Fog Formula-Warning Book of Fog City Search Chief's Strange Talk

"Mr. Xiu!"

As soon as he returned to the room, before seeing Shenxiu close the door, Markesias turned his head anxiously and looked at Jian Shenxiu.

"Those two people just now..."

"Um."

Jian Shenxiu nodded to show that he knew what Marchesias wanted to say. But he didn't reply immediately, but turned around and closed the door carefully, and then walked towards the table, speaking slowly.

"It's those two high school students from the Hino Detective Agency."

With that said, he came to the table and sat down, calmly picked up the teapot and poured tea for himself. The light green tea soup slowly flowed down the spout in a vertical line, falling into the cup without any trembling, and the man's expression did not show any fluctuations.

"There are their files in the bureau, and they have solved a few cases, which can be regarded as a small reputation."

"Is that all?"

As if affected by the man's composure, Markesias' nervousness at the beginning gradually eased. It's just that the young man still seemed a little puzzled by this question. He walked to Jian Shenxiu and sat down like him, tilting his head and looking at him.

"But those two people... are the key monitoring targets in the bureau, right?"

"Indeed. But the key monitoring objects are also different."

Jian Shenxiu nodded and took a sip of tea. This time the tea is sweet and moist, not dry and bitter like the last time.

——Obviously, during the period when the two of them just went out, someone had already come to this room and changed the tea in the teapot.

"Yes, it seems that they have agreed."

Seeing Shenxiu put down his teacup, an imperceptible smile curled up on the corner of his mouth. Then the inspector didn't continue to drink tea, but put the cup back casually, and turned his head to Marchesias next to him and said gently.

"Huh?" Markesias was taken aback, wondering why Jian Shenxiu, who was still talking about the two of them just now, suddenly changed the subject and expressed such emotion.

"We paid a sudden visit, apparently they hadn't figured out how to welcome us before. At least... At that time, there was still a dispute among them." Jian Shenxiu explained.

"The proprietress represented an attitude and welcomed us. But besides her, there was another voice. Just when the proprietress greeted us, they brought a pot of rotten tea to our room, It’s showing us that they exist, telling us that — at least they don’t fully welcome our visit.”

"It's the Asahi Group?" Markesias immediately understood what Jian Shenxiu was talking about, "At that time... the Asahi Group didn't reach an agreement on how to treat us?"

"Yes, but the tea has been changed now, which means that they both have agreed." Jian Shenxiu nodded, and then pointed to the teapot on the table.

"They will no longer obstruct our investigation, and they will even cooperate with our actions."

"That's it..." Markesias blinked blankly, not expecting such a confrontation behind the pot of tea.

"Although—even if they object to our arrival, it will have no effect. We will not stop in the matter of investigating the case."

Seemingly because he was on vacation, Jian Shenxiu, who was wearing a kimono, looked lazy and gentle when speaking, not as cold as usual.

"But they were willing to cooperate, and they saved us a lot of trouble. At least... we can investigate this hotel from the inside."

"Calculate the time..." Seeing Shenxiu talking, he suddenly smiled, "They probably reached a consensus when the eldest lady of the Asahi group arrived."

"Miss Asahina..."

Mentioning that person, Markesias instantly showed a look of vigilance on his face, obviously he still hasn't forgotten the attack on that rainy night.

"Talk about those two teenagers."

Seeing that Shenxiu didn't seem to care much, after saying this, he changed the subject and repeated what he said before.

"Even among the key monitoring objects, there are differences."

"Huh?" Markesias blinked and looked at him suspiciously.

"Some people are included in our key monitoring targets because they are dangerous. For example, a certain circus wandering in the fog city, such as certain people on a certain Internet forum, such as some homeless people wandering around at night in Xuejianze ..."

Seeing Shenxiu talking calmly, when he was speaking, he calmly looked at the room that was not soundproof, but he obviously didn't mind whether his words would be eavesdropped.

"And some people are included in our key monitoring targets because they can solve dangers, find those exposed threads in the messy mysteries of Xue Jianze, and solve those mysteries in a whirl - of course, at the same time It also means they are going to be in danger."

"So, those two teenagers..." Marchesias asked tentatively, "The latter?"

"Well, I've said it before." Seeing that Shenxiu lowered his eyebrows and tapped his fingers lightly on the table, "They have solved a few cases, so they are somewhat famous."

When he said this, he was completely objective. When evaluating, he only described objective facts without any subjective statement. If people appreciate something, they will not be stingy with their own subjective rewards. Only when they hate something in their hearts and cannot deny it, will they limit all evaluations to objective facts.

"Hmm..." Markesias looked at Shenxiu's expression, as if he understood something, "Sir, you don't like the two of them?"

"..."

Seeing that Shenxiu was silent for a while after hearing the words, he didn't reply for quite a while. After a long time, he nodded slightly.

"Um."

"Why?" The boy was puzzled, "From your description, shouldn't they be on the same side as us?"

"...They are too young." Jian Shenxiu shook his head, "Young people are courageous, passionate, adventurous, and righteous. These are all advantages. So... such people should also have a future."

"Fighting against weirdness is a dangerous battlefield, full of fear and treachery, and you will die if you are not careful. The search bureau is fighting hard on this battlefield so that people like them don't have to understand these things. What we need is a firm Warriors of faith, not high school students who set foot in this field just because of their curiosity. I don't want them to lose their young life and future because of their curiosity. These young people want to be treated fairly, but never To think about 'justice' itself is something they can't bear."

"That's not the justice I want." Jian Shenxiu said softly.

"..."

Markesias was taken aback for a moment, it was also the first time he heard Shenxiu mention these things, and it was the first time he knew his views on these two people.

"But it's a pity that the current strength of the search bureau is not enough to do this." Jian Shenxiu said in a low voice, his eyebrows lowered, and he fiddled with the teacup on the table.

"Now we can't eliminate all the weirdness, we can't remove all the unstable factors in advance, and we can't ask them to obey our orders obediently, and there is no reason to stop their actions. They have the right to explore these truths, but In a sense, this entitlement is precisely the proof of our failure."

"Mr. Xiu..."

Markesias was taken aback, he didn't expect to hear such words from Jian Shenxiu's mouth, the young man looked at the chief inspector with some worry, this was the first time he heard "failure" from Jian Shenxiu's mouth this kind of words.

"That's why I don't like them. Without complete preparations, they are curious, noisy, and step into danger. Even their existence is an eyesore, as if they are announcing to the whole world Our incompetence. I don't know if they were prepared or not, but obviously they didn't have the will to die for it."

Seeing Shenxiu speaking slowly, the content of his words was icy cold, but his tone was very peaceful. It wasn't until the end of the words that the voice gradually revealed a little coldness, with faint blood and murderous aura.

"But when you go to the battlefield, there are no innocent people..."

He shook his head, then put away his regret, and his expression finally returned to ice-cold.

"For the justice of the majority...anyone can be a pawn."