delirium

A group of people searched the scene of the crime for a long time, and were finally told by Noctua to disband.The corpse was transported back to the police station by the forensic team led by Nitiao, and Wutiao led Xiayou away from the financial street with the former's slightly disturbed eyes.

"Our task is still to investigate social relations. It's boring." The police officer walked on the sidewalk, with a few fallen leaves on his long trench coat.Xia You lit a cigarette, stepped up beside him, and reached out to pat off those skinny leaves.He didn't say much, his thoughts drifted far away, and he was still recalling the scene a moment ago.At that time, Wujo lingered beside the deceased for a moment, his brows were tightly furrowed, his eyes seemed unfocused, and he seemed to be overlooking everything far beyond this world.Those sky eyes have no warmth, even if they are facing Xia You, they seem to penetrate his thin flesh and blood, looking at nothingness indifferently.

Within 10 minutes, Wujo nodded lightly, and instantly got out of the atmosphere of drowning in the deep sea.He put on the sunglasses again, and the sea was abruptly cut off, disappearing from Xia You's eyes.The suspect wearing the shackles couldn't tell what it was like, he only knew that he was a little annoyed, and it wasn't directed at anyone, but he suddenly wanted to pull the five shackles away to remove the obstructing glasses.

But he didn't do anything in the end, just stood there and listened to the five happily reporting to the night moth.The words uttered from those lips were difficult and mean, and they formed a series of notes, which jumped into the left ear from across the room, and then drilled out of the brain empty.

Wutiao babbled for a long time in front, but still failed to get a response.He was somewhat uncomfortable, so he looked back at Xia You, and saw that he was drooping and puffing, with half of his face hidden in the shadow cast by the eaves.

In this way, he has lost a lot of sharpness, as if he has been stripped of his cocoon by the clouds, leaving only a hazy silhouette.Wu Tiao was originally very firm, but looking at this almost wispy candle flame, the pillar as high as the sky in his heart suddenly swayed.He should only pay for reason and order, but at this moment he was abnormally bewitched by that face, flickering like a flame in Xia You's hand.

"Hey, are you going to just go to that 'Mr. Binger''s unit? "Maybe in order to dispel hesitation, Wujo stopped and raised his voice on purpose.Satisfied, he saw Douyou pause for a moment, his missing eyes gradually moved away, and turned into a small spotlight covering Wutiao again.

The ink in those eyes was very dark, but when looking at him, it always seemed to be mixed with half a handful of clear water, and the light ink stains gradually faded away.Wujo realized that he was used to looking directly at Xia You - even though he always liked to look at others - especially looking forward to him slightly tilting his neck, lifting the slender and dense curtain of single eyelids, and looking up at himself at the extreme acute angle.

Unknowingly, he watched it for a long time, so long that Xiayou digested the five questions, wiped his temples with the hand holding the cigarette, and said kindly: "Unfortunately, although I want to hurry up and 'make a contribution', at this moment But I couldn't move a bit.

Young people are used to making decisions, even if they have only known each other for only a week.Five pursed lips, the tip of the heart was lightly pinched, it didn't hurt much, but gradually stretched in Xia You's smile facing the sun.

Like knocking over a pot of cream, honey seeped into the wooden table finely.As soon as the sun shines, the sweet smell that soaks through the texture evaporates, and even the air exudes a beautiful sweet fragrance.

"What do you say?" Xia You was still reading.He threw the cigarette with his backhand, and let the pitiful piece of paper fall to the ground and be run over by the toe of his shoe; the sun breaking through the clouds fell on his shoulder, and the young man stood just outside the shadow of the tree, his black hair shining bright gold, Xiefo's whole body is covered with a layer of thick and rich syrup baked.

Forget it, if you want to check him, you can check it later.Gojo, who was fed a big spoonful of honey, thought so.

Xia You pushed open the door of the nearest milk tea shop, and he "reluctantly" followed,

Ordered a large drink at the beck and call of the waiter.

"Okay, thank you."

In the high-level office, Xia You smiled at the bound secretary and motioned her to leave on her own.There was no one in the tea room, and across the long table sat Gojo Satoru, with arms folded and legs crossed, with sunglasses slouched down on the tip of his nose, revealing a pair of blue eyes.

The victim of the ninth case, "Binger", was an elite in the traditional sense, and was working as an investment bank in the financial street during his lifetime.According to the request, Wutiao and Xia You visited all the institutions that this person had worked in since he was a child, and are now visiting the company where he last worked.

After sending the secretary away, Xia You breathed a sigh of relief and sat back on the sofa.He rubbed his eyebrows and looked at Wutiao, only to find that the other party was looking at him with a cold face, and even the paper cups on the table were shivering as if they were frozen.

"What's the matter?" he asked, "Is it too hot?" The temperature close to single digits obviously won't "worse" the police officer. Wutiao just calmed down after running around for half a day. The state was separated, and the deep-rooted suspicion in my heart once again hovered.

He looked at Xia Youjie, but he wasn't looking at him.

In order to confirm his guess, Wutiao purposely remained silent for a long time, and stared stubbornly at the other party for a long time.He didn't know what he was waiting for, even if it was pointless.

But Xia You's expression suddenly changed.He looked back at Wutiao, hesitated and said, "Could it be...you still doubt me?"

Wutiao didn't speak, a corner secretly raised in his heart.Yes, he thought, I am not suspicious of you, I am absolutely sure that you are the murderer.

"I don't agree." Xia You was obviously a little dry, and he reached into his pocket with his right hand to touch the cigarette again, "I have been following you these days, and I am under the surveillance of electronic shackles all the time. How can I go to rich people's house to seek money when I have time? Money kills?""

The tea room is quiet and silent, and the sounds of office workers typing on the keyboard and dialing the phone are blocked outside the door, leaving a clean place.It's a pity that this cleanliness was completely broken, the smoke rising from between Xia You's fingers, and Wu Tiao's silent resistance.

I don't care if you have an alibi.There are so many people who have accomplished perfect crimes in history, who would obediently stay where they are and say to the police, "Hey, I was actually the one who killed people even though I was caught eating in a restaurant by surveillance cameras"?Wujo changed his posture and kicked his toes to the foot of the table, causing the glass of water to shake even more violently.

No one answered, Xia You took a deep breath of cigarette and said, "Wu, you can't do this."

"What can't I do?"

"You can't pour dirty water on an innocent person, just like you can't kill a wolf that hasn't attacked yet." He frowned, his beautiful jawline was tense, his forehead hair rose and fell with his breathing, and the flames of cigarette butts flickered frequency matches.Before Wu Tiao's thinking, the words have blurted out: "Hmph, it's ridiculous. You can always crush the cockroaches in advance, just like killing a mosquito fly that flies in front of you; no one knows whether these dirty things will Shooting and hurting people—isn’t it the self-defense instinct of human beings to snuff out the signs before then? Anyone who is obedient will say that, and you can always insist that you are innocent. Besides, I never said that I doubt you, or Use your brain more, and stop being sentimental.”

The smoke went out.

Xia You put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, raised his head very slowly, and patted the ashes off his palm.He looked straight at Wutiao with a calm expression, but for no reason there was a look of despair.

broken.Wujo's heart skipped a beat, thinking about what he blurted out like never before.It seems that the tone is a little rushed?But it's not really angry, he didn't admit his judgment, he just refuted a few words based on Xia Youdi's example......

"I understand." Xia You said, drank the tea in front of him, and stood up as if throwing trash.He looked down at Wutiao condescendingly, and no longer concealed the natural hostility between his eyebrows and eyes, letting his sharpness cut his skin like a sharp blade, and gurgled blood. "Since the Wutiao team leader thinks that I am not suitable to act with you, I will immediately submit an application to the section chief to replace a police officer in charge of monitoring."

After the words were finished, the young man opened the door, bowed and said, "Thank you for your care these past few days. Presumably there are police officers in the Serious Crime Squad who are willing to accept me. If Section Chief Night Moth refuses to approve, I will visit the police station in person. Presumably, Officer Nanami and Officer Haibara will agree."

The wooden door closed and Xia You left.The latches snapped together neatly, and there was very little sound when closing, and the wooden boards didn't even sway—it meant that Xia You was really not impulsive, and he even closed the door properly.

The room was dead silent.Wutiao stared blankly at the exit, still in disbelief: Xia Youjie dared to hold his door!?

With inexplicable anger welling up, Wutiao took out his phone, opened the address book as if smashing the touch screen, and dialed the number of his family.While waiting, he clenched his teeth, trying to ignore the traces of regret that were eating away at his ribs.

"Hello?" Nitro took it, "What's the matter?"

Five: "I'm serious."

"Huh? Hey, are you out of your mind?" Nitro was sweating in the morgue, and finally took a break, but even when he connected to the phone, he would get a cerebral hemorrhage repeatedly, "How many times have I said, that guy I go to the scene with you every day, go to various bureaus to monitor and check information, and I almost hang the pennant on my forehead! Do you have to suspect him?"

His teeth were gritty, Wujo raised his voice without hesitation: "But he is the third suspect! Since there is a motive for the crime, we can't easily miss any detail—"

Nitro interrupted him irritably: "I don't know you well enough? Your so-called intuition - it was purely a whim, influenced by the atmosphere of the scene, and impulsively cast lots of people to empathize with him, right? Writing is very dangerous, I reminded you, if you are not careful, you will be influenced by the prisoner's emotions, and you will hurt others undisguisedly like this!"

Both of them were very emotional, Wu Tiao listened to the logical analysis of his co-star, and said unconvinced: "I will never be affected by profiling, you clearly know this better than anyone else."

"Okay." Nitro was almost losing his temper.She took off her white coat and sat down next to the corpse, saying, "If you want to talk about the facts, let's have a 'rational discussion'."First of all, you said that Xia Youjie is a criminal, is there any evidence? "

Five misfires.He wanted to say that his intuition was never wrong, but when he thought about it carefully, he couldn't find any clues that could tie Xia You and the serial murders together.

"Professionalism? You're making a fuss without even evidence. I think you're the brat who wants to eat candy, right?" Glass mercilessly threw a scalpel and looked sideways at the blade under the pale light. Reflected bright spots, "Call me now, I'm afraid I'm going to make people go away?"

The leader of the serious crime team, who was more involved than fireworks, gritted his teeth, clenched his phone tightly, and said clearly to the forensic doctor: "Don't say anything else, since you claim to understand me, you should know that my damn intuition has never been There is nothing wrong. No matter what, we have to investigate the case anyway, so please help me pay more attention."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, as if he was seriously considering the proposal.Wutiao took advantage of the victory and pursued: "Just treat it as if I owe you a favor and help me. The request is not too difficult, as long as the scope of evidence collection is expanded a little bit.

"Although that guy did it flawlessly the first nine times, I can assure you that no one can never make mistakes—not only the first scene, but also the ground, walls, and all places that may leave traces. The key point is to be able to Objects that detect and extract human tissue.”

Nitro thought silently, tapped the phone case with his index finger, and the muffled sound was sent to five ears by the microphone.After he finished speaking a long paragraph, he picked up his cup and took a sip of water, only to realize that he seemed to have a clear mind, but in fact he had already retreated and retreated, giving in from "locking Xia Youjie" to "checking out more".

What if?

Following the release of the three-character spell from the tip of the tongue, the Dinghaishen needle slowly loosened, and crackling sounds came from the depths of the heart one after another.

In case Xia You really had nothing to do with the case, in case his intuition really went wrong, in case the judgment of Section Chief Noctua Moth and Nitro was "correct"; A single sentence will become a monstrous flood that will devour its master.

I don't want to mess up this relationship yet, Wujo thought dully.He thought too much in a ten-thousandth of a second, choosing all the possibilities, as if his last breath was still close to his ears, and a decision that seemed a fantasy a few seconds ago had quietly taken shape.

"Okay, I see."

Then, Nitro replied.

Hanging up the phone, Wu Tiao stared at the communication interface for a while, letting the towering tree be eaten by ants, and the hole gradually expanded.He thought of Xia You's running around in the past few days, the appearance of wiping sweat sideways, the sharp eyebrows and eyes when analyzing the case, and a certain smile frozen in the sun.

What if.

Just to stabilize the suspect, the officer told himself.At least for now, this layer of suspicion can’t be pierced, at least until he loses his use value…… So silently, Wu Tiao didn’t even throw away the paper cup, and went straight to open the door, intending to log in to the security system to track down the electronic shackles.

Just as he stepped out of the door, a cloud of coke-smelling white mist suddenly floated in front of him.Wutiao was so choked that he bent over and coughed fiercely, covering the corners of his eyes and looking up to scold, but was blindfolded by a pair of upturned fox eyes, and was tongue-tied.

Xia You was standing outside the door, holding a cigarette in his left hand, with a depressed expression.He was not surprised by Wu Tiao's appearance, cleared his throat, and pulled the corners of his lips apologetically: "I'm leaving now. The police station should not be off work yet. If you hand in the report today, it will be ready the day after tomorrow..."

He couldn't take half a step.

The young man turned his head in surprise, and his eyes fell on the right wrist that was clamped vigorously.Wujo grabbed him eagerly, opened his mouth for the first time in his life but didn't know what to say.

However, he has done too many "five enlightenment" things today, and he is not short of this one.

Cigarettes were burning, and the incandescent lamps in the aisles of the office building were on coldly.The five fingers are gathered together to wrap around Yaoyou's beautifully shaped wrist bones, which seems to be born to hold his hands.

"Okay, at least you are still my partner now." He said vaguely, and for the first time he didn't dare to meet Xia You's eyes, "Follow me to a place.

Maybe it was because he was pushing too hard, Xia You didn't resist much, and followed silently.Wutiao installed an alarm bell on the roof of the off-road vehicle, passed the traffic lights at lightning speed, and drove towards the commercial street four or five blocks away in the dark.

The neon lights turned on one by one, Wutiao pushed open the door of a pet shop, and two Samoyed pounced on him.The police officers who had made full preparations avoided in time, but Xia You, who was full of indifference, was thrown to the ground and was warmly welcomed by a room full of cats and dogs.

"Hey, Senior Wutiao!" The young man hurried downstairs, still wearing an apron.He rescued Xia You from the furry, led the two to separate from the dog group, walked up the stairs occupied by Yingshou with difficulty, and sat down in front of the low table on the mezzanine.Knotweed and others at the other table immediately stood up and saluted, skillfully avoiding the crossbeam, as if they had repeated the same situation countless times.

A few kittens jumped onto the table, almost knocking over the coffee that Huiyuan had just made.Xia You quickly stretched out her hand to protect the cup, and was so intimidated by the animal on her arms that she couldn't laugh or cry.The teenagers came to say hello one by one, but he could only respond one by one. Through the people, cats and dogs, he saw five eyes that were dyed warm yellow by the small table lamp.

Those eyes were looking at him, and the honey-colored sky and sea were open only for him.

Hui Yuan, who was on duty to watch the store for Section Chief Noctua, was carrying his dinner and ran upstairs along the way, just in time to hear a deep and happy laugh.He didn't know why, so he distributed the carefully prepared bento to everyone in turn, and stopped involuntarily when he passed Wutiao.

"Senior?" Huiyuan reached out and tapped the corner of his mouth, and said in surprise, "You're laughing——you're really laughing."

Wutiao withdrew his eyes from Xia You, who was covering her mouth and giggling, and subconsciously touched her lips.The comedian on the young man's table of knotweed laughed out loud, the adults laughed out loud, and the corners of their lips curled up in a daze, completely relaxing amidst the orange lights flooding the floor and surrounded by cats, cats and dogs, showing A genuine smile.

After that, no replacement application was filed.