Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

He had previously agreed with the Aya sisters to protect them until the police caught the murderer. Now that the murderer is still at large, does that mean he has to protect them indefinitely?

Thinking about it this way, Li Xin became a little impatient. The money he had earned so far was far from enough, and he couldn't just stay by the side of the Ya Yue sisters forever.

"Mr. Ashin, you don't seem to be in a good mood?"

After dinner, Ayazuki Nazuki hesitated for a moment before speaking to Li Xindao.

How could you tell I was in a bad mood? I can't even tell how I'm feeling when I look in the mirror...

Li Xin thought to himself.

Azuki Natsumi smiled slightly. Through these few days of getting along, she had come to know that Mr. O-Shin was not as cold as he appeared. In fact, he was rather shy. However, as a mature adult, she would not expose Li Xin. Instead, she would help him cover up for himself.

Similarly, she sensed Li Xin's anxiety. She knew that the fact that the murderer was still at large was making Li Xin impatient. Come to think of it, with Mr. Li Xin's amazing abilities, he must have many other things to do. How could he possibly waste time by her side all this time?

So Azuki Natsumi said to Li Xin, "Mr. Azuki, the murderer has been quiet for the past three days. He has probably fled to another place to avoid being caught by the police. How about this, starting tomorrow, you don't have to protect us anymore. Thank you for protecting us these past few days."

"what?"

Yuko Azuki exclaimed in surprise, her eyes filled with reluctance to part.

Li Xin hesitated for a moment, then shook his head at Ayatsuki Nata and said, "We agreed to protect you until the murderer is caught, so I won't leave until then."

Once you accept the money, you incur karmic consequences. If these consequences aren't resolved, you won't feel secure accepting the money. If you use it to build a house, it will collapse.

Ayatsuki Natsumi was somewhat touched. She opened her mouth to speak, but finally said, "Thank you. Then I can only continue to trouble Mr. Shin."

It's hardly hard work; in fact, for some people, being able to spend every day with a pair of beautiful sisters is a dream come true.

Li Xin remained noncommittal, helping Ya Yue pick and tidy up the dishes on the table.

Downstairs at the apartment building, a young man wearing sunglasses smoked a cigarette, looking at the lights of each apartment in the building. He found the apartment he was looking for, exhaled a puff of smoke, and couldn't help but laugh.

Two days have passed; they must be feeling anxious and exhausted by now. It's time to reap the rewards!

The young man pulled a gun from his pocket, muzzle pointing upwards, and licked the muzzle with a wicked grin: "Baby, it'll be time for you to have your fill of sex soon!"

This young man was the serial killer who murdered four people. He was stopped when he was about to kill his fifth victim, Yuko Azuki. The surviving Yuko Azuki even drew a portrait of him and revealed the model and color of his car to the police.

Fortunately, his car was dyed; it was white normally, but he would dye it black at night to go hunting in the streets of Shinjuku. And those useless guys at the Metropolitan Police Department actually only focused on the black BMW, completely ignoring his white BMW as it drove right past them. It was hilarious.

As expected, the incompetent police officers in the Metropolitan Police Department only know how to pick up cases that have already been solved by high school students; they have no ability to solve cases on their own!

The serial killer, who had originally planned to lay low for two days without hearing any news, finally couldn't hold back any longer and prepared to continue his crimes. This time, he wanted to catch all the previous fugitives, including the sister of one of them, in one fell swoop, so as to satisfy his hunger for hunting after so many days of being unable to do so!

To be honest, he was a little worried that the Aya sisters, his prey, would get away, but they only found a man to protect them and didn't do anything else.

Furthermore, the serial killer had purchased information from an intelligence broker and confirmed that the Metropolitan Police Department had not sent anyone to protect the Aya sisters. In other words, the man was not a policeman, but just an ordinary person. Although he was tall, could even the tallest person withstand a gun? With a gun in hand, the serial killer was fearless.

He didn't enter through the main entrance of the apartment building. Although security was practically nonexistent in such ordinary apartments and there were no surveillance cameras at the entrance, it was still easy to run into people if he entered from the front. With the situation tense right now, he wanted to continue his hunt, ten people, twenty people... and keep hunting. He didn't want to be caught like this.

So the killer cautiously approached the apartment and slowly climbed up the drainpipe on the exterior wall.

The serial killer wasn't an athlete; he only relied on the gun in his hand to commit his crimes. He usually drove in a BMW, so climbing the drainpipe this time was quite a challenge for him. He was drenched in sweat after climbing just a few floors, and when he looked down at the height, he realized that he was actually a little afraid of heights!

What a blunder!

The killer somewhat regretted infiltrating in this way, but now he was in a bind. Climbing up the drainpipe was relatively easier, but climbing down was risky; one slip and he could slide down the sixth floor!

After some thought, the serial killer decided to climb onto the balcony of the Aya sisters' house, kill them and the man first, and then leave through their front door. Although there might be a risk of encountering people, considering the incompetence of the Metropolitan Police Department, it shouldn't be a big problem.

Finally reaching the balcony of the Aya sisters' house, the murderer stretched out half of his hand and foot, barely managing to touch the balcony railing. After using it for leverage, he quickly jumped onto the railing. Although he grabbed the railing with his other hand, his foot slipped and he almost fell off.

The serial killer felt like he had several years less to live, and in his terror, he made up his mind that before killing the Aya sisters, he had to torture them severely, otherwise it would be too much of a loss!

The killer took a breath and was about to climb over and go inside when, with a "whoosh," the glass door to the balcony opened, and Li Xin walked out, calmly looking at the killer.

How did he know I was here?!

The murderer was shocked.

Didn't you know you made such a loud noise?

Li Xin looked at the murderer with the same eyes he would give a fool.

Although this serial killer has committed four murders and is still at large, it is not because of his outstanding abilities, but because he is crazy enough and the Metropolitan Police Department police are incompetent enough. In fact, if anyone had a little more sense, they would not have kidnapped someone in the middle of a busy street in Shinjuku.

The serial killer wants to kill Li Xin with a gun, which is the source of all his confidence. But the problem is that he is currently clinging to the balcony railing with both hands and has no hands to hold the gun. What can he do?

"Mr. Ashin, what's going on outside?"

The sound of Aya picking vegetables came from inside the house. Li Xin said calmly, "It's nothing, don't worry."

Then he closed the glass door.

Li Xin wasn't sure if he was the murderer, but no matter what, it was always right to deal with him for daring to sneak into the home of the Ya Yue sisters, whom he was protecting.

Li Xin lifted the murderer onto the balcony with one hand. Just as he was about to question him, the murderer, now free of his hands, immediately pulled out a pistol and fired a shot at Li Xin.

The gun was equipped with a silencer, so the sound it made was very faint, but the bullet still made a crisp sound when it hit the flowerpot on the balcony.

Li Xin twisted to avoid the pistol, then looked at the murderer and asked, "You have a gun?"

Although the shot missed Li Xin, the killer thought it was just an accident and that Li Xin was lucky. He still said smugly, "That's right, I have a gun. How about that? Scared? If you're scared, just surrender obediently, and I might spare you!"

However, the killer was also a little puzzled. Why did the dark-faced man in front of him not only show no fear when he said "You have a gun," but instead seemed to be delighted?

But it didn't matter. With a gun in hand, what was he afraid of? As for the claim that he would be spared if Li Xin surrendered, that was obviously a lie. How could he possibly let Li Xin off the hook after seeing his true face and witnessing his pathetic state? It was just that the feeling of controlling life and death, of giving hope and then extinguishing it, was too addictive. He couldn't help but want to play the same game with Li Xin.

"You have a gun, that's great."

As Li Xin spoke, he grabbed the killer's clothes before the killer could react and jumped off the sixth-floor balcony.

The serial killer was stunned, not understanding what Li Xin was trying to do. Was he going to take him down with him? No way! He wanted to kill even more people and enjoy even more pleasure!

In the blink of an eye, the murderer was already on the ground, and then Li Xin slammed him to the ground: "Come on, shoot me."

He wanted to test just how much of a threat the gun posed to him.

Back in the village, he had seen villagers hunt with homemade shotguns and felt that those shotguns were nothing special. However, he had never seen a proper handgun before. He had dodged that shot in a hurry and hadn't recovered yet. He had to test the power of the handgun.

The murderer was stunned when he was suddenly brought down from the sixth floor to the first floor. He was confused at first after hearing Li Xin's words, but he quickly became excited.

Shoot him?

The serial killer had never encountered such a request in his life. What could he do? Of course, he had to grant the request of this stern-faced man!

Without a second thought, the killer fired at Li Xin, who was only a few steps away. At such a short distance, he simply couldn't believe he couldn't aim accurately.

But something unexpected happened to the killer. Li Xin simply turned slightly to the side and dodged the bullets he fired. The killer, not believing it, fired several more shots, but Li Xin dodged them all with minimal movement.

It's alright. Although the speed is fast, it's not to the point where it's impossible to dodge. If you can pay attention to the trajectory of the bullets, you'll have more room to dodge.

After dodging bullets several times, Li Xin made this judgment.

After firing several shots without hitting the target, the killer was bewildered. He took a few steps back in fear and asked in a trembling voice, "Who exactly are you?"

He had never encountered such a monster before, dodging bullets at such close range—was that something a human could do?

"You should still have bullets in your gun, right? Fire another shot."

Li Xin confronts the murderous demon.

"Who wants to listen to you, you monster!"

The killer turned and ran away as fast as he could. He was only there to bully the weak, not to fight the monster to the death!

However, Li Xin refused to let him leave so easily and directly stepped past him to block his way.

Without a second thought, the murderer raised his hand and fired a shot at Li Xin.

The killer didn't expect to hit Li Xin with this shot; he just hoped to use Li Xin's dodge as an opportunity to run further away. But this time, Li Xin didn't dodge. When the bullet was about to hit him, Li Xin's feet seemed to be rooted to the ground, and he didn't move at all. He just raised his arm to block in front of him.

"biu!"

The bullet hit Li Xin's arm, but Li Xin didn't even flinch. He clenched his free right hand and punched the murderer in the face.

"Clatter!"

A distinct cracking sound rang out, and the murderer was sent flying a great distance as if he had been hit by a truck.

Li Xin, clutching his injured arm, walked up to the grotesquely disfigured killer and frowned slightly, saying, "Damn it, I was planning to have Yuko identify him..."

The murderer looks like this now; even his own mother probably wouldn't recognize him.

However, Li Xin did not lose heart. After searching around the apartment and spending some time, he finally found a black BMW in a nearby park.

Li Xin recognized the car as belonging to the serial killer at a glance, which meant that the guy was indeed the serial killer.

Although the murderer was not caught, he is dead and can no longer threaten the Aya sisters. In that case, his mission can be considered complete, right?

After confirming that the person he killed was the murderer, Li Xin did not return to the Ya Yue sisters' house, but left directly.

He had just committed murder, and the killer's body was still lying in the open space outside the apartment. It was not appropriate for him to have any further involvement with the Aya sisters.

At the Ayumi sisters' house, Ayumi Yuko noticed that Li Xin hadn't returned from the balcony for a long time, so she opened the glass door to ask him what he was doing. However, she found that there were only a few clothes that needed to be dried on the balcony, and no one was there. She took a few steps forward, looking for something, but suddenly saw from the balcony that there seemed to be a person lying on the ground below.

The night was dark, and she couldn't see the figure on the ground. When she realized Li Xin wasn't on the balcony, she instinctively thought he had fallen and quickly said to her sister, "Sister, something terrible has happened! Brother Xin has fallen off the balcony!"

"what!"

Ayatsuki Natsumi was shocked. The two sisters immediately ran downstairs. Because they thought the elevator was too slow, they even chose to go down the stairs directly.

The two rushed to the lying figure, only to find that it was not Li Xin at all. Although the face was indeed different from Li Xin's, his figure and clothes were completely different, so it was certain that it was not Li Xin.

The two breathed a sigh of relief, but since someone had died, they were quickly filled with lingering fear.

Yuko Azuki had a sharp eye and noticed that the corpse was holding a pistol. Upon closer inspection of the deformed face, she could vaguely see the resemblance to the serial killer. She had been asked to describe the serial killer's appearance when she gave a statement at the Metropolitan Police Department, so she had a strong impression of the killer's face.

"Sister, this person is a murderer!"

Yuko Azuki said to Nao Azuki.

Azuki Natsumi's heart skipped a beat. This man was a serial killer. The serial killer suddenly died here. Was his killer Mr. O-Shin? Mr. O-Shin discovered the serial killer, killed him, and then left?

Natsuki Azuki pressed down on the shoulders of the flustered Yuuko Azuki: "Yuuko, remember this, Mr. Shin didn't come to our house tonight. He stayed with us for two days, but when the murderer didn't come, he left, understand?"

Yuko Azuki immediately understood what her sister meant and nodded quickly, saying, "Okay, I understand."

Ayatsuki Natsumi breathed a sigh of relief and then said, "Let's go call the police. Just say you saw a shadow on the ground while you were enjoying the breeze on the balcony, and don't say anything else."

"Sister, I'm not a child anymore. I watch crime dramas all the time, so I know what to say in front of the police!"

Yuko Azuki muttered softly.

The two sisters made the same decision: to protect Li Xin and prevent the police from finding out that he had committed murder. This was the only way they could repay Li Xin besides money.

Chapter Twelve: The Female Fox of the Metropolitan Police Department

Li Xin returned to his cheap rental apartment, and coincidentally, Crocodile hadn't gone out partying that night, but instead stayed quietly in the apartment.

"Ah-Xin, you're back so early today? Aren't twins more appealing now...?"

Crocodile greeted Li Xin jokingly, then noticed Li Xin clutching his arm, his hand stained with blood. He hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Xin, what happened to your hand?"

Li Xin calmly said, "It's nothing. I just met a guy with a pistol and asked him to test it out. A pistol is nothing special. Crocodile, I think I can start taking jobs with targets who have guns."

He deliberately took a shot to test the power of the pistol, and thankfully, he survived.

"Is this the time to talk about this? Your hand is injured, and you're still thinking about taking orders!"

Crocodile was both anxious and angry. He searched the rented room but couldn't find anything to bandage his wounds. Then he realized that this wasn't his home in Hong Kong and he didn't have such a thing.

He put on his coat and said to Li Xin, "Quick, let's go, I'll take you to see a doctor!"

Gunshot wounds are no small matter; they need to be treated quickly to remove the bullet, otherwise your hand could be ruined!

However, since Japan is a country with strict gun control, taking Li Xin to the hospital after a gunshot wound would also attract the police, so we cannot take him to the hospital.

After thinking for a moment, Crocodile thought of a place to take Li Xin to see a doctor for his gunshot wound.

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At Iwasaki Megumi's residence, a knock sounded at the door. Megumi glanced at the clock on the wall; it was already nine o'clock. She wondered why anyone would come looking for her so late. After looking through the peephole and seeing who was outside, she was even more puzzled as to why this person would come to see her.

However, Iwasaki Megumi still opened the door and said to the person outside, "Mr. Mita, what brings you here to see me?"

The person outside the door was none other than Mita, the boxing champion who had just won the Japan Jr. Middleweight Championship. He looked at Iwasaki Megumi and said, "Miss Iwasaki, I didn't expect you to know me. I thought I would have to introduce myself."

Megumi Iwasaki smiled: "When Jun was alive, he always looked up to you. He hung your poster in the most prominent place in his house. I think it would be hard not to know you."

A hint of sadness flashed in Mita's eyes: "Ogino is an outstanding young man. If he were still alive, I might not have been able to retain the title of champion this year."

Megumi Iwasaki sighed, "What's the point of saying all this now..."

She was a doctor, and she understood this better than anyone else, and she accepted this fact.