In a matter of minutes, the clouds receded as quickly as they came, and it finally didn't rain. In order not to waste time, Nao asked the three teenagers in Higa to take a break at the guesthouse, while she and Yuto continued the unfinished action in the morning - to investigate the precipice of Higa's "suicide" in the tragedy ten years ago - but to her disappointment, after ten years, the traces of that year have disappeared as a matter of course, and now it is just an ordinary cliff.

Only a bouquet of daisies with tiny white flowers lay lonely on the top of the cliff.

Nao squatted □ flicked the flower with her fingers, and the delicate petals were as fresh as if they had just been plucked.

"Looks like someone has been here, not long ago, and someone who knows—or rather is familiar with—Higa. ”

"It won't be Kawakuma and Mingcheng, it won't be Shiranui, and it can't be Higa Soji. ”

Yuto groaned, "I'm afraid...... It's my mother. She wasn't home when we just went back. ”

"Does Lady Mieda often come here to pay respects to your father?" asked Nao.

Yuto stared at the bouquet and shook his head.

"Didn't have the anniversary of your father's death?"

"Nope. To be exact, she hasn't been here since she married my stepfather. ”

I haven't been here for almost a decade, why is it coming back at such a time? Is it just because of the upcoming bone-washing ceremony? And ...... How much does Yoshimie know about the tragedy ten years ago, and does she know that her husband was framed and killed?

But judging from her previous attitude towards Higa Soji at the guesthouse, if she knew......

"Let me ask you one more, what was the cause of your stepfather's death?"

"I guess I'm sick and dead. After all, his health has not been very good, and he has been sick for several years. ”

"Should it?" Nao's eyebrows moved.

In response to her question, Yuto shrugged his shoulders and put on a helpless expression.

"I have kidney insufficiency, but I am still an alcoholic, and I never leave the wine jug, and to be honest, I have been mentally prepared for it since several years ago. ”

"In that case, wouldn't it be better to go to the main island for treatment? The medical center on the Black God Island is completely incapable of treating them, right?"

"That's right...... But my stepfather had never been out of the island a few times in his life, and he had not been on the island since he had returned from a visit to the island. According to him, it seems to be a kind of strict zhòng's hospital phobia, and if he was asked to choose between going to the hospital and dying, he would definitely choose Cheng Dù, who would rather die of illness. Yuto said sarcastically.

"Yes. Nao's eyes flashed, and she didn't ask any more.

Since they couldn't find a clue here in the cliff, the two had to return to the Akane Pavilion again.

The clue seems to have been broken, but Nao's intuition tells her that there seems to be a key to uncovering the truth hidden in Yoshiakika's letterhead and last words - whether it is the sentence "The only one who can break free from hell is the golden soul of the black god", or his last words "The golden soul should remain in his heart forever".

She didn't know what the Golden Soul was, but she knew what she was going to do next.

"So, does Boss Youji's relics have anything to do with the case?"

Rin Hirakoba sat cross-legged, staring unblinkingly at Nao, who was rummaging through a pile of clutter.

"No possibilities can be left unattended. Nao picked up a scroll and looked at it, replying without looking back.

"Hmm, that looks like a real problem!" Rin rubbed her hair and shouted back as if she wasn't satisfied, "Hey, Mataki, lend me a rubber band!"

Jiyouren snorted unhappily, took out a rubber band from the drawer and threw it over.

"It's old-fashioned. ”

Rin took it and looked at it, muttering in disgust as she tied her hair into a short ponytail.

"If you have an opinion, don't use it. Yuto obliquely wore a gray kimono and Rin Hirakoba, who was dressed in blue Haori of Akane Hama-tei, "It's better not to even wear clothes, I can still earn some visit fees or something." ”

"Even if I strip naked, no one will come to your fingernail-sized homestay, right?"

"Oh, are you going to try it?"

"If you want to be beautiful, who wants to take it off!Since it's my thing to wear on me!" Rin Hirakuba showed a smiling smile, "You have the ability to pick it up...... Ahh

Before he could finish speaking, he was hit on the head by a scroll.

"I said can you stop the meeting? Get out without help!"

Nao kept her throwing stance and yelled irritably.

"Hey, why don't you just stare at me! That guy didn't help!"

"What do you say? Yuto raised her eyebrows defiantly, "This is my room. ”

"Hush. ”

Knowing that she was wrong, Rin tightened her coat and shut her mouth.

Nao put down what she was holding and rubbed her temples vigorously.

"Everything is here, nothing else?"

Yuto nodded, "That's all." Except for this box, other things such as clothes, shoes and socks were disposed of by my mother. ”

"That's ......"

Nao sighed and put the last clay sculpture, which was completely unrecognizable, into the box.

"Did you find any clues?" "Rin Hirakuba asked casually while playing with the flat cuboid he was holding in his hand upside down, "What is there that is worth turning over here, and Boss Matsuki is not necessarily a suspect, right?"

It's really possible...... Was this the instinct of a beast?Nao couldn't help but glance at Rin Hirakoba.

However, when the gaze fell on his hand, he couldn't help but pause.

"What are you holding?"

"Ah, I just picked it up in the box, and I forgot to put it back. ”

Rin Heiguba smiled and handed over the things in his hand.

Nao rolled her eyes and reached out to take it. And as soon as she started it, the unusual feeling made her frown.

"The weight is not ......"

A flat, slightly curved metal cuboid - rather a steel portable wine jug, the handwriting on the body of the jug has been somewhat blurred, and the mottled body looks even more aged. But what doesn't match its material and figure is that it's too heavy to fall in.

Nao shook the flask, but it was empty, and when he unscrewed the lid, he didn't notice anything unusual...... But when she took off her glasses and poked into the inside of the flask with her temples, she hit a distinctly raised arc at the lower end of the inner wall.

"Give me a piece of paper, a flat-edged screwdriver. ”

The girl police officer raised her head, and her solemn expression made Youyou's heart jump.

After gathering all the tools she needed, Nao began to verify her sense of foreboding. She turned the flask upside down and carefully scraped the unnatural bulge at the bottom of the jug with a screwdriver—and as she moved, pinches of grayish-black powder fell from the spout.

"W-What is this?"

Rin Pingguba's breathing was much lighter, for fear of blowing away the powder on the white paper. Nao put down the flask and wiped her fingers over the edge of the pile of powder, the smooth touch and the black lines that suddenly appeared on the white paper made her heart beat as heavy and heavy as a piledriver.

"If I'm not mistaken......" she pursed her lips, "it's lead." ”

"Lead?" Rin looked at Nao, and then looked up at Yuto who was standing aside, "What's the matter with lead in the jug? Isn't this thing poisonous!"

"I'm afraid that's it. ”

Nao said without warmth, and his unobscured sharp gaze pierced at the shocked Matayoshi Yuto.

"Drinking wine with this lead-containing flask for many years, lead poisoning is inevitable. Chronic lead poisoning caused renal insufficiency, and the kidneys and liver were unable to excrete the toxin, after which they continued to drink the poisoned alcohol...... Over the years, even the healthiest person will die. Calculate the time, when Boss Youji went to the island to see a doctor, he already knew that his life was short. ”

"If that's the case, then why did he ...... Ah!!" As if thinking of something, Rin Hirakuba involuntarily shifted his gaze to Yuto Makichi, whose face was blank.

"Who is the one who gave the flask to Makishiminga?"

“......”

"Is it you? or ...... Your mother, Lady Mieda?"

In the face of Nao's questioning, Makiyuto closed his eyes and clenched his teeth without saying a word.

"Don't you want to say it. ”

Nao stood up and shook her head, "Forget it, I don't need an answer anymore. ”

With that, she slipped the flask into her pocket, walked around the statue in front of the door, pulled the door open and walked out of the room.

It wasn't until dinner time that Youji Youyou appeared in front of people.

The Shiraishi siblings have returned, and Tomokari is chattering around Nao about the day's harvest, while Shiraishi is interested in talking to the three young Higa junior high school members about tennis skills after hearing about their club. Nao smiled and nodded, but her eyes didn't leave Mrs. Mieda, who was in and out of dinner, and the adventure that Yukari poured into her left ear came out of her right ear.

Like Nao, although Matakichi Yuto kept helping Mrs. Mieda serve food from time to time, his attention was obviously on his mother, and he didn't leave for a moment.

I don't know if it's because of the large number of people, but today's dinner is a traditional Japanese style with a small low table per person. Each has a bowl of rice, a side dish, a bowl of soup on their plate, a small bowl of tender whole green mustard, and a grinding tool next to it – the main course is a large plate of very fresh sashimi with sea grapes.

"This color...... Wow, is it a black tuna!

Yuka's saliva was dripping, and she flicked her short ponytail and happily thanked Mrs. Mieda, "Auntie, you are such a good person!"

"Ah, thank you, little lady, for your compliment!" said Mieda, chuckling lightly. She picked up the plate next to her, turned her head and instructed Youren, "I'll go and deliver food to Mr. Zongji, Youren-kun, I'll leave it to you here." ”

“...... It's better for me to deliver the man's room. Yuto opened his mouth and squeezed out such a sentence.

Mrs. Mieda smiled and bent the corners of her eyes.

"You kid, where is there such a rule? Qianbin Pavilion hasn't been so lively for a long time, these children are also your peers, you can talk to them more, and Yourenjun should also make more friends!"

Without waiting for Yuto refute, Mieda left the dining room with a plate and in a good mood.

Yuto pursed her lips and looked at her back with complicated eyes until she turned the hallway and disappeared from view.

"Ginny-chan again—hurry up, hurry, I'm almost hungry!!"

Touka's yelling voice came from behind, forcing Yuto to retract his attention. He walked over to the table, forced himself not to meet those oppressive eyes, and laid the plate in front of Nao.

Then he turned around and left the dining room without looking back.

Nao sighed secretly and clasped his palms with the others in a high-spirited voice.

"Thanks for all the food – I'm going!"

The sound of grinding mustard rang out one after another.

Kuranosuke Shiraishi, who was sitting to the right of Nao, sighed as he grinded the wasabi, "Sure enough, you still have to eat sashimi with your own wasabi! No matter how delicious the finished green wasabi is, it will never have such a touching flavor." ”

"Xiao Zang, you are getting more and more old and decrepit, not only as a hobby, but also as ...... taste as an old man"

Yuka beside him showed a disgusted expression and stuck out her tongue at her brother. The cute watch Xiàn drew a laugh - only Nao was the only one with a strained face and didn't know what to think. Although she didn't know the details, Rin Hirakuba, who had vaguely guessed a little bit of the inside story, looked at her worriedly, ignoring the thoughtful eyes of the two companions beside her.

"I said Nai, Neizang Suke, grinding mustard with a gloomy face is the real 'smeller tears', be careful to cry!"

Nao paused, regained her previous poker face disguise, and smiled at him with the wasabi saucer.

"Actually, I can also do 'tears when I see it', do you want to try it?"

“...... Please enjoy it for yourself. ”

Pingguchang twitched the corners of his mouth, complaining about "I'm worried in vain" and "It's really good to be kind".

As soon as he saw his face, Nao, who had grown up with him, immediately knew what he was thinking, and suddenly felt happy.

However, before she could put down the plate, Kuranosuke, who was sitting next to her, suddenly changed color, and his hand quickly pinched her wrist holding the wasabi saucer like lightning-

Nao was startled, and before his brain could react, his body moved first as if he was conditioned.

Kuranosuke only felt a pain in his wrist, and then a huge pressure hit his chest - and when he came to his senses, he realized that he had been crushed to the ground by that Matsuda Uchizosuke, and the other party's forearm was pressed under his throat, and it was difficult to even breathe.

"Kozo ——!!"

"What's the matter, Nao!!"

"Shut up, Rin!"

Time paused for a second, and then staggered shouts erupted - Yukari, who wanted to come up and pull away from the two, pressed Yuka's wooden hand to prevent her from making trouble, Pingguba, who looked like he was about to pounce, and Kai, who held Pingguba with his arm to prevent him from moving...... The restaurant was in an instant chaos.

Nao's eyes flashed, and he quickly let go of Kuranosuke, who was suppressed by himself—only for two or three seconds, he coughed uncontrollably.

"I'm so sorry, Shiraishi-kun," Nao apologized as she helped Shiraishi up, "I can't change this knee-jerk after learning karate, it's my fault, I'm really sorry!"

Kuranosuke waved his hand to show that he didn't mind, looking at his expression as if he wanted to laugh, but he couldn't suppress his cough.

"Nothing, look...... Ahem, ahem, it looks like I'm still ...... Still underestimate your reflexes, early ...... Ahem, Saotome-san. ”

Nao raised an eyebrow in surprise, and before she could speak, Rin jumped up by pointing at Shiraishi first.

"Boom, you, how are you ......?"

"You screwed it up, Rin, you idiot!"

Yujiro Kofei mercilessly gave him a head hammer, and Yuto, who didn't know when he appeared in the dining room, also sneered as if he were sneering.

Yuka looked left and right, although she didn't figure out what was going on, but seeing that her brother was fine, as if there was some misunderstanding, she obediently didn't make a sound.

After Kuranosuke calmed down, Nao raised the wasabi plate in his hand and said, "Let's not talk about the rest for the time being." Look at your reaction...... There's something wrong with this, right?"

"That's right. ”

Kuranosuke let out a long breath, and his face became particularly solemn.

"It's not green mustard, it's poisonous weeds. ”

"Poisonous weed——?!" Yukari still couldn't hold back after all, and screamed in a lost voice, "Hey, Xiaozang, you're not kidding! The green mustard we just grinded is a poisonous weed?!"

"No, not us. Only Saotome-san's dish is poisonous weeds, and we are all ordinary green mustard, which is wasabi. ”

Shiraishi took the saucer from Nao's hand and sniffed deeply, "It looks almost the same as a wasabi tuber, it smells no aroma, it has a bitter taste - this should be hooked and kissed leaf celery." After refining, only 0.6 grams are needed to kill a strong adult. ”

Everyone gasped and looked at each other. Nao suddenly raised his head like an electric shock, and his knife-like gaze stabbed at the terrified Matsukito Yuto. Rin Hirakuba obviously thought of something based on the conversation not long ago, and his smile, which had always been slightly evil, became extremely hideous, and he stared at Youren Mikichi with the momentum of choosing people.

The ugly face of the excellent person is even better than that of Pingguchang, and the handsome face even reveals a death-like cyan.

Nao suddenly jumped up, ignoring Yuren's disgraced expression, tugging at his collar and asking eagerly, "Where is Lady Mieda?"

A sentence cleaved Yuruto's soul like thunder.

He took a deep breath to stabilize his spirit, grabbed Nao's wrist tightly with his backhand, and pulled her to run out of the door as fast as he could in his life-

"At Higa Soji!"

In a flash, the two disappeared from the courtyard.

The author has something to say:

Stayed up late to write, and it was cool (hey

Regarding the hook parsley and wasabi (Japanese wasabi) in the text, put the picture above to make it easy for everyone to compare.

Hook kiss leaf celery↓

Wasabi ↓

Look at their tubers, they're almost identical, right??

Hook barramundi leaf celery is a sixth-level toxin, which can lightly kill people, and the danger level is five stars~~

By now, the plot has finally unfolded, and the dead have finally begun to die (. ）...... The next thing is much easier. Sweat.