Chapter 981

"Mr. Seiri," Akaso Kaze's gaze is calm, "is the bandage on the corner of your mouth because you're injured?"

"N-no, it's a pimple. I popped it last night while resting my chin on my hand at an internet cafe. I was in a hurry because I was checking if there was any news about the Young Lady."

"There's no need to explain so much."

Akaso Kaze shakes his head and continues to ask, "What is Mr. Seiri's full name?"

"Seiri Shuhei," the man with the headscarf replies, frowning. "You don't think I'm the murderer, do you? What kind of joke is that?"

"It's no joke, because Miss Akamine left your name behind, Seiri Shuhei."

"Haha, that's ridiculous. Tell me, where is my name?"

"How do you know it's not there?" Akaso Kaze laughs.

"Indeed, because the murderer would return, Miss Akamine couldn't leave the murderer's name directly, and the murderer must have confirmed this in their haste."

"You..."

The man with the headscarf's face twitches, losing some of his composure.

"I'll tell you the truth," Akaso Kaze says directly. "Miss Akamine carved 'Mackerel, Carp, Sea Bream, Flounder' on the rock. It might not look special, but if you replace them with the corresponding kanji, they become 'Saba' (Mackerel), 'Koi' (Carp), 'Tai' (Sea Bream), and 'Hirame' (Flounder). Even without the next hint, it's quite obvious."

"Se-Seiri Shuhei?" Yokomizo Sango is startled, then his gaze suddenly tightens.

"That's right," Akaso Kaze hands Akamine Hikari's diving watch to Yokomizo Sango.

"This watch doesn't just have wear marks from where she carved into the rock; there's also a word on the back that was worn away. It's the word 'FISH,' which is on the other diving watches as well. If you remove the 'fish' from the death message, it becomes Seiri Shuhei."

"Can something like this prove I'm the culprit?"

The man with the headscarf grits his teeth and denies it, his right hand involuntarily reaching for the dagger in his pants pocket.

Akaso Kaze looks at the man with the headscarf, who is still trying to quibble, and says with a smile:

"The most important evidence is actually on you. If you popped a pimple while resting your chin on your hand at an internet cafe, it shouldn't be on the right side. Internet cafes usually don't have mice for left-handed use. The reason you're in such a hurry to explain—could it be that you got something on it?"

"?? This..." the man with the headscarf panics.

Akaso Kaze says, "Since you used a bandage in such a hurry, it means you only discovered it after returning to the ship. If I'm not mistaken, the oxygen mask originally used by Miss Akamine must have been swapped by you. There should be Miss Akamine's lipstick under the bandage."

The man with the headscarf's body shakes. He suddenly pulls out a dagger and charges at Ayumi.

Bang.

Akaso Kaze slowly retracts his fist.

Yokomizo Sango and the police officers stare, dumbfounded, at the man with the headscarf, who flies dozens of meters and falls into the sea.

Yokomizo Sango swallows and asks, "May I ask your name?"

"Me? I am Akaso Kaze."

Yokomizo Sango's eyes widen immediately, and he hurriedly bows to apologize: "So it is Lord Akaso! No wonder! I had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai."

Just as Akaso Kaze returns home, Mao Li Lan comes to his door.

"A supernatural event at school?"

"Yes," Mao Li Lan says with a fearful expression.

"Recently, ghost incidents have been happening one after another at our school, and everyone is creeped out."

"And the supernatural phenomena always happen at the break of dawn. I heard people say that two years ago, a student came to school early in the morning and died accidentally. Everyone says it's that student's ghost causing trouble."

Akaso Kaze looks at Mao Li Lan with increasing confusion.

"So," Mao Li Lan cups her hands together and begs pitifully, "I beg you, Akaso-san, could you come to our school after school tomorrow to investigate and see if there really is a ghost?" ===== CHAPTER 983 =====