Tokyo Knights: The Odd Jobs X Files

Saeko Nogami, dressed in a two-piece swimsuit with a thin veil draped around her waist and a sun hat on her head, slowly walked over.

She was already an extremely beautiful woman, and with such a provocative outfit, she naturally attracted the attention of the men on the beach, and drove the women to the brink of jealousy.

Saeko Nogami confidently and calmly dealt with those gazes. She tossed a dagger from an evidence bag in front of Masahiko Michiwaki and said condescendingly, "Masahiko Michiwaki, is it? You've been caught. This dagger was found in your hotel room. It has your fingerprints on it, as well as the victim's blood. The evidence is conclusive. You have nowhere to run!"

"you……"

Michiwaki Masahiko was shocked and didn't know why he had been exposed. He struggled with all his might, but how could he break free from Li Xin's restraint? Instead, because he kept kicking, his socks slipped down, revealing a tooth mark on them.

"Ah, it's you!"

Sonoko Suzuki was horrified, because she was all too familiar with that tooth mark!

Last night, Sonoko Suzuki was attacked by thugs at her hotel. In the chaos, she bit the thug. She initially thought she had bitten his arm, but now it seems she actually bit his calf. No wonder the area she bit felt hairy.

Saeko Nogami also noticed the teeth marks on Masahiko Michiwaki's foot. Seeing Sonoko Suzuki's reaction, although she didn't know the cause and effect of the matter, she still smiled and said, "Now we have not only physical evidence, but also witness testimony. What else do you have to say?"

That's awesome! First I shoot arrows, then I draw the target. Now I can be a female detective for a day!

Saeko Nogami thought to herself with smug satisfaction.

Michiwaki Masahiko finally stopped struggling and lay down dejectedly on the beach.

Suddenly, Li Xin faintly heard a sad melody playing. Michiwaki Masahiko, who had buried his face in the sand, began to talk to himself: "It's all those women's fault. Why did they have to dye their hair brown? It was that woman with brown hair who dumped me. That's why I can't help but want to kill any woman with brown hair. It's all their fault!"

As he spoke, Michiwaki Masahiko slammed his fist into the sand, letting out a painful cry.

"A murder reason that is utterly undeserving of sympathy."

Saeko Nogami handcuffed Masahiko Michiwaki's hands behind his back, formally arresting the murderer who killed four innocent girls.

Li Xin brushed the sand off his knees and said to Nogami Saeko, "It's over."

Saeko Nogami winked at Li Xin: "Yeah, but it's still early. Why don't we stay and play for a while, enjoying the sun and the beach?"

"Not interested."

Li Xin said coldly.

"She has absolutely no sense of romance."

Saeko Nogami shook her head, then waved to Chikara, who was standing outside the beach, and said, "Chikara, don't you want to come and play?"

At this moment, Chika was wearing long pants and a long-sleeved shirt, which looked extremely out of place on the beach. She smiled and declined, saying, "I'm sorry, Officer Nogami, I don't really like getting myself wet, so I won't."

Li Xin and Qian Jialu both rejected her, leaving Nogami Saeko feeling awkward. She could only shake her head slightly and say, "You two really don't know how to enjoy yourselves."

At this moment, the commotion on the beach finally alerted the nearby police. Yokomizo Sango, a member of the First Investigation Division of Shizuoka Prefecture, who was leading a search team because of a murder case nearby, came upon hearing the noise. Upon seeing Michiwaki Masahiko, who was handcuffed behind his back, he couldn't help but ask, "What's going on?"

Saeko Nogami skillfully went up to negotiate with Sango Yokomizo, while the two were exchanging formalities, Li Xin walked to the beach and started talking to Chika.

Qian Jialu rolled her eyes at Li Xin and said with a hint of resentment, "Seriously, could you at least let me know before bringing someone next time? You suddenly brought a policeman to see me, and I thought you'd sold me out. Turns out you just wanted me to help you find someone. You're making me lose face!"

Li Xin said calmly, "I don't think there's anything wrong with that. You can't stay in the job of a curse assassin for long. I think you'd be better off taking on jobs that involve finding people and things. Among sorcerers, it's actually curse assassins like you who are the best at this."

"Pseudo-skiller" is just a general term. It can be further subdivided into many categories. Exorcists are one of the major categories. Strictly speaking, the old witch is also an exorcist. The key is not "spirit" but "exorcism". A skilled exorcist can not only exorcise spirits, but also people. She is definitely the combative type of pseudo-skiller.

Chika initially claimed to be an exorcist, but among sorcerers, there is a type of person who specializes in removing negative states related to spiritual energy, including possession by evil spirits and curses. In a sense, they are natural enemies of curse killers.

Curse killers are anomalies among sorcerers. They are the most proficient in "sympathetic magic" among sorcerers. They only need a single hair or a piece of a person's body tissue to cast "sympathetic magic," connecting that person to other objects in another dimension in order to control and destroy that person.

Because of their terrifying abilities, curse masters have been ostracized by the mainstream of sorcerers from the very beginning.

Chika is a curse master but calls herself an exorcist. This is not only because she does have the ability to exorcise demons, but also because the reputation of curse masters is too bad, and they cannot act directly as curse masters.

No, I insist.

Qian Jialuo and Li Xin were locked in a fierce battle.

"You...you're not joking."

Li Xin was serious.

Curse killers possess abilities that are practically heaven-defying, but most of them can only hide in deep mountains and forests. Of course, this is not just because the mainstream cannot tolerate them. Another reason is that the cost of cursing others is extremely high, so they cannot use it easily.

Every time a person is cursed to death, the curser must bear the full weight of that person's resentment before death. This resentment is extremely poisonous to spiritual practitioners. Although it can be slowly eliminated through cultivation, if the curses are carried out without restraint, the resentment will accumulate and deepen, and the curser will eventually die from that resentment.

Generally speaking, a curse master will not curse others unless forced to, but Qian Jialuo has made cursing a business. When Li Xin was healing Qian Jialuo, he found that Qian Jialuo's body had accumulated a lot of resentment. This resentment would torment her at all times. The pain was not far from that of the "Wedding Dress Divine Skill", even if it was not as bad as it was.

There is still hope for Qian Jialuo. As long as she stops cursing others and focuses on cultivating her spiritual power, she can resolve those resentments. However, if she continues, she will die from the backlash of those resentments in less than a year or two.

Li Xin and Qian Jialuo were acquainted. He knew that she had a sharp tongue but a soft heart. Although she was a bit greedy for money, Li Xin was also greedy, and much more so than her.

Moreover, the two people she cursed to death, Tsukamoto Kazuo goes without saying, and the president of the computer company also had a very bad reputation. One might be a coincidence, but both were like that. Li Xin felt that she intentionally only cursed to kill those evil people. Such a person should not have died so young.

Qian Jialuo could sense Li Xin's concern for her, but her fate had already been decided, and there was no way out. She smiled and said to Li Xin indifferently, "This is my own business, and I can decide it myself. If you feel bad about it, then help me find a few more business deals. Anyway, you get a commission, don't you?"

Just as Li Xin was about to tell Qian Jialuo that he would no longer introduce her to that kind of business, Suzuki Sonoko rushed over, her face flushed with excitement: "Mr. Xin, thank you for saving me!"

If Li Xin hadn't suddenly appeared and subdued Michiwaki Masahiko, she would have been with such a dangerous person for the rest of the day. He himself had just said that he couldn't help but want to kill women with brown hair when he saw them, so his excessive attentiveness to her was obviously because he had his eye on her life.

"You're welcome. You should thank her; she's the one who found the murderer."

Li Xin pointed to Qianjia Luodao.

It was Chika who went to see the body of the deceased found yesterday, and following her resentment, found the murder weapon and the murderer, which led to the conviction of Michiwaki Masahiko.

Sonoko Suzuki paused for a moment, then looked at Chika and said, "Miss, are you some kind of famous detective?"

"No, I am an exorcist."

Qian Jialuo politely said.

"what?"

Sonoko Suzuki paused for a moment.

What the hell is an exorcist?

She took Qian Jialuo's words as a joke, and then said to Li Xin and Qian Jialuo, "Mr. Xin, it's not convenient to talk here. Let me treat you to something to drink!"

After speaking, Sonoko Suzuki stared intently at Li Xin with burning eyes.

Including the time at the sword exhibition, this was the second time Li Xin had saved her, making it hard for her to believe that it was fate.

I, Sonoko Suzuki, think I've fallen in love!

"Of course it's great if someone's treating us," Li Xin and Qian Jialuo both nodded instantly.

So, Sonoko Suzuki took Li Xin and Chika to a "Sea House," a beach restaurant, with Ran Mouri and Conan following along.

Ran Mouri was fine, but Conan was secretly observing Li Xin the whole time.

Could this man also be a member of the "Black Organization"?

Because of his black clothes and dangerous demeanor, he mistook Li Xin for a member of some dangerous organization.

"What? Xiaolan, you're saying Mr. Ashin lives right across from your house? Why didn't you say so sooner!"

When Sonoko Suzuki heard Ran Mouri mention that Li Xin was now renting a place across from her house, she immediately became excited.

"Ahaha, I forgot to tell you..."

Ran Mouri chuckled dryly.

She certainly didn't forget to tell Sonoko Suzuki; she simply didn't want to tell her.

When she bumped into Li Xin at the convenience store before, he was with a pretty girl. Although she didn't know the woman's identity, a man and woman coming to a convenience store together late at night were most likely a couple. They might even have come to the convenience store just to buy that very thin thing. Since Li Xin was already taken, why should she tell Suzuki Sonoko about him? Wasn't that just causing trouble?

"Honestly, ever since the sword exhibition, I've been trying to find Mr. Ashin to repay his life-saving grace, but I just can't get in touch with him..."

Sonoko Suzuki said in annoyance

Ran Mouri asked curiously, "Didn't Mr. Oshin give you a business card before? Why can't you contact him?"

"Hey, stop talking. I called, but the person who answered was a short, chubby guy who was only 1.53 meters tall. Of course, I just hung up."

Sonoko Suzuki shrugged.

"Uh, putting everything else aside, Sonoko, how did you figure out what the person you were talking to on the phone looked like?"

Ran Mouri asked doubtfully, "Are wealthy people already using video calls? Shouldn't it be at least twenty years from now?"

"I could tell from the sound!"

Sonoko Suzuki replied, "I can tell what he looks like just by listening to his voice, that must be it."

There are actually experts here?

Upon hearing Sonoko Suzuki's reply, Li Xin couldn't help but feel a deep sense of respect.

He was already amazed by Crocodile's ability to recognize a beauty by her scent, but who knew that Suzuki Sonoko was not much weaker than Crocodile. She could roughly tell what a woman looked like just by her voice. She was truly a hidden dragon and a phoenix.

“That person is my agent, and his phone number is printed on my business card.”

Li Xin offered an explanation for Crocodile Man.

"Ah, I see. I thought Mr. Ashin's business card was printed incorrectly!"

Sonoko Suzuki felt relieved, then suddenly remembered something and excitedly said to Li Xin, "By the way, Mr. Li Xin, I have a job opportunity here. I wonder if you would be interested?"

"Let me tell you about the job responsibilities first."

Li Xin said to Suzuki Sonoko.

Thanks to Saeko Nogami's guidance, he now understands that he must thoroughly understand the job requirements before starting any work, especially when dealing with strangers.

Although he and Sonoko Suzuki had met a few times, they couldn't be considered acquaintances.

"Mr. Ashin, do you know Lord 'Kid'... no, I mean the Phantom Thief 'Kid'?"

Sonoko Suzuki told Li Xindao.

Li Xin nodded and said, "Of course I know. This job is related to the phantom thief 'Kid'?"

"That's right!"

Sonoko Suzuki exclaimed excitedly, "Didn't my uncle buy a gem at the 'Lyon Jewelry' exhibition? My uncle is planning to use that gem to challenge 'Kid'!"

A challenge?

Now it was Li Xin's turn to be puzzled.

"Yes, my uncle is planning to publicly display the jewels and welcomes 'Kid' to steal them. He'll definitely catch 'Kid'. This will be reported in the newspapers soon, and then everyone in Tokyo will know."

Sonoko Suzuki replied.

Li Xin paused for a moment.

The old man who willingly became a sucker, his purpose in buying that ridiculously expensive gem was actually to use it as bait to lure out the phantom thief "Kid"?

Is it worth it for the Phantom Thief "Kid" to only have a bounty of one billion yen?

Wait, no, the bounty on "Kidd" was originally paid for by the Suzuki Zaibatsu, so what was that old man after? He really doesn't understand the thought process of rich people!

Chapter 142 Doing a Favor

"Boom!"

Just as Li Xin was about to ask Suzuki Sonoko more questions about work, a dark-skinned man wearing glasses slammed a glass of soda down in front of him: "Sir, here's your soda."

Li Xin glanced at the arm in front of him, then looked up at the waiter from the Sea House.

His arms were strong and powerful, and his knuckles had thick calluses, indicating that he was a trained fighter.

Li Xin immediately made a judgment.

Seeing Li Xin staring blankly, Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Li Xin, aren't you interested in this?"

"No, I'm very interested, please continue."

Li Xin said to Suzuki Sonoko.

Sonoko Suzuki immediately said, "Besides issuing a challenge, my uncle is also planning to hire some experts to capture 'Kid'. As long as the experts are selected by my uncle, he will pay them a service fee of one million US dollars, regardless of whether the task is successful or not. If they successfully capture 'Kid', the service fee will be doubled. What do you think of this?"

That's two million dollars?

Li Xin's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but look at Qian Jialuo beside him: "How about it? Together?"

Chika was certainly tempted by the two million dollar reward, especially since it was a guaranteed income regardless of the outcome; even if she failed, she would still receive a million dollars. After a moment's thought, she shook her head and said, "No, I'm not suited to doing this kind of work in front of a large audience."

She had also heard of the phantom thief "Kid". If she knew it was "Kid", his theft would definitely cause a huge uproar. Chika didn't want to face so much media attention. She was a curse assassin, so it was better to keep a low profile.

Make money secretly, don't shoot.

Li Xin said regretfully, "That's truly a pity."