ten minutes later.....

Arthur, dressed in a blue and white striped hospital gown, jumped up from the bed.

"Family! Something terrible has happened. We are all doomed!"

"What?!" Yana reacted violently.

Something really happened?

Arthur held up his phone screen for everyone to see, and said with lingering fear, "The New York Times just updated: A truck carrying five tons of Coca-Cola and a truck carrying five tons of Mentos candy both overturned on a mountain road. The good news is that the Coke was tightly packaged, and only the Mentos spilled all over the road. The local paranormal detectives have already solved the case at lightning speed. It was Chucky, a ghost boy who escaped from Florida, who did it. During his interrogation, he said he had masterminded a massive conspiracy that could destroy the world!"

Yanai was stunned.

When everyone attacked Arthur for being a moron and an idiot, only Yanami didn't know how to complain. So, in the mind of this future diary, the collision of Coca-Cola and Mentos is a disaster that is big enough to destroy the world?

I think you are the Florida Diary!

Yes, Florida often has very outrageous news events. For example, someone danced in front of a traffic police officer in order to avoid a breathalyzer test. This kind of thing happens very frequently, so some people on the Chinese Internet joked that "Florida doesn't support idle people." This joke is also very popular on the Japanese Internet, giving people the stereotype that "any life form in Florida is very active."

......

...

"Thank you for the milk tea."

Ukyo placed the empty milk tea on the table and said to Kotoko, "Are you here to watch over Arthur for me?"

"No," Qinzi spread her hands and said, "I'm just a powerless detective. My monsters can't enter China. There are strange monster protection fields everywhere. I heard Master Jiang say before that no monsters can enter China, and the strange creatures that are good at China can't leave. I thought he was exaggerating, but after coming to China, I found it to be true."

Qinzi pointed to her hollow artificial eye and said, "Yesterday, I looked up and tried to see through the protective net over Beijing to perform the talisman, but the Taoist priest who set up the net seemed to have implemented some kind of unfriendly anti-theft system. Just as I was about to see clearly, a high-temperature golden light suddenly struck down from the sky and burned my artificial eye."

It's like this with your eyes closed.

Kotoko can't look at Arthur, and neither can her boyfriend Sakuragawa Kuro.

That guy ate mermaid flesh when he was a child and gained the power of "immortality", but he was the only one who could not be killed, not others. If the black shadow attacked Arthur again, it would be useless for Sakuragawa Kuro to be present. Even if he could use his body to block the knife for Arthur, judging from the video alone, the black ghost's black spear would have no problem piercing two people at the same time.

The black shadow had not appeared in Beijing a second time except for the night two days ago. Perhaps it felt that it could not fail and left Beijing after the first attempt. Or perhaps it was lurking in the dark, waiting for no one else to be around Arthur so that it could attack again.

Judging from the combat capability shown in the video, the shadow would have had a chance to attack even if Arthur was accompanied by bodyguards. But there is another possibility that the shadow was afraid of Ukyo. In its judgment, if Ukyo was present, it would be very likely that it would not be able to escape unscathed after killing everyone.

.......

...

"Why don't you guys go first?" After finishing his milk tea, Arthur scratched his head and said, "You guys all came to Beijing to play, right? I'm sorry to have delayed your trip."

Ukyo raised his eyelids and said, "It seems your friend has already repaired your substitute puppet."

"Hey~!" Arthur clapped his hands suddenly. "You're worthy of being the best detective in Japan. Nothing can escape your keen eyes!"

The title of "The Best in Japan" irritated Kotoko a little, and the desire to win among top detectives surged uncontrollably from the bottom of her heart, but she didn't say anything on the surface. Even if she was not convinced in her heart, she still had to put on a polite smile on the surface so as not to leave a stingy impression in front of others.

Secondly, in terms of fighting power, "Japan is the best". In addition to Ukyo, Japan also has that madman from the Minamoto family. He fights almost every day. It is still unknown who is stronger between the two. In addition, in terms of reasoning, there are too many supernatural detectives in Japan who are good at reasoning. Iwanaga Kotoko dare not claim to be the best, and with Ukyo's low-key personality, he would never claim to be the best. So, those who don't take Arthur's words seriously can just ignore them.

Ok.

Kotoko Iwanaga successfully convinced herself in just a few seconds.

He's just Arthur, a "gimmick detective" who stole Conan Doyle's name.

"Gimmick detective" refers specifically to certain people in the circle who like to run social media accounts but have never actually solved any supernatural cases. They only know how to create a grand gimmick and like to bluff, but they are actually second-rate detectives with nothing but a good appearance. It is an insulting nickname in the supernatural detective circle, but it also has a sarcastic meaning. It mainly depends on the context when it is used.

When she thought of this, Kotoko suddenly realized that she had never asked Arthur about the details related to the case, such as whether he had offended anyone in his daily life, whether the case was a revenge killing or a sudden killing...

Perhaps because Arthur was a detective himself, Kotoko subconsciously skipped this step, assuming that he had already analyzed it.

What the hell? If you look at it this way, she seems more like that gimmicky detective with nothing but a facade, right?

Now, a whole day has passed, but this case is still an unsolved mystery. In this case, they might as well sort it out again from the beginning.

Thinking of this, Iwanaga Kotoko immediately asked, "Arthur, have you offended anyone in your daily life?"

Arthur rolled his eyes. He knew what Kotoko was trying to do, but investigating the case was pointless for him because he had too many enemies. Just as Kotoko had originally thought, he had already analyzed it himself.

"Beng thought about it. I have too many enemies. Long ago, when paranormal detectives were still not a popular profession, I stole a lot of people's business. There's an old Chinese saying that cutting off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents. According to this logic, everyone whose business I stole is my enemy."

"Secondly, in many cases, I failed to kill the demons or fictional creatures that committed the crimes. Those that escaped could have attacked me, or they could have asked some powerful 'ghost senior' to kill me. There are so many possibilities, it's impossible to investigate."

Yu Jing, who was standing by, listened to Arthur's analysis while also looking at the on-site investigation report sent to him by Ren Xin of the Beijing City Monster Hunting Team.

She seemed to know that I was staying in the hospital with my friend, and she also knew that this case concerned her friend, so she used some of her connections to take over this case that was not under her jurisdiction.

Ukyo looked at the report sent by Ren Xin.

The only unusual thing left at the scene was a small amount of white powder.

When the police arrived at the scene, a lot of the powder had been blown away by the wind, but an explorer still found a handful of blood-stained powder under Arthur's body.

After the appraisal, at 8 o'clock this morning, the forensic department of the demon hunting team gave the result -

It's a pinch of chalk dust.

Ukyo frowned slightly.

The chalk dust was found from under Arthur's body.

He also retrieved Arthur's surgical report sent by Ren Xin.

There was also chalk dust near this guy's wound. Arthur suffered a penetrating wound, and the X-ray didn't show any embedded objects like bullets, so they just sutured his wound.

Ukyo was a little bit incredulous.

By comparing the two reports, it is actually easy to draw a conclusion.

The humanoid shadow that attacked Arthur was not using throwing weapons like spears or lances, nor were they some imaginary firearms with extremely fast firing speeds. Instead, it was using pieces of chalk that were found in every school.

"Arthur, are any of your enemies teachers?"

Arthur was stunned and said, "No, my enemies are all in the same industry. There shouldn't be anyone among them who has a side job as a teacher. What's wrong?"

Ukyo created a group chat, dragged Arthur, Komari, Yanami, and Kotoko into it, and then uploaded the report sent by Ren Xin.

Arthur looked at the two reports and fell into a long silence. After about ten minutes, he squinted his eyes and said with his lips moving, "So I was pierced through the heart by a piece of chalk?"

"Everyone, have I ever told you about that time in high school when I smeared glue all over my blackboard eraser to play a prank on my math teacher? She was a very beautiful, busty Asian woman. A few of us boys would often make dirty jokes about her in class, and if she overheard, she would throw chalk at us. She was very accurate, not only did she hit people in the head with every bullet, but she was also very powerful, the kind that could make a bump on the forehead."

After he finished speaking, he found that everyone was looking at him with some shock.

The look in his eyes was not about surprise at the fact that he made obscene comments to female teachers in high school, but about surprise that he actually went to high school.

"What do you mean? What do you mean?" Arthur was immediately furious. "I'm an old comrade. Every country used to do a poor job of popularizing education, but I did go to high school, okay? And not only did I go to high school, I even went to Imperial College! Can you stop looking at me like an illiterate? Do I look like an illiterate?"

"Look! This young comrade Yanaijian has a bright future!" Arthur looked at Yanaijian, the only one who did not look up at him with a "shocked" look, but was typing on his mobile phone with his head down.

She is re-editing the new Future Diary.

[We will find the beast that attacked Arthur and capture it...]

This sentence is a bit too simple, and the diary may not be able to be realized, so Yanami began to patch it up -

[Everyone brainstormed and analyzed in depth. First, Ukyo raised doubts, saying that the person using the chalk was most likely XX (I haven't thought of it yet, I'll add to it later). Then, Komari...]

Yanaijian wanted to curse, what the hell! The diary can't be changed at all!

And when she looked back, she found that there were typos in the diary. She wrote the murderer as a "ferocious beast". Could it be that the black shadow that attacked Arthur would change from human form to beast form because of the activation of the power of the diary?

Volume 136: Chapter 4: It’s Too Late After Hearing (k)

“——Pah~”

Yanami locked the screen of his phone.

Now that it has been confirmed that what happened before was not a coincidence, and that her phone is indeed a type of "Future Diary", then this matter must be discussed with Ukyo. After all, he is an expert in dealing with such matters.

Yanaijian raised her head and was about to talk about this matter with everyone, but she swallowed back the words that were on the tip of her tongue. She originally planned to talk about this matter with everyone and be done with it, but then she thought again, this is something that can change the future. Although she knew Arthur and Kotoko, and was also a good friend of theirs.

But to be frank, they had only known each other for more than half a year.

The human heart is something that cannot stand the test. If you didn't feel greedy before, it might be because the thing was not tempting enough. But something like Future Diary, which can change the future, exists just like the "Lord of the Rings". Anyone can be tempted by it.

So Yanami thought it would be better for her to find a time when there were no other people around and talk to Ukyo alone.

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...

After the discussion, Youjing felt thirsty. He glanced at the water dispenser in the ward and found that the large bucket of water was almost empty. He didn't know whether the hospital had a rule to check the large buckets of water in the ward every day. He wanted to call the nurse, but then he suddenly remembered that he didn't get to drink the sugar osmanthus drink he had missed for a long time this morning, so he wanted to go downstairs to see if there was any small milk tea shop that made sugar osmanthus.

Arthur has so many detectives watching over him, so there should be no problem in the short term.

After walking downstairs and taking a few dozen steps, he opened the domestic map app he had downloaded after coming to China, hoping to find the milk tea shop. Suddenly, Yanaijian's voice came from behind him.

"Ukyo, I have something to tell you!"

When he turned around, Ukyo saw Yanamichi with a serious expression, fiddling with his fingers, not knowing where to start.

She looked around in panic and said, "There are too many people here, let's find a place with fewer people!~"

"?"

What can’t be said in person?

......

...

In the shade of the hospital building, Yanami was holding his cell phone.

She had to make sure that there was no one around, otherwise, if this secret was heard by someone, it would attract the attention of those with ulterior motives and cause trouble.

Ukyo looked around at the surroundings—

In the shadows of a building, a girl with an uneasy look on her face clutches her phone tightly...

A successful confession usually takes place on top of a Ferris wheel, at a bomb site separated from a safe location by a door, on a rooftop, or in the woman's home.

The places where confessions fail are usually at the school gate, the dark side of a building, under a telephone pole, or in front of a bus stop. In short, the former scenes are generally more heartfelt, while the latter scenes are mostly casual. The opportunity to confess often comes from a sudden impulse or a desperate struggle after realizing that one is about to become a loser.

Ukyo had obviously misunderstood something, so he took the initiative to speak: "Yanagi, I don't think now is the right time. We will be staying in Beijing for several days. Do you think this is a good time?"

He wasn't ready yet, and Yanami must not be ready either, otherwise, she would never have chosen the location behind the hospital building.

Yanaijian: “?”

Ukyo must have misunderstood something, but it doesn't matter because the misunderstanding can be resolved soon. Yanami didn't care about the source of Ukyo's misunderstanding, otherwise she would probably seize this opportunity and go with the flow. If anyone is to blame, it can only be her Future Diary. Now she only has the diary in her mind, and everything else has been thrown behind her.

Yes, her brain, like many women's, can only process single-threaded things. If two things appear at the same time, she subconsciously considers the one that is more important.

"No! I have something important to tell you!"

Yanami held the phone in front of Ukyo, holding it close.

She was so close that Ukyo's eyes couldn't focus for a moment.

"This seems to be... your memo?" Ukyo took a step back. After seeing the contents on the phone clearly, he didn't think there was anything unusual. Yanai saw that the records were all things that had already happened, but there were slight deviations in some things. She might have recorded it this way on purpose because it looked like a winter vacation activity report.

Just as a diary written by a person may not be true, the winter vacation activity report can also be artistically processed and written in a more romantic, more "prose" or more "explanatory" direction.

"Do you see the problem?" Yanai asked.

At the same time, she handed the phone to Ukyo, allowing him to flip through the pages at will.

"If this is a winter break report, there shouldn't be any problems."

"If it's a diary disguised as a winter vacation report, then that's a huge problem. It's a bit too detailed for a diary, and I never thought a diary was something a serious person would write, unless, of course, there's a strict requirement from the school or the elders at home."

"This isn't a winter vacation report, nor is it a diary." Yanaijian said with a sudden serious expression, "Uh... Actually, this was originally a winter vacation report, but what I wrote on it wasn't about the day itself. Just like Xiaoju, I made up things that didn't happen. Xiaoju wrote about the entire summer vacation, but I only wrote about one day, and then..."

Yanami told Ukyo the entire verification process in detail, from the first time he doubted Mirai Diary two days ago to today.

After listening to it, Ukyo fell into a long period of thought. Although it was normal for anything to happen in the era of the revival of the supernatural, things like Future Diary were too buggy and too ridiculous. Secondly, if two supernatural events happened at the same time, there was probably some inevitable connection between them.

Ukyo's first thought was whether there might be some connection between the Future Diary and the shadow that attacked Arthur.

He has also read "Death Note". It is well known that the holder behind the Death Note is actually a certain god of death, and the note is just an item left by the god of death in the human world.

So is there a possibility that Arthur was also carrying something similar to the Future Diary, so when the Grim Reaper came to retrieve the notebook, he accidentally hurt Arthur?

Now that we have thought of the possibility, we have to verify it.

The two returned to the ward together.

"Arthur, I have a few questions for you. Please answer them truthfully."

Ukyo looked at the other people in the ward and said, "All visitors please leave."

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