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Chapter 1563 The Novelist Who Suicided (End)

After Yamamura Cao fell into the lake, Tang Ze felt relieved after seeing Yamamura Cao master the water.

After that, he let everyone on the boat go ashore first, while he stood on the boat and pulled Yamamura Cao up from the water.

"Thanks."

After Yamamura came up, he touched his face in embarrassment and thanked Tang Ze.

"You're too careless." Tang Ze shook his head helplessly and said, "You'd better go to the hotel to take a shower and change clothes."

"I know." Yamamura Cao glared hatefully at Otaka Katsuya, who was still in a daze after landing on the shore, and then urged the men next to him: "What are you waiting for? Take them away quickly!"

Seeing the chief's angry and embarrassed look, the two criminals held back their laughter and quickly took Da Gaoke away.

Because he was soaked all over, Yamamura Cao could only go to the hot spring to take a bath by himself.

And because he had no clothes, he could only ask his men to take Da Gaoke away first. He would stay here for one night and wait for the hotel to dry his clothes.

As for Tang Ze and the others, they didn't go to Guan Shancun Cao. Although the case was solved, the three of them were not in much mood to have fun at night, so they went back to their rooms to rest.

Lying on the bed, Tangze, who wanted to change his mood, clicked on the system panel and counted the rewards for this case.

[The novelist who committed suicide]

Completion: perfect
  [Congratulations to the host for acquiring the skill of ship driving (3 years)]

[Congratulations to the host for getting 300 destiny points]

Evaluation: This time there was no warning before the case happened, and the criminal's scheme was equally cunning.

But fortunately, it was the first time the murderer committed a crime. You relied on the few clues left by the other party's carelessness to see through the criminal's conspiracy and successfully arrested him.

Somehow you got the favor of fate!

Seeing the reward for this case, Tang Ze knew that this case was also a side case.

The reward he received this time was also a skill related to the case. After improvement, his ship driving skills were directly upgraded to 9 years.

There is only one year left to be promoted to B level.

At this level, he is considered an experienced captain, and he can operate everything except some special ships.

It's a pretty good reward.

And perhaps because the cases in this branch are more difficult or weird, this time, like the previous cases that Tangze encountered, 300 fate points were given.

He originally spent 2000 destiny points in the lottery, but he received it again within a few days, and the balance in his wallet was replenished to 2300 destiny points.

However, although the harvest this time was quite fruitful, Tang Ze was not happy.

The main reason is that this case is really depressing. He killed people just for extramarital affairs. This motive makes people feel aggrieved.

"Dong dong!"

Tangze had just finished counting the rewards and closed the panel when he heard someone knocking on the door. He asked through the door, and then heard Sonoko's response at the door.

"How did you come?"

After Karasawa opened the door, Ayako saw her sister holding a pillow and said with a smile, "What's the matter?"

"Hehe. I feel a little embarrassed to say it."

Yuanzi coyly said, "Sister, can I sleep with you today?"

"Huh?" Ayako was stunned for a moment after hearing her sister's words.

When Yuanzi saw her sister's puzzled expression, she quickly explained: "In our case today, when I thought about the body of Teacher Zhangzi at the bottom of the boat when I came back, I was so scared that I couldn't sleep."

"Then let your sister sleep with you." Tang Ze knew what was going on as soon as he heard this, and said with a smile: "I will take a pillow and sleep in your room."

"Then come." After hearing Karasawa's words, Ayako smiled and said, "Today we sisters will sleep together."

"Great!" Sonoko cheered and threw the pillow on the bed, then jumped on the bed and looked at Tangze with a smile: "Sorry, brother-in-law."

"It's okay. It's normal to feel scared when something like this happens."

Tang Ze smiled and said: "We originally said we would go back to live after we came out to play, but seeing as how you act, we will all go back and live next week. If you are afraid, just sleep with your sister."

"Great!" Yuanzi cheered happily after hearing this.

As for Tangze, he smiled, took his pillow and went to rest in the room next to him.

Tangze actually understands Sonoko's fear.

Not to mention the other party, even Tang Ze felt his head go numb when he first realized the truth.

This case has a similar approach to the "Elevator Hidden Corpse Case". Although the case is simple, it makes people think deeply and gives people a creepy feeling.

The horror of this case definitely belongs to the level of childhood shadow.

But this didn't matter to Tang Ze. He took the pillow to another room and lay down straight away.

After accepting the three years of ship driving to digest the rewards, Karasawa went to bed early.

Silent all night.

Early the next morning, the three of them got up, washed up, and went out to have breakfast. They saw Yamamura Cao sitting there early.

"Morning." Tang Ze smiled and greeted the other party: "Did you sleep well yesterday?"

"Of course."

Yamamura Cao said with a smile: "Yeah~ the hot springs here are quite comfortable to soak in. Fortunately, the male and female hot springs are two completely different hot springs, otherwise I wouldn't be able to enjoy them."

"Did you fall into the lake on purpose just so you could enjoy the hot springs here?" Sonoko joked, staring at Yamamura Cao with a suspicious look on her face.

"What nonsense are you talking about!?"

Yamamura was extremely angry: "Who would fall onto the lake on purpose? I was really careless!"

"Okay, okay, you two, stop bickering." Tang Ze helplessly stopped the two of them, and immediately started eating breakfast.

After breakfast, Karasawa and the other three said goodbye to Yamamura Cao and drove back to Tokyo with the Suzuki sisters.

After returning home, Tangze took some time off, but the previously solved cases still flashed through his mind from time to time, and he always felt like there was a anger in his heart that he couldn't express.

Finally, Tangze took a pen and paper and polished the case and wrote it down, and then he felt relieved.

Speaking of which, he has adapted and written many cases based on the cases he has solved in his own experience. If you do the math, you can almost write a book.

Thinking of this, Tangze called his editor, whom he had not contacted for a long time, and made an appointment to meet with him tomorrow afternoon to discuss book publishing.

Time without a case always flies by quickly, and the next day comes in the afternoon.

After discussing the publication with the editor and handing over the manuscript, Karasawa went straight home. After experiencing a horrific case on Saturday and Sunday, Tangze knew that there would be nothing to worry about in the next few days, and he naturally relaxed.

And that was indeed the case. Tangze had an extremely relaxed week after that. He went to and from get off work normally every day, and his rest days were also smooth as usual.

The only thing that has changed is that the weather that was supposed to get hotter after the typhoon left did not get hotter, but actually got colder.

As the saying goes, one autumn rain and another cold, one should wear cotton during each autumn rain.

After autumn, every rain will reduce the temperature, and this is even more true after the typhoon. The temperature suddenly seems to be winter.

By the time winter officially begins, it has even started to snow in some places such as Hokkaido. People are talking about it being an early winter this year and are a little surprised by the weather.

As for Tang Ze, he has long been used to it. After all, today is summer, and he has seen such bizarre weather that it turns into winter when he wakes up.

Putting aside this ever-changing timeline, it’s really nothing surprising to spend a few days ahead of schedule to celebrate winter.

However, there is no benefit in the cold weather. When people go outside, their exposed skin will feel a little prickly when the wind blows. Even with Tangze's current physique, he doesn't care about the temperature, but it doesn't mean he likes it.

The only advantage is that it can change the taste of food.

We eat barbecue in the summer and hot pot in the winter. Recently, Tang Ze had a great time eating hot pot and drinking soup. Plus, there was no case, not to mention how comfortable he was.

It's a pity that for them, peace is destined to be only temporary. The trees want to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop.

Tang Ze hopes that there will be more peaceful times, but some people take the initiative to find difficult cases to seek justice because they are bored because there are no cases.

Yes, this person is talking about Hattori Heiji!
  ———Heiji Hattori is inviting————

Liju Inn.

“It tastes really good!”

Xiaolan held the cup with a happy face: "The ginger in this arrowroot soup enhances the flavor!"

"Yes, and it tastes better when you drink it." Ayako agreed with a smile.

"Yeah, right!" Kazuye smiled and said, "I read the introduction in the magazine and said that the arrowroot soup in this hotel is super delicious!"

"Dad, it's really his loss if he doesn't come." Xiaolan smiled and looked at Conan: "Right, Conan!"

"Yeah!" Conan on the side nodded in agreement, "It's a real loss that uncle didn't come."

"Who made him hangover the day before and he still hasn't gotten up yet?" At this point, Xiaolan's face became angry: "Ignore him!"

"But you didn't come here specifically to ask us to come to the deep mountains and forests of Nagano to drink kudzu soup, right?"

Karasawa looked at Hattori Heiji and said: "I didn't make it clear on the phone, so I was asked to bring Conan and Xiaolan. It's time to talk about it now."

"Is there some case?" Conan also glanced at Hattori Heiji and asked.

"what"

Glancing at Conan, Hattori Heiji had an unnatural look on his face.

Speaking of which, he called before to ask if Conan had any cases.

However, because he made fun of Conan, Conan used Haiyuan's recording to defeat an army, so he had to call Conan after receiving the commission.

And even Conan shouted, Hattori Heiji thought that he would also shout with Karasawa, and that's why he took this action.

And just after hearing Conan's knowingly asking questions, Hattori Heiji thought of his "black history" recording, so his face felt a little unnatural.

The three girls didn't notice this expression, but Conan and Tangze did. They both knew what was going on, and they also had recordings of his dark history in their hands, so they just laughed secretly in their hearts.

Of course, this was just an interlude. Although Hattori Heiji had many thoughts in his mind, he did not stop moving his hands and quickly took out a photo.

"Let me show you this photo first."

Hattori Heiji spread the photo in his pocket on the table. When everyone gathered around, they saw the lake surface captured in the photo.

The scene seems to be in a hot spring at night, with steam rising from the water.

What was a bit bizarre was that there was actually a dark figure on the water carrying something on its back, looking like it was walking on the water.

"Is it really a human or an animal?" Ayako looked at the furry black figure and asked curiously.

"The black shadow looks like a human being, but it's just carrying something." Tangze pointed at the shadow and said, "This looks a bit like a sickle?"

"Yes, but this is an animal."

Heiji Hattori smiled mysteriously when he heard this and said, "As for the animal with a sickle on its body, the only thing is the monster Kamaitachi who appears in a whirlwind and disembowells people in an instant."

"Kamaitachi!?" Xiaolan's expression changed immediately when she heard this, and she broke into cold sweat. Although Ayako on the side was better than Xiaolan, she was not much better.

On the contrary, He Ye seemed to have known the news in advance, so his reaction was not particularly big.

"But if it's a sickle, shouldn't its claws be sickle-shaped?"

Conan on the side looked suspicious: "Isn't this photo just a man carrying a sickle?"

"The reason why it is called a monster is because of its feet."

Tang Ze pointed at the black shadow's feet: "There is water splashing on it, which proves that the black shadow walks on water."

"Yes, the background behind it is actually the outdoor hot spring of this hotel." Hattori Heiji nodded: "And the writer who published this photo took another photo from the same angle."

As he spoke, Hattori Heiji took out another photo from his pocket, and this photo looked much more normal.

It is a picture of a middle-aged man wrapped in a bath towel standing in the bathtub.

The angles in the two photos are the same, the background is the same, and the hot spring is still the same hot spring.

The only difference is that the legs are submerged in the hot spring. In one photo, the black figure's feet are running on the water of the hot spring.

"Could it be that there are several transparent tables placed in the hot spring?"

Ayako guessed: "The hot springs here are the same as the White Bone Hot Springs. The water quality is not clear and transparent, but milky white."

"Yes, if you put something in the water, you won't be able to see it!" Xiaolan quickly echoed after hearing this: "If the water is turbid, you can do anything."

"That photo was not processed!"

At this moment, a man with long hair and a mustache suddenly came over and explained: "That photo was taken using traditional negatives that are difficult to process.

And we even hired experts to identify it, so there’s absolutely nothing wrong with it! "

"Could it be that you are the writer who created this photo?"

Seeing the man's uninvited conversation, Tangze, who had already realized the other person's identity, looked at the man and asked with a smile.

(End of this chapter)