Miyuki and Reimu anxiously await the results of Shiki, who left the bookshelf a dozen seconds later. ≈∞ ≈∞ point≈∞ Xiao ≈∞ said,

"How?"

Suzu asked first.

"The distraction is intense."

"Huh?"

"But I still saw some clips."

"Who did it?"

Reimu waved the imperial coin that he took out at some point, and it seemed that he was about to rush towards the enemy in the next moment.

"I didn't see anyone."

Thinking back to the clips he saw, Shiki said.

"But the Demon Book seems to have been affected by some kind of force, and then left on its own."

"Has it really become a mourning god?"

Marisa scratched her head.

"There are two possibilities, one is that the magic of the demon books is activated and runs out on their own, and the other is that someone can manipulate them to move without directly touching the books. Specifically, it is not easy to judge. ”

"You can make things disappear without direct contact......"

Miyuki remembers that Gensokyo seems to have such monsters.

Shiki left the bookshelf, then walked around the store again, and finally walked to the door.

At this point, there was no one gathered outside the store, and Shiki looked left and right and returned to the store.

"It seems that the first possibility is a little bit more likely."

"How?"

Miyuki asked Shiki.

"Judging by the traces, the books left in different directions after leaving the bookstore. If someone is going to steal a book, they should all leave in one direction. ”

"Indeed."

"But it's not absolute, if the thief is very careful and deliberately scatters it and collects it again, or if the thief doesn't want to get the demon book, but just wants to spread it out and cause chaos, it will also scatter them."

"Oh!" x4

The girls in the store replied neatly.

"And then?"

Miyuki asked the question on behalf of the others.

"Hmm. If it's the first type or someone wants to spread the Demon Book, then it is conceivable that with the characteristics of the Demon Book, it should cause some supernatural phenomena, and they can be found at that time. ”

"Wait until something goes wrong. Can you use the same method you just used to look around the village? ”

Reimu asked expectantly.

"Impossible."

"Huh?"

"I tried it just now, but the smell of people coming and going on the street is so chaotic that there is no memory left."

"Don't always think about pushing the job to others, let's patrol the village these days."

Marisa puts a hand on Reimu's shoulder.

"Hey! That's all there is to it. ”

Although Reimu talks about trouble, this is also the work of the shrine maiden, and she is duty-bound.

"What if that's not the case?"

At this time, Miyuki returned to the previous topic.

"If not, it's a bit of a problem, someone wants to keep those demon books for themselves, if the other party wants to do something, maybe they can still find it, if it's just a collection, it's hard to find."

"Huh?"

Hearing Shiki's words, Suzu showed an expression that was about to cry.

"Now there's a suspicion."

"What?"

"In what way or what phenomenon that the prisoner did not make these demon books move, as long as you know this reason, you can solve most of the mysteries."

"Oh!" x4

The four of them nodded in unison.

"Seems to be in a strange rhythm, huh?"

"I think I've seen Mr. Four Seasons like this in a book from the outside world."

"I know it's Detective Da☆ze!"

"The interferer is quite useful this time."

Ignoring a few muttering girls, Shiki continued.

"The Demon Book itself has magical powers, it is not a stable thing, and if it is stimulated, there may be problems. But it's not as simple as it seems. ”

Shiki turns his head to Suzu.

"Miss Kosuzu Motoi."

"Yes!"

The little bell who was named immediately stood upright.

"Excuse me, when did you notice that the book was missing, and when was the last time you saw it?"

"Hey, hey. How do you feel that there is no sense of disobedience at all when you replace the book with the deceased. ”

Miyuki couldn't help but mutter, of course, without attracting the attention of the others.

"I found out that I didn't see it this morning, and I saw the book after the store closed yesterday."

"There are too many people during the day today, and the appearance of the demon book on the street will definitely attract people's attention, so the time of the criminal's crime can be locked in from last night to before this morning."

"The time of the crime is there, so I don't want to ask for an alibi, right?"

"There's no way to lock down the suspect right now, and even if you want to ask for an alibi, there's no choice."

Shiki answered Miyuki's question very seriously.

"You don't have to answer this kind of question so seriously!"

"Why don't you seriously answer Miyuki's question?"

"Ah~~~ Back to business! Back to business! ”

"It's hard to understand."

The four seasons are summed up.

"If the current situation assumes that there are Zài prisoners, then Miss Honju remembers any strange and suspicious people or people who have expressed interest in the Demon Book recently?"

"No......"

Xiao Ling frowned and thought about it.

"Ah, there is. But ......"

"What's wrong?"

"If you want to talk about the strangers you've seen recently, and the people who have expressed interest in the Demon Book......"

Suzu stretched out her finger and pointed forward.

"It's Mr. Four Seasons."

"I see."

Shiki nodded.

"I see! How did you reason for a long time and turn yourself into a murderer! ”

Miyuki felt that there were thousands of grass and mud horses stepping through her heart at this time.

"The murderer refers to the murderer, which does not correspond to the current situation. And now it's just a suspect. ”

"You don't have to explain that! Hurry up and clear our name! ”

"There is no need, in this case, it is legal for someone else to adduce evidence to prove that we are prisoners, not for us to prove that we are not prisoners."

"Hah~~~" x4

The girls all looked at the four seasons with speechless eyes, but the four seasons naturally ignored these calmly.

"Anyway, what we can do now is to try to find the Demon Book, so that we may be able to know what the Demon Book has been affected by."

Shiki summed up, and then he looked at Reimu.

"If you encounter the phenomenon caused by the Demon Book, we will also help."

"That helped a lot."

Reimu nodded.

"But this time it seems complicated, and there is no clue at all. It would be nice not to cause anything big. ”

There was nothing left to investigate in Suzuna-an, so everyone left the store.

"Please."

Standing at the door of the store, Suzu bowed to them.

"I've long said that collecting demon books won't do any good thing, so maybe it's better to lose them like this."

Reimu spread her hands.

"Don't~~~!"

After leaving the store, Shiki said goodbye to Reimu and Marisa, and they were going on patrol from now on.

"I didn't expect something to happen as soon as I came."

On the way back, Miyuki sighed.

“……”

"What's wrong?"

"It's always weird."

Even though Miyuki showed a puzzled expression, Shiki didn't answer.