The next morning, when the rising red sun had just jumped over the sea level, Nao was ready to go. The humid air on the island brought a lot of inconvenience to her wearing a wig, but in order to hide this face that is not too much to describe as well-known to passers-by, she could only silently endure the discomfort and continue to drape the cross-dressing equipment provided by Werewolf San's friendship.

Even if it's to get rid of this thing early, you have to solve the case as much as possible, Nao sighed in her heart. She didn't want to scratch her head hard at the scene of the case like Kazukosuke Kaneda, nor did she want to see the mushroom on her head.

Just thinking about the current progress...... Nao couldn't help but sigh inwardly. The short spring break didn't leave much time for her to move freely, but now not only did she not even unravel the obscure poem, but she also had another case to worry about.

The murder that took place on the island of the Black God ten years ago.

Pushing the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, looking at the familiar face in the mirror that was blurred by his temperament, Nao's heart swelled with a sore swell. Although ten years have passed, whenever she sees the facial features on her face that are very similar to those of her father Saotome Kohei, she always remembers her father. The words that Harumi said when she was drunk in the morning and haunted her for ten years were like a curse, and the pain and unwillingness that had been slightly smoothed out by time sprouted again through this trip to Black God Island, and her deep obsession turned into nutrients that supported her continuous pursuit and exploration.

It's just that I don't know what color flowers will eventually bloom.

Is it as brilliant as fire? or is it ...... How black is solidified sin?

Whether it's a ghost or a snake, let's show up quickly. Looking at the pair of green pupils that had long since lost their clarity and innocence, Nao thought to herself. On this island of the Black God, surrounded by strange fog and blood, there are more than just these two cases that she wants to explore!

When Nao walked into the dining room, Matakiyuto had been waiting for a long time—a young man in his trademark blue half-body feather weave leaned against the door with his hands crossed, his eyelids half-constricted as he stared at the lighthouse on the cliff in the distance, his long eyelashes blocking the light and extinction in his eyes. Yuka Shiraishi, who was sitting at the dining table with her brother, lowered her head and picked up the rice, secretly looking at Yuto's handsome face that was not much better than the popular idol with what she thought was hidden.

Nao nodded to Kuranosuke Shiraishi, who had already noticed her, and sat down at the low table beside her.

"Breakfast, Japanese or Western?"

Yuto asked casually, turning his head sideways. Obviously different from the previous respectful service language, the familiar tone made the eyes of the Baishi brothers and sisters on the side show a look of surprise.

Nao glanced at him.

"And the formula. By the way, help me make a few rice balls for lunch. ”

Yuto's eyes flashed, and he nodded and left the dining room.

It wasn't until the back of the blue feather weave completely disappeared at the end of the corridor that Yuka was like a small animal out of a cage, and jumped in front of Nao after three or two mouthfuls of food, and the short ponytails like the ears of the two puppies were thrown around excitedly.

"Na, Matsuda-chan, do you know?"

"Sort of. ”

"It's so nice to be able to meet such a handsome guy! It's like Xiao Zang, the members of their club are too ordinary!" Yuka puffed out her cheeks.

"Hey, that's rude to Koishikawa! It's ordinary, but it's full of personality compared to the rest of our department. ”

Listening to Kuranosuke's serious explanation, the corners of Nao's mouth twitched - to what extent do your club members have "individuality" to make the ordinary become a kind of personality? And your statement is more rude than Yukari's......

"I'm talking about faces!" I said faces!" Tomokari retorted loudly and mercilessly, "Can you pick out which of them stands within the line of handsomeness? Except for your new members of the department this semester and Brother Kenya, who are barely stepping on the line, everyone else is outside the atmosphere!"

Kuranosuke thought about it and solemnly bowed down to Yukari□

"I'm sorry that all but me are not qualified. ”

"Poof......

Watching Shiraishi Kuranosuke's crosstalk-like performance, Nao couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Oh, what an ecstasy-!"

Kuranosuke gave her a thumbs up and gave her a refreshing smile.

"For mancai, laughter is the highest compliment!"

"Poof! Xiaozang is good soil!" Yuka dutifully booed, "Obviously a handsome guy still does this kind of thumbs-up posture that was popular decades ago, it can't be described as peculiar, I think it's better for you to change your name to Wonderful!

"Wonder Pill...... Are you saying that I will be suppressed by my opponent in the game and kill myself? I am not Oda Nobutada!"

"Oda's faithfulness, I'm just saying you're wonderful!"

The Shiraishi siblings were happily practicing complaining and pretending to be stupid, while Nao, who was originally acting as a spectator, suddenly froze as if he had been electrocuted at a moment a few seconds ago, and his eyes behind the lenses gradually widened - like a surging torrent, and sudden inspiration washed through his mind, making the words and phrases buried in the mud and sand appear their original posture.

Wonder Pill...... Nobuta Oda ...... Oda Nobunaga...... The Sixth Day Demon King...... Incineration......

Burned at the hands of the Demon King...... Spirit of the Seven Stars?

Generally speaking, the so-called "seven stars" mostly refer to the Big Dipper in the constellation Ursa Major, although there are other explanations, but if you think about it together with the previous keywords......

Oda Nobunaga, known as the Demon King of the Sixth Heaven, is said to have burned a large number of treasures when he committed suicide during the Honnoji Incident, and one of them happened to be related to the "Seven Stars": the pottery that was given to the Emperor of Japan by Tang Xuanzong, who in turn gave it to the Ashikaga shogunate, and finally fell into the hands of Oda Nobunaga through Ashikaga Yoshimasa and Miyoshi Yoshiken.

Therefore, the meaning of "the spirit of the seven stars burned at the hands of the demon king looking down on the earth" should refer to the "three days and moons" sitting in the night sky and looking down on the earth.

The crescent moon on the third night of the first month is called the "three-day moon", the night of the three-day moon - this is obviously a time.

So the next sentence "Behind the snakes that fled in panic, a thousand needles were buried in the snake hole", should be the location, right?

The young police officer dressed as a teenager lowered her eyelids, and the corners of her lips curled slightly.

It's really a great help, the two comic masters of the Shiraishi family.

After breakfast and bidding farewell to the Shiraishi siblings who were going to look for special herbs for their father, Nao and Yuto left Akanehama Pavilion together.

Although it was decided last night to investigate together, Yuren still didn't have any clue how to act. Ten years have passed, and the evidence may have disappeared, so where do we start to find out? The fact that he knew who the real murderer was, but there was no evidence to show to anyone, made him full of frustration.

Now I can only ask this guy. Yuto moved his gaze to the person beside him—no matter in the past or now, no matter how harsh the environment, that confident gaze that never squinted never seemed to leave her eyes, and this unpleasant belief was one of the reasons why he was able to bow his head and respect her as the "head of the eldest sister".

Although the mouth has never admitted it.

Sighing slightly in his heart, Yuto asked, "Where are you going to start investigating?"

"Stalactite cave. ”

"Stalactite caves, there are three stalactite caves on this island alone, ...... you?"

Before the question could be spoken, Yuto found the answer in Nao's eyes.

“...... Could it be 'there'?"

Nao nodded.

Whether she's looking for clues to a murder from a decade ago or solving a puzzle in a poem, her first destination will always be there - and after figuring out the answer to "Three Days and Moon Nights", the place mentioned in the poem naturally emerges.

Behind the snakes that fled in panic, a thousand needles were buried in the snake holes.

The snake cave here is not a "cave inhabited by snakes", but a "cave like a snake", because combining the later "thousand needles" with this sentence vividly depicts the structure of the underground structure of Kurojin Island, a stalactite cave with a swirling, curved, slippery, damp snake-like body, and countless needle-like stalagmites.

And the phrase "behind the snakes that fled in panic" is linked to an incident that happened here in the past, isn't it exactly the murder incident ten years ago?

Why should the snakes flee in panic? Because there are predators behind them.

Why did the victim flee? Because there is a murderer behind it.

A hole that hides the murderer and has "a thousand needles".

"That's right. It was the stalactite cave where the body of your father, Higa Kenichi, was found. ”

Hearing Nao say this, Makiyuto couldn't help but purse his lips.

The atmosphere between the two fell silent for a moment.

Like two monks who did not understand the amorous customs, Yuto and Nao hurried silently, and the fairyland beauty of the trees in the early morning could not stop them at all. They walked around the shrine, out of the woods, and through the side streets where the shops were gathered, and in a few moments, a bare cliff appeared in front of them.

Yuto led Nao down a path beside the cliff, with a jagged reef and crashing waves on the left and a deep black cavern like a crack on the right.

"This is it. ”

Yuto said with a sigh.

The two-man cave is clearly artificially excavated, but compared to the other two stalactite caves on the island, which are decorated with colorful lights and look like a dream city, this place is much more desolate.

The deep cave was pitch black. No matter how strong the sunlight is, it can only shine into the cave two or three meters away, and the rest is swallowed into the hairy sticky darkness, and the cave blows out the cold air with a damp smell, standing at the entrance of the cave, you can immediately feel the slight pain of the cold wind like a blade blowing on your cheeks, small and thin.

Nao took out a flashlight from his bosom and shone it inside the cave.

"It seems to have been abandoned for many years. ”

"That's nature. Since that incident, no one has dared to enter here...... At first, there were some strange tourists, but then somehow rumors spread that this place was haunted, and gradually no one wanted to come. Yuto hugged his shoulders and said mockingly.

"Haunted...... ? ”

Nao glanced at Yuto meaningfully.

"When I left Tokyo, I looked at the materials of the murder on Kurojin Island ten years ago, and there was a part of it that I was concerned about - although Kenichi Higa's body was found in the cave at that time, I didn't find any traces of his entry into the cave, including footprints, bloodstains, etc...... What do you think that means?"

"Wait, wait, I've never ...... this kind of thing"

"Of course you don't know, because it's not open to the public. Nao interrupted, "The last person to see your father at that time was Higa Soji - and this was one of the important factors in my choice to believe what you said - according to his testimony, the murderer, after slashing him, seemed to know that he had no way to escape, so he cut himself by the neck and 'jumped off the cliff.'" Later forensics also showed that the traces on that cliff were indeed the location of the murderer's 'suicide'...... But why was his body found in a stalactite cave, and why did a man who should have fallen into the sea with no bones left appear in a place that was completely impossible, as if teleporting, without leaving any trace?"

That's what Mother said...... The curse of the Black God...... Where is that?" Yuto muttered blankly.

I'm afraid this is also where Higa Soji can't figure it out, and even feels frightened, Nao said in his heart. If Higa Soji was the real murderer, it would be impossible to look at the corpse that was obviously killed by himself and thrown into the sea, appearing in such a strange place in the blink of an eye, so that he could have completely disappeared back to the Black God Island - the purpose was to participate in the 10th anniversary bone washing ceremony of the dead Kenichi.

also gave her the opportunity to solve the unsolved case of the year.

After all, this small island in the Ryukyu Islands is a very, very superstitious place, which is why in just ten years, it has changed from a gradually emerging tourist attraction to a "ghost island" with only more than 50 inhabitants and even the locals are taboo.

Nao let out a sneer from his nose, and just wanted to speak, but his expression suddenly changed, and he pulled Yukito, who was still immersed in his own world, and quickly got into the hole where he couldn't see his fingers.

"Hey, you ......"

"Shhhh ”

Hearing this, Matakiyuto suddenly came back to his senses, turned his head sideways and listened carefully, and his beautifully shaped peach blossom eyes suddenly became as sharp as a falcon.

"Higa Soji is also there!"