The Witch's Taste

Chapter 23 Temporary Work
Ashiya Yu, who used to be a friend of his father's in the industry, now runs the largest private exorcism office in Jibei City, and it is said that he has more than 300 regular customers.

In industries such as detectives and lawyers that lack the monopoly of big platforms, regular customers who are willing to pay for supernatural affairs are extremely valuable resources. Therefore, when Ashiya Yu bluntly said on the phone that he would take him to meet the "big customer", Chen Ziang I was also a little moved—this is really not treating myself as an outsider.

In order to show his sincerity, of course he quickly packed his luggage, took the mandala magic sword and the spiritual pressure meter, and took a taxi to the "Ashiya Detective Agency" before he even had time to eat lunch.

After all, although it is an exorcism office, due to the characteristics of spiritual pollution, of course "exorcism" cannot be put on the signboard.

In short, it was almost one o'clock in the afternoon when he arrived at the office.

Chen Ziang followed the secretary in the aisle, and suddenly heard a fierce female voice from a distance, as if to vent his dissatisfaction:
"If this little matter can't be resolved, I don't think we need to talk anymore."

"Sorry, we're still investigating the specific reason." Then came Ashiya Yu's voice of explanation, "But do we have to rule out the possibility of disease when we have nightmares?"

"This aspect is not what you should consider." The female voice continued to sternly said, "What you have to do is to confirm or rule out the supernatural factors in it!"

"If it is confirmed that her nightmares every night have nothing to do with curses, head-dropping, etc., then of course I will go to other doctors, but you can't confirm now, can you?"

"Miss Hoshino." Ashiya Yu said with a wry smile, "We promise that we will give you an answer as soon as possible...Oh, Chen Ziang is here."

Chen Ziang pushed the door open, nodded with Ashiya Yu, and then looked at the people in the room.

Ashiya Yu, who is known as the heir of the famous ancient onmyoji Ashiya Doman, is also the principal of Ashiya Detective Agency. He looks like a curly-haired uncle in his 40s. He holds a cigarette in his hand, which is not lit. His face is full of helpless wry smiles. .

Sitting on the guest seat opposite the coffee table was a mature woman in professional attire, who looked about 30 years old, with a bit of impatience in her majestic expression, and looked over with contemptuous and scrutinizing eyes.

"Who is this?" The mature woman asked with a frown.

"My assistant, Chen Ziang." Ashiya Yu gestured for him to sit beside him.

Chen Ziang sat down on the sofa and saw the business card on the coffee table with the words "Manager: Hoshino Norika" printed on it.

"What kind of commission?" he asked in a low voice.

"Ms. Hoshino's entertainers have been having nightmares every night for a week." Ashiya Yu said with a sigh, "It has seriously affected her normal work and sleep quality, so she came to us to find out the reason."

"But you don't seem to be able to solve my problem." Norika Hoshino said coldly, "Maybe I should find another firm."

"Forgive me for asking, is the content of the nightmare the same every night?" Chen Ziang asked for confirmation.

A dream is a reflection of the subconscious mind, if it is a dream caused by spiritual pollution, the content should be roughly the same.

"It can be said to be the same, or it can be said to be different." Ashiya Yu explained, "The same thing is that in almost every nightmare, she is committing suicide."

"suicide?"

"The difference is that the method of suicide is different every time." Ashiya Yu said with a wry smile, "We went to her residence and the place where she usually works, and did not find any traces of mysterious pollution, so it cannot be ruled out that it is psychological. Possibility of disease..."

"Maki is usually very optimistic, and her career is also on the rise, everything is going well, where is her psychological problem?" Hoshino Norika interrupted him, "What I want is the answer, not this kind of ambiguity, Unfounded speculation!"

"Maki?" Chen Ziang was stunned for a moment, "Is that the female star who sang?"

"It is Chimaru's rapid rise to the top of the rankings, selected for three consecutive years in the Red and White Song Contest, the most valuable female singer-songwriter at the Golden Record Awards, and the well-known singer who won the first place in the "National Goddess" vote last year, Kiritani Maki!" Hoshino Norika was very dissatisfied with the title of "singing female star".

"Sorry." Chen Ziang said hastily, "Miss Kiritani Maki is indeed very famous, I still have her record at home, and my sister likes her songs very much... So she doesn't have any psychological problems, right?"

"Maki has a psychiatrist." Norika Hoshino said coldly, "she also undergoes regular stress tests, and all her psychological indicators are normal."

"Actually." The manager's upper body leaned forward slightly, making her expression and words more oppressive, "If you have really met Maki, you will know that this child is not the type who is good at hiding emotions. A little bit of grievance, she will definitely tell me!"

Hoshino Norika spoke so convincingly that it was difficult for Ashiya Yu and Chen Ziang to continue to speculate on "mental illness".

"Since Ms. Hoshino is sure it's not a psychological problem." Chen Ziang said seriously, "Maybe I can only trouble you and arrange for us to meet the person involved. After all, whether the person involved is troubled by mystery, we can't help but rely on your description alone Judgmental."

"Impossible!" Hoshino Jixiang immediately refused, "She will have a concert at the Budokan next week, and she is actively adjusting her status today. It is impossible for me to bring a group of dubious people to influence her!"

What do you mean by a dubious person... Chen Ziang was used to being a security officer, and this was the first time he was evaluated as a "dirty person", so he couldn't help but wryly smiled.

However, this star agent, on the one hand, really looked down on the detective profession, and on the other hand, she had to seek help from the people she despised. It seemed that the big star had indeed been extremely seriously affected.

"If you continue to have nightmares in the future, your state will definitely not be much better next week, right?" Ashiya Yu also knew the other party's psychology well, and directly resorted to a decisive blow.

Hoshino Norika's face was full of anger, but she was speechless.

Holding a concert at the Heiankyo Budokan is the ultimate goal that many singers have dreamed of, and it is also an important milestone for Kiritani Maki's rise in the music industry. Any mistakes are absolutely not allowed.

The reason why she spends the whole day adjusting her state is also because she is plagued by nightmares and lack of sleep at night, so that she is always in a daze during the day-even almost ate the napkin as toast this morning.

"Okay." Although it was very uncomfortable to be threatened by others, Hoshino Norika, who knew that everything must be compromised for the concert, finally gave in, "I will take you to see her, but..."

"...you are not allowed to ask questions unrelated to the investigation."

Chen Ziang and Ashiya Yu naturally agreed.

Hoshino Norika went outside to arrange a driver, while Ashiya Yu asked Chen Ziang:

"So why were you suspended?"

"The unit will confiscate the sealed items." Chen Ziang said with a sigh.

"Hey." Ashiya Yu also sneered and lit a cigarette, "To be honest, I'm not surprised at all."

"The most powerful thing about the system is that it doesn't care whether you are a god or a Buddha, a devil or an asura outside, and it will turn you into something unique to the system after entering."

"Confiscating the sealed item is just a trivial matter. Believe it or not, maybe in the future, the regular security officers will stop working and hire people like us to solve the incident?"

"As long as I have work to do, I don't care if I don't have a plan, at least I don't have to follow those outrageous rules." Chen Ziang was complaining when his phone vibrated suddenly.

Taking a closer look, it was a text message from Tsukimiya Suzuna:

"Senior, I scolded the big idiot of the racecourse, and then I was also suspended! Where are you, I will find you~"

(End of this chapter)