Chapter 273 Miss Su Fang, you don’t want to either...
Honami carried her long skirt upstairs, and Haihara Ai also lifted the hem of her skirt.
Under her leadership, Fujino came to a door next to the stairs on the second floor.
It was a huge white wooden door with delicate carvings and some gray decorations.
"Minaho and I are going to help you get your luggage."
Honami bowed politely and said, "Before that, I would like to ask you two to wait for a while in Teacher Su Fang's mask collection room."
"Excuse me, Miss Honami."
Fujino replied politely, then opened the door and saw a magnificent room.
The room is located in the middle of the mansion and villa with left and right structures. There are many glass display cabinets inside, and the surrounding walls are covered by huge red curtains.
There are all kinds of weird masks on display in the display cabinets, and there are even Nuo dance masks that are required to be worn when performing ghost performances in China.
This old lady is not picky about food.
Even this kind of mask dares to be collected.
Fujino felt speechless.
'These masks should be expensive, right? '
Huiyuan Aiang started to look around, looking a little confused.
If you are an ordinary rich person, it would be nothing, but Su Fanghongzi, who is dedicated to charity, logically should not be so rich...
"Oh, Detective Fujino?"
At this time, a surprised voice came.
Fujino turned his head and saw the people who had separated just now walked in from the door on the other side of the villa.
Masaki Katagiri and Mamoru Matsudaira looked a little surprised.
Nagara Haruka remained calm.
She walked around the booth, looking thoughtfully at the weird masks in the showcase.
At this time, she had taken off her coat, revealing the purple dress underneath.
The collarbone, elbows, and waist are all decorated with golden patterns, which makes the already somewhat mysterious temperament more intense.
To Fujino, it feels like the witch Koizumi Hongko...
Hmm, kind of middle school.
But it seems that the witches in Ke Xue's world all have this style.
Withdrawing his thoughts, Fujino stepped forward and tentatively said to Haruka Nagara: "Miss Nagara, the bad premonition you mentioned just now, could it be these masks?"
"Although these masks have an evil aura... they shouldn't be."
Haruka Nagara shook her head, and said in a deep voice, "Compared to these masks, the evil aura behind those curtains is stronger than these masks."
"Evil breath?"
Hui Yuanai followed behind Fujino, hearing the words, she turned her gaze to the surrounding red curtain curiously.
Fujino was thoughtful. After all, in his memory, behind the red curtain was another Xiao Hei's murder weapon, two hundred cursed masks...
Let the fortune teller guess right again.
"Welcome everyone to the Humble House."
At this time, Su Fang Hongzi walked into the collection room.
She was smiling and wearing the same outfit as before.
Behind her was the current assistant, Kazuyo Inada.
"Excuse me, are these all masks from your collection?"
Haruka Nagara turned her head and asked curiously.
"Well, I have collected these masks over the years, what do you guys think?"
When Su Fang Hongzi talked about the masks in his collection, the smile on his face became brighter.
"Forehead……"
The people present didn't know how to answer for a while, and were a little speechless.
After all, this hobby of collecting horror masks...
It is indeed a little minority.
"Miss Su Fang, what is behind those curtains?"
At this moment, Changliang Chunxiang suddenly asked, "Could it be a mask too?"
"That's right, those are my most satisfying collections..."
As she said that, Su Fang Hongzi walked to the display cabinet at the side and pressed a button, "It is said that there are two hundred masks made by the Spanish sculptor Xiaobulu Guntilas before his death."
Everyone looked back and saw that the red curtains on both sides of the room were suddenly opened by a mechanism.
Behind the curtain is a row of wooden shelves, on which there are two hundred masks of the same style. The white masks have strange smiles carved on their faces, which looks a little scary.
"Xiao Bulu..."
Changliang Haruka suddenly remembered something, "Is it a cursed mask?"
"Cursed mask?!"
Everyone at the scene was taken aback when they heard the words, recalling how Haruka Nagara pretended to be a ghost just now, they couldn't help but feel a chill down their spines.
"Xiaoblu is a tragic sculptor. Although he has outstanding talent, he was framed by his brother... His status, reputation, and property were all taken away."
Seeing everyone's reaction, Su Fang Hongzi introduced her collection proudly, "After that, Xiao Bulu became extremely distrustful of human beings, he locked himself in a room to make a mask, as if he was possessed by something Carving masks without sleep, until he committed suicide after making 2 masks... Those masks scattered around the corpses were covered with blood, as if the blood had been sucked dry by the masks."
"After that, Xiaobru's reputation was restored, and these masks have also become expensive collections, passing through the hands of many people..."
Nagara Haruka looked around at the white masks around her, "But most of those who get these masks will not die well...most of them will die in accidents."
"Curse Mask..."
Fujino took a look at the masks displayed around the room, and his chin dropped.
Even though Xiao Hei was the one who was going to do it, he was indeed dying.
In a way, these masks are indeed a bit evil.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, neither a jeweler nor a banker is actually a good bird.
It was probably a matter of probability that they were killed.
It's just that he happened to get the mask and attracted attention.
Thinking of this, Fujino asked Su Fang Hongzi with a hint of deep meaning: "But speaking of which, Miss Su Fang, one mask is so powerful, if you collect all these two hundred masks, you won't be afraid of being cursed." lethal?"
"Haha, Detective Fujino can rest assured on this point. Since I dare to collect these masks, I must have insurance means..."
Su Fang Hongzi chuckled, thinking that Fujino was concerned about herself, "Actually, after I got these masks, I asked a powerful psychic to seal them all up. The structure of this villa, It is prepared to seal these masks.”
"So this is ah……"
Fujino smiled in agreement.
He might still believe in fortune tellers, magicians, etc.
As for the psychic...
Do you really think this is a corpse collector?
Well, this silly old lady must have been deceived by a magician.
"Fuyuya, why are you here so late today?"
At this moment, Su Fang Hongzi suddenly greeted her.
Looking back, Fujino saw a golden retriever walking in with a letter in his hand: "I'm currently on a national tour... please forgive me if I come a little later..."
He recognized at a glance who this golden retriever was, it was another Xiao Hei, Lanchuan Dongya, the son of the female assistant who was murdered back then.
"By the way, Teacher Su Fang, our detective agency received a strange letter, which is for you."
Lanchuan Dongya took a letter and handed it to Su Fang Hongzi, "There is no sender's name on it, and the handwriting is also very suspicious."
"It's this kind of letter again..."
Su Fanghongzi opened the envelope, glanced at the contents, and said bitterly, "Who the hell is playing a prank?"
"Miss Su Fang, do you need my help to investigate?"
Hearing this, Fujino turned to Su Fang Hongzi and asked.
"Don't bother Detective Fujino... Ever since I decided to hold a charity party, this kind of threatening letters have been coming one after another, so don't worry about it at all."
Su Fanghongzi smiled, very satisfied with Fujino's reaction.
Well, another fool was fooled by her hypocritical mask.
I have to say, she is really a talented actress...
"Is that so?"
Fujino really felt a little regretful. After all, people were dying. Now that he accepts the commission, he only needs to ask for money in advance, and that is a net profit.
…………
After a lively dinner, it was already very late and gradually entered the night.
The fine snow gradually rose in the sky, and the brightly lit villas looked particularly eye-catching in the dark forest in the outskirts.
Just after dinner, Fujino was called to the living room on the third floor on the west side by Su Fanghongzi alone.
In the living room, the decoration is extremely gorgeous.
Fujino sat on the single sofa, his eyes swayed slightly, he turned on the recording function of the vision-enhancing eyes, and looked around.
And Su Fanghongzi sat elegantly on an expensive sofa, holding a red wine glass, and said to Fujino: "Detective Fujino, I would like to ask you to help investigate a matter."
"Entrust me to investigate a matter?"
Fujino raised his head and glanced at Su Fanghongzi: "What is it? Can you tell me?"
"Is such that……"
Su Fang Hongzi took a sip of red wine, as if to cover up her guilty conscience: "If possible, I would like to ask you to investigate the traffic accident that caused the death of Mr. Katagiri's wife."
"Mrs. Katagiri's traffic accident?"
Fujino's eyes narrowed slightly, but she knew in her heart that she wanted to investigate the cause of the traffic accident.
At the dinner table just now, Masaki Katagiri mentioned his wife who died in a car accident 20 years ago.
After Su Fang Hongzi heard keywords such as 20 years ago, car accident, etc., she was taken aback.
I thought back to the woman I killed with my car 20 years ago.
The reason why she wanted to entrust Fujino to investigate this matter was to confirm whether the person she killed was Masaki Katagiri's wife.
If that's the case, it would be too much of a coincidence...
It seems that this old lady wearing a hypocritical mask also knows that she has a guilty conscience.
If that's the case, then he won't be polite.
There is no need for such people to observe professional ethics.
Straight up blackmail... unique talent.
Thinking of this, Fujino took a deep breath and leaned back on the backrest, looking a bit embarrassed: "If it was the accident of Mr. Katagiri's wife 20 years ago, it would be difficult... After all, 20 years ago, things have already become people. No, there are no useful clues."
"Is that so?"
Su Fang Hongzi's eyes froze when she heard the words, and she pretended to be disappointed, "That's really a pity..."
But in her heart, she was relieved.
Even the famous detective in front of him couldn't do it, so naturally others couldn't do it either.
If this was the case, she would be able to sit back and relax in that accident that year.
This was what she was thinking in her heart, but Fujino's next words pushed her to the bottom:
"Although it is difficult, for me, it is just a little troublesome..."
Fujino pretended to think about it, and then said in a deep voice: "I have a unique insight into investigating the events so many years ago, but the commission may be more than 400 million yen, and it needs to be paid first."
After a pause, Fujino then said meaningfully to her: "Miss Su Fang, you don't...ahem."
Almost showed the old craft.
It would be bad if things were revealed.
Fujino coughed lightly and continued: "Miss Su Fang, can you understand what I mean?"
"400 million yen..."
Su Fanghongzi was stunned when she heard this, feeling that there was something in this detective boy's words.
400 million yen, which is the same as the endorsement fee that was not paid before.
Could it be... what did this detective discover?
Or is it that everything has been investigated and clarified?
Now...
Could it be that he was blackmailing her?
Thinking of this, Su Fang Hongzi suddenly felt cold sweat running down her back.
But then I thought about it, since the other party was a detective, she was still too naive if she wanted to get away with it.
But I really didn't expect that the superficially kind and selfless famous detective.
It actually looks like this behind the scenes.
Su Fang Hongzi sneered inwardly.
Sure enough, people are hypocritical creatures wearing masks.
Thinking of this, although her face was still a little gloomy, she nodded in agreement and said, "In this case, I will ask Inada to pay the commission later. I hope Detective Fujino can investigate the truth of the matter as soon as possible... Keep it secret."
"When working for clients, of course you must keep it confidential."
Fujino also nodded, with a professional look, his eyes slightly squinted, and a sly smile appeared on his face.
"Then leave it to Detective Fujino."
Su Fang Hongzi's complexion did not change.
She naturally knew that the other party was blackmailing herself, but she didn't say it clearly.
But now that the other party actually agrees to use money to solve the problem, it means that a community of interests has been reached...
If she is exposed, the other party will not be much better.
Maybe we can continue to cooperate and share the spoils in the future...
——But how did she know that after tonight there would be no future...
"Today is a good day ~ oh good day ~"
Fujino hummed a little tune and gained 400 million yen. He looked at himself [1268 million] and felt particularly happy.
Although he deserves the 400 million, in fact, no matter what, he can't get it, it's just a blank check.
Now that it's in hand, it's real money.
In short, it's a lot of money!
Will kill someone later, earn another 100 million in place.
He came to the window of the living room where everyone was resting, and looked at the falling snow outside the window. He narrowed his eyes slightly and thought to himself: "It's snowing, it's a good day to kill people..."
"What's so happy about it?"
At this time, a slightly soft voice came from behind him in the coldness.
Fujino turned his head to look, and saw Hui Yuanai wearing a black loli dress, walking over slowly and asking curiously.
"It's nothing... I just encountered some happy things."
Fujino chuckled, lowered his body and explained in a low voice: "I just received a big order."
Well, you don’t have to do anything, just prostitute 400 million for nothing.
"Big list?"
Hui Yuanai didn't ask any more questions.
Because she knew that even if she asked, Fujino would not say it out of detective ethics.
She thought for a while, leaned close to Fujino's ear, and said in a low voice, "I feel that there is something wrong with Su Fang Hongzi..."
(End of this chapter)
