Zhou Tong Detective Series

Chapter 12 Zhou Tong Detective Series I: Death Tarot Cards (12)
Yan Yongjie knew that he was mocking him, but he couldn't help it. A police officer from the special criminal investigation team of his own did not find that the hilt of the sword was hollow.Yan Yongjie put the sword on a rock, and then punched the hilt with all her strength, smashing the hilt to pieces with a bang.

A ball of silk rolled down from the rock, Zhou Tong picked it up immediately with sharp eyes and quick hands.

"Open it and take a look!" Yan Yongjie urged.

Zhou Tong nodded and unfolded the silk.The silk has turned yellow, and the handwriting on it is blurred, barely legible.Zhou Tong didn't expect that there was a letter written on the silk, and some little-known things were recorded in the letter.

Moriguchi Hirota:

The Emperor of the Japanese Empire announced his surrender today. The great cause that I have been striving for for more than ten years has ended in failure. As a soldier and a samurai, I have decided not to live in the world anymore.However, Huanjianliu cannot be lost in the world because of me. Now I ask someone to bring the Huanjianliu sword formula to Brother Moriguchi, please choose someone to pass it on.

Although our Great Japanese Empire was defeated, there are still a lot of valuable resources left, which can be used for future plans.Captain Ishii has taken all the research results of Unit [-] back to Japan, and secretly established a new organization, which will surely help our Empire of Japan reoccupy China at the right time.I, the Illusion Sword Streamer, must do my best to assist Captain Ishii to complete this grand plan, so as to revive our country's prestige in Japan and revive the reputation of my Illusion Sword Stream!
Cang Ye's unique writing
August [-], [-]

"It turned out to be them!" Yan Yongjie said in surprise after hearing Zhou Tong finish reading the letter.

"You know them?" Zhou Tong asked curiously.

"Well, I once heard from my grandfather that he assassinated Captain Ishii when he was young, but unfortunately he was unable to succeed because of the presence of Aoye from the Huanjianliu." After finishing speaking, Yan Yongjie took the silk from Zhou Tong's hand.

"Is the death tarot card a conspiracy of this so-called new organization?" Li Wanren asked blurted out.

"Well, it's very possible that the man in black once told me that the enemy we are facing is a powerful organization, and it is very likely that it is the organization established by Captain Ishii back then." Zhou Tong reasoned his thoughts, Then he continued: "Fukaguchi Hirota is probably the grandfather of Fukaguchi Takeji and Fukaguchi Hideyoshi, and Fukaguchi Hideyoshi is the elder brother of Fukaguchi Takeji, that is, the man in black. If my deduction is correct, Fukaguchi Hirota The phantom sword was passed on to Fukaguchi Hideyoshi, and Fukaguchi Hideyoshi became the killer of that mysterious organization as a matter of course."

"Since Fukaguchi Hideyoshi joined the mysterious organization because of his identity as the heir of the phantom sword, why did he tell you these things, but refused to reveal all the truth, and why did Fukaguchi Takeji join this organization? It's too weird." Yan Yongjie said with her brows furrowed.

"The questions you asked are most likely related to the woman who committed suicide with a dagger!" Zhou Tong patted his head and complained, "It's a pity that we don't have any information about that woman now!"

"Shall we get out of here as soon as possible?" Li Ying on the side couldn't bear the eerie environment of Hell Valley, and was anxious to get out.

"Well, let's go out first!" After Yan Yongjie finished speaking, she turned her head and looked at the man in black again, and she had already decided in her heart that she must find someone to bury him properly after she went out.

Just when the four of them were about to turn around and leave, a purple figure suddenly appeared behind them. Zhou Tong, who was walking at the back, let out a muffled grunt first, and fell to the ground.Immediately afterwards, the purple figure attacked Li Ying again, but this time he failed again.Yan Yongjie had already reacted, her fist was like a shooting star, and she took the first step to block him.

Yan Yongjie walked to the front, Li Wanren and Li Ying retreated to Zhou Tong's side.

"Are you okay?" Li Ying asked eagerly while supporting Zhou Tong.

"No...it's okay!" Zhou Tong said with difficulty, with blood on his hands and a pale face.

"You guys go first! I'll stop him!" Yan Yongjie was worried about Zhou Tong's injury.

"No!" Zhou Tong didn't want to leave Yan Yongjie alone.

Li Wanren and Li Ying knew that staying here would only become a burden to Yan Yongjie, so they didn't care if Zhou Tong was willing or not, they set him up and ran back.

"Stop!" The man in purple shouted and attacked.

Yan Yongjie immediately blocked him, and the first shot was a tantric boxing technique.

The purple-clothed man didn't dare to be careless, he quickly retracted his figure, flew his short knife, and fought with Yan Yongjie.One wanted to kill, and the other wanted to save people, so both sides tried their best to fight quickly.What is surprising is that the knife technique used by the man in purple is weird and bizarre, and his skill is even better than that of the man in black. Yan Yongjie gradually found it difficult to resist. She was sweating profusely and retreated frequently.

But seeing a flash of cold light, Yan Yongjie's arm was stabbed by the purple-clothed man's sword, blood spattered five steps.The man in purple succeeded in one move, but he didn't give Yan Yongjie any chance to breathe, and immediately stepped forward with his sword raised.Seeing that Yan Yongjie was about to die by the sword of the purple-clothed man, at this critical moment, a long sword suddenly flashed from behind the purple-clothed man.As usual, it would be very difficult for this sword to hit him, but at this time he put all his heart on Yan Yongjie, and when he sensed the sword behind him, it was too late to dodge.

With a scream, the sword stabbed the man in purple in the ass, Yan Yongjie immediately seized the opportunity, kicked him out with a kick.

"Zhou Tong!" Yan Yongjie saw clearly that the person helping her was Zhou Tong who was injured just now, and he was holding the sword of the man in black.

"Don't worry, his sneak attack just scratched my skin." Zhou Tong said proudly, shaking the sword in his hand.

"Impossible! Impossible!" the man in purple roared.

"You calculated well, but there is such a thick fog here that it is difficult to see people clearly. When you stabbed me, I just stepped on a rock, so your knife only scratched my waist." Zhou Tong touched the wound, although it was not a serious injury, it still hurt.

At this time, Li Wanren and Li Ying also left and returned.

"The dense fog here is just enough to cover me from sneaking behind you!" Zhou Tong continued to say with a smile.

"You want to kill someone, but I'm afraid you can't do it now." Li Wanren picked up the dagger that the man in purple had dropped on the ground and held it in his hand.

"That's not necessarily the case!" The man in purple said involuntarily, enduring the pain and kicking Zhou Tong.

How could Yan Yongjie let him succeed, she immediately punched out to block the attack of the man in purple.However, the man in purple didn't intend to sneak attack on Zhou Tong at this time. When Yan Yongjie punched, he had already changed his figure and caught Li Wanren like lightning.

Yan Yongjie wanted to stop it, but was a step too late.

"Let him go!" Li Ying shouted hastily.

"Yes!" The man in purple let out a cold laugh, and then threw Li Wanren to Li Ying forcefully.

Yan Yongjie knew that the purple-clothed man's toss had hinted at his inner strength, and Li Ying couldn't handle it, so she immediately rushed forward and hugged Li Wanren first.

And the man in purple also took advantage of this time, threw a smoke bomb, and fled away.

"Let him run away!" Li Ying stomped her feet angrily.

"It doesn't matter if he ran away, we still have clues?" Zhou Tong was not discouraged at all.

"Who else?" Li Wanren asked curiously.

"An Meizi!" Zhou Tong said and stood up.

Chapter 7 The Ninja's Hometown
Zhou Tong forced herself to look away, and looked out of the window again, not daring to look at Yan Yongjie again.At this moment, he suddenly saw a gap in the window was opened by someone, and a thin bamboo tube protruded in, and the angle of the bamboo tube was facing Yan Yongjie beside him.

Zhou Tong, Yan Yongjie, Li Ying and Li Wanren returned to Tokyo. Yan Yongjie finally found the apartment where An Miko lived through the Japanese police overnight.

But when they entered, they found that the small room was already in a mess.

"It seems that someone has already been here!" Li Wanren said in frustration.

Li Ying pursed her lips and said, "In such a small room, everything was taken away after being rummaged through like this."

"I don't think so. It's precisely because the place has been messed up, which means that the people who come here don't know what An Meizi will leave behind, so they rummage." Zhou Tong said, looking for useful clues in the room. .

"Then do you know what An Meizi will leave behind?" Yan Yongjie asked.

Zhou Tong said confidently: "Now I don't know what she left behind, but a woman will not die silently in the face of such fear and pressure, so I believe she will leave some clues, we must find out!"

"If those guys haven't been found, why can you find them now?" Li Ying who was on the side wanted to blow Zhou Tong's arrogance.

Zhou Tong pointed to his own head and said with a smile, "Because I have more brains than them!"

Li Ying made a face at him, pouted, and ignored him.

And Yan Yongjie and Li Wanren finally joined the ranks of the search.

Suddenly, Zhou Tong found an interesting thing in a corner, a dirty teddy bear.

"When did you start to like playing this?" Li Ying looked at Zhou Tong with a look of disdain.

"You idiot!" Zhou Tong didn't show weakness.

"You bastard, you owe me!" Li Ying immediately lost her temper when she heard that Zhou Tong dared to scold him.

"Okay, can you two stop messing around!" Yan Yongjie loudly stopped the conflict between the two from escalating further.

"Zhou Tong, did you find something?" Li Wanren also immediately grabbed Li Ying who was about to step forward.

"Hmm!" Zhou Tong nodded, "Although this room has been turned into a mess, everything in the room is clean and there is no dust, so why does this teddy bear look extraordinarily dirty, as if it has never been washed? "

"Bullshit, is the teddy bear afraid of getting wet?" Li Ying said angrily.

"Could there be something in here?" Yan Yongjie took the teddy bear from Zhou Tong's hand and shook it.

"As expected of a special criminal police officer, you can guess right!" Zhou Tong deliberately looked at Li Ying while speaking, "Don't shake it, the surroundings are thick cotton, even if there is something, it's hard to detect, just take it apart! "

According to Yan Yongjie's words, she tore open the flannelette outside with all her strength, then reached out and touched it in, and she took out a small key inside.

"What is the key to this place?" Yan Yongjie raised the key and asked to herself.

"I've checked it just now. There is no lock anywhere in the room. It seems that this key should not be used here." Li Wanren said with certainty.

"Show me the key!" Zhou Tong took the key from Yan Yongjie's hand, looked it over and over before saying: "This should be a locker key, look, there is a number 13 on it. "

"That may be the number of a locker." Yan Yongjie said.

Li Ying said angrily: "What's the use of knowing the number, Tokyo is so big, how can I know which locker this key belongs to!"

Zhou Tong didn't make a sound this time, he was also thinking about this question.

"An Meizi left the key, but didn't explain where the key is. It's really torture!" Li Wanren could not help complaining.

Zhou Tong shook his head and said, "No, there must be other clues, let's look for them again!"

So, the three of them began to check everything in the room carefully, hoping to find clues.Li Ying was originally standing on the sidelines watching the fun, but after a long time she felt bored, so she casually picked up the things in the room and looked through them.

"This Amiko is quite stinky, and she even goes to the beauty salon twice a week." Li Ying accidentally saw a stack of receipts issued by the beauty salon in the drawer.

When Zhou Tong heard this, he immediately ran over, "What did you just say?"

Li Ying rolled her eyes and said, "I said Amiko is pretty, what's wrong?"

"Not this, another sentence!"

"Go to the beauty parlor twice a week..." Li Ying was at a loss, not knowing why Zhou Tong was going crazy.

"Beauty salon! It must be a beauty salon!" Zhou Tong smiled and took the receipt in Li Ying's hand.

"It's really suspicious that a woman whose life is threatened is still so concerned about her appearance. Let's go and have a look." Yan Yongjie said.

Li Wanren raised his hand and looked at his watch and said, "It's already two o'clock in the morning, and the beauty salon is closed. I don't think we can go until tomorrow."

"Yes, let's have a good rest before going to investigate!" Li Ying was exhausted from the repeated journeys, so she yawned and said sleepily.

Yan Yongjie nodded in agreement, Zhou Tong remained silent, as if he was still thinking about something.

The morning in Tokyo was sunny, Li Wanren got a car from somewhere, and drove Yan Yongjie, Zhou Tong and Li Ying to the beauty salon that An Mizi often went to.

This beauty salon called Yan Zhiyu is really a small beauty salon compared to hundreds of beauty institutions in Tokyo.

"Four people go in together?" Yan Yongjie didn't want to draw too much attention.

"I'll go alone." Zhou Tong volunteered.

"Please, pig head, this is a women's beauty salon!" Li Ying scolded with a smile.

"You..." Zhou Tong didn't say anything, because he also thought about it, women's beauty salons don't accept male guests.

"I think it's better to let Xiaoying go. She understands Japanese and it's easy to communicate with." Li Wanren suggested.

"Alright!" Yan Yongjie said and handed the key to Li Ying.

Li Ying took the key, gave Zhou Tong a white look, and walked into the beauty salon.

"Are you all relieved to let her go?" Zhou Tong obviously disagreed with this decision.

Yan Yongjie glared at him, while Li Wanren shook his head and smiled.

In less than 5 minutes, Li Ying came out.

"How is it?" Zhou Tong asked.

"There's nothing inside!" Li Ying gave Zhou Tong the key with a disappointed expression.

"It seems that our judgment was wrong!" Li Wanren said and cast his eyes on Yan Yongjie.

"I think I need to go and see for myself!" Zhou Tong broke into the beauty salon with the key regardless of the three seven twenty one.

Yan Yongjie and Li Wanren also hurriedly followed behind him and walked in.

Zhou Tong quickly found the lockers prepared by the beauty salon for customers, and opened the No. 13 locker with the key, and it was empty as Li Ying said.

"Before we came, someone had already opened this locker!" Yan Yongjie, who came in from behind, saw a shallow scratch on the side of the lock, if you didn't pay special attention, you could hardly notice it.

"That's right, it seems that someone got there before us." Zhou Tong gently touched the thin scratch with his hand.

"I've already said it's empty, why are you here to see it!" Li Ying felt that everyone didn't trust her, so she walked in a little angrily and said.

Zhou Tong was still carefully looking at the empty locker and ignored her, but Li Wanren pulled the angry Li Ying aside.

"Is there any other clues?" Seeing that Zhou Tong was still studying the empty cabinet, Yan Yongjie couldn't help muttering, but as a criminal investigator, she cautiously joined Zhou Tong's ranks and began to observe carefully.

"Here!" Zhou Tong and Yan Yongjie shouted almost at the same time.

Although Li Wanren and Li Ying were dubious, they surrounded him curiously.

It turned out that on the side of this empty locker, there was a lightly carved flower, to be precise, a cherry blossom that was just about to bloom.

"Why did Amiko carve a cherry blossom here?" Li Ying asked curiously.

"I think this locker has been empty from the beginning. An Meizi didn't put the things she wanted to keep here." Yan Yongjie said with a faint smile, "The guy who arrived earlier than us, his It must be funny!"

"But we really can't laugh!" Zhou Tong stood up, "What does it mean that An Meizi left a cherry blossom carved with a knife in the cabinet?"

"Unexpectedly, there are still problems that can stump you!" Li Wanren, who rarely joked, suddenly teased Zhou Tong.

"It's really hard for me!" Zhou Tong could only touch his head and laugh, "Since we can't think of anything now, let's just go and see the cherry blossoms!"

Yan Yongjie couldn't think of Zhou Tong's other plans, but under the current situation, there was really no clue, so he had to let him.

"Okay, okay, I've heard that the cherry blossoms in Ueno Park in Tokyo are the most beautiful, let's go and see!" Li Ying immediately became excited.

Li Wanren also nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)