Chapter 150 40: Provocation (5k) [Happy Children's Day]

ICU.

The straight line of EEG graph on Miura Tsuji suddenly trembled.

And his eyelids seemed to twitch.

Drop drop drop.

The programmed warning sounded, and the sound echoed throughout the ward and the nurses' station.

Fengchuan, who was dozing off, immediately came to his senses, patted his face, and looked vigilantly at the ward and the surroundings to see if there were any suspicious people.

Doctors and nurses rushed over.

"You can't just go in. You have to go through the 'anti-charm' test."

Although Miura Tsujou's life might be in danger, there was no one inside, and it might be a way to disrupt their sense of propriety in order to allow the charmed medical staff to go in.

After all, after a lot of training, Toyokawa Kamikiyo was able to understand this point.

Of course, what’s more important is that he doesn’t care about Miura Tsukoshi’s life.

After the examination, the medical staff found no problems and they went into the ward one after another, with Fengchuan following behind.

"The patient's brain waves were restored. It was a miracle that he was brought back to life."

The doctor looked at the instrument in amazement.

"Arrange a full body check-up immediately."

Miura Tsuneo on the hospital bed suddenly opened his eyes and sat up like a spring, startling the medical staff.

He was gasping for breath as if he was having an asthma attack, one hand pressing his chest tightly, staring at the doctor with dull eyes, beads of sweat the size of beans sliding down his cheeks, and he opened his mouth as if he wanted to speak.

"Calm down! Calm down! Mr. Miura, calm down first. This is a hospital. You are safe now."

The doctor placed his hand on his chest and told him not to panic.

"Doctor! Heart rate, the patient's heart rate has exceeded 150!" The nurse next to him shouted in panic.

The doctor's eyes widened and was about to take a closer look when Miura Tsukami in front of him spat out a large mouthful of blood, splashing all over the doctor's face.

Then, Miura's eye sockets and mouth opened strangely to the maximum, and the sound of dislocation could not be stopped.

"Oh my God. Leave! Everyone leave!"

Under the terrified eyes of the medical staff, roots that seemed to have life emerged frantically from Miura's mouth.

The eyeballs burst with a popping sound, and vines of varying thickness were spreading over the eyes, ears, mouth and nose.

"Authorization to open fire."

Bang bang bang!
After the medical staff left, colleagues from the Special Affairs Bureau began shooting at Miura Tsunekomi lying on the hospital bed.

The hospital fell into panic and chaos, and a large number of patients and staff fled.

The bullets created countless holes in Miura's body, but then vines began to emerge from those holes.

"Mini flamethrower!"

As a team from the Special Affairs Bureau, they carry not only flamethrowers but also fire grenades.

Toyokawa took the flamethrower and sprayed it all directly at Miura Tsujou.

The flames quickly filled the entire ward, the fire alarm sounded, and fire sprinklers sprayed water mist wherever the smoke reached.

In the mist of fire and water, Miura's already broken belly split open, and a flower bud slowly rose. Countless vines connected to the body under the flower, like straws, with bright red flowing inside.

Miura is like a piece of fertilizer, using its last remaining warmth to provide the flowers with their most brilliant moment.

The tip of its bud was like a head, and it looked towards Fengchuan, the only person standing in the ward, and slowly opened itself to him.

The blood dyed the petals red, and at the reddest moment, they were also the most magnificent.

Afterwards, it went from prosperity to decline and gradually withered away.

Fengchuan slowly backed away and left the hot and suffocating room.

At this time, Yumi Takashima also called.

Fengchuan wiped the water stains and answered the call.

"Well, there was a little friction here. Miura-chan, I probably can't get ten pounds together."

noon.

safe house.

An urgent impromptu meeting has ended, and Takashima is now sorting out the meeting materials, trying to find a clue from them.

The trees in the park eventually turned into blood-red carnations, and the flowers on Miurazu were observed to be tulips.

"Using flowers as a warning of death? Is it to deceive people, or is it too confident?" Takashima stared at the information scattered on the table in front of him, recalling the suspects he visited yesterday.

Nishimura Kayetsu ordered a bouquet of carnations every week. Which day of the week? Takashima quickly scanned the relevant information and found it was Monday.

Let’s look at the time when Nishimura Takashi disappeared, it’s Monday, so it matches.

The tulips in the Ueda sisters' house were sent the day before yesterday, and Miura Tsukami happened to be attacked the night before yesterday, and tulip-like flowers bloomed when he died.

So, the flower she had dealt with earlier was transformed by Nishimura Takashi?
Then
Tuk-tuk-tuk.

"Come in."

Shirai opened the door and walked in with a file bag. He handed it to Takashima and said, "This is the list of flowers delivered by Chiba Chrysanthemum Flower Shop in the next few days."

"What about her?"

"She had already come to the Special Affairs Bureau to wait for our detention before we issued the detention order."

Shirai recalled the other person's indifference when he walked into the detention room, as if he had expected it.

"Are you sure we can't find evidence? Haven't you thought that since it involves the extraordinary, we can keep it to ourselves?"

Takashima looked at the lines of names and the related notes behind them, and soon found a conspicuous suspicious target.

"Yuuki Maria Blue Iris."

Takashima began searching for information about her on the computer.

Afternoon, Yuki's house.

Maria Yuki poured two cups of tea for the two guests in front of her using standard tea ceremony.

"Please drink." Maria handed it to Takashima first, and then to Shirai.

Takashima took a sip casually without expressing any opinion. She had the patience to watch the other person make tea just for the sake of observation. Now that she had finished her observation, it was time to get down to business.

"I think you are familiar with the recent disappearance of gang leaders."

Maria nodded. Although she concealed it well, her slightly stiff smile still revealed some nervousness.

"I want to know why you ordered flowers from Qianye Flower House. Obviously, this flower shop is not close to you and the price is not that advantageous."

"I have known Miss Chiba for a long time, but I felt it was not easy for a woman to run such a flower shop, so I gave her some more support," Maria explained.

"Then did you know that among the people she sent flowers to, there were haters of missing or dead gang leaders?" Takashima stared straight into Maria's eyes, not missing the slightest change in her expression.

"How would I know these things? I'm not the one selling the flowers, and besides, her business should be pretty good. Who would go out of their way to investigate these things when doing business?" Maria seemed puzzled by Takashima's reasons.

Takashima shook his head: "No, you know, you are an accomplice."

Maria's smile disappeared: "Ms. Takashima, I know you are a superhuman, but please don't make random guesses. It will make me feel uncomfortable."

"Nishimura Kayue has the habit of participating in flower arrangement." Takashima said this for no reason, and Maria looked surprised.

"It's not just her. Many wives of gang leaders have this habit. And it was you who organized it."

"I looked through your flower ordering records. You order a bouquet of flowers every week. But when it comes to flower arrangements, you purchase in bulk, all kinds of flowers."

"Coincidentally, you also have the habit of sending flowers to those ladies."

"You took advantage of this habit."

"In fact, Chiba's act of sending flowers to Nishimura and Ueda was just to confuse our investigation. In fact, the flowers you sent were the death notice of those leaders, right?"

Takashima expressed his speculations one by one.

Shirai was stunned when he heard this.

Maria slowly lowered her head for a long time before speaking: "As long as I send a bouquet of flowers, I can reduce one sin, so why not?"

"So you admit it? Why did you help Chiba?" Takashima didn't distinguish whether lynching was right or wrong.

"I didn't help her on purpose. I just sent the right flowers to the right person at the right time. They had to be sent anyway. Do you think they wouldn't disappear if I didn't send them?" Maria looked up and asked back.

Takashima did not deny this. With the strange means used by the charm girl, it might be possible to kill her by force, but it is not clear whether flowers are necessary in the process.

"Is Qianye the Charm Girl?"

"I've heard of the charmer, but I just sent a few flowers as Chiba said. I don't know if she is the so-called charmer." Maria neither admitted nor denied it.

Takashima looked around. This was a rather luxurious and antique single-family house located in a wealthy area. It had a large garden and a swimming pool. It was a typical residence of a wealthy family.

"Do you hate your husband Yuuki Hisahide? From what I have read, it seems like you guys are doing pretty well after your marriage."

"Where did you come to this conclusion? I hate Jiuxian?" Maria said sarcastically. "You ordered a bouquet of irises today, but you didn't send it out. Isn't this your latest warning?"

"Even apart from flower arrangements, you said that I have been ordering different flowers every week for three years. According to you, Jiuxian would not be alive today."

"It's different. After giving you this bouquet of flowers, Qianye took the initiative to find us."

". Chiba said that as long as I help her send the flowers, she will not touch my husband." Maria took a deep breath and revealed the truth, which she didn't know whether it was the truth or not, "In the Osaka gang, Yuuki was originally the third. Now, the leaders of the first two are dead and the gang has fallen into chaos, which is good for Yuuki. It was mainly for this reason that I was willing to help send the flowers."

"She sent me that bouquet of irises, and I didn't dare refuse to accept it. But after I accepted it, I had someone take it away as far away as possible."

Takashima changed the subject: "Next, we will protect your husband."

"I'll leave Jiuxian in the hands of you." Maria sighed and bowed deeply to them.

The conversation ends here.

Takashima gained a lot of information.

He arranged for someone to monitor Maria, and put Yuki Hisahito in a detention room in the name of protection, right next to Chiba Kikue.

It's hard to say she didn't mean it.

Takashima did not arrange anyone to protect other gang leaders, but just kept people on guard at all times as before.

If the charmer really makes a feint to the east and attacks in the west, Takashima doesn't mind wasting one more day.

That way at least you don't have to worry about the so-called flower murder notice.

In fact, she had no good way to stop this inexplicable method of killing.

Only when one of the suspects showed suspicious characteristics could she follow the clues and investigate further.

If the person who obtains this ability has no bottom line, and mixes a few gang leaders in the random killings, they may not even be able to screen out the suspects.

But fortunately, Mei Nu seems very confident.

Takashima felt that someone so confident would definitely follow her own rules.

They may even take the initiative to provoke.

……

The lanterns are on.

Osaka Special Affairs Bureau Branch.

Fengchuan slept for the whole afternoon and was then assigned the task of keeping watch.

He originally wanted to go to Nanako's concert tonight, after all, that was why he came here.

However, the work here was progressing more slowly than he had expected, and the case was complicated, so he couldn't even spare a few hours in the evening.

But in the end, work still comes first.

Although he is a bit cunning, he is not someone who cannot distinguish between good and evil.

Anyway, Nanako has performed alone for me before, so don't force it.

And Takashima would be with her, which made him feel a little more balanced.

After going to the bathroom and washing his face, he looked up and saw a woman in a red dress wearing a flower mask in the mirror.

"I said, this is the men's room." Looking at the woman in the mirror who was as bright as a flower, Fengchuan was ready to take out a gun from the void at any time.

"Can you do me a favor?" The charmer said in a soft and pleasant voice, holding a blue iris.

"If you surrender yourself, I can consider it." Fengchuan remained unmoved.

"Really not going to consider it? Just throw this flower into Yuuki Hisahi's detention room. I know you, one of the three special agents. I even know that your girlfriend is right now—"

Boom!

Gunfire rang out.

The enchantress turned into nothingness, leaving only the blue iris in her hand falling to the ground.

Fengchuan looked gloomy.

The gunshots alarmed many people, but when they saw Fengchuan walking out of the bathroom with a serious face, they just asked a few questions as usual and then immediately started a self-examination.

"Have you seen the charmer?" Takashima wondered what she had missed. She had clearly ordered all the flowers and trees in the entire branch to be thrown away, but if the charmer's elusiveness really didn't require any medium, why would she threaten Toyokawa to put flowers in Yuuki Hisahi's detention room?

Or is this just confusing us?

No, Takashima remembered that Chiba Kikue came to the Special Affairs Bureau on her own initiative.

Is it possible that she had been to the bathroom?
Although searched, some locations are not intentionally searched.

"I apply to protect Nanako." Toyokawa said with a stern face.

"This may be what she wants." Takashima looked at Toyokawa, trying to persuade her.

Fengchuan remained silent.

".Okay, since the Charm Girl has issued a threat, we should indeed protect her."

Takashima agreed. Although she thought that the beauty would not attack Nanako, Toyokawa did not dare to take the risk. After all, Nanako was just an ordinary person.

Unlike her, if someone threatened to attack Jun Nishikido, she would believe that Jun's sword would teach the other person a lesson.

Toyokawa left Takashima's office and returned to the place where he was originally guarding. He picked up his coat, and when he left, he couldn't help but glance at Chiba Kikue in the detention room.

Sensing Toyokawa's gaze, Chiba, who was sitting upright, turned his head to look at him.

"Don't worry, the flowers will die when they are at their most brilliant."

Fengchuan gritted his teeth and walked to the iron railings: "You know what? If my section chief were here, based on what you just said, I would be able to execute you as a murderer."

"I have always had confidence in you when it comes to wrongful convictions." Qianye's smile did not look like that of a living person.

He clenched his fists silently, said nothing more, and turned and left.

Qianye lowered his head and touched his abdomen with one hand. His face could not be seen clearly in the shadow.

But she didn't have to wait long, Takashima brought Shirai over and opened the door.

"Can't you help but torture them?" Qianye looked at the two people in front of him. Not only was he not panicked, but he was also a little expectant.

Gao Dao shook his head: "That method is not suitable for you, and I don't like it either."

As he said that, he walked to Qianye's side and easily controlled her without any resistance.

"Wait, what are you going to do?"

Chiba had a bad feeling, especially when Shirai Anko in front of her stretched out her hand and emitted light.

"No, no! No!"

She was terrified of Shirai's ability to soothe the soul and heal the body, and began to struggle with a look of horror on her face.

"Tell me, who is the charmer? Is it you or Yuki?" Takashima asked in her ear.

Qianye's face was still full of fear, but he kept his mouth shut.

"Or is it Nishimura?"

Qianye closed his eyes, and crystal tears slid from the corners of his eyes.

Takashima looked at the pale Shirai and said, "Do your best. Remember, this is redemption."

Shirai looked at Takashima, then at Chiba who was crying with his eyes closed, and finally, looked at his own hands. The bright white light warmed people's hearts, but why would someone be so scared?

I am helping others.

Shirai encouraged himself in his heart, then placed his hands on Chiba's cheeks.

"Ah! Ah-"

The wailing that was not like a human voice came from the detention room, causing Yuki Hisahisa in the next room to break out in cold sweats and feel very uneasy.

A lot of fragmented fragments flashed through Shirai's mind.

They were a loving couple who ran a flower shop. They wanted to have a child and were fully prepared for it.

No, no, these are all happy memories. According to the past, shouldn’t the painful memories be downplayed?
The clips continue, with gang members coming to the door, riots, threats, car accidents, and funerals.
"Give it back to me, please. This is all I have left."

Chiba Kikue stared at Shirai Anko's eyes with red eyes, and she looked so pleading, just like herself in the past, holding on to the last straw and looking at Hirosue Yoshimiya.

However, now she is standing in Hirosue Yoshimiya's position.

Shirai felt as if struck by lightning and could no longer maintain his strength. He stepped back a few steps, leaned against the iron railing, covered his chest and gasped.

Empathy also made her cry unconsciously.

"Shirai?" Takashima released his restraint on Chiba, who seemed to have lost his soul. His eyes were lifeless and he slumped quietly in his seat.

Shirai's voice was hoarse: "Her pain is already entangled with her former happiness. To cure her pain is equivalent to erasing her happiness."

Takashima turned around and looked at Chiba sitting on the chair. Apart from his breathing and heartbeat, he was no different from a dead person.

"Thank you for your hard work. It's not your fault. There are always exceptions. Don't blame yourself. This is my decision."

Takashima patted Shirai's shoulder, helped her up, and comforted her softly.

(End of this chapter)