Putting away the note, Gu Xing looked at his colleagues in the Criminal Division beside him.
Everyone is still looking out the window, waiting for the final result. Several colleagues went to the corridor on the other side to smoke, and some returned to the conference room to rest.
"well,"
Anda said to Gu Xing: "I can't go to the toilet now..."
Gu Xing was speechless...
"Hey, that person,"
Adachi looked out the window and looked at the figures slowly walking towards the headquarters building on the street in the distance, "Is it saury?"
"It's him, isn't he still holding that crappy comic in his hand..."
Colleagues nearby looked out the window.
In the distance, saury crossed the street.
A taxi came quickly and hit the saury.
Saury is still reading comics.
Everyone exclaimed. Shiratori opened the window and shouted: "Saury! Be careful!"
Without raising his head, Saury turned a page of comics and took a step forward.
The taxi scraped past his heels, and the wind picked up the fallen leaves on the roadside.
A false alarm...
"Asshole! Can't you look at cars when you're walking?"
The driver stuck his head out of the car and said angrily: "Don't you have eyes?"
Saury continued to walk forward indifferently, dipped his fingers in saliva, and turned another page of the comic.
The taxi drove towards the distance where the street lights disappeared.
The driver turned on the radio, and a soft melody sounded——
"栬にこぼれるなみだの雨に,
My cheeks are covered with raindrops and tears,
Ming も爱も世てたのに,
Give up your life and love..."
Yukio Ueno looked out the window, and it started to rain lightly. After a while, the rain became heavier and heavier.
"What a coincidence,"
Yukio Ueno murmured: "It just happened that "It Rains Again in Nagasaki" was played on the radio, and it started to rain in Lito."
This kind of red rain is really rare, and the streets of Lidu seem a bit strange.
He suddenly felt like he was in another world and didn't understand why he was in the taxi.
It seems like... he's going home.
It seems that I have been busy working on a very bizarre case these days. I haven't gone home to see my wife and children for a long time.
By the way, what kind of case is this, and why Yukio Ueno can't remember it anyway.
Is it because the frequency of staying up late and working overtime is too high, causing the memory to decay?
Ueno Yukio is not young anymore. After all, he no longer has the physique of a young man. It is better not to work so hard in the future. When it is time to go home early, go home immediately. Never think that you must do everything you need to do that day. End... learn from Liang San and Ying Lang, and take care of your family.
The taxi drove smoothly and passed unfamiliar streets along the way.
"What kind of case is this?"
Yukio Ueno scratched his head vigorously.
He vaguely felt that the content of this case was very important, and it seemed that someone had specifically told him some matters that required special attention, but he just couldn't remember them at all.
"What did I forget?"
He murmured.
"Maybe,"
The taxi driver suddenly tilted his head and said, "Maybe you forgot to be grateful."
The driver's voice was deep.
Yukio Ueno shivered unconsciously.
Why does this taxi driver look so sinister... Taxi...
yes!
Ueno Yukio suddenly remembered that he was involved in a series of cases about the disappearance of taxi passengers.
Yes, this is also a bizarre incident. More than fifty people have disappeared in the past six months, including four colleagues from the Criminal Division...
Ryozo! Yinglang!
Ueno Yukio completely remembered!
Looking at the back of the driver in the front seat, a chill rushed down his spine, and his hands and feet instantly became cold.
He was completely unable to move.
"We've arrived, Ueno-san,"
The driver stopped the car, turned around and looked at him, "On behalf of Tetsuo, I would like to say hello to you."
Yukio Ueno didn't understand the underlying meaning of his words and involuntarily got out of the car.
The night was dark, and there was a lighted toll station in the distance.
Looking at the sign above, this seems to be the entrance to Lidong Expressway.
With stiff steps, Yukio Ueno walked to the narrow toll lane of the toll station.
In the passage of more than thirty meters, densely packed corpses were lying side by side, with expressions of horror on their faces.
Yukio Ueno walked to the position closest to the entrance of the corpses and lay down.
"Get ready for the meeting!"
Hearing the supplementary voice from the Shiratori Police Department, Ishida Takumi's scalp tightened and he got up from the simple folding bed.
Only then did I realize that the conference room was quiet. Maybe... I was hallucinating.
The lights were bright, and there were folding beds lined up side by side in the conference room, with people from the criminal class lying on them. This is how everyone has always rested.
For some reason, this moment suddenly triggered Takumi Ishida's trypophobia, sending chills down his spine.
After Sequoia and Saury came back from chasing the taxi but failed, they called Muraoka Kao and Shiratori to another conference room and met in a small group to discuss.
The rest of the people were asked to stay in the conference room.
In just a few days, after experiencing the mysterious disappearance of four companions, the colleagues in the criminal department were exhausted physically and mentally. With a terrifying cloud hanging over their heads, they had almost no desire to speak.
After being silent for a long time, Ishida Takumi suddenly felt that he could not go on like this, and he mustered up the courage to say: "Could it be that... Ueno Yukio was actually not sincere when he visited... I remember when I visited Tetsuo for the first time, he had As I said, work is already busy enough..."
"do not talk,"
Another older colleague interrupted him, "Anyway, you'll be fine... don't worry."
Ishida Takumi understood what the other party meant - Ishida and Tetsuo usually have the best relationship. Since the rule is to judge ungrateful behavior towards Tetsuo, there will always be exceptions for Tetsuo's good friends.
Ishida Takumi wanted to retort, but when he opened his mouth, he realized that nothing he said seemed appropriate at the moment, so he simply closed his mouth and lay down again.
"Get ready for the meeting!"
This time, the white bird really walked in. There are no red shirts and saury around, only Muraoka Kao.
Everyone lying on the simple folding bed got up together.
"Dear colleagues,"
White Bird looked serious,
"Although it is difficult to speak, I still have to tell you frankly. After in-depth research and judgment by myself, Mr. Red Shirt, Mr. Saury, and the Muraoka Police Department: this time, all the police officers in our Criminal Division, except Gu Xing, , everyone else may have triggered the weird taxi rules, so please be mentally prepared.”
Surprisingly, after Shiratiao finished speaking, the conference room fell silent.
Almost no one expressed confusion about this.
Come to think of it, everyone has thought of it——
In the weird Fujino incident that just ended not long ago, when Tetsuo fell to the ground after being shot and was almost killed by Fujino, only Gu Xing rushed forward, dragged Tetsuo back and saved his life.
"It's true that everything in the world comes around..."
I don't know who whispered something in a low voice.
Now, there's really nothing to complain about. After all, it was every member of the Criminal Division in this conference room except Gu Xing who stopped in front of Tetsuo who was kind to him in the Nara Apartment because of fear of being weird.
Therefore... it is natural and inevitable to be taken away by [late-night taxis that hate ungrateful people].
"There is no need for you to lose heart,"
Bai Niao clapped his hands and signaled everyone to cheer up.
"According to Mr. Sequoia, there is a saying in the eccentric world - to untie the bell, you must tie the bell. This time, the rule we triggered started with Tetsuo, and the key to cracking it is also Tetsuo.
I will contact Tetsuo as soon as possible and let him participate in the cracking process of this case. Presumably with Tetsuo's participation, everyone has a high chance of surviving safely.
Okay, that's it. Please continue to act collectively and never leave the group alone. Let's break up the meeting. "
After Shiratori left, the atmosphere in the conference room fell into dullness again.
"well,"
Anda sat down on Gu Xing's simple bed, "Do you really want to call Tetsuo over..."
"Why would you ask such a question?" Gu Xing was puzzled.
"Don't you understand this?"
Anda said: "No wonder...you guys really can't put yourself in the shoes of people like us.
Let’s put it this way——
This time, Tetsuo is indeed the source of our triggering the weird rules, and it seems reasonable to find him to solve the weird rules.
But the problem is, doing the wrong thing in the first place…
No, in other words, the first people who should feel guilty are those of us who have been favored by him and even had our lives saved by Tetsuo, but we just stood by and watched.
Sigh... Now people have to come all the way from the hospital to rescue me. A thick-skinned guy like me feels guilty. I don’t know how others can bear it... Tetsuo, Tetsuo..."
"White Bird Police Department added,"
Tetsuo answered the phone, "Good evening!"
The voice of the white bird came from the microphone:
"There is a case, I have carefully considered it, and I still think it is best to ask you to participate. I am sorry that in your current situation, you have to..."
"Very good!
I have been staying in the hospital for the past few days, and I almost collapsed. "
Tetsuo straightened up immediately,
"Please rest assured that I have recovered from my injuries a long time ago. Now I have 120 times more energy to devote to my work. Please make sure to let me participate fully."
"This starts with the recent case of missing taxis..."
…
"ungrateful?"
Tetsuo almost rolled off the hospital bed, "I have never thought about it that way, and I have never minded that Hidero and Ryozo did not come to visit..."
"Don't get excited,"
Shiratiao said, "We all know who you are, and naturally we also know that you are not such a stingy guy. It's just that the weird rules are like this, so what.
We originally thought it would be better not to tell you about this...but for now, only you can possibly help everyone get rid of the weirdness. "
"Then...what about Hidero, Ryozo, Naoki, and Yukio?"
"We can only place our hope on the investigation results of our Bizarre Investigation Section."
"I will go to the headquarters immediately." After Tetsuo said that, he let out a long sigh and lowered his head, "Oh, I always feel that I have caused them trouble..."
"Don't entertain such thoughts...be sure to pay attention to safety on the road."
Just as Shiratori was about to persuade him, Tetsuo had already hung up the phone.
"My colleagues, I'm sorry!"
Tetsuo, wearing a hospital gown with red eyes, walked into the conference room and bowed deeply to everyone.
"I am the one who has caused everyone trouble. I will do my best to help everyone get rid of this weird incident!"
Normally it would take forty minutes from the time Tetsuo hung up Shiratori to the time he arrived at the conference room in the headquarters building. Tetsuo arrived in less than thirty minutes, even though the road was clear in the early morning. , but it is also enough to be regarded as a role model in the field of action.
After Tetsuo finished speaking, he stood at the door with his bow bowed and refused to get up.
Everyone was stunned for a while, and then they all walked over.
Takumi Ishida helped Tetsuo up. Everyone hugged Tetsuo and patted him on the shoulders, chest, and back.
No one spoke, but everyone seemed to know what the other wanted to say, and they hugged each other like this for a long time.
From that night on, according to the arrangements of Sequoia and Saury, Tetsuo lived in the conference room with everyone.
Considering that Yukio Ueno disappeared after entering the bathroom, a temporary toilet was installed in the corridor outside the conference room...
The next three days were uneventful.
However, according to Hanao Muraoka, there were still three cases of missing taxis in Lidu City during this period, with five people missing.
It seemed that Tetsuo's arrival really had an effect.
Several officers from the JA Police Department have been paying attention to the situation in the Criminal Division.
One of the officers wanted to express condolences to the police officers who were in lockdown, but Shiratori refused on the grounds that the weird rules might affect the officers.
As for the main work of the Criminal Division, it will be performed by other divisions for the time being.
On the fourth night, everyone cooked hot pot in the conference room, and the ingredients were personally sponsored by Hong Shi. On the one hand, it is to relieve the tension during this period. On the other hand, no new colleagues disappeared in three days, which is really something worth celebrating.
"cheers!"
Shiratiao raised his glass, "Everyone, not much else to say, I wish us a safe escape this time!"
"cheers!"
Everyone raised their beers.
Ishida Takumi also raised his wine glass and disappeared in front of everyone...
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For those of you who are following the update, this book is probably going to be on the shelves soon. I hope everyone will stay tuned.
Haha, although the results are not very good, there is a high probability that I will not be able to pass the two-dimensional category recommendation. It may be the first time that I have not reached the top score... But to be honest, I felt very comfortable and satisfied with writing this book, probably It’s that feeling of having clear thoughts.
Even though many book friends have been criticizing the book in the book review area, the evaluation on Youshu.com has reached the lowest point for me personally when writing a book, only five points. I feel that it is not surprising that the final score dropped to three or four points.
But fortunately, the new and old book friends in the QQ group still think it is very good and keep encouraging me. I am also very confident and feel that I can keep writing. Even if the first order is only 100, I am willing to keep writing, and I also have a feeling. I'm sure I can get better at the later stages of this book, and I seem to be able to deal with it happily and calmly in the face of criticism from some reviews.
It’s rare to feel comfortable writing a book, haha, I will stick to it. that's all.
