Knight Asylum

"You don't have to worry about us defaulting on the contract. Phoenix's base is right there."

Red glanced at U, who said nothing and nodded slightly.

Since even U had no objection, Red naturally had no reason to refuse.

"Okay, when will your people come to get the seal?"

"At 12 noon, Phoenix and the public security personnel will come to Zhinao Group to investigate. My people will contact you," Wakabayashi Yujiro breathed a sigh of relief, "but you have to find the murderer as soon as possible."

"Hey - isn't this your job?" Sonoda Mari muttered unhappily with her hands on her hips.

"Sorry - we will also conduct an investigation on our side," Wakabayashi Yujiro shook his head awkwardly and ended the call.

Red tilted his head and said, "This guy is not a mechanical life form. I thought all the top executives of Phoenix had been replaced by mechanical life forms a long time ago."

U spread his hands, "For the time being, they are Servi Turia's replacements. They are not that easy to deal with."

Mari Sonoda blinked and let out a long sigh.

"So, do we really have to hand over the seal to them?" Qiao frowned.

"It doesn't matter. He didn't lie just now. They can indeed use the seal to study the technology to separate humans and demons." Red put his hands behind his head. "Now our science team still has a lot of things to study. If we add another technology to separate humans and demons, they will really die of overwork."

Red complained after a pause.

"After all, we are still building a super tomb on the moon, and we are running out of funds."

"If it's not enough, you still spend money," Qiao rolled his eyes.

"Ah - I can't hear anything. I can't hear anything." Red covered his ears, shook his head, and stood up. "The most important thing now is to find the murderer. You two, even though it's just a procedure, when Phoenix and the police come..."

"We'll risk our lives to make sure they don't see anything they shouldn't see!"

Murakami Kyoji and Takuma Itsurō immediately climbed up and patted their chests vigorously.

"Then it's up to you."

Red nodded and looked at Sonoda Mari with a puzzled look on her face. She was carrying a backpack and had a very motivated expression on her face.

Mari Sonoda's expression froze and she grabbed the hem of her clothes, staring at Reid unwillingly.

"alright."

"Humph--"

"Eh? You don't want to go?"

"I want to go!" Because of the impact of the taboo that night, Mari Sonoda became more and more self-destructive in front of Reid.

"Then I won't go."

Qiao held onto the edge of the sofa and tried to lie down, but halfway through, Reid grabbed her arm and said, "Qiao, if you lie down any further, you'll gain some fat."

Qiao's eyes twitched fiercely, "What do you care?"

As she said that, Qiao simply closed her eyes while being held by Reid, intending to fall asleep. However, as soon as she closed her eyes, she felt a force coming over her, and the comfortable feeling of the sofa disappeared. After a short period of suspension in the air, she fell into a strong arm.

"Then let's go!"

Red caught Qiao in a princess hug, smiled brightly, and strode towards the elevator.

"Hey - you bastard, what are you doing!?"

When Qiao realized what was happening, her face turned red and she started to struggle hard, but no matter how hard she kicked, she couldn't break free.

Seeing the elevator door getting closer and closer, Qiao could only yell with a red face, "I know, I know!"

"I don't mind..."

"I mind!"

Qiao, who was released, glared at Reid fiercely, turned around and ran back to put on his shoes, then reached out and pinched Sonoda Mari's face, "Why are you looking at me? Is there something strange going on?"

"No, not at all, cough! Not strange at all," Sonoda Mari coughed and her face became serious.

"...I must emphasize that we don't usually do this," Qiao's mouth twitched.

"Oh……"

"Don't look so envious!"

"No, I'm not envious!"

While playing around, Mari Sonoda and Takumi walked into the elevator. When the elevator door closed, Mari Sonoda was suddenly stunned.

"Well, I have a question, but I don't know whether I should ask it or not."

"what?"

Mari Sonoda looked at the mascot behind Reid with a subtle expression, who was like a substitute.

"Who is this……"

After Sonoda Mari said this, Reid also reacted and looked over with a subtle expression.

"Only around you can I move freely," Medusa replied calmly.

In fact, she is now able to move freely around the office.

"Ah~ Are you looking for an opportunity to contact the sage?" Reid suddenly realized.

"..."

"Tsk——"

Chapter 628 Order of Death

It is not a trivial matter that the leading actors of the Orphinoth thriller series were killed one after another by Orphinoth at such a critical juncture, and there are a group of people who are particularly sensitive to such things.

That's right, reporters.

"Ah, Red! Long time no see!"

Shinji Shiroto pushed open the door and saw that it was Red who knocked on the door. The smile on his face became even brighter. He greeted Takumi and Mari Sonoda behind Red in turn, but when it came to Medusa, Shinji Shiroto hesitated.

"Shinji, don't worry about it. By the way, is Miss Lingzi here?" Reid patted Shiroto Shinji's shoulder. "Actually, I have something I want to ask."

Shinji Shirodo blinked and tilted his head.

"Ms. Lingzi, if you're not here right now, what do you want to know?"

Before Red could say anything, Kitaoka Hideichi's voice, which sounded a little gloating, came from the living room.

"It must be the Orpheino serial murder case. I saw it. The shares of Zhinao Group soared like a helicopter and shook a little."

Sonoda Mari puffed her cheeks in dissatisfaction, "This guy is so annoying."

"Don't mind it, I find him annoying too, but Lawyer Kitaoka is a good man," Shinji Shirodo lowered his voice.

"Shinji, I can hear you. Don't forget whose house you're living in now! Go take out the trash! Don't forget to sort it!"

"Goo-"

Shinji Shirodo's face was filled with humiliation.

"Mr. Kitaoka, you look well."

When he came to the living room, Red waved to Hideichi Kitaoka who was leisurely drinking coffee, and then waved to Daisuke Okubo and Nanako Shimada who were frantically typing on the keyboard.

"Thanks to you," Kitaoka Hideichi smiled slightly, "So? You're a detective again this time?"

"I guess so," Reid sat opposite Kitaoka Hideichi, "So, Lawyer Kitaoka, if you can provide some valuable information, I'd be happy."

"Wow..." Kitaoka Hideichi pinched his chin and nodded thoughtfully, raising his finger. "I do know something. Do you know Ridley Feng, the director and screenwriter of the Orphino thriller series?"

Mari Sonoda, who was reading the script curiously next to Nanako Shimada, raised her head.

"Ah - is that the one who was suddenly reported to have committed domestic violence and harassed actresses?"

"Those are all false accusations," Okubo Daisuke scratched the back of his head and complained, "I heard that the leading actors were planning to breach the contract, and then they had a conflict with the director, and then a lot of trumped-up charges were exposed. It seems that the director has been arrested and has not been released yet."

"How could this be!" Sonoda Mari's face was full of disbelief.

"When a wall falls, everyone pushes it down. Public opinion sometimes takes precedence over procedures. If this case can promote a certain policy, black can be turned into white."

Kitaoka Shuichi commented calmly and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Just like the incident at Qingmingyuan University, a lawyer I've never even heard of is occupying the position. The other lawyers have no chance to meet Ridley Feng in person, and they don't know what his current situation is. Most likely, those people are using a completely shameful process to force him to plead guilty."

"That's too much—" Sonoda Mari muttered unwillingly.

"So we are now writing a report to expose this matter," Shimada Nanako raised her hand to adjust her glasses.

"Amazing!"

"But in a sense, this is also a good thing," Kitaoka Hideichi yawned, "He won't be suspected of being the criminal anymore."

"Indeed, he has sufficient motives to commit the crime, but now he has sufficient alibi," Qiao nodded and analyzed.

"Dead end?"

Rhett dropped his head.

Ridley Fon's experience is sympathetic, but sympathy is one thing, and Ridley Fon having sufficient motives to commit the crime is another.

If not Ridley Fung, who could it be?

"Since the murderer's target is the leading actors, why not just follow them?" Shinji Shirodo walked back after taking out the trash.

"With the mirror world here, there's no need to worry about being discovered by the murderer."

"..."

Seeing everyone was silent, Shiroto Shinji shrank his neck and said, "Did I say anything weird?"

"No, Shinji, you're surprisingly quick-witted," Okubo Daisuke nodded with his chin held high.

"That was when...wait a minute, senior, what is the accident?"

Shinji Shiroto smiled smugly at first, but soon realized what was going on and started yelling in dissatisfaction.

"It's doable, but the starring roles are... a bit too many," Red took out his phone and checked.

This time all the protagonists of the Orphino horror series are here, not counting those who have been killed, there are still seventeen main actors.

This is also the part that was criticized for this final work. There were so many people that those who had not watched the previous parts were full of question marks throughout the whole process.

At this moment, Sonoda Mari's eyes lit up and she raised her head as if possessed by a famous detective.

"I get it! There is a killing order! The order in which the main characters die is the order in which they die in the movie!"

"..."

"Truthfully, the female lead who was discovered at the beginning died in the second part, and the lead who was found dead today died in the fourth part," Reid reminded after hesitating for a moment.

Sonoda Mari's face froze, and she shrank her head for a second before immediately raising her hand again, "I know! That's the order in which they will be resurrected in the final work!"

"But one of the problems with the final game is that it doesn't mention how those people were resurrected at all."

"Goo--I'm sorry, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Mari Sonoda shrank smaller and smaller, and finally she simply covered her face and turned her back.

"This isn't an indiscriminate killing. The target is very clear, the actors in those Orphino horror movies," Red crossed his fingers. "People have subconscious priorities when they act, so there must be a killing order, and... well, it's probably related to the last work."

"I, I knew it was like that!"

"But the problem is, that killing sequence is definitely not the last one being played now," Qiao raised his eyebrows slightly, "that was a family reunion where no one died from beginning to end."

"That's right. So in order to find the complete version that hasn't been edited, in addition to Ridley Feng, the investors should also have the original version. I have to make another phone call."

Reid rubbed his forehead and said, "Shinji, please contact Lian and the others. I may have to trouble you in the next two days."

"It's okay, leave it to us," Shinji Shirodo put his hands on his hips and nodded vigorously.

"Forget it," Kitaoka Hideichi waved his hand, "I'm not their fan."

"stare--"

"..."

"I know, I know, isn't it okay for me to help?" Kitaoka Hideichi, who couldn't stand being stared at by Shinji Shirodo, raised his hands helplessly.

Chapter 629: Three Philosophical Questions: Do You Want to Have a Baby?

After briefly assigning the surveillance list, Red began to contact the investors of the final work.

Red still remembers the dialogue about super powers in the superhero movies he had seen before.