Just when Koichiro "met" with Jikokuni Enichi after 400 years and planned to see the original sun-breathing sword shape with his own eyes, another big event happened in Tokyo.

Kasa and Goro, a famous fireworks merchant, first killed his wife who had been married to him for 11 years last night, and then sneaked into a rival's house and carried out a brutal murder with his own hands, killing a family of four, including a nine-year-old child, only to be discovered by the servants who were aware of it and subdued it together.

At this time, he was already being held at the police station in Asakusa Ward.

Kasawa, who was detained, still did not admit his guilt, but kept smashing his fists against the iron railings and shouting cruel words such as "let me go" and "I will kill you all", which even the reporters of various newspapers outside the police station could hear clearly.

If it were an ordinary criminal, the police would have been able to educate each other with sticks, but Kasa and Goro are entrepreneurs with deep pockets, so they must not be lynched.

In addition, today is the first day of the Obon Festival, but the two biggest fireworks in Tokyo are killed and arrested, and every word and deed of the police station is watched by people.

No, before noon, many officials and old aristocrats had already come to intercede for Kasawa, demanding that the police station release them immediately, otherwise they would "be left without food."

"Ladies and gentlemen...... Let's not talk about the release of people, we must have an order from the police chief. ”

Annoyed and helpless, the chief of the police station lifted the brim of his hat and pointed in the direction of the detention area, where the vicious curses of Kazugoro Kasa could be heard.

"As you have heard, Mr. Kasawa's mental state is not normal. For the sake of your safety, we can't let him go. ”

"Nonsense!"

A middle-aged man with a beard immediately retorted: "We know very well what an elegant person Mr. Kasawa is, it must be your private torture that caused him to become what he is now!" ”

"That's right, Mr. Kasawa is a well-educated man who can memorize the Analects backwards, if it weren't for your unprovoked arrest, how could he say such a thing!"

"And the relationship between their husband and wife is good, how could Kasa kill his own wife?"

Since some people took the lead in protesting, the rest of the people also spoke out one after another to vouch for Kasawa.

Of course, some of them came here for their own economic and political interests, but many more people knew very well that Kasa could not do such a thing as killing.

There were a few people in the crowd, and it was a few friends who had been drinking and having fun with Kasa in Yoshihara last night, and they knew Kasa well best, and every time this person went to Flower Street, he just listened to music, and didn't dare to do anything deviant. If you don't drink, you won't even be able to tell a pornographic joke.

How could such a person run to someone's house overnight to destroy the door?

So they came to the police station out of pure indignation.

The police chief closed his eyes in despair, letting the spit splash on his face, looking submissive.

This group of people is as noisy as a chaotic chorus of a thousand frogs, but each of them has a much higher social status than him, a third-rate superintendent.

Can't be provoked, can't be provoked!

I just ask the police director to forgive me, and quickly send someone over to take the hat and this hot potato away.

The chief of police had just had this thought when he heard the sound of neat footsteps coming from the gate of the police station.

At least one unit arrived.

"Ladies and gentlemen!"

The police chief showed a look of hope, and stood up with relief, "It should be the Metropolitan Police Department that has arrived, you should go to ......."

The next moment, his voice stopped abruptly, and the expression on his face quickly changed to a faint panic.

The six men who walked in from outside the police station were wearing black uniforms, but they did not have police epaulettes or hats.

Each of these people wore strangely shaped animal masks, carried a katana at their waists, and walked neatly and powerfully, and on the back of their black coats was written a murderous word "extinguish", announcing their identity.

It's a ghost slayer.

They poured into the hall with different expressions on their faces, and shouted loudly around them as they stood still.

"The ghost killing team is doing business, please avoid it quickly!"

"The ghost killing team is on the job, please avoid it quickly!"

"The ghost killing team is doing business, please avoid it quickly!"

After shouting this sentence three times in a row, the ceiling shook so much that even the highest-ranking officials in the hall had to bow their heads and leave quickly.

Those who interfere with the handling of the case by the oni killing squad, or who are involved in the oni cooperation, will be punished for the crime of threatening national security at least and the crime of treason at the worst, which is a decree issued by His Majesty the Emperor himself!

However, just as several of Kasawa's friends were about to leave with the crowd, a girl with a beautiful face and a butterfly-patterned feather weave suddenly walked in front of them.

"Can you wait, gentlemen?"

Butterfly Chanae put on a smile that was impossible to refuse, "I have a few questions for you. ”

……

Half an hour later, the men left the police station in a state of trepidation, and Butterfly Chanae sorted out the transcript of the previous interrogation and put a circle on the words "Blue Flower" on it.

She had heard the word from Miss Zhu Shi...... So I was even more sure that the matter of Kasa and going crazy was mostly related to ghosts.

Originally, she just took a few members of the team who had recovered from her injuries out to participate in the festival celebration, and by the way, she bought some fireworks, lanterns, and sacrifices and other things, but she suddenly heard about such a strange thing - a person suddenly changed his personality overnight, tyrannical and bloodthirsty, and went on a killing spree.

She instinctively felt that something was wrong, so she took the wounded back to the butterfly house to change clothes, and sent people to investigate where Kasawa had been and who she had been in contact with last night, and she had a lot of information in just a few hours.

And Kasawa herself, she has already seen, except that she doesn't eat people, is just like those evil ghosts who have no intelligence, and has become very aggressive, unable to endure any similar provocation and intimidation, and is simply an upright beast.

The moment Kasawa saw the butterfly Chanae, Kasawa's eyes unabashedly revealed the color of desire and longing, as if this person had forgotten what morality was, contrary to his friends' comments about him as "innocent", "shy", "at most just cranky about the opposite sex", and "very gentleman".

What could it take to turn a person like that overnight? Obviously he is not a ghost, but in a way, he is even more dangerous than a ghost.

Because he didn't kill to fill his stomach.

"Lord Hanazhu, Kasawa's butler has already been brought."

Behind the ordinary team members was a middle-aged man with a sad look, who looked to be about the same age as Kasama. The clothes look tired.

"Please take a seat."

Butterfly Chanae squeezed out a reassuring smile, "I know you've been through a lot of bad things, but in order to catch the perpetrator as soon as possible, I need you to answer a few questions, do you think it's okay?"

“…… I know. ”

The butler sat on the chair opposite Chanel a little weakly, "If this matter is really related to ghosts, I hope you must return my lord's innocence, he can't really want to kill Madame, let alone go to the door full of people......"

"It is our purpose and responsibility to find out the truth of the matter, please rest assured."

Butterfly Chanae first gave him some hope, and then asked, "Although Mr. Police may have asked you, I still want to know what happened last night." ”

"Oh, what a ......"

"Please start with Mr. Kasawa's return from Yoshiwara, be as detailed as possible, and don't leave anything out."

As she spoke, Butterfly Chanae picked up the pen and looked ready to record.

Seeing that she was so serious, the housekeeper's suspicions originally brought about by her gender and age were dispelled a lot.

"It's been since Yoshiwara came back, right......

"Well, Kasa and Master came home around ten o'clock, and although he was full of alcohol, he was still sober.

Madame told him to go and rest after taking a bath, but the master did not do so, and told me that he wanted to design a new type of blue firework in the shape of a flower, so he went to the study. At that time, most of the servants in the house were resting, and only me and the servant in charge of boiling the water were still awake.

"So, Mr. Kasawa-san was alone at that time, right?"

Butterfly Chanae stopped writing.

"Yes."

"Please continue."

"About half an hour later, when I wanted to go to the kitchen to see if there were any snacks, there was a violent argument in the bedroom. Only then did I know that the master did not know when it started, and had left the study. ”

Chanae drew a few straight lines under the study.

"Quarrel? Does this happen often? Chanae asked.

"No, quite the opposite."

The housekeeper paused, "Do you know, Kasa and the lord and the lady have been married for eleven years, and they are a very loving couple who never quarrel. And even if the two had an argument, Kasa and Master adhered to the Western gentleman's principle of 'not being angry in front of women and children', and never let the conflict intensify.

"But I ...... last night I heard ...... last night."

The butler suddenly choked up.

"You speak slowly, don't rush."

"I heard last night that it was the old man who was insulting Madame, saying that she could not give birth to children, making friends wonder if he had a physical defect, saying that she could not do anything but spend money, and pretended all day without any connotation...... In short, he also said a lot of very vulgar words, which normal Kasa and the old man would never say. ”

"Is that all?"

"Ah, he also mentioned that during the day he met a very gentle woman in the mountains, and he said that woman was the perfect type of wife in his heart. As for Madame, he would love to get her out right now......

"Where did the lady get angry like this, she immediately started to fight with the master.

"I immediately went in to stop it, who knew that it was still a step too late, and the master had already taken a knife to the lady...... It was killed, and the intestines were all pumped out. ”

The butler burst into tears, "I have never seen a man like that, he knelt beside the corpse of his wife, panting, his eyes shining red, as if he were ...... Very much enjoy killing people.

"I was screaming in fright, and Kasa and Master also spotted me, rushed at me, and ...... Then I fainted! Until someone woke him up a few hours later.

"But, but I can assure you, although the murderer is Kasa and the master, it is true, but ...... But definitely by something...... Possessed.

"That look, that gesture, like a mad dog, I've never seen it before!

"Please save him! I don't know, it's the woman in the mountains who confuses him......"

A few minutes later, the butler, who was crying like a puddle of mud, was taken to the next room to rest.

After more than 40 years of getting along day and night, the two are no longer as simple as master and servant.

Butterfly Chanae thought silently.

At least the fact that the butler survived shows one thing, that is, after Mr. Kasawa went crazy, he didn't kill everyone.

He should have been angry when he killed his wife, but he always endured it secretly.

There is still a 'reasonable' reason to kill a competitor, after all, the two are also a feud, and the Kasa family was almost forced into bankruptcy by the other party.

The insults and threats against the police are due to the hostility of Mr. Kasawa, who believes that he has been harmed.

And the desire to see oneself is an undisguised physiological reaction.

"It's not so much crazy as it ...... He fulfilled the pent-up wish in his heart and became unrestrained. ”

Butterfly Chanae remembered the professional terms she had seen in a book called "The Interpretation of Dreams" when she was treating Yoshiyoshi Tomioka's psychological problems.

"It's as if he has lost his superego and id, which controls his actions, and only retains the darkest and most savage desires of his heart."

"So, is this ghost capable of manipulating people's minds? That's really worrying......"

"And this recurring, ideal woman who lives in the mountains—"

Butterfly Chanae circled a key word, "Kasawa obtained the blue flower from this woman." The ghost controls his mind, and it is very likely that he will get the address of the woman from him. Of course, the possibility that this woman is a ghost cannot be ruled out, but it is unlikely. ”

"It's terrible."

The devil knows, but she doesn't know, and it means that there is a good chance that someone will have to pay for their lives.

Especially this woman, who also knows the whereabouts of the blue flower. Once Onimai Tsuji gets this flower, the consequences are absolutely unimaginable.

"It seems that no matter what, I'm going to have to get Mr. Kasawa to speak and tell me the whereabouts of that woman......"

After making her decision, Butterfly Chanae immediately sorted out a stiff smile and walked towards the internment.

But as soon as she opened the door, she smelled an astonishing stench—a mixture of brimstone, dead fish, and rotten flesh!

She didn't have time to close her nose, her face was grim, and she immediately rushed to the innermost part of the prison, and then stood still in amazement.

Kasa and Goro, who was still alive and threatened to tear the entire police station to pieces, had died with his eyes open.

Two streaks of liquid, darker than ink, were oozing from his ears.

It's this thing, and it stench of horror.

Butterfly Chanahui's face was extremely ugly.

Not only because someone died, but more importantly, she didn't get information from this person's mouth about where the ghost would go.

"What should I do now......

Butterfly Chanae paused for a moment in the foul-smelling air and jerked her head up.

Wait, since this smell is so strong, then, if it's Mr. Tsuki Sakonji, who has a prominent sense of smell-

There must be a way to track down that ghost!

As she spoke, she immediately called for someone to collect a bottle of that black slime, and then planned to teleport to Reeda through the cat, and go to Mr. Scale, who taught Reeda to breathe water, for help.

But what Butterfly Chanae doesn't know is ......

This pitch-black liquid, in another world, has a special, chilling name-

Secluded.