The Great Detective of Gensokyo, but surrounded by Shura Field!

"How much are these little snacks worth? Those tea leaves are what I want!"

"Greedy guy, I won't give in to you!"

Seeing Chu Bai and Ling Meng fighting over the snacks, Alice held her forehead helplessly.

These two guys... really look like a pair of siblings.

……

……

Soon, Aqiu, who was notified, rushed over.

After seeing Chu Bai, she immediately greeted him with a smile:

"Nice to meet you again, Mr. Chu Bai..."

"...Huh? What happened to you guys? And where are the tea and cakes on the table?"

Aqiu looked at Chu Bai and Lingmeng curiously.

Chu Bai's eyes were red and swollen, obviously he had just been punched twice:

"I don't know. Maybe some wild cat stole it."

Reimu's face was swollen, also because someone had pulled it too hard:

"Yeah, maybe it was taken away by a greedy puppy."

The two looked at each other.

Then they snorted at the same time and turned their heads away.

Ah Qiu looked at them in shame, and roughly guessed what had happened.

So she asked the servants to bring tea and snacks.

After a few pleasantries, we finally got to the point:

"Then Mr. Chu Bai, what's the matter with your sudden visit today?"

Seeing that they were getting to the point, Chu Bai put down his teacup:

"No big deal, just came to meet the mastermind behind setting up the haunted house."

Huh?

Is Aqiu the mastermind behind this?

Alice had already guessed what was going on, so she remained calm.

However, Reimu and Youmu cast their glances over.

Aqiu blinked his eyes:

"What mastermind? I don't understand what you are talking about."

"The Hieda family was indeed involved in the haunted house incident, but we only paid to purchase the property rights."

"After all, the topic of the haunted house spread widely and even made the headlines of Wenwen News. So in order to prevent more people from being harmed, we bought this haunted house..."

【This is a lie! 】

Chu Bai suddenly stretched out his finger:

"Miss Qiu, you just said 'front page headlines', right?"

"Eh? Really?"

As if shocked by Chu Bai's momentum, Ah Qiu was subconsciously stunned.

Chu Bai slammed the table:

"That's weird."

"The latest headlines on Wenwen News are all about my gossip. For example, selling ditches to vampires, the rumor that I'm the harem king... and the interview about the magician's mutation."

"A few issues before that, there was the battle between Remi and I at the Mist Lake, the conflict between Buddhism and Taoism in the backyard of Myouren Temple, and reports on the House Fighting Club..."

"There's no news about the haunted house! Even Reimu, who's responsible for maintaining balance among humans, doesn't know about it!"

Chu Bai's eyes were burning:

"Excuse me, which news report did you see about the haunted house?"

"This one……"

Ah Qiu paused for a moment, then as if he had just remembered something, he spoke again:

"That might be my mistake. Perhaps it's a source of information unique to the Hieda family."

"After we bought the haunted house, we didn't modify the interior facilities. Instead, we isolated and protected it directly."

"And for safety reasons, a rule was issued that only those who solved the haunted house puzzle could buy the house at a low price..."

【This is a lie! 】

There was another special effect sound of something being smashed.

Chu Bai shook his finger:

"Miss Qiu, if you really didn't modify the internal facilities... then why is the house still "powered"? "

"Also, the windows of the room were covered in mud, so the environment inside should be damp and wet."

"But the note on the table wasn't damp or soft at all. Instead, it looked quite dry..."

"And that white ghost face that I smashed into dust with one punch? That was obviously a specially made prop, meant to create a frightening effect, right? Aren't these props that were modified later?"

Aqiu's expression finally changed slightly, and he looked a little uncomfortable.

Seeing her exposed appearance, Chu Bai finally launched the final accusation:

"As for the final piece of evidence, it's 'Rinnosuke's job change.'"

"Until recently, he was working part-time for the Hieda family, but he suddenly became a salesperson selling houses and told us the news about the haunted house that "only the Hieda family knew."

"It was obvious that he was deliberately leading us on and must have been instructed by someone."

"And the only one qualified to instruct him is you, his employer—Hieda Aqiu!"

Just point your finger.

The wind surged.

The strong wind element blew up Aqiu's skirt, and her short purple hair fluttered violently in the wind.

Ah Qiu smoothed the ends of his hair, as if giving up struggling, and sighed helplessly:

"That's right, there's absolutely nothing wrong with your reasoning."

"The entire haunted house incident...was indeed a hoax carefully planned by me."

Chapter 122 Pink Vitality Powder? Love from Yongyuan Pavilion

The rebuttal is over.

Reimu looked at Chu Bai in surprise, shocked by his unique reasoning ability.

Alice looked at Qiu doubtfully, as if wondering why she did this.

As for Youmu... she had stopped thinking and dozed off while hugging her half-soul.

"I originally thought you could only see through the deception of the haunted house and deduce it to the first level."

"I didn't expect you to see through the second layer and guess the identity of the mastermind behind this."

Ah Qiu looked at Chu Bai with a look of great satisfaction, or perhaps even amazement:

"A man who can set up a detective agency is indeed worthy of his reputation."

"Yes, yes."

Chu Bai smiled faintly and said:

"Then can you tell me why you spent so much effort to create a haunted house and only let us solve the mystery?"

"Because this is a gesture of goodwill towards you, but it is also a test for you."

"…showing goodwill and testing?"

"Yes."

Aqiu smiled and explained:

"To start a detective agency, you'll need a fairly expensive house. This property originally cost 20 million, but we're selling it at a 90% discount. This is the Hieda family's gesture of goodwill towards you."

"Also, due to substandard decoration materials, electrical leakage, and outdated facilities, this house was once mistakenly believed by a small number of people to be haunted. So I'm using this as a guide to test you."

"After all, if you want to open a detective agency, you need to have the ability to reason. You can't just rely on your fists to solve cases, right?"

Chu Bai scratched his head:

"Is that the simple reason? You spent tens of millions just for a test?"

"I've already said that there's also a goodwill element to it."

Aqiu said with great pride:

"And for the Hieda family, just a house is nothing, it's not a big price to pay."

Chu Bai still felt something was wrong.

But Hieda Aqiu's explanation was flawless and there was nothing suspicious about it.

Maybe this is the aftertaste of being rich.

Chu Bai sighed and stopped worrying about it. Instead, he took out the money he had prepared long ago.

"Well, here's two million in total, let's just go through the housing procedures."

"it is good."

Aqiu readily called a staff member over.

Under the guidance of the staff, Chu Bai left the Baitian Mansion and walked towards the sales office.

After that, there are still various processes to go through, including signing a contract, transfer procedures, etc.

But it will take quite a long time.

……

……

Watching Chu Bai and his group leave.

Hieda Aqiu suddenly smiled playfully like a little girl:

"...But I'm sorry, Mr. Chu Bai."

"You guessed the second level, but the truth is actually on the third level."

The voice that responded to her was an elegant and noble girl:

"This is no longer a truth that can be guessed through reasoning."

"After all, who in their right mind would think that someone would give them a house for no reason?"

Originally there was only Aqiu in the reception room, but a figure appeared in it without anyone noticing.

The black-haired girl's figure was ethereal, and she just sat in Chu Bai's original position.

Seeing the girl who suddenly appeared, Ah Qiu did not panic, but bowed slightly with respect:

"Lord Dragon God, as per your instructions, I have sold the house to Mr. Chu Bai at a suitable price."

"Um...thank you for your help."

The black-haired girl nodded slightly in return.

Ah Qiu asked in confusion:

"May I ask why you do this?"