The boss looked through the register and said: "It seems that there were only three people checking in this morning. Let me see... yes, there are three of them, Okuma Isamu, Watanuki Tatsuzo and a foreigner."

Yamamura Cao asked the boss to call the three tenants to the scene.

They were quite dissatisfied when they were called out.

"What are you doing? It's so noisy!"

"Police? It's so late. What is going on?"

The first person to speak was Isamu Okuma, 25 years old, a thin, long-faced, long-haired young man with a nose ring and a bad complexion.

The second one is a fat old man, Tatsuzo Watanuki, 63 years old, with silver-white hair and beard, wearing thick-rimmed presbyopic glasses, and his eyes are still a little hard to open.

Finally there is the blond, bearded Hans Barkley, 41.

29 "Ah, that's right," Yamamura Cao was stunned for a moment and hurriedly explained, "I would like to ask, where and what were you doing around 5 o'clock in the evening?"

The long-haired young man looked fierce, looked at Shancun Cao who had no momentum at all, and replied impatiently, "I'm sleeping in the room."

"I'm taking a shower."

"I'm taking a walk around the neighborhood."

The other two people also responded.

However, no one testified.

Watanuki Chenzo was taking a bath in the bathroom of his room, and the blond foreigner who was walking did not meet anyone else.

Yuanzi whispered to Chi Chufeng: "The man with the nose ring looks the most suspicious. He must not know many Chinese characters to be signed in Roman characters."

"That old uncle was also very suspicious. Because there were so many strokes in Chinese characters that he couldn't see clearly, he asked to write them in Roman characters."

"Maybe it's a foreigner. Some foreigners can't read Chinese characters at all and can only read kana or romaji. Chichusang, which one of them do you think is the criminal?"

Chi Chufeng thought to himself, whether you said it or not, there are still three suspects.

As the time reached 9 o'clock, "Winter Red Leaves" was not broadcast on the TV in the lobby, but the European Karate King Challenge, which had been promoted before.

"So the 8th episode of "Winter Red Leaves" that was supposed to be broadcast tonight has been postponed for a week."

The broadcast on TV also attracted the attention of Shancun Cao. Under the shock, Shancun even jumped in front of the TV and wailed: "Special live broadcast? Why did it suddenly change to special live broadcast?"

"Hey, officer," Okuma said angrily, "What exactly do you want to ask? We are not here to watch TV with you."

"Hug, sorry."

Yamamura Cao continued to ask questions with tears in his eyes.

Chi Chufeng originally had no interest in karate, but a photo of Kyogoku Ma suddenly appeared on the TV.

"Anyway," the commentator continued, "he is the only player who has attracted much attention in this competition! Kyogoku Makoto, the proudest kicker in Japan! So, now let us watch a video of him introduction video.”

"He is 184cm tall and weighs 79kg. He is from Izu, Japan. He has won 18 consecutive victories at the age of only 400 and is known as the aloof boxing saint."

The TV screen flashed the figure of Kyogoku Makoto sitting calmly and quietly in the lounge, and Chi Chufeng's eyes immediately tightened: "Already have a 400-game winning streak?"

This guy went to compete.

"Chichusang," Yuanzi shook Chichufeng's hand and said coquettishly: "What time of the day, why do you still have time to watch TV?! Aren't you not interested in karate?"

"Okay, I won't watch TV and concentrate on spending time with my lovely Yuanzi."

Chi Chufeng hugged Yuanzi in public.

Yuanzi immediately turned into bean-eyed.

Just then, a criminal police officer rushed over, interrupted Yamamura Cao, who was still questioning, and said: "Officer Yamamura, I just asked the production company of the TV series, and there is no advertiser named HOTUMI."

"What?" Shancun stared, "Why not?"

"Because most of the TV station staff have gone back, I asked the part-time person and said that the name was not in the list of advertisers. This is a copy of that list, and I asked them to pass it over."

The criminal police officer handed the list to Yamamura Cao. Although this Yamamura police officer did not rely on 630 skills, he was his boss after all, and he also had the help of the legendary Onmyoji.

Should be no problem, right?

"If the part-timer's words are credible, it means that the victim lied, but he doesn't know why he lied. Even if he didn't say so, it doesn't seem to have much impact."

"Maybe it's just to get close to Miss Sonoko," Yamamura Cao guessed, "Maybe it has something to do with April Fool's Day, which is a day for lying and deceiving."

"this…"

Chi Chufeng was too lazy to complain about the mountain village.

"Chichu-sang," Yuanzi listened to Yamamura Cao's unreliable speculation and looked towards Chichufeng again, "Is Mr. HOTUMI really lying?"

"He didn't lie."

Chi Chufeng brought over the list of advertisers with a calm expression.

"The name HOTUMI may be just a title. It's normal for part-time staff not to know. For identity issues, you can check with the local town office. Didn't you recommend this to the playwright because it is his hometown?"

Chapter 557 Yuanzi is quite smart

After listening to this, Yuanzi glanced at the three suspects under interrogation and turned on the detective queen mode.

"We still need to go to the mountain to investigate the cause and effect of this incident. Don't you know what Mr. HOTUMI is looking for?

Looking at the essence through the phenomenon, no matter what the case, as long as you grasp the central point, you will not be far from the truth.

The movie fan HOTUMI arranged to meet was probably one of the three passengers. These people's denial only further indicates that there is something wrong.

Judging from the murder scene and the entire incident, the murderer should be the movie fan, so what the other party asked HOTUMI to find is the key to the incident, which is the center of the problem.

Judging from the scene, it is very likely that the murderer will be silenced, so HOTUMI definitely discovered something that cannot be known. "

Chi Chufeng couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

Yuanzi is quite smart.

The two returned to the location of "Red Leaves in Winter".

The bodies at the scene have been taken away, but police are still staying to cordon off the scene.

After Chi Chufeng revealed his identity, Yuanzi checked back and forth several times with a flashlight, including the place where the notebook was found, but found nothing major.

The stab wound to the victim's abdomen was already a serious injury, and he would immediately lose his ability to move. It was probably at this time that he left a death message, but the murderer noticed that he made up the fatal knife.

The murderer probably left in a hurry after the murder, worried about being discovered by tourists, and took away the notebook that seemed to have left a death sign, but threw it on the side of the road after finding nothing wrong.

It was extremely cold in the woods at night. Yuanzi tightened his clothes and got closer to Chi Chufeng.

"Chi Chusang, can you give me some hints??" Yuanzi looked at Chi Chufeng with pleading eyes.

Chi Chufeng said with a smile, "The key should be the tree that Mr. HITUMI found, the tree where the red handkerchief was originally tied."

"The first tree? Mr. HOTUMI said it was at this location," Sonoko said blankly, "But maybe it's not here. This is the place where red handkerchiefs are tied in the TV series."

"That means this kind of thing has been done before TV filming started."

Chi Chufeng reminded.

"The red handkerchief may be some kind of mark left by the murderer. Due to the popularity of the TV series, there are more and more tourists in this mountainous area, which prompted the murderer to come back to look for the original mark.

But now there are red handkerchiefs everywhere, and he couldn't find them himself, so he had to entrust HOTUMI. After finding them, HOTUMI asked him to meet at the last scene of the series, but he was killed because of something. "

Yuanzi's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly and said:

"Hotumi probably discovered some secret at the marked place and threatened the other party when they met alone, so the scene looked so rushed."

Chi Chufeng glanced at Yuanzi and asked again: "When you met HOTUMI, which direction was he coming from?"

"Over there," Yuanzi pointed back, "It should be right over there. Is that tree right there?"

"If the idea came from the tree where the red handkerchief was originally tied, the staff would not have removed the red handkerchief from the tree without permission. Since the tree was not used as the scene in the TV series, the red handkerchief must have been tied at a considerable distance away, because in the It would be weird to shoot a series if there were two trees with red handkerchiefs tied to them.”

Chi Chufeng said as he walked: "So you should be able to find the tree as long as you look for it in a farther place. Maybe HOTUMI found the location in this way, and you should be able to find it right away by following the direction HOTUMI came back."

"If I guess correctly, the murderer still doesn't know his location!"

"You don't know yet?" Sonoko said excitedly, "But if the murderer is that movie fan, doesn't he just want Mr. HOTUMI to find a position?"

"Perhaps he thought he could find it even without HOTUMI, so he took the murderous step directly. Or maybe HOTUMO discovered the secret and threatened to call the police, so he had to take action immediately."

It is not easy to find a tree with a red handkerchief tied on it in the leafy woods at night. Perhaps it was also for concealment that the murderer used the red handkerchief to mark it.

But with prediction magic, many things have become much easier.

Chi Chufeng and Yuanzi used flashlights and walked for about 10 minutes before finding their target.

An old tree with red handkerchiefs fluttering in the wind on its branches.

The sharp-eyed Yuanzi immediately discovered it and found that the soil under the tree was quite soft and there were traces of excavation.

"As expected, Mr. HOTUMI came here to dig up accounts before meeting the prisoner."

Watching Chi Chufeng use his feet to push aside the fluffy fallen leaves and soil, revealing a skull with black eye holes under the flashlight light.

Yuanzi's expression completely changed, and the dark woods added a bit of terror.

Yuanzi huddled in Chi Chufeng's arms and said in a trembling voice, "Who died here?"

Chi Chufeng was not surprised at all, but his ears suddenly moved and he heard some subtle movements from the woods.

He smiled and looked in a certain direction and said: "This should be the reason why Mr. HOTUMI was silenced, right, Mr. Watanuki?"

Chapter 558: Want to fight again?

The forest was silent and there was no response, but under Chi Chufeng's sure gaze, a short and fat figure finally came out.

The white-haired old man wearing reading glasses was Tatsuzo Watanuki, one of the three previous passengers.

"Mr. Watanuki," Chi Chufeng said proactively, "Is the questioning over?"

"Yes," Watanuki Chenzo narrowed his eyes, "I said it was too late and I would ask us another day. But it's really amazing that you actually found this place. It seems that God is on my side. .”

Following a rustling sound, a group of thugs with evil expressions suddenly appeared behind Mian Guanchen San. They all held various knives in their hands and looked at Chi Chufeng as if they were dead.

There were at least 50 people in total, and they were surrounded without realizing it.

A confident smile appeared on Wankuan Chensan's face, and he looked at Chi Chufeng.

"To be honest, I didn't originally plan to kill anyone at this time, but that guy from HOTUMI actually found the bones and wanted to extort money."

"I heard that you are a consultant from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, but this time I called all my subordinates to find this place. Isn't it a bit too much to deal with 643 just like you?"

Yuanzi swallowed dryly and tensed up as he looked at the countless gangsters in the night.

Dozens of gangsters armed with murderous weapons are no longer a situation that can be dealt with casually.

"W-what are you going to do?" Yuanzi asked.

"Of course we're going to keep digging the grave. The only one to blame is the two of you who saw this."

Wankuan Chensan chuckled, and was about to call on his men to close the circle, but suddenly his eyes widened in horror.

Beside Chi Chufeng, figures composed of branches and leaves stood up.

Their limbs are made of thick and long tree trunks, even wrapped in stones.

Chi Chufeng held Yuanzi in his arms, preventing her from seeing outside.

"You scared my girlfriend, so wake up."

The straw man rushed towards the thugs.

The strong tree trunk and the paper wrapped in the stone hit the weak body hard.

Suddenly there was a scream.

The cold wind blew by, the red leaves rustled in the forest, and it was another deserted night.

Except for the dozens of gang members lying around in the forest, wailing.

Coupled with the knives inserted diagonally around it, it felt like returning to an ancient battlefield where corpses were everywhere.

"What the hell is this?"

Only Watanuki Tatsuzo was still standing in the field, surrounded by weird straw men.

Faced with the unexpected situation, Watanuki Chenzo's forehead kept dripping with sweat.

He was still feeling triumphant a moment ago, but he changed roles inexplicably, and he couldn't even figure out the reason. When he came back to his senses, he only saw Chi Chufeng smiling towards him.

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