"That said, it seems to scare you a little. It's okay, palmistry will change with age. There is still a long time before you turn twenty, and the lifeline may be extended during this period."
Seeing Xiao Ai's horrified expression, the fortune teller lady couldn't help but comfort her.
But at this moment, Xiao Ai, who seemed to be frightened, stayed there in a daze, but the cold face of "Gin" appeared in his mind——
"There will be disaster on the other side of the sea..."
Stunned, Xiao Ai had no reaction for a moment to listen to what the fortune teller said next.
In this regard, they noticed the abnormality in Xiao Ai's expression. On the side, Koizumi Hongzi and Shirozuka Hisui didn't care to continue to observe the fortune teller's reaction. They went straight forward, held Xiao Ai's shoulders, and patted her twice on the shoulders. Next, when he saw the fortune teller, he didn’t have much to say, so he comforted Xiao Ai and left the fortune teller’s booth first——
"Xiao Ai, you don't need to take the words of such fortune tellers to heart. People like them just tell some things in a seemingly scary tone and try to get the other person to pay money to change their fortune. This is very common in this industry. Commonly used methods..."
He came to sit down on a nearby bench and looked at Xiao Ai, who seemed to have been affected by the fortune teller's inference of his fate. His face was pale and he was silent.
Therefore, Shirozuka Jade, who was sitting on the left side of Xiao Ai, couldn't help but show up and comfort him, while Koizumi Hongzi, who was sitting on Xiao Ai's right side, couldn't help but say:
"Yes. Instead of listening to the nonsense of such fortune tellers, it is better to let me predict the future for you! Even if your fate is really as the fortune teller said, you are still less than twenty years old. It’s been many, many years, as long as I’m here, I can definitely help you change your destiny!”
However, in the face of the two people's harmonious remarks, Xiao Ai finally just forced a smile, with a calm face as if he had accepted death calmly, and slowly uttered a sentence -
"But maybe, that fortune teller is really straight-forward..."
——After all, based on his actual age, he is actually around twenty years old. At the same time, the fortune teller and the Messenger of Death will come from the other side of the sea...
Since the wine names in the organization code are all foreign wines, so from this point of view, she seems to have been right...
Subconsciously, Xiao Ai thought so, and her body felt like it was shaking without any strength.
Regarding this, Chengzhong Jade looked at Xiao Ai seriously and asked doubtfully:
"Xiao Ai... is it possible that you suffer from some disease similar to progeria? Does Mr. Gao Yuan know?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!"
Seeing this, seeing Xiao Ai looking so scared, Shirozuka Jade asked this, Koizumi Hongzi couldn't help but interrupted sharply, and said to Shirozuka Jade in a somewhat condescending tone:
"I say, the little girl who claims to be a 'spiritual medium' doesn't know how to comfort people, so don't talk nonsense! If you are really capable, use your 'spiritual medium' ability to expose that fortune teller's tricks!"
"Well……"
When Koizumi Anko said this, Shirozuka Hisui also pouted slightly unconvinced, but thinking that he was no match for the other party in "genjutsu", he could only give up silently and muttered:
"It sounds nice...I didn't see your method of exposing that guy..."
"What?"
Sensing Shirozuka Jade's emotions, Koizumi Hongzi patted Xiao Ai's shoulder to comfort her, looked at Shirozuka Jade with a half-smile, and said meaningfully.
In response, Chengzuka Jade quickly changed his words:
"Ah... I was thinking that using scary words to frighten the fortune tellers is still acceptable, but that fortune teller, Lian Xiaoai, often goes to adult women's clothing stores and only sees things that she wants to buy. Everyone knows it. And judging from Xiao Ai's reaction, this statement should be completely correct, right?
"Even if the fortune teller accepts appointments first and then tells fortunes the next day, there is still time for the fortune teller to understand the fortune teller's chances. But obviously, Xiao Ai made an appointment yesterday. But today the fortune teller can accurately tell Xiao Ai's behavior and preferences, which is too strange... How can she learn about this..."
As he said this, Shirozuka Jade glanced at Koizumi Anko secretly. Only after seeing that Koizumi Anko's eyes were mainly on Xiao Ai at this time, Shirozuka Jade breathed a sigh of relief.
At the same time, the point mentioned by Shirozuka Jade is also the key point that Koizumi Anko cares about.
Moreover, if the fortune teller hadn't used these contents to pave the way, I'm afraid Xiao Ai wouldn't be so concerned about the fortune teller's last words.
So, seeing that Xiao Ai didn't seem to have recovered from the fortune-telling results just now, Koizumi Hongzi thought about it and suddenly suggested:
"That's right! How about this..."
As he said this, Koizumi Anko took out a stack of tarot cards from his pocket and explained:
"Let me help you calculate your destiny! I will use my divination results to prove that the fortune teller's calculation is not accurate at all!"
After saying this proudly, Koizumi Hongzi shuffled the tarot cards in her hand, handed them to Xiao Ai, and said seriously:
"Come on! Relax your mind and body, and then randomly draw three cards!"
In this regard, Xiao Ai, who was very depressed because of the fortune-telling results, looked at Koizumi Hongzi's serious expression at the moment, so he hesitated for a moment, stretched out his hand, and finally took out three cards with a slight trembling.
Then, Koizumi Anko immediately took the cards and turned the cards over without changing the upright and reverse positions. On the side, Shirozuka Jade looked at Koizumi Anko's behavior and got curious to look at it. Let’s see what card Xiao Ai drew——
I saw that these cards were the "Knight of Pentacles", the upright "Queen" and the "Knight of Wands".
In this regard, seeing that Xiao Ai had drawn these cards, Koizumi Hongzi looked at the cards and thought about it for a moment, and then a smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of her mouth——
"Look, that fortune teller is really talking nonsense. Judging from the cards, although people's fate will have major twists and turns, your most important relatives will always be by your side, and you still have friends who care about you and help you. You Your life will be wonderful in the end!"
Hearing this, looking at Koizumi Hongzi's smiling expression, Xiao Ai couldn't help but blinked——
"Relatives who are always... by your side?"
As he murmured, looking at Koizumi Hongzi's expression, Xiao Ai couldn't help but lower his head and said nothing more silently——
"But...I have no relatives for a long time...But, thank you anyway, Koizumi Hongzi..."
Seeing Koizumi Hongzi's depressed mood and thinking of ways to cheer herself up, Xiao Ai did not say what she thought was wrong with Koizumi Hongzi's divination just now, but slowly, The depressed mood on his face gradually eased.
Upon seeing this and noticing that Xiao Ai's mood gradually improved, Koizumi Hongzi raised her orchid finger on her right hand slightly, placed it lightly under her lips, and let out her signature laugh:
"Oh ho ho ho ho!"
Then, Koizumi Anko turned her gaze to the castle tomb Jade aside and asked:
"Little girl 'Psychic Medium', why don't you show off your ability and do some divination for Xiao Ai?"
In response, Shirozuka Jade pouted slightly and said impatiently with some displeasure:
"I am a 'spiritual medium', not a 'fortune teller', and I am not a 'witch'. I can't do divination."
After saying that, Shirozuka Jade held his hands in front of him and turned his face away with a look of anger:
"And what are you doing? Using divination to refute palmistry and fortune telling? If you really want to help Xiao Ai prove that the fortune teller is just talking nonsense, then find out the trick the fortune teller used!"
"Oh? Really?"
Hearing what Shirozuka Hisui said, Koizumi Anko proudly covered the corners of his mouth with his hand, smiled "Oh ho ho ho ho", and then showed serious and arrogant eyes, looking at Shirozuka Hisui——
"So, you want to compete with me!"
"That's right!"
Looking very unconvinced, Shirozuka Hisui simply looked directly into Koizumi Anko's eyes and said seriously:
"Instead of struggling with things like 'divination', 'fortune telling' and 'spiritual medium', which no one can convince anyone, let's see who can find out who is the fortune teller who has been rumored to be so accurate recently. Who is she? What kind of trick was used to achieve reality!”
Saying that, Chengzhong Jade turned to look at Xiao Ai:
"Xiao Ai! I would definitely do this if Mr. Gao Yuan was here. You won't die, we will prove it to you!"
"Really, really..."
Seeing that Koizumi Anko and Shirozuka Hisui had such a big reaction to each other because of the fortune telling, they both wanted to help themselves understand why the fortune teller told those things about themselves so accurately. , so as to reassure herself, Xiao Ai couldn't help but said with some emotion:
"But... regarding today's fortune telling results, can you please not tell Gao Yuan..."
…
Turning his gaze, he returned to Akechi's house——
Koizumi Hongzi, who simply told Gao Yuan yesterday that she and Shirozuka Emerald had made a declaration of duel, kept her agreement with Xiao Ai and did not tell Gao Yuan the fortune telling result Xiao Ai got from the fortune teller yesterday. , just roughly speaking out the reason why this fortune teller has been rumored to be so accurate in fortune telling recently——
"In other words, that fortune teller can even tell the customer's favorite celebrity or clothing brand, and he is very specific. Therefore, the rumor that this fortune teller is accurate has spread more and more recently. Are you done?"
After listening to Koizumi Hongzi's explanation, Gao Yuan couldn't help but touched his chin and thought deeply.
"Yes. It is rare to see a fortune teller as accurate as her."
Xiao Ai said calmly.
But Gao Yuan shook his head and said seriously:
"But it's just too accurate that something isn't right... That fortune teller can tell each customer's situation in such detail, it's as if she has deliberately followed and investigated the customer. However, although she is a fortune teller who needs to make an appointment , Theoretically speaking, she does have the opportunity to follow up and investigate, but with so many appointments every day, she can't possibly investigate everyone in detail..."
As he spoke, Gao Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Koizumi Hongzi in surprise, and asked curiously:
"So, Miss Koizumi, when did you discover that your necklace was missing?"
"Last night."
Koizumi Hongzi replied:
"I still carried that necklace with me during the day yesterday, but when I went back at night, I found that the necklace in my pocket was missing. I thought it might be the little girl who was a 'spiritual medium' who took it away. After all, Although her 'illusion' is not very good, in terms of magic techniques, she is still pretty good."
"That's it..."
Gao Yuan murmured——
Speaking of which, during the school festival of Binhai Comprehensive High School, regarding the "Queen of Swords" brooch, I also felt that it should have been taken away from me by Jadeite from the castle without anyone noticing, not as she said. That way he would have dropped it and been picked up by her...
And, then again, if I remember correctly, the effect of the "Priestess" item seems to have a special effect as long as it is in the hands of women, and it does not require authority to use it...
Thinking of this, Gao Yuan slowly got up from the sofa and said to Xiao Ai and Hong Zi:
"In that case, let's continue to visit the fortune teller today. Anyway, Miss Koizumi, you have made an appointment with Shirozuka Hisui to present your respective investigation results on why the fortune teller is so accurate. Bar!"
In response, after listening to Gao Yuan's suggestion, Xiao Ai and Hong Zi both nodded, and then drove Gao Yuan's car, and the three of them went to the shopping street next to the Mihua Municipal Building, where the fortune teller set up his stall. The place.
However, when Gao Yuan and others arrived at the scene, everyone was very surprised when they saw the scene in front of them——
I saw that the shopping street at this moment had been cordoned off by the police, and in the center of the cordon was the stall where the fortune teller was setting up his stall.
The stall had been knocked over by a large bus, and you could clearly see the remains of the stall with blood flowing all over the floor——
"What happened?"
Seeing this situation, Gao Yuan stepped forward and asked about the situation after noticing that the person in charge of the police investigation was Officer Megure in the cordon.
So, after seeing that the person coming was Gao Yuan, Officer Memu simply told the story——
"Oh, it's Brother Akechi! To put it simply, when this large bus was reversing on this commercial street, it didn't notice the lady who was setting up a fortune-telling stall over there. It turned out that the lady was telling fortunes to the customers. , the fortune teller lady and the guests were unable to dodge, so they died under the wheels of this big bus..."
…
On the other side, within "Mycroft's Inn," the next day arrived quickly but also passed quickly.
Since the members who came to participate in this tour group all wanted to get the final prize of the first edition of "A Study in Scarlet", in order to participate in the reasoning quiz at night, everyone stayed in their rooms almost during the day. To do the questions, there are only three meal times in the morning, noon and evening before everyone can go out and eat together.
Just like that, soon after dinner——
"It's so good, so good..."
After finishing his dinner happily, Kogoro leaned back on his seat with a sense of satisfaction and said comfortably——
Not participating in the evening reasoning quizzes and not being a Sherlock Holmes fan, Kogoro's day spent here was really boring. However, the good food here still managed to give Kogoro some hope for staying.
However, the time is already half past nine in the evening. Logically speaking, according to the arrangement of the hotel owner Hiroyuki Kanaya, it should be time for the reasoning question and answer session. However, Hiroyuki Kanaya, as the organizer, has not shown up yet— —
"But why can't I see the owner of the hotel anywhere?"
Fujisawa Toshiaki looked at the clock on the wall and couldn't help but complain.
At the same time, Oki Ayako also took out the answer sheet she had prepared and placed it in front of the waitress Iwai Hitomi. She seemed to be a little anxious in waiting and said:
"Hurry up and ask him to come out and correct the exam papers!"
"But my master wants me to entertain you until he comes in after dinner..."
Faced with such a request, Hitomi Iwai replied a little apologetically, saying that there was nothing he could do to call Hiroyuki Kanaya out now.
In response to this, Kawazu Ikuo on the side joked:
"I think he must be preparing to show up suddenly and scare us!"
"horrible!"
Smiling, Maria Toda couldn't help but echoed, completely joking.
"Hey! Kudo didn't come again. I really shouldn't have come on this trip. This would be too boring..."
At this time, seeing that the last major event of the tour group was about to begin, but Kudo Shinichi still hadn't appeared, Hattori Heiji put one hand on the dining table, holding his cheek, thinking depressedly.
However, since Hiroyuki Kanaya never showed up, everyone could only continue to wait in the restaurant.
Time, in the end, slowly passed away in this minute-by-second waiting, until the early morning——
"Damn it! I can't stand it anymore! I want to go back to my room and go to sleep!"
At this moment, unable to bear it any longer, Toshiaki Fujisawa stood up and got angry. He didn't want to wait any longer.
But they didn't know that in the hotel garage at this time, the engine of a car had been running...
(End of chapter)
