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"Well, according to the files, the person who kidnapped my senior was an employee of the Huashanyuan family. He was dissatisfied with the position transfer of the group, so he kidnapped my senior." Uesugi Xia Xiang continued: "But the police cracked the kidnapping case on the same day and shot the criminal dead on the spot."
"Was he shot dead by the police?" Li Muzhi asked with a frown. This was different from what he remembered.
"That's what the file records." Shangshan Xiaxiang shrugged and said, "But there are two doubts. The first is that after the kidnapper was shot, he slipped and fell from a building of more than 100 floors and turned into a puddle of mud. The second is that the two policemen who shot the kidnapper resigned from the police force for various reasons not long after. Mom checked the information of these two policemen and found that their last record was applying for immigration. As early as eight years ago, they had left the East Country."
"Does that mean the clues are broken?" Li Muzhi felt a chill on his back. If he didn't know the inside story, he might not feel it, but he did know how the kidnapper might have died. After connecting the current clues, it was almost certain that this was the Huashanyuan Group hiding the traces of the senior's murder.
Just now on the rooftop, the senior sister used her hands to help him very shyly, and ended up getting her slender fingers all dirty. If he said that the senior sister had once twisted the kidnapper's head off with her bare hands when she was 6 years old, he would always feel it was ridiculous.
"So what exactly do you want to know?" Uesugi Xia Xiang frowned when he saw Li Muzhi's strange expression.
"Nothing, I just want to know more about my senior sister." Li Muzhi waved his hand and changed the subject: "Since Mrs. Uesugi is the deputy director of the Metropolitan Police Department, are there any strange cases recently?"
"A strange case?" Shangshan Xiaxiang's attention was indeed diverted, and she said mysteriously, "Mom is indeed investigating a supernatural incident recently."
"Paranormal events?" Li Muzhi also became interested: "Does your Metropolitan Police Department handle exorcisms?"
"Idiot." Shangshan Xiaxiang glanced at him and said with contempt: "It's just that it can't be explained, so it's called a supernatural incident. We received a report last week that a lady was sexually harassed by a ghost."
"Ghost sexual harassment?" Li Muzhi's mouth twitched: "The ghosts of the East are quite... unique."
"You are being racist!" Shangshan Xiaxiang pursed her lips and continued, "Last time, a female office worker was walking on the street and felt a pair of invisible hands rubbing her breasts and buttocks."
"Wait..." Li Muzhi looked suspicious: "This plot seems familiar to me!"
"It's a transparent world." Uesugi Xia Xiang shrugged: "Although it's unbelievable, it did happen, and it happened to a woman, so it has attracted the attention of the Metropolitan Police Department."
"Why do you know so much?" Li Muzhi's mouth twitched: "If he really is a transparent man, it would be easy to catch him."
"It's just a metaphor." Shangshan Xiaxiang looked worried, "He is not invisible, and it is getting more and more excessive. Since the day before yesterday, unknown liquid has appeared on the stockings of high school girls."
"Are you serious?" Li Muzhi also became serious now. If he just felt being kneaded, there could be other explanations, but the appearance of an unknown liquid basically confirmed that it was a supernatural event.
"Yes, we have taken samples for examination and it is indeed a male." Shangshan Xiaxiang nodded: "My mother is under a lot of pressure now. If this kind of thing is not found out, the impact will be too bad, and..."
Before she finished speaking, Li Muzhi already knew what she meant. Now she was just kneading, and her tendency was getting bolder and bolder. If he couldn't catch her, who knows what she would do in the future.
And most importantly, if the target is high school students, Senior Yuzuru Hanayamain would be too easy to become a target.
The matter of the senior student has not been clarified yet, and Li Muzhi originally did not want to get involved in this muddy water. However, after the first class in the afternoon, Shangshan Xia Xiang went out to answer a phone call, and when he came back, his face looked very ugly.
"What happened?" Li Muzhi asked with a frown.
"My mother asked me to take a leave and go home to rest for a while." Shangshan Xiaxiang looked unhappy: "Just this morning, a female high school student was strangled by someone during class. She almost died. She just got out of danger."
"Sure enough..." Li Muzhi's face darkened. The evil of human nature would become very terrible if it were restricted by the law.
"I'll go back first." Shangshan Xiaxiang was in a very low spirit and whispered to Li Muzhi: "You can ask the senior sister to go back for a while. This is the only way imaginable at the moment."
Li Muzhi shook his head, stood up and said, "I'll go to the Metropolitan Police Department with you. Maybe I have a solution."
"Hey, this is not the time to be stubborn." Although Shangshan Xiaxiang is usually heartless, she still knows her limits in her heart: "Mom is under a lot of pressure now, let's not make things more difficult for her."
"Okay, I won't pretend anymore." Li Muzhi spread his hands and said, "Let me show you my true identity. Actually, I am an Onmyoji!"
"Uh..." Shangshan Xiaxiang was stunned for a moment, then said suspiciously: "You are from Yan country, and you came to Dongguo only last year."
"I just want you to understand." Li Muzhi made a cross on his chest and said, "Actually, I am a Taoist priest from Yan Country."
Although Shangshan Xiaxiang doesn't look very smart, she is actually very thoughtful. Although she doesn't know what Li Muzhi wants to do, she knows him well and will not do anything without confidence, so she said, "Okay, I'll take you to see my mother."
At this point, he suddenly looked suspicious and said, "Hey, you're not looking for an excuse to see my mom, are you? I've always felt that when you sent her back that time, the way she looked at you was wrong."
Chapter 64 Mrs. Uesugi
"Ahem, don't talk nonsense." Li Muzhi coughed twice. He and Mrs. Uesugi did have some romantic affairs. It was the summer after his freshman year in high school. Because his aunt was at home on vacation and had nothing to do all day, she asked him to drink with her and give her massages.
Li Muzhi couldn't stand it anymore and decided to go out to work. It was an ordinary izakaya. Such nightclubs were very common in Dongguo. Li Muzhi got the job easily relying on his handsome appearance.
Until now, Li Muzhi still clearly remembers that night, Mrs. Uesugi had long black hair casually draped over her shoulders, and a beauty mole at the corner of her mouth, like a ripe peach. She was wearing a fitted suit, black stockings, and high heels, showing her mature woman's temperament to the fullest.
This was not the first time Mrs. Uesugi came here. She would often chat with Li Muzhi. However, she was obviously in a bad mood that day and drank a few more glasses. Her drunken appearance attracted some people to approach her.
As a waiter, Li Muzhi had to step forward in this situation. After politely asking the person who was trying to strike up a conversation to leave, he discovered that Mrs. Uesugi was already drunk there.
As the pub was closed, Li Muzhi had no choice but to help her into the hotel. However, when he turned to leave, he realized that he had been deceived.
Mature and beautiful women are always very attractive to boys of this age. Their rich experience allows young boys to just lie down. However, boys' first time is always faster, probably with a little negative distance.
The scene was very awkward at one point, but of course this was not a big problem for the mature Mrs. Uesugi. After all, the characteristic of young people is that they have more opportunities.
So, while Mrs. Uesugi helped Li Muzhi with the second preparations, she flirted with Li Muzhi with a blushing face. This was also part of the way to adjust the atmosphere.
As luck would have it, Li Muzhi's phone rang at this time. He originally planned to hang up directly, because he had just met Shangshan Xia Xiang at that time, and this little girl often called and used Li Muzhi as her confidant.
But Mrs. Uesugi, who was completely unaware of the situation, seemed to think this was more fun, so she motioned for Li Muzhi to answer the phone.
Li Muzhi, who was quick to accept advice, would of course not refuse. So he held Mrs. Uesugi's head with one hand and answered the phone with the other hand. Uesugi Xia Xiang was still talking about the same things. Her mother raised her single-handedly after her parents divorced. She admired her mother very much and hoped that her young and beautiful mother could find new love, but she couldn't accept the thought of calling a strange man father.
"Hello, why are you breathing heavily?" Shangshan Xia Xiang heard that Li Muzhi's voice on the phone was abnormal.
"Ah... I'm fine. I'm running." Li Muzhi held Mrs. Uesugi's head with his hand, signaling her not to move. Then he lowered his voice and changed the subject: "By the way, you always say that your mother is young and beautiful. Can you send a photo?"
The reason why Li Muzhi said this was naturally to allow Uesugi Xia Xiang to hang up the phone.
Sure enough, the other party ended today's call as he planned, and sent him a photo of a mature woman in police uniform, looking heroic.
Li Muzhi held the mobile phone, looked at the photo, then looked at Mrs. Uesugi lying between his legs, and fell into a long silence.
As the deputy director of the Metropolitan Police Department, Mrs. Uesugi certainly has professional qualities, and Li Muzhi's changes in expression could not escape her eyes.
In short, Li Muzhi sent Mrs. Uesugi back home. From that day on, in Uesugi Xia Xiang's heart, Li Muzhi was a good man who helped her mother drive away the gangsters. This is also the reason why Uesugi Xia Xiang always regarded him as a brother.
"I haven't seen your mother since I sent her home last time." Li Muzhi shrugged: "After all, she was saved by a boy who is so much younger than her, and is her daughter's classmate. It's normal for her to be shy."
"Yeah, that makes sense." Shangshan Xiaxiang nodded: "After all, my mother is such an upright and strong character, there is no way she would like a man younger than her."
"Ahem." Li Muzhi coughed twice, turned his head away, and said, "Then let's go find your mother first. The sooner we resolve the matter, the fewer victims there will be."
"Okay." After asking for leave from their homeroom teacher, Uesugi Xia Xiang and Li Muzhi left the school together.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is located in the metropolitan area and can be reached directly by subway. It does not cover a large area and the buildings are very old. From the outside, you can't tell that this is the police headquarters that controls the entire East.
But there were a lot of people coming and going inside, and there were armed staff standing nearby, showing that this place was not as simple as it looked from the outside.
It was obvious that Uesugi Xia Xiang came here often. With her leading the way, the two of them quickly registered and entered the Metropolitan Police Department.
Taking the elevator to the top floor, Uesugi Xia Xiang greeted the guards guarding the stairs with a smile, and then took Li Muzhi to the innermost room.
Looking at the photo of the Deputy Director General of the Metropolitan Police Department hanging on the door, there is also a photo of her in a heroic posture, wearing a senior police inspector's uniform, with her name written below, Uesugi Mikiko.
Shangshan Xiaxiang knocked on the door a few times, and a magnetic voice came from inside, "Come in!"
Pushing open the door, I saw a very spacious office with two filing cabinets against the wall, a sofa and a coffee table, and then the office.
Uesugi Meiko was wearing a senior police inspector's uniform and sitting at the back of the office with her long black hair tied up. She looked capable, refined, and heroic, completely different from the charming mature woman in Li Muzhi's memory.
She looked up and saw Li Muzhi following behind her. Her expression did not change at all. She just glanced at him indifferently and her eyes fell on Uesugi Xia Xiang.
"Mom..." Shangshan Xiaxiang became very honest under her gaze and quickly said, "Li Muzhi said he could handle this incident, so I brought him here."
"Yes." Uesugi Meifei nodded and said, "I will talk to him alone for a while."
"Okay." When Shangshan Xia Xiang saw that her mother didn't scold her for bringing people here, she behaved well for a while, but then she started to act naughty again. She blinked at Li Muzhi and skipped away.
"Please sit down." Even when there were only two people left in the office, Uesugi Meiki still had a businesslike expression and pointed to the sofa against the wall.
"Okay." Li Muzhi thought to himself, women are really born actors. If he didn't know that Shangshan Xia Xiang only had one mother, he really couldn't connect this serious woman with the sexy woman who asked him to answer the phone in the hotel while showing off her ventriloquism skills.
Uesugi Meifei sat down opposite Li Muzhi and said seriously, "This incident may be life-threatening. Don't get involved in the affairs of the adults."
Li Muzhi immediately understood what she meant. The so-called talking to him alone was just to save face for him in front of her daughter.
Although he appears to be serious and unapproachable, he is actually a very considerate person at heart.
Chapter 65 Self Strategy
"Aunt Meifei." Li Muzhi hesitated for a few seconds, but still used this name, indicating that he came here as her daughter's classmate, not as the male protagonist she met when she went out to cheat: "I heard that what we encountered this time was a supernatural event?"
"There are no ghosts or gods in this world." Uesugi Meifei said confidently, directly rejecting Li Muzhi's question: "It's just that we haven't found the criminal's means of committing the crime yet."
"In fact, I'm not an ordinary person." Li Muzhi lowered his voice and spoke in a low tone. He believed that as the deputy director of the Metropolitan Police Department, it was impossible for Uesugi Meifei to not know about the existence of strange things. She said this just because she didn't want to get involved. He continued, "In fact, I am the illegitimate son of the head of the Tsuchimikado family. I believe this identity can help Aunt Meifei."
As soon as he finished speaking, Uesugi Meifei's expression really became strange. She looked him up and down, and after a while she said, "This joke is not very good."
"I believe Aunt Meifei has a way to verify this news." Li Muzhi smiled and took out a business card from his pocket and placed it on the coffee table. It was the one that Tsuchimikado Setsuna handed to him last time. He stared into Meifei's eyes and said, "But this secret is only known to the person involved."
The beautiful concubine Uesugi glanced at the business card on the coffee table, did not take it, then looked at Li Muzhi, stood up, turned around and walked out.
"Huh..." Li Muzhi breathed a sigh of relief. As the deputy director of the Metropolitan Police Department, she was indeed aware of the existence of strange things. Now she went out to verify the authenticity of her words.
From this test, Li Muzhi could be sure that the government was indeed connected with the Onmyoji, and could directly contact Tsuchimikado Setsuna.
As for the identity of an illegitimate child, if he can use it as a bargaining chip to reach a cooperative relationship with Uesugi Miki, then it will be a help in the future when he needs to deal with Hanayamain Yuki.
Not long after, Uesugi Meifei pushed open the door and walked in. The look she gave him became extremely strange.
She sat down opposite Li Muzhi again, as if she was organizing her words. After a while, she spoke: "This matter has nothing to do with you. Moreover, the target is very dangerous. A member of the Special Affairs Bureau has been seriously injured in the pursuit and has not woken up yet."
"Special Affairs Bureau." Li Muzhi's eyes narrowed. It was exactly what he thought. Since there were strange things, there must be a department to fight against them. Now that Uesugi Meifei mentioned this to him, she obviously regarded him as someone from that world. He remained calm and shook his head: "No, it has something to do with me."
After saying that, he looked up at Uesugi Miki. If he left this strange enemy who suddenly appeared alone, there was a high probability that he would target Senior Yuzuru Hanayamain.
The beautiful concubine of Shangshan was looked at by Li Muzhi. She suddenly turned her head away and did not look at him. Her expression was not as serious as before. She said with a tone of reproach: "It is impossible for us."
"Ah?!" Li Mu was stunned for a while before he came to his senses. She seemed to have misunderstood him, but he couldn't explain it now. He organized his words and said, "I hope to help the beautiful concubine Shangshan. I don't have any other requirements. Although I am only the same age as your daughter, I am very reliable in dealing with monsters."
The beautiful concubine Uesugi looked at Li Muzhi without saying anything, with a hesitant look on her face.
"Aunt Meifei must be under a lot of pressure." Li Muzhi continued to try to persuade her: "I heard from Xia Xiang that you came home very late these days and didn't get much rest. If you have any health problems, what will Xia Xiang do? She is very worried about you now."
In order to convince her, Li Muzhi used both emotional and logical appeals, and even brought out Uesugi Xia Xiang.
After hearing this, the beautiful concubine Shangshan was obviously moved. After a while, she looked at Li Muzhi with a complicated expression, sighed softly, and said: "You have to promise me that your safety is the first priority."
"Okay." Li Muzhi's lips curled up into a smile. He had convinced Uesugi Meiki. Getting information from her would not only prevent his senior from becoming a target and causing him to suffer NTR, but would also allow the deputy director of the Metropolitan Police Department to owe him a big favor. He would also be able to see Tsuchimikado Setsuna's strength and understand the Onmyoji's fighting style. It was a win-win-win situation, and he would win three times.
"It all started half a month ago." Uesugi Meiko slowly recounted the intelligence. The story was roughly the same as Uesugi Xia Xiang's, but there were still secrets she didn't know. For example, they had locked onto the target through detection means, but when they sent members of the Special Affairs Bureau to capture him, they not only failed to defeat the opponent, but were seriously injured and fell into a coma.
The high school student who suddenly suffocated and nearly died in the classroom today was the mysterious man's counterattack against the Metropolitan Police Department. Such an incident happened in public and caused great panic in society.
Because the opponent's strength is unknown, they dare not act rashly. If they fail again, they cannot predict what the mysterious man will do. This also causes the deputy director of the Metropolitan Police Department, Uesugi Meiko, to be under great pressure.
"That is to say, the mysterious man took everyone as hostages." Li Muzhi thought for a few seconds and concluded: "And those big shots are also afraid that they will become the next target."