In the room, Kimiko Arai's body was lying on the floor.

She had wounds on her abdomen and thighs from being pierced by sharp weapons, and next to her corpse was a blood-stained sharp katana.

After a brief examination, Karasuma Ying confirmed the fatal wounds on Tamiko Arai's body, as well as the murder weapon that killed her.

"Ms. Arai had two major wounds on her body, and the wound on her thigh didn't hurt the artery, so I thought the fatal wound was a larger wound in her abdomen.

Judging from the situation at the scene, the murder weapon is likely to be the katana beside her. ”

Confirming Kimiko Arai's death, Karasuma stood up and glanced back at the iron gate behind her, and the statue of the knight that had fallen behind it.

[Was this knight statue blocking the door before?] 】

"Where's Mr. Arai?"

She suddenly noticed that there was no longer a figure of Daijiro Arai outside the iron gate.

"He just ran to call the police...... That, Kimiko, did she commit suicide? Outside the door, several soothsayers hurriedly asked.

"No, I think it's murder." Karasuma shook her head and vetoed their words.

"But isn't this room locked from the inside? It's definitely ......"

"If it were a suicide, Ms. Arai would not have had to leave so many wounds in different positions on her body.

This is counterintuitive, and based on the current situation, I would prefer that she was murdered rather than committed suicide. ”

Explaining this, Karasuma noticed that Kimiko Arai's dead eyes seemed to be staring at a certain location on the ceiling.

She followed Kimiko Arai's line of sight and saw the small skylight on the ceiling.

Skylight?

"Alright, let's lock this room first."

Without much delay, after confirming the state of Arai Kimiko, Karasuma Ying also temporarily left the room, came to the door, and said with a serious face:

"I think you are all aware of the current situation, and the cause of Ms. Arai's death needs to be further investigated, and your cooperation may be required at that time.

Mr. Arai has already gone to the police, so I hope that until the police arrive, please do not leave the divination hall at will, and I will trouble you. ”

"Hehehe...... At this time, the one who rushed to leave was likely to be the murderer? Kawai said with a smile.

"You—you mean the murderer is among us?" Mr. Yi was a little flustered.

"What the truth is, we still need to wait for the follow-up investigation by the police."

Behind everyone, Qing Shui Jing took out her mobile phone again and sent a text message.

[Kiel, have you taken care of your hands and feet?] 】

It wasn't long before a text message came back.

[Everything is in the plan, let the police go and investigate]

“……”

"Sister Karasuma!"

Not long after, the police who received the report came to the divination hall.

The police officer who led the team is still an old acquaintance of Karasuma Ying and the others-the Twilight Thirteen Police Department.

The expression on his face had already changed from shock and distress at the beginning, to numbness now.

"Long time no see, Officer Twilight."

Standing in front of Kimiko Arai's room, Karasuma Ying smiled at him.

At this time, everyone in the divination hall had returned to their respective rooms or lounges, and she was the only one who stayed here to guard the scene.

"What's a long time no see? We only met last night, right? Officer Twilight looked at her and sighed deeply.

He really didn't expect that he had only met Karasuma Ying at the party of Ed's company last night, and who would have thought that before even twenty-four hours arrived, the two met again in the divination hall.

That's really ...... Alas......

"Forget it, let's go, let's go see the scene first."

Looking at Karasuma Ying, who looked puzzled, Officer Twilight didn't say anything more, and entered the room with a wave of his hand.

The situation in the room was exactly the same as when she first opened the door.

This time, Officer Twilight was present, and she quickly and skillfully inspected the entire scene.

Throughout the room, the door is locked, and there is a fallen knight behind the door, which means that if Ms. Arai was murdered, the prisoner must not have left through the door.

There are no secret passages in this room, except for the room, the only place you can leave is the small skylight in the ceiling.

Karasuma looked up at the skylight, through which the faint rays of sunset sunlight were shining into the room.

And this is also the place where Ms. Arai kept her eyes on before she died.

This skylight is so small that only very slender and petite people can pass through it, and it is impossible for the average adult to pass through it.

Retracting her gaze, Karasuma Ying looked at another place in the room that she cared about, the nearly three-meter-tall thorn demon statue.

Behind the statue of the demon was attached to the wall, there were buckles nailed to the wall to stabilize them, and now the screws of these buckles had been unscrewed.

In other words, this demon seems to have been deliberately put down.

In the corner next to it, there is a bookshelf that Ms. Arai uses to store books and miscellaneous items.

The books on the shelves were all scattered around, except for the safe in the middle of the shelf.

There is no sign of prying or vandalism outside the safe, and it seems that the murderer should not be for money.

On the floor around it, a large number of divination props, books, and expensive-looking ladies' handbags were thrown haphazardly on the floor, making the whole room look extremely cluttered.

Karasuma Ying casually picked up a handbag and glanced at it.

[It should also be a design from Eddid Corporation.] 】

On the handbag, she saw the familiar heart logo.

Tamiko Arai seems to be a fan of Ed's company.

"Huh?"

She suddenly noticed that there was a spot in the middle of the inside of the handbag's tote rope that was covered with dust.

[Strange, this handbag is quite clean in other places, why is there dust in this place?] 】

"Karasuma girl, come and see."

At this moment, Officer Twilight on the side also found out.

"The deceased has been holding a remote control in his right hand, which looks very important......"

He broke Kimiko Arai's hand and took out a small remote control from it.

"Karasuma girl, do you know what this remote control is for?"

Karasuma Ying took the remote control and looked at it, and suddenly looked up at the skylight overhead.

"I think it's supposed to be used to control the sunroof."

With that, she tapped lightly on the remote.

"Click!"

With a soft sound, the originally closed sunroof glass suddenly opened slowly.

"It's a skylight......"

Officer Twilight looked up at the scene and raised his hand to touch his chin.

But why did the deceased keep holding it? Is there any reason? ”

Karasuma didn't answer, she handed the remote control to Officer Twilight, crouched down and looked around the body again.

[This string of bloodstains ......]

This time, under the blood-stained katana next to the corpse, she noticed a very special string of blood.

A small, heart-shaped trail of blood.

Heart-shaped ......

Karasuma Ying frowned slightly, this could never be a trace of natural formation of blood, could it be some kind of hint left by Ms. Arai before her death?

Suddenly thinking of someone, Karasuma Ying immediately got up and quickly left the room.

"Officer Twilight, I'm going to ask the other guys about what happened at the time!"

"Huh? Oooh! Ok ......"

(End of chapter)