Chapter 176

The wonderful thing was that every ingredient had been made into the appearance of a work of art.

Together, they formed a beautiful artistic picture.

From the outside, it made people unable to bear destroying it.

Was Miyano Akemi possessed by a ghost?

Hoshino Ki raised his head to look at Miyano Akemi.

His pitch-black eyes were full of inquiry.

“What? Do you think I'm very strange?”

Miyano Akemi met Hoshino Ki's gaze.

Shyly, she raised her hand to tuck a strand of hair from her forehead behind her ear.

Hoshino Ki nodded.

Confirming her statement.

“Then are you going to eat it or not?!”

Miyano Akemi picked up the knife and fork and handed them to Hoshino Ki.

Although she was smiling gently.

But Hoshino Ki saw a trace of intimidation in the depths of her eyes?

It must be an illusion...

Hoshino Ki took the knife and fork and began to enjoy his breakfast.

After finishing breakfast, he went directly to the nanny's house.

That's right!

He didn't go to school.

Today's task was to ferret out the murderer who killed the nanny's wife.

For Hoshino Ki...

Catching the murderer was just a matter of convenience.

The key was that he wanted to investigate clearly whether this murderer had any connection to the mysterious organization.

Hoshino Ki took out his phone from his pocket and dialed the nanny's number.

“Ah, Hoshino-kun, you're already here? Wait a moment, I'll give you...”

“Ah! Clatter!”

“Thump!”

A sound of utensils crashing to the ground suddenly came from the phone.

Followed by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

“......”

Hoshino Ki walked to the door of the nanny's house.

“Thump!”

He saw the nanny instantly open the door from the inside.

He was holding a diaper in his hand.

And a baby bottle tucked under his armpit.

There was a clear scrape on his knee.

He must have fallen just now.

Is raising a child this troublesome?

Hoshino Ki frowned slightly.

“Hoshino-kun, come in and sit first, I, I'll be done in a moment!”

The nanny limped and moved his body aside, making room for Hoshino Ki.

Hoshino Ki nodded slightly and walked into the room.

He didn't know until he saw it, and he was shocked when he did.

Is this a house for humans to live in?

The already cramped space was filled with all sorts of messy furniture.

One could browse the entire room without even turning their eyes.

“Ah! I just moved in... so I haven't had time to tidy up yet.”

“......”

Hoshino Ki looked at the nanny's embarrassed expression and didn't say anything more.

He walked in and found a place where he could still sit and sat down.

This spot was right next to the baby.

He saw the baby open his arms the moment he saw Hoshino Ki.

His two little hands kept waving wildly in the air.

Those grape-like big eyes stared straight at Hoshino Ki.

Hoshino Ki also felt the baby's intense gaze.

He turned his head down to meet the baby's eyes.

His pitch-black, deep eyes were usually a very cold and terrifying existence.

But he didn't expect that they would lose their original effect here with the baby.

“Dada!”

The baby's babbling sound came.

“It's really sad! This child seems to have decided that you are his father.”

The nanny held the baby bottle and rubbed it back and forth between his hands.

He looked a bit helpless.

Hoshino Ki sat still in his place and didn't respond.

He came here to investigate a case.

He raised his head and looked at the nanny with his pitch-black eyes:

“Where are the things?”

The nanny reacted instantly.

“Oh! I just got them yesterday, they're here!”

He saw him turn around and put the baby bottle on the table.

Then he started rummaging through the shelves.

The baby's attention was attracted by the baby bottle.

Seeing that his meal was delayed in reaching his mouth.

So he started to struggle.

“Waaah!”

The baby's gaze was fixed on the baby bottle on the table.

He used all his strength but couldn't move his position.

So he could only give up.

At this time, he turned his attention to Hoshino Ki, who was sitting beside him.

He raised his little hand and grabbed Hoshino Ki's hem.

“......”

Hoshino Ki met the baby's grape-like eyes.

The longing in his eyes was very obvious.

This child....

Is he a bit too smart?

Hoshino Ki looked at the baby bottle on the table.

Then he raised his hand and grabbed the baby bottle on the table into his own hand.

He saw the baby's grape-like big eyes directly attracted by the baby bottle.

Hoshino Ki moved the baby bottle in his hand.

The baby's gaze also moved along with the baby bottle.

“......”

Hoshino Ki's pitch-black eyes stared tightly at the baby.

Until the baby shifted his gaze back to his face.

It was this kind of hopeful gaze again!

He looks like a little puppy...

Hoshino Ki put the baby bottle in the baby's arms and let him eat by himself.

At this time, the nanny also found what he was looking for.

That thing was a stack of photos.

The nanny laid the photos out on the table one by one.

The cruel scenes in the photos were shocking.

From the photos, it was learned what kind of brutal abuse the nanny's wife had experienced before her death.

The woman in the photo was lying in the center of the room.

The room was covered in blood.

From the wounds on the woman's body, it could be seen that she had been bitten by some kind of animal before she died.

But...

This was not the cause of the woman's death.

The nanny continued to lay out the photos.

These photos didn't show the nanny's wife.

But rather girls who had recently been reported missing.

“I heard what you said and asked a friend at the police station to help me get them.”

The nanny looked puzzled.

Looking toward Hoshino Ki:

“Does their disappearance... have anything to do with my wife's death?”

“Yes!”

Hoshino Ki lowered his head to look at the 8 victims in the photos.

That's right.

Including the nanny's wife, there were a total of eight victims.

If nothing unexpected happened...

The other 7 girls were also no longer in this world.

8 weeks had passed, and the police still couldn't find any clues.

This case was known as a bizarre case in recent years.

Except for the nanny's wife's body being found in her home.

The other girls were still missing, and there were no bodies.

Hoshino Ki picked up the photo of the last missing girl.

Then compared it with the other girls on the table.

He discovered that the 8 victims looked extremely similar.

Delicate skin, long brown hair.

Similar age, same body type.

From this, it could be seen.

Among these 8 girls, one was the murderer's true target.

And the others were just a smokescreen for cover.