[Psychic Detective Yakumo] One hundred ways to tease cats

thing? "

Goto did not understand the meaning of Yakumo's words.The same goes for Ishii and Hatake, they didn't quite understand either, but Yakumo's eyes changed obviously.

"There is another murderer."

Yakumo said in a natural tone.

"You said that there is another person who is an accomplice?"

Goto couldn't help but yelled loudly.

"It's not an accomplice, it's 'another'."

"Hey! Yakumo, what's going on? Tell me clearly!"

Yakumoke stared at Goto fiercely.

"What a bad attitude! I'd better stop talking."

Tsk.This troublesome guy!

"Ah, I'm so sorry, please explain it to us in detail."

Why do I do this kind of thing?Although Goto said so.My heart was itchy with anger.

"I don't feel your sincerity, but forget it. Both we and the investigation headquarters made a big mistake."

"Big mistake?"

"Yes, a big mistake. First of all, the investigation headquarters needs to be renamed."

"Stop teasing people, just say it."

Goto's tone became rough again.That bastard Yakumo is still immersed in his sense of superiority.

"As I said just now, there are two separate incidents this time, and there are two murderers with completely different goals."

"Huh, is that so?"

Ishii took one step ahead of Goto and made funny noises.

"It's nothing to be surprised about. As long as you put aside the established concepts and think with the method of elimination, you can conclude this conclusion even if the truth is unbelievable. First of all, there is no doubt that the person who killed Ayaka and kidnapped Keiko was Ando We also found physical evidence, but the person who killed No. 2 victim Miho and No. 3 victim Rumi cannot be Ando.”

"why?"

Goto couldn't understand what Yakumo said at all. What does "impossible" mean,

"Ando was already dead when Rumi was killed."

"What about Miho?"

"Although this is just an inference, we can tell from the motive of the murder. Didn't we discuss Ando's mental state before?"

Goto nodded.Ando was extremely afraid of death because he witnessed his mother's suicide, and the girl's words "Go to death" ignited his inner fear.In order to eliminate the fear of death, he took the lives of others.

"If my deduction is correct, the most important thing for Ando is to kill the other party "with his own hands". "

"Well, Miho and Rumibe died of drowning, so they weren't killed by the murderer "by their own hands". "

Hatake put his hands on his chest and continued Yakumo's words with an admiration on his face.

"No, wait! He can also drown the other party "with his own hands"! "

Gotou interjected.

"How to do it?"

"Just press me from behind like this."

Goto held down the back of Ishii's neck who was standing beside him, and showed Yakumo the practice.Goto's sudden move caused the panicked Ishii to struggle desperately, waving his hands and feet.

"Didn't you listen carefully to what you just said?"

Hatake snorted and sneered.

"What do you mean? You perverted old man!"

"It's superfluous to say 'perverted'. As I said earlier, the drowned girl only has scratches on her ankles."

"so what?"

"If you press down on someone's back like you, there should be traces of oppression left there."

"what!"

Only then did Goto understand what Hatake said, and he let go of Ishii's neck.That's the way it is, it's true, but it's like this

"How did the murderer do it?"

Goto racked his brains but couldn't come up with an answer.

"Judging from the condition of the corpse, it should be that a heavy object was tied around the girl's ankles and she was sunk into the river."

Yakumo pointed to the ankle of the corpse and said.

"That's why there's the scrape on the ankle."

Having said that, Goto can probably grasp the point.

"Returning to the topic just now, for Ando, ​​the important thing is to kill the other party with his own hands."

"If you use the method of drowning, it's not considered murder by your own hands."

Goto followed Yakumo's words.I see.From the very beginning, there were two methods of killing, "hanging" and "drowning", so there should have been two murderers, but it was just that girls of the same age were killed in the same area, plus "gangsters abducted and killed The girl found the body of the murdered girl without threatening her family.” In such a special situation, the police investigated it as a serial abduction and murder case.

If it is determined from the beginning that these are two incidents and there are two suspects, it is not surprising that the No. 3 victim was discovered after Ando's death.but

"If that's the case, what is the purpose of the No.2 murderer's murder?"

"I don't know that."

Yakumo replied without thinking.Yes, this is indeed not so easy to guess.But since these are two incidents, it means that the whole investigation is back to square one.

A dignified atmosphere permeated the dissecting room.It was hard to speak in the presence of such extraordinary circumstances.

"But this kind of torture method", Hatake's mouth was bent into a へ shape, and he stopped in the middle of the sentence.

"Father, what's the matter?"

Hatake had a wry smile on his face. He didn't seem to want to say it, but he finally started to speak reluctantly.

"It's nothing, I just feel that this method is very similar to some kind of sacrifice ceremony."

"Living sacrifice?"

Tsk!This perverted old man!

"I think so."

Hello!Even Ishii said that!What the hell is going on with these people?

"I see, living sacrifice."

This time, Yakumo muttered to himself.

"Hey hey hey! Don't go too far!"

Goto couldn't bear it and said loudly.

"Goto-san is still limited by established concepts."

Yakumo immediately interrupted Goto's words.

"I didn't, it's obvious that you guys are talking about strange things!"

"This sentence is preconceived. Even if you don't believe in ghosts and gods, there are still people in this world who believe in them. Nowadays, things about supernatural phenomena are everywhere. "Things you don't believe in" are equal to "doesn't exist". Because of this, this time The investigation will go in the wrong direction."

Goto stuck out his tongue and gave up on rebutting Yakumo.Anyway, arguing with him won't win.

"If this is really some kind of ritual"

Yakumo lowered his head, pinched his eyebrows and muttered to himself.Hatake and Ishii were talking about the disgusting subject of human heads and live goat blood, Goto always felt that there was no room for him to talk here.

"Could it be"

Suddenly, Yakumo raised his head and muttered.

I visited Dr. Kinoshita again, and Dr. Kinoshita still led me to the consulting room without any displeasure, and brought me a cup of coffee.

Kinoshita spoke first.

"You are welcome, in fact, I just happened to want to find you."

"Well," I nodded in agreement, "as far as I know, you should indeed come to me."

Kinoshita's expression became very strange, "Haruka..." He forced a smile, "How did you know I would have something to do with you?"

I picked up the coffee and said to him, "Before the experiment starts, Mr. Kinoshita, please drink this cup of coffee first."

"You really know something," Kinoshita's eyes changed.

"What do I know?" I stirred the coffee in my cup, "Mr. Kinoshita, I don't know what you're talking about?"

"Haruka, what do you mean by the experiment you mentioned earlier?" Kinoshita's face twitched, he looked at me and asked.

"I majored in psychology in college," I said unhurriedly, "does Mr. Kinoshita know why?"

"reason?"

"Personality detachment, that's what it should be called," I said leisurely, poured out the coffee in my hand, took out a bottle of water from my bag, and took a sip, "But my situation is different from others. "

"different?"

"That's right, it's different," I shook the bottle in my hand, "The difference is that I'm still here talking to you safely, while others like me are in a madhouse right now."

"So," Kinoshita's eyes showed a little fear, and he backed away involuntarily.

"When I was young, my sister died in a car accident. She was hit by a car trying to catch a ball I threw." I said flatly, "Since that day, the channel for me to communicate with this world has disappeared. gone."

Kinoshita looked at me intently.

"It was a very painful experience," I sighed, "but the dead cannot be resurrected, they can only rest in peace."

"You've given up, but I haven't given up," Kinoshita said. "My daughter Ayaka will definitely come back from the dead."

"When I was devastated by the loss of my daughter, a man stepped forward and took me to the river so I could see my daughter's spirit."

Mu Xia said without changing his expression.In my mind, I recalled what happened between me and Yakumo, and I used to talk to my sister's soul through Yakumo before.

"My daughter is suffering, very much, and although I am dead, my soul is still suffering."

Kinoshita's eye sockets were like rough water.

"You know what? Ayaka was still in pain even after she died. And I could only look at her helplessly."

Kinoshita took a deep breath with his chest wide open and continued.

"I desperately searched for a way to save me, and that man also provided me with many documents. During the investigation, I found that many people had the experience of resurrection from the dead. Finally, I came to a conclusion. Human beings have souls, and souls are The aggregation of human thoughts and emotions, that is, even though the body is dead, the soul is still alive."

I've heard this before, Yakumo said the same thing.

"Body and soul are