My tenants are monsters

As this line of text flashed in front of him, a faint warm current poured into Shiraishi Rin's limbs and bones.

She is also not sure whether this melee skill is effective against non-human beings, but this is currently the only combat ability in the mall that she can redeem.Although he felt a little uneasy in his heart, Shiraishi Rin could only choose to gamble on this occasion.

When playing "hide and seek" in 401 yesterday, nothing unusual happened. This may mean that as long as I don't show any abnormalities, even if the Iwata family really has a problem, they will not take the initiative to hurt themselves.What's more, it's only past noon now, and it's still long before the sun goes down, so just be cautious...

It should be fine.

"plz follow me."

Footsteps slowly moved upstairs.

A few minutes later, Shiraishi Rin brought the electrician to the door of 401 and knocked on the door.

It was Sadako Iwata who opened the door.

After Bai Shilin expressed her intention to come, the full-time housewife gave way to a passage and let the two of them in: "I didn't expect Miss Lin to be so concerned about my family affairs, I really trouble you.

Also, thank you for your reminder yesterday. Today, after Yongta left for work, I cleaned up Toshio's room, and I really cleaned out a lot of dirty things. "

"Yeah, that's great."

Rin Shiraishi smiled unnaturally, then glanced at Sadako Iwata's feet.

There are shadows.

It seems that this housewife should not be a ghost.

But it's not absolute. Although there was no shadow under Mr. Gu Chuan's feet just now, it doesn't mean that all the ghosts in this world have this characteristic...

After arriving at Toshio Iwata's bedroom, the little boy had already come down from the window sill and stood expressionlessly beside the closet, staring straight at Rin Shiraishi and the electrician who came in from outside.Because the curtains were closed tightly, the entire bedroom was in shadow, so Rin Shiraishi couldn't accurately judge whether he had a shadow.

Snapped--

The electrician tried to turn on the light twice, looked up and observed: "Sure enough, it's broken. It may be a blown fuse. Wait a minute, I'll check the circuit first."

Volume 9: Chapter [-] Don't Be Afraid

The electrician pulled a test lead out of his tool bag and got to work.

The problem was indeed with the fuse.

It took 10 minutes to check out the sticking point, another 10 minutes to replace the fuse and the light would turn on normally.Until this time, the shadow of Toshio Iwata appeared under his feet. Because he was directly under the lamp tube, it looked like a small ball, more like a black cat than a child more than one meter tall. shadow.

Rin Shiraishi looked at Toshio Iwata calmly, and then avoided the latter's staring eyes. After the light was repaired, he left 401 in the voice of Sadako Iwata thanking him repeatedly, and sent the electrician out of the apartment all the way. , and then went back to his room, wiped his forehead, and found that there was a cold sweat under his bangs.

[You have completed the task: Iwata's lamp, and obtained the task reward: Favorability (Iwata Sadako) +5, Favorability (Iwata Toshio) +1]

However, Shiraishi Rin was no longer in the mood to pay attention to the completion of the task at this time, but kept recalling the scenes he saw in Room 401 just now.This kid named Toshio Iwata...

Absolutely wrong!

Can……

If Toshio Iwata is not human, it means that his parents are also problematic.But this couple has lived in Shiraishi's apartment for nearly ten years, and they are very familiar with their distant uncle... So is there any problem with Shiraishi Genichiro?

Furthermore, Genichiro, who just passed away in June this year, is he dying?

All kinds of thoughts flooded in, Shiraishi Rin rubbed his temples, his mind was a little confused.

But in the tense thinking, she noticed another detail——

The method of death for Mr. Gu Chuan was to be stabbed in the chest with a dagger.

If the murderer is really Toshio Iwata, and the little boy is a ghost, then the latter can completely kill or scare him to death without any scars. This kind of thing has been done.Moreover, Mr. Gu Chuan is also a ghost now. If the murderer is right in front of him, shouldn't he rush to the fourth floor to take revenge?

"It seems that only by following the prompts given by the system and going to 202 can we know what's going on."

After "Guchuan Xiaofu" entered the apartment building just now, he should have returned there as well.

"Anyway, the Iwata family in room 401 should stay away for the time being, first confirm the situation with the suspected ghost Mr. Gu Chuan, and then try to find a way to call the police..."

Thinking of the last point, Rin Shiraishi hesitated a little.

It seems that only she can see Xiaofu Guchuan's ghost. If no one else can see it, what should she say when she calls the police?

Saying "I saw a ghost" directly, I am afraid it will be ignored as a prank.Even if the police sent someone to rush over, they would simply make a statement and leave without seeing Mrs. Gu Chuan's existence.

——The homicide rate in Dongying is very high. It is said that it is more than 90%.The police will not be very enthusiastic about this kind of headless case.

After careful consideration, Shiraishi Rin found a fruit knife from the kitchen and put it in his pocket, then came out from 101, and knocked on the door of 103 next door.

"Miss Rin?"

"Mrs. Fanghui, are you free now? I want to have a few words with you alone."

After Ogino Sachiko returned to the bedroom and closed the door, Shiraishi Rin took a deep breath:

"Mrs. Fanghui, don't be afraid of what I'm going to say next.

It's like this, I just saw the ghost of Mrs. Gu Chuan, came back from the outside, and entered this apartment..."

Shiraishi Rin did not tell the clues that Mr. Gu Chuan revealed to him yesterday, but simply repeated what he saw just now.But these words already sound very mysterious.

Ogino Yoshie's expression was obviously a little confused.

But because of his personality, he still listened patiently to Shiraishi Rin's words, and then thought for a while:

"If it's Miss Lin, what you said is true, then this Mr. Gu Chuan encountered an accident on the way out after receiving the call, then the client who contacted him should know the situation. It may even be the murderer himself."

"But if the client did it, then why did he ask Mr. Gu Chuan to help him investigate?"

Shiraishi frowned, and then quickly thought of a reasonable explanation: "Unless... Mr. Gu Chuan spied on the client's secret in a previous operation, and then the client wanted to prevent him from telling the matter. , when the lure fails, choose to kill to silence."

Because this part of key information about "customers" is missing, it is difficult to make effective inferences now.

Everything is just guesswork.

Yoshie Ogino also smiled: "I feel that these guesses are a bit too bizarre, like the plot in a TV series...

If it's my personal opinion, then I suggest Miss Rin that you should call the police as soon as possible, but now it involves supernatural elements, so maybe you can go to Mr. Gu Chuan's room to take a look before making a decision, if you are really sure I saw the words of his ghost. "

According to the laws of Dongying, breaking into a private house is a very clear crime. Even a landlord who enters the tenant's room without the permission of the tenant can still be arrested by the police.

But at this time, it is obviously more important to find out the truth.

Shiraishi nodded seriously: "I'm sure, Mrs. Gu Chuan is dead. So, can I ask Mrs. Fanghui to give me a certificate? You don't need to enter Gu Chuan's room with me. You just need to be at the door Look at my actions from outside, and confirm that I didn't go in on purpose to spy on his privacy, but to find his whereabouts."

"……All right."

Yoshie Ogino hesitated for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

Then, the mother went back and explained to Sachiko, telling the little girl to stay in the house and not come out at will.

After about five or six minutes.

Rin Shiraishi and Yoshie Ogino came to the second floor, took out the spare key of Room 202 that they found in advance, and opened the door under the watchful eyes of Yoshie Ogino.

As soon as the door was opened, there was a slightly unpleasant smell coming.

"Cough cough..."

Kou Chuan lived in the apartment in the second half of last year, and it has been less than a year now. Shiraishi Rin has never entered the private detective's room since he came from West Tama County. This is the first time.

Judging from the scene in front of him, Gu Chuan is obviously a person with very sloppy living habits.

Volume 10: Chapter [-] The Murder of the Sakata Couple

In a room of about fifty or sixty square meters, there are piles of various instant noodles, fast food boxes, newspapers and books that have been read. The whole room is filled with the smell of instant noodle soup mixed with seasoning, and it is almost impossible to find a foot The place.

However, Shiraishi Rin had shared the rent with someone after all, and knew what some people with bad habits would look like when they were sloppy, so although he was very disgusted with this scene, it was not to the extent that he was smoked out immediately.

In this chaotic scene, Rin Shiraishi saw "Little Husband Guchuan" again.

This guy was sitting motionless in front of the table with the knife still stuck in his chest, as if he hadn't noticed that the door was opened.

"Mr. Bone Chuan?"

Shiraishi Rin tried to shout, then moved closer, shaking his hand in front of this guy.

No response.

She looked back at Yoshie Ogino who was standing at the door, trying to see some evidence of Mr. Gu Chuan's real existence from the latter's expression.

But the single mother just shook her head, and her eyes wandered around the direction Baishi Lin stayed for a few times, with a puzzled expression on her face: "I didn't see the gentleman you mentioned. Here, is he sitting in that chair now?"

"Yes……"

Rin Shiraishi sighed, gave up the plan to continue describing the picture, and began to observe the surrounding situation carefully.

The cleanest place in this room is near the desk.

On one side of the table was a thick pile of reasoning professional books, and on the other side was a laptop and several hardcover books.There is also a small blackboard next to it, with a lot of photos and newspaper clippings on it, as well as some notes written with marker pens, which seem to be the results of Mr. Gu Chuan's daily work.

"The murder of the Sakata couple..."

Shiraishi Rin focused on the clipping on the far left, slowly read the headline above, read the content of the news behind it, took out his mobile phone and searched, and finally understood——

The case happened in April this year.

A couple surnamed Sakata were kidnapped by unknown persons in an alley not far from their home. They were taken to a suburban warehouse in Adachi District and killed. All their belongings were taken away. The police deduced that this was a case of robbery , but because there were no surveillance cameras nearby, and no fingerprints or footprints of the murderer were left at the scene, it took more than three months to investigate the identity of the murderer.

When they were killed, the Sakata couple were about forty years old, and there was an old father named Hiroshi Sakata at home, who was the president of a company.

and so……

The client that Mr. Gu Chuan received a call to meet yesterday evening is Hiroshi Sakata?

Bai Shilin secretly guessed in his heart, and then continued to look down. On a photo on the lower side of the blackboard, a group photo of an old man and a young man suddenly appeared.The old man looked to be in his sixties, with gray hair, while the other was 23 or [-] years old, to be exact, a young man who was supporting the old man.

Next to the photo is written a name circled in red, "Matsumoto Yoshiyasu".

At this time, Yoshie Ogino also walked over from the outside, stood at the desk and looked at the blackboard.

"Is this old man Hiroshi Sakata?"

"It should be... Mr. Gu Chuan doesn't need to post a photo of a stranger here, and the age is basically the same."

Rin Shiraishi responded casually, looked down slowly, and saw the name "Matsumoto Yoshiyasu" on another piece of paper. This thing looked like a list, and both Sakata Hiroshi and Matsumoto Yoshiyasu were signed on it. name.

Further down, there is a newspaper clipping about a car accident that happened eight years ago that killed a couple named Matsumoto.

"Matsumoto Yoshiyasu's parents...are former executives of this company, who died in a car accident many years ago?"

"And he himself is Hiroshi Sakata's deputy, and he has a close friendship with the latter?"