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Chapter 1448 Abstract Ceremony (I will always be young and beautiful at the age of seventeen!)

The following is Rina’s recorded remarks.

"When I entered this store, Miss Shaye was already the number one, and the customers liked her very much. Not only the customers, but even other colleagues also admired her. How can I put it, in this kind of work, it is difficult to undermine each other? It's normal. But Miss Shaye has a natural charisma, and everyone is willing to listen to her. She will also help us and teach us how to deal with guests. She said that her dream in the future is to open a club. Just think of it as gaining experience.”

"Miss Saya's life experience? She seems to be from Wakayama, and she came here to work hard... Well, but everyone is like this, and so am I. I don't want to waste my youth in a small country place, and I want to come to a big city while I'm young. Look. Ah, actually I like reading mystery novels, and I also watch a lot of detective shows, so I know you, Mr. Duanmu. After all, your features are so obvious, but having said that, you look better in person than on TV. Even taller..."

"Sorry, I'm off topic... Ahem, in short, Miss Shaye is very popular, so when she called a few of us top-ranking people to a party, no one refused. Then at that party, Ms. Saya expressed that she wanted to take a few people to Gion..."

"Huh? You said this is not Gion? Mr. Duanmu, you just don't understand. To outsiders, maybe the whole place is Gion, but to us, it's only the small area inside. , is the real Gion - the stores there are membership-based, and you have to be recommended by an acquaintance to enter, and the people who come in and out are CEOs of big companies and politicians. In fact, many sisters dream of entering Gion. , working there. Compared with them, the difference between us is like a third-rate idol and a superstar.”

"Ah, that's right, it means Miss Saya is poaching people. When I heard Miss Saya say this, everyone was surprised, but it's not surprising. After all, we do this business just for money, and we can go to Gion. Work is also a dream for many people. In fact, we often talk about this topic when we get together, but it is too difficult for outsiders to work in Gion, and outsiders like us have no chance. …Miss Shaye has brought a guest...huh? Mr. Duanmu, do you want to know who he is? I’d like to have another glass of wine, okay?”

"Ah ha... Mr. Duanmu is so generous. I didn't expect the detective to be so rich. By the way, when it comes to Miss Shaye bringing a guest, don't be surprised. That guest... is actually a monk! To be honest. , We have been in the store for a long time, and we have seen everyone, but we have never seen the monk, so we were very puzzled at the time, and the monk was an old man, so everyone felt a little strange."

"Oh, by the way, another thing that's strange is that it was clearly night time, but he was still wearing sunglasses, but he didn't look like a blind man when he walked. Then, the monk began to explain to us what the The store is located inside Gion. It is a membership-only store that specializes in serving celebrities. They fell in love with Miss Saya, so they wanted to recruit her, and Miss Saya was willing to bring a few sisters with her, so he came to inspect it. of."

"Actually, we can guess a thing or two about Miss Saya's thoughts. The stores inside are definitely more competitive than the club we are in now. Miss Saya also wants to bring a few allies as helpers. And no one is willing to give up. Not only that, this opportunity, but the remuneration offered by that store was quite generous. To be honest, it was quite exciting. But after that, the monk took out a few flyers... At first I thought it was an introduction to the store. Yes, it turned out to be some kind of religion... I wasn't interested in that kind of thing, so I just stuffed it into my bag, but then it disappeared... Ah, yes, that's it, Mr. Duanmu, where did you get it? ? Huh? Did the customer bring it back when he was drunk? That's terrible, please don't tell the store, or I will be charged."

"Ah, you ask me after this? Then, as you saw Mr. Duanmu, Miss Shaye took several other sisters to that store, and only I stayed. Um...you ask me why I didn't go? In fact, I also have some selfish motives. After all, my ranking in this store is pretty good, and the customers like me quite a lot. But in the past, when Ms. Shaye was here, I could only take what she had left, no matter how hard I tried. But now that Ms. Saya has left, I might be able to become the number one. Hehe... I don't plan to do this for the rest of my life like Ms. Saya. For me, this is a temporary money-making business, so it would be nice if I could do it easily. ”

"...Another reason is what I told you just now. The monk said that everyone who joins must have a tattoo of a flame pattern on their body. I'm afraid of the pain. Also, the reward given by the other party is too generous...How should I put it? , I have also read a lot of detective novels and programs, and I always feel that there is something wrong with the other party giving such a generous reward. Generally, the share between the club and the girl is fixed. Most of the time, we get less. In some stores, we get less. It's more lenient and allows us to take more. But what about that store? It feels like it gave most of the proceeds to us and only kept a small part for myself... If Ms. Shaye had this kind of treatment, I would It’s understandable. But I feel like I’m not at the level of Ms. Saya, so this reward is terrible.”

"Did we have any contact after that? No...no. It's strange to say that. I originally thought that Miss Shaye and the other sisters would say hello to the boss in advance. But one day, they suddenly stopped coming to work and called to inform them. The boss was furious at that time and was very angry. I later called other sisters to inquire about the situation, but they couldn’t get through... Mr. Duanmu, is this what you came to investigate? What incident!"

Fortunately, Lina is a detective enthusiast, so she answered all questions asked by Duanmu Huai, and seemed very cooperative and even a little positive - of course, being positive, she drank a lot.

At least the sales tonight are stable.

Unfortunately, Rina didn't know where the store was, she just said it was in Gion. She was not very clear about the specific location. After all, as Rina said, that kind of store is a membership system, and no one will be allowed to enter unless they are staff or guests.

There was no address written on the flyer, so was this clue just lost?

It's not like Duanmuhuai has never used time retrieval on flyers, but this flyer seemed to have been sealed until it was used. It was not taken out until it was used, and it was impossible to see what was going on around it. What he saw from the flyer was roughly the same as what Linai said, but Duanmu Huai couldn't see anything before that. But there's nothing that can be done about it. After all, this flyer is always sandwiched in the middle, and there's basically no vision at all.

However, Duanmu Huai did not gain anything. He got a photo of Saya from Rina, and then passed the photo to Shionji Yuko and asked her to investigate. According to Rina, on the second day of the party, God, they made an appointment to go to that store together to check out the situation. But at that time, Rina had already wanted to quit, so she made an excuse and didn't go together.

It was after that that Rina no longer had Saya and other sisters...

After confirming that no more information could be obtained from Rina, Duanmu Huai said goodbye and left. Ziyuanji Yuzi was also very fast. Just after Duanmuhuai left the club and before returning to the hotel, Ziyuanji Yuzi I sent him a surveillance video.

You can see on the screen that a woman who is suspected of being Saya, dressed in fashionable clothes, and several other people walked out of the station laughing and chatting, and then came to Gion.

Then they walked all the way to the interior of Gion, and then... they climbed the steps and entered a temple?

"???"

Seeing this, Duanmu Huai had a question mark. At this time, Shionji Yuko also sent a message.

"They never came out after entering the temple, at least in places where there was surveillance. I debugged the records for the next few days, but nothing was gained."

"Good guy, this is really good guy."

Duanmu Huai looked at the surveillance video and sighed.

Clubbing in a temple? Are you having so much fun? Well, you have to say, this seems really exciting. Duanmu Huai remembered that in the game there was a scene in the church where he was dealing with a statue of a **** and a nun. The scene was quite interesting, full of taboos and passion. If that scene were replaced by a Buddhist hall surrounded by eighteen Arhats...

"…………"

No, I seem to lose interest all of a sudden, and even miss the scriptures.

After all, there are monks in the temple, and they are incomparable to the nuns in the church.

"What's next?"

"I'm going to see what's going on with that temple."

When things have developed to this point, Duanmuhuai knows without guessing that there is definitely something wrong with that temple, even though the cult hiding in the temple itself is also very problematic.

"Then come on, there is no surveillance in that temple, so there is no room for me to play."

Shionji Yuko simply hung up the phone, while Duanmu Huai cheered up, and then followed the path in the video and walked deeper into Gion.

It was already late at night, and it was also the busiest time in Gion. People were coming and going in this street under the dark night. The lights dispelled the darkness and illuminated the entire street. Duanmuhuai was walking among them, but surprisingly he was not noticed by anyone. Thanks to the stealth from the Raven Guard, his huge body was completely integrated with the shadows. On this bright street, the dark shadows The movement inside has been completely covered up.

It didn't take long for Duanmu Huai to arrive at the bottom of the temple. He saw a lot of cars parked on the roadside here. Although Duanmu Huai was not very familiar with cars, he could guess that these cars were obviously from wealthy people. That is, only the expensive ones are eligible to ride. I looked up and saw that all the way up to the mountain gate, there were people wearing black suits who looked like they were gangsters or bodyguards guarding me.

Although it is possible to just break in, it would take too much effort. It is not a good choice to waste time entangled with mobs in such a place.

Duanmu Huai thought for a while, then covered up his figure again, and took advantage of the night to flash through the woods and came to the wall of the temple - of course it was very strict here, but for Duanmu Huai, who was 2.8 meters tall, there was nothing in front of him. The wall was even shorter than him, so Duanmuhuai climbed over the wall easily with just a slight jump.

"Okay, where should we go next..."

Duanmu Huai stood up and took a look at the situation in the temple. Then he soon discovered that the main hall was brightly lit at the moment. Following the sound of the wind, he could still vaguely hear the sound of chanting sutras and worshiping Buddha.

Instead of going to bed this late at night, are you here chanting sutras?

There must be something wrong!

Thinking of this, Duanmu Huai immediately lowered his body, crossed the square quietly like a bear, and came to the main hall. Then he stuck his head out and looked inside through the gap in the window.

The main hall was bright, but it was not electric lights that lit up the place, but candles. The light of the candles illuminated the originally dark main hall, allowing Duanmu Huai to smoothly see everything inside.

Dozens of candlesticks were placed around the main hall, and a Buddha statue was placed in the front and center of the main hall. However, the strange thing is that this Buddha statue has no face, only the limbs and the flame behind it are carved out. The entire face was blank, with only a cone-like flame symbol on it.

In front of the Buddha statue, several monks in monk's robes were closing their eyes, knocking on wooden fish, and reciting the sutra "Mommy Mommy."

Opposite these monks, several people wearing black suits who looked like big bosses were sitting on their knees. The youngest among them was in his fifties. The older one seems to have white hair and beard, so it is possible that he is seventy or eighty years old.

However, what comes next is the key point - between the group of guests and the monks, you can see several women wearing monk robes with shaved heads, dancing to the sound of wooden fish and chanting sutras...

Seeing this, Duanmuhuai blinked and rubbed his eyes.

Is there something wrong with my eyes? What the **** kind of drawing is this?

Although cults never deal with human affairs, you are a bit too abstract!

“————!”

Just when Duanmu Huai looked confused, he heard the chanting in the main hall getting brighter and louder. At the same time, the brazier in front of the faceless Buddha statue suddenly burst into scorching and dazzling fire!

(End of chapter)