At twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the Naha Police Station's fleet sailed into the port of Kurosami Island and quickly cordoned off the entire island under the leadership of the Yamaguchi Police Department. The inhabitants of the island looked at them curiously and fearfully, but they were talking about the almost identical scene of ten years ago.

The body in the woods had been taken away and a preliminary autopsy had been performed on the ship, but the results were not in the slightest match for what Nao had observed.

"Bruises?"

The young police officer looked at the forensic doctor in a bit of a daze, and the latter nodded affirmatively.

"There was a clear bruise on the back of the body, which should have been sustained by the victim before his death. At that time, it did not manifest itself, and it was not until the body was supine that it gradually became clear after pressure, which was completely different from the corpse spots, and there were traces of tissue contusion on the inside of the skin. ”

The medical examiner retrieved the photo from the digital camera, and Nao looked down and found that on the back of the corpse in the photo, there was a bruise-red bruise about the shape of the sole of an adult's shoe.

But if you look closely, you will find that this is the shape of a sole, which is clearly the shoe print of an outdoor boot!

"The shoe prints, plus the nylon rope pattern on the neck of the deceased, the shirt that was taken away...... And so it was. Nao said quickly, turned around suddenly, and shouted at the startled Sanada String Sosuke, "Go and block the Golden House, don't let them run away!"

Sosuke Sanada waved to the police officers on the side, and immediately several people ran in the direction of the shopping street. Only then did he turn around and ask, "Do you know the identity of the deceased?"

"If there are no accidents, it should be true. Nao nodded as he looked in the direction the officer had run away.

"On this small island, which is dominated by fishing and tourism, the only people who can dress up like this are tourists, and as far as I know, the only tourists on the island are those treasure hunters of the Golden House, except for us in Akamahama-tei. I've been in contact with them before, and the woman among them ...... It is likely that the deceased was found in the woods. ”

“...... Uneven distribution of spoils?"

"That's after they found the treasure. As for this incident...... Nao thought quickly in her mind, "Judging from the last time I had contact with them, the interior of those treasure hunters was not monolithic either—it was obvious that Higa Soji and the woman called 'Shayako' did not like each other, and it was all up to the antique appraiser 'Keito' to reconcile them. Yesterday, in order to stumble on Higa Soji, I deliberately revealed the information of the treasure puzzle, that is, what conflict happened during or after they solved the puzzle, which made Higa Soji kill Shayazi. ”

"It's Higa Soji again, first blaming his brother after causing a tragedy ten years ago, and then killing his accomplices this time, what's going on with this guy?"

"Who knows...... The wonderful logic of the murderers is something I will never understand for the rest of my life. ”

For those who have abandoned their sanity and acted on their biological instincts, there is nothing wrong with killing people for one reason or another, and it is just bad luck to be discovered, and even if they are lucky enough to escape the pursuit, they do not have any self-blame but are complacent, and even cry "no way" to beg for sympathy and forgiveness after being caught - but will anyone really forgive them? Those who say that they are pitiful, but in their hearts they think "It's good that it's not me" will forgive them but it's nothing more than their own businessreads(); The child daughter-in-law of the fourth grandfather and sister-in-law.

But what about the parties, what about the families, what about relatives and friends?

If she hadn't come to Black God Island, the people of Makiyu would probably spend their whole lives staring at Higa Soji in order to wait for an opportunity to take revenge.

And after revenge, more people will fall into this inescapable reincarnation.

And what about herself—what did she do after finding out the cause of her father's death?

Nao was a little dazed, and her eyes gradually lost focus due to her thoughts...... She seemed to see a large swamp gushing out in front of her, bubbling mud and miasma, as if she would sink into it if she took the wrong step, and could only watch as she slowly became surrounded by sludge and eventually turned into dry bones......

Sanada saw the suddenly distracted eyes of the girl beside him, and hurriedly reached out to grab her shoulders - sure enough, the next second, Nao was suddenly awakened like a nap, and even cold sweat broke out.

"Hey, are you alright?"

"Ah, sorry, I'm distracted. Nao touched her sweaty forehead, and her tentacles were cold.

Looking at her pale face, Sanada couldn't help but frown.

"How long has it been since you eat?"

"Like...... I haven't eaten since Mrs. Mieda's death. ”

"Didn't sleep either?"

The young officer nodded honestly, and his face darkened with this action.

"It's just nonsense! What can I do if I don't eat or sleep, my brain is spinning!"

"But there's no time. Nao smiled bitterly, "Seeing that it is almost the time that the puzzle refers to, Mrs. Mieda is at this time again...... The motive for the killings ten years ago cannot be explained without solving the puzzles and finding the treasure. I don't have any evidence, I can only watch the real murderer get away with this kind of thing again, and I don't want to encounter it once!"

Sanada opened his mouth, but finally sighed. As a police officer, he understands Nao's thoughts very well. On several occasions in the ten years of his career, it was because there was not enough evidence to acquit people even if they were caught—a feeling of irritation and remorse.

The tall police officer looked down at his self-disciplined red-haired student, and his overly strict expression relaxed slightly.

"With the police support of the Naha Police Station, you don't have to be so nervous, just come at a normal pace. ”

Hearing this, Nao grinned a little embarrassedly: "It's because you guys came that I relaxed a little, and it turned out to be the way I was just now...... Sanada-sensei, don't tell my grandmother about this incident, or I'll be waiting for me all night when I go back to Tokyo. Maybe a kneeling cane or something? That stuff makes me hairy just thinking about it!"

Sanada Sosuke was stunned for a moment, and then promised in a deep voice.

"Ahh I promise you. ”

Leaving the ship of the forensic section, Nao and Sanada walked on the concrete road along the harbor. Having just come off the rocking boat, both of them had a little weak legs, and they looked lazy when they walked. As soon as he reached the door of the harbor tourist hut, a young man with the words "Naha Metropolitan Police Department" printed on his vest rushed out of the woods reads(); The Theory of Angelic Evolution of Regeneration.

"Sanada Police Department!!" he shouted as he ran, "I've finally found you!"

"Don't shout, hurry up and look like!" Sanada frowned dissatisfiedly.

"yes, I'm sorry, I ran a little far, and I ...... it with too much force"

The young man held his knees and gasped for air, and said in a choppy. Nao saw a few mud marks on his pants, which were obviously left by a fall while running wildly in the woods, and he couldn't help but feel a heavy jump in his heart, and hurriedly asked, "Is something happening to Akane Binting?"

"No, no!" The man waved his hand vigorously while trying to get his way, "It's not Akane Hama Pavilion who caused the accident, it's Higa Soji!"

"Higa Soji?!" the two were taken aback when they heard this. Sanada's brow twitched even more, and he glared at him with a stern look like an eagle.

"Takagi, aren't you in charge of going to the lighthouse to find the suspect for questioning, why did you go to Higa Soji?"

"I did go to the lighthouse, but when I arrived, I realized that Higa Soji was there too. Speaking of the situation in the lighthouse, Takagi looked miserable, "He was beaten half to death by Kaneshiro Lightyear, if we go a little later, I'm afraid we will die!"

Nao and Sanada glanced at each other - she did deduce Mieda Matayoshi's purpose, but what she didn't expect was that Mieda's plan would take effect so quickly!

"I didn't expect that Yuren's description was not exaggerated at all, but I thought too narrowly. Nao muttered, "Lighthouse keeper Kaneshiro Lightyear is said to have been madly obsessed with Mieda Matayoshi, and with a telescope on the lighthouse for observing ships, and no obstacles between it and Akanehama-tei, it's easy to spy on Mieda's life with a telescope...... He'd probably know right away that Mieda had died in Higa Soji's room, and that Higa Soji hadn't returned all night—"

So the fact is just as Matayoshie Mieda planned, with his own death to let the rest of the murderers kill each other, and none of them can escape. ”

"It's like a weird story, and he doesn't hesitate to turn into a ghost for revenge...... If it weren't for the existence of modern law, I would have admired her strategy. It's a pity that it's no longer the freewheeling era of the Warring States period. ”

"What nonsense, she almost killed you!" Thinking about Nao, she almost died in her vicious thoughts, Sanada's face darkened, "No wonder she can be ruthless to strangers like you, not only feelings, but she even counts her own life...... What a terrible woman. ”

Nao laughed noncommittally, but the police officer surnamed Takagi nodded approvingly.

Both of them are the type with strong mobility, and they just sighed a little and quickly set off to the lighthouse, but they were pitiful for Takagi who had just rushed from the lighthouse to patrol, and before they could calm down, they had to follow them back the way they came.

From a distance, you can only see the lighthouse standing on the edge of the cliff, and you can only see its fortress-like sturdy and majestic form, but when you get closer, you can see that the tower is actually dilapidated, the red paint is mottled, and a few weeds have stabbed out of the cracks in the stone path, almost like a haunted tower that has been abandoned for many years.

The whole tower has been blocked by the cordon, a few islanders outside the cordon stretched out their heads in groups of three or two, more than 20 meters high lighthouse lookout, a few vague figures can be seen faintly.

Sanada contacted the Yamaguchi police station on a walkie-talkie outside the tower so that the injured could be transferred and guarded, while Nao and Takagi entered the lighthouse first. The whole lighthouse has four floors, the first and second floors are storage rooms, the third floor is the room where the caretaker lives, the fourth floor is the studio with various instruments, and from the fourth floor is the lookout tower. Records of Spiritual Life.

Nao stood on the spiral staircase between the fourth floor and the observation deck, staring blankly at the bloodstains that had snaked all the way - from the living room on the third floor to the studio on the fourth floor, there was a long trail of gruesome drags, and the staircase leading to the observation deck on the fourth floor, where Nao was now, had a jumble of fighting marks that ruined the entire "bloodstained road".

Judging by the state of the bloodstains, Jincheng Lightyear should have knocked the victim unconscious on the third floor, and then dragged him all the way to the top of the tower, but in the middle of the way, Biga Soji woke up, and the two scuffled here.

"Hey, it looks like Higa Soji has been walking around the Ghost Gate again. Guy with a big life. Nao laughed maliciously, sending shivers to Takagi, who had been trying to climb the stairs against the wall to keep it from getting blood.

"That...... Saotome-san?"

Looking at Takagi's face, which always looked a little dumbfounded, the love gushing in Nao's heart suddenly calmed down, and even a wonderful feeling of wanting to smile.

"Just call me Nao, Takagi-senpai, it's really unbearable to use honorifics for a junior high school student like me. ”

"Ah, don't say that, I'm a rookie who only joined the police force this year, and I have to call you a senior in terms of seniority!" Takagi seemed to have completely forgotten Nao's hideous appearance, and touched his head embarrassedly and smiled.

"As soon as I joined the police force, I was sent to help solve this vicious case, which is very powerful. ”

"That's not the case, in fact, I came to the Sanada Police Department for apprenticeship, and I haven't been assigned to a regular classroom yet......"

"Ah, I see, is it a rotation after graduating from the police academy. Nao pursed her lips, "Mr. Sanada is not an ordinary police officer, and the rotation probation of the search department can actually let you study with him, and it seems that the police academy also has a high evaluation of you." ”

"Huh, really, really?"

Takagi was so surprised that both eyes bulged out, and it was obvious that he had only heard the words that were highly rated. Nao grinned secretly, almost leaking out - the true function of the Fourth Search Division of the Kanagawa Metropolitan Police Department is known only to the serious crime teams of each bureau.

"But this time I followed the Sanada Police Department to the police, and I really had a lot of experience! Dealing with this kind of cross-regional vicious case is really something that I can't even think of when I am in other classes!" Takagi said with a red face, obviously satisfied with this work.

"So, Takagi-senpai, your future direction is the Search Division?"

"Eh, is that obvious?" Takagi touched his face, "I'd love to go to the search section, but I won't know the results until I'm evaluated at the end of my rotation...... Unlike those high-achieving students who are directly recruited by the police department after graduation, even if they enter the search department, they have to start from the patrol. ”

"Poof, can't you wait to get into the Crime Squad?" Nao smiled and compared the long blood stain on the stairs, "After seeing something like this?"

Takagi looked at her hand, his expression instantly frozen, and she seemed to hear the click of muscle petrification.

"Ah...... This is slightly ...... You'll get used to it. He said dryly.

Nao nodded in agreement with a stiff face, but secretly surprised in her heart - this person is simply incredible! Just a few words of conversation made her anxiety disappear at once, so is this the real reason why Sanada-sensei also has to bring a rookie with him when dealing with international crime cases?

But why?

Before she could think about it, the walkie-talkie connected to Sanada String Sosuke in her hand rang first.