Chapter 995

"Them?"

"Yes, Shibasaki Asuka and Anzai Ema."

Fukatsu Harumi looked outside with some unease.

"Asuka is the daughter of Councilman Shibasaki, and Anzai Ema is the daughter of the president of Anzai Global, a large construction company. When they were in school, they were always dissatisfied because the senior was more popular, and they often clashed because of the senior's sense of justice. Please, Lord Akaso, I can only rely on you!"

Akaso Kaze looked at the nervous, pleading Fukatsu Harumi and sighed inwardly.

"Rest assured, they will receive the punishment they deserve."

"Thank you!" Fukatsu Harumi wept with joy and bowed deeply. "Lord Akaso, thank you so much!"

29

Akaso Kaze smiled slightly.

At 10 o'clock at night, in the inn corridor, Akaso Kaze, who was preparing to take a bath, happened to run into Akechi Eri coming out of the recreation hall, also hugging a bath towel.

"Lord Akaso," Akechi Eri greeted, "Are you coming to soak in the hot spring too?"

"Ms. Eri, you've already soaked?"

"Yes, I suddenly felt a bit cold."

Akaso Kaze glanced at her and said nothing.

He passed through the recreation hall to head to the open-air hot spring in the valley below.

"Tap, tap."

As the footsteps faded into the distance, Akechi Eri turned her gaze toward the shrine in the middle of the courtyard's snow, narrowed her eyes slightly, and continued hugging her towel back to her room.

Meeting Akaso Kaze was an accident, but the plan could no longer be stopped.

And she was not afraid of being discovered.

As long as she could take revenge, everything was worth it.

At the entrance to the bathroom, Akaso Kaze ran into Fukatsu Harumi.

"The women's bathroom has been reserved; we can't go in until after 11:30," Fukatsu Harumi said with some regret.

Akaso Kaze smiled slightly. "The men's side was reserved by me just now. If Miss Harumi doesn't mind, you can join me."

Fukatsu Harumi's face turned red instantly.

She secretly looked at Akaso Kaze's handsome face and remained silent.

Akaso Kaze did not force it and walked in first.

He took off his clothes, wrapped himself in a bath towel, and entered the hot spring.

Not long after, Fukatsu Harumi walked in timidly.

She was also wrapped in a bath towel and entered the water shyly.

She seemed a bit nervous; as soon as she entered the water, her foot slipped, and she fell into Akaso Kaze's arms.

Akaso Kaze held her as a matter of course.

"Lord Akaso~"

The girl cried out delicately in his arms.

"Don't move." Akaso Kaze held her and sat her on his lap.

He could feel the girl trembling.

The hot spring began to ripple.

Time passed 11 o'clock, and a scream suddenly came from nearby.

Akaso Kaze and Fukatsu Harumi changed their clothes and walked out of the bathroom.

In front of the women's bathroom next door, the landlady's eyes widened in horror.

"Lord Akaso, s-someone is dead!"

Akaso Kaze walked in and took a look.

Shibasaki Asuka's corpse was still floating on the steaming water, wrapped in a pile of gorgeous long-sleeved kimonos.

Fukatsu Harumi's eyes widened in surprise.

She looked at Akaso Kaze in disbelief.

In the evening, Lord Akaso said those two would be punished. She thought she would have to wait a long time, but who knew it would be realized immediately.

Could it really be the curse of the Onmyoji?

The landlady hurriedly gathered the guests, but they discovered Anzai Ema's corpse in the shrine.

After calling the village police station, everyone gathered at the entrance of the hall courtyard, looking worried.

The old policeman from the police station soon arrived at the inn.

"Sorry to disturb everyone," the old policeman saluted. "It is my honor to meet Lord Akaso here. I am a police officer from the local station. My surname is Ogura. Please treat me well!"

Akaso Kaze nodded and said: "Protect the scene first."

Everyone went to the shrine together, where they could see Anzai Ema's corpse lying on the long-sleeved kimono under the flashlight.

Strangely, there were only footprints on the snowy courtyard leading from the hall to the shrine, which should have been left by Anzai Ema.

Because it had started snowing again, the old policeman had to ask the landlady to get some towels to protect the footprints at the scene.

Akaso Kaze asked: "Have you notified the prefectural police?"

"I have already contacted them, but they said the snow outside is too deep, and I'm afraid they won't be able to come until dawn," the old policeman said helplessly.

"Dawn, huh? There's no help for it. Everyone, let's wait in the Japanese-style living room first," Akaso Kaze said.

In the living room, Editor Yasuda and the others were discussing in low voices, mentioning that the time Anzai Ema passed through the social hall to the shrine was around 10:30. After that, no one passed through the hall until the uncle came looking for them.

The time of the crime was between 10:30 and 11:30. Judging from the condition of the bodies, to be precise, it should have been between 10:30 and 11:00. ===== CHAPTER 997 =====