Lin Xinyi was speechless.

But even if he didn't explain it, the Mumu Police Department knew where this reasoning came from:

Isn't it just because of Xiaolan?

No wonder Master Lin wanted to accept her as his disciple. It turned out that he wanted to use his own skills to suppress the evil spirit of this unfortunate girl and try his best to save the common people!

hiss

With Master Lin by her side to suppress her luck, Xiaolan would "kill" someone every once in a while.

If Master Lin were not here, wouldn't Tokyo be a river of blood?

Thinking of this, the Memu Police Department secretly glanced at the daughter of an old friend, slightly nervously.

Mao Lilan returned his smile innocently, smiling like an angel.

But it's no use

Angels, don’t they just send people to heaven?

The Mumu Police Department turned away his head in embarrassment, his expression even more fearful.

Lin Xinyi's mouth twitched, wanting to explain to Mao Lilan, but he couldn't.

In this way, in the silent communication and gaze between several people,

The atmosphere became tense again.

As soon as the feudal superstition was loosened, Deputy Director Zhu Xing was a little ready to move and hesitantly asked the "master" for advice:

"Lin Lin Management Officer."

"Now that you have confirmed it, Miss Kadowaki Saori who sent the commission letter may have suffered a 'bloody disaster'."

"Then the mermaid mentioned in her commission letter"

"It doesn't exist!" Lin Xinyi's face darkened:

After all, you are also a professionally trained police officer. Why are you still thinking about mermaids?

Don't think about it, how could such a thing exist in the world!

"No?" Morohoshi Toshio was still a little concerned: "But"

"But the address written on Miss Kadowaki Saori's letter is Wakasa Bay, Fukui Prefecture."

"This is the place where the mermaid legend originated."

The legend of "Eight Hundred Bhikshunis" has been circulating in Japan since ancient times.

Legend has it that this "Eight Hundred Bhikshuni" was once an ordinary fisherman girl who lived to be 800 years old because she ate mermaid meat.

And her hometown was in the ancient Wakasa Province, now Fukui Prefecture.

This is the address written on Kadowaki Saori's letter of entrustment.

This is the place where the mermaid legend originated, and the commission letter sent from here said "I will be killed by a mermaid", which is such a fantastic word.

more importantly

"Now in the mermaid shrine on this American island, there is still a longevity mother-in-law who has lived for 130 years."

"It is said that the reason why she is still alive and in good health is because she, like the legendary Eight Hundred Bhikshunis, has obtained the power contained in the mermaid flesh."

The longevity mother-in-law on the American island who is still alive and kicking at the age of 130 undoubtedly greatly adds to the credibility of the mermaid legend.

So much so that even a big shot in Tokyo like Deputy Director Morohoshi vaguely believed it.

But Lin Xinyi's mouth twitched when he heard:

"130 years old? Real or fake?"

The theoretical limit of human lifespan is 120 years.

The longest-lived person recognized by mankind with sufficient evidence is a French woman who lived for 122 years.

It is not impossible to say that some people can exceed the limit and live to be 130 years old.

It's just that the possibility is a bit too small.

Lin Xinyi was dubious about this.

But Deputy Director Zhu Xing seemed very sure:

"it is true."

"This longevity mother-in-law is very famous among the upper class circles in Tokyo."

"Every year when the Mermaid Festival is held on the American Island, there will be many people with high profile who specially go to the American Island to visit the long-lived mother-in-law."

"Actually," Deputy Director Zhu Xing paused slightly and said pointedly:

"You saw many guests at the venue today."

"They are also the guests of the longevity mother-in-law."

"This" Lin Xin came to his senses:

No wonder Deputy Director Morohoshi, a Tokyo native, is so familiar with the situation on the American Island in Fukui Prefecture.

No wonder he cares so much about the word "mermaid".

It turned out that he believed in this stuff.

Moreover, he had already gone to the American island with a group of similarly superstitious Brahmins to visit the longevity woman.

This is really

It's a pity that I sit down at the front table in the middle of the night and don't ask about the common people or ghosts and gods.

A group of national dignitaries and financial group leaders stopped doing business and went to the master to pray for immortality. Did their brains get kicked by a donkey?

Lin Xin sighed subconsciously in his heart.

But think about it carefully

This situation is quite normal.

The 1980s and 1990s were an era of chaos.

At the same time that Qigong masters and supernatural powers were popular in China.

There is also a trend of superstition advocating "supernatural energy" that is popular in Japanese society.

This craze swept the whole society. For a time, every family practiced martial arts and everyone talked about "cultivating immortals."

Not only the "ignorant" ordinary people believe it, but also the "smart" social elites.

Aum Shinrikyo, which carried out the terrorist attacks in Tokyo in 1995, developed under this background.

Under this background of the times, and considering that this country has not cleaned up the feudal remnants, it is indeed understandable that the upper class in Japan like to pray to gods and worship Buddha and engage in feudal superstition.

After all, these Brahmins had reached the pinnacle of wealth and power in the world.

There is no room for progress in material terms, so why don’t we have to exert our efforts in the field of metaphysics?

Who among them doesn’t want to “borrow another five hundred years from heaven”? Who doesn’t want to be like Qin Shihuang, who is more than 2,000 years old and still has the energy to send text messages and ask people to send money?

"I see."

Lin Xinyi understood Deputy Director Zhuxing's persistence in the mermaid legend.

But he still firmly denied:

"There are no mermaids in the world."

"As for the 130-year-old longevity mother-in-law"

Pretending to be a ghost, making friends with the powerful, and then working as an interest broker among the powerful is a common business model for masters.

The legendary longevity mother-in-law is probably also this kind of liar, right?

Those who really believe in this stuff are probably fools.

Lin Xinyi actually wanted to say this directly.

But out of the most basic workplace emotional intelligence, he still said politely in front of the leader:

"Maybe that mother-in-law is just healthy!"

"Is that so?" Deputy Director Zhu Xing sighed deeply:

Even masters say that mermaids are unscientific.

It seems that there are really no mermaids left in the world.

"but"

"Speaking of that American island, there is another weird thing."

Deputy Director Zhuxing finally regained some of his usual dignity.

He did not talk about any other supernatural things, but solemnly told Lin Xinyi, who was planning to go to the United States Island to investigate:
To be continued...