NOVEL WEB Chapter 37: Hide and seek
"Ah, yes, I almost forgot to mention it. Because Shutendouji drinks a lot, I designed the spell to take effect after drinking more than half of the bottle." Erina reminded: "This wine is very strong, uncle, are you sure it's okay? "
"In this case... I'd better find an employee."
The store manager said this and called the wine demon over.
Then, he patted his shoulder and laughed.
"This young man likes to drink very much, and he won't get drunk after a thousand drinks! Moreover, his true body is a flying wine jar, and he can run far away in no time! Let him do the work for him."
"Ah? President, aren't you allowed to drink while at work?" The wine demon suddenly hesitated when he saw the boss stuffing a cup into his hand.
"It doesn't matter, this is work!" The rice pocket monster said cheerfully: "Drink, drink up this bottle! I'll tell you what you need to do later!"
Being able to drink at work in broad daylight will make the wine-monster happy before it's too late, so of course he won't refuse.
Especially, this is Yida sake.
As a monster, it has a natural attraction.
The wine demon drank the glass of wine in one gulp, then blew on the bottle and drank the entire bottle. Seeing that the drunk policeman could only drink some mineral water to maintain his composure.
Yoshiyuki felt that he was probably trying to trick himself into thinking it was a sake bar while drinking.
"Haha! You have to drink in such big sips to feel good!" The wine demon wiped his mouth, obviously aroused his interest, but the mere 1.8L amount could not satisfy him at all: "Can I have another bottle? long?"
"How much do you think this wine costs per bottle? Don't push yourself too far." The rice pocket demon grabbed the wine bottle, and although his tone was fierce, he smiled and said without anger: "Okay, Miss Yitian. Is the spell effective? "
"No problem!" Erina nodded, stretched out a finger and said with a smile: "As I said before, it's actually hide and seek. It's just that the range is larger!"
"To be specific, I'll give you half an hour to leave the store and hide somewhere—just don't go beyond three kilometers of Akihabara!"
The eldest lady continued to explain like this, holding out her chest and being confident.
"When the time is up, I will go directly to you! Miss Fujimori and the police gentlemen will also come together, and then you can see the effect of the spell!"
"Yes, if we can really find it, we will be relieved." The policemen looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
The wine demon was also a little surprised when he heard this.
Because he was a vessel for wine before he became a spirit, so now he should be very sensitive to whether the wine is tampered with or not.
However, after drinking the whole bottle, I didn't realize that Erina had cast a spell in the wine.
This is enough to show that the white-haired girl in front of him is very good at concealing the aura of magic. She is really a rare master in the world.
After listening to Erina's words, the sake jar demon quickly expressed his understanding, then revealed his true form and flew outside the house.
Because it used magic to hide the appearance of the monster, in the eyes of the two policemen who had no spiritual power, this person just disappeared in the blink of an eye.
It felt quite magical.
"It seems that this monster trusts you. Otherwise, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, they will avoid transforming in front of outsiders." Yoshiyuki said to the police as he watched the wine altar monster fly away with its two cute little wings.
"Yes. Because we have cooperated with this store before." The policeman who had just been rescued said this, turned to look at the eldest lady, and spoke again with some curiosity: "Miss Yitian, I take the liberty to ask Just for a moment. I heard that you are the underworld witch?"
"Yeah, yeah." Erina took out the dumplings and kneaded them in her arms: "What's the matter? Is there a problem?"
"Well, I just think that you should know a lot about the spells related to the undead." He said this with a somewhat uncertain tone: "I heard that there are psychics who can call out the souls of the dead and communicate with them, so as to obtain Important clue. Can Ms. Yida do it?"
"Although I'm not a psychic, I do know a little bit about this kind of magic." Erina held the dumpling and leaned next to Yoshiyuki very naturally: "But the murderer in this case took on the appearance of someone else to commit the murder, right? So? There’s not much point in doing that.”
In fact, Erina doesn't know a little bit about it at all, but is quite good at it.
She is indeed not a psychic, but a witch, but she can do everything that a psychic can do.
After all, many of the spells practiced by psychics are closely related to the undead.
As the Underworld Miko who has the ability to suppress Pluto Izanami, she is born with a good understanding of this knowledge.
"That's it." When the policeman said this, he asked again with some expectancy: "Then, what if there are other homicides? In fact, our Metropolitan Police Department often encounters very difficult murders. Can you use Yida's help? Where is your power, miss?”
"Hey, that's enough! Stop talking." The older policeman beside him frowned and interrupted his speech. Afterwards, he bowed and apologized to Erina.
"I'm very sorry, Miss Yida. My junior has just been transferred to the Criminal Division and doesn't know the rules very well. Please forgive me for any offence."
"It's okay, it's okay." Erina shook her head with a smile: "I don't mind. If it's really an important unsolved case, you can come to me for help? But if there are no monsters or evil spirits involved, you should try your best to be on your own. Solved."
What the young policeman just said was inappropriate in two ways.
And these are secrets that only those in the industry know.
The first is that not all souls of the deceased have the ability to return to the ordinary world.
And most of the dead want to rest in peace, and being pulled back to the ordinary world will make them feel very painful. This kind of pain is also borne by the soul of the psychic.
These souls may even be full of aggression due to unbridled resentment.
This leads to the psychic medium having to forcibly summon the souls of such deceased persons to communicate with them, which is very harmful to the body. It may even shorten your life.
Even just retrieving the deceased's last memories can weaken the body.
So when the young policeman asked Erina to help her in the future, he was actually making a very embarrassing request, which was not very polite.
Second, using psychic means to find the murderer is not a procedural method after all.
So police pretty much avoid doing it.
Even if the police do use psychics, they will keep it secret to avoid the outside world questioning the police's ability and impartiality.
After all, the conclusions drawn by psychics are often not legally tenable.
They may have learned the identity of the killer but could not find a way to convict him.
After all, the medium's words alone cannot be used as evidence.
The young policeman looked a little frustrated after being reprimanded.
As if to liven up the atmosphere, the rice pocket demon looked at Erina and Yoshiyuki who was being pressed by her, and suddenly showed a meaningful smile.