Chapter 16

"Akaso-san, Takeshi Hatamoto is a criminal suspect, you can't just talk nonsense."

Inspector Megure looked disbelieving.

Akaso Kaze smiled, "Since Inspector Megure doesn't believe it, you can continue searching, but it's all a waste of effort. Takeshi Hatamoto should have already been buried in the sea."

He had just used prediction magic, and the arrow pointed directly into the sea; the body must have been thrown into the sea by someone.

Natsue in his arms trembled, silently shedding tears.

"In that case, the case is very clear."

Mariko Hatamoto said fiercely: "Takeshi Hatamoto, originally named Takehiko Zaiki, is the son of Isao Zaiki."

"His father committed suicide ten years ago after his company was taken away by my father, so he approached Natsue and took the opportunity to mix into the Hatamoto family."

"During this voyage, my father discovered his secret, so he killed him to silence him."

"After that, to escape responsibility, he killed Tatsuo Hatamoto, then jumped into the sea, wanting to escape. Who knew fate was against him, and he drowned in the sea."

"It must be like this, Inspector Megure, I think my father's case can be closed."

Inspector Megure's mouth twitched twice upon hearing this.

Saying it so easily, as if you were a detective.

Shouldn't it be up to us police to decide whether the case can be closed?

You are clearly looking down on our Metropolitan Police Department!

In Inspector Megure's mind, he was holding Mariko Hatamoto with one hand, slapping her left and right.

Say that again, will you? Say it again?

But he really didn't dare to do that.

Although the Hatamoto family is not a top family in Tokyo, they are famous in the wealthy circle.

A small inspector like him really didn't dare to offend them casually.

"Alright, I'll send people to search the sea for Takeshi Hatamoto's body..."

Inspector Megure also seemed to think the case was just as Mariko Hatamoto said.

Just as he was about to deliver his closing statement, Akaso Kaze suddenly spoke up: "Everyone, you've got one thing wrong."

Everyone looked over.

He smiled slightly and continued: "I only said Takeshi Hatamoto is dead, but I didn't say he was the murderer. He was killed by someone."

"Huh?" Inspector Megure turned his head to look at Akaso Kaze, who had a serious expression, "Akaso-san, you mean..."

"The real murderer is him... Ichiro Hatamoto."

Akaso Kaze looked at a young man hiding behind the crowd.

"What? Ichiro!" Mariko Hatamoto turned to look at her son.

She wanted to refute, but looking at her son, whose face had instantly turned pale, she had a bad premonition.

"Na, Nani?" Inspector Megure said in surprise, "Ichiro Hatamoto is the murderer? But wasn't he stabbed by the murderer?"

Akaso Kaze listened to Inspector Megure's nagging and really wanted to slap him.

This guy is really a negative example specifically for questioning correct reasoning!

He reached out to make a shushing gesture, then said: "Inspector Megure, if you want to know the truth, then don't interrupt me, listen to me finish!"

Natsue in his arms widened her eyes, looking at Akaso Kaze's handsome face.

Akaso Kaze's mouth curled up, and he continued:

"The criminal committed three cases in total. The first two, he escaped without a trace, and left no murder weapon."

"Only this third time, the murderer didn't take the murder weapon away, but left it at the scene."

"No, perhaps I should say he had no way to take it away because his leg was injured and he couldn't move."

"This, this can't count as evidence." Mariko Hatamoto tried hard to argue for her son.

"It absolutely cannot be Ichiro, he has no reason to kill his grandfather."

"Who says he doesn't." Akaso Kaze looked at Ichiro Hatamoto.

"If my divination as an Onmyoji is correct, Ichiro Hatamoto, you like Natsue-san, right?"

"You can look at his paintings; they are all portraits of Natsue."

"What? Hurry, bring all his paintings over." Inspector Megure immediately directed his subordinates.

"No, don't." Ichiro Hatamoto suddenly stood up excitedly, snatched the portfolio, and hugged it to his chest.

"Don't touch my paintings, I did it, it was all me."

"I once asked grandfather to agree to let me marry Natsue, but he refused me and even said I was a toad wanting to eat swan meat."

"I could never forgive him, and he also took away Natsue's Takeshi..."

"So you killed your grandfather and framed Takeshi?" Natsue struggled to stand up, looking at Ichiro Hatamoto with tears in her eyes.

Ichiro Hatamoto's eyes dodged, not daring to look at Natsue.

"When I threw away the murder weapon on the deck, I was seen by Tatsuo Hatamoto, and he used it to blackmail me, so I had to kill him to silence him."

"However, I didn't kill Takeshi. He saw me kill Tatsuo, and when he was running for his life, he jumped into the sea himself..."

Clatter.

Mariko Hatamoto collapsed on the ground.

The truth was revealed, and Ichiro Hatamoto was taken away.

Inspector Megure scratched his head with an embarrassed smile: "Akaso-san, I really shouldn't have said that just now. I didn't expect you Onmyoji to be better at solving cases than detectives."

"However, after you arrived, no one introduced the case to you. How did you know those details?"

Akaso Kaze looked at Inspector Megure and smiled.

"I am an Onmyoji, of course... the ghosts told me."

Ghosts...

Inspector Megure couldn't help but shiver.

He looked left and right and hurriedly said goodbye.

Watching him leave, Akaso Kaze turned to look at Natsue, who looked miserable.

"Natsue-san, there is only one thing left now."

The girl looked up blankly.

Ten minutes later, in Natsue's room.

Akaso Kaze held a pair of scissors.

Using the Eye of Space to look at the girl.

This is really interesting.

All three souls were sitting on top of her head, lined up in a row.

Kozo Hatamoto sat in the middle.

On the left was Tatsuo Hatamoto, and on the right was Takeshi Hatamoto.

The three souls sat in a row, just like kindergarten children waiting for candy.

Akaso Kaze could imagine why this happened.

The murder weapons for the first two cases were not left at the scene.

The souls must not have had time to attach themselves.

However, they all chose to stay on Natsue, who arrived soon after, which is terrifying to think about.

As a grandfather, Kozo Hatamoto sitting on his granddaughter's head after death is truly shameless.

Tatsuo Hatamoto not clinging to his own wife but sitting on the head of his sister-in-law Natsue is also unforgivable.

Wealthy families are truly chaotic.

This is only because they ran into him; otherwise, by nightfall, they would probably be fighting.

Akaso Kaze couldn't help but smack his lips.

As for Takeshi Hatamoto, who drowned in the sea, why his soul could fly back is even more surprising.

But Akaso Kaze didn't fully believe Ichiro Hatamoto's words.

Maybe Takeshi Hatamoto was also killed by him before being thrown into the water.

It's just that he didn't confess because of Natsue.

Akaso Kaze used the scissors to carefully cut three strands of hair from the girl's head and put them into the soul space.

"You, what did you do?"

Natsue widened her eyes.

She had just seen those hairs disappear in Akaso Kaze's hand with her own eyes.