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

On that day, at 4:10 pm, it was raining heavily.

Jian Shenxiu and Marchesus in suits arrived at the Asahina Grand Hotel. The moment the vehicle stopped, a waiter in the hotel came out to hold an umbrella for the two of them. After showing the invitation, Jian Shenxiu took Xias into the room. The door of this hotel in Uptown.

Uptown is a wealthy area, so there is no shortage of places to enjoy. But even among the many entertainment venues in the upper city, the Asahina Hotel must be the most famous and prominent one. This hotel is decorated in the most simple and simple Japanese style, although the interior still uses steel rolling The outer layers of the soil are all decorated with traditional wood, and the antique design also makes the surrounding lighting of the hotel extraordinarily transparent. The location of the hotel is near the river and the sea, and the windows on any floor can have a bird’s-eye view of the coastal waters of Xuemizawa. In the past when Xuejianze was the most prosperous port, this hotel used to be a business card of the city, but with the closure of the surrounding area, the status of this hotel in Xuejianze did not decline but rose, and it was considered to be the Misawa is the most suitable place for extravagant banquets. There is even a saying that “one who has not attended a banquet at the Asahina Grand Hotel has not entered the upper class”.

It is the same as all other institutions and shops with the surname “Asahina” in Yukimizawa. This hotel is also an asset of the Asahi Group, and it belongs to the young lady who is still in school. On weekdays, there are of course special care. These stores located in the upper city can provide the most luxurious and decent service in the entire Xuejianze, and naturally attract countless people to spend a lot of money here, providing a steady stream of rich funds for the Asahi Group, supporting With their polar empire.

Jian Shenxiu didn’t know the way here, although as the Chief Inspector, he was undoubtedly one of the top leaders in Xue Jianze, but this was actually the first time he had come to this kind of gold selling cave. The other party had obviously anticipated this, and had no intention of giving him a bad blow in this kind of place, and sent someone to greet him and show him the way. Finally, after the other party showed him around, he said that it was still a while before the banquet started, and told Jian Shenxiu that he could wander around here at will, and that it would be fine to walk around.

“Asahina Grand Hotel not only exists as a hotel, but also a platform. Asahina Grand Hotel is everyone’s first choice for various meetings and banquets. We have prepared a special event for every guest who has been here even once. A custom-made exclusive tableware. This place naturally accepts the entire upper circle of Xue Jianze, and you are undoubtedly one of the top giants in this circle.”

When seeing Shenxiu asked why the other party did this, the envoy who was in charge of receiving them smiled and gave such an explanation.

“It’s not that we accept you, but that you should belong here. Since the day you were promoted to the chief inspector, your signature tableware has been customized for you. They have been waiting for you here for three years. We have been here for three years. We are waiting for your visit. Asahina Grand Hotel will always have a place for you. We invite you to walk around not to show you anything, but to invite you to visit your own circle. Of course, if you have any needs They can summon us at any time.”

Then the waiter just smiled and left, leaving Jian Shenxiu and Maxias alone in the banquet hall. Just like what the waiter said, standing here at this moment and seeing Shenxiu didn’t feel any strangeness. A banquet was being held in the hall, and Shenxiu could recognize it with a casual glance around. A bunch of familiar faces. From the members of the parliament to the senior officials of various departments of Navi, and even to various businessmen who have experienced cases in his hands. When these people saw Jian Shenxiu’s appearance, they were surprised at first and then raised their glasses to him from a distance.

He is indeed no stranger to this circle, and his familiar faces are everywhere here. As long as he raises his glass to each other, he can participate in any discussion in every corner of the banquet. In his capacity, all those who are approached by him should express their ecstasy secretly while being shocked. He just needs to accept the compliment calmly, and then wave after wave of people will come up to clink glasses with him and want to get acquainted.

He is the chief investigator of Xue Jianze, one of the three parties of the separation of powers. As long as the speaker and chief inspector don’t appear here, there won’t even be anyone on his level in this banquet hall. He is the real giant of Xue Jianze.

But he didn’t, he just found a dark corner and stood casually to reduce the gaze of the people around him, and then asked Markesias to go to the banquet table to find some snacks to fill his stomach. The banquet dedicated to him on the top floor has not yet started, but although Shenxiu seldom attends banquets, he still has common sense. After a while on the top floor, there is probably no chance for Xia Si to eat much more.

Although he has been so low-key, it is clear that the news of his coming here quickly spread among the crowd. The news of “seeing the chief inspector of the spiritual cultivator is here” is undoubtedly a nuclear bomb for the banquet. Apparently, many people heard the news and Zhihuohou was very moved and wanted to come up to him to clink glasses, but it was due to the “vicious name” of the search bureau and Jian Shenxiu’s attitude that no strangers should enter. In the end, no one dared to take the initiative to come forward, and later even the whole crowd moved a few feet in the opposite direction of Jian Shenxiu, so that there was quite a space between Jian Shenxiu and the crowd.

I saw Shenxiu standing alone in the southwest corner, and a large group of other people stayed on the other side. The reason for all this is not that they have any opinion on Jian Shenxiu, nor do they dare to do so. These people just subconsciously stayed away from him a little after seeing Shenxiu.

The comparison between “1” and “hundreds of people”. From a distance, it looks rather funny.

“Sir…do you need wine? Or juice?”

However, when Shenxiu was just watching the farce with cold eyes, he suddenly heard a timid voice from the side.

Seeing Shenxiu move his feet, he turned his head subconsciously.

It turned out to be an exceptionally young girl who looked like a part-time work-study student in a hotel. He is about 1.6 meters tall, but at the age of sixteen or seventeen, his face looks immature without makeup, his hair is wrapped in a hood, revealing a small section of smooth and slender back of his neck, standing in front of Jian Shenxiu , blinking those clear eyes, staring at the big brother standing alone. From the perspective of seeing Shenxiu, the waiter’s kimono jacket she was wearing was a little loose, and a small part of the collar of the school uniform was exposed on the front, and she was full of the breath of the girl next door, Xiaojiabiyu, from head to toe.

The time is now approaching half past six, which is the time for students after school. It’s true that only children with such shallow social experience and can’t recognize the atmosphere will approach such a god-seeing cultivator, right? The other experienced waiters had clearly seen that he didn’t want to be disturbed and wouldn’t come over and talk nonsense.

“For wine, we have here…”

The girl lowered her head and was about to introduce the drinks on the plate she was carrying, but she was interrupted by Jian Shenxiu before the conversation started. Obviously, the man had no intention of listening to her, so he spoke directly.

“Just juice.”

“Ah, okay.” The girl who got the response seemed a little surprised, but the words in her mouth didn’t mean to stop at all.

“We have juice here…”

“Orange juice.”

Seeing that Shenxiu’s brows were slightly frowned, he had already realized that the person in front of him was indeed the kind of young part-time female high school student who couldn’t understand the atmosphere. A normal and skilled waiter should take out the fruit juice when he said the sentence. The most infallible “Orange Juice” is handed to him. In this case, the other party will probably not really drink anything, but just take the drink and dismiss you quickly without being rude.

But the appearance of this girl is quite desire to communicate, it seems that she really intends to talk to Shenxiu about something.

“There must be more people over there.”

So before the girl could do anything, he reached out and took a glass of yellow drink from the plate she was holding, and held it in his hand, talking while taking it.

“Waiters should go to places where there are more people to serve, shouldn’t they?”

This is already quite clear to drive people away, and if you don’t understand it anymore, it’s not an issue of [Emotional Intelligence] but [IQ].

“This gentleman.” However, the girl burst out laughing after seeing his actions. With a slender white finger, he pointed to the drink in Jian Shenxiu’s hand.

“That’s mango juice.”

“…” Jian Shenxiu was dumbfounded.

He really didn’t recognize these juices. After the eternal night came, Xue Jianze cut off the supply of supplies from the outside world, and everything could only be self-sufficient. It is completely unrealistic for such a small island to feed Xue Jianze, which was once an international metropolis, only by relying on the inefficient energy intake of the planting industry. It can only rely on the popularization of nutrients to maintain people’s lives. Since then all natural resources have become important industrial raw materials, and fruit juices and brewed drinks have certainly become luxuries. In particular, the price of freshly squeezed juice has doubled directly, and it has jumped shoulder to shoulder with those drinks.

With such a large area, Grady Island can only produce so much fruit every year except for the most important food. When every catty of output is counted, all the fruits naturally become the enjoyment of those “high-ranking people”.

Jian Shenxiu hadn’t been in contact with this kind of drink for a long time, and even the moment the word “mango” entered his ears, he felt a sense of strangeness that he hadn’t heard in years. He was silent for a moment, lowered his head and sniffed the liquid in the cup slightly, feeling the strange and familiar smell in the cup slowly filling his nostrils, and the curvy yellow shape of the fruit slowly appeared in his mind, as if A concept called “mango” slowly woke up in his memory.

“Do you want mango juice, sir?” The girl’s voice interrupted his thoughts. “I have orange juice here.”

The girl said with a smile, pointing to another glass of orange drink on her tray.

“No need.” Seeing that Shenxiu came back from his thoughts, in fact he wouldn’t drink any kind, and holding the cup was just for etiquette and to reduce trouble.

“You haven’t answered my question yet.” Perhaps because of emotion, the man’s tone softened a little.

“Since you are a waiter, you should go to places where more people need to be served, right? Why do you come here?”

“Because Mister…you’re standing here alone.” However, the girl blinked her eyes and said words that were completely unexpected to Shen Xiu.

“It’s lonely here alone, isn’t it?”

“What?” Jian Shenxiu almost suspected that he had heard wrong.

“Ah…” The girl’s face was a little reddish, as if she felt a little embarrassed to speculate on the guests like this.

“Don’t mind, sir. I just think that people over there are in groups, drinking and chatting together. But sir, here alone, no one talks, it seems very… lonely, isn’t it?”

“Are you pitying me?” Jian Shenxiu understood. “You think I’m isolated by them.”

“I just think that sometimes there’s no need to be so stubborn.” The girl didn’t answer the question directly, but the meaning was clearly in her words.

“Maybe everyone is more kind than you think. Try to get in touch with everyone, don’t be so resistant, and maybe you will find that things will suddenly become clearer. Many seeming estrangements may just be due to some misunderstandings. Everyone In fact, they are very willing to make friends, maybe.”

“…”

Seeing that Shenxiu didn’t speak, maybe someone else would get angry on the spot when a maid pointed at him here. But seeing that Shenxiu wasn’t there, he just looked back out of the window and looked at the window beside him.

At this moment, the banquet hall is brightly lit, and the glazed lamp on the top of the hall illuminates the hall as bright as day, and the night outside the window is as dense as weaving. In this situation, it is impossible to see anything clearly from the inside of the hall. The glass of the window reflects the light and shadow in the hall like a mirror. From the perspective of Jian Shenxiu, what is reflected in the glass is a clear reflection of himself, and there are bustling crowds in the background.

Those people were all watching Shenxiu’s direction vaguely. They thought they were doing it secretly, but they didn’t know that their small movements were fully exposed in the glass.

What he looks like now in the eyes of others. Is it actually pitiful?

Jian Shenxiu blinked, and “Jian Shenxiu” in the mirror also blinked. He shrugged his nose, and the mirror’s “See God” also shrugged his nose. He flipped the silver handcuffs on his wrists and fell from the cuffs to the outside of the sleeves with a “crash”. The next second, the crowd in the background of the mirror took a few steps back with a “crash”, and some even fell down in the uproar.

The accident happened so suddenly that the musicians next to him were so shocked that they stopped playing for a while, and the entire banquet hall fell into dead silence.

So the chief inspector put away the handcuffs, and the corner of his mouth curled up in an arc called “sarcasm”, with a little joke of a successful prank.

The calmness and elegance of those “celebrities” are so vulnerable to Jian Shenxiu’s movements. In fact, they must have been panicking from the moment they saw Shenxiu stepping in the door, but they were just holding on to their faces and refused to show weakness. However, seeing that Shenxiu just hinted at this strong “calm” to pieces, the solitary and independent posture of the chief searcher was in stark contrast to the figures of some people in another section of the hall who climbed up from the ground in embarrassment.

However, those who got up in a panic didn’t even have the guts to come over to find fault, they just glared at Jian Shenxiu’s back, and then left without saying a word under the eyes of everyone.

“Make friends?” Jian Shenxiu turned his head to the girl next to him. There was no disdain in the calm tone of the voice, but with the current scene, it seemed even more mocking.

“Are you talking about them?”

“…”

The girl was stunned for a second when she saw this, she was the closest to seeing Shenxiu and saw the man’s movements most clearly. No one expected these “celebrities” to behave so unbearably in front of him. The moment the handcuffs fell, the crowd retreated in response, neatly like soldiers undergoing a review.

This scene made her subconsciously familiar, and it took a second for her to realize where she had seen this scene before. Before the chaotic years, she saw in a documentary that the lions and wolves on the African savannah were like this. The wolves could gather in groups and bark at the sleeping lion from a distance, but the moment the lion turned around, the wolves scattered like birds and beasts and disappeared. .

There is a complete similarity to the scene in front of me.

Seeing that Shenxiu is a lion walking on the grassland, in his eyes the whole grassland should be his territory, he doesn’t care about the prying eyes of those jackals at all, just a look can make the pack of jackals retreat. Of course, such a lion would not participate in the banquet where the wolves ate and scavenged. Even the strongest wolves were not worthy of his friendship.

“…”

As if feeling that such a performance was too embarrassing, the voice from the banquet side immediately started to ring again, and the musicians on the side also started to play in a daze. They didn’t understand what happened between these “big men”, and all they knew about this banquet was the instrument in their hands.

After a moment of embarrassment, the sound of the banquet soon became agitated again, even as if wanting revenge, even louder than before it was interrupted.

Because of this, they failed to hear the follow-up chat between Jian Shenxiu and the girl.

“You… don’t like them?”

Amidst the music playing in the hall, the girl was a little dazed. There were many consortium executives, lords, nobles and even Navi ministers among the crowd. In the eyes of Shenxiu, was such a crowd just carrion wolves on the roadside?

“Don’t like it?” But seeing Shenxiu directly asked the girl’s words.

“The fat man who fell down just now is called Jindi Dacheng, the manager of the fight club. He was suspected of three murders and seven disappearances. He was summoned by the police department last month. He probably came to this banquet to find someone to help him. He was a soldier. However, the fact that these cases will be prosecuted already shows that he was thrown out.”

“The blond man who slipped away just now is called Carol Charles, a second-generation British ancestor. He was stranded in Xuejianze four years ago because of the advent of the eternal night. He had no property in the local area and should have gone bankrupt and became a homeless man in the chaotic era. But with the previous Some of the favors and connections in Xue Jianze were deeply mixed up in Xue Jianze, and he was in the shadows to help the so-called “superior” to contact the sex trade. Involved in two cases of violence and one case of disappearance.”

“And that woman…”

Seeing that Shenxiu just randomly picked some people who had fallen before to roll call, those people have left in embarrassment now, but there are still many men and women in the banquet hall mingling with each other, seeing Shenxiu looking at those shining people from afar The pupils of the crowd reflect those luxurious or graceful figures.

“It’s not that I look down on them, but most of them are criminals in my eyes.” The search chief said softly.

His tone was very soft, and even seemed a little inaudible to the music in the hall, but when the words fell into the girl’s ears, they were as heavy as a thousand pounds. At the same time as he was speaking, there was a thunderstorm in the rainy night outside, and the rolling thunder roared through the glass Seeping in from the outside, with a low-pitched divine power.

“I haven’t caught them yet, I’m just sitting in a row and I haven’t got them yet. They occupy too many and important positions. A one-time solution will cause social chaos. Sooner or later, I will give them all the ending they deserve.”

“It’s so strange that this is actually a sincere sentence.” The young girl sighed. “Is this really necessary?”

“Are you really not considering taking a step forward to attend this banquet? This choice may affect many things, and maybe change the fate of many people.” The girl looked at him with clear and handsome eyes.

“You don’t have any enmity with the people here. Once some flames are ignited, it is difficult to extinguish them. Enemies should be resolved rather than knotted. Do you really want to choose this way?”

“Have said so much about me, why don’t you come and talk about you too.” However, Jian Shenxiu directly avoided this topic and turned his attention to the female student-looking maid next to her, looking at her young With a pretty face and an unfamiliar posture holding the plate, he raised his eyebrows and said:

“This is the first time I know that Miss Asahina Hana, the successor of the Asahi Group, also has a hobby of working part-time in her own hotel.”

“Have you been recognized? I even put on makeup for it.” The girl looked a little pity, but her expression didn’t seem too surprised. After being exposed, she just casually placed the tray in her hand on the table again, Then he reached out and took off the hairband on his head.

As a result, the youthful aura of the female student Xiaojiabiyu disappeared in an instant, and the long wine red hair fell down like a waterfall with the swing of the girl’s neck, covering the girl’s smooth and delicate nape. Her clothes have not changed, and she is still wearing the maid’s kimono, but the luxurious and luxurious atmosphere naturally rises from her when the hair is shaking, like a camellia blooming on a branch, like a red bird in the east. rising.

It is different from the elegance of those men and women who are mingling with each other, what the girl exudes is the real sense of luxury and luxury. [Asahina] This surname is an ancient Chinese family that has been passed down orderly for thousands of years. As early as the Heian era when the book “Pillow Straw” that established the entire history of Japanese literature was written, the nobles who held this surname had already been with those historical celebrities. Talk about drinking. What has been accumulated for thousands of years is not arrogance or majesty, but a gentle and almost decadent laziness. In a sense, they are equivalent to history. They have witnessed too many changes and rises and falls for a long time. For them No matter how great the cause is, it is just history repeating itself.

Legend has it that people in such a family are born with two faces, and they know which face to use to treat others. The girl’s demeanor at this moment is so graceful that those who set their eyes on her can no longer focus on the girl’s young and childish eyebrows and eyes. One second she was a friendly girl next door, the next she was already the heir of the Asahina family, the head of the Asahi group.

Hana Asahina, the current ruler of Yukimizawa’s largest Gokudo organization [Asahigumi], the young uncrowned emperor of the entire Yukimizawa Gokudo World.

“When did you find out?” Asahina Hana looked at Jian Shenxiu with great interest. “This is a cross-dressing that I learned from others.”

“From the beginning.” Jian Shenxiu said calmly.

“First, although I don’t know much about the Asahina Grand Hotel, this hotel known as the upper class of Yukimizawa will not allow part-time maids who are underage students to entertain these big figures in the banquet hall, and it is impossible to let the maids The waiter came up to chat with these big men; second, your collar is light yellow. Among the many high schools in Xuejianze, only the school uniform of the noble women’s high school has this color collar. The students in this school are either rich or expensive. There is no need for work-study programs; third, the time you appear here is 4:27. Noble girls’ high school ends at 4:00 p.m., and it takes 20 minutes to get to the subway line every five minutes from the girls’ high school, and there is still traffic outside. Heavy rain. If you want to appear here at 4:27, change your clothes, groom yourself, and have no water stains in your hair. It is impossible for children who work and study to catch the subway in time. To achieve these conditions, only a special car can be done. .”

“Combining the above conditions, your identity is just something that is about to be revealed.”

“Didn’t you hide it for a second? You really deserve to be Mr. Inspector.” The red-haired girl listened to his story quietly, and then praised him sincerely. “I didn’t expect there to be so many flaws. I thought I would surprise you by meeting up there later.”

“You don’t think you can hide it from me, do you?” Jian Shenxiu looked at her. “Is there any point in doing this?”

“I just wanted to come to see you and chat with you.” Hana Asahina sighed. “Although I have read a lot of materials, there is no material that is more real than seeing a person with my own eyes and talking to him.”

“After all…” the girl said and looked up at the ceiling. This banquet hall was already on the top floor of the Asahina Grand Hotel, but the place where they “gathered” was above this hall.

“After a while… I’m afraid I won’t be able to talk properly like this?”

“Then is the result satisfactory?” Jian Shenxiu said calmly.

“Very satisfied, you are a very frank person, and the conversation with you was quite pleasant.” The girl burst out laughing when she heard this, and then bowed slightly to him.

“Then Yu will take my leave first. Such inappropriate clothes are not suitable for entertaining a distinguished guest like you. Please wait a little longer and allow me to change my clothes. I have to wait for another eldest lady. The banquet will start soon.” Yes, we will send someone to invite you.”

“There are many guests at this banquet tonight.” The girl smiled slightly. “Hopefully there won’t be a regrettable outcome.”