Chapter 309

Sawakuri Isao took off his backpack and placed it in front of Mouri Kogoro.

"I’ve brought everything that looks like evidence! I hope you can solve this case."

"Hehe, don't worry, I won't do anything to you. As long as I know who the culprit is, I will disappear from this world after killing her, but my patience is limited."

Sawakuri Isao raised the bomb button in his hand and laughed: "By tomorrow morning, I will detonate the bomb!"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside, and Akaso Kaze said from outside: "You’d be better off asking me than him."

Sawakuri Isao looked at the door warily, his eyes fixed on Mouri Kogoro.

Hearing this, Mouri Kogoro’s eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "That’s right, Akaso-san is much better than me; he is the most famous Onmyoji in Tokyo."

"Onmyoji? Isn't that a charlatan? Can he even deduce?"

Sawakuri Isao was full of disbelief.

"He is really impressive, and he has the title of 'Crime Buster'; many criminals have been caught by him."

"Have you heard of the 12 million hostage incident that shocked the country a while ago? The guy who set the bomb was caught by him."

Mouri Kogoro bragged about Akaso Kaze desperately.

Sera Masumi, who was nearby, couldn't help but have her heart stirred.

Is that Onmyoji really not a charlatan?

And he knows how to deduce?

It seems necessary to check his information.

Sawakuri Isao thought for a moment, let Mouri Kogoro open the door, and hid in a blind spot himself.

Akaso Kaze entered the office directly, his gaze turning to Sawakuri Isao hiding on the side, instantly taking in the handgun and the bomb button.

"I heard everything outside just now; you seem to want to investigate your sister’s suicide case, right?"

Sawakuri Isao darkened his face: "That’s right, I don't believe my sister committed suicide. You should have heard it too; if it’s not solved by dawn, I will detonate the bomb directly!"

Sera Masumi, who was by the wall, stared at Akaso Kaze, wanting to see how he would deduce.

Akaso Kaze said calmly: "Finding the culprit is easy; I can tell you who the culprit is directly."

Sera Masumi was shocked and complained in her heart.

Even if you’re going to play the charlatan, at least put on an act.

Is it okay to just say it randomly without looking at any information?

Besides, this guy is going to kill someone.

What if you point to someone randomly and he pulls the trigger?

Sawakuri Isao shook his head, "I’m not one of those fools; I’m not someone you can just fool. I want to hear your deduction. It doesn't matter if I kill the wrong person, but I will never let the criminal who killed my sister go."

Akaso Kaze understood.

Isn't this just "better to kill three innocent people than to let one guilty person go"?

To be honest, he didn't really remember the details of this case that well.

But it doesn't matter; he has magic.

True Illusion!

Akaso Kaze waved his hand.

The walls of the detective agency around them disappeared one by one.

The room changed piece by piece, turning into a room at a hot spring inn.

"This, this is..."

Everyone was stunned.

True Illusion can create scenes that exist between reality and illusion.

As for the source of this scene, it was Sawakuri Isao.

Noah’s Ark, which no one could see, was floating above Sawakuri Isao’s head at this time.

Its hands were pressed on Sawakuri Isao’s brain.

Just like the "Cocoon" from before, it could extract human brain activity completely and, combined with Akaso Kaze’s magic, reproduce the scene from back then.

The time was the 14th of last month.

Sawakuri Isao lived next door to his sister. He suddenly received an email from his sister that said "Goodbye." Feeling strange, he went to knock on his sister’s door, but there was no response.

In his desperation, Sawakuri Isao broke the balcony window and entered the room, finding it full of steam.

In the bathroom, his sister had slit her wrists and soaked them in the hot water of the bathtub. She was no longer breathing, and she was still holding the room key and her phone.

Looking at his sister’s final appearance, Sawakuri Isao’s eyes turned red.

"That’s right, the scene at the time was like this, but I want to find the murderer, not relive the scene I saw back then!"

"Don't be in such a hurry. You don't want to find the murderer directly, you want to hear the deduction, right?"

Akaso Kaze said calmly.

He tried the door while saying: "The room door wasn't an automatic lock, but a manual lock. It looks like a complete locked room."

"But something happened at the time that made you suspicious."

As soon as Akaso Kaze’s voice fell.

A clanging sound came from the balcony window outside.

Sera Masumi hurriedly ran over to look, but didn't see anyone. However, she found some tiny glass fragments on the balcony outside the window.

"It really is suspicious. When Mr. Sawakuri entered, he broke the glass toward the inside; how could there be so many fragments outside?"

Sera Masumi frowned and said: "It seems the culprit must have been hiding somewhere in the room, and while Mr. Sawakuri was distracted by the bathroom, they snuck out through the broken glass door."

Sawakuri Isao looked at Akaso Kaze for a while, and his emotions calmed down.

He pointed to the bath mat and said: "Look, there are my sister’s bloody handprints on this. She must have grabbed the mat after the culprit slit her wrists and she tried to escape from the bathroom. Otherwise, how could there be blood in such a place?"

Akaso Kaze nodded and asked: "Are the only suspects these three ladies?"

"Only the three of them went to my sister’s room before the incident," Sawakuri Isao pressed the middle-aged women, "Right?"

"Y-yes," the plump woman stammered, "The four of us, including Miku, agreed that whoever reached a million sales first would treat the others to a hot spring inn."

"Miku became a bestselling author, and since it was a rare opportunity, we had her sign the first edition of her debut book that she gave us. We even discussed it enthusiastically on SNS."

"So we all went to her room that day, but we all happened to miss each other."

The thin woman with glasses and the others added, and under the threat of Sawakuri Isao’s gun, they hurriedly took out the signed books.

"This is it."

"Hmph!" Sawakuri Isao didn't have a good attitude toward the women and continued to explain to Akaso Kaze.

"Just in case, I said my sister and Detective Mouri were friends. If they wanted to hear a case-solving story, they should bring the book that proves their relationship with my sister. There’s even a date on the signature. This is the evidence that these three people saw my sister on the day of the incident!"

"That makes it simple," Akaso Kaze smiled slightly.

He looked at the tall, thin woman, "Let’s start with Mrs. Nibe."

Sera Masumi was very shocked to see the scene of Mrs. Nibe entering the room reproduced.

However, she had also heard about the release of the "Cocoon" and felt that this should be something similar, used by the Onmyoji to solve the case.

Her attention was not on the case right now.

With such technology, solving cases became very simple.

But the most important thing now is how to control Sawakuri Isao, right?

Otherwise, even if the culprit is found, the danger cannot be resolved. If Sawakuri Isao loses control and detonates the bomb directly, it would be even worse.

And Sawakuri Isao is very vigilant now, his hand always on the button to detonate the bomb; there’s no way to make a move.

Sera Masumi grabbed her messy hair in anxiety.

Damn it, what should I do?