[Death] Acacia inkstone

"I know everyone doesn't have much appetite at the moment." Hua Yuan served a few dishes, all of which were simple home-cooked dishes, but they were still full of color, aroma and taste: "But now is the critical moment, we must take care of our health." .”

Akiyama Reimi walked from the kitchen to the dining table with the bowls and chopsticks. Although her face was haggard, she still carefully set the tableware for everyone. Finally, she also sat at the table with a hoarse voice: "Izumo is right." The huge At this time, the round table was much less crowded. Seeing this scene, Akiyama Remi couldn't help but blushed again: "A few days ago, we had dinner together with nine people. I didn't expect that now..."

"Akiyama, this is all reality, we have to accept it, we have to go on." Kaoru Sakurai patted her on the shoulder and comforted her: "At least, there are six of us—"

"—It's seven." The door was suddenly opened, and a gust of clear wind suddenly blew in, mixed with the man's faint voice.

Sakurai Kaoru looked up in surprise:

It turned out to be Takikawa Aoba.

"There is going to be a storm on the sea, and the ships on Island V will not sail for a while." Takigawa Aoba leaned against the door, his eyes were dark and deep, and he could not see any emotion: "The next wave of police force will wait until We can only come to support after the storm has passed.”

Sakurai Kaoru stared at these eyes, their indifferent appearance made her feel very familiar.But another pair of eyes, exactly the same as this one, could not help but appear in my mind, smiling, affectionate, eyes only belonged to her.Such an illusion made Kaoru Sakurai wonder if he knew another Takikawa Aoba with a completely different personality.

The expression on her face changed subtly, and all these details were captured by Dongshiro's eyes.His expression froze for a moment.

It's just that no one caught it.Even Dongshiro himself.

Takigawa Aoba hadn't been able to come before because he had important things to do when he returned to the world of souls. He must have arrived at Datura Island directly from the world of souls, so he didn't have to worry about the obstacles of the wind and waves.The other people in the criminal investigation team belonged to the present world. Logically speaking, they should all feel that Takigawa Aoba's remarks were illogical, but no one asked.It was as if they knew everything in their hearts.

Takigawa's move seemed to predict that other people would not be suspicious.

Sakurai Kaoru frowned, she always felt that Takikawa was very strange.

"Hitsugaya——" Takigawa Aoba paused, as if he was thinking about how to address Toshiro, but in front of people in this world, he should actually have a higher position, and Toshiro just replaced him That's all.He approached the table and said slowly: "There are some things I want to talk to you about."

Sakurai Kaoru turned her head, with a worried look on her face.She always felt that what Takigawa Aoba was about to tell Toshiro must be a bad thing.

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"Captain." Kaoru Sakurai's eyes followed Toshiro all the way until he sat down again: "What did Takigawa say to you?"

Dong Shilang's complexion didn't look very good, he took a sip of water first, and then said: "It's nothing, he just explained some recent things that happened in the soul world."

"No way?" Sakurai Kaoru looked at the captain suspiciously, with a look of complete disbelief: "He came all the way to the island just to tell you these insignificant things?"

"He pretended to be mysterious, but it turned out to have nothing to do with the case?" Kaoru Sakurai gnawed on an apple dissatisfied: "He is sick."

Toshiro held his forehead helplessly, she really blamed Takikawa Aoba for saying that.He did get some clues from Takikawa that might help solve the case, but both of them felt that it was inappropriate to say anything at this time, so as not to startle the snake.That's why he didn't tell her the truth.

But having said that, Toshiro is not actually cheating Kaoru Sakurai.Takigawa Aoba told him that it was indeed a matter in the soul world. As for whether it was related to the case, it was Sakurai Kaoru's own groundless guess.He didn't confirm it, but he didn't deny it either.

After the suicide cases happened one after another, the atmosphere at the dinner table became more and more strange.Because everyone remembers that the first victim—Rina Takeuchi—died after fleeing the restaurant in a panic.

Sakurai Kaoru was concentrating on nibbling her apple, but suddenly there was a loud bang sound that came to her ears clearly.And all the people present were like her, they were startled first, and then looked for their reputation:

I saw Nishiura Iwata covering his abdomen with both hands, his upper body curled up like a shrimp, his head resting on the table, his face showed a distorted expression due to the severe pain.The stainless steel spoon that was in his hand fell on the clean slate floor, the sound was clear but full of death breath, haunting like a ghost and refusing to disperse, echoing in everyone's ears.

Kaoru Sakurai quickly stood up, ran to Iwata Nishiura, and stretched out his arms to help him lie down first.

The others also got up and gathered around. Sakurai Kaoru was the only one here with a medical background, so they could only wait to see if they could be of any help.

The severe pain made Iwata Nishiura almost unable to speak. Kaoru Sakurai wanted to call Toshiro and let him lie on the ground first, but found that Iwata Nishiura stretched out his hand to stop her with great effort.

"Mr. Nishiura must be suffering from food poisoning." Hearing the noise in the dining room, Takigawa Aoba came over from the living room, looking past Nishiura Iwata whose shoulders were trembling violently, and simply glanced at the table: "He must have had some soup Then it got poisoned."

"How's the situation?" Winter Shiro asked her softly in her ear.

Sakurai Kaoru made a gesture telling him to wait a moment, then leaned forward, she felt that Nishiura Iwata should have something to tell her.

"I didn't expect... so soon... it's my turn..." He paused each word, speaking with extreme difficulty: "Miss Sakurai... I think... you are not... one of us... "

"But you...be careful..." Nishiura Iwata's voice became smaller and smaller, almost like a mosquito's voice: "Maybe...that person...even you...wouldn't...let it go..."

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As expected, Nishiura Iwata was still dead.Moreover, he died in great pain.

Sakurai Kaoru pinched his wrist which was still warm, stared at the clear white stripes on his fingernails, and was silent for a long time.

Akiyama Reimi fell down on a stool beside her and cried hysterically. The strange curse, her boyfriend's departure, and the meal she and Huayuan painstakingly prepared together led to Nishiura Iwata's death.

Kahara Izumo stood aside with blank eyes, silently watching Kaoru Sakurai inspecting the body.

"Hua Yuan. It's not your fault." The cold and familiar aura hit, Hua Yuan turned his head, and met Dong Shilang's green eyes that went deep into the pool: "You don't have to blame yourself too much."

Hua Yuan felt that she had always been strong. Whether it was Zhenyang Ling's hard work day and night, or the various pains she suffered when she was a god of death, she had seen countless uncomfortable scenes, but she seldom shed tears.It's just that Dongshiro is by her side at this moment, which really makes it difficult for her to return to peace of mind.

Her eyelashes fluttered slightly, and her beautiful eyes were already filled with water.

Dong Shilang sighed softly, and patted her on the shoulder comfortingly: "We will catch the murderer."

Hua Yuan's tears finally fell when he heard these words, but he didn't make a sound.She was never the kind of girl who would cry out loud.

But she felt wronged, she really wanted to cry, she let go of the barriers in her heart, and revealed her vulnerable side: but not for Xipu.She just thought that the captain still cared about her.

Hua Yuan knew that there was a distance between her and Dong Shi Lang.People are greedy, but she wanted to get closer and closer to him at this moment.She has liked Dongshiro for so long, even longer than Kaoru Sakurai has been with him, she is not reconciled, she thinks that one day she will be able to touch his heart.

Kaoru Sakurai was examining the corpse two steps away, but Toshiro cast his eyes on himself.Hua Yuan only felt a tremor in his heart.

Dongshiro was looking at her.

His eyebrows, his eyes, the faint cold breath on his body.

All of them teach her to be distracted and infatuated.

Hua Yuan took a step towards him, and finally couldn't help reaching out to hug Dong Shilang, buried his head on his shoulder, and sobbed softly.

"Michael's lines appeared on the deceased's hands, which is a symptom of heavy metal poisoning." Kaoru Sakurai put down Iwata Nishiura's wrist, and the white lines on the fingernails made her feel a little shocking: "One of the symptoms of acute heavy metal poisoning is bleeding. Gastroenteritis, Mr. Nishiura was originally from the Substance Identification Department, so he probably expected that he would not survive."

After Sakurai Kaoru finished speaking, he stood up, unexpectedly when he looked up, he saw Kahara Izumo wrapping his arms around Dong Shirou's waist, embracing him.

The atmosphere froze at this moment, Sakurai Kaoru felt a little embarrassed.She laughed twice, patted her clothes lightly: "Blame me, I'm bothering you."

Sakurai Kaoru stared at them in a daze for two seconds.In fact, she had never seen Huayuan Izumo cry.

But there is a woman in the memory, dressed in a gorgeous white body, crying hysterically, with a haggard face.This woman has exactly the same face as Hua Yuan.

She knew that Hua Yuan liked Dong Shi Lang, but why had she ever worn a wedding dress?

When Huayuan was in Maoling, he fell in love with Takikawa Aoba.It's just that Takikawa is notoriously indifferent, and few people can deal with him, let alone pursue him.Hua Yuan met him several times, but every time it was fruitless.Until she met Shiro Dong later.

Sakurai Kaoru suddenly felt a little headache.

She glanced at the two people beside her from the corner of her eye:

Dong Shilang didn't push her away like the last time Hua Yuan confessed his heart to him.Probably because she was too sad to see her, he raised his hands that were hanging by his sides, and stroked her back gently, making her gradually calm down.

Kaoru Sakurai frowned imperceptibly, and half a moment later she squatted down again and searched Ship Iwata's belongings.Finally, she picked up a piece of letter paper that had been folded in half and put it in her body pocket, and walked away.

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