Chapter 916

"Judging from the breath, the blood in the compartment is indeed human."

Higashino Kohei, who returned from the carriage ahead, twitched his nose and nodded.

"Furthermore, the time span of remaining blood in different carriages differs by several decades."

For the Assamite blood family, the seemingly insignificant smell of blood is like sticking a lot of "organic food traceability labels" such as "time, gender, race, bleeding site, eating habits, body position" legible.

"Could it be that this weird train was born by gathering a series of 'accident train cars'?"

Quickly integrating the information in front of him in his mind, two drops of cold sweat broke out on Ryoma's forehead: "With Japan's high train accident rate, confirming the origin of all the carriages one by one will only waste our time."

Since Emperor Meiji personally presided over the opening of the "Tokyo-Yokohama" railway in 1872, Japan has also opened a **** "chronology of railway casualties and accidents" while its economy and railway transportation have developed rapidly.

According to recorded data alone, from 1874 to 2015, there were nearly 80 large-scale train accidents in Japan, directly causing about 3,000 deaths.

In 1947, three ordinary trains went down the Bagao Line because the driver was speeding, causing the rear four carriages to derail and overturn, killing 184 people and injuring 495 people...

In 1963, the Yokosuka Line 2365 truck derailed 3 carriages and collided with the 2113S passenger car, killing 161 people and injuring 120 people...

The two trains that Niya casually read just now are the most famous existences in the history of Japanese railway accidents.

"Compared with the origin of this train, I care more about what is happening on the roof."

Standing in the "outdoor space" at the junction of the last two carriages, Higashino Kohei subconsciously looked above his head.

"Kacha...Kacha..."

Since entering the carriage, those people in black robes have all sat or stood in the carriage in an orderly manner without any dislike, bowing their heads devoutly and chanting silently.

"Kacha...Kacha...Kacha..."

On the top of the train, the sound of swallowing flesh and blood and the sound of howling wind intertwined layer upon layer, becoming thicker and more restless, with the tendency to make people's ears ring.

"I'll go up and have a look..."

Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Higashino Kohei grabbed the edge of the carriage with one hand, and rushed up to the roof like a ghost...

"So it turns out that this scroll is actually 'swallowing' the sacrifice with this weird gust of wind."

Carefully laying on the roof of the car, but in a flash, he had a panoramic view of the scene of flesh and blood flying all over the sky above the car roof and disappearing on the scroll.

"The painting on this is a hundred ghosts?"

On the scroll, hideous, hideous and brutal ghost images clearly came into view in the darkness.

"Zheng."

Higashino Kohei cut his wrist with his fingernails, sprayed out a **** red light, and slashed fiercely on the picture scroll on the roof of the car.

In the face of his slashing knife, the seemingly fragile picture scroll and the firmly attached car roof below were all unscathed.

"So that's it, this scroll is just like this train, it's also a grievance!"

Looking back at the direction he came from, Higashino Kohei's face became a little ugly when he noticed the seemingly inexhaustible picture scrolls paved along the track into the endless darkness.

""Hundred Ghosts Painting Scroll" is not just a grievance. It is a rare work of art that is worth admiring."

Just as he was lying on the roof of the car, silently checking the content on the picture scroll, a Japanese with a slightly European accent suddenly sounded in his ear.

"Shadow?"

Looking around at the empty side, Higashino Xinghei asked calmly, "When did you follow?"

The owner of this voice is naturally the savior Shadonod who he is all too familiar with and who calls himself the "Observer".

Only this man with a mysterious background and an unknown age could get close to an Assamite blood without revealing the slightest breath.

"Don't get me wrong, I came here with another observation subject, I happened to meet you here, just to say hello..."

Shadonod did not show his figure, and his voice was messy with the wind, and it was impossible for people to judge his position.

"However, it's a pity that I have to leave as soon as we met... because the clues about the 'thing' that Miss Baishui needs seem to surface in another place soon."

But what the other party said next made Higashino Xinghei look overjoyed: "Great, where is that thing, I'll go get it with you!"

"No, no, the clues over there are still under 'observation', Mr. Dongye, you will be in trouble if you rashly follow and startle the snake."

Just listening to the words of Chardonnay's refusal, Higashino Xinghei can make up the helpless look of the other party shaking his head.

"But…"

After getting along for several months, he naturally knew that this guy who looked young but didn't know how old he was, under his relaxed and casual appearance, was hiding the stubbornness unique to the British old man.

"Besides, if you stay now, you can just do me a little favor, which can be regarded as offsetting part of the 'transaction price'."

"Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

At this juncture, the other party suddenly mentioned the "transaction price", causing Higashino Kohei to narrow his eyes slightly.

Intuition told him that this "price" could not be simple.

After all, that time in the Middle East, in order to get the "Necronomicon", he turned several cities of the dead upside down.

"Well, it's not complicated to say. Just like the time in the Middle East, just recycle one thing."

"One thing... If I guessed correctly, it is the "Hundred Ghosts Picture Scroll" in front of me, right?"

Familiar with Chardonnay's paranoid preference for "cultural relics"~lightnovelpub.net~ Higashino Kohei already has the answer in his heart.

"Bingo, it's easy to talk to smart people! From my standpoint, it's not convenient to take action. With your strength, it's hard to destroy the enemy, but if you just wait for an opportunity to 'recover' it should be fine..."

"Besides, my request is consistent with your purpose of getting on this train, right? After all, if you want to take back this grievance, you must first end some kind of 'life contract' it signed with the original owner."

Chardonnay's relaxed tone was clearly heard in the ear through the sound of gnawing and strong wind.

"No problem, as long as it doesn't prevent me from killing Kotomine Jiro."

Higashino Xinghei, who had already owed the other party a large amount of "favor" and had no room for bargaining, readily agreed, and hurriedly asked, "However, you have to tell me first, what is the origin of this "Hyakki Picture Scroll"? Aum Shinri What on earth would you want to do with this thing and this train?"

Since returning to Japan, this elusive Chardonnay just said "I have other observation subjects to work on", and then completely disappeared in front of him and Reiko.

This made Higashino Kohei, who secretly investigated the Aum Shinrikyo and accumulated doubts, never had the opportunity to use the other party's profound knowledge.

(end of this chapter)