Chapter 14 Section VI

December 6th. The Metropolitan Police Department searched the office of Section Chief Tomoyuki Hirooka, and an unexpected visitor came in.It was an elderly man, wearing dirty clothes and carrying a travel bag. The longitudinal wrinkles on the face show a sense of weather-beaten stability, and the cheeks are dark brown. Hiroka didn't recognize who the man was for a moment. The visitor walked up to Hirooka and bowed silently to salute. "Section Chief, I'm Chiaki Hamamura." As soon as "Bangcun—" reported his name, Hiroka finally recovered his memory.While remembering, Hiroka had a smile on his face.

"But, it has changed..." Hiroka watched Hamamura. Hamamura resigns!It was two years ago. In general, the appearance of a person does not change much in about two years.But Bangcun's face has lost the face of the year. Although he was originally a little thin, but now in Bangcun, he feels a little thin.Longitudinal wrinkles on the cheeks also add depth. However, it can also be said that it has become leaner for this.However, there was a gentle aura that offset his lean appearance from his eyes. "Where are you going..." Hiroka swallowed the second half of the sentence.

It has been heard from rumors that after resigning, Hamamura went on a pension search trip in order to find the young girl who disappeared suddenly 14 years ago. Hiroka thought it was a futile move.But he didn't say it.Whether the daughter is alive or dead may not be a big problem for Bangcun.The key is a matter of mood. Even actions that seem futile from the side can sometimes have great meaning in themselves.This cannot be forced. The thin cheeks and the clear eyes in sharp contrast to them show what Hamamura's two-year wandering journey was like. Hamamura sat down on the chair.

Silently, he took out a stone from the travel bag and placed it in front of Hiroka. "Is it a souvenir?" Hiroka still wears beauty.In this smile is the memory of the history of the nicknamed Hamamura detective. "Ah——, ah——" "Tell me what's going on?" Hiroka just glanced at the stone.Because Bangcun will not bring a stone in for no reason.There is a tension in the depths of the smiling face. "The dwarf incident and the ghost girl incident—I heard about it during the trip..." Hamamura lowered his head. "The ghost girl incident?" The smile disappeared from Hiroka's face. "This matter is too difficult."

"yes." "Not only the Hiraga-kun of the first group, but even the generals of the first department have been involved in the investigation, but there is still no information. We have been forced to the point where we are called incompetent." Hiroka showed a bitter expression. "About this stone. There are words engraved on the surface, or traces that you want to engrave. Can you identify it?" "On this stone..." Hiroka took the stone in his hand. "That's all right, but can you tell me what the point is?" "There's a ghost girl sealed inside."

Hamamura answered casually. "Ghost girl—" Hiroka looked at Hamamura with a dazed expression. Hiroka weighed the stone with his hands. Repeatedly looked at Shitou and Hamura Chiaki. There are indeed writings on the stone that have begun to weather.If you take it to the identification department or scientific laboratory, you will probably be able to judge it. However, the problem is Chiaki Hamamura who brought the stone. Hiroka looked at Hamamura with an expression of seeing gods and ghosts. Wrinkles are deep.The sunlight received during the long wandering journey turned brown and collected in wrinkles.

—Could it be dementia? At first, Hiroka thought so. In order to find his one-year-old daughter who disappeared fourteen years ago, Bangcun started a journey like a wandering monk.Been traveling away from home for almost two years.Could it be the dementia bit by bit during the journey? There is a saying called "counting the ages of dead children".Yi'en said: People who always think that they have joined the ghost family will soon be taken away by the king of Hades. Does Hamamura want to do the same? After traveling in the clouds for two years, I suddenly found him.Holding the stone, he said that the ghost girl was sealed inside.

Hiroka dropped the stone. "Want to inquire?" Bangcun smoked a cigarette. There was a latent light in his eyes.It is a gaze with a sense of composure. Hiroka remembered Hamamura's nickname - the person with black cat eyes.The black cat's eyes were still lurking in Bangcun's eyes. The doubt whether Hamamura was demented disappeared from Hiroka's mind. "But not in detail." Hamamura's voice was hoarse and deep. "But……" "I said that the ghost girl was sealed in this stone. I am fully responsible for this. If the words carved on the stone can be identified, I want to try to hunt down the ghost girl."

"Then, can they be arrested?" A sharp light shone from Hiroka's eyes. "perhaps!" In the expression of Hamamura who nodded, there was no sense of discouragement or showing off, and it was indifferent. Seeing this scene, Hiroka felt a slight shudder. The ghost girl incident has reached the point where it is related to the existence value of the Metropolitan Police Department.Since Motoji Inoue, the president of the Police Dog Training Association, failed to challenge the ghost girl, the ghost girl has been lurking in the dark. Although it is lurking, its terrifying figure may appear in front of people at any time, and there is such anxiety among the citizens of Tokyo.

If the ghost girl reappears, how many guard dogs will be killed.Perhaps this time the ghost girl will kill dozens, or even hundreds of them. As long as the ghost girl has this kind of will, killing hundreds of dogs is a breeze.The police are obviously hard to guard against the ghost girl.Because the ghost girl does not live in a place that the police can guard against.Citizens think so. Since the panic, he has never been calm.Every night, at least hundreds of calls to number 110 are received.Either announcing the arrival of the ghost girl, or seeing the ghost girl, or the guard dog barking strangely-all such calls.

The police were helpless and powerless. It was at such times that the man with the black cat's eyes returned.Chiaki Hamamura brought the terror of attacking Hiroka. Hirooka knew that he had great expectations for Hamamura Chiaki. The Metropolitan Police Department tried its best to arrest the ghost girl.Not only the first department was searched, but the second and third departments were also searched.The Ministry of Defense also made a general dispatch. If the ghost girl is not arrested, the public's sense of panic will further expand.If the ghost girl came out from the shadows again to kill the guard dogs, it would not be difficult to connect the terror with the small riots. Citizens will no longer listen to the words of the discredited police, but will form self-defense groups one after another.That is tantamount to planting the spiritual bane of ignoring the law. Although he put all his efforts into arresting the ghost girl, Hiroka himself has no confidence in whether he can arrest the ghost girl. Hiroka does not think that the criminal who killed the dog is a ghost woman.Because there are no such things as ghost girls in the world. Even though I thought so, the prisoner who appeared at Motoji Inoue's house was by no means an ordinary person.According to the report, after killing the two wolfhounds unknowingly, the ghost goddess stood on the top of a two-meter-high wall and silently looked down at the crowd. And, it's a young girl. Indeed, it's not like "Where did the ghost girl come from? An animal from a different world". At this juncture, Chiaki Hamura appeared. And Hamura Qianqiu said that he would arrest the ghost girl. For Hamamura's cautious words of "probably", Hirooka felt quite heavy.Because Hirokayin remembered the words that Hamamura often said when he was working. For all the incidents that Hamamura answered "probably", there has never been an incident that has not been closed. He is a man of extraordinary ability. Also, where did Hamamura get the stone that the ghost woman was sealed inside?Where did this stone come from?What is the reason why Bangcun was implicated in the ghost girl incident?Hiroka dismissed the idea of ​​asking. Bangcun is taciturn, and he has already made a decision. Besides, he was no longer a searcher now. Only believe in Hamamura. There will be a battle between the ghost girl and Hamamura. Hiroka prays for Hamamura's victory.Because there is a fear that if Hamamura loses, the ghost girl will be unable to deal with it. "I have something to ask." After the appraisal staff took the stone out of the room, Hamamura looked at Hiroka's face and said. "Just say something." Guangfeng turned his attention to Hamamura's wrinkled face. "Is there someone named Inoue? The one who challenged the ghost girl..." "Yeah. Motoji Inoue. He's the president of the Police Dog Training Association." "Can you get me a dog?" The voice was low and earnest. "Fuck the dog—" "Ah," Hamamura nodded. "I also want to challenge the ghost girl." "Challenge the ghost girl?" "Ai." "but……" Hirooka might as well answer. He looked at Bangcun weakly.Always thought it was a dangerous thing.Bangcun was once a well-known investigator of the Metropolitan Police Department.If Hamamura challenges the ghost girl, the propaganda circles will never turn a deaf ear to it.Although Hamamura has resigned now, the outside world will think it is a duel between the Metropolitan Police Department and the ghost girl. Taking a step back, if Hamamura loses... "Isn't it possible?" Hamamura asked in a gentle tone. "It's not impossible. Although it's not impossible. But if you fail..." Tomoyuki Hirooka was vague. "I don't intend to lose." "Not going to lose?" "Ai!" "But what are your plans?" Hiroka watched Hamamura's eyes. The phrase "not planning to lose" sounds unusual. "I'll choose a suitable place and tie the dog there. I don't think it's suitable in the city, it's better in the mountains. I'll wait there for the ghost girl. If possible, I want to catch the ghost girl there. However, I want to ask the section chief I swear on the reputation of the Metropolitan Police Department that I will never arrange an ambush by the police.” "..." "As long as the chief of the search department swears on his honor, I think the ghost girl will come to me." "but……" There is no afterword. "Aren't you worried?" "That's right. I understand your self-confidence that you don't want to fail. However, if you challenge and I come to support it, it will become a one-on-one duel between the Metropolitan Police Department and the ghost girl. Motoji Inoue is You are a folk. But you are different. The press will not wait and watch. If you lose, the prestige of the Metropolitan Police Department will plummet. Even if it is not like this..." "Dog, I won't let her kill it." "..." "Even if you fail to capture the ghost girl, you won't let the dog be killed. I can swear on that." "it is true?" "Ai!" "yes……" I breathed a sigh of relief. Even if the ghost girl cannot be arrested, as long as the dog is not killed, the outcome will be evenly divided.Even if it attracts bad reviews, it can be salvaged by stopping the duel with an excuse.However, even so, it cannot be so simple. "If the section chief is not interested, I plan to challenge myself. However, the ghost girl may not come if she is on guard against an ambush. Let's talk about which step to take, and then find another way." Hamamura wants to fight the ghost girl by himself as much as possible.I heard that the ghost girl is a girl.Even a girl cannot be an ordinary person.Considering that the dwarf can easily climb the vertical wall, the ghost girl has at least the same or even higher stunt than the dwarf. Although I don't think it can be caught so easily, it is worth trying. In addition, Hamamura harbors hatred for ghost girls.The countless dog bones that were thrown at the foot of Mount Diyue kept coming to mind. It can be described as an extremely cruel act. Immortals lived in Diyue Mountain.The ghost girl may be the son-in-law of the fairy.The same goes for dwarves!The one buried in the grave may be the mother of the ghost girl and the dwarf, that is, the fairy's wife.Hamura guessed so. What a horrible family.It is indeed like a world of ghosts.That alone is reason enough to challenge them. Over the dark cloud-shrouded Diyue Mountain, the ghost girl's bloody mouth, sharp knife-like ears, and strangely chirping appearance are deeply engraved in Hamamura's mind. "Ten girls." The inscriptions inscribed on the stone blocks were deciphered. "Ten girls, oh..." Hirooka Tomoyuki took the copied text and talked to himself. "However, it's really impossible to start with just ten girls." He glanced at Chiaki Hamura. "Can you contact the police department and ask them to check the list of all the people who left home? Ask them to find a woman named Shinu from it. It doesn't matter whether you are an adult or a child. It can be traced back to thirty years ago. It's alright!" Hamamura replied directly. "Got it. Let's do it!" Hiroka agreed. Depending on the situation, the forensic doctor may also be asked to go to Onishi Mountain in Nagano Prefecture.It is to dig up the corpses of the ten girls, because the age can be known by looking at the bones. "understood." Hiroka replied. Indecision is due to unclear reasons.Seeing the calm and weighty light in the old Hamamura's expression, he could only answer in this way. "Then, I take my leave." Hamamura stood up. "Bangcun..." Hirooka called out to Hamamura who turned around and walked out of the room. "What's up?" Bangcun stopped in his tracks. "Our face is in your hands." "But skinny hands..." A smile appeared on Bangcun's face. Hiroka stared at the door for a long time. "The Metropolitan Police Department and the ghost girl, one-on-one..." Talking to himself, the tone is deep.