Chi Xifeng's expression became serious: "Kiryu-san, what do you mean by suddenly caring about this?"
"Pure curiosity." He Ma smiled, mobilizing all his acting skills to make himself look like an ordinary gossip guy.
Chi Xifeng showed a disdainful expression: "I see that all the news reports have portrayed you as a contemporary hero, especially the weekly magazine Fang Chun. You shot the scene of burning yen so domineeringly. Now it seems that you are nothing more than that."
"Miss Akanishi, you are wrong." Kazuma showed an aggrieved expression, "If you don't want to say it, just say it, why attack me? Since I asked you about Ozawa-kun, you are wrong."
It was only then that Akanishi realized that his performance was a bit too much, so he hurriedly straightened his expression.
He Ma was about to open his mouth to continue to press, but the other party spoke first: "My gaffe is because I have suffered a lot because of Ozawa-kun this year. I'm sorry."
He Ma: "Is that all?"
Akanishi raised his eyes and glanced at Kazuma, but did not answer, and continued to advance the topic on his own: "The relationship between me and Watanabe-kun began to sprout as early as the first year of high school, but at that time, me, Watanabe, and Oda-san People get tired of being together all day long, like a trinity, I was afraid that confessing to Watanabe would destroy the relationship between the three of them, so I kept ignoring my own heart."
And Ma frowned.
This childhood sweetheart love triangle is a bit too classic, and even the reasons for suppressing one's inner feelings are so domineering.
In the previous life, He Ma pushed countless love games, as long as they were childhood sweethearts, no matter how close they were, they would definitely choose to suppress their true feelings "for fear of destroying the existing relationship".
This is not only done in games, but also in animations and even live-action Japanese dramas. Kazuma once wondered if the drama school in Japan directly wrote this in the textbooks, so there are so many scripted ones.
While complaining to Ma, Akanishi continued: "When we graduated from high school, because we may not all be admitted to Meiji University, the premonition of parting became stronger and stronger. I once had the urge to confess..."
"I once had the urge to confess. What you say means that you still didn't confess in the end?" He Ma took the initiative to interrupt the rhythm of the other party's narrative.
When making up nonsense, I am actually most afraid of messing up the rhythm. If there is a mess, there may be flaws, and even logic flaws.
This is one of the small talk skills accumulated by Hemadang's senior sales representative. When the other party starts to make up nonsense to prevaricate, he has to interrupt the other party's rhythm.
As expected, Chi Xifeng showed an expression of not being able to catch his breath, and he stuttered for a second before saying: "Yes, I still didn't have enough courage in the end. But at this time, Watanabe said when we were having a study session together. I made a proposal, saying that if we all pass the exam, we will reveal a secret to each other that we keep from everyone."
He Ma: "It's unreasonable to disclose the secret after passing the exam? Is it unreasonable? If you don't pass the exam, you should say the last thing in your heart, say goodbye or something."
In fact, what He Ma said was casual at all, and it cannot stand up to scrutiny logically.
Anyway, his goal is to interrupt the other party's rhythm. If the other party stops talking about the logic of the sentence that started to play him, he would still wish for it.
Akanishi ignored Kazuma's words, and continued following his own logic: "Oda and I both agreed, and then hooked up like children. We were in the family restaurant, and everyone was watching us."
As she spoke, she smiled embarrassedly.
Seeing many beautiful girls with Ma, he became immune, but he glanced at Zhui who was beside him out of the corner of his eye, and found that President Zhui had been fascinated by this smile.
Akanishi continued: "After the agreement was made, we went all out to prepare for the exam, and I almost forgot to confess. At that time, I still had a thought in my heart: If I fail the exam, I don't need to confess, and I can justly be friends for life , that might be better."
Akanishi stopped and began to sob: "Looking at it now, it really is better that way."
Kazuma raised his eyebrows, when he noticed that Tamamo was dipping his index finger in tea and drawing a crocodile on the low table.
It seems that Yuzao has already decided that there is something wrong with this woman.
Kazuma: "So, you were admitted to Meiji University, and then each of you told a secret that you kept from everyone. Akanishi, what you said was your affection for Watanabe-kun, right?"
"Yes. Then Watanabe also disclosed his affection for me. He always thought that I liked Oda..." Akanishi's expression mixed the joy at the time and the sadness now. Under normal circumstances, Kazuma should feel that this expression is very It's touching.
Kazuma: "So you and Watanabe are in love, what about Oda? Does Oda not like you?"
"No, Oda doesn't like me."
Hema did not give in, and continued to press: "Then what is Xiaotian's public secret?"
"His open secret is that he's actually an otaku."
He frowned with the horse.
In this era, otaku culture is also a new thing in Japan. The number of otaku is small, and all of them are hardcore.
For example, Okada Kouji—the space-time parallel in Kazuma’s life is called Toshio Okada—he is an otaku who can complete the setting work of hardcore science fiction works such as Wang Li Cosmic Army alone, and then fool the management into giving This awesome but not good-looking animation has a lot of investment.
Of course, in this time and space, there is no Wang Li Cosmic Army because of the butterfly and the horse, and Okada Koji and Anno Akito went to work on the world's first cyberpunk sword and halberd film.
All in all, in this day and age, those who can call themselves otaku are basically bigwigs who have in-depth research in a certain aspect, which is different from the one decades later.
So Kazuma directly asked this question: "Is Oda an otaku? What kind of otaku is he in? SF (science fiction)? Reasoning? Or a simple doujinshi? How many exhibitions has he been to? What works has he produced?"
Akanishi was at a loss for words for a while: "Well... I don't understand that. He just said he is an otaku, otaku. I don't even know how to write this word, and I don't understand anything else."
Kazuma: "Is that so? Then I don't understand. Oda is an otaku, and he didn't share his hobbies with you. You are a couple. He sticks with you two all day long, making light bulbs. What's the point? Woolen cloth?"
Akanishi: "We are childhood sweethearts!"
"So what? Don't look down on otaku, die now!" He Ma has been a dead otaku for 30 years since his mother's womb, and now he uttered a deafening soul cry.
"Otaku, but as long as you have things you like, you don't need socially powerful creatures at all! Compared to wasting time being your light bulb, your hobbies are ten thousand times more important!"
Akanishi was speechless, and after a few seconds of tossing, he said: "You don't even know Xiaotian, how can you make such an assertion..."
Tamamo: "Because I'm a historical otaku."
Akanishi and Takei stared at Tamamo in disbelief.
Tamamo: "I'm not joking. I know the history of Japan from Himiko's founding of Yamatai Kingdom like the back of my hand."
He Ma nodded: "She talked about the history as if she had experienced it herself, which is awesome."
Yuzao: "I'm still a ghost house, dedicated to explaining supernatural events with science. I'm familiar with the cooking methods of various monsters..."
Kazuma touched Tamamo under the table and reminded her that she had slipped up.
If it goes on like this, it's not a confrontation with the suspect, it's going to be a talk.
Tamamo: "Sorry, there is a guy in our dojo who is keen to turn all conversations into comics. I am a bit influenced by her."
Takei: "That person must be from Kansai, right?"
No, Mikako has been from Tokyo since her father's generation, and her hometown seems to be in the Echigo area, which is not close to Kansai.
Akanishi: "Well, I have to admit that I don't know much about otaku. I thought they were just like ordinary people. So I don't know why Oda continues to hang out with us. In short, we continue to act together as three people. It's the same as before. Chairman Takei knows it!"
President Takei nodded: "Yes, the three of them are together all day, and we joked that they are the Holy Trinity."
Kazuma: "The Trinity is three men, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Is Miss Akanishi originally a man?"
"Of course not! It's just a theory." Akanishi rolled his eyes at Kazuma, "In short, things are like this. At this time last year, Watanabe and I had only confirmed our relationship for a few months, and we were still passionately in love. Finally, we met This kind of thing..."
She started whimpering again.
Kazuma glanced at Yuzao, who drew a turtle on the table this time—why is it a turtle
never mind.
Now He Ma is sure that there is something wrong with Akanishi, and she is covering it up.
What happened on the mountain that day last year was definitely not a simple accident.
As future detectives, Kiryu and Ma have an obligation to bring the truth to light.
He Ma was thinking, just at this time there was thunder outside, and the wind with dampness poured into the window.
— Strange, it was still a cloudless and sunny day just after sunset, the weather in the mountains really changes as soon as you say it
While thinking about it, He Ma turned his head and looked out the window, just at this time another lightning flashed across the sky.
As he turned his head, someone knocked on the door.
"Come in!" Zhujing, as the current owner of the house, responded.
So Ms. Kamashima, the hostess of the hotel, opened the door and bowed to Takei: "Mr. Takei, I'm very sorry, we have to close the windows for a typhoon is coming."
He Ma: "This is a deep mountain. Will the typhoon still affect this place?"
"Of course, every time a typhoon lands on the coast near us, there will be strong winds in the mountains. Our hotel is still built on the mountainside, and it will be like Wuthering Heights." Ms. Kashima said.
He Ma: "Wuthering Heights? Works by Emily Brontë? Have you ever read English literature?"
"Please, take a look at the people who lived here in the past years. Don't say anything else, Akutagawa Ryunosuke. At that time, it was my mother who received him. I read a lot of literary works in order to have a few words with him. Well, I will follow along."
He Ma was shocked: "This...according to your calculation, you are over fifty?"
"61, what's the matter, can't you see it?"
He Ma's mouth opened into an O shape.
He glanced at Yuzao, this glance was to confirm whether the female general was a human or a monster, Yuzao smiled and said nothing.
It appears to be human.
Do some people in their 60s look the same as those in their 30s
But after thinking about it with Ma, he thought of another person with a good face: Araki Hirohiko, and he immediately felt relieved.
Teacher Hirohiko Araki will be 60 years old in 2020, and he looks like a guy in his early 20s. Readers of his comic "JOJO's Wonderful Smoke" ridiculed the teacher for wearing a stone ghost mask, and he is no longer a human being.
As a native of the 1980s, Takei had never seen Hirohiko Araki's ageless face, so he sighed: "You are not a monster, are you? Because you are a monster, you will not grow old... By the way, are you The legendary Tamamo-mae?"
Kazuma couldn't hold back a "poof" laugh.
Tamamo picked up the tea made with teabags in the teacup in front of her, and drank it with a gurgle.
Ms. Kamashima pretended to be angry: "Ah, does Mr. Kiryu think that my appearance is not up to Tamamo-mae's standard?"
That's for sure, Yuzao is in front of you, why don't you compare yourself to it
Kazuma was thinking about how to please Yuzao without offending Ms. Kamashima, when suddenly an idea popped up.
He glanced at Yuzao, and then said: "Actually... I wouldn't be too surprised if Yuzao really appeared here at this time.
He turned his gaze to Chi Xifeng: "You said Chi Xi, the three of you were obsessed with various supernatural events and folk legends when you were in high school, and you joined the Fantasy Creature Research Association because you wanted to use the research association's funds to conduct folklore investigations. .”
Akanishi: "Do you have to say this in front of our president?"
"Sorry, I didn't mean it." Although Kazuma said this, he continued the topic, "The Jinguji Tamamo next to me was also the head of the Supernatural Department when she was in high school. She is committed to explaining various supernatural phenomena with scientific means. However, she also has to admit that there are many supernatural phenomena that cannot be explained by science now."
Yuzao: "That's only temporary. One day in the future, all supernatural phenomena will have scientific explanations. Especially the breakthrough of quantum physics is likely to solve a large number of supernatural phenomena whose principles are currently unknown."
Tamamo seems to have a bit of grammatical problem here, but Kazuma knows she means "resolving psychic phenomena", literally.
He Ma: "However, quantum physics is still mostly based on theory and experimental observations, so there are still a lot of supernatural phenomena that we cannot explain."
Akanishi looked at Kazuma suspiciously.
Ms. Kamashima instructed the male workers in the store to close the windows with wooden strips, while listening to the conversation with ears pricked up.
Akanishi: "The same is true for folk customs. Many folk customs can't think of their causes. They can only be explained in general as the ancestors were full of awe of natural phenomena and evolved various legends.
"For example, in this hot spring street, there are legends about the descendants of the mountain god."
Akanishi frowned visibly.
Kazuma: "Watanabe-kun, the day before the camera was lost, I saw the son of the mountain god in the mountains, am I right?"
He Ma and the Meiji University group had chatted sporadically before, but no one mentioned the son of the mountain god.
When Huashan talked about Ozawa, he didn't mention it at all.
Therefore, Kazuma boldly speculated that Watanabe only said that he saw Kentaro in their small group of three.
Akanishi's expression confirmed this.
She snorted: "nonsense, there is no such thing."
"That's right." He Ma poked his hands together, "Probably not. However, the son of the mountain god probably exists. Just over a week ago, I saw him peeking in from the window of the hotel, and I chased him. He's ten miles away."
Akanishi: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
Hema could clearly hear the fear in her voice.
She was hooked.
Watanabe told her that he saw a white figure and probably took a picture of it.
Then they got testimony from Granny Noda.
In the end, after Watanabe-kun went to Kazuma's side, his expression was serious, and he even pulled Oda over to talk nonsense - the things that Akanishi told Kazuma should be true.
Therefore, at this moment, others may not believe He Ma's words, but Akanishi must believe it.
Kazuma: "Speaking of which, Grandma Noda said that after Dvořák's sound from the new world, you should go home quickly, because from then to the next morning, it's time for the monsters."
After speaking, Hema took out the harmonica directly.
He stared straight at Akanishi, and played Dvořák's "From a New World" on the harmonica.