Chapter 26 Section 7

In the huge living room, the mayor and I sat across the table.Dr. Tsukimura's body was nearby, covered with a towel. "Six people..." Mayor Hino sighed, "I was doing it for the good of the small town, but I didn't expect this to happen... I was thinking too simply." "What did you think and what did you do?" I asked. The mayor looked bitter. "It started with Little Green's prank." "mischief?" "Rooting." I leaned back slightly and looked at the mayor intently. "Is she the digger?" "Ah, it's the fault of the father for not teaching." He scratched his forehead, "I have a key to the memorial hall, and she seems to be using that one."

I see.It seems that the matter is not what I previously speculated. The key was stolen when the guard was dozing off.I'm a little sorry for the doorman. "Perhaps you have already discovered that what was stolen was a book." "Ok, I know." "It's a very incredible book, full of unimaginable and unimaginable murder stories. Each one starts with an unsolvable mystery, and readers will be deeply attracted by the mystery, and can't bear to put it down. In short, Very interesting. I have never experienced that kind of fun in this world. I was fascinated very quickly. Because of this, I forgot to blame Xiaolu." At this time, a faint smile appeared on his face, and then Seriously, "Maybe I should blame Xiaolu and put the book back where it was, or give it to Dr. Tsukimura directly. But, I didn't do that. What I thought after reading this book is to rely on this book Let the people in the small town wake up."

"What's the meaning?" "I used to think that this small town lacked one thing, the most crucial thing. Now, I finally know what it is. What is described in that book should happen in this small town. No, or because it is This small town, that had to happen. The small town was built for this kind of thing, people exist because of it, and time passes because of it. I discovered that." His tone gradually rose, full of enthusiasm.That moving power reminds me of elections.He licked his lips and took a deep breath. "However, this is exactly what Dr. Tsukimura said about the curse. Once, someone unknown to us buried it at the mummy's feet in order to seal the curse. At first I was hesitant to revive the curse. In the end, I couldn't get rid of this very tempting idea: to revive the small town. You can think of it, because I am the mayor. I took the book to Shunsuke Hida first. You should know, I want him to choose Several stories, published as his work, to spread the charm of this book."

"Murder in Inclined Pavilion".I figured it out pretty quickly, just as I expected. "Mr. Hida agrees with my idea. Not only that, he couldn't bear to enjoy the great charm of this book to himself. Without saying hello, he showed the book to Mr. Mizushima, Mr. Kibe, Ms. Doi and Mr. Kaneko. Everyone is a prisoner. As the note says, a prisoner of the curse. My intuition tells me that the town is changing and that sooner or later the things I expect will happen. But there is one more problem, you know? " "There are no detectives." "Exactly." He nodded vigorously, and said, "The story is incomplete if there is no detective after the incident. Besides, why is there no detective in the small town? There should be one, but there is none. So, I decided to call the detective, and the summoned detective The protagonist of the buried book is named Detective Tianxiaichi."

"How?" I asked. He chuckled and said, "It's nothing difficult, just sent a letter to the address written in the book." "the only?" "That's all. You came to this world soon, and came to us." Is that how I was called into this world? "However, there is one thing that makes me very embarrassed. That is, you have come, but I have nothing to ask you to investigate. So, I told you about the robbery and asked you to find the thief." I couldn't help shaking my head. "I didn't expect it to be Xiaolu." "I didn't intend to deceive, but I just wanted to revive the small town. I also want to apologize to you. The newspaper I showed you at the beginning was actually a forgery."

"Is it the one that reported the murder of Bi Shen's family?" "The murder at Bishen's family is just a story in that book. I forged the news with reference to this story. If I didn't do that, I couldn't explain to you how we found you, and why we asked you to investigate." "That's right, it's really terrible." "If you suspect, nothing can be done." The mayor spread his hands, "At this moment, incidents happened one after another. As I expected, the murder in the secret room and the disappearance of the murderer, You have solved everything perfectly. The only thing that worries me is that the victims are all members of the Memorial Preservation Committee. It is understandable that the curse is attacking the readers of the buried book. I think there is no way, but Little Green Can't accept this reality. No wonder. The child insisted that it was because she dug up the book without permission that the tragedy happened frequently, so it was very painful. So I decided to let this matter go first, We called everyone here. The apparent reason is to let the world help us find the robbers."

"Unexpectedly, it led to tragedy." "I never dreamed that Dr. Yuecun would think so. The only thing I didn't tell her is the truth about the robbery, but she seems to have felt it. It's really scary." The mayor looked up at the courtyard and sighed, "I can That's all. Is there anything you don't understand?" "Uh..." I thought for a while, shook my head, and said, "No, these are enough. In fact, I still don't understand a little bit, but I'm afraid you can't answer it. It's a question about myself. " "I'm really sorry for bringing you all the way here and causing you so much trouble." The mayor lowered his head.

"You don't have to apologize to me. But..." I said, "I really feel like I've come from far away."