The shoulder meat of the masked man?!

"Woo~ It's disgusting!" Little Luca, who was still tear-stained, took Catbell in her arms with a strange look and complained, "Grandpa Frank, what are you doing with this?" ”

"Hehe, I'd like to ask Miss Sakura, who is a Taoist master, to take a look. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info" Frank looked earnest, "Miss Sakura, I don't know your Taoism, but - is there any Taoism that can check these?" ”

"Oh, I'll try," I resisted my nausea, then held out two fingers and gently picked up the slightly puffy piece of masked shoulder flesh - it stinked!

I couldn't help but wrinkle my nose, and then look closely.

It's ordinary, huh? It seems to be no different from the corpse that I saw in the dissection room of Mr. Lao Bai, the team doctor.

The same dark flesh color, the same stench, and the same smell of medicine—it must have been preserved by Frank in a potion soaked in a potion before, right? The epidermis is a little wrinkled.

I pinched my fingers hard, and the feeling of being soft on the surface and the inside confirmed my judgment.

Flip it over and take a look, that is, some of the muscles with significant texture.

Kindness...... I tried a little and felt it, but there was nothing.

Unlike the sword that the masked man dropped that day, it had been so long, and it had been soaked in potions, and even if there was anything left, it was long gone.

――What should I do?

"Huh? Sakura: You were just using Daojutsu? Minia on the side suddenly asked.

"Huh? Yes! I was stunned and looked at her strangely, "I just felt it a little bit and said-how do you know?" ”

Doesn't make sense? It's just the feeling of fingertips, which Minia shouldn't have noticed.

"Huh? The flesh just flashed - you don't know? Minia looked more confused than I was.

"Light?!" Frank and Asa looked at her strangely.

"Huh? Didn't you see?! Minia was also stunned.

"Where is the light?" Little Luca was also puzzled.

"Right here!" Minia pointed to the skin of the piece of meat and instructed, "Just flashed here." ”

Epidermis? Oh! I happened to be looking at the back just now, so I didn't notice - but why didn't they see Asa either?

I looked at the epidermis in confusion and released the Dao technique again.

"There it is! Did you see that?! Light blue! Minia cried out.

"Like...... There is a point," Frank agreed, narrowing his eyes.

"Oh......" Little Luca also nodded, and said happily, "Although it is weak, I can see it too!" ”

"I didn't see it!" Asa is honest.

I didn't see it either...... Why?

Why can't I see it? Is the mana too weak?

After a slight hesitation, he strengthened the power of his fingers.

"Smack!" The pieces of meat immediately burst into flames as if they had received a signal.

"Yikes!" I hurriedly let go - the pieces of meat had burned to ashes when they fell to the ground.

"Sakura! Did it hurt?! In a panic, Asa hurriedly grabbed my hand and examined it with concern as he wrapped it in ice.

"What the hell!" I hurriedly withdrew my hand and looked at everyone a little embarrassed, "It's okay, I'm just scared." I whispered.

Fortunately, the three people in front of them all looked at the pile of ashes in surprise, not noticing Asa's slightly intimate gesture just now.

Whew, relieved.

But - the only masked man's clue is gone.

"How so?" Looking at the pile of ashes, Frank looked disappointed.

"Alas, there's no clue again!" Little Luca also hugged Catbell in disappointment, "Nothing!" Sister Sakura, what are you doing burning it?! ”

"Well—it's not ......."

The eyes that looked at me were filled with hope again.

"Huh? Sakura, what did you find?! Tell me about it! "After noticing that my hand was fine, Asa reverted back to his usual indecent appearance.

"Well...... Minia ...... You said you just saw a light blue light...... "I asked uncertainly, "does it look like electric light?" ”

"Yes!" Minia nodded.

"Oh-got it!"

"Sakura-san, what do you understand?! Say it! Frank asked eagerly.

"I must have had light when I cast the Dao technique just now, right?" I explained, "Minia, Mr. Frank, and little Luca, you all know light magic, and of course you're more sensitive to light—so you can see it and Asa and I can't. ”

"Poof! Hahahaha! Hearing my words, Asa couldn't help but laugh, "Sakura! You're good at magic, but you're a layman in magic! Lightning magic isn't light magic! - Minia doesn't know how to magic! ”

Yes!? I misunderstood?!

I was unexpectedly pointed out by Asa that I was wrong, and I couldn't help but be stunned.

"But Miss Sakura, you're right," Frank pondered and supported me, "The pale blue light is more like electricity, and naturally Minia, who is most familiar with lightning, was the first to notice it—it would only be noticed by little Luca and I until we were reminded of it." ”

"Oh! That means that my sister was right in the right direction of my analysis just now! Glaring at Asa reproachfully, I continued, "But it shouldn't be lightning—it's fire." ”

"Firelight?!"

"Yes! Asa, do you remember my sister, my flame talisman? The situation should have been similar just now--the piece of meat had a Dao spell applied to it--or the kind with a mind added.,So it burned up just after the mana was strengthened.-When the mana was small, it should be a subtle flame ignited by the mana, right? ”

"Oh!" Asa remembered, "Yes, yes! Sakura, your flame talisman does burn with a bit of blue! ”

"It's indeed a Dao technique above?!" After listening to my words, Frank thought for a moment and asked.

"Yes!" I nodded in acknowledgment, "That would also explain why the masked people burn as soon as they commit suicide - if they have this kind of mind-added dao technique all over their bodies, of course, their whole bodies will be burned to ashes very quickly when they activate them--I think it must be some kind of transparent ink that is used to draw sigils all over the body." ”

"Oh!" Frank nodded approvingly.

"Woo! Who is so boring?! Little Luca, who had been sitting and listening, said with a strange expression, "Draw something on yourself for self-immolation?!" What a pervert! ”

"They were ready to die when they were alive" Frank frowned, his expression gradually becoming serious, "I'd rather die than divulge secrets, what kind of organization are they?!" Kindness...... Sakura-san, please take a look at this again! ”

Yes? And also?!

Without my permission, another cloth bag opened on the table, and inside was some white gravel—no, not gravel.

――I think I've seen it somewhere.

I looked curiously at what looked like white stones.

The surface is very smooth, as white as milk, and some of them have some cyan patterns on them.

Oh! It turned out to be this—the same thing that had been broken by Lacey at home before.

"Mr. Frank, this porcelain shard—" I looked at him suspiciously, "are these broken porcelain pieces?" ”

"Of course I know it's a broken porcelain piece," Frank laughed, "Miss Sakura, you don't think I'm so old that I haven't even seen an Oriental porcelain piece, do you?" ”

"I'm sorry!" I felt a slight heat in my face.

"Frank, what do you want Sakura to do with this?" The three people who came over a little impatiently, Asa picked up a piece of broken porcelain, and asked while observing, "A pile of broken porcelain, it's very ordinary!" ――Do you still want to use Taoism? ”

"Yes!" Frank nodded.

"I'll come on, sister!" snatched the broken porcelain in Asa's hand.

"Sakura, be careful this time!" Asa reminded.

"Rest assured! Sister, I know! "Because there is a possibility that it will burn like the piece of meat just now, this time I don't dare to hold the broken porcelain piece in my hand again, I just lay it flat on the table and concentrate on applying the Dao technique.

There was no response, not only did I not feel anything this time, but Minia they also saw nothing.

"Well, look at the rest!" I simply applied the Dao spell to the pile of broken porcelain—and still nothing happened.

"It seems like it's nothing." Frank looked intently for a moment and said.

"These are just broken porcelain," I asked, wiping the fine sweat from my forehead, and asked suspiciously, "just ordinary broken porcelain—is there anything special about them, Mr. Franck?" ”

"Ahh It's nothing special," Frank shook his head in disappointment, then stood up and saluted me, "Miss Sakura, it's late, so I won't bother you, thank you for your help." ”

"Ahh Good! I hurriedly returned the salute.

"Can you tell me now, how you resisted the Judgment Light Gun?" Frank asked, expectantly.

"Oh! That's—"

"Sakura! Wait a minute! Asa hurriedly stopped me, then looked at Frank questioningly, "It's such a simple thing that you asked Sakura to help me with?!" ”

"Huh? Yes, I just wanted to ask Miss Sakura, who is a Taoist master, to help check these two things. ”

"Really?!" Asa obviously didn't believe it, "Then why are you testing Sakura-san?" It's not necessary to put things to such a big test just by checking things, right?! ――Do you want to find out the secrets of Sakura's Taoism?! ”

"Huh?!" Frank, however, was surprised by Asa's questioning, "No! I really just ......"

"Bishop Frank, your excuse is too naïve, isn't it?" Listening to Asa's words, Minia also reacted, and looked at him with a solemn face, "It's just such a trivial matter, does it need to be tested?!" ――Finally, you asked the secret of Sakura-dojutsu is the real purpose, right? ”

"This ......," Frank scratched his head helplessly, "Miss Sakura didn't promise me......"

"That's because Sister Sakura didn't expect Grandpa Frank to be listening to her secrets, okay?!" Little Luca was also dissatisfied, "It's all grandpa and still deceiving people!" ”

"Mr. Frank, it should ...... No way? I asked, confused.

Discover the secrets of my Taoism?

Looking at Frank, who looked helpless in front of me but had a sincere look in his eyes, I always felt a little unbelievable.

While it may be true that there is this according to Asa's analysis, it is ......

Anyway, it seems to be believed that Frank really just wanted me to check those two things.

"I didn't expect you to go there!" Frank sighed helplessly, "It's—it's easy to think that way." ”

“……”

"Let's just talk about it!" Frank pointed to the porcelain piece on the table and explained, "Originally, I thought that this thing was related to Taoism like the masked man's piece of meat, so I wanted to wait for Miss Sakura to confirm it and ask her to take a look at the place where the porcelain piece was found - there might be danger, so I wanted to see Miss Sakura's strength, but I didn't expect that the porcelain piece was just a porcelain piece - naturally I didn't need to trouble Miss Sakura." ”

"So—Mr. Frank," I asked, "what makes you think these porcelain pieces have anything to do with Taoism?" ”

"Huh? It's nothing, I just always feel that there shouldn't be these oriental porcelain tiles in the place where the porcelain tiles were found," Frank scratched his head and smiled awkwardly, "It just so happens that our association has been suspecting that the person who killed Thresteen has something to do with the Oriental Taoism, so naturally I think of it - in fact, as long as there is money, who doesn't want to get some oriental vases or something?" We're stupid! Finally, he laughed at himself.

"Oh!" After listening to Frank's explanation, we understood.

"Looks like I'm thinking too much! Ha! Sorry, sorry! Asa said with a smile, "I didn't expect you to give up because the porcelain piece has nothing to do with Taoism." ”

"It's nothing, I didn't expect that the porcelain piece has nothing to do with Taoism, I knew that I wouldn't have to test Miss Sakura." Frank smiled and forgave Assa, then muttered, "Also, which Oriental item doesn't have a pattern on it?" It's just that because the meaningless pattern of the porcelain piece is a little strange, it is associated with Taoism-"

"Strange pattern?!" Hearing this, I shouted loudly with Asa, "Meaningless strange patterns?!" ”

"Huh?!" Frank was taken aback by our shouting, "What's wrong?!" ”

"Frank!" "Mr. Frank!"

"Ugh!" Asa looked at me nervously, "Sakura, it's better for you to ask." ”

"Oh!" I nodded, looking at Frank with the same nervous expression, "Excuse me, what pattern?" Is it the pattern on the porcelain tiles? ”

"Yes!" Frank was visibly confused, "Yes, look! As he spoke, he pulled out a piece of parchment, "This is the pattern put together by those broken porcelain pieces, but it is so broken that it doesn't look like it's clear what you want to draw......

Those patterns--

"Frank, you idiot!" As soon as he saw the patterns on the parchment, Asa couldn't help but yell at him again.