Tokyo, but I'm a deceitful fox

As soon as he entered, Hoshino Hideyuki noticed a young man - Inuyama Tetsu showed him a photo of this man and said he was his junior. I remember his name was Ito Souta?

Ito Sota was seen sitting in front of the computer with dark circles under his eyes, checking one surveillance video after another. At the end, he sighed, opened a can of energy drink, took two big gulps, and then patted his face.

"Ito-san."

A middle-aged policeman said in a thick Kansai accent: "I know you are anxious, but don't worry. If you keep working like this without any rest, your body will not be able to bear it."

Another policeman nearby also said, "That's right. You left at one o'clock yesterday. Now it's almost twelve o'clock. You should go back and have a good sleep. The headquarters has already increased its search efforts. If we work together to find a solution, we will definitely be able to solve the problem."

Ito Souta raised his head, forced a smile and said, "Thank you, but... I still want to look for it again... I, I really saw the octopus..."

As he spoke, he lowered his head again and opened another surveillance video.

Several local Osaka police officers looked at each other, shook their heads, packed up and went home.

On the way they whispered:

"This young man from Tokyo can't handle pressure well..."

"We can't blame him. After all, it has never happened before that both teams of police officers who were following us disappeared. Otherwise, I wouldn't be so angry... Oh, if we still don't find him in two days, we'll be finished..."

"Well, okay, I know that... but no matter how stressed you are, you shouldn't say something like you saw a giant octopus. That's just adding to the chaos..."

"Well," the policeman who answered pursed his lips and said in a deep voice, "To be honest, there have been more and more weird things happening recently. I actually believe what he said..."

"Then I think you should get some good sleep, so that when you report tomorrow, you won't say anything nonsense about Miyazaki Chenba being a lizard man who has taken down all our colleagues with his tail..."

The middle-aged policeman said this with disdain, and suddenly he looked down and found that his briefcase was inexplicably open and empty, as if a thick stack of materials had been placed in it and then taken away.

Strange, did I take something with me before I left? How come I have no recollection of it?

Tsk, this must be an illusion caused by getting off work too late.

Without thinking any more, he took out his cigarettes and lighter and walked out the door.

At the same time, inside the office.

After Ito Souta finished drinking the energy drink and watching two videos, he felt a throbbing pain in his heart. He sighed, knowing that he had almost reached his limit.

There was no choice but to turn off the computer and leave work.

After leaving the headquarters building and staggering for another five or six hundred meters, he felt a little dizzy and had to sit on the public bench next to him to rest for a while.

But as soon as he sat there, his eyelids began to droop and he fell asleep within a few seconds. From his slightly opened mouth, he occasionally uttered some words in his sleep:

"Senior... where on earth did you go..."

Bang!

Just then, three young men with dyed hair and lip piercings came over, kicking the cans on the ground.

They saw the sleeping Ito Souta, looked at each other, and smiled wantonly and gloomily.

"Look guys, another old man who got off work late and couldn't catch the subway~"

"I just happened to have a pee, so I'll give him a treat~"

"Don't wait until I find his wallet. If we're lucky, we can play pachinko all day long!"

As he spoke, the three young men who had not returned home at midnight approached Ito Souta with laughter, and then...

Bang bang bang!

"Ouch!"

Following a few loud noises, their knees suddenly felt a sharp pain. When they came to their senses, they found themselves kneeling on the ground.

what happened? what happened?

Just as they were surprised, they saw a handsome man of the same age coming over with a weird smile on his face and patted them on the head one by one.

"Asshole! Did you hit us just now? You... go to hell... wuwuwu!"

Before the three of them could finish swearing, they suddenly felt their throats become as stiff as if they were filled with cement. They almost lost the ability to speak. In surprise, they glanced down at their lower bodies and were so frightened that they didn't even want to speak.

Because they saw that their bodies, starting from their feet, were rapidly turning into white ceramic!

A few seconds later, the three young men disappeared, leaving only three toilets.

Three toilets: Woohoo! What's going on! Who are you? Help! There's a monster!

"I'm sorry, I was in a hurry and didn't have time to try to trick you. My method was a bit rough."

Hoshino Hideyuki clapped his hands and summoned three strong men, one each, to carry the toilets to the door of a nearby pub - probably soon, someone who was drunk and wanted to vomit would come out, right?

He shouted to the toilets: "Don't worry, you will be back to normal in ten years~"

Although he said he had no time to think of tricks, Hoshino Hideyuki still lied about the recovery time (it would actually take more than 20 minutes), bringing a touch of friendly despair to the three young men.

Then he sat down next to Ito Souta, who was woken up by the noise.

The latter opened his eyes in a daze: "You... who are you..."

"A friendly little animal in the big forest. It has no health bar and a question mark on its head. You can get quests after talking to it."

Hoshino Hideyuki patted Ito Souta on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Stop talking nonsense and tell me everything you saw the day before yesterday..."

Under the influence of the mirror, Ito Souta obediently followed the fox's instructions.

"The night before yesterday, Senior Zhe and I went out on a mission to monitor the hotel where the fugitive was staying... I was sent to buy lunch boxes for everyone..."

"The accident happened just when I was leaving. Miyazaki Chenba suddenly showed signs of escaping, so everyone had to act in advance..."

"But when I arrived, everyone had disappeared. The only thing I saw was a giant octopus flashing across the roof, but no one believed me..."

Hoshino Hideyuki nodded, then gave a little demonic power to Ito Souta, which made the latter instantly more energetic.

"I believe you, but I think you should go back and get a good night's sleep, at least eight hours, what do you think?"

"Um……"

After tricking Inuyama Tetsu's junior away, Hoshino Hideyuki immediately transformed himself into a fox pigeon, flew to the hotel where the incident they said took place, and took out an old camera.

"It's up to you this time, my friend!"

Chapter 250: The accomplice lady offers a lap pillow to the fox

This old camera was one of the trophies that Hideyuki Hoshino obtained in Musashi Village.

On the surface, it looks like just a Sigma digital SLR from 1999.

But in fact, according to the inspection of Hoshino Hideyuki and Amemiya Yukiho, it possesses a certain ability that can be called backtracking.

Specifically, the photos it takes, after being exported to a computer, have a certain probability of showing what happened in the past at the current location.

For example, if you take a picture of the urine under a telephone pole, you can take a picture of a peeing dog. If you take a picture of the Ghost Mirror (a one-way transparent car that has given birth to many exciting two-person action movies) parked on the side of the road...well, you will see a lot of things that are not suitable for children.

In other words, at this moment, Hoshino Hideyuki planned to rely on this thing to find clues.

He held up his camera and took pictures of the hotel inside and outside - because the retrospective effect of the photos was quite random, he had to use a sufficient number to make up for it.

He didn't stop until the space in the camera was full, and then he checked the surrounding area for other traces.

Unfortunately, perhaps because it had been too long and there were too many people coming and going, he did not detect any suspicious demonic aura or remaining spiritual power.

As for bloodstains, fingerprints and the like, if professional police officers can't find them, amateur foxes will have no chance of finding them either.

Half an hour later, Hoshino Hideyuki, with a camera, met Ijichi Kikuri in a room at another nearby hotel.

Ijichi Kikuri asked with concern, "How is the situation?"

"It's hard to tell right now. Do you have your computer with you?"

"Well, I'll get it for you..."

After turning on the computer, Hoshino Hideyuki took out the data cable he had prepared long ago and tried to import the photos into the computer. As a result... he found that it would take more than three hours.

Ah, this damn serial port transmission speed at the end of the last century...

I uploaded two or three photos when I was testing it before, and forgot it had this problem...

Looking at the sky outside the window which was already getting light, and then at the progress bar on the computer which was as slow as the progress bar on Baidu Netdisk when he didn't have a membership, Hoshino Hideyuki felt his lips getting dry for a moment, and his hands involuntarily clasped the table.

If something happened to Inuyama Tetsu during this period...

Boom.

Before I knew it, a small dent appeared on the table.

"Hideyuki..."

At this moment, a gentle voice came from behind his ear. The anxious Hoshino Hideyuki turned his head, and his whole face was immersed in the fragrant and soft mountains.

"Hideyuki-kun." Ijichi Kikuri came over, stretched out her slender hands, gently and tenderly held the fox's head in her arms, and gave the fox something called facial cleanser.

"I understand that you are very anxious right now, Xiuxing, but the more times like this, the more you need to learn to relax. Otherwise, if you encounter an enemy, won't you be in a panic?"

"Of course I know it's not easy, so... let me, your accomplice, help Hideyuki-kun~"

As Ijichi Kikuri's warm laughter sounded, Hoshino Hideyuki's body relaxed involuntarily.

Yes, the fox realized that he had made the same mistake as Ito Souta.

But unlike the young policeman who only had a middle-aged Kansai uncle by his side, Fox also had a red-haired beauty by his side. The difference was like heaven and earth...

So Hoshino Hideyuki let out a long sigh and obediently turned back into his original fox form.

Ijichi Kikuri picked up the fox, sat in front of the computer, and placed the fox on her round and warm thighs. While stroking the fox's back and the base of its tail, she took out a small ear spoon with a brush on the end and said with a smile:

"Hey, do you want to clean your ears? I'll call you after the photos are imported~"

The fox made an OK gesture, then let out a long breath and slowly closed his eyes.

It's indeed time to take a break.

My ears are itchy and my thighs are soft, so comfortable...

Three hours later.

The sun has risen.

"The photos have been transferred, Hideyuki~"

Ijichi Kikuri blew hot air into the fox's ears and woke up Hoshino Hideyuki, who had fallen asleep without knowing when.

"Well……"

Hoshino Hideyuki blinked, stretched his body on the spot, stretched his claws forward, and raised his furry butt to the sky.

Then he jumped onto the table, put his hands on his hips, raised his tail, and the corners of his mouth once again showed the unique smile of the fox clan.

Feel refreshed!

He said to Ichichi Kikuri: "Thank you~"

Ijichi Kikuri smiled and replied, "You're welcome. I think that's exactly why I came here~"

Then, the fox and the beauty began to look through the photos one by one.

Most of the photos showed nothing.

A small number of the photos...seemed to show the hotel owner's wife flirting with a man who didn't look much like the hotel owner.

It’s good. I didn’t expect that the boss is actually an environmentalist. He has done a good job in greening the area.

Hoshino Hideyuki flipped through them one by one and finally found three useful ones.

In one photo, Miyazaki Chenpachi was photographed packing his luggage.

Another photo shows Tetsu Inuyama and others going up the stairs and aiming their guns at Miyazaki who was trying to escape through the window.

In the last photo, Miyazaki, Inuyama, and three other policemen, all fell to the ground unconscious, although they were still holding guns in their hands. However, there was no trace of blood or struggle nearby.

Hoshino Hideyuki did not find the giant octopus that Ito Souta mentioned, but from this photo, it is clear that the possibility that an ordinary person attacked Inuyama Tetsu can be ruled out.

Anyway, he couldn't imagine any means that did not rely on supernatural powers to make four armed policemen incapable of movement in an instant without leaving any traces.

Stun grenades? Hypnotic gas? I can't sleep so peacefully...

Suddenly, Ijichi Kikuri pointed to the upper right corner of the last photo and said, "Hideyuki, enlarge this."

Hoshino Hideyuki did as he was told, and was pleasantly surprised to find that this place was the staircase, through which he could see the first floor of the hotel. There happened to be a floor-to-ceiling mirror at the corner of the first floor, reflecting two figures.

One of them, like the policemen, fainted on the ground. Judging from his fat figure, he seemed to be the owner of the hotel.

The other one was tall and thin, standing nearby, wearing a gray work suit with many pockets. He was holding a pen and a notebook, and was writing something down.