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"Is it some kind of message left by the prisoner? For example...to insult the personality of Elder Taiquan."

Moonlight Hara Misa's conjecture is very straightforward. It is true that she is inserted upside down in the toilet, which feels dirty when she thinks about it. It doesn't feel wrong to understand it as an insult.

"What about the situation of Nianfu Kosaka, putting it on a tree can't be called an insult, can it?"

If it was really the same person who committed the murder, Nianfu Kosaka's dead appearance, as if he was still sitting in meditation, would be too different from Taizen Onishi.

"Then... what about the case where the prisoner is a mentally abnormal person?"

"That criminal's standard of conduct cannot be seen in the two current cases."

Kyoko Kirikiri's detective number is 917, and the detectives starting with 9 are all detectives who are good at dealing with murderers.

It's not that Kyoko Kirikiri has never solved such a case of a mentally abnormal prisoner committing a crime before, but any case committed by such a prisoner will always be accompanied by a very obvious abnormal logic of behavior.

"Or... is that a metaphor? Making the object look like a metaphor for something or something....

It should be more possible than a mere insult. "

"That is to say... Monk Taiquan is regarded as a work? That... I personally hope it is not like that."

Mr. Imagawa seems to be a bit unacceptable, but it is easy to understand, after all, he was the monk who taught him yesterday.

"Why do you think so, Mr. Imagawa?"

"Today... I spoke to Elder Tae Jeon."

"What? Elder Taiquan was killed today...!"

"Yesterday, you also knew that I wanted to ask Elder Taiquan about something, but I came back soon.

Because at that time Elder Taiquan actually asked me to come back in the morning....... "

This point, including Kyoko Kirikiri, was not noticed by others, because most people who came to Senli Temple still had a free mind, so it was not surprising who went where to visit.

"You went to see Elder Taiquan in the morning, after breakfast? About how long did you stay with Elder Taiquan?"

“06:30开始...往后三10分钟左右。之后我又想到点事情，在08:30的时候去长老，但那个时候他就不在了。

I went again after lunch at noon, but I was still not there...... "

Both Kyoko Kirikiri and Misa Tsukikohara still remember the purpose of Mr. Imagawa's coming here, but now it seems that things are more important to him than business.

"Before... I thought I could be an artist because I could draw well, but I ended up getting frustrated by my father's criticism.

I have never understood why the painting is not good enough....

After listening to Elder Taiquan's words yesterday, I felt that I understood a little bit, so I wanted to talk to him more.And then... he said so at the time. "

——Is there a difference between understanding and not understanding?In the same way, just having the feeling of understanding is the same as not understanding.A monk once asked his master, do dogs also have Buddha-nature?

His master replied that there was, and the monk asked, if there was, why the dog was born in the form of an animal.

The master replied that it was because he knew that he had Buddha nature, but he still did evil and did not change his karma.

Afterwards, other monks also came to ask the master if the dog had Buddha nature, but he answered no.Because dogs don't know such things as Buddha nature, they live in ignorance and confusion all their lives.

"You...do you understand what Elder Taiquan told this story?"

"......don't know."

Not only Moonlight Hara Misa, but also Kyoko Kirikiri couldn't figure out what the meaning of this story was.

"I didn't understand it at the time, but at that time...Suddenly Elder Taiquan's old face was filled with a color that made people seem to see the Buddha nature."

This kind of statement makes people feel very strange. After all, can the word Buddha nature be used in this way? This kind of question will naturally appear in the hearts of Kyoko and others.

"He said that was the case...then thanked me and asked me if I thought dogs had Buddha nature.

At that time, I couldn't answer it, but Elder Taiquan thought I had understood it and asked me to come back in the morning.

I spent the whole night, feeling that I thought of something again and wanted to find Elder Taiquan. When I went there for the first time, I thought he was not there, and I saw Mr. Zhetong on the way.

But then, Elder Taiquan's old voice came from the inner room.

After confirming my identity, I told Elder Taiquan who was inside that I thought of the answer to whether dogs have Buddha nature.

At that time Elder Tae Jeon said to me, 'Really?Did you unlock it too...? '"

Misa Moonlight Hara couldn't believe it for thinking about this kind of question seriously all night, but she could understand why Mr. Imagawa woke up with a pair of dark circles under his eyes that were more obvious than everyone else.

"At that time... what was your answer, Mr. Imagawa?"

In fact, Kyoko Kirikiri didn't quite understand this aspect, but Mr. Imagawa obviously cared about this issue very much. Regardless of whether it will help the case or not, he should ask it clearly before talking.

"I think a dog may have Buddha nature but it doesn't have it, because even if a dog has Buddha nature, it's meaningless, so it's the same as not having it. Being and not having it are the same."

"How did Elder Taiquan answer your answer?"

"Beautiful, it's really a beautiful realization. At that time...that's what it said."

"Mr. Imagawa, have you learned something here?"

Comprehension is the purpose of monks' practice. Many people who come to temples to worship Buddha come to this place to let themselves "suddenly realize".

"What I couldn't figure out before, I now understand. Elder Taiquan asked me the question 'Is there a difference between understanding and not understanding?'.

At the stage of explaining what you understand to yourself, it will not be the essence of things.So the period when you have the feeling that you understand is actually the same as when you don’t understand.

The so-called understanding is to apply what you understand to reality.That is to say, when drawing, I have to become paper and pen.

Because I wanted to convey this matter, I tried to go to Elder Taequan again around 08:30, but this time not only was there no one in sight, there was no answer from the room inside. "

"That's why you feel that the appearance of Elder Taiquan's corpse is not a metaphor."

If it is a metaphor, you should be able to think of something from it, but whether it is the "monk sitting in meditation on a tree" by Xiao Bannianfu or the "corpse stuck upside down in the toilet" by Daxi Taiquan, there is nothing obvious. connect.

"That's not a metaphor. It should be because of some other reason that Elder Taiquan had to become like that."

"...Mahiru Koizumi, where did you go after breakfast this morning?"

"Eh? Me?"

Probably because he didn't expect Kyoko Kirikiri to turn his attention to him suddenly, Mahiru Koizumi said a little stiffly.

"I... went to Mr. Renxiu's place."

"Renxiu? Isn't that the special old man who lives here?"

"Uh... I'm a little bit interested."

"That...Koizumi. I'm not suspicious of you."

Hearing Koizumi Mahiru's answer, this time Tsukikohara Misa couldn't bear her hesitant way of speaking now, and it was obvious that she shouldn't be like this in the first place.

"But you really are hiding something, right?"

"Eh?"

"You are so obvious, it's not surprising to be discovered by others. How about being frank?"

Kyoko Kirikiri brought up this matter again, Mahiru Koizumi should not be the criminal, but there is no reason to let her, the person who conceals information, continue to ignore the situation.

"I was actually... looking for someone at the time."

"...Tell me in detail."

"I...you know that I'm a trainee reporter. I came here to find someone who used to live in a big family in a village that existed in this area."

"The village?"

Kyoko Kiritaki thought about it, and there didn't seem to be any villages in this area.

"It happened a long time ago, and I don't know the details. There used to be a village near here, and it was a poor village, but there was only one entrepreneur whose family was very rich.

There are two children in that family, Jin, who is an older brother, and Suzuko, who is a younger sister. "

"Suzuko...."

Is it the girl who sings in this mountain?

"Later, that house was burned down by an unknown fire, and it was completely burned. The bodies of the parents of that family were also found after the incident along with the bodies of the servants, but they were not burnt to death."

"Didn't it burn to death?"

"Their cause of death was that they were beaten to death. It was a homicide...! The police at the time did not find the culprit, and it was judged that the crime was more like an enemy than a thief.

That home encroached on local property, and so attracted a fair amount of resentment.Jin was fine because he quarreled with his parents and left the house, but Suzuko disappeared....It's just that some people said that they saw a girl in a kimono who was crying and walking into the mountains. "

The more he said it, the more bizarre it became, Koizumi Mahiru's expression became more and more ugly at this time.

"It happened 13 years ago, but... honestly, do you think it's possible? A 13-year-old girl... is still wandering on this mountain 13 years later?"

"Common sense...impossible."

"After learning about this incident and the legend of the kimono girl in the mountains, I decided to investigate as a reporter... But I was scared for a few days after that, but I still didn't want to give up."

This is probably the so-called seeing a ghost. No matter how you look at it, you have met a ghost.

Koizumi Mahiru's thoughts, Kyouko Kirikiri probably understood, she came here as a small reporter interested in the legend of the singing kimono girl on this mountain, but... was possessed by her instead, making her flustered.

"13 years later still a little girl, wandering in the mountains or something... I saw her, but couldn't believe she was there.

If I could really talk to him, I probably wouldn't be so scared. "

If the mystery of that girl can be solved, Koizumi Mahiru should not be in such a state of being "taken by a ghost".

"You will know the incident 13 years ago, you should not only know a little bit of it?"

"It's really sharp, yes, in fact, I only asked someone who was the person involved in the past to know about this matter."

Koizumi Mahiru stroked her hair, she did feel a little better after saying that.

"The person told me...she had a conversation with Suzuko at noon on the day of the fire, and Suzuko cried and begged her to give a letter to her brother."

"What kind of letter was that?"

"The other party didn't want to talk about it, but it seems that the letter was not sent in the end. It seems that Ren was introduced to a Zen temple to become a monk after he was cleared of the suspicion."

The case from 13 years ago, but in the end the mystery attracted evil spirits that people thought should not exist.

"Won't grow up...Girl's ghost."

"If Elder Taiquan is right, the so-called ghost should live with Mr. Renxiu, then there will be no problem.

As long as I ask clearly in person, I will get away. "

Seeing Koizumi Mahiru who seemed really tired, Kyoko Kirikiri closed her eyes.

This mountain... is weird enough even without the murders...?

Chapter 840 Three: Kira Yoshikage Returns

After Mahiru Koizumi came to this mountain, he did a lot of research as a reporter. If Kyoko Kirikiri is a genius detective and Misa Tsukikohara is a genius therapist, then it is not an exaggeration to call Mahiru Koizumi a genius reporter, of course. ..It can also be said to be a super high school-level reporter in the future.

"Did you get any other information after you came here?"

"Do you want to squeeze out my intelligence no matter what? Well, I guess it's useless to keep it in my heart."

Koizumi Mahiru took a deep breath. She had been terrified and entangled in various phenomena that could not be explained by common sense before and didn't know what to do, but now she seemed to be able to speak out obediently.

"Actually... if you start climbing from the hot spring, you can climb here."

"Onsen...do you mean Oku Yumoto?"

On both sides of the mountain, one side going down the mountain is Taitai, which is the road that Kyoko Kirikiri and Misa Moonlight Hara came from when they went up the mountain.

On the other side is Oku Yumoto, and Kama and Aika used to go up the mountain from this side.

"Wait a minute, Ms. Kirikiri! I remember that there is a story about the mouse monk in this mountain, right?"

As if thinking of something, Misa Tsukikohara said to Kyoko Kirikiri.

"You think Nenfu Kosaka walked that way, that's why there is such a story, right?"

Another case that was suspected to have happened on this mountain, but the murderous mouse monk was nowhere to be found, but if you insist on thinking about it in this temple.

"The last time Kosaka saw at this temple was at [-]:[-] p.m., because I thought it was impossible considering the time.

But that would explain it.Very useful information, Koizumi.... "

"I just said what I can say, and I don't want to be entangled in this kind of ghost thing."

Koizumi Mahiru already regretted coming to this mountain. Although she was still very curious about the truth in this mountain, she subconsciously felt that there would be no good end if she continued like this.

"Nenio Kosaka, a monk from Kamakura...does this incident have anything to do with the incident 13 years ago?"