Miss Izumi

The moment he saw the butterfly, Quan's first reaction was not nervous or scared, but strange, how did he get marked?

If it was contact, when the victim fell down just now, he avoided it in time, so he should not have been touched.

Next to him, Kunikida Dubu Jianquan was silent for a long time, feeling uneasy, and asked, "What's wrong? Could it be..."

"Well, I have it too." Quan responded calmly.

He touched the butterfly's wings on his collarbone, and found, not surprisingly, that this thing couldn't be wiped off.Besides, he didn't feel uncomfortable with the butterfly-printed skin.

The pattern appeared quietly, and the strangest thing was that Kunikida Doppo couldn't see it.

"So, only the marked objects can see it? It's really funny."

A familiar voice came from behind.Through the exterior rearview mirror, Quan saw the bandaged arm.

"Oh, I hate touching corpses." Dazai Osamu grumbled and complained, squatting beside the office worker's corpse, stretched out a finger to touch the place marked by the butterfly circled by Izumi just now.

His fingers were just scratching across the water, but the purple butterfly printed on the victim's neck quickly melted like snow under the scorching sun.

Quan, the only one present who could see the change, told them: "The pattern is gone."

This proves that the purple pattern is indeed some kind of supernatural power.

Except for the disappearance of the purple pattern, except for the stiff body and sluggish expression, the victim, who seemed to be normal on the surface, had corpse spots on his body at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Based on the temperature and humidity, as well as the distribution of rigor and corpse spots, Osamu Dazai roughly speculated that the victim's death time was six to eight hours ago.

"So, it is basically certain now that the purple butterfly Izumi saw should be related to the cause of the victim's unnatural death after death in this case." Kunikida Duppo pushed down his glasses, glanced at Izumi, and then Said to Osamu Dazai who was squatting on the ground, "In that case..."

"Does Kunikida-kun want me to use Disqualification in the Human World to remove this mark for Sister Koizumi?" Dazai Osamu turned his head and glanced at Izumi's shoulder and neck, but did not notice any purple butterflies, then got up and looked at his partner.

"What?" Kunikida frowned without any trace.Having said that, doesn't it mean that Osamu Dazai still doesn't want to remove this mark for Quan?

"However, we now know that this peculiar ability mark can only be seen by the marked person. So, has Kunikida-kun thought about whether this mark will appear in the next generation if Izumi's ability is removed now? A victim? And who could he be?"

Osamu Dazai clearly gave his guess.

"..." Kunikida Doppo frowned, "But we are also not sure about the conditions and timing of the onset of this supernatural ability, right? Isn't this putting Izumi in danger?"

Quan glanced back and forth between the two of them, and finally looked at the victim lying on the ground, and said, "I'm curious, did the victim die directly due to the effect of supernatural power?"

Osamu Dazai glanced at him: "Are you talking about the direct cause of death? It was suffocation."

"Suffocation?" Quan carefully observed the condition of the victim's body, and found that his face was swollen, bruised and cyanotic, which were indeed the physical characteristics of suffocation.Because of the rigor, Izumi couldn't open his lower jaw to check if his teeth were bleeding.But Osamu Dazai would not fool him on this kind of matter, so he didn't get entangled in the cause of death.

"The autopsy reports of the first three victims showed that there was no foreign body in the victim's respiratory tract, and there were no suspicious marks on the neck and face. In addition, carbon monoxide poisoning was also ruled out. Finally, there was no damage to their central nervous system. The adjustment function is all normal, so it is not pathological asphyxia."

Dazai said calmly.

"I now suspect that the criminals used supernatural powers to manipulate the victims, making them unable to struggle and move, and then covering their faces with airtight fabrics or heavy winter quilts to cause mechanical suffocation."

"In this way, the victim's neck, face and other local areas will naturally not leave suspicious marks such as strangle marks. Then use supernatural powers to cover up the condition of their corpses and manipulate them to appear within the monitoring range like normal people The real condition of the corpse, together with the criminal's time of committing the crime and the method of killing, were covered up under false illusions, and it was undoubtedly impossible for the police to find the criminal by conventional methods."

"All in all, your guess is that this kind of supernatural ability cannot kill people directly, and the real murderer is the prisoner himself." Quan nodded, "I see, you want to use me to fish out the prisoner hiding behind his back."

Osamu Dazai added with a smile: "Our investigation found that the previous three victims lived alone."

Quan: "This also gives the criminal a chance to attack."

Osamu Dazai: "Are you also inclined to the side where the criminal came to the door?"

Quan: "After all, there are more variables outside, right? It's hard to say about airtight fabrics, but every household should have quilts, right? In this way, it is naturally more convenient to commit crimes in the victim's home. In addition, when the victim is found, he is completely dressed. Neat and well-dressed. This shows that the prisoner is a very ceremonial guy who will organize their remains and put on clean and tidy clothes. Therefore, he should come to the door to deal with the follow-up in person."

Dazai Osamu: "But who can avoid the sight of neighbors and freely enter and exit the victim's house?"

Quan: "Takeaway, courier? Considering the time required to stay in the victim's home to commit the crime... Sure enough, it is more appropriate to be a repairman or a domestic worker."

Osamu Dazai: "Sure enough, sister Koizumi thinks the same as me~"

"But having said that." Izumi narrowed his eyes and looked at Dazai Osamu suspiciously, "Since you have been able to lock the target, why don't you go and catch the criminal?"

"We were searching just now, but the prisoner was not found, but the No.4 victim was found. Also..." Osamu Dazai glanced at Izumi's neck, blinked innocently and said, "I think I'm lucky now." , we don’t need to go to the other party, the other party can come directly to the door.”

"..." After Izuna Uchiha, this is the second guy who blatantly uses him as a tool and takes it for granted.

Quan looked at him expressionlessly: "I even feel like I'm about to become a non-staff member of your detective agency?"

Osamu Dazai smiled: "That's not bad."

Kunikida Doppo: "...?"

Wait a moment?Why does he listen... This case is coming to an end like this? ? ?

"But there is still one problem that has not been resolved." Izumi looked at Osamu Dazai deeply, "How did he mark the target?"

"Well, this..." Osamu Dazai dragged his voice out, "Since his goal is to live alone, there must be an opportunity to confirm in advance, such as..."

"Have you ordered takeout lately?"

Not long after, the police arrived at the scene and took the No.4 victim's body away.

Quan picked up the broken mobile phone and waved goodbye to the detective agency.

He took a slow walk back home, and called the delivery number of the restaurant he often called - he could only eat takeaway if he didn't want to cook.

After that, he changed into his fluffy house clothes and lay down on the sofa to watch cartoons.

About an hour later, the doorbell rang at home.

Quan threw away the remote control, walked to the door, and used the doorbell to tell the other party to leave the takeaway at the door—since he encountered a door-opening murder, every time Quan ordered takeaway, he would ask the restaurant delivery staff to leave the food at the door.

The delivery man who often delivered meals to him was probably used to it, and left the dinner at the door according to Quan's request, and left without stopping.

Quan confirmed that there was no one outside through the cat's eyes, and then opened the door to pick up food.

He put the pizza box on the glass table in the living room and was about to wash his hands.But on the way to the bathroom, like a robot that has pressed a button to pause, he stopped suddenly, even before the foot that had just been stretched out had time to land.

However, this abnormality did not last long, and the "frozen" spring quickly returned to normal.

He did not continue to go to the bathroom, but walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows of the living room, and drew all the thick curtains, completely isolating the two worlds inside and outside.

The light in the living room became extremely dim for a moment, Quan didn't intend to turn on the light, but just sat quietly on the sofa.

At this moment, the doorbell rang.

Quan stood up and walked towards the gate.

Different from the cautiousness when getting takeaways before, this time Quan seemed to have completely forgotten to check who the people outside were, and opened the door directly.

The guy standing outside is a middle-aged man dressed as a repairman.He was wearing a hat and sturdy overalls, carrying a toolbox in his hand, and said with a simple smile, "Did you call me to help fix the water pipe?"

Izumi nodded expressionlessly, then turned and entered the door without saying a word—if you don't look at those frightened eyes, maybe there is really nothing unusual.

The repairman standing outside quickly followed, and then closed the door.

Quan led the repairman into the dimly lit living room, went to the bedroom and brought a quilt, and lay down on the floor to cover himself.

The repairman let out a chuckle of unknown meaning, put down the toolbox in his hand, and was about to go to the bedroom to get the clean clothes that he would put on later, unexpectedly...

There was a sound of "zilazila", and the lights in the living room suddenly flickered on.

The repairman was taken aback.

"Who?!"

The room was flickering, and the repairman quickly looked around, but found no one at all.

He suddenly thought of something, and subconsciously looked at the floor - he was relieved that the quilt and the person were still there.

But on closer inspection, he found it a little weird.Quan Mingming is a petite person, but for some reason, he feels that the guy lying under the quilt seems to be several times bigger than Quan just now.

The repairman felt uneasy, couldn't help swallowing, squatted down, and carefully lifted a corner of the quilt.

When he saw clearly who was under the quilt, his pupils trembled suddenly, and his face turned pale.

Because... the person under the quilt turned out to be himself!