Chapter 1303 1303【Curse of the Undead】

 Without the two murderous auras to eat, this restaurant with a good reputation suddenly became lost in the crowd.

Jiang Xia looked at the menu with her chin up a little boredly. After waiting for a while, she finally waited until the other three classmates who were very chatty had finished eating.

The four of them packed some instant food for the sleepless detectives, and then left the restaurant, preparing to go to Osaka Castle to see how things were progressing.

 …

Walking all the way to the bridge, you can see the castle tower opposite from a distance.

“I don’t know if they have solved the case yet. Alas, how can we stay away from these endless cases?”

Toyama and Ye yawned sleepily: "But speaking of which, why are there so many charred corpses in Osaka City? Thirteen years ago, there were them a few weeks ago, and today they are again. The time interval is getting shorter and shorter. "

 With her summary like this, an ordinary case seemed to become scary.

“Those charred corpses seemed to have fragments of golden gourds on them.” Mao Lilan, who was afraid of ghosts, shivered when she thought of something, “Is this a curse from Toyotomi Hideyoshi?”

Yuan Shan and Ye were not that afraid of ghosts, but in the quiet night and a series of cases, she couldn't help but feel guilty at this time, but her mouth was still tough: "It doesn't matter, we don't have fragments, even if it is a curse, it must be It won’t happen to us!”

Suzuki Sonoko was also a little panicked.

But when she found that the other two people were more panicked than she was, and there was Jiang Xia Zhenchang nearby, she couldn't help but become playful and said quietly: "But was the fragment carried by the deceased before he was alive, or did it suddenly appear after death? This point has not been conclusive yet - perhaps Toyotomi Hideyoshi's ghost has been sleeping for many years, and suddenly discovered that someone dared to covet his treasure, so he quietly burned those people to death and placed a fragment on them as a token...ah !”

Before she finished speaking, she bumped into Jiang Xia's back, startling herself instead. She turned her head and looked around in panic: "What's wrong?! What's wrong?!"... The undead can't really appear, she, she just said it casually, no offense intended!

Jiang Xia turned back and glanced at her: "It's nothing. I just saw a strange shadow on the bridge, so I wanted to stop and take a closer look... But looking at it now, it should be just a person."

 “…strange shadow?”

The three girls were slightly startled and looked in his direction.

There are no street lights here, and the light is dim. Looking across the bridge from this angle, the castle tower hundreds of meters away is the most conspicuous. The tall building that was exquisite and beautiful during the day was now illuminated by a few beams of pale light. The lights were shining from bottom to top, giving it a gloomy atmosphere.

“…” They shuddered and tried to focus their attention on the bridge.

 Looking carefully, I saw that there was indeed a human-shaped outline in the middle of the dark bridge.

The man was dressed in black and stood with his back to them. The loose clothes were blown by the wind, and the entire figure seemed to be swaying in the wind.

Mao Lilan took a deep breath and asked several classmates in a trembling voice: "...are they humans or ghosts?"

Jiang Xia was about to speak, but at this moment, with a faint "click" sound, a ball of fire lit up in front of the mysterious man, clearly illuminating his outline.

"!" The three girls froze and said in unison, "...will-o'-the-wisp! It's a will-o'-the-wisp!"

Almost at the same time, Jiang Xia felt a frightened hand grab his arm, pinching the corners of his eyes.

 He tried to dodge, but failed—the other arm was caught by Mao Lilan. Perhaps it was fear that awakened the deep power in her body, but Jiang Xia was completely unable to pull his arm out of her body.

Feeling the strength of classmate Maori gradually losing control, in order to save his arm, Jiang Xia had no choice but to comfort him: "Calm down, ghosts won't get angry."

"Huh?" Yuan Shan and Ye were dumbfounded, "What would that ghost do?" "..." Jiang Xia was silent for a moment, and Quan Dang didn't hear the question, "I mean, that ball of light doesn't look like a will-o'-the-wisp." , it should be the light of a lighter."

"lighter?"

This kind of life-like thing quickly brought the three people's thoughts from "the undead of the Warring States Period" back to reality.

Moreover, the shadow in front of them remained motionless, and Jiang Xia looked very reliable, so they calmed down a little.

At this moment, the black shadow happened to turn slightly sideways, and he saw that what it was holding was indeed a windproof lighter. The lighter shell is shiny and the style is very modern. It is not something that Toyotomi Hideyoshi could own.

Mao Lilan breathed a sigh of relief and patted his chest in shock: "It's good if it has a physical form."

Jiang Xia successfully rescued his arm. He moved quietly and worriedly, and then he was pleased to find that everything was intact and his arm was not broken.

Yuan Shan and Ye also jumped up and down again. She looked at Jiang Xia in surprise: "You can actually tell that it's a lighter from such a distance?"

"Of course." Suzuki Sonoko actually became proud of him, "Jiang Xia is a professional!"

 …It wasn’t just that she was a detective, but she remembered that Jiang Xia always carried a lighter and cigarettes with him. Moreover, his cigarettes are homemade and cannot be bought on the market, so he looks very particular.

Suzuki Sonoko: "..." However, Jiang Xia rarely seems to be seen smoking. Most of the time, he just lights up a cigarette and then looks at the smoke to get distracted. Occasionally, he takes a puff when he feels sleepy. Maybe the drifting smoke can bring him inspiration.

 In short, since the black shadow on the bridge is a human being, there is no problem.

 The three girls were no longer afraid and planned to follow Jiang Xia across the bridge.

But just as he took a step, a dark shadow in the rain suddenly put a lighter on his arm.

Boom—

The fire suddenly brightened, and the man burned at an incredibly fast speed, turning into a burning man in the blink of an eye. The figure wrapped in flames staggered in great pain, suddenly fell towards the bridge, rolled over the bridge in the blink of an eye, and fell into the river.

"?!" Several young witnesses were startled. They couldn't tell for a moment whether the man was committing suicide or whether he regretted it immediately after committing suicide, so he quickly jumped into the river again.

They quickly ran to the bridge and looked outside the fence. They saw the man floating face down in the river. His back that emerged from the water was a blazing fire. He was motionless, as if he was dead.

 Almost at the same time, a man holding an umbrella on the other side of the bridge also saw this scene and was so frightened that he froze.

  In the dim light, it is difficult for ordinary people to see his face clearly.

Jiang Xia turned around and asked, "Who?"

The man suddenly came to his senses, turned around in a panic, and ran away quickly.

“I’ll go over and take a look, please remember to call the police.”

Jiang Xia left the matter of summoning the police to three classmates and chased the man in the direction he left.

 (End of this chapter)