Gunma Prefecture.

Toru Amuro frowned, "Is there any specific location?"

Yuya Kazami replied on the phone: "The location mentioned in the last call was the Togami Forest in Gunma Prefecture, where he had booked a room at a hotel called Aoiya."

"Okay, I understand."

After hanging up the phone, Toru Amuro fell into thinking again.

Head God Forest

Toru Amuro is quite familiar with this place name. It is a famous suicide spot in Japan, second only to the Aokigahara Sea of ​​Trees at the foot of Mount Fuji.

Because it is famous as a suicide holy place, most people will not go there, and only those who go there are suicides who have never returned, so it is more suitable for hiding.

Or suitable for suicide

Amuro's pupils suddenly dilated, and he noticed something was wrong.

Could it be that Kinoshita Tomonori could no longer bear the psychological pressure and was preparing to commit suicide?

Although Toru Amuro didn't know how it felt to bear the curse of "Ghost Shadow" personally, as long as he had a glimpse of the true appearance of "Ghost Shadow", his soul felt as painful as being torn apart by something.

A strong-willed police officer like Toru Amuro will feel great pain in an instant, let alone ordinary people.

Thinking in his mind, Toru Amuro immediately closed his laptop.

He quickly picked up the car keys on the table and took the clothes on the hanger in his hand when he went out.

Bang!

As Tohru Amuro left, the only sound left in the apartment was the metal doorbell hanging on the security door.

The next day.

Qin Zhibo just woke up in the morning and received a call from Officer Mu Mu.

After the overnight interrogation and research conducted by the Search Section 1, it was basically confirmed that Masatsugu Ishida had nothing to do with the theft of the police case files.

The crime Ishida committed was to be assigned by someone to follow Qin Zhibo.

According to Ishida's confession, he joined a secret sect and followed the instructions of a member of the group known as "Dr. Kinoshita" among the believers to follow Qin Zhibo.

"It seems to be called voodoo?"

"Brother Qin, have you ever heard of this religion?"

Qin Zhibo paused and denied: "Unfortunately, I haven't heard of it either."

"That's strange." Officer Megu didn't have the slightest doubt about his good brother and believed whatever he said.

"That's it for now. We will continue the investigation. Although Ishida is not the criminal who stole the file, it might be someone else from this sect who did it."

Officer Mu Mu hung up the phone, and Qin Zhibo also started preparations for departure.

This time Qin Zhibo did not plan to go to Gunma County as a "famous detective", but instead made a new human skin mask and used a false identity.

After returning from the Metropolitan Police Department last night, Qin Zhibo took the time to make a human skin mask.

However, Qin Zhibo's current disguise skill is only at level 3, and he is not yet proficient in this skill.

The previous human skin masks made by Qin Zhibo could not be used in a well-lit environment. Ordinary people would feel that it was a fake face at a glance.

Moreover, Qin Zhibo does not have the blessing of sculpting skills. Without a face model, it is difficult to make a mask with particularly coordinated facial features.

It would be a bit suspicious if a foreigner suddenly appeared in the deep mountains and forests using the human skin mask of "Michael Bay".

Therefore, Qin Zhibo could only make a human skin mask based on his own face shape that could withstand scrutiny under the light.

This human skin mask is Qin Zhibo's most satisfying work so far. It can be called top-notch in terms of thickness, coordination of facial features, and level of hair adhesion.

As long as you don't look carefully out of the corner of your eye, you can hardly tell the clues.

But the disadvantage of this mask is that in order to ensure the coordination and naturalness of the facial features, Qin Zhibo used his own face as a reference.

This resulted in the face shape and facial features of this human skin mask being 70% similar to my original face.

Of course, in order to distinguish himself from his original self, Qin Zhibo chose a different wig color.

Qin Zhibo's original hair is black, but the wig matched with this human skin mask is dark brown.

As long as you are not color weak, you can see the difference between the two.

Qin Zhibo put on a brown windbreaker and was about to go out when he received a call from Toru Amuro.

"Teacher, something happened here temporarily. I won't be able to go to the office today or tomorrow."

Toru Amuro just wanted to take a leave of absence.

Although Qin Zhibo was a little surprised, considering Toru Amuro's multiple identities, it was normal to ask for leave.

"It doesn't matter, it's your right to ask for personal leave."

"Then the office will have to close today?" Toru Amuro asked tentatively.

"Yes, because I also have something to go out for."

Toru Amuro: "."

Qin Zhibo: "."

The two were silent for a second, and Qin Zhibo hung up the phone on his own initiative.

After going out, Qin Zhibo bought a pair of sunglasses at a nearby store and rented a car at a car rental agency.

After all, if you want to play the role of a pure passerby, the car you drive must not be that conspicuous red Mustang convertible.

After choosing between left and right, Qin Zhibo chose Mazda.

It's just that it's not a luxury model like the Mazda 929, but an economical model like the 323.

I originally wanted to choose Suzuki, the god of war for civilians, but after thinking that Kogoro Mori always got flat tires when driving this brand of car in the wild, I chose Mazda.

After all, compared to a flat tire, Qin Zhibo felt that traffic jams were more acceptable.

It takes about two hours to drive from Tokyo to Gunma Prefecture without traffic jams or flat tires.

However, Togami Forest is located in the east of Gunma Prefecture, so it takes more than an hour of driving.

Qin Zhibo drove from the morning to nearly noon, passing by the mountainous area where the villa was located at dusk last time.

Ever since the twilight villa of the tycoon Renya Karasuma disappeared out of thin air, the Hakuba Research Institute of the Hakuba Tan family seems to have never stopped researching.

However, there should be no reliable research results yet, otherwise the White Horse Detective would have called him to inform him of this relevant person.

Although the Twilight Annex incident sounds very far away, in fact it was less than a week ago.

It is estimated that Ikumi Gunada, who was injured in the incident, is still in a hospital in Gunma Prefecture.

The silver-gray Mazda 323 winds its way through the mountains.

As the surrounding green scenery continues to recede, the trees on both sides begin to squeeze into the middle of the road, and the road ahead becomes narrower and narrower.

Eventually, the asphalt road disappeared and was replaced by a passable mountain road.

On both sides of the mountain road are depressions created by car traffic, and in the middle is a long grass area, like a natural green belt, extending deep into the forest.

This is the Forest of Gods, the rumored holy place for suicide.

Due to the rugged mountain road, Qin Zhibo was afraid of bumping into the rental car, so he could only move forward slowly at the speed of a bicycle.

In addition to the lush woods on both sides of the road, there are banners and slogans that can be seen on every section of the road.

[Think more about your family, they are still waiting for you to go back]

【Please give yourself a chance to live!】

【Strong! Positive! Optimistic! Upward!】

[One step forward leads to the abyss, the sea of ​​suffering is boundless, but turning back leads to the shore]

[Forest fire prevention is everyone’s responsibility]

There seems to be something strange mixed into the anti-suicide slogans.

However, the general meaning of these banners is to advise people who come here to commit suicide not to make decisions so easily and to think twice before committing suicide.

But according to Qin Zhibo's many years of experience in eating melons, those who choose to come to such a place to die quietly are basically truly determined.

It is difficult to persuade such people to come back just by looking at the lines of cold computer fonts on the banner.

The purpose of anti-suicide slogans is to highlight humanitarianism.

In addition to the banners, Qin Zhibo also found some knocked down Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva statues on the roadside.

These Ksitigarbha Bodhisattvas were all lying face down on the roadside. It looked like they were man-made.

Qin Zhibo guessed that this might be because Voodoo wanted to perform some kind of ritual here, so they deliberately knocked down the Ksitigarbha around them, making them face down and unable to see their actions.

Although to others, this behavior seems a bit ridiculous.

But people with faith often do things that ordinary people can't understand.

After driving at a snail's pace for about twenty minutes, Qin Zhibo finally arrived at the end of this mountain road, a hotel called "Kuiwu".
To be continued...