Chapter 21: Director Shadow Tsugawa
Hideji Tsugawa, a kind old man, has been serving as the director of the Rice Flower Library all year round. Although some people think that his appearance is terrible, most of the residents of Rice Flower Town still think that this curator is a good person.
Who would have thought that such a respected old curator would be engaged in drug trafficking business behind his back?
And today, Lai Qixiao intends to be the one who unmasks him.
After walking around the library a few times, Lai Qixiao was completely sure of the rifts and escape routes available in the library. This way, even if something unexpected happens in the cognitive world, he can get out in time.
After making general preparations, Lai Qixiao left the library and found a secluded place nearby. He took out a sticky note notebook from his pocket and wrote the name of Curator Tsugawa on it.
He had been prepared for a long time, and he didn't wait for the feeling of dizziness to hit, so he consciously closed his eyes.
After the dizziness disappeared, Lai Qixiao opened his eyes. At this time, he had successfully teleported and was in the world of cognition. He flipped through the map in his hand, and as he expected, the target's location was in the Rice Flower Library.
In the first two operations, Yuko Ikizawa's location was in front of Yoko Okino's house, and Akiyoshi Shadow's location was a high school. The place where their shadows appear is not synchronized with their real selves, but has to do with the source of their desires.
So if you follow this line of thought, Director Tsukawa, who hid drugs in the library, has a high probability that his shadow will appear in the library of the cognitive world.
Lai Qixiao, who changed into a strange thief costume, moved his muscles slightly, and then swaggered into the library.
The interior of the museum is roughly the same as in the real world, but there is no half of a figure in the large space, and only rows of bookshelves stand silently as far as the eye can see. Lai Qixiao casually took a book from the bookshelf and roughly flipped through a few pages. Somewhat surprised, he discovered that the text on it was indistinguishable from the real world and could be read entirely.
Lai Qixiao carried the book in his arms, and he planned to do a simple experiment to see if he could bring the objects in the cognitive world back to the real world.
He continued to follow the map and walked inside the library. It wasn't long before he saw the shadow of Director Tsugawa. Director Tsugawa was sitting in the center of the library, his lower body submerged in a sea of books, and the slightly frightened monkey face was being clasped by a mask, not being exposed to Rysu.
"It seems that Director Tsugawa, like the previous Fujie Akiyoshi, is a target that needs to be resolved by issuing a notice letter."
Lai Qixiao didn't hide himself, he just approached directly. And the director of the shadow Tsugawa, as he expected, was unaware of his uninvited guest, and still buried his head in the books in his hands.
Lai Qixiao craned his neck from behind his back, wanting to see what kind of book Director Shadow Tsugawa was reading. However, after a while, he found that what Director Tsugawa was holding in his hand was not the book at all, but a ledger that densely recorded various money transactions.
He frowned slightly, took a few steps back, and reached out to pull a book from the pile of books that had flooded the shadows of Curator Tsugawa. When he opened it, he found that the small book, whose cover was covered, contained a lot of 10,000 yuan bills, and aside from the money mixed in, the contents of the book were really shocking - all records about drugs.
Lai Qixiao took out and checked the other books around him, and found that the contents of these books were similar, and they were also mixed with a large amount of money.
Sure enough, just like in the original work, Director Tsugawa secretly hid the drugs in a batch of books that no one had borrowed. Perhaps because Director Tsukawa's desires have not yet been exposed, this evil transaction is reflected in the cognitive world, and it is wrapped in such a coat.
"Put down my book." Just when Lai Qixiao was still checking these books, Director Tsukawa, who had been silent, suddenly cast his gaze, "That's my baby." ”
Lai Qixiao was startled at first, and while obediently putting down the book in his hand, he was also ready to summon the personality mask.
But the director of the shadow Tsugawa obviously only paid attention to his own banknotes, and after seeing Lai Qixiao put down the book, he continued to bury his head in reading, returning to his previous silent appearance.
Seeing this, Lai Qixiao had a new idea in his heart. He once again pulled out a book in front of Director Tsugawa, and sure enough, the latter's eyes turned sideways again.
Before he could speak first, Lai Qixiao took the lead in blasting over with a question:
"Where did all the money in these books come from?"
"Earned from the hands of those addicts, of course. Those idiots were like monkeys in front of me. Director Shadow Tsugawa replied truthfully. No matter how hypocritical he is in reality, he will not lie in the cognitive world.
"So, you're secretly selling drugs?"
"I've been doing this for many years and haven't been found yet! That's a lot more money than being a broken curator! ”
Confirming the crime of Curator Tsugawa, Lai Qixiao didn't ask any more questions, he put the book back to Shadow Curator Tsugawa, and left the cognitive world without looking back, and returned to the bright sky.
Lai Qixiao lowered his head and looked at the brand-new book in his hand. This is the book from the cognitive world that he carried into his arms before. He flipped a few pages a little, and the words printed on the leaves were still clearly visible.
It seems that objects in the cognitive world can be brought to the real world...... No, it's too early to tell. Watch for a while, and maybe what will happen to the book.
Once you've confirmed your goals, the next thing you should do is send out a notice letter. But there is no need to worry about this matter for the time being, Lai Qixiao plans to start acting again tomorrow.
Now, he's just picked up a part-time job at a coffee shop, and it's still time to get over for an interview.
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Today's interview results are not bad, and Lai Qixiao successfully got this part-time job. Although the salary is average, it is better to have free working hours, which is quite good for him.
"Ahem, Ah Xiao, you're back!" As soon as he opened the door, he was warmly greeted by Dr. Asasa, but Dr. Asasa who appeared in front of Laiqixiao looked disgraced, as if he had fallen hard.
"Doctor, what's wrong with you? How did it get like this?! Lai Qixiao hurriedly stepped forward to help the doctor pat off the dust on his body, "Could it be that you are doing some dangerous experiments again?" ”
"No, it's not an explosion this time! I was just testing my new invention and ended up falling in a bad way. ”
"New invention?"
"Well, come with me to the backyard......"