Chapter 500 The Secret of Mermaid Island
Lin Xinyi was speechless.
But even if he didn't explain it, the Mumu Police Department knew where this reasoning came from:
Isn't it just because of Xiaolan?
No wonder Master Lin wanted to accept her as his disciple. It turned out that he wanted to use his own skills to suppress the evil spirit of this unfortunate girl and try his best to save the common people!
hiss.
With Master Lin by her side to suppress her luck, Xiaolan would "kill" someone every once in a while.
If Master Lin were not here, wouldn't Tokyo be a river of blood?
Thinking of this, Police Department Memu glanced at his old friend's daughter nervously.
Mao Lilan returned his smile innocently, smiling like an angel.
But that's no use either.
Angels, don’t they just send people to heaven?
The Mumu Police Department turned away his head in embarrassment, his expression even more fearful.
Lin Xinyi's mouth twitched, wanting to explain to Mao Lilan, but he couldn't.
Just like that, amidst the silent communication and stares between several people.
The atmosphere became tense again.
As soon as the feudal superstition was loosened, Deputy Director Zhu Xing was a little ready to move and hesitantly asked the "master" for advice:
"Lin Lin Management Officer."
"Now that you have confirmed it, Miss Kadowaki Saori who sent the commission letter may have suffered a 'bloody disaster'."
"Then the mermaid mentioned in her commission letter."
"It doesn't exist!" Lin Xinyi's face darkened:
You are also a professionally trained policeman, so why are you still thinking about the mermaid?
Don't think about it, how could such a thing exist in the world!
"No?" Zhu Hoshito Shifu was still a little concerned: "But."
"But the address written on Miss Kadowaki Saori's letter is Wakasa Bay, Fukui Prefecture."
"This is the place where the mermaid legend originated."
The legend of "Eight Hundred Bhikshunis" has been circulating in Japan since ancient times.
Legend has it that this "Eight Hundred Bhikshuni" was once an ordinary fisherman girl who lived to be 800 years old because she ate mermaid meat.
And her hometown is in the ancient Wakasa country, now Fukui Prefecture.
This is the address written on Kadowaki Saori's letter of entrustment.
This is the place where the mermaid legend originated, and the commission letter sent from here said "I will be killed by a mermaid", which is such a fantastic word.
more importantly.
"Now in the mermaid shrine on this American island, there is still a longevity mother-in-law who has lived for 130 years."
"It is said that the reason why she is still alive and in good health is because she, like the legendary Eight Hundred Bhikshunis, has obtained the power contained in mermaid flesh."
The longevity mother-in-law on the American island who is still alive and kicking at the age of 130 undoubtedly greatly adds to the credibility of the mermaid legend.
So much so that even important people in Tokyo like Deputy Director Morohoshi vaguely believed it.
But Lin Xinyi's mouth twitched when he heard:
"130 years old? Real or fake?"
The theoretical limit of human lifespan is 120 years.
The longest-lived person recognized by humans with sufficient evidence is a French woman who lived for 122 years.
It is not impossible to say that some people can live beyond the limit and live to 130 years old.
It's just that the possibility is too small.
Lin Xinyi was dubious about this.
But Deputy Director Zhu Xing seemed very sure:
"it is true."
"This longevity mother-in-law is very famous among the upper class circles in Tokyo."
"Every year when the Mermaid Festival is held on the American Island, there will be many people with high profile who specially go to the American Island to visit the longevity mother-in-law."
"Actually." Deputy Director Zhu Xing paused slightly and said pointedly:
"A lot of the guests you saw in the venue today."
"They are also guests of the longevity mother-in-law."
"This" Lin Xin came to his senses:
No wonder Deputy Director Morohoshi, a Tokyo native, is so familiar with the situation on the American Island in Fukui Prefecture.
No wonder he cares so much about the word "mermaid".
It turned out that he believed in this stuff.
Moreover, he had already gone to the American island with a group of similarly superstitious Brahmins and visited the longevity woman.
This is true.
It's a pity that I sit down at the front table in the middle of the night and don't ask about the common people or the ghosts and gods.
A group of national dignitaries and financial group leaders stopped doing business and went to believe in the master to seek immortality. Have their brains been kicked by a donkey?
Lin Xin sighed in his heart.
But think about it carefully.
This situation is normal.
The 1980s and 1990s were an era of chaos.
At the same time that Qigong masters and supernatural powers were popular in China.
A superstitious trend advocating "supernatural energy" is also popular in Japanese society.
This craze swept the whole society. For a time, every family practiced martial arts and everyone talked about "cultivating immortals."
Not only "ignorant" ordinary people believe it, but also the "smart" social elites.
Aum Shinrikyo, which carried out the terrorist attack in Tokyo in 1995, developed under this background.
Under this background of the times, and considering that the country has not cleaned up the feudal remnants, it is indeed understandable that the upper class in Japan like to pray to gods and worship Buddha and engage in feudal superstition.
After all, these Brahmins had reached the pinnacle of worldly wealth and power.
There is no room for progress in material terms, so why don’t we have to exert our efforts in the field of metaphysics?
Which of them doesn't want to "borrow another five hundred years from heaven"? Who doesn't want to be like Qin Shihuang, who is more than 2,000 years old and still has the energy to send text messages and ask people to send money?
"I see."
Lin Xinyi understood Deputy Director Zhuxing's persistence in the mermaid legend.
But he still firmly denied:
"There are no mermaids in the world."
"As for the 130-year-old longevity mother-in-law"
Pretending to be a ghost, making friends with the powerful, and then working as an interest broker among the powerful. This is a common business model among masters.
The legendary longevity mother-in-law is probably this kind of liar, right?
Anyone who really believes in this stuff is probably a fool.
Lin Xinyi actually wanted to say this directly.
But out of the most basic workplace emotional intelligence, he still said politely in front of the leader:
"Maybe that mother-in-law is just healthy!"
"Is that so?" Deputy Director Zhu Xing sighed deeply:
Even the master said that mermaids are unscientific.
It seems that there are really no mermaids left in the world.
"but."
"Speaking of that American island, there is another weird thing."
Deputy Director Zhuxing finally regained some of his usual dignity.
He did not talk about any other mysterious things, but solemnly told Lin Xinyi, who was planning to go to the United States Island to investigate:
"This matter may be of some help to your investigation:"
"After the mermaid festival three years ago, a 'mermaid' corpse was discovered on that American island!"
"At that time, the warehouse at Changshou's mother-in-law's house caught fire. After the fire was put out, people found a burned body from the ruins with only a skeleton left."
"The bones in the lower body of the corpse were smashed by the collapsed beams."
"And the weird thing is that there are no broken bones in the lower legs of this corpse - just like a mermaid without lower legs."
"So the locals say this is the body left by a mermaid."
"Mermaid corpse?" Lin Xinyi curled his lips: "How is this possible?"
"Since there are corpses, didn't the local police do an autopsy?"
"The Fukui Prefectural Police conducted an autopsy at that time."
"It turns out that it was not a mermaid, just an unidentified middle-aged woman."
"And the broken bones found at the scene can be spliced together to restore a pair of human leg bones."
"This means that the deceased did not have no lower legs, but he maintained a posture similar to 'kneeling' when he died, with the upper legs and lower legs overlapping."
"So when the bones were discovered, it was as if a piece of the calf was missing, and there were no broken bones."
Talking about the case, Deputy Director Morohoshi finally changed from a superstitious uncle to the dignified and reliable senior official of the Metropolitan Police Department.
He explained in detail the details of the case three years ago.
And Lin Xinyi quickly understood what his boss wanted to teach him:
Three years ago, a middle-aged woman was killed in a fire on the American island.
The murder has not been solved to this day, and even the identity of the victim has not been determined.
"Deputy Director Zhuxing, what do you mean?"
"Maybe the fire murder case three years ago is related to the commission I received this time?"
"maybe."
Zhu Xingdenzhifu casually told:
"I'm not sure the two things are necessarily related."
"But in a place as big as the United States Island, such bizarre incidents of human life have occurred one after another in just three years - this in itself is very noticeable."
Although I have only received a strange commission letter so far, I have not heard any real bad news.
But now that Master Lin has seen the "bloody disaster", there must be another fatality on that American island.
Two murders occurred on a small island in three years, and both were related to the legend of the "mermaid".
This really makes people think wildly.
That's why Deputy Director Zhu Xing remembered the case three years ago and specifically reminded Lin Xinyi to pay attention to it.
"Well, I'll pay attention."
Lin Xinyi nodded thoughtfully.
After Toshio Morohoshi told him all the information about the American island, he made an agreement with him to accept Hideki Morohoshi as his apprentice, and he left with satisfaction.
The Mumu Police Department also left the venue and returned to the Metropolitan Police Department to handle tonight's case.
Lin Xinyi came to Hui Yuan Ai and said to her:
"Let's go, Xiao Ai, go back and have a rest early."
"I'm afraid we have to travel again tomorrow."
"You want to take me with you?" Hui Yuan Ai shook his head unexpectedly: "This is not a good idea."
"Huh?" Lin Xinyi was slightly startled: "Why?"
"Because." Haiyuan Ai said calmly:
"The organization is also somewhat interested in the American island."
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