Tokyo: Rabbit Police and Her Evil Partner

Chapter 293: Status is shaky
Yuan Yuzi was shocked. The scene on the screen was breathtakingly beautiful. The woman didn't look like a mortal creature. She could actually walk through flames...

“Did you capture a ghost?”

She had heard that cameras could capture some unclean things, such as ghosts that could not be seen by the naked eye. This setting is common in horror movies. When the hero and heroine check the photos, they always find a strange face or figure in the photo...

Perhaps influenced by Wulinan, strange stories and legends such as ghosts killing people, rebirth from the ashes, and monsters committing crimes emerged in her mind one after another.

"No, it's probably just that the flames are affecting the image quality of the lens, causing overexposure and affecting the dynamic range," Mao Liqi scratched his head. After all, he was a professional photographer and could tell what was going on at a glance: "The woman just walked over from the other side of the bonfire."

"So this is ah……"

Yuan Yuzi breathed a sigh of relief and thought to herself that she was really overthinking. It seemed that Wulinan had a great influence on her worldview, so that when she encountered something difficult to explain, the first thing she thought about was not to uncover the truth, but to blame it on ghosts and gods.

This trip is very necessary for her to adjust her mindset!
Yuan Yuzi slapped her face. Since it concerned Sakurako's safety, she had to be extremely alert!
At this time, Fushimi Shika suddenly said, "But why does this woman look so big? Mainly because she looked very close to the bonfire, so it looks like she walked out of the fire, right?"

"Appearances that are closer appear larger and those that are farther away appear smaller. It’s a matter of shooting angle," said Mao Liqi.

"Oh..." Fushimi Shika suddenly realized something and asked, "So why is she so big?"

Mao Liqi patiently explained to the layman: At that time, Sakurako, the camera and the bonfire formed a triangle. The camera was facing Sakurako, and part of the bonfire could be captured in the right corner. At this time, the mysterious woman walked by the side close to the camera...

"That's about it," Mao Liqi asked Mizutani Hiroshi to move and demonstrated it again through filming: "She is closer to the camera, so it looks bigger."

Fushimi Shika looked at Maori Kei meaningfully. The look was so intriguing that it made the latter a little nervous and he wondered if he had said something wrong.

Gen Yuzi suspected that he was pretending to be stupid, but she had no evidence and was too lazy to pursue the matter. She watched the tape again and again. The mysterious woman seemed to say something to Ping Sakurako, and the latter followed her out of the camera's range.

In other words, Ping Yingzi took the initiative to leave with someone.

Gen Tamako bit her thumb. She suspected that it was abduction, but she didn't think it was possible. Ping Yingzi was so smart, how could she just follow someone casually?
She turned and asked Fushimi Shika what he thought, but after watching the videotape, the latter was no longer so worried.

If Ping Yingzi encountered an accident such as falling off a cliff, having a car accident, or food poisoning, she would really have to find someone as soon as possible; but at the moment, Ping Yingzi took the initiative to leave with others, which meant that she knew what was going on and just needed some private space.

After all, she had a gun.

If the other party is really a kidnapper, Ping Yingzi is probably busy dealing with the corpse at this time, so it is normal that she doesn't answer the phone... Given her solitary habits, she probably won't let strangers get close to her, and the probability of the kidnapper's sneak attack being successful is also very low.

Fushimi Shika didn't want to explain the matter of the police gun for fear of being nagged by Minamoto Tamako, and he might even lose another green indulgence.

But if he didn't tell the truth, Yuan Yuzi would be very anxious. Fushimi Shika weighed the pros and cons for a moment and decided to continue to play dumb. He said, "Why don't we ask other passengers? Forget about the children. Everyone should have an impression of such a beautiful dancer..."

Yuan Yuzi nodded, bit her thumb and said vaguely: "Good idea, we can also ask the local residents, they should know this dancer."

Mizutani Hiroshi felt that it was too inefficient to ask everyone one by one, so he proposed to use the radio to gather everyone together, ask questions in public, and reconstruct the crime scene. He had been running all day and was exhausted, so in order to save some energy, he came up with this idea.

Yuan Yuzi thought this proposal was good, so she made the decision immediately and set off.

Everyone went to the radio station to inform the hotel owner and the tourists who participated in the bonfire party to go to Tokaikan to participate in the investigation and interrogation. Before the broadcast, Yuan Yuzi had already confirmed that Tokaikan was the largest hot spring hotel in Izu Town, and the banquet hall could accommodate hundreds of people. "You can't do this, it's too official."

Fushimi Shika leaned closer to the microphone and added, "All tourists who participate in the survey will have the opportunity to receive a mysterious grand prize. In addition, the hotel manager is obliged to cooperate with the police investigation and protect the personal safety of tourists... Thank you for your cooperation."

After the announcement, everyone left the radio station and headed for the East China Sea Pavilion.

On the way, Yuan Yuzi couldn't help asking what the 'mysterious grand prize' was. Fushimi Shika spread his hands, saying that he had not prepared anything at all, and he would just pick a flower to send away the winning tourists.

"How can you do this? Aren't you lying?" Yuan Yuzi felt that this behavior was immoral.

"Where did you lie? I didn't tell you what the mysterious grand prize is," Fushimi Lu said with an unhappy look on her face, glancing at the small bell in her hand: "If you don't agree, just give this broken bell away. The grand prize is worth one thousand yen!"

Hearing this, Yuan Yuzi's cheeks puffed up with anger. She emphasized loudly that this is not a broken bell, but a bell for bondage!
It symbolizes the indestructible friendship of the reasoning team, how can we just give it away to anyone?!

Fushimi Shika was too lazy to argue with her, so she quickly quickened her pace, leaving Yuan Yuzi behind, as if she didn't want to listen to anything. Seeing this, Yuan Yuzi took out a small white book and continued to record Fushimi Shika's crimes.

"Trying to give the marriage bell away, disregarding the friendship of the reasoning team"

Deduct ten points!
After Yuan Yuzi finished writing, she was still a little angry. She thought for a moment, and wrote down another item while walking: "No prizes were prepared, and innocent passengers were deceived."

One point deducted.

Humph, seventeen points have been deducted without me noticing. Now the total score is only 83 points. Fushimi-kun's position is shaky!

When Fushimi-kun finds out about this, he will surely regret it and even cry and beg her to give him another chance...

Thinking of this, Gen Yuzi's mood improved. She immediately put away her notebook, quickly followed, and prepared to concentrate on investigating the whereabouts of Hira Sakurako.

As for the charred corpse in the bonfire, they had no time to investigate it for the time being, so they could only put it aside for now. Everything has a priority order, and in Yuan Yuzi's heart, the safety of the living is always more important than the truth about the dead.

Half an hour later, quite a few people gathered at the Tokaikan, including almost all the owners of small hotels in the town. After all, they could escape, but they couldn't. Fushimi Shika called people in the name of protecting the safety of tourists, so they had to put on some pretense.

The country banquet hall in 91 was different from the big hotels of later generations. It basically had only a large area of ​​tatami, separated by wooden boards and small square tables. There was a hot spring outside the porch, and everyone sat on the ground on futons. At first glance, they looked like a group of bandits.

Gentamako clapped her hands to attract everyone's attention. Mizutani Hiroshi and Mori Kei borrowed a projector, set up a white cloth on the screen, and began to play the scene of the fire.

Even without the sound effects, the outstanding visuals still caused a burst of exclamations from the crowd. Yuan Yuzi pointed at the profiles of Ping Yingzi and the mysterious woman, and asked if there were any witnesses who had seen these two people.

"that……"

Someone raised his hand hesitantly and asked, "Did she come out of the bonfire?"

(End of this chapter)