Zhou Tong Detective Series

Chapter 15 Zhou Tong Detective Series I: Death Tarot Cards (15)
"Fukaguchi Hideyoshi came to tell me about Amiko's death, and also told you about you." The old man did not wait for Yan Yongjie to ask again, and continued in one breath: "Fukaguchi Hideyoshi's father, Fukaguchi Hirota, is my comrade-in-arms. We once joined the army and participated in the invasion of China. After the defeat, Hirota and I returned to Japan. At this time, Hirota received a letter from Aoye, asking him to assist Captain Ishii to complete a plan. At that time, Hirota found another Because he knew that I was the descendant of the Iga ninja, and hoped that I could use the power of the ninja to help them. But I didn't expect that what I did with Hirota would kill his two grandsons and my granddaughter, Everything is retribution!"

"What exactly did you do to assist Captain Ishii? What secrets are hidden in the death tarot cards?" Yan Yongjie looked at the old man intently, waiting for his answer.

"Captain Ishii, he..." The old man just said, but the wall behind him suddenly turned 180 degrees, and a man in purple rushed out from behind, and then stabbed the old man's chest with a long knife.Yan Yongjie wanted to rescue but was a step late. When she hugged the old man, the long knife had already penetrated the old man's chest.

"This...this is...Amiko's diary..." The old man looked into his arms with the last of his strength, and then died.

"This old guy, I should have killed him a long time ago!" The purple ninja wiped the long knife in his hand. He knew that Yan Yongjie didn't understand Japanese, so he said coldly in Chinese.

"It's you again? Who are you?" Yan Yongjie saw that the man in purple was the one who attacked them in Hell Valley.

"I am Kuroi Hiromitsu, the current leader of Iga Ninja! And this time, you will never leave here alive!" The purple-clothed ninja made no secret of his identity. In his heart, Yan Yongjie would never leave here alive.

"You're dead!" Yan Yongjie took out a notebook from the old man's arms, put it in his pocket, and then slowly stood up, his eyes fixed on Hei Jinghongguang in front of him.

"Baga!" Heijing Hongguang yelled, and the long knife in his hand turned into layers of light, covering Yan Yongjie.

Yan Yongjie fought against Kuroi in Hokkaido, knowing that the opponent's skill is still higher than that of Hideyoshi Fukaguchi, seeing the fierceness of the sword, she dared not be careless, so she immediately opened her fists to break the shadow of the sword, and took the ninja in purple.

Heijing Hongguang didn't expect Yan Yongjie's fists to be so tyrannical, and he could advance and retreat freely in the shadow of the knife without fear.

Although Yan Yongjie spoke fiercely, she knew that if she continued to fight here for a long time, once other ninjas came to help out, she might not be the one who died but Hiromitsu Kuroi, and she had gained a lot this time, so she accidentally hit her. Accidentally solved the mystery of the cherry blossoms left by Amiko, so she had already planned to run away if she had the chance.

And this opportunity came soon, Yan Yongjie seized a flaw in Heijing Hongguang, and slapped him on the waist with a fist.Heijing Hongguang had no choice but to withdraw his offensive and cut Yan Yongjie's wrist horizontally, forcing her to withdraw her palm.

However, Yan Yongjie had already taken the initiative to withdraw her palm, flew up, and pressed down on the long knife on Heijing Hongguang's chest from top to bottom.Heijing Hongguang held the knife in both hands and tried his best to block Yan Yongjie's kick.This block of Heijing Hongguang is exactly what Yan Yongjie needs. With the power of this block, she soars into the air, breaks through the roof, bounces a few times, lands on the ground, and gallops away.

The ninja lurking outside the house was caught off guard by this sudden scene, and when he came to his senses, Yan Yongjie was already a hundred meters away.

Heijing Hongguang didn't allow Yan Yongjie to escape like this, and immediately led a group of ninjas to chase after him like shooting stars chasing the moon.Yan Yongjie didn't dare to stay for a moment, and kept changing her posture to avoid the darts shot by the ninja behind her.However, this just slowed down the running speed, and the ninjas of Iga-ryu were about to catch up.But at this moment, the siren of a police car came from afar.

"Withdraw!" Kuroi Hiromitsu stopped, not daring to continue chasing.

Yan Yongjie finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out that Zhou Tong saw that Yan Yongjie was in danger alone, and he couldn't move, so he had to yell and call the hotel proprietress, the mother Sang, over.Seeing that the situation was wrong, the mother, Sang, immediately called the police in a panic, but unexpectedly, she actually helped Yan Yongjie out.

Yan Yongjie returned to the hotel, ignoring Zhou Tong's surprised expression, and immediately took the police back to the bamboo forest after unlocking his acupoints.However, what she didn't expect was that within a few hours, all the buildings in that group disappeared, leaving only an empty grass field.

After the police confirmed that this was a false report, they severely criticized Yan Yongjie and the restaurant's mother Sang, and then left angrily.However, Zhou Tong's poisonous injury was determined to be bitten by poisonous insects, and he was sent to a hospital in Mie County.

It wasn't until the next morning that Zhou Tong woke up from his sleep, and the first thing he saw was Yan Yongjie.

"You are so lucky!" Yan Yongjie returned to her cold expression.

"I'm afraid there are hypnotic ingredients in this poison." Zhou Tong rubbed his eyes with his hands and said a little embarrassedly.

"Look at this first!" Yan Yongjie handed the diary to Zhou Tong. She doesn't know Japanese, so she has been waiting here for Zhou Tong to wake up.

Zhou Tong took the diary and flipped through it.

May 2000, 8 sunny
Today is my birthday, grandpa sent someone to send a beautiful kimono, it is really beautiful, I finally put on a kimono for the first time.Brother Wu Zhi also gave me a big fluffy teddy bear, and bought me a birthday cake and candles. It's hard to imagine that he is so serious and careful!What surprised me even more was that Brother Hideyoshi, who was far away in Hokkaido, also sent me a gift, a string of pearl necklaces, which fits very well. I also wish him an early completion of kendo training.

May 2000, 9 sunny
Wuji and I went to Ueno Park. We visited Kaneiji Temple, Tokugawa Keling Temple, Tosho Palace, Kiyomizu Hall, and Saigo Takamori Copper Garden. I find it very interesting.By the way, we also saw the black swan. In the sunset, the beautiful black swan flew over the lake, waving its elegant wings, and a wave of light swept up. It was so beautiful!But at this moment, I thought of Brother Hideyoshi again, how is he?His kendo should already be stronger than before, right?I don't know when Brother Hideyoshi will come back, but if he is here, we will have more fun!

Overcast April 2000, 9
Brother Hideyoshi came back unexpectedly. When I saw him, I couldn’t believe my eyes. I lost my composure and threw myself into his arms. He hugged me tightly. I cried, and I didn’t know why I cried .Brother Hideyoshi has finally completed his kendo training. He looks stronger than before, and his eyes are more determined and profound.And Wu Zhi even offered to learn kendo with Brother Hideyoshi. Originally, their kendo level was between brothers, but today in the kendo competition, Wu Zhi lost to Brother Hideyoshi.Brother Hideyoshi drew his sword so fast that I couldn't even see his movements clearly.

Rain on October 2000, 10
A strange guest came to Wuzhi's house today, his eyes were terrifying, when I met his eyes, my body couldn't help but tremble...

Rain on October 2000, 10
Today I went to Wuzhi, but I accidentally heard some horrible things, I really don't know whether I should say it or not.When I heard these things, I accidentally made a sound. That terrible person may have discovered me, which is really scary!Fortunately, Brother Hideyoshi rejected their request!I don't know if Wu Zhi knows about these things, should I tell him?But I couldn't help but went to find my grandfather, but the strange thing is that my grandfather got angry when he heard this, and asked me to forget everything I heard and saw, and leave Japan immediately.Grandpa also seemed to know something, but he refused to say it.I will never leave Japan, leave my home...

Rain on October 2000, 10
It was raining all the time, and I didn't go anywhere, so I just lay at home for a whole day.I was still thinking about what happened yesterday. The war has been over for so long. Aren’t we good now? Why do we want to hurt the Chinese? If there is such a thing, it would be too scary.I decided to tell Wu Zhi about this. He is a policeman and should be able to prevent such a tragedy from happening. I really hope everything is a nightmare!
Overcast April 2000, 10
Today I told Wu Zhi everything I knew. He was very surprised and couldn't believe it, but he still promised me that he would investigate this matter.

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May 2000, 10 sunny
Terrible, really terrible!My hands are still trembling almost until now. How did such an incredible thing happen? Just... just a single tarot card caused a person to brutally lose his life... Why did I see such a scene ?Is there anything more terrifying than such a death?Even people like Takeji and Hideyoshi were too scared to speak out!What a beautiful girl, they killed her so cruelly!They threatened Takeji and Hideyoshi to let me die like this if they don't follow orders!No, never, if that's the case, I'd rather end my life in my own way!Takeji, Brother Hideyoshi, please help me, I'm so scared, so scared...

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The diary left by An Meizi was written six years ago, and it is incomplete, and the handwriting in many places has been blurred, but Zhou Tong was greatly shocked after reading it.

"What exactly is said in the diary?" Yan Yongjie asked anxiously.

Zhou Tong watched Yan Yongjie recount the contents of the diary with a serious expression.

Then, Zhou Tong sorted out all the clues in his brain again, and then said: "According to the information and clues we have now, if my reasoning is not wrong, my father, Hu Fangli, Wang Hong, Ma Huijia... These people are not suicidal, they are all under the control of a drug, and the death tarot is probably a specific tool to stimulate this drug."

"It's no wonder that when the man in black wanted to kill us, he ran away like crazy when he saw the Tarot cards falling from your body, and he saved me again without killing me, most likely because of An Meizi." Yan Yongjie said It was only then that I realized that the man in black Fukaguchi Hideyoshi did this for the woman he loved deeply, and he was really an unfortunate person.

"Well, that's right! Aoye's letter once said that Captain Ishii took the research results of Unit [-] and returned to China to secretly form an organization. I think this drug must be related to the human trials conducted by Unit [-] in China. Related, but we still don't know what kind of medicine it is and how it works, so we have to go back to China as soon as possible, and ask the top domestic experts to make a comprehensive and detailed analysis of this death tarot card to see Can you find any new clues!" Zhou Tong said as he took out the death tarot card from his pocket.

"But as far as I know, the forensic doctor did not find any medicinal ingredients in Hu Fangli's body." Yan Yongjie questioned Zhou Tong's statement.

"I think they may need to conduct a more comprehensive examination of the corpse!" Zhou Tong is currently having a hard time explaining this point, and he is also reasoning based on the information he has found so far.

"If everything is as you said, then the purpose of this organization is definitely not to use this drug to kill a few people. If they spread this drug in China, the consequences will be terrible!" Yan Yongjie couldn't help saying her own worry.

"Exactly, so we need to find them out and stop them before they implement this plan!" Zhou Tong clenched his fists and said.

Yan Yongjie nodded naturally.

"Oh, by the way, how are Li Wanren and Li Ying doing now?" Zhou Tong asked.

"I just talked to them on the phone. Because of Li Wanren, Li Changfeng asked them to return to China immediately, so they have already boarded the plane."

"That's fine, it's too dangerous for them here."

"There is still a little doubt. Why did they kill Wang Hong, Hu Fangli and Ma Huijia? Didn't this expose them early and attract our attention?" Yan Yongjie suddenly asked in confusion.

"There is only one possibility. They are the ones who must be killed! As long as we go back and investigate carefully, there will definitely be clues!" Zhou Tong's tone was very confident.

"Death rides a white horse, and white is the purest color. Indeed, death is like an eraser, erasing everything that has passed, making everything reborn, and starting all over again like a blank sheet of paper. Death It is a very perfect card for getting rid of the past. If there was an unbearable past in the past, the god of death can let you start over. Then if a murderer leaves a death card for the deceased after committing a crime, do you think he wants to imply What? From the perspective of criminal psychology, there is only one possibility for the murderer to do this. He wants to start anew with a past failure and win!"

Opposite Yan Yongjie was an expert in criminal psychology.Yan Yongjie never thought that she would seek help from experts in this field, but the stagnation of the investigation made her more and more anxious.

Since Zhou Tong, Yan Yongjie, Li Wanren and Li Ying returned to China, everything seems to have returned to calm. There is no man in black, no death, and everything that has happened is like a nightmare.And the investigation work has not made any further progress. Medicines, tarot cards, and the deceased have not found any connection between them.However, it was this kind of calm that made each of them feel uneasy.

Zhou Tong and Li Ying also seem to have returned to the life of a normal high school student, going to school, reviewing, taking exams...

Li Ying would still trouble Zhou Tong every now and then, Zhou Tong was used to it, and he would even take the initiative to go to Li Ying's house to play with her, so if Li Ying didn't come to trouble him, he would be a bit puzzled.

Li Wanren returned to the company to continue working. Strictly speaking, Qifeng Petrochemical is no longer an enterprise belonging to the Li family, but they are still the major shareholders.However, both Li Changfeng and Li Wanren were surprised that Jinling Club let Li Wanren continue to be the general manager in charge of decision-making and management of the company's business.

This stalemate lasted until a sudden visit from Yan Yongjie's old classmate Chen Xiaoxuan.

"Xiaoxuan!" Yan Yongjie recognized Chen Xiaoxuan standing at the door of her house at a glance. If she didn't go home today to put something at home, Chen Xiaoxuan might find it difficult to meet her.

Seeing Yan Yongjie, Chen Xiaoxuan immediately went up to meet her, "Yong Jie, you are finally back!"

"You girl, why do you only know to come to see me now!" Yan Yongjie said affectionately while holding Chen Xiaoxuan's hand.

"I...I'm in trouble this time, you have to help me..." Chen Xiaoxuan looked haggard.

"Cough! Cough!" Zhou Tong followed Yan Yongjie with a lot of things, so he was afraid that the two of them would have a long chat here, so he deliberately coughed dryly behind them twice, interrupting their conversation.

"Oh, by the way, let me introduce you!" Yan Yongjie pointed to Zhou Tong behind him, and said, "He is Zhou Tong, the son of Teacher Song!"

"Hello."

"Hello."

Zhou Tong and Chen Xiaoxuan greeted each other.

"Xiaoxuan, what did you say about you just now?" Yan Yongjie asked again.

Chen Xiaoxuan said anxiously, "Let's talk in the car!"

So, the two followed Chen Xiaoxuan into the car, but Chen Xiaoxuan drove the car without saying a word, as if making a very difficult decision.But Yan Yongjie and Zhou Tong sat in the car with some embarrassment.

Seeing Chen Xiaoxuan's nervous expression, Yan Yongjie knew that something must be wrong with her, so she couldn't help asking, "Xiaoxuan, what happened?"

Chen Xiaoxuan said hesitantly: "I shouldn't trouble you, but I really don't know who to ask for help..."

Hearing what she said, Yan Yongjie immediately held her hand comfortingly and said, "We are good sisters, if there is anything that needs my help, I will do my best!"

Chen Xiaoxuan's emotions suddenly became agitated at this time, she suddenly stepped on the brakes, and said in a voice full of fear: "We... our house has a ghost!"

(End of this chapter)