Nightmare Apostle

Chapter 1960: Chapter 1109: Upheaval (Part 2)

"I’ll find a way to act on the train. If nothing goes wrong, Miss Takagi will receive the ticket tonight. I need her to cooperate with me. We will discuss the specific plan tonight."

"I’ve already received a notification. Those guys will come looking for us again before nightfall. I think they might bring some genuinely valuable clues this time," Kato Shinjiro said seriously.

Having said everything he needed, Kato Shinjiro left. It was not yet 7:30, and according to their schedule, Yandeta Chiyoda and Watanabe Gou’s group wouldn’t appear for another half hour.

The two returned to the detective agency. Seeing that Kato Shinjiro was safe and sound, Sakai Misaki’s tension eased somewhat. She depended on Kato Shinjiro almost without reservation.

Counting last night, the other party had saved her twice now.

Yang Xiao and Kato Shinjiro announced their alliance on the spot, vowing to find a way to survive while also guarding against Yandeta Chiyoda and Watanabe Gou.

Calling it a defense was really just a euphemism for targeting, attacking, and eliminating.

Upon hearing this, Sakai Misaki seemed to realize something and suddenly felt a bit nervous. She looked at Kato Shinjiro, who was sitting there drinking coffee with Yang Xiao, and couldn’t help but advise, "Mr. Katou, it would be best for us to leave now. If... if Yandeta Chiyoda and the others find out we came early and are sitting with Mr. Chu Xi, they might get suspicious."

Hearing Sakai Misaki’s words, Kato Shinjiro smiled, put down his coffee cup, turned his head, and replied calmly, "Don’t worry. The more we act like this, the less they’ll suspect us. Leaving now would arouse suspicion."

"Kato Shinjiro, I’ve always been curious. Which person on the train last night was you?" Takagi Reina asked curiously.

Kato Shinjiro smiled, looking relaxed as he gazed at Yang Xiao. "Mr. Chu already spotted me. I was in car 6."

"You were that young man wearing metal-framed glasses, wide-legged pants, and a trendy outfit," Yang Xiao recalled the scene in an instant with remarkable memory.

He did have a suspect in car 6, but it wasn’t because he found any flaws. This suspicion was more of a long-cultivated intuition.

"You hid well," Yang Xiao praised rarely.

With Kato Shinjiro’s identity revealed, the identities of everyone on the ghost train last night came to light.

Yang Xiao was the "Ghost" patrolling the train. Takagi Reina was in car 3, playing a burly middle-aged man.

Xiao Lin Zhengyan was in car 4, assuming the identity of an old woman.

The middle-aged man in a suit who laughed at Yang Xiao in car 5 was Yandeta Chiyoda, while Yamamoto Chunai was the woman of the night.

Kato Shinjiro was in car 6, splendidly acting as a trendily dressed young man.

Sakai Misaki was in car 1, her identity being an elderly person with thinning hair. Her acting was really poor, but she got by because she had learned Yang Xiao’s code in advance.

In car 2, Yang Xiao had two suspects as well, but it turned out he overthought it. The last person was hiding in car 3—the private detective Watanabe Gou.

Takagi Reina confirmed his identity since she knew in advance that Takagi Reina was hiding there. Yang Xiao didn’t put much effort into searching.

Watanabe Gou was a teenage boy sitting in the far-right corner of car 3. Because of Yang Xiao’s departure, this guy sneaked a glance upward.

It was this glance that allowed Takagi Reina, not far opposite him, to lock on to him.

She continued observing and monitoring him throughout the journey, profiling his behavior as much as possible and noting his habitual responses.

Yang Xiao was quite satisfied with Takagi Reina as a helper. As he said, although not extremely intelligent, she was teachable, and importantly, she wasn’t inherently bad.

The difference between being inherently bad and having a heart of stone is significant. For the former, Yang Xiao would eliminate them if he could; the latter, as long as they don’t interfere with Yang Xiao, he largely ignores.

Even if some minor conflicts arise during the task, he doesn’t take them to heart; after all, he is magnanimous.

During the idle conversation, Xiao Lin Zhengyan barely spoke. With Mr. Chu Xi and Takagi Reina present, he only needed to guard his mouth, not needing to answer questions or solve puzzles. Talking too much would lead to more mistakes.

As they were talking, footsteps sounded in the corridor—Yandeta Chiyoda and Watanabe Gou had arrived.

With everyone present, they got down to business. Faced with Yamamoto Chunai’s disappearance, Yandeta Chiyoda acted as if she had amnesia.

The conversation quickly turned to the changes on the ghost train.

Yandeta Chiyoda and Watanabe Gou demonstrated sharp insight, noting that the ghost train was becoming more dangerous and the "passengers" were growing restless.

Every slight movement could alert opponents. Tonight’s situation would only deteriorate further; time was running out, and they needed to cooperate more closely to accelerate their progress.

In response, Watanabe Gou proactively extended an olive branch to Yang Xiao. "Mr. Chu Xi, regardless of any misunderstandings with Senior Sister Yuanda, I hope we can set aside personal grievances and focus on completing this mission first."

At the same time, Kato Shinjiro stepped up as a peacemaker. In this harmonious, warm-hearted scenario, Yang Xiao and Yandeta Chiyoda also expressed reconciliation, joining forces against external threats.

Next came the team assignments, splitting into three groups as usual. However, this time, Yang Xiao requested to stay behind, citing a physical disability, while Kato Shinjiro and Yandeta Chiyoda took charge of the investigative tasks outside.

Yang Xiao had his own reasons for this decision. Searching for clues carried risks, and he didn’t want to become a target for the Paint Ghost again.

Moreover, there might be unforeseen discoveries while guarding the detective agency.

Initially believing the reconciliation would make Yandeta Chiyoda moderate her behavior, Yang Xiao was surprised when she shamelessly asked for Xiao Lin Zhengyan to act with them under the pretense of easier communication between their teams.

This wasn’t about communication; it was clearly a demand for a scapegoat.

Takagi Reina promptly rejected this unreasonable request, not showing Yandeta Chiyoda any courtesy.

After the other two groups left, Xiao Lin Zhengyan was so angry that his fists clenched, and his body trembled.

Unexpectedly, those two wretches, who caused Yamamoto Chunai’s death last night, still hadn’t repented and now aimed to trap him.

"Mr. Xiaolin, stay here. Miss Takagi and I will step outside to talk, just in the corridor. Call me if anything happens," Yang Xiao pointed to the phone on the table, reminding him, "Keep an eye on the phone. Inform me immediately if there’s a call."

"Understood!" Xiao Lin Zhengyan was full of admiration for Mr. Chu Xi, believing him to be exceptionally capable, kind-hearted, and of outstanding character, presumably an excellent person in life as well.

Exiting the detective agency, Yang Xiao and Takagi Reina moved to one side of the corridor, not far away, directly visible from outside the agency.

Yang Xiao relayed everything Kato Shinjiro had told him to Takagi Reina in detail. freewebnσvel.cѳm

"What do you think? Share your thoughts," Yang Xiao inquired.

"Um... what does he mean by prophecy?" Takagi Reina asked, bewildered.

After Yang Xiao explained it to her as simply as possible, Takagi Reina was almost bursting with envy. "This... this damned place can actually be foretold! I’ll fight with you rich second-generation kids!"

Knowing that her mind occasionally had lapses, Yang Xiao ignored her, simply asking her opinion on the cooperation.

"His prophecy isn’t that simple; he didn’t tell you the whole truth, at least not completely," Takagi Reina analyzed.

"He must have seen some other clues. Otherwise, with the limited information he has, he wouldn’t dare to risk it," Takagi Reina continued. freewebnσvel.cøm

"You’re right. I think so too. That’s why I didn’t tell him the clues Yamamoto Chunai brought back," Yang Xiao added.

"Also, knowing he didn’t tell the whole truth makes me feel more at ease. After all, a person like him wouldn’t fully disclose everything right away; that would be more concerning."

"Also, I have a sense that his approach towards seeking cooperation isn’t fake."