Truth is everywhere within range

Qiao Qiao has never seen the artist's studio.

In his impression, an artist's studio looks like a place where paint is applied randomly and is extremely chaotic, making it difficult to even move forward.

Therefore, he was a little surprised when he saw Tetsu Iguchi's studio.

Too neat.

In addition to the studio, the second floor also has Tetsu Iguchi's room, bathroom, etc.

There is a display cabinet in front of one of the walls of the studio.

The cabinet is made of mahogany and the glass is as transparent as new.

The exhibits inside are spotless.

All are various trophies and models.

There are bridges, houses, and some unknown city landmark sculptures.

An entire wall represents Tetsu Iguchi’s glorious past.

On the other side of the studio, near the window, is a huge table.

There are miniature models on the table, which are several unique houses.

It is different from the smooth layout of traditional houses.

There is a strange sense of distortion and dissonance in these houses.

It's like it's about to collapse.

Let Qiao Qiao describe it, it might be the world in the eyes of a drunk man.

"It can be seen that depression has severely tortured Mr. Iguchi."

Ariko Asano took a closer look and then said.

really.

Qiao Qiao compared the model in the display cabinet with the building on the table.

The styles of the two are completely different, and there is no sense of inconsistency even in saying that they come from two different people.

The studio on the third floor was mostly filled with design drafts and files. Since it was nothing that needed to be kept secret, the three of them looked around and found no special clues.

As for the basement, there is nothing noteworthy except for the accumulation of sculptural materials and paints.

But Qiao Qiao and the others are not detectives after all, but spiritual exterminators.

Actually.

From the moment he walked into the house, Qiao Qiao felt an unusually strong yin energy.

This is unnatural accumulation.

In this environment, even a normally dead spirit may be contaminated.

Become a wraith.

"Do you really have to come at night?"

Ariko Asano glanced at Qiao Qiao.

This time I didn’t encounter any ghosts that appeared during the day.

But the situation in this villa is indeed strange.

Generally speaking, you need to come over at night to explore.

In addition, the security uncle also encountered something strange when he was patrolling at night.

"Yeah, indeed."

Qiao Qiao also agreed.

The two of them decided to come back in the evening.

When we walked out of the villa, it was almost dusk.

The setting sun dyed the clouds orange, and the shadows of the telephone poles were drawn out very long.

Qiao Qiao looked back at the villa.

The huge monster-like building looked even more bizarre in the setting sun.

He was a little uneasy.

But Ariko Asano seemed quite relaxed.

"There is a Hakata ramen nearby. I heard it is very famous."

Still holding the phone with great interest, typing some text from time to time, and opening the web page to view it from time to time.

This may be the margin of wealthy families.

Born in Atsuta Shrine, she is also a trainee shrine maiden.

He must have experienced hundreds of battles and seen a lot. There are no evil spirits or monsters that he has never seen before.

"Ramen?"

Qiao Qiao was also a little hungry. He ate two rice balls for lunch and his stomach was already empty.

"Qiao Sang, please come too. You happen to have a motorcycle. Let's go back quickly. You can't get rid of spirits when you're hungry."

Ariko Asano glanced at Qiao Qiao's motorcycle.

"Well, wait a minute."

Qiao Qiao felt that what Ariko Asano said made sense.

He untied the rope connecting the wooden box to the motorcycle, got some weeds, and buried the wooden box outside the yard.

At first glance, this is just an ordinary glove box, and no one will notice it.

"I've been wanting to ask since just now, Qiao Sang, what is this?"

Ariko Asano opened her curious eyes and watched Qiao Qiao carefully hide the box.

"It's a tool for removing spirits."

Qiao Qiao answered truthfully.

"Qiao Sang is really well prepared."

Ariko Asano sighed with emotion.

"Then let's go."

Qiao Qiao sat in the driver's seat, and there was an empty seat behind him.

Although as far as Qiaoqiao is concerned, this location is a bit small.

But Ariko Asano is also very petite.

Sitting just right.

Unlike many girls, she has too many worries, is awkward and duplicitous.

Instead, he sat generously in the back seat of Qiao Qiao.

He held Qiao Qiao's waist with both hands.

The two of them drove out of the villa area in tandem.

Along the way, it attracted the attention of many people.

Arrived at destination.

This is a relatively old commercial street.

That ramen shop is open in the commercial street.

Qiao Qiao ordered a bowl of soy sauce barbecued pork ramen.

Ariko Asano is the signature Hakata tonkotsu ramen.

"We've come to a Hakata-style ramen restaurant, but you don't order tonkotsu ramen. You're really weird, Qiao San."

Ariko Asano seemed to like the feeling of eating in a small shop, and her body couldn't help but sway a little.

"To be honest, Wakoku's ramen seems a bit too bland to me."

Qiao Qiao glanced at the menu and the prices.

After confirming again, the soy sauce barbecued pork ramen is indeed the cheapest ramen in the store.

As expected of Shinjuku City, ramen is so much more expensive than the ones in school cafeterias.

"Yes, Qiao Sang, you are from China. I heard that China also has many types of ramen, such as elastic noodles?"

Ariko Asano became interested and asked.

"It's dandan noodles."

Qiao Qiao corrected her mispronunciation.

"Egg noodles?"

Ariko Asano blinked.

".never mind."

Qiao Qiao felt that it was indeed difficult for a Chinese to master the pronunciation of Chinese in a short period of time.

"In short, Huaxia has more types of noodles and more diverse flavors. There are not only soup noodles, but also cold noodles and dry noodles. The shapes of the noodles are also different. Although you can eat similar noodles in Chinatown, After all, it was modified to suit the taste here.”

Speaking of this, Qiao Qiao remembered that it had been a long time since he had eaten noodles from his hometown.

No matter which world it is home to.

Nostalgia is sometimes brought up by inadvertent little things.

As if noticing the change in Qiao Qiao's expression, Ariko Asano spoke.

"Qiao Sang seems to know the other party very well. I really want to have the opportunity to try Huaxia noodles. If there is a chance, Qiao Sang, please take me to eat after the spirit removal."

Finally, she added another sentence.

"I can give you extra money."

My impression in Asano Miko's mind seems to have become strange.

Qiao Qiao sighed.

I was also a little curious about how much money she would give.

If you have 100,000 yen, it is not impossible to cut down some study time and cook.

After the two ate ramen, they studied mission information and Iguchi Tetsu's interpersonal relationships in the store for a while, and then followed the same pattern and took a scooter back to the villa.

It was already nine o'clock in the evening.

The two asked the security uncle to borrow the key to the villa.

Arrive in front of the villa.

Just like last time, Ariko Asano first placed spells for enchantment in the four directions of the villa.

"Ah, by the way, Qiao Sang, your prop."

When Ariko Asano was setting up the barrier, she happened to see Qiao Qiao's box hidden in the weeds and was about to push away the weeds.

"etc!"

Qiao Qiao suddenly shouted, causing Ariko Asano to subconsciously retract her hand.

"What, what's wrong?"

She was a little panicked.

Did he accidentally destroy some of Qiao Qiao's arrangements?

After all, Qiao Qiao is strong and a senior.

Asano Ariko thought of an accident that her father once said. It was because the cooperating exorcists failed to understand the intentions of their teammates, resulting in mistakes and heavy casualties.

"No."

Qiao Qiao walked to the box, but did not rush to move the weeds. Instead, he squatted down and took out a dark green metal box from the side of the box with a click.

"To prevent accidents, I set a trap on this box. If you touch it rashly, you will be directly paralyzed by high-voltage electricity."

He checked again before picking away the weeds.

Ariko Asano saw the metal wire mixed in the weeds.

"Is that so?"

She felt like something was wrong.

After setting everything up, the two walked into the villa and turned on all the lights.

Warm light filled the entire villa, just like the houses next door.

The two of them were waiting in the living room. Ariko Asano was quite serious at first, sitting and meditating with her eyes closed.

Well, I meditated for ten minutes.

Then I started playing with mobile phones.

Qiao Qiao held a textbook explaining architecture and read silently.

He specially borrowed this from the school library after learning that today's commission was related to architects.

It was almost midnight.

Twelve o'clock.

Qiao Qiao increased the upper limit of spiritual power by 0.5 standard units.

The surrounding buildings had already turned off their lights.

The entire villa area was silent.

suddenly.

Asano Ariko's cell phone rang.

Thanks to [Izumi Kiriye] for the 500 starting coin reward, thank you to [Lord Cockroach King] for the 300 starting coin reward, and thank you to [Tuba Kyushu] [Moonset Yin Yang] for the 100 starting coin reward~