels like someone is following her.
- It's not an illusion. Because since two weeks ago, she has received many photos that have been taken secretly. Threatening letters were often stuffed into the cracks of her doors, and unpleasant silent phone calls were always available at midnight......
A week ago, the situation became even more serious. When Yoko Okino returned home, she found that the drawers and wardrobes had been turned into a mess, and the position of the furniture had been subtly moved.
Only then did she realize that the invisible tailgator had invaded her home at some point, and perhaps it was hiding behind curtains, in the closet, under the edge of the bed...... Admire her frightened appearance.
The idol suffered from her fan, Detective Maori, who was angry, and he readily accepted the commission.
Just followed Yoko Okino to her apartment, and when she opened the door, she was greeted by a pink and cute room that was not an idol.
It's the corpse of a strange man lying across the hall.]
【Objective:】
This is where the whole page comes to an abrupt end.
Shiraishi was stunned, and his eyes swept down again, only to find that because there were too many words, the dialog box had almost reached the bottom of the light screen, so the content behind it had turned the page.
“…… How nice it would be to put the words 'mission objective' in the back, just hanging in the air, it's weird to look at it. ”
Shiraishi muttered and turned the page, waiting for the page to refresh while pulling through information from his elementary school memories in an attempt to guess who the prisoner was.
- First of all, get rid of Yoko Okino. In the original book, this idol also appeared in the back, so she definitely wasn't caught.
The rest are Yoko Okino's agent, Eiichi Yamagishi, and Yuko Ikezawa, who appeared here inexplicably.
When the police officer asked Yuko Ikezawa just now, Shiraishi also listened to it and learned that this person was an artist who debuted at the same time as Yoko Okino.
The two often work together, but for various reasons, Yoko Okino's popularity always overwhelms Yuko Ikezawa, and Yuko Ikezawa is very dissatisfied with this. And according to the agent with the sharp-beaked monkey cheeks, a while ago, the relationship between the two deteriorated quickly and unilaterally due to competition for the heroine of a TV series.
Bad interpersonal relationships often serve as a reference when delineating suspects. It can be said that as soon as Yuko Ikezawa appeared near Yoko Okino's house, she automatically lit up a suspicious aura.
And the earrings fell next to the corpse, ran away when she saw the police, and kept silent about what she was here for, etc., which made her even more suspicious.
It's so suspicious, so it shouldn't be a murderer...... Shiraishi silently crossed out Yuko Ikezawa as well.
The only thing left is the skinny agent.
If you think about it carefully, if you want to successfully assassinate such a tall and strong man, even if you sneak attack from behind, it is difficult for a thin and thin female idol to succeed.
As a male agent, it's different, maybe under his thin body, there are eight pack abs and tendon meat......
After the initial guess, Shiraishi came back to his senses and prepared to check the task.
As soon as his eyes were focused, his whole person was stunned - there was still not a word in the task box, the system was slow as if it was stuck, only a few small dots were arranged in a circle, and they were constantly rotating in the middle of the screen.
What's going on, is the quality so worrisome?
Shiraishi habitually wanted to get up and slap twice, but this thought had just flickered, and the task box suddenly flashed and refreshed from top to bottom, and soon, a line of words was displayed alone.
Shiraishi originally thought that the mission would be to "save innocent people who have been wrongfully accused of being murderers" or "find the real culprit".
As a result, when I looked closely, those words were:
【Liberation of the Wandering Spirit】
"Liberation...... What's that? ”
Shiraishi stared at the screen, stunned.
He was almost dizzy in doubt, and just as he wanted to raise his hand and rub his eyes, at this moment, those words suddenly turned into flickering black and white spots.
With just one breath, the ominous spot of light quickly spread, engulfing the entire screen.
Shiraishi watched as the light screen struggled and flickered like an old TV with poor contact. A few seconds later, without giving the order to close, the light screen twisted twice and disappeared suddenly.
Without it, Shiraishi's line of sight fell unobstructed.
After a glance, his heart was tight, and he stood up and looked around vigilantly.
——In front of me is no longer the hardcover living room of Yoko Okino's house, but a corridor about seven or eight meters long.
There is a door at the end of the hallway and one on the left, the one at the end is covered with dust, and the one on the left is wide open with a light inside.
Shiraishi recognized it in an instant, because just ten minutes ago, he had just seen the exact same view.
- Isn't this the L-shaped corridor when you first got out of the elevator?
Everything was like being rewound, back to the moment when he first went upstairs.
…… No, no, it's a little different.
Except for him, everyone is gone!
Needless to say, Miwako Sato and Yuko Ikezawa, who went upstairs together, even the originally lively room on the left became silent at the moment, and the warm yellow entrance light overflowed the door and shone into the corridor, but it couldn't make people feel warm anymore, and they only panicked for a while.
It was like a dream.
But Shiraishi's thoughts were extremely clear. Without pinching himself, he could immediately tell that all this was happening.
Thinking of this, Shiraishi immediately wanted to confirm the way out, he subconsciously turned around, and saw a cordon behind him, and behind the cordon, there was an elevator.
Looking up, the number of floors at the top of the elevator shows "-13".
“……”
This Nima ...... There are too many negatives!
What the hell, there's a mine hidden under the building?!
After a second or two, the corridor light flickered violently a few times, and then suddenly went out, plunging the surroundings into darkness.
At the same time, the bright red number at the top jumped, becoming -12.
The elevator is on its way up.
It's getting closer and closer to the white rock.