Chapter 821

Toyama Kazuha looked up at Akaso Kaze, feeling warm inside.

She had been worried about this matter, but she didn't expect Akaso-san to have already solved it for her in advance.

This man is truly too good; he thinks of everything for her.

Seeing the girl like this, Hattori Shizuka became even more furious.

"Even without Heiji's involvement, I am a friend of her mother and Kazuha's aunt. You two being so public... is just wrong."

Hattori Shizuka also felt her reasoning was a bit far-fetched.

What era is this? Does one still care about such things?

She felt very strange in her heart.

What is wrong with me today? Why am I so angry seeing Akaso Kaze and Kazuha being intimate?

Is it because of my son?

Thinking about it, it doesn't seem like it.

Is it because of myself?

Why am I angry?

Could I be jealous of Akaso Kaze, or jealous of Kazuha...

Hattori Shizuka was suddenly startled, her face turning a bit pale.

"Akaso-san, let's go, don't argue with the auntie."

Toyama Kazuha persuaded in a low voice.

Akaso Kaze looked at the woman coldly; it seems I have to teach her a good lesson.

Just as he was about to act, a bright flash of fire suddenly appeared outside.

On a small bridge not far away, a figure wearing a coat suddenly opened a lighter and set their clothes on fire.

Their body ignited with raging flames, and then they struggled and fell from the bridge into the water.

"Ah!!"

Toyama Kazuha screamed in fright and threw herself into Akaso Kaze's arms.

Hattori Shizuka couldn't care about the two of them either, her terrified gaze looking out the window.

Only to see a figure floating on the water, completely engulfed in flames, looking beyond saving.

A few minutes later, the police nearby arrived.

Several officers went into the river to fish out the corpse, laying it flat on the bank, where one could see Katagiri's face, eyes wide open in death.

"This deceased is named Katagiri Maho, also a member of the tour group from earlier,"

Officer Otaki said, "According to Kazuha and the others' description, she suddenly set fire to her own coat, and then her body tilted and she fell off."

"However, her primary cause of death was a heavy blow to the back of her head. I think it must have been when she fell and hit that stone bridge pier."

"In other words, suicide?" Toyama Ginshiro said with a frown.

He turned to look at Toyama Kazuha and asked with some surprise: "Mrs. Hattori, Kazuha, why are you here? And who is this?"

Toyama Ginshiro looked at the young man beside his daughter with a scrutinizing gaze.

"I, I am accompanying a friend to tour Osaka Castle."

Being discovered by her father, Toyama Kazuha blushed a little, "His name is Akaso Kaze, from Tokyo, he is an Onmyoji..."

"Onmyoji Akaso Kaze? You are Lord Akaso?"

Toyama Ginshiro's eyes suddenly lit up, and he bowed in salute, "I have long heard of your great name, I didn't expect you to have come to Osaka."

Hattori Shizuka, standing to the side, opened her little mouth in shock.

She didn't expect Toyama Ginshiro to be so respectful toward an Onmyoji.

After all, she wasn't part of the police system and had no idea about Akaso Kaze's legend among the police.

The title of "Crime Buster" wasn't called that for nothing.

Akaso Kaze smiled.

"Inspector Toyama is too polite. Kazuha and I are good friends. We came to Osaka to tour this time, and thanks to her acting as my guide..."

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and Toyama Ginshiro took the opportunity to ask: "Lord Akaso, what is your take on this case?"

Hearing his inquiry, Officer Otaki and the others all looked over.

Amidst the expectant gazes of everyone, Akaso Kaze pointed at the corpse on the ground.

"This woman was murdered."

"What? Murdered?" Hattori Shizuka asked doubtfully, "?? No matter how you think about it, it feels like suicide. Kazuha, you saw it too, right? Miss Katagiri set the fire herself at the time."

Kazuha nodded, "That's right, Akaso-san, when the fire started, I even saw her struggling in pain."

Akaso Kaze smiled: "Sometimes what the eyes see isn't necessarily the truth; it could also be what the murderer wants others to see. Can you be sure that the person on the bridge who caught fire was really Miss Katagiri?"

"This..."

Hattori Shizuka and Kazuha looked at each other, somewhat uncertain.

"The sky was so dark at the time, and we were in a bright restaurant, so of course we couldn't see clearly,"

Akaso Kaze looked at the corpse and said: "As long as you check carefully, you will definitely find bloodstains on Miss Katagiri's coat. If Miss Katagiri had caught fire and fallen first, and then hit the bridge pier, how could there be bloodstains left on the coat?"

"So, she was killed by the murderer hitting the back of her head first, and then disguised as a suicide."

Toyama Ginshiro's eyes flickered, "Then who is the murderer?"

"Shizuka? Why are you here?"

A voice suddenly sounded from behind.

With people dying one after another, Hattori Heizo couldn't sit still at the Metropolitan Police Department either and arrived at the scene.

"Heizo, you've come too."

Hattori Shizuka greeted him, and for some reason, she also cast a glance at Akaso Kaze.

Hearing Toyama Ginshiro's introduction, Hattori Heizo's face revealed a look of pleasant surprise.

"Has Lord Akaso already solved this case?" ===== CHAPTER 823 =====