I fooled the whole world

It's just... maybe everyone will be more emotional.

The detectives swallowed what they wanted to say silently and did not speak any more. Houtarou himself did not have too many emotional fluctuations when hearing such words. After all, his own personality was actually like this.

But...it feels uncomfortable to bury everything in my heart...

Thank you for your hard work, future me.

But this time Tregchia showed up again.

Rakuten: Hahaha, it seems that we are still the same kind of people, Houtarou... I am really becoming more and more interested in you.

Lezi people: cold and rational, but also want to protect others.

Leziren: Ah, it really seems... like!

Energy Conservationist: ...Actually, you can pretend to be silenced and unable to speak.

Leziren:......

[Tomoyo’s words reached Chitanda Houtaro’s ears, but he didn’t have much emotional fluctuations towards you, and just expressed his feelings silently.

"Of course I'm a human being, I'm just a little bit rational."

"Compared to this, senior, what do you think?"

He changed the topic very skillfully, and Chiyo glanced at him, put away her previous expression of not being able to see anything, and showed a trace of seriousness, as if she hadn't said anything just now.

"Well, I think what you said makes sense. We can start from Hechuan Shangyue."

"The doctor said that his condition has improved. He couldn't have died suddenly for no reason. The evil spirit must have found him."

"But he has not been in contact with anyone on weekdays...or in other words, he has not been in contact with the outside world. We have seen the people in the hospital and his parents. The reason why the evil spirits came to him may be because of him. Something provoked the evil spirit's behavior."

"But what about a child who doesn't leave the house can offend evil spirits?"

She said this. Although she was thinking, in fact, both Chitanda Houtaro and Tomoyo already had their own answers.

--family!

For Hechuan Shangyue, the most precious thing is his parents, and for Hechuan Shangyue's parents, the most precious thing is Hechuan Shangyue.

The relationship between their family cannot be described as good, it can only be said to be very good.

It was really the first time for Chitanda Houtaro to see such a family.

If there's anything worthy of being targeted in Hechuan last month, it's this.

"But how to get this?"

"Parents, family, etc... This is not an easy place to start."

The disasters caused by the Star Alliance incident led to a large reduction in the population. Naturally, there were adults among them, and the children left behind by the adults became orphans. There are many orphans around the world. They are a force that cannot be ignored. .

Even in Tokyo, Japan, there are at least thousands of orphans. It is not easy to find a target among them.

"Although it's a bit troublesome, we can only look for it now, right?"

Tomoyo said this, then started the vehicle and submerged it into the heavy rain.

Looking at his senior who had the same thoughts as his... maybe a little different, but the final result was the same, Chitanda Houtaro couldn't help but ask such a question.

"Senior, aren't you afraid that your inference is wrong? If we guess wrong and this incident has nothing to do with the Hechuan family, wouldn't that be troublesome?"

Although their job is to track down negative energy, the existence of negative energy monsters is the biggest threat to people's lives. If they are slow, there may be one more victim.

So for them, their work is also a race against time.

Although his analysis makes sense, it is just an analysis. What if it is wrong?

What if someone else died because of their mistake?

Isn't this a bad thing?

But Tomoyo was very decisive, very decisive, without any hesitation at all, as if this was the right answer.

This made Chitanda Houtaro somewhat unexpected that his senior could be so courageous.

Moreover... Ever since I accepted the task commission, my senior's performance has been somewhat unexpected.

Not only did he arrange the itinerary properly, but he also made inquiries and records without any mistakes. Even in the conversations with others, he always took the initiative.

This is completely incompatible with the senior in the detective agency who hugged the landline and bit people like a puppy.

As if aware of his junior's gaze, Tomoyo smiled proudly.

"How's it going? Are you fascinated by senior?"

"Hmph, don't think that I am calling you senior just for viewing."

"You still have a lot to learn, newcomer."

But after saying this, Tomoyo calmed down his expression slightly.

"Of course we are aware of this kind of thing, but we have no way to investigate these things. We can only rely on our own experience. They kill people without leaving a trace and cannot be caught. We cannot really catch them with human technology. We are on the passive side. , rather than the active party.”

"We don't have a choice."

"Slow and steady is the most important thing."

Although it may lead to other situations, even so, they still cannot rush, they must be methodical, and they must not make any mistakes.

Tomoyo knew very well the consequences of being anxious.

This is a lesson X Troop learned with blood.

Tomoyo accepted it without saying anything more, and Chitanda Houtaro also picked up the information and continued to read it.

He wanted to see if he could find out more.

But as he watched, he suddenly noticed someone.

To be precise, it is a piece of information about a person.

Xiaolin Garden......

Kobayashi Sonoko is actually Tomoyo's second target.

From this information, the only ones who can confirm that they have obtained the information are Kawakawa Kametsuki and Kobayashi Sonoko.

And Xiaolin Yuanzi was the one who first lost his son, then his husband, and finally committed suicide by jumping off the building.

It's just that Kobayashi Sonoko's death didn't last long. He jumped to his death two days ago, that rainy night, when Force X noticed the appearance of the negative energy monster.

According to the data, Kobayashi Sonoko committed suicide because she lost her husband and son. After that, she became nagging and had some mental problems. In addition, when Sakuradamon went to investigate, she did not find Kobayashi Sonoko. Something, so it was judged to be suicide.

Perhaps because he had no husband or son, his family was very unhappy, so Chitanda Houtaro subconsciously wondered if Kobayashi Sonoko had died, and then he went to the river to the moon, and then killed...

Well, unlikely.

After all, Kobayashi Sonoko had only been dead for two days, while Hechuan had been dead for six days last month.

Wait, Kobayashi Sonoko...has been dead for two days?

It was on a thunderstorm night, and that day happened to be the time when the negative energy monsters gathered together and even X Force had to send out a huge negative energy alarm.

Is this a coincidence?

Or... not?

In fact, according to normal circumstances, this should be a problem. It is not surprising that he wants to investigate Kobayashi Sonoko, but if it is connected with the case of Haikawa Yueyue, there will be some conflicts.

Kagawa's initial judgment was that he was killed because he was jealous and had a happy family. So what was the reason why the negative energy monster killed Kobayashi Sonoko?

There's no reason why you wouldn't let go of a woman whose husband and children have died, and who's gone crazy, right?

When two different cases come into conflict, this is the time to deny one of the cases and then investigate the other.

But for some reason, Chitanda Houtaro narrowed his eyes.

He took out his pen and wrote two words on Xiaolin Yuanzi's information.

family.

Although the two sides do seem to be in some conflict, they are not completely in conflict.

After all, they all have families.

Hmm... Although it is too far-fetched to use family as the starting point. Everyone has a family and everyone has children. It is not convincing at all.

But he had already made a judgment before, family... is a measure!

He was thinking about something in his mind, seeming to be making assumptions, or considering whether to conduct an investigation.

Chitanda Houtaro was silent for a long time, and finally, he made a choice.

"Senior, before we go to investigate those children, why don't we take a slight detour."

"I'll go check on her first..."

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With the roar of thunder and the heavy rain, Tomoyo drove the car outside a building.

She randomly found a place to park, and then she and Chitanda Houtaro came to the building where Kobayashi Sonoko lived.

Originally, Tomoyo planned to go directly to investigate the orphans in Bunkyo District, but Chitanda Houtaro said that he wanted to come to Kobayashi Sonoko to have a look.

She didn't quite understand why she came here to take a look, but since her junior said she had discovered something, she had no choice but to follow him.

It makes no sense for her to go to the other side to investigate. Chitanda Houtaro should go to other places to investigate.

Moreover, Xiaolin Yuanzi is actually within the scope of her investigation.

I just wanted to investigate the situation of Hechuan Yueyue first, and then investigate Xiaolin Garden.

Now it’s time to come and have a look.

"I'm sorry to trouble you, senior, but I asked you to take me on a detour."

Chitanda Houtaro said this to Tomoyo, but Tomoyo waved his hand and didn't care.

"It's nothing. It might be useful anyway. Although you are still a newbie, I don't think you are the kind of guy who speaks casually. Besides... we are a small team."

She said and laughed. Although the light was a bit dim, Tomoyo smiled easily.

They were, after all, a life-long friendship.

The two of them said this, and then came to the ninth floor of the building. Of course, this was not the floor where Xiaolin Yuanzi lived.

Xiaolin Yuanzi lived on the tenth floor. The reason why they stopped when they came here was because they heard some sounds...

Although the thunder was loud and the rain was noisy, they still vaguely heard it.

In the corridor outside the door on the ninth floor, two women stood talking to each other with regretful expressions on their faces.

"Oh, Mrs. Xiaolin is really... a little pitiful."

"Who says otherwise? My son is dead, my husband is dead, and now I am also dead."

"But is this considered retribution for Mrs. Xiaolin? Although we don't know much about it, we heard from other people that Mrs. Xiaolin and Mr. Xiaolin are both somewhat..."

"Hey, don't say this casually. Death is the most important thing. Mrs. Xiaolin has some things, so we'd better not say nonsense. What's more, it's only been a few days."

"You're right to say that, but it's a pain for Xiao Lin. He has had no mother since he was a child, and he was sent to a place like that. His brother was still slandered after his death... and it was Mrs. Xiao Lin who personally slandered him. Yes, Mr. Xiaolin didn’t come out to stop it.”

"Indeed, compared to Mrs. Xiao Lin, I feel that Xiao Lin's child is more pitiful. Although he had to endure some hardships in the past, he still had adults to support him more or less. Now that the adults have gone, he is the only one left."

"Speaking of which, do you think that message is true? It's the one about Xiao Lin's child."

"Huh? You don't believe this, do you? We watched Xiaolin's child grow up, so we don't know Xiaolin's child's character."

"I know, I know, I'm just talking."

"Don't say this kind of thing in front of that child Xiao Lin... It's very harmful to the child. His parents slander him. If even we are like this, it would be really pitiful... Xiao Lin How is it possible that a child killed his parents, brother, etc..."]

3Chapter 17 You GZZ: Babar, I will kill you!

[The thunder rumbled and the rain kept beating against the world. Although the surroundings were very noisy, Chitanda Houtaro and Tomoyo still clearly heard the conversation between the two women.

They glanced at each other subconsciously and saw some fluctuations in their expressions.

Xiaolin...killed his parents and younger brother?

They knew that Xiaolin Yuanzi had a husband and children, but this did not mean that they were a family of three, they were actually a family of four.

The younger son of Xiaolin Yuanzi died, so there is still an older son alive.