「It's
already been reported, so I don't think the culprit will be able to get close
to them anymore...」
「Well,
don't say that. A detective should always be on the scene, no matter how far
the culprit goes」
It was
around midnight. At this point I had no way of knowing that Confinement
King-sama was watching the third round of SM lesbian play.
And
now, Inomoto-senpai and I, with handheld lights in hand, are patrolling the
area around the scene of the cop's murder.
When
we arrived in front of the Kobayashi house, the scene of the cop's murder, it
still had yellow tape stuck to the gate.
Not
even a single light is lit on the house, and the area around the modern
white-walled Kobayashi residence is silent.
To
begin with, this area is normally a quiet residential area.
↓ Continue to Read ↓
↓ Continue to Read ↓
In the
daytime, there were some onlookers who came to see the scene of the murder, but
late at night, there are no such idiots to be seen.
「Where
are Kobayashi-san and his wife?」
「They've
moved to his wife's family's house. And after all that's happened. They'll
probably have to move out here too」
「Well...
normally, yes」
Unless
the culprit is caught, it is impossible to sleep peacefully with the pillow
high, and this splendid house has now become an accidental property.
Suddenly,
Inomoto-senpai stopped and began to look around, illuminating his feet with a
handheld light, as if searching for something.
「What's
the matter?」
「No, I
just wanted to see if I could find anything. The murder scene is probably
outside the hedge. It's right here where we are. But so far we haven't found
any signs of a struggle」
「Does
that mean his neck was broken before he could resist?」
「Probably.
Thanks to that, even the forensics guys are starting to think it's the work of
the devil」
Inomoto-senpai's
cheek twitched in amusement.
But in
fact, the hedges surrounding the Kobayashi house were as tall as
Inomoto-senpai.
Even
an Olympic weightlifter or a professional martial artist would not be able to
break victim's neck so fast that he could not even resist, let alone carry a
person and throw him over this height... I can understand why people want to
conclude that this is the work of the devil.
「Oh,
by the way, Senpai, there was a report that someone witnessed a young woman
running away, wasn't there?」
「Hmm?
Yeah, that was before the cop killed. It was a young woman in a black hoodie
with a hood up」
「Yes」
「So
what? It doesn't apply to a dead cat, but it's not like a woman's arms can do
it」
「Uh,
no... According to the investigation report of the receptionist's murder, a
woman with similar features was caught on camera at a convenience store across
the street」
「What?」
「She
was seen browsing in the magazine section, occasionally looking at something
outside the store... but she left without buying anything」
「Wearing
a hoodie hood in a convenience store... that's a pretty suspicious behavior」
「Not
so much for kids these days. Besides, if it was a man wearing the hood, the
clerk would be wary, but it's a girl」
「Is
her face visible?」
「Unfortunately,
the camera didn't show it, and the clerk only remembered that there was a
customer who looked like that」
Inomoto-senpai
raised his eyebrows a little, then cowered a little.
「Well,
I guess... it was a coincidence. No matter which way you look at it, there's
too little connection between the receptionist's case and this one」
「That's
true」
At
about the same time I nodded, I heard footsteps like leather shoes coming from
the end of the street.
Because
it was quiet at night, and there was no sign of a car passing, the mere sound
of leather shoes resonates so loudly.
Of
course, this is not a deserted wilderness. Even late at night, there is nothing
wrong with an exhausted office worker passing by.
But...
「I
knew I'd find you here... Inomoto used to say you had to be there every day」
「...Terashima,
prepare yourself」
「Yes...」
Senpai
Inomoto and I looked at each other and braced ourselves when we heard a
familiar voice coming from behind the darkness.
**b
「Ryoko-san,
I've been waiting for you at the apartment for a long time, but you haven't
come back at all」
The
sound of footsteps slowly approaching, and the figure of the person is
illuminated in the shadows of the streetlight.
「Wha...!」
Senpai
Inomoto pointed his handheld light at the figure, and we all gasped.
「Nakamura...
just when I thought I'd lost sight of you, you seem to be in a very strange
situation」
Inomoto-senpai
said in a voice that sounded as if his voice was being squeezed out of the back
of his throat, and Nakamura mouth twisted slightly.
Needless
to say, that's my ex-fiancé, Takehiko Nakamura.
--However,
his appearance is not normal.
「...You
look younger」
He was
supposed to be in his forties, but his appearance had transformed into
something that could only be described as late teens.
But
there was no way I could mistake him.
In
spite of all odds, he was the man I had once vowed to marry.
Silver-rimmed
glasses and a good-looking face.
His
hair is no longer in the usual seven-three style, but is dishevelled and
unkempt, as if he has not even combed it, but the brown suit he is wearing is
familiar.
It is
a one-of-a-kind suit with a traditional silhouette, tailored by a Ginza tailor.
It's the one he liked to wear.
「I, I
don't understand...」
Senpai
Inomoto, perhaps thirsty with nervousness, let out a choked voice.
（Looks
like Lili-sama's warning was right...）
She
had said that there was a high possibility that Nakamura would target me, and
it was right.
On the
contrary, from what he said earlier, it seems that Nakamura was hiding in the
apartment, waiting for me.
I
recalled what Lili-sama had told me beforehand.
She
said that a Majin is a human who has turned into a Devil.
Depending
on how they turn into Majin, some of them still have their memories and
reasoning from when they were human, while others do not.
And
judging from Nakamura's remark earlier, I can conclude that he had at least
some memories.
I
asked Senpai Inomoto about this.
「Inomoto-senpai,
I think you should step aside for now. Maybe I'm overthinking this, but the
devil... may have done something to Nakamura」
「This
is ridiculous... I want to say, but he's definitely not normal」
I
looked at Nakamura, looking for the right moment to run away. But when our eyes
unexpectedly met, Nakamura shrugged his shoulders and spoke.
「Don't
be so frightened. My mother disappeared right after I was born. To be honest, I
don't really understand the situation either」
「Mother?」
Inomoto-senpai
raised an eyebrow.
However,
knowing the general situation, it was easy to imagine who he was referring to.
It was…
（...Anna
Teruya...）
Then,
with a big smile on his face, Nakamura continue to spoke.
「But...
well, now that I've acquired such wonderful power, I thought I'd try to get
back what I've lost before someone from the demon world comes for me」
「It's
already been reported, so I don't think the culprit will be able to get close
to them anymore...」
「Well,
don't say that. A detective should always be on the scene, no matter how far
the culprit goes」
It was
around midnight. At this point I had no way of knowing that Confinement
King-sama was watching the third round of SMM lesbian play.
And
now, Inomoto-senpai and I, with handheld lights in hand, are patrolling the
area around the scene of the cop's murder.
When
we arrived in front of the Kobayashi house, the scene of the cop's murder, it
still had yellow tape stuck to the gate.
Not
even a single light is lit on the house, and the area around the modern
white-walled Kobayashi residence is silent.
To
begin with, this area is normally a quiet residential area.
↓ Continue to Read ↓
↓ Continue to Read ↓
In the
daytime, there were some onlookers who came to see the scene of the murder, but
late at night, there are no such idiots to be seen.
「Where
are Kobayashi-san and his wife?」
「They've
moved to his wife's family's house. And after all that's happened. They'll
probably have to move out here too」
「Well...
normally, yes」
Unless
the culprit is caught, it is impossible to sleep peacefully with the pillow
high, and this splendid house has now become an accidental property.
Suddenly,
Inomoto-senpai stopped and began to look around, illuminating his feet with a
handheld light, as if searching for something.
「What's
the matter?」
「No, I
just wanted to see if I could find anything. The murder scene is probably
outside the hedge. It's right here where we are. But so far we haven't found
any signs of a struggle」
「Does
that mean his neck was broken before he could resist?」
「Probably.
Thanks to that, even the forensics guys are starting to think it's the work of
the devil」
Inomoto-senpai's
cheek twitched in amusement.
But in
fact, the hedges surrounding the Kobayashi house were as tall as
Inomoto-senpai.
Even
an Olympic weightlifter or a professional martial artist would not be able to
break victim's neck so fast that he could not even resist, let alone carry a
person and throw him over this height... I can understand why people want to
conclude that this is the work of the devil.
「Oh,
by the way, Senpai, there was a report that someone witnessed a young woman
running away, wasn't there?」
「Hmm?
Yeah, that was before the cop killed. It was a young woman in a black hoodie
with a hood up」
「Yes」
「So
what? It doesn't apply to a dead cat, but it's not like a woman's arms can do
it」
「Uh,
no... According to the investigation report of the receptionist's murder, a
woman with similar features was caught on camera at a convenience store across
the street」
「What?」
「She
was seen browsing in the magazine section, occasionally looking at something
outside the store... but she left without buying anything」
「Wearing
a hoodie hood in a convenience store... that's a pretty suspicious behavior」
「Not
so much for kids these days. Besides, if it was a man wearing the hood, the
clerk would be wary, but it's a girl」
「Is
her face visible?」
「Unfortunately,
the camera didn't show it, and the clerk only remembered that there was a
customer who looked like that」
Inomoto-senpai
raised his eyebrows a little, then cowered a little.
「Well,
I guess... it was a coincidence. No matter which way you look at it, there's
too little connection between the receptionist's case and this one」
「That's
true」
At
about the same time I nodded, I heard footsteps like leather shoes coming from
the end of the street.
Because
it was quiet at night, and there was no sign of a car passing, the mere sound
of leather shoes resonates so loudly.
Of
course, this is not a deserted wilderness. Even late at night, there is nothing
wrong with an exhausted office worker passing by.
But...
「I
knew I'd find you here... Inomoto used to say you had to be there every day」
「...Terashima,
prepare yourself」
「Yes...」
Senpai
Inomoto and I looked at each other and braced ourselves when we heard a
familiar voice coming from behind the darkness.
**b
「Ryoko-san,
I've been waiting for you at the apartment for a long time, but you haven't
come back at all」
The
sound of footsteps slowly approaching, and the figure of the person is
illuminated in the shadows of the streetlight.
「Wha...!」
Senpai
Inomoto pointed his handheld light at the figure, and we all gasped.
「Nakamura...
just when I thought I'd lost sight of you, you seem to be in a very strange
situation」
Inomoto-senpai
said in a voice that sounded as if his voice was being squeezed out of the back
of his throat, and Nakamura mouth twisted slightly.
Needless
to say, that's my ex-fiancé, Takehiko Nakamura.
--However,
his appearance is not normal.
「...You
look younger」
He was
supposed to be in his forties, but his appearance had transformed into
something that could only be described as late teens.
But
there was no way I could mistake him.
In
spite of all odds, he was the man I had once vowed to marry.
Silver-rimmed
glasses and a good-looking face.
His
hair is no longer in the usual seven-three style, but is dishevelled and
unkempt, as if he has not even combed it, but the brown suit he is wearing is
familiar.
It is
a one-of-a-kind suit with a traditional silhouette, tailored by a Ginza tailor.
It's the one he liked to wear.
「I, I
don't understand...」
Senpai
Inomoto, perhaps thirsty with nervousness, let out a choked voice.
（Looks
like Lili-sama's warning was right...）
She
had said that there was a high possibility that Nakamura would target me, and
it was right.
On the
contrary, from what he said earlier, it seems that Nakamura was hiding in the
apartment, waiting for me.
I
recalled what Lili-sama had told me beforehand.
She
said that a Majin is a human who has turned into a Devil.
Depending
on how they turn into Majin, some of them still have their memories and
reasoning from when they were human, while others do not.
And
judging from Nakamura's remark earlier, I can conclude that he had at least
some memories.
I
asked Senpai Inomoto about this.
「Inomoto-senpai,
I think you should step aside for now. Maybe I'm overthinking this, but the
devil... may have done something to Nakamura」
「This
is ridiculous... I want to say, but he's definitely not normal」
I
looked at Nakamura, looking for the right moment to run away. But when our eyes
unexpectedly met, Nakamura shrugged his shoulders and spoke.
「Don't
be so frightened. My mother disappeared right after I was born. To be honest, I
don't really understand the situation either」
「Mother?」
Inomoto-senpai
raised an eyebrow.
However,
knowing the general situation, it was easy to imagine who he was referring to.
It was…
（...Anna
Teruya...）
Then,
with a big smile on his face, Nakamura continue to spoke.
「But...
well, now that I've acquired such wonderful power, I thought I'd try to get
back what I've lost before someone from the demon world comes for me」
「It's
already been reported, so I don't think the culprit will be able to get close
to them anymore...」
「Well,
don't say that. A detective should always be on the scene, no matter how far
the culprit goes」
It was
around midnight. At this point I had no way of knowing that Confinement
King-sama was watching the third round of SMM lesbian play.
And
now, Inomoto-senpai and I, with handheld lights in hand, are patrolling the
area around the scene of the cop's murder.
When
we arrived in front of the Kobayashi house, the scene of the cop's murder, it
still had yellow tape stuck to the gate.
Not
even a single light is lit on the house, and the area around the modern
white-walled Kobayashi residence is silent.
To
begin with, this area is normally a quiet residential area.
↓ Continue to Read ↓
↓ Continue to Read ↓
In the
daytime, there were some onlookers who came to see the scene of the murder, but
late at night, there are no such idiots to be seen.
「Where
are Kobayashi-san and his wife?」
「They've
moved to his wife's family's house. And after all that's happened. They'll
probably have to move out here too」
「Well...
normally, yes」
Unless
the culprit is caught, it is impossible to sleep peacefully with the pillow
high, and this splendid house has now become an accidental property.
Suddenly,
Inomoto-senpai stopped and began to look around, illuminating his feet with a
handheld light, as if searching for something.
「What's
the matter?」
「No, I
just wanted to see if I could find anything. The murder scene is probably
outside the hedge. It's right here where we are. But so far we haven't found
any signs of a struggle」
「Does
that mean his neck was broken before he could resist?」
「Probably.
Thanks to that, even the forensics guys are starting to think it's the work of
the devil」
Inomoto-senpai's
cheek twitched in amusement.
But in
fact, the hedges surrounding the Kobayashi house were as tall as
Inomoto-senpai.
Even
an Olympic weightlifter or a professional martial artist would not be able to
break victim's neck so fast that he could not even resist, let alone carry a
person and throw him over this height... I can understand why people want to
conclude that this is the work of the devil.
「Oh,
by the way, Senpai, there was a report that someone witnessed a young woman
running away, wasn't there?」
「Hmm?
Yeah, that was before the cop killed. It was a young woman in a black hoodie
with a hood up」
「Yes」
「So
what? It doesn't apply to a dead cat, but it's not like a woman's arms can do
it」
「Uh,
no... According to the investigation report of the receptionist's murder, a
woman with similar features was caught on camera at a convenience store across
the street」
「What?」
「She
was seen browsing in the magazine section, occasionally looking at something
outside the store... but she left without buying anything」
「Wearing
a hoodie hood in a convenience store... that's a pretty suspicious behavior」
「Not
so much for kids these days. Besides, if it was a man wearing the hood, the
clerk would be wary, but it's a girl」
「Is
her face visible?」
「Unfortunately,
the camera didn't show it, and the clerk only remembered that there was a
customer who looked like that」
Inomoto-senpai
raised his eyebrows a little, then cowered a little.
「Well,
I guess... it was a coincidence. No matter which way you look at it, there's
too little connection between the receptionist's case and this one」
「That's
true」
At
about the same time I nodded, I heard footsteps like leather shoes coming from
the end of the street.
Because
it was quiet at night, and there was no sign of a car passing, the mere sound
of leather shoes resonates so loudly.
Of
course, this is not a deserted wilderness. Even late at night, there is nothing
wrong with an exhausted office worker passing by.
But...
「I
knew I'd find you here... Inomoto used to say you had to be there every day」
「...Terashima,
prepare yourself」
「Yes...」
Senpai
Inomoto and I looked at each other and braced ourselves when we heard a
familiar voice coming from behind the darkness.
**b
「Ryoko-san,
I've been waiting for you at the apartment for a long time, but you haven't
come back at all」
The
sound of footsteps slowly approaching, and the figure of the person is
illuminated in the shadows of the streetlight.
「Wha...!」
Senpai
Inomoto pointed his handheld light at the figure, and we all gasped.
「Nakamura...
just when I thought I'd lost sight of you, you seem to be in a very strange
situation」
Inomoto-senpai
said in a voice that sounded as if his voice was being squeezed out of the back
of his throat, and Nakamura mouth twisted slightly.
Needless
to say, that's my ex-fiancé, Takehiko Nakamura.
--However,
his appearance is not normal.
「...You
look younger」
He was
supposed to be in his forties, but his appearance had transformed into
something that could only be described as late teens.
But
there was no way I could mistake him.
In
spite of all odds, he was the man I had once vowed to marry.
Silver-rimmed
glasses and a good-looking face.
His
hair is no longer in the usual seven-three style, but is dishevelled and
unkempt, as if he has not even combed it, but the brown suit he is wearing is
familiar.
It is
a one-of-a-kind suit with a traditional silhouette, tailored by a Ginza tailor.
It's the one he liked to wear.
「I, I
don't understand...」
Senpai
Inomoto, perhaps thirsty with nervousness, let out a choked voice.
（Looks
like Lili-sama's warning was right...）
She
had said that there was a high possibility that Nakamura would target me, and
it was right.
On the
contrary, from what he said earlier, it seems that Nakamura was hiding in the
apartment, waiting for me.
I
recalled what Lili-sama had told me beforehand.
She
said that a Majin is a human who has turned into a Devil.
Depending
on how they turn into Majin, some of them still have their memories and
reasoning from when they were human, while others do not.
And
judging from Nakamura's remark earlier, I can conclude that he had at least
some memories.
I
asked Senpai Inomoto about this.
「Inomoto-senpai,
I think you should step aside for now. Maybe I'm overthinking this, but the
devil... may have done something to Nakamura」
「This
is ridiculous... I want to say, but he's definitely not normal」
I
looked at Nakamura, looking for the right moment to run away. But when our eyes
unexpectedly met, Nakamura shrugged his shoulders and spoke.
「Don't
be so frightened. My mother disappeared right after I was born. To be honest, I
don't really understand the situation either」
「Mother?」
Inomoto-senpai
raised an eyebrow.
However,
knowing the general situation, it was easy to imagine who he was referring to.
It was…
（...Anna
Teruya...）
Then,
with a big smile on his face, Nakamura continue to spoke.
「But...
well, now that I've acquired such wonderful power, I thought I'd try to get
back what I've lost before someone from the demon world comes for me」
「It's
already been reported, so I don't think the culprit will be able to get close
to them anymore...」
「Well,
don't say that. A detective should always be on the scene, no matter how far
the culprit goes」
It was
around midnight. At this point I had no way of knowing that Confinement
King-sama was watching the third round of SMM lesbian play.
And
now, Inomoto-senpai and I, with handheld lights in hand, are patrolling the
area around the scene of the cop's murder.
When
we arrived in front of the Kobayashi house, the scene of the cop's murder, it
still had yellow tape stuck to the gate.
Not
even a single light is lit on the house, and the area around the modern
white-walled Kobayashi residence is silent.
To
begin with, this area is normally a quiet residential area.
↓ Continue to Read ↓
↓ Continue to Read ↓
In the
daytime, there were some onlookers who came to see the scene of the murder, but
late at night, there are no such idiots to be seen.
「Where
are Kobayashi-san and his wife?」
「They've
moved to his wife's family's house. And after all that's happened. They'll
probably have to move out here too」
「Well...
normally, yes」
Unless
the culprit is caught, it is impossible to sleep peacefully with the pillow
high, and this splendid house has now become an accidental property.
Suddenly,
Inomoto-senpai stopped and began to look around, illuminating his feet with a
handheld light, as if searching for something.
「What's
the matter?」
「No, I
just wanted to see if I could find anything. The murder scene is probably
outside the hedge. It's right here where we are. But so far we haven't found
any signs of a struggle」
「Does
that mean his neck was broken before he could resist?」
「Probably.
Thanks to that, even the forensics guys are starting to think it's the work of
the devil」
Inomoto-senpai's
cheek twitched in amusement.
But in
fact, the hedges surrounding the Kobayashi house were as tall as
Inomoto-senpai.
Even
an Olympic weightlifter or a professional martial artist would not be able to
break victim's neck so fast that he could not even resist, let alone carry a
person and throw him over this height... I can understand why people want to
conclude that this is the work of the devil.
「Oh,
by the way, Senpai, there was a report that someone witnessed a young woman
running away, wasn't there?」
「Hmm?
Yeah, that was before the cop killed. It was a young woman in a black hoodie
with a hood up」
「Yes」
「So
what? It doesn't apply to a dead cat, but it's not like a woman's arms can do
it」
「Uh,
no... According to the investigation report of the receptionist's murder, a
woman with similar features was caught on camera at a convenience store across
the street」
「What?」
「She
was seen browsing in the magazine section, occasionally looking at something
outside the store... but she left without buying anything」
「Wearing
a hoodie hood in a convenience store... that's a pretty suspicious behavior」
「Not
so much for kids these days. Besides, if it was a man wearing the hood, the
clerk would be wary, but it's a girl」
「Is
her face visible?」
「Unfortunately,
the camera didn't show it, and the clerk only remembered that there was a
customer who looked like that」
Inomoto-senpai
raised his eyebrows a little, then cowered a little.
「Well,
I guess... it was a coincidence. No matter which way you look at it, there's
too little connection between the receptionist's case and this one」
「That's
true」
At
about the same time I nodded, I heard footsteps like leather shoes coming from
the end of the street.
Because
it was quiet at night, and there was no sign of a car passing, the mere sound
of leather shoes resonates so loudly.
Of
course, this is not a deserted wilderness. Even late at night, there is nothing
wrong with an exhausted office worker passing by.
But...
「I
knew I'd find you here... Inomoto used to say you had to be there every day」
「...Terashima,
prepare yourself」
「Yes...」
Senpai
Inomoto and I looked at each other and braced ourselves when we heard a
familiar voice coming from behind the darkness.
**b
「Ryoko-san,
I've been waiting for you at the apartment for a long time, but you haven't
come back at all」
The
sound of footsteps slowly approaching, and the figure of the person is
illuminated in the shadows of the streetlight.
「Wha...!」
Senpai
Inomoto pointed his handheld light at the figure, and we all gasped.
「Nakamura...
just when I thought I'd lost sight of you, you seem to be in a very strange
situation」
Inomoto-senpai
said in a voice that sounded as if his voice was being squeezed out of the back
of his throat, and Nakamura mouth twisted slightly.
Needless
to say, that's my ex-fiancé, Takehiko Nakamura.
--However,
his appearance is not normal.
「...You
look younger」
He was
supposed to be in his forties, but his appearance had transformed into
something that could only be described as late teens.
But
there was no way I could mistake him.
In
spite of all odds, he was the man I had once vowed to marry.
Silver-rimmed
glasses and a good-looking face.
His
hair is no longer in the usual seven-three style, but is dishevelled and
unkempt, as if he has not even combed it, but the brown suit he is wearing is
familiar.
It is
a one-of-a-kind suit with a traditional silhouette, tailored by a Ginza tailor.
It's the one he liked to wear.
「I, I
don't understand...」
Senpai
Inomoto, perhaps thirsty with nervousness, let out a choked voice.
（Looks
like Lili-sama's warning was right...）
She
had said that there was a high possibility that Nakamura would target me, and
it was right.
On the
contrary, from what he said earlier, it seems that Nakamura was hiding in the
apartment, waiting for me.
I
recalled what Lili-sama had told me beforehand.
She
said that a Majin is a human who has turned into a Devil.
Depending
on how they turn into Majin, some of them still have their memories and
reasoning from when they were human, while others do not.
And
judging from Nakamura's remark earlier, I can conclude that he had at least
some memories.
I
asked Senpai Inomoto about this.
「Inomoto-senpai,
I think you should step aside for now. Maybe I'm overthinking this, but the
devil... may have done something to Nakamura」
「This
is ridiculous... I want to say, but he's definitely not normal」
I
looked at Nakamura, looking for the right moment to run away. But when our eyes
unexpectedly met, Nakamura shrugged his shoulders and spoke.
「Don't
be so frightened. My mother disappeared right after I was born. To be honest, I
don't really understand the situation either」
「Mother?」
Inomoto-senpai
raised an eyebrow.
However,
knowing the general situation, it was easy to imagine who he was referring to.
It was…
（...Anna
Teruya...）
Then,
with a big smile on his face, Nakamura continue to spoke.
「But...
well, now that I've acquired such wonderful power, I thought I'd try to get
back what I've lost before someone from the demon world comes for me」
「It's
already been reported, so I don't think the culprit will be able to get close
to them anymore...」
「Well,
don't say that. A detective should always be on the scene, no matter how far
the culprit goes」
It was
around midnight. At this point I had no way of knowing that Confinement
King-sama was watching the third round of SMM lesbian play.
And
now, Inomoto-senpai and I, with handheld lights in hand, are patrolling the
area around the scene of the cop's murder.
When
we arrived in front of the Kobayashi house, the scene of the cop's murder, it
still had yellow tape stuck to the gate.
Not
even a single light is lit on the house, and the area around the modern
white-walled Kobayashi residence is silent.
To
begin with, this area is normally a quiet residential area.
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In the
daytime, there were some onlookers who came to see the scene of the murder, but
late at night, there are no such idiots to be seen.
「Where
are Kobayashi-san and his wife?」
「They've
moved to his wife's family's house. And after all that's happened. They'll
probably have to move out here too」
「Well...
normally, yes」
Unless
the culprit is caught, it is impossible to sleep peacefully with the pillow
high, and this splendid house has now become an accidental property.
Suddenly,
Inomoto-senpai stopped and began to look around, illuminating his feet with a
handheld light, as if searching for something.
「What's
the matter?」
「No, I
just wanted to see if I could find anything. The murder scene is probably
outside the hedge. It's right here where we are. But so far we haven't found
any signs of a struggle」
「Does
that mean his neck was broken before he could resist?」
「Probably.
Thanks to that, even the forensics guys are starting to think it's the work of
the devil」
Inomoto-senpai's
cheek twitched in amusement.
But in
fact, the hedges surrounding the Kobayashi house were as tall as
Inomoto-senpai.
Even
an Olympic weightlifter or a professional martial artist would not be able to
break victim's neck so fast that he could not even resist, let alone carry a
person and throw him over this height... I can understand why people want to
conclude that this is the work of the devil.
「Oh,
by the way, Senpai, there was a report that someone witnessed a young woman
running away, wasn't there?」
「Hmm?
Yeah, that was before the cop killed. It was a young woman in a black hoodie
with a hood up」
「Yes」
「So
what? It doesn't apply to a dead cat, but it's not like a woman's arms can do
it」
「Uh,
no... According to the investigation report of the receptionist's murder, a
woman with similar features was caught on camera at a convenience store across
the street」
「What?」
「She
was seen browsing in the magazine section, occasionally looking at something
outside the store... but she left without buying anything」
「Wearing
a hoodie hood in a convenience store... that's a pretty suspicious behavior」
「Not
so much for kids these days. Besides, if it was a man wearing the hood, the
clerk would be wary, but it's a girl」
「Is
her face visible?」
「Unfortunately,
the camera didn't show it, and the clerk only remembered that there was a
customer who looked like that」
Inomoto-senpai
raised his eyebrows a little, then cowered a little.
「Well,
I guess... it was a coincidence. No matter which way you look at it, there's
too little connection between the receptionist's case and this one」
「That's
true」
At
about the same time I nodded, I heard footsteps like leather shoes coming from
the end of the street.
Because
it was quiet at night, and there was no sign of a car passing, the mere sound
of leather shoes resonates so loudly.
Of
course, this is not a deserted wilderness. Even late at night, there is nothing
wrong with an exhausted office worker passing by.
But...
「I
knew I'd find you here... Inomoto used to say you had to be there every day」
「...Terashima,
prepare yourself」
「Yes...」
Senpai
Inomoto and I looked at each other and braced ourselves when we heard a
familiar voice coming from behind the darkness.
**b
「Ryoko-san,
I've been waiting for you at the apartment for a long time, but you haven't
come back at all」
The
sound of footsteps slowly approaching, and the figure of the person is
illuminated in the shadows of the streetlight.
「Wha...!」
Senpai
Inomoto pointed his handheld light at the figure, and we all gasped.
「Nakamura...
just when I thought I'd lost sight of you, you seem to be in a very strange
situation」
Inomoto-senpai
said in a voice that sounded as if his voice was being squeezed out of the back
of his throat, and Nakamura mouth twisted slightly.
Needless
to say, that's my ex-fiancé, Takehiko Nakamura.
--However,
his appearance is not normal.
「...You
look younger」
He was
supposed to be in his forties, but his appearance had transformed into
something that could only be described as late teens.
But
there was no way I could mistake him.
In
spite of all odds, he was the man I had once vowed to marry.
Silver-rimmed
glasses and a good-looking face.
His
hair is no longer in the usual seven-three style, but is dishevelled and
unkempt, as if he has not even combed it, but the brown suit he is wearing is
familiar.
It is
a one-of-a-kind suit with a traditional silhouette, tailored by a Ginza tailor.
It's the one he liked to wear.
「I, I
don't understand...」
Senpai
Inomoto, perhaps thirsty with nervousness, let out a choked voice.
（Looks
like Lili-sama's warning was right...）
She
had said that there was a high possibility that Nakamura would target me, and
it was right.
On the
contrary, from what he said earlier, it seems that Nakamura was hiding in the
apartment, waiting for me.
I
recalled what Lili-sama had told me beforehand.
She
said that a Majin is a human who has turned into a Devil.
Depending
on how they turn into Majin, some of them still have their memories and
reasoning from when they were human, while others do not.
And
judging from Nakamura's remark earlier, I can conclude that he had at least
some memories.
I
asked Senpai Inomoto about this.
「Inomoto-senpai,
I think you should step aside for now. Maybe I'm overthinking this, but the
devil... may have done something to Nakamura」
「This
is ridiculous... I want to say, but he's definitely not normal」
I
looked at Nakamura, looking for the right moment to run away. But when our eyes
unexpectedly met, Nakamura shrugged his shoulders and spoke.
「Don't
be so frightened. My mother disappeared right after I was born. To be honest, I
don't really understand the situation either」
「Mother?」
Inomoto-senpai
raised an eyebrow.
However,
knowing the general situation, it was easy to imagine who he was referring to.
It was…
（...Anna
Teruya...）
Then,
with a big smile on his face, Nakamura continue to spoke.
「But...
well, now that I've acquired such wonderful power, I thought I'd try to get
back what I've lost before someone from the demon world comes for me」
「It's
already been reported, so I don't think the culprit will be able to get close
to them anymore...」
「Well,
don't say that. A detective should always be on the scene, no matter how far
the culprit goes」
It was
around midnight. At this point I had no way of knowing that Confinement
King-sama was watching the third round of SMM lesbian play.
And
now, Inomoto-senpai and I, with handheld lights in hand, are patrolling the
area around the scene of the cop's murder.
When
we arrived in front of the Kobayashi house, the scene of the cop's murder, it
still had yellow tape stuck to the gate.
Not
even a single light is lit on the house, and the area around the modern
white-walled Kobayashi residence is silent.
To
begin with, this area is normally a quiet residential area.
↓ Continue to Read ↓
↓ Continue to Read ↓
In the
daytime, there were some onlookers who came to see the scene of the murder, but
late at night, there are no such idiots to be seen.
「Where
are Kobayashi-san and his wife?」
「They've
moved to his wife's family's house. And after all that's happened. They'll
probably have to move out here too」
「Well...
normally, yes」
Unless
the culprit is caught, it is impossible to sleep peacefully with the pillow
high, and this splendid house has now become an accidental property.
Suddenly,
Inomoto-senpai stopped and began to look around, illuminating his feet with a
handheld light, as if searching for something.
「What's
the matter?」
「No, I
just wanted to see if I could find anything. The murder scene is probably
outside the hedge. It's right here where we are. But so far we haven't found
any signs of a struggle」
「Does
that mean his neck was broken before he could resist?」
「Probably.
Thanks to that, even the forensics guys are starting to think it's the work of
the devil」
Inomoto-senpai's
cheek twitched in amusement.
But in
fact, the hedges surrounding the Kobayashi house were as tall as
Inomoto-senpai.
Even
an Olympic weightlifter or a professional martial artist would not be able to
break victim's neck so fast that he could not even resist, let alone carry a
person and throw him over this height... I can understand why people want to
conclude that this is the work of the devil.
「Oh,
by the way, Senpai, there was a report that someone witnessed a young woman
running away, wasn't there?」
「Hmm?
Yeah, that was before the cop killed. It was a young woman in a black hoodie
with a hood up」
「Yes」
「So
what? It doesn't apply to a dead cat, but it's not like a woman's arms can do
it」
「Uh,
no... According to the investigation report of the receptionist's murder, a
woman with similar features was caught on camera at a convenience store across
the street」
「What?」
「She
was seen browsing in the magazine section, occasionally looking at something
outside the store... but she left without buying anything」
「Wearing
a hoodie hood in a convenience store... that's a pretty suspicious behavior」
「Not
so much for kids these days. Besides, if it was a man wearing the hood, the
clerk would be wary, but it's a girl」
「Is
her face visible?」
「Unfortunately,
the camera didn't show it, and the clerk only remembered that there was a
customer who looked like that」
Inomoto-senpai
raised his eyebrows a little, then cowered a little.
「Well,
I guess... it was a coincidence. No matter which way you look at it, there's
too little connection between the receptionist's case and this one」
「That's
true」
At
about the same time I nodded, I heard footsteps like leather shoes coming from
the end of the street.
Because
it was quiet at night, and there was no sign of a car passing, the mere sound
of leather shoes resonates so loudly.
Of
course, this is not a deserted wilderness. Even late at night, there is nothing
wrong with an exhausted office worker passing by.
But...
「I
knew I'd find you here... Inomoto used to say you had to be there every day」
「...Terashima,
prepare yourself」
「Yes...」
Senpai
Inomoto and I looked at each other and braced ourselves when we heard a
familiar voice coming from behind the darkness.
**b
「Ryoko-san,
I've been waiting for you at the apartment for a long time, but you haven't
come back at all」
The
sound of footsteps slowly approaching, and the figure of the person is
illuminated in the shadows of the streetlight.
「Wha...!」
Senpai
Inomoto pointed his handheld light at the figure, and we all gasped.
「Nakamura...
just when I thought I'd lost sight of you, you seem to be in a very strange
situation」
Inomoto-senpai
said in a voice that sounded as if his voice was being squeezed out of the back
of his throat, and Nakamura mouth twisted slightly.
Needless
to say, that's my ex-fiancé, Takehiko Nakamura.
--However,
his appearance is not normal.
「...You
look younger」
He was
supposed to be in his forties, but his appearance had transformed into
something that could only be described as late teens.
But
there was no way I could mistake him.
In
spite of all odds, he was the man I had once vowed to marry.
Silver-rimmed
glasses and a good-looking face.
His
hair is no longer in the usual seven-three style, but is dishevelled and
unkempt, as if he has not even combed it, but the brown suit he is wearing is
familiar.
It is
a one-of-a-kind suit with a traditional silhouette, tailored by a Ginza tailor.
It's the one he liked to wear.
「I, I
don't understand...」
Senpai
Inomoto, perhaps thirsty with nervousness, let out a choked voice.
（Looks
like Lili-sama's warning was right...）
She
had said that there was a high possibility that Nakamura would target me, and
it was right.
On the
contrary, from what he said earlier, it seems that Nakamura was hiding in the
apartment, waiting for me.
I
recalled what Lili-sama had told me beforehand.
She
said that a Majin is a human who has turned into a Devil.
Depending
on how they turn into Majin, some of them still have their memories and
reasoning from when they were human, while others do not.
And
judging from Nakamura's remark earlier, I can conclude that he had at least
some memories.
I
asked Senpai Inomoto about this.
「Inomoto-senpai,
I think you should step aside for now. Maybe I'm overthinking this, but the
devil... may have done something to Nakamura」
「This
is ridiculous... I want to say, but he's definitely not normal」
I
looked at Nakamura, looking for the right moment to run away. But when our eyes
unexpectedly met, Nakamura shrugged his shoulders and spoke.
「Don't
be so frightened. My mother disappeared right after I was born. To be honest, I
don't really understand the situation either」
「Mother?」
Inomoto-senpai
raised an eyebrow.
However,
knowing the general situation, it was easy to imagine who he was referring to.
It was…
（...Anna
Teruya...）
Then,
with a big smile on his face, Nakamura continue to spoke.
「But...
well, now that I've acquired such wonderful power, I thought I'd try to get
back what I've lost before someone from the demon world comes for me」
