Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

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"But I did see it just now. Mr. Marufujiro was looking at his wife and Mr. Hatano with a face full of resentment."

Xiaolan fearfully explained, "That's right, it was when Officer Matsuda said that line, 'I'll live in your house and sleep with your wife...'"

"ah!"

This time, it was Mrs. Maru who screamed; she immediately hid in Dr. Hatano's arms.

"His eyes really moved! He was staring at me just now!"

"Hmm, it seems to be true!"

Dr. Hatano, standing next to the lady, also looked terrified.

"Is there anything wrong?" Inspector Megure stepped forward and examined the area carefully. "It doesn't seem to have any problems."

"It's probably just psychological."

Kogoro Mouri said casually,

"It must be because of what Officer Matsuda said that you felt guilty, which is why you felt that Mr. Marujiro's body was watching you."

Where do these two people feel any remorse?

Everyone else in the room just chuckled at Mori's words.

Even though her husband was dead on the floor, Mrs. Marufu had been hanging out with Mr. Hatano since the beginning of the night.

After Xiaolan said that the corpse's eyeballs moved, Mrs. Marufu squeezed directly into Dr. Hatano's arms!

Matsuda hasn't said a word since just now.

Because he knew that what Xiaolan and Madam Wanfu said was true.

The corpse on the ground did indeed turn into a zombie after being angered by his words!

As for evidence, the system's response is the best evidence!

"Signs of zombie reanimation detected."

"After Marufujiro died, before his soul left his body, he was provoked by someone who was foul-mouthed, which caused him to become a zombie."

"Maru Fujiro's soul has been permanently imprisoned inside his body. He will undergo a zombie transformation within twenty-four hours and become a white zombie."

"Warning: Once Marufujiro's corpse transforms into a zombie, it will first take revenge on his wife and her lover. After Marufujiro's zombie absorbs the essence of the two, it will evolve into a higher-level green zombie."

"Since Marufujiro's transformation into a zombie was provoked by the host's words, the host will bear all the consequences of the killings caused by Marufujiro's zombie form."

Damn... Matsuda was truly dumbfounded.

He never imagined that his casual remarks would cause the already dead Marufujiro to turn into a zombie!

"By the way, what are white zombies and green zombies?" Matsuda asked the system in his mind.

"Zombies can be roughly divided into purple zombies, white zombies, green zombies, hairy zombies, flying zombies, wandering corpses, lying corpses, uncorrupted bones, drought demons, and hou."

The system gave a brief introduction,

"White zombies are zombies that have just undergone a transformation. This is the lowest level of zombies. These zombies are slow-moving and, in addition to fearing sunlight, they are also afraid of fire, water, chickens, dogs, and people!"

"Green zombies are formed after white zombies have consumed a lot of blood and essence. They are named green zombies because their bodies are green and they emit a green, poisonous corpse odor."

"Compared to white zombies, green zombies jump extremely fast, are not afraid of people or livestock, but are only afraid of sunlight and fire."

The white zombie is actually afraid of people?

So, if we just burn Marujiro's corpse while it's still a white zombie, wouldn't that solve the problem?

Matsuda was making plans in his mind.

Inspector Megure also found the corpse's wide-open eyes somewhat unsettling.

"Mr. Marufujiro, please attain Buddhahood soon..."

Inspector Megure muttered to himself as he kindly brushed the corpse's eyelids...

Chapter 41: They turned into zombies so quickly!

But what happened next startled everyone in the room.

After Inspector Megure touched his eyelids, Marujiro's body did indeed close his eyes.

But as soon as Inspector Megure removed his hand, the corpse's eyes opened instantly!

"very scary!"

Ran was so frightened that she hid behind Kogoro Mouri.

Mrs. Marufu was also huddled in Dr. Hatano's arms, trembling.

"It's nothing, it's probably just that the body has stiffened, that's why it can't be closed!"

Inspector Megure offered a word of comfort to everyone, then used his gloved hand to close the corpse's eyelids, pressing firmly for a while.

"This time everything will definitely be alright..."

Before Inspector Megure could finish speaking, he noticed that the corpse's eyes were still wide open, staring at him!

"Tomi," Inspector Megure swallowed hard, then suddenly looked up and said, "Can this body be cremated directly?"

"Inspector, the autopsy hasn't even started yet! Some wound data can only be obtained after the autopsy," Denmi said helplessly. "Besides, this is just normal rigor mortis; you're all making a big fuss over nothing!"

Since even Denmi, who was in charge of dissecting corpses, had said so, Megure naturally couldn't say anything more.

So, the police officers took the criminal Zou Fang and the body of Maru Fujiro back to the Metropolitan Police Department.

Matsuda sat in Megure's police car, glanced at the hearse behind him, and wondered if he should find a chance to burn the body now.

Despite his thoughts, Matsuda knew that doing so was unrealistic.

There are still some parts of Marujiro's body that have not been fully examined.

If he ruins it now, Inspector Megure will fight him to the death!

From Marujiro's house to the Metropolitan Police Department, you have to go through a one-kilometer-long tunnel.

Normally it would take at most a minute or so to get there, but today, even after Inspector Mugure's police car had driven quite a distance out of the tunnel, the hearse still hadn't come out.

"Denmi, what's going on? Why haven't your vehicles left the tunnel yet?" Matsuda asked, picking up the walkie-talkie.

"...Officer Matsuda, we've run into a problem here!" On the other end of the walkie-talkie, Denmi's voice trembled slightly.

Inspector Megure snatched the walkie-talkie from Matsuda's hand and shouted, "What happened?"

“Inspector, you’ll understand once you come and see for yourselves. It’s probably not clear enough to explain over the walkie-talkie.”

On the other end of the walkie-talkie, Denmi's voice sounded like he was about to cry.

……

Inspector Megure drove the police car back the way it came and found the hearse parked in the middle of the tunnel.

Later, I finally understood why Denmi said things couldn't be explained clearly over the walkie-talkie.

Because the body of Kamimaru Fujiro, who was transporting the hearse, had disappeared!

The forensic unit's hearse is a small truck with a driver in the front and a refrigerated container in the back.

It has been running smoothly for over ten years, and there has never been a case like today where a body was lost.

“Inspector, we really don’t know what happened,” Denmi said with a look of horror. “When the car was in the middle of the tunnel, we heard a loud bang from the back of the car!”

"I quickly stopped the car and got out, and saw that the rear door seemed to have been forced open by something!"

Denmi pointed to the deformed door latch.

"Then we discovered that the body had also disappeared!"

"Strange, how could the body disappear?" Inspector Megure muttered to himself. "Could there be bandits who specialize in stealing corpses?"

“But Inspector,” Denmi said in alarm, “I stopped the car as soon as I heard the bang, and when I got out, I didn’t see anyone else.”

"What about the body? It couldn't have just flown away, could it?" Inspector Megure glared and snorted.

“Inspector, the body may have escaped from here,” Matsuda said, standing less than three meters away from the hearse.

At his feet was a half-open manhole cover.

"Search immediately! Find the robbers who stole the body no matter what!" Inspector Megure roared. "How dare they steal a body from a police officer! They're provoking the Metropolitan Police Department!"

Although Megure and the other officers believed the incident was deliberate, Matsuda had already received a notification from the system.

Marujiro's body had turned into a zombie; it escaped from the sewers on its own!

Matsuda immediately volunteered and, without waiting for Megure's consent, took the lead and chased after him into the sewers.

Inspector Megure was naturally very pleased with this, as he assumed that Matsuda had also been angered by the other party's provocation of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Matsuda originally planned to catch up with the zombie as quickly as possible, before the other officers could catch up, so he could deal with it ahead of time.

But when he got to the sewer, he was immediately stunned.

Is this thing really a sewer?

How did it get built so interconnected? It's almost like a maze.

Looking at the maze-like passage in front of him, Matsuda finally realized that the passage in front of him was not a sewer for discharging sewage, but a drainage channel specifically for flood control!

Because Tokyo experiences frequent rainfall, the government has always put a lot of effort into building flood discharge channels to prevent flooding.

Just like these flood discharge channels in front of Matsuda, even the shortest ones are nearly three meters high, and people standing inside don't feel stuffy at all.

This flood discharge channel would be excellent if used to discharge floodwaters.

But now, it's a huge problem for Matsuda, who wants to catch up with the zombies!

After entering the tunnel, Matsuda walked a short distance forward and came to a fork in the road.

In addition to the passage he was in, there were three more passageways in front of him and on both sides!

Damn, which way should we chase after them?

Matsuda glanced at his feet. Because it had rained yesterday, the flood discharge channel was still covered with a shallow layer of water after being washed away by the rain. There was no trace left by the zombies.

"Brother Matsuda, how are you?"

Inspector Megure and the other officers caught up from behind.