Standing outside the black Toyota LC80 SUV is a foreign man in a reddish-brown jacket with a single-lens reflex camera around his neck, looking like a photographer who has come to take pictures in the forest.

Fujiwara rolled down the window and asked directly in English, "Hello, is there anything wrong?" without knowing whether the other party could speak Japanese. ”

"Hello sir, I'm photographing this nostalgic forest right now, and I'm here because I was taken care of by Mr. Takeda before, but I accidentally got lost, I wonder if you can give me a ride?" The foreign man's fluent Japanese language didn't even have much accent, which made the three people sitting in the car wonder if this guy had lived in Japan since he was a child.

Mr. Takeda? Fujiwara Yu raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect to meet someone who was also going to Takeda's house by such a coincidence, so he had to point to the back seat of the car and explained: "This gentleman, if you don't mind, you can get in the car first, we don't know the direction of Takeda's house, and now we plan to call someone else to help." ”

"Thank you so much!" Hattori Heiji, who was sitting in the co-pilot, pushed open the door the moment he saw the foreign man open the back seat door of the car, and under the surprised gaze of Toyama and Ye and the foreign man, he directly pointed to the co-pilot's position and said coldly: "You are a guest, go and sit in the co-pilot!" Fujiwara Yo, who was holding his chin to watch the show, took this scene into his eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Today's young people are not ordinarily possessive, and they are not even allowed to sit together.

The foreign man who got into the car was very talkative, he smiled and introduced himself: "Hello, I'm Rob Taylor from the United States, a photographer who loves nature, what are your names?" Under Rob Taylor's self-introduction, all three people in the car also said their names.

Fujiwara Yu pushed the car door and was about to get out of the car to call for help, but he didn't expect the sound of a car engine to come from behind, and he squinted and saw a white truck coming this way.

Seeing this, he hung up the phone he had just dialed and waved his left hand towards the white truck. The driver of the truck apparently stopped the car when he saw someone waving his hand, and a flat-headed man with a cigarette in his mouth poked his head out, glanced at the SUV and asked, "What's wrong?" Is the car breaking down? ”

"No, we just got lost in the forest, may I ask you, sir, do you know how to get to the Takeda family in Puppet Peak?" The flat-headed man couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, he looked at the purple-haired young man with a strange expression for a while, and did not rush to answer this question, but asked instead: "What are you going to do at Takeda's house?" When Fujiwara heard this question, he understood that the other party knew the location of the Takeda family, and he patiently began to explain the matter of the letter of entrustment, and did not forget to observe the change in the expression of the flat-headed man while explaining.

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When he heard one of the adjectives, the flat-headed man couldn't help but chuckle, and he flicked his cigarette ash and laughed, "Hmph, this is indeed the current situation of our family." Because a series of unfortunate things have happened in the past few years, the nearby residents have taken a nickname, saying that we are the Spider Mansion of Puppet Peak, if you don't want to be cursed, it's better not to approach casually. So, do you understand? Yuanshan and Ye, who were sitting in the back seat of the car, hurriedly showed a frightened expression, she had never liked horror legends such as monsters, let alone related to spiders, and her back was cold when she thought about it.

"Sir, you're from the Takeda family? Do you recognize the handwriting of this letter? "Hattori Heiji pushed the door and got out of the car and handed the letter of entrustment directly to the flat-headed man, he came here just to return the commission fee, and by the way, he came to Tottori Prefecture for a tour.

The flat-headed man took the letter of entrustment and looked at it for a while, he shook his head and said, "This handwriting doesn't look like it's from our family, but if you don't have a place to go, you can come to our house." ”

"Then I'm bothering you to lead the way in front, and we'll pay for the accommodation after we leave."

"Heh, you don't have to pay for accommodation, you are not afraid of the rumors of the Spider Mansion." The mountain road in the forests of Tottori Prefecture is not easy to navigate, and after several forks in the road, I finally arrived at the Takeda house, which is located halfway up the mountainside.

After Fujiwara Yu parked the car, he looked at the Japanese-style building in front of him, and it was not difficult to see from the appearance that the Takeda family had a thick background.

He walked up to Rob Taylor with his satchel, as if he was communicating something with a dark-haired woman, and he looked quite emotional.

As soon as he got closer, he heard the black-haired woman with a look of regret on her face and explained to Rob Taylor, "Yes, two or three days after you left, Misa hanged herself on the second floor of the puppet warehouse. ”

"Is it suicide?" Heiji Hattori, who was standing on the side, hurriedly asked.

"Well, and a few days later, my sister-in-law, who is Mei Sha, and her mother also hanged herself in the same place." The black-haired woman sighed lightly when she said this, obviously thinking that the continuous suicide incidents were quite unacceptable.

Fujiwara Yoshi frowned habitually when he heard this, and it was good to say that there was a suicide, but it was not in line with common sense to happen one after another.

He couldn't help but think of the contents of the entrustment letter, paced forward and asked, "Hello, can you ask the reason for Meisha's mother's suicide?" ”

"I don't know about this, and I don't know how ...... this is."

"Anyone else committed suicide?"

"Yes, just a week ago, Mr. Negishi, who often takes care of my eldest brother, also hanged himself on the second floor of the puppet warehouse. He secretly came in and committed suicide while our family was not at home during the day. "It just doesn't make sense.

It stands to reason that suicides usually commit suicide with the mentality of not wanting to trouble others, so how could this man named Negishi go to great lengths to commit suicide by sneaking into a friend's warehouse?

It's like sitting on the ground

The rumors of the "Spider Mansion" are really unreasonable. Hattori Heiji reached out and pulled the sleeve of Sosuke Takashi, stepped forward and whispered, "Brother Takaji, you also noticed that something was wrong, right?" These three suicides may not have hidden circumstances among them. ”

"Well, but it's too early to draw conclusions, and we still need evidence to prove it." After Fujiwara Yu answered this sentence, he looked at the black-haired woman, and in order to further understand the situation, he took the initiative to ask, "Can you take the liberty of asking this Negishi-san Mr. who often comes to your house?" Although the black-haired woman was a little curious about who the purple-haired young man was, she still patiently answered his question: "Well, because my eldest brother is a puppet master, Mr. Negishi, who is in charge of the sales and delivery of puppets, often comes to our house. By the way, are you friends with Rob? Fujiwara Yu realized that he had not introduced himself, and he took a small step to the side to block Hattori Heiji, who was about to take out the letter of entrustment, and gestured with his left hand hidden behind his back

After the gesture of "don't", he took out the police ID he was carrying: "I forgot to introduce myself, I am Sosuke Takaji, a criminal police officer from the Osaka Police Headquarters, and I came here to investigate Mr. Negishi's suicide, and I was entrusted by a friend of his in Osaka." "Is it the police?

And it's the Osaka police!

"Then I'm really asking you, my brother also thinks that this matter is not simple and wants to find a private detective to investigate, but I didn't expect the police to come first." The honest-looking man suddenly appeared from behind him, he noticed the confusion on the faces of several people, and took the initiative to introduce himself: "I am the second son of the Takeda family, Takeda Ryuji, this is my wife Takeda Yoko, please advise." Fujiwara nodded politely at him, but also grasped a key point: Mr. Negishi committed suicide a week ago, and this mysterious letter of commission was also sent to Hattori a week ago, and the person who sent the letter may be a member of the Takeda family, or it may be the murderer who created a series of suicides.

Oh, things seem to be getting interesting.