Text. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info News Season 18 of the Fourth Month of God Without Moon

The corpse of a Tengu patrol member is found in the mountains

At 12 o'clock in the afternoon of the O month, when our reporter Fumibunmaru went out to collect materials, he found the body of a white wolf tengu at the foot of the mountain of youkai. The corpse was well preserved with no visible trauma, but its skin was unusually shriveled, resembling a dried corpse that had been dead for many years. At present, the body has been sent to the Eternal Pavilion for autopsy, and Yokai Mountain has set up a task force to investigate the matter.

It is understood that the deceased was Shirako (pseudonym) of the Ichiban Team of the Youkai Mountain Patrol. Shirako and her sister live in Household X in Village X, and both are members of the patrol. According to her sister, Bai Zi has a gentle personality on weekdays, never causes trouble, and has never heard of any enemies in her. "I happened to have a shift off that day, so I asked her to bring me a bottle of wine after work, but I didn't expect her to come back. When the reporter asked about the situation before Baizi's disappearance, her sister cried. At present, her sister is in a stable mental state and only hopes that the murderer can be arrested as soon as possible.

Xiao Zhen (pseudonym), the captain of the patrol team, has taken the initiative to join the investigation of this case. It is reported that on the day of the crime, Xiao Zhen gave Bai Zi the task of patrolling alone, and she was also the last person to see Bai Zi before the crime. "It was the last routine patrol of the night, and when it was done, it was time to call it a day. Originally, the patrol was supposed to be in pairs, but at that time I happened to have a game of chess that I hadn't finished playing, so I asked Shirako to patrol the mountain alone. I thought at that time, anyway, the mountains are so calm, there can't be any accidents, but I didn't expect ......" Whenever she thought of Bai Zi's death, Xiao Zhen blamed herself very much, thinking that if she could accompany Bai Zi on duty, she could avoid the tragedy.

After the incident, Tengu-sama severely criticized Kotsuki's casual attitude and temporarily expelled him from the patrol, and was forbidden to return to the team until the murderer was caught.

The autopsy report points to a number of suspicions

In the early hours of this morning, the first phase of the autopsy has been completed on the Forever Pavilion side. The autopsy report, written by Dr. Yayi, an authoritative expert in Gensokyo's medical field, explained in detail the cause of Hakuko's death.

The report said that the time of death of the deceased was 12 midnight on October X, 12 hours before the time when the body was found. The cause of death of the deceased was excessive blood loss, in fact, more than eighty percent of the blood in his body was gone. The only external injuries to the deceased were two round holes in the neck, through which all of his lost blood was presumed to have flowed. Strangely, the deceased's clothes were intact, there were no signs of use of the weapon, there were no external injuries on his body except for two small holes in his neck, not even a trace of blood, and there were no signs of a fight at the scene of the crime, so it can be seen that the deceased did not put up any resistance before his death.

In addition, the deceased's belongings included an unopened bottle of sake, and the place of her death suggests that she was abducted and killed in the depths of the forest on her way back from the mountain to buy sake. No residue of drugs or anomalous magical powers was found in the deceased's body, making it difficult to determine the cause of her loss of resistance. It is worth noting that trace amounts of mucus residue were present on the neck of the deceased, inferred to be the saliva of some kind of organism. Further investigations are ongoing.

The suspects all have alibis

According to the autopsy report, the investigation team quickly zeroed in on the suspects, the three known vampires in Gensokyo: the Scarlett sisters and the newcomer Nalan. Due to the peculiarities of the modus operandi, there is every reason to believe that this was a vampire homicide. However, none of the three suspects in this case had a motive to commit the crime, and all had alibi certificates at the time of the crime.

According to the investigation, Remilia Scarlet, Flandoro Scarlet, and Nalan Twilight did not know the deceased Shirako, and none of them had ever been to the Monster Mountain. At the time of the crime, the trio were playing Dungeons & Dragons (a popular board game in the outside world) in the Red Devil Pavilion, as evidenced by the maid Sixteen Usaki, the witch Pache Norregi, the janitor Red Misuzu, the Ice Fairy Kiruno of the Lake of Mist, and the passing magician Marisa.

"To be sure, this was done by a vampire. After listening to the description of the case, Nalan judged that the scholar Patchoulie Norreki shared his view. But since all the vampires in Gensokyo stay in the Red Devil Pavilion, where exactly did the murderer come from?

Lord Tengu has given important instructions

This case has attracted the attention of Otengu-sama. The adults held a special meeting yesterday and issued three important instructions:

First, a special team was set up to investigate the case, and the manpower and material resources of the monster mountain were used to bring the murderer to justice as quickly as possible.

Second, reorganize the discipline of the patrol team and strengthen the security of the entire territory of Yokai Mountain.

Third, from now until the time the murderer is arrested, a curfew will be imposed on the entire Yokai Mountain, and kappa-made metal security doors will be issued to every household.

This newspaper reminds readers that there may be unknown vampires roaming around Gensokyo, please lock your doors and windows after sunset, and do not go out at night to avoid being attacked.

(Shotimaru Bun)

Interview notes

#1, Interview with Flandrelu Scarlett

Text: Miss Flandrew, what were you doing the night before yesterday?

Eve: Hmm, the night before yesterday, I was playing a card game, with them.

Text: Did you play all night?

FF: yes, all night, until dawn.

Text: You stayed in the Red Devil Pavilion that night?

Fu: Yes, I played all night with my sister, Brother Naran, Sakiya, Patsy, Misuzu, Kiki, and Marisa!

Text: Is that kind of "card game" fun?

Fu: It's funny, the picture above is very handsome, and the words at the bottom are so powerful.

Wen: Speaking of which, I know a white wolf tengu named "Shirako", and she also likes to play this kind of game, have you ever played it with her?

Fu: White wolf tengu?

Text: Eh, don't you know? It's the ...... on the mountain of monsters.

E: I'm so sorry I've been in the basement for so long and I don't even know what's outside!

Text: I'm sorry, Miss Fran.

Eve: Ah, the interview is boring! Why don't we do this and play some fun games!

Text: What game?

Fu: What else could there be? Of course, it's the most fun danmaku game!

(Interview interrupted)

#2, Interview with Remilia Scarlett

Text: Miss Remilia, what were you doing the night before yesterday?

Rei: The night before yesterday, I was playing Dungeons & Dragons with those guys.

Text: How long have you been playing?

Rei: All night.

Text: Do you stay in the Red Devils all night?

Rei: Otherwise, am I going to run out into the middle of nowhere and play in the mud?

Text: No, that's not what I meant, sorry......

Lei: Nothing, I just want to tell you, don't get into these tentative questions, just say something.

Wen: So, you must know about the murder in the Monster Mountain. Now that the fingers of suspicion are pointed at you, what do you have to say about that?

Lei: I don't have to, I don't have the interest to go all the way to kill a dog, I don't even need to go out and hunt myself.

Wen: So who do you think the murderer might be?

Rei: Who is it? I probably know, I probably don't, but you seem to be about to know, huh?

Wen: I'm just going to know? What does that mean?

Rei: You're going to find out who is meant to be the killer, but given that you've been forcibly breaking into the Red Devil Pavilion over and over again, I don't mind erasing this fate once and for all.

Wen: Once again, I would like to apologize for the many rude behaviors of me and my subordinates.

Rei: If you know, just leave, you can't investigate anything here anyway.

#3, an interview with Nalan Twilight

Text: What do you know about the Monster Mountain?

Twilight: What do you think I know?

Wen: For example, who is the murderer?

Twilight: If all the information you've given is true, then I'm sure it's the vampire's doing. And I'm telling you, it was a vampire from the outside world who did it.

Wen: How do you know that a vampire from the outside world did it, and not some other monster who imitated it?

Twilight: I've lived for more than a thousand years, and if I can't even understand this, then I can basically say goodbye to the world and prepare for the future.

Text: Do you know the vampire who slipped in from the outside world?

Twilight: How do I know? Do you think that all the vampires from the outside world have ever had a bar with me? The outside world is huge, and there are thousands of vampires living there, so I don't know who is coming in.

Wen: Do you have any idea how the vampire got into Gensokyo?

Twilight: There are probably two ways I can think of it, one is to make a hole in the barrier, and the other is to turn myself into a "fantasy" thing. Wait, there's actually a third one, but ......

Text: The third one?

Twilight: That's right, it's to confuse fantasy and reality, like I did the other day. But this method ......

Wen: No one but you can do it, right?

Twilight: Strictly speaking, except for me and Murasaki Yakumo. It would be interesting if there was a third person who could do that, hehe...... All in all, I'll pay a little attention to this matter.

Wen: Thank you so much.

#4, Interview with Pache Noregui

Wen: Miss Patchouli, why do you think Shirako didn't resist before he died?

PP: Quite simply, she was hypnotized.

Wen: But there are no drugs or magic left in her body, so how did the prisoner hypnotize her?

Pa: Hypnosis doesn't have to be done with the help of drugs or magic, do you know the moon rabbit in the Eternal Pavilion?

Text: Reisen?Yuzukain?Inaba? Do you mean that the prisoner used a method similar to the Hitomi technique of the Moon Rabbit to perform hypnosis?

CP: No, this prisoner isn't that strong. All he could do was make his prey unconscious, but that was enough.

Wen: So who do you think the prisoner is?

PA: Vampires, there's no doubt about it. Hypnosis, coupled with the act of sucking blood, is already on the verge of answering. But I can assure you that it wasn't the three vampires here who were playing cards with me that night and I couldn't sleep all night. But even if it's a vampire doing it, it's a bit ......

Text: What's the point?

WP: It's a bit too much. I mean, vampires don't really need to suck their prey dry, they often just need a few puffs to satisfy their needs and do it without them knowing. This kind of direct sucking is really very rare, unless that guy has some special needs, such as hoarding blood or something. Besides, I've never heard of vampires sucking the blood of youkai as well......

Wen: Do you think this incident is unusual even as a vampire attack?

PP: yes, it's anomalous, but all in all, this can't be treated as a normal vampire case. I always felt that there was some conspiracy in this, but I couldn't tell. Nalan Twilight probably knows more than that, but he probably won't tell you easily.

Wen: Anyway, thank you very much for the information.