Chapter 19 18. Wisdom of Demons

Ah, another incredible thing happened.This guy with twenty faces is not human at all, but a monster of unknown origin.He always achieves the impossible with ease. Zhizhi strode into the room and kicked the snoring policeman on the waist without saying a word.It seemed that the robber had succeeded under his nose, which completely angered him. "Hey, hey, get up quickly. I didn't invite you to sleep here. Look, everything has been stolen!" The detective struggled to get up and sit upright, but he didn't seem to be fully awake yet, he looked around sleepily. "Um, um, what did you say was stolen? Ah, I accidentally fell asleep... Hey, what is this place?"

"Hurry up and wake up, ah, I understand. Are you stunned by the anesthetic? Quickly recall what happened last night." Akechi grabbed the detective's shoulder and shook it roughly. "Uh, eh, ah, you are Mr. Sensei. Ah, by the way, this is the Art City of Kusakabe. Oops, I fell for it. That's right, it's an anesthetic. In the middle of last night, a black shadow sneaked up behind me .Then, then, suddenly something soft with a strange smell was stuffed into my mouth and nose. After that, I don’t remember anything after that.” The detective seemed to have finally come to his senses, looking around the empty collection room with an apologetic face.

"He finally succeeded. Then the detectives guarding the main entrance and the back entrance may have been plotted by him in this way." Akechi rushed out of the room while talking to himself, and after a while, a scream came from the kitchen. "Mr. Kusakabe, please come here." What will happen?The old man and the detective ran towards the sound, and saw Zhizhi standing at the door of the servant's room, pointing inside. "There is no sign of the criminal police at the front door or the back door. Look at them, they are so pitiful that they have ended up in such a pitiful end."

Taking a closer look, in the corner of the servant's room, the old man Zuozang and his wife were lying on the ground with their hands tied behind their backs and something stuffed in their mouths.This is, of course, the work of a thieves.In order to fear that the two servants would do bad things, they were tied up first. "Ah, how did this happen? Mr. Wise, what do you think is going on here?" The old man Kusakabe has fallen into a semi-mad state, and he is approaching wise.The treasures that were seen as more important than life actually disappeared overnight like a dream.No wonder he was so excited.

"Oh, I have nothing to say. I didn't know that Twenty Faces was so powerful. I underestimated him too much. This is where I made a mistake." "Mistakes? Mr. Wise, you may be fine if you say a mistake, but what should I do... Everyone praises you as a detective, a famous detective, but I didn't expect you to be so vulnerable..." The old man's face was livid, and his big bloodshot eyes stared angrily at Zhizhi, and his furious look seemed to indicate that he would pounce on him at any time. Akechi seemed terrified and kept his head down.Hearing this, he suddenly raised his head.What's going on here, the famous detective is actually laughing, the smile keeps spreading on his face, and in the end he probably thinks it's too ridiculous, he can't hold it anymore, he even burst out laughing.

The old man Kusakabe froze on the spot.Could Zhizhi be mad because he was not reconciled to being tricked by the thieves? "Mr. Wise, what are you laughing at? Hey, let me ask what are you laughing at?" "Wahhahaha...that's ridiculous. Detective Akechi Kogoro is so useless. It's like twisting a baby's arm. It's as easy as breaking a baby's arm. Twenty Faces is amazing. I respect him a lot. " Sensible looks more and more wrong. "Hey, hey, Mr. Akechi, what's the matter with you? Now is not the time to praise the robber. Hey, what nonsense are you talking about! Also, it's too pitiful that Zuozou and the others are still tied up. Mr. Detective, you guys Don’t be in a daze, untie the rope for them quickly. Remove the stuff in your mouth too, so that you can get clues about the robber from Tsukzo’s mouth.”

Akechi seemed unreliable, and in desperation, the old man Kusakabe simply gave orders like a detective. "Hurry up, this is the old man's order, don't let him loose." Zhizhi gave the criminal police a strange wink. So, the criminal policeman, who was still in a daze before, straightened up straight now, took out a bundle of ropes from his pocket, walked around behind the old man in Kusakabe, shook the rope away with a snap, and started lapping around him without saying a word. Wind up. "Hey, what are you doing? You people are all crazy. What are you tying me up for? I didn't tell you to tie me up, but to untie the two people lying there. Hey, I didn't tell you to tie me up."

However, the criminal police did not hesitate at all.He never said a word, and finally tied the old man's hands behind his back. "Hey, lunatic! Hey, what are you doing? Oh, it hurts, it hurts! Mr. Wise, what are you laughing at? Stop messing around, this man seems crazy. Please ask him to untie me. Hey, I say Mr. Wisdom!" The old man was like falling into a cloud of mist, completely confused.Is everyone crazy?Otherwise, there is no reason to tie up the event client.And the detective was still standing aside and smiling like a normal person, as if he was indifferent. "Old man, who are you calling? You seem to be calling something wise?"

Those words came out of wise mouth. "Are you kidding me? Mr. Wise, you don't even forget your own name, do you?" "Are you talking about me? You say I'm Kogoro Akechi?" Zhizhi looks serious, but what he says is getting more and more strange. "Do you need to ask? What are you talking about..." "Hahaha... old man, I think you have something wrong with your own head. There are no sensible people here." When the old man heard this, he was dumbstruck, and opened his mouth in astonishment.It was so strange that he could not even speak for a moment.

"Mister, have you met Kogoro Akechi before?" "I haven't seen it. However, I have looked at the photos very carefully." "Photographs? Photographs are not reliable. Do you think that photograph resembles me?" "..." "Old man, you seem to have forgotten what kind of character twenty faces are. When it comes to 'twenty faces', you forgot, isn't that guy a master of disguise?" "Well, so to speak, you, you are..." The old man suddenly realized, so he turned pale in astonishment. "Hahaha... It seems that you finally understand."

"No, no, there will be no such absurd things. I have read the newspapers, and the "Izu Daily" clearly says 'Sensible Detective Visits Shuzenji'. Moreover, the waitress at Fujiya also told me that you are wise, so you should not Incorrect." "You did make a big mistake. Because Akechi Kogoro hasn't come back from Manchuria yet." "It's impossible for newspapers to publish fake news." "But that's really fake. I just tricked a certain reporter on the society page, and he handed over the fake manuscript to the editor-in-chief." "Hmph, so where did the criminal police come from? It's impossible for even the police to be fooled by fake and wise detectives, right?" The old man didn't want to believe anything. The man standing in front of him was that terrifying twenty-faced face.He insisted that the other party was Akechi Kogoro. "Hahaha...Old man, are you still determined? You must not be particularly slow-minded, right? You mean the criminal police? Ah, this man, and the two guards at the front and back doors, hahaha...they all They are my subordinates, I just asked them to pretend to be detectives." Now no matter how unwilling the old man was to believe it, he had no choice but to believe it.He thought it was Akechi Kogoro standing in front of him, but he didn't expect that not only was he not a detective, but he was actually a thief, the phantom thief with twenty faces himself whom he feared so much.Ah, what an unexpected trick, the detective is the thief.Kusakabe never thought that he would lure wolves into the house, and entrusted Twenty Faces to protect the treasure. "Old man, how did the Egyptian cigarettes taste last night? Hahaha...do you remember? I put a little drug in there. Because when these two detectives walked into the room and loaded things into the car, I I hope you have a good sleep for the time being. Did you ask me how I got into that room? Hahaha...It’s actually very simple, just borrow the key from your arms for a while.” Twenty Faces seemed to be talking about irrelevant weather topics, and his tone was very peaceful.However, to the old man's ears, his polite way of speaking, as if stating an objective situation, was even more irritating. "Then, let's take my leave. We are still in a hurry. I will take care of the artwork and keep it safe, so please rest assured. Then, I'm leaving, goodbye." Twenty Faces bowed solemnly, and led his subordinates pretending to be criminal policemen, and walked away calmly. The poor sixty-year-old man was trembling with anger, incoherent in anxiety, and tried to chase the robbers.But the whole body was tightly bound by the rope, and the other end of the rope was tied to a pillar beside him. Although he could barely stand up crookedly, he suddenly fell down the next moment.Then, he just fell to the ground like this, gritted his teeth with grief and indignation, and kept struggling with tears.