Chapter 323: Master, You Are So Good

"Master~ If I go out with such a little magic power, won't I be embarrassing you? Help me think of a way."

Chang Liang Yao lay on Akaso Kaze, shaking coquettishly.

Akaso Kaze smiled and pinched her little waist.

"We Yin-Yang Masters emphasize the balance of Yin and Yang—hiss, I’m not talking about that. I’ll take a few commissions for you; as long as you have souls, your magic power will have a source in the future."

"The more commissions you complete, the more magic power sources you will have."

"Master~ You are so good, let me give you another massage."

Chang Liang Yao smiled like a flower.

The next evening, Chang Liang Yao went home to pack her things and walked back.

As Akaso Kaze’s female disciple, of course, she had to live with her master so that he could teach her personally.

Chang Liang Yao didn't have many things, only one suitcase.

Just walking on the path, there was a faint noise ahead.

Chang Liang Yao looked, and quite a few people were gathered there, and black smoke was rising in the air.

She was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and walked quickly toward that position.

Master said that the places where murder cases just happened are the easiest to find souls.

With souls, there is a source of magic power.

Although it was just a fire here, who knows if someone deliberately committed arson to harm people.

If there really were souls, not only could she gain magic power, but she could also help the police solve the case and increase her popularity.

This was a great opportunity to kill three birds with one stone.

Chang Liang Yao walked to the back of the crowd and asked a high school girl next to her: "Hello, excuse me! May I ask what happened here?"

"There was a fire here just now, and the firefighters finally put it out." The girl answered immediately.

"Fire?" Chang Liang Yao looked surprised, then asked nervously, "Could it be that someone was in the fire..."

"No! What was burned was just an abandoned warehouse; usually, no one is here."

The girl smiled slightly, then frowned, "However, I heard people in front say that this might have been done by that serial arsonist recently; I don't know if it’s true."

"Serial arsonist?" Chang Liang Yao blinked, hesitated for a moment, then raised her hand to pinch the gold coin hanging on her neck and sensed it.

She had embedded the gold coin that could hypnotize and predict into a chain and hung it on her neck so she could use it as before.

Although she could only use it once a week, she could go home soon and ask Master to replenish her magic power.

A few seconds later, Chang Liang Yao suddenly looked up, looked at the front of the crowd in astonishment, and her breathing quickened.

"No! There is a human soul here, right in that pile of ashes..."

In the surprised gaze of the girl next to her, Chang Liang Yao squeezed into the crowd quickly and walked forward.

Not long after, she arrived at the front of the crowd and looked at the "No Entry" banner.

Then she looked at the warehouse ruins that had collapsed in front of her, sensed with the gold coin in her hand, and finally her gaze fell on the largest pile of ashes, her pupils shrinking.

She turned her body slightly and looked over with the corner of her right eye.

There was the Eye of Space that Akaso Kaze had fixed for her.

Chang Liang Yao’s eyes widened quickly.

That soul was sitting squarely on top of the pile of ashes!

Chang Liang Yao glanced at the police who were still taking photos and collecting evidence, and couldn't help but remind the police who were maintaining order: "Officer, there might be a human corpse under that pile of ashes."

The police officer heard Kimijima Kana’s words and was stunned for a moment, then "ha"ed, waved his hand with a smile and said: "Ma'am, what are you talking about? This is an unmanned warehouse; how could there be a corpse."

Seeing that the police didn't believe her, Chang Liang Yao frowned, "I really felt it; please be sure to have someone check it. By the way, I am the famous fortune teller Chang Liang Yao."

"Fortune teller Chang Liang Yao?" The police officer looked confused.

"Ah, right, my master is the Yin-Yang Master, Lord Akaso." Chang Liang Yao quickly brought out her backer.

"What? Lord Akaso?"

The police officer’s eyes widened instantly.

Akaso Kaze was the gold-plated signboard of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

There was no case he participated in that couldn't be solved.

The police officer turned around and said loudly: "Report to Officer Yumura! Lord Akaso says there is a human corpse here!"

He directly omitted the word "disciple."

"What?!" Officer Yumura, who was discussing the case with his subordinates nearby, was startled and walked over quickly.

Chang Liang Yao explained.

Officer Yumura quickly had people dig through the ashes and indeed discovered the corpse inside.

Officer Yumura looked at the charred corpse, his pupils shrinking, his expression solemn as he gritted his teeth:

"The fourth arson case; the victim finally appeared."

Officer Yumura squatted on the ground, staring at the human corpse hidden in the ashes. A subordinate from the same group asked: "Officer Yumura, what should we do next?"

Officer Yumura was silent for a few seconds, then stood up and ordered in a hoarse voice: "Contact Inspector Megure immediately and have him send people over to investigate! Now that there is a human life, it’s not just a matter of fire investigation."

"Okay, I will contact Inspector Megure immediately!"

The subordinate responded and ran away quickly, while Officer Yumura waved his hand, signaling the forensic department to continue surveying the scene.

Officer Yumura said very politely to Chang Liang Yao: "This case is very tricky; can you please assist us in the investigation?"

This was the first time Chang Liang Yao had seen such a scene, and the first time she had encountered an officer being so polite to her, so she felt very honored to be Akaso Kaze’s disciple.

"Of course, but I have to make a call to Master first."

"Please go ahead. If convenient, please greet Lord Akaso for me."

Officer Yumura’s attitude became even kinder.

A few minutes later, Akaso Kaze put down his phone, looking at an unknown soul that had appeared in his space, the corners of his mouth rising slightly.

This disciple was worth taking in; she brought him a harvest on the second day.

He cast a Gate of Space, connecting a magic power thread from the soul to Chang Liang Yao.

This way, her prediction spell could be used once a day.

Metropolitan Police Department, First Investigation Division, Violent Crimes Investigation Section 3.

Conan listened intently to Ayumi’s description, and opposite him, Sato Miwako was drawing the criminal’s appearance based on Ayumi’s description.

"Looks a bit like a fox," Ayumi recalled, lifting the corners of her eyes with two fingers, "And like this, the eyes are slanted upward!"

"Fox eyes, huh."

Conan’s mind vaguely formed the image of the criminal.

Wearing a long coat in the hot weather, gloves, a hat, the smell of gasoline on his pants, messy long hair pressed under the brim of the hat, a fox-like face smiling eerily.

According to Ayumi, this person appeared in the alley near the fire scene last night, a strange uncle saying strange things; it should be the arsonist, no doubt.

With these characteristic clues, it shouldn't be difficult for the police to search, but the scope was still too large; he didn't know where the arsonist would appear next.

Officer Sato finished the portrait and showed it to everyone happily: "Is it like this? Does it look like him?"

Conan saw the portrait for the first time and was almost scared by Sato’s handiwork; the image in his mind collapsed instantly.

"Is, is it like this?"

"Not at all." Ayumi shook her head in distress.

Genta and the others, who were full of enthusiasm, had their faces collapse instantly: "It’s so ugly."

"It’s just like a child’s doodle."

"Are there no other people who can draw better?"

"What can I do?" Sato Miwako said with a flushed face, "Mr. Shikawa, who specializes in drawing portraits, is on sick leave today!"

"It seems we can only go to the scene to see; maybe we can find some clues."

Conan thought, rubbing his chin: "Anyway, Akaso Kaze won't participate in solving this case; I feel like there’s plenty of time, no pressure at all..."

Ring-a-ding.

Sato Miwako answered the phone.

"Hello? What? A corpse was found in the ashes? Who found it? Akaso-san’s disciple?"

Conan next to her looked confused.

What the heck?

Akaso Kaze has a disciple?

And found a corpse at the scene.

Why do I have a bad premonition?

I won't even be able to compare to his disciple...

In the evening, Takagi and Shiratori were called by Inspector Megure to Shinagawa to pursue a long-haired man suspected of arson, leaving Sato Miwako to continue investigating at the fire scene.

Conan and the others followed Sato Miwako to find the fire scene.

Several Masked Rider toy machines, next to an alley, and opposite the alley was the place where the fire started.

Unfortunately, the surveillance cameras in the nearby stores couldn't capture this side, so there was no way to verify the arsonist Ayumi mentioned.

"If that guy continues to commit crimes, he should be setting fires somewhere today, right?"

Conan held a map and marked the 5 fire scenes.

The first was in Ikebukuro, then Asakusabashi, then Tabata, Shimokitazawa, and finally Yotsuya, where they were investigating. Except for being near the station, there was no connection at all.

He connected them with lines again and looked: "Connecting them with lines is just an ordinary trapezoid; there’s no regularity."

Genta and the others leaned over: "Looks a bit like a tadpole."

"Should be more like a spoon, right?"

"A spoon?" Conan observed the map again.

"Whether it’s a tadpole or a spoon, the order of setting fires is very wrong, right? The criminal doesn't seem to be setting fires in adjacent areas."

"We are clearly the fifth place here, yet it’s in the middle of other locations, and the 3rd and 4th places are too far apart; it’s just like doodling on a map."

Conan asked Sato helplessly: "Officer Sato, did Officer Shiratori and the others catch the arson suspect?"

Sato Miwako took out her phone and dialed a number, then said: "They have already arrested the fleeing suspect at Shinagawa Station, but he keeps saying he is not an arsonist, just a burglar."

She saw a store entrance not far away with a camera, and while getting out of the car, she said: "You guys wait here; I’ll go there to see if there are any clues."