The exam process in the afternoon was not long, and the school was dismissed after the two subjects.

Since Kitagawa Temple still had to go to the lakeside park to meet Ryoko Okano, he didn't continue to waste time at school.

After saying a few words to Mirai Kamiya, he grabbed his shoulder bag and walked straight to the lakeside park.

It's four o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun doesn't set at all due to the hot and dry weather of summer.

Luckily, the benches in the lakeside park are next to the cherry blossom trees, and the lush green branches block out the scorching sun, which gives Ryoko Okano a little shelter.

But even so—

"It's still hot."

Ryoko Okano stretched out her hand to fan the breeze as she looked around.

Just when she couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to call and ask how long it would take for Beichuan Temple to arrive.

The voice of Kitagawa Temple also sounded.

"Waiting a long time?" He handed a jar of chilled orange juice to Ryoko Okano, and then took a sip of the oolong tea in his hand.

Ryoko Okano pursed her lips, took the orange juice and said, "I only came here for five minutes first, but I didn't expect this ghost to be so hot." Let's go, let's go to the car and talk. ”

She carried the jug of orange juice and pointed to the small parking lot next to her.

"It's fine." Kitagawa Temple nodded.

This time, Ryoko Okano did not drive her personal sports car, but directly borrowed the police car.

The black and white police car is very conspicuous parked in the small parking lot.

The two sat in the car, and Ryoko Okano turned on the air conditioner, and then began to mention the main reason for calling Beichuan Temple over this time:

"Actually, this time I called you here mainly because of a case that has already been closed."

Her opening made Beichuan Temple look at her suspiciously.

A case that has already ended?

Now that the case has been closed, there should be no need for too much investigation, right?

"You deserve to have that kind of expression." Ryoko Okano took a sip of orange juice and continued:

"The perpetrator, the deceased, the person connected with the case... Even the case itself has been investigated... But there's something bizarre about that. That's the main reason why I went to your house to look for you that day. ”

Kitagawa Temple was silent and did not speak, just stared at Ryoko Okano with his black eyes without blinking.

Under his gaze, Ryoko Okano stretched comfortably in the cold air, and then said, "This case is a love murder case. ”

"Love Murder...?" Kitagawa Temple raised an eyebrow slightly.

"Yes. The offender's name is Nao Rutsuki, and she is a woman. ”

Ryoko Okano said as she took out a stack of documents from the glove box in front of the car and handed it to Kitagawa Temple.

Beichuan Temple took the information and swept it away at a glance.

What catches my eye is a standard ID photo.

It was a delicate woman with a pale face, a slightly thin body, and an overall gloomy temperament.

She looked directly at the camera, and her gloomy gaze seemed to be able to see through the camera.

"The time of the case is Saturday, June 2. According to the informant... Yes... That's what Nao's boyfriend Kokubo told about. It was said that his ex-girlfriend had a heated verbal altercation with his current girlfriend, and by the time our people arrived, there were only two female bodies left at the scene. And one of the two corpses is this Ruyue Nao, and the other is a girl named Yasui Xun. ”

Speaking of this, Ryoko Okano sneered disdainfully:

"But after investigation, we found that the so-called 'ex-girlfriend' and 'current girlfriend' are nothing at all. The young man named Kokubo was basically pedaling two boats, and that day was also because he happened to bump into Nao Rutsuki when he was sending Yasui home. ”

What followed is easy to understand.

caught her boyfriend stepping on two boats, how could the two girls be willing to give up, they attacked each other with resentful statements on the one hand, and questioned Kokubo in turn on the other, and even started to do it in the end...

This is also the main reason why Kokubo called the police.

But he was still a step too late.

"Both girls had iron cones stuck in their bodies and died."

Kitagawa Temple still didn't speak, just took a sip of oolong tea, and continued to scan the information of Nao Ruzuki.

Then, he put the information down and looked back: "It should be more than that, right?" ”

"Not bad." Ryoko Okano smiled: "Actually, what I just said is just speculation after our police arrived at the scene of the crime. The real situation we saw later in the surveillance. ”

She held up a finger and straightened her expression: "None of the things I'm going to say next are made up or speculated by me, these are things that have actually happened. ”

Seeing that Ryoko Okano rarely put on a serious look, Kitagawa Temple also nodded thoughtfully.

"Originally, we all thought that two women killed each other by mistake in the process of fighting for each other's lives... But that's not the case. ”

Ryoko Okano shook her head: "It's true that the person who killed Yasui Kaoru was Nao Rutsuki, but the person who killed Nao Rutsuki-"

Her voice paused slightly.

Sen Ran's voice also came out:

"It's Nao Ruzuki, too!"

Yes.

After Nao Kisaragi killed Yasui with the iron cone she was carrying, she then nailed the cone into her own neck.

The thin iron thorns sank into his neck, and scarlet blood spurted out.

With the sound of 'ho-ho-ho' leaking out of the broken vocal cords and the frantic struggle of Nao Kisaragi's limbs...

The girl's life came to an end.

"Before committing suicide, she used an iron cone hidden in her satchel to nail Yasui Fumi's mouth, which was angrily scolding her."

Ryoko Gangno gestured, and her voice did not stop: "The slender jet-black iron cone entered from the mouth and ran out from the back of the head, and the huge wound directly caused Yasui to die quickly, and there was no possibility of rescue at all." ”

But based on the words of Ryoko Gangno, Kitagawa Temple can imagine what kind of bloody situation the scene was.

But...

"Nao Ruzuki committed suicide on her own? Without the help of any external force? Kitagawa Temple still asked.

"I knew you were going to ask that." Ryoko Okano smiled and took a sip of orange juice: "In fact, after Yasui died, some residents had already probed out of the room to check the situation, but when they saw that terrible death... So who else dares to come up? ”

"Nao Rutsuki's death is like this..."

Ryoko Okano placed the orange juice jar on the other side, then held the iron cone with one hand and the small hammer with the other.

She pointed the cone at her neck as she slammed it down with the hammer in her other hand.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Under the imitation of Ryoko Gangno's painting and color, Kitagawa Temple seems to have seen it.

A girl covered in Yasui's bloodstains stood up from a pool of blood, then looked at the living in this world with resentment, and again, and again, she drove the iron cone into her neck.

With the cold, crisp sound of hammers and cones, her life was taken by herself.

But—logically speaking, it is impossible for a person to make such a movement that violates physiology, even if the first blow is successfully struck. The second and third strokes are unlikely to continue to succeed.

The human body is not so fragile, and it takes a lot of strength to break the neck with an iron awl, let alone nail it through with an iron awl.

Before that, Nao Rutsuki herself should be exhausted.

"That's why I wanted to find you." Ryoko Okano drank the orange juice in her hand in one gulp: "It's obviously impossible to happen, but it just happened, and it went through such a terrifying and bloody process." ”

"Indeed... There should be a deeper reason for this. ”

Kitagawa Temple nodded thoughtfully, and then he began to ask: "I just looked at the information and found out that this Nao Rutsuki is a member of the former Church of Happiness and Truth... Is that what you are talking about being associated with the Church of Happiness Truth? ”

Yes, Nao Rutsuki is a member of the Church of Happiness Truth, and if you just look at the information, you will find that she seems to be deeply involved with the Church of Happiness Truth.

Yoshiko Okano replied without thinking about this question: "Yes, in fact, after our investigation, every month there will be an additional amount of money from unknown sources in Nao's account, and I suspect that this is related to some of the remaining members of the Church of Happiness and Truth, who must still be hiding in the shadows and planning to do something." ”

"And after that, we went to Nao's house once, and found that her house was full of curses, voodoo and other items like spell casting. There's even a small section of a human finger bone found in some places where she's grinding. ”

Ryoko Okano coughed lightly:

"However, the place where she put her notes was empty, and it seemed that the remnants of the Church of Happiness and Truth had moved it ahead of time after receiving the news."

"I see." Kitagawa Temple probably understood.

It's no wonder that Ryoko Okano is in a hurry to find her help.

Such an event that is vaguely beyond the imagination of ordinary people, and the only person that Ryoko Gangno knows is him Beichuan Temple.

It is conceivable that Nao Ruzuki should be conducting research on spells with the support of the remnants of the Church of Happiness and Truth, as for the purpose... There's something I can't think of for the time being.

Thinking like this, Beichuan Temple also thought about it and asked, "I probably understand the situation on Nao's side of Rutsuki, but isn't there another person?" What happened to Kokubo, who had two boats, in the end? ”

Yes, how is Kokubo, who is the person concerned, in his current situation? Where are you?

Kitagawa Temple was a little curious.

Hearing Kitagawa Temple's words, Ryoko Gangno only spat out a sullen breath.

"That guy wasn't too deeply involved in the murder of Nao Rutsuki, and it wasn't so easy to hold him accountable. The Now Word... I guess I live quietly in an apartment somewhere in Tokyo. ”

Then, she showed a gloating expression:

"But I heard from my colleague that the guy has been having a hard time lately, as if he has been living in the shadow of stepping on two boats, and the whole person is cowering."

This can be regarded as a punishment for Kokubo.

People who are unfair in love will naturally not be rewarded.

......

Hayato Kokubo has been having a bad time lately.

It's really bad.

Every morning he woke up, he seemed to hear Yasui's abrupt screams and the cold sound of hammers and cones.

The sound was like maggots on tarsal bones.

It seems that there is a shadow that cannot be shaken off.

Dead following him.

And what makes Hayato Kokubo the most uncomfortable is that he has to take the elevator to the floor where he lives every day after the night shift.

You know—

"That guy... That crazy woman died in the elevator in the end. ”

Hayato Kokubo stared at the cold apartment building in front of him.

It's still the height of summer, but he can't stop chilling.

Something strange today.

Hayato Kokubo looked up.

The apartment building is still an apartment building, but it just feels a little strange to him.

It's as if you've been staring at a familiar word for a long time, and over time you've become a little unrecognizable.

"Am I living in this apartment building?"

He muttered softly.

Why does the apartment building in front of you look more and more like the girl and the apartment building that Yasui died?

"No, no, I've already moved out of there."

Hayato Kokubo shook his head and muttered to himself in a broken voice.

Talking to himself like this, a particularly anxious mood also rose from his heart.

What a damn thing...

If it weren't for that damn Nao Ruzuki, would he be so embarrassed?

Every day I have to live this kind of fearful life, as if I am afraid that a resentful spirit will come out of that corner and drag me into the darkness.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

In the night, there seemed to be a crisp sound.

The night wind swept the icy cool air, causing Hayato Kokubo to shrink his neck.

In such weather, he scolded and reluctantly walked into the apartment building.

Walk into the apartment building.

The summer heat returns.

This made Hayato Kokubo relax a lot.

He exhaled softly, then glanced sideways at the elevator that had just closed.

Doesn't matter.

Anyway, he doesn't take the elevator lately, and all of them take the stairs.

Hayato Kokubo rubbed his hands together, then walked sideways to the staircase.

Unlike usual, the staircase is a little dark today.

"The light is broken?"

Hayato Kokubo's footsteps stopped.

He looked up.

It was found that there were no lights on the upper floors either.

The overlapping double-run staircase seems to be swallowed up by darkness, revealing a coolness that penetrates deep into the bone marrow.

In this case, even Hayato Kokubo is reluctant to go upstairs from here.

He retreated back into the hall and hesitated for a moment before walking to the elevator.

I have to say that Hayato Kokubo had good luck.

The elevator was on the first floor, just like before, but by chance, the elevator doors were closing again.

In this case, Kokubo Hayato couldn't help but shout:

"Excuse me, please wait a minute."

The people inside seemed to hear his call and reopened the elevator door for him.

"Thank you very much."

Hayato Kokubo, who managed to squeeze into the elevator, bowed his head and thanked the young woman standing by the elevator buttons.

The young woman ignored Hayato Kokubo and just snapped the elevator door back shut.

Then she retreated behind Hayato Kokubo.

This silence intrigued Hayato Kokubo, who secretly looked at the young woman through the polished surface of the elevator.

It can be seen from the somewhat vague polished surface that this woman's face is very delicate, but because the bangs are too long, her eyes are hidden underneath, causing her to feel a little more gloomy out of thin air.

Buzz –

The elevator restarted.

Hayato Kokubo, who had been busy peeking at each other, also hurriedly walked to the elevator button.

He pressed down on the eighth floor where he was going, and then he sensed that something was wrong.

On the bright red elevator buttons in front of him, four floor numbers flashed.

2。

4。

1。

8。

In addition to the eighth floor, which he pressed, there were three other buttons that should have been pressed by the young woman behind him, right?

What's going on? Practical joke?

He just looked up to turn around and ask.

As a result, Hayato Kokubo saw the scene behind him in the polished surface of the elevator.

The woman is no longer the young and beautiful woman.

Instead, a woman with slender arms and a twisted body was present.

The excessively long bangs blocked her expression and made it impossible for him to see clearly.

Only the cold and resentful gaze that leaked from his bangs made Hayato Kokubo shiver.

Look down again.

Hayato Kokubo's mouth opened wide.

The other party's neck was nailed with a jet-black iron cone.

The jet-black liquid was ticking to the ground.

Her long, white, slender hands held hammers and cones.

At this time.

The hammer and the cone were clashing against each other, making a crisp sound—

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

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