Fog Formula-Warning Book of Fog City Search Chief's Strange Talk

"Is Mr. Hino very interested in this thing?"

At this moment, the proprietress spoke with a faint smile. She looked at Mimi Hino across the way, and her voice was polite and even faintly flattering.

"Even if this obsidian magic knife is considered a treasure among the "Tezca", when the great adventurer gave it to our hotel, he was very reluctant to part with it."

"You don't need to call me Hino-san. But..."

Hino, who was respectfully called by the proprietress, was a little embarrassed, but when it came to his field of expertise, the embarrassment was quickly diluted by excitement, holding the Tezka in his hand and said excitedly: "I know, that incident back then I saw the story about it in a magazine! The magazine said..."

"Ahem..."

However, just when Hino Mino was excitedly preparing to start talking, Gentaichi, who was silently drinking tea next to him, suddenly coughed twice and interrupted his words. Then he put the cup back calmly, turned on the screen of the phone, and handed it to Fa Xiao next to him.

"See what time it is? We're about to gather."

"Yeah!" Hino slapped his forehead, only then did he remember this matter. Then, looking at the smiling proprietress who seemed to be preparing to listen to the story, she suddenly became embarrassed, scratched her head in embarrassment, and reluctantly returned the Tezka in W's hand.

"this……"

"Hehe, it doesn't matter. The two guests will stay in the shop for a week, right? Since you still have time, you might as well look for another opportunity. If you have a story, you can save it for the next time." Seeing his embarrassment, the proprietress After taking the obsidian knife, he smiled and made a relief.

"This time the two of you came here suddenly, and I didn't have time to prepare some refreshments in advance. Please forgive me for the poor hospitality."

"The shop has been in business for many years, and there are quite a lot of tourists, and there are also some other collections." She turned around and hung the Tezca back, then pointed to the various collections on the wall, and said to Hino with a smile. "If Mr. Hino is interested, you can visit him at any time in the future, and I will always be here waiting for you."

"Yeah, good."

Hino Minoru was obviously quite envious of the collection on that wall, so even though Gentaichi pulled her to stand up, she still kept nodding desperately to the proprietress. Yuan Taiyi at the side could only shake his head helplessly when he saw this, and politely thanked the proprietress:

"Then let's take our leave first, and..."

The blond boy glanced at the cup on the table vaguely, nodded and said:

"Thank you for the tea."

"Small matter, if you like it, I can send you some later."

Seeing this, the proprietress smiled brighter and nodded gently.

"No, don't bother me, anyway, thank you."

However, facing the enthusiasm of the proprietress, Yuan Taiyi directly shook his head and refused, and then bowed slightly to the proprietress without waiting for the proprietress to reply. Then pulled Hino Mino, turned around and walked out the door.

With a click, the door was closed.

...

"Really, Taiyi, why are you in such a hurry?"

On the way back, Hino Minoru still turned his head three times at a step, and the room full of collections behind him still seemed quite jealous, and he couldn't help complaining to the people around him.

"Obviously there is still time."

"I'm afraid you'll stay there and don't want to leave." Yuan Taiyi walked beside him and said angrily, looking at himself as a child, he glanced at him sideways.

"So disturbing others, I can't do such a thing."

"Hehehe, I was a little too excited to see something I like for a while."

Hino Mino seemed to realize that his behavior was inappropriate, rubbing his head and laughing.

"You..."

Yuan Taiyi was helpless, and sighed leisurely.

"I said……"

There was a brief moment between the two of them when no one spoke. After a while, Yuan Taiyi turned his head to look at him, and then asked:

"...Don't you think there's something wrong?"

"What's wrong?" Hino Mino was taken aback, "No, the proprietress is very hospitable and treats us warmly, there is no problem."

"But if there is a problem..."

When he said this, his words suddenly changed, his pace slowed down as he walked in the corridor, he began to frown, and his expression began to look serious.

"Um?"

Seeing his expression, Minamoto swallowed back what he originally wanted to say about "the proprietress treated them too politely", and began to ask him what he thought.

"Have you discovered anything?"

"No...how should I put it...Although it feels a little impolite to say so. After all, the lady boss is very kind to us."

The young man in the deerstalker looked a little hesitant and touched his head, his words seemed a little hesitant. But obviously he was pretty sure of his own judgment, just hesitating whether to say it or not.

"But do you feel that... the lady boss... feels insecure?"

"Lack of security?" Gentaichi was surprised, not knowing where Hino Minori saw it.

"I didn't see anything about it...do you have any evidence?"

"There's evidence, and there's a lot of it." The young man in the deerstalker looked serious, and began to show a temperament that was completely different from the excited anomaly lover just now. He rubbed his chin and pondered seriously, and paused for a while before speaking.

"For example, for example, she has been maintaining a posture facing the door. Although she has covered it well, she will appear very nervous when her back is turned to the outside world. And I don't know if you have noticed that the corner of her room There are a lot of daily necessities inside. Although the owner of the room tried to put them in the corner as much as possible to avoid being obtrusive, but she is the proprietress of the hotel, and it is a strange thing to hoard these in her office. It’s all a sign of insecurity.”

"...You actually noticed this."

Listening to the novel next to Minamoto who hadn't noticed the details, the blond boy looked a little surprised and looked at him strangely.

"I thought you were concentrating on those collections."

"I'm a detective!" Hino looked at him dissatisfied, and rolled his eyes at him. "Observing details is the basic skill of a detective!"

"Okay, I have to admit that I underestimated you." Yuan Taiyi nodded slowly, but still had doubts, "But these are not critical evidence, right? Maybe it's just the proprietress's personal habits? Let's just say no A sense of security, somewhat arbitrary?"

"Well, so the most critical evidence is actually on those collections..." Hino Minoru then added, "I don't know if you have discovered that most of the collections on that wall are actually related to 'exorcism' and 'protection' .”

"Exorcism?" Yuan Taiyi looked serious.

"Yes, exorcism. How should I put it, it's not that other people don't know how to collect these things, but the proprietress also has too many collections. I have never seen anyone need so many [magical artifacts] to protect themselves." Talking about this issue , Hino Miya has a strange expression.

"Although it's not polite to say so, such an insecure person..."

"She was the first one I saw."