My transformation into a beautiful girl started with a hemorrhage.

Their investigation revealed that all of Qu Shiai's family members who had lived with her in her hometown of Tochigi had passed away; her parents and grandparents were all gone. However, their investigation at her hometown school uncovered an incident during her middle school years where she had a conflict with a classmate, after which she received medical treatment at a hospital.

The hospital matter has not yet been investigated.

Masaki Zen said, "I will investigate the hospital matter. Everyone in the criminal investigation team, go and find out where she is now."

"Understood!"

Early the next morning.

Masaki Zen took Seguro Yoma on the Shinkansen to the hometown of Kyōse Ai to conduct an on-site investigation at the hospital where she received treatment during junior high school.

Today is also a special day for Hui.

Because school started today.

Chapter 158 Charm

Hui simply asked for two weeks of leave, citing feeling unwell.

With the New Territory Parliament elections starting in five days, Hui knew without a doubt that Qu Shi'ai would definitely show up.

In Hui's view, wasn't that woman's previous manipulation of 60 people to jump off buildings all for that suicide law? The parliamentary elections were so detrimental to that suicide law, how could she not cause trouble?

Hui has decided that on the day of the New Domain Council election, she will personally go to the New Domain, kill that woman, and then go to the other world to see if she can find materials to repair her soul.

When Hui returned home, Meisha noticed that her daughter, whom she hadn't seen for several days, seemed listless, so she asked Hui if something had happened.

Hui intended to brush it off, but suddenly realized that her mother wasn't so stupid. Instead of pressing her for an answer, she turned around and asked Kouta directly.

Kouta hesitated, because Misa was giving him a series of meaningful glances from behind, telling him not to reveal that he was hospitalized.

But now it's Hui's mother who's asking whether to tell or not to tell.

What he said upset Hui.

If she doesn't say anything, no one knows a daughter better than her mother. Judging from Misa's expression, she must know something. If she offends her mother-in-law now, her future happiness might be in jeopardy.

Torn between the two options, Kōta had no choice but to take a middle ground, saying that Hui had been frightened in the new territory and had seen something bad.

Misa immediately understood what Kouta meant, after all, who in all of Japan didn't know what had happened in the new region?

The mass suicide of 60 people was particularly shocking and terrifying.

You should know that the scene of a person jumping from a great height and being smashed to pieces, with internal organs, bones, and blood all over the ground, is definitely more terrifying than any haunted house.

When Misa thought about her daughter seeing such a scene, she immediately felt sorry for her. She hugged Hui, gently stroked Hui's hair and head, and said over and over again, "It's okay, Mommy is here!"

This is the gesture that Misa often made to comfort her daughter when she was little.

Even as Hui grew up, the mother and daughter still frequently engaged in affectionate gestures.

Normally, it wouldn't be a problem.

But right now, Kouta is watching from the sidelines!

Hui felt warm in her mother's arms, but at the same time, she suddenly felt ashamed!

Meisha, however, didn't think that much about it. She felt that her daughter was truly destined for misfortune, always encountering things that most people would never experience in their entire lives.

Seeing Hui's shy expression, Kouta smiled gently and tactfully left, leaving the mother and daughter alone.

Therefore, when Misa heard her daughter's request for leave, she agreed without hesitation. She even called the homeroom teacher, Nakagawa Yuko, and told her that her daughter had been frightened at the New Domain and needed to rest for a few weeks.

He even imagined his daughter looking distraught, which convinced Nakagawa Yuko completely, and she immediately agreed to Kei's request for leave.

Even after taking leave, Kouta still made sure to visit Hui every day.

To Hui's surprise, Tachibana Akiko and Shimazu Shoko also frequently came to visit her, and they would always come at specific times with Kouta, which made Hui feel resentful, but she still had to act like a hostess and treat the two of them well.

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Early this morning.

Masaki Zen took Seguro Yoma on the Shinkansen to Kiku Sei's hometown to conduct an investigation.

The two took the very early bus, which wasn't crowded.

At this moment, Seguro Yoma stared intently at Masasaki Zen.

Masaki Zen felt a chill run down his spine as Seguro Yoma stared at him with her bright eyes. He pointed to the information in the notebook and explained, "This is the personal information of Kiku Seiai that I asked the DF office's Mito Hei to get for me. It includes her resume and medical records from educational and medical institutions, as well as her credit card information and credit history."

"So, this is Qu Shiai's personal medical record information?"

"Yes. Thanks to this, I found out that Sakabe Kurumi, Qu Shiai's attending physician in junior high school, now runs a clinic in Kyoto."

Upon hearing this, Seguro Yoma said in a clear voice, "To be honest, I still can't figure out what method she used to get those dozens of people to commit suicide voluntarily."

“I don’t know either,” said Yoshikazu Masaki. “However, it’s confirmed that three people committed suicide after coming into contact with her, and the woman that the sixty people in the New Territory Building encountered was most likely her as well. There must be something fishy about this.”

The two quickly arrived at Yamashina in Kyoto and, based on the police's address, found Sakabe Kurumi, the doctor in charge of Qu Shiai's middle school. They directly stated their purpose as prosecutors from the Special Investigation Department: they hoped that Sakabe Kurumi would tell them everything about Qu Shiai.

Qu Shi'ai became involved in a case.

Of course, the details of the case were not disclosed.

Unable to continue, Sakabe Kurumi began to slowly recount what he knew about the events surrounding Kyōse Ai.

This includes the fact that Qu Shi'ai is his brother's adopted daughter.

Sakabe Kurumi's older brother had no children, and because the Japanese preferred girls, he adopted Kiku Seiai through an adoption agency.

When Qu Shiai was in the third year of junior high school, an incident occurred.

"Until I was in my third year of middle school abroad, something happened."

One day, Ai's homeroom teacher suddenly asked seven junior high school students to come for a mental health evaluation. Without saying much, I immediately began the evaluation.

To start with the results, all seven students except Ai developed generalized anxiety disorder, and they were unable to determine the object of their anxiety from the object of their unease.

All seven students said the same thing: love is terrible.

They said love violated them, that they were raped by love.

I asked them if they had been forced into sexual intercourse, but all seven gave the same answer: no sexual intercourse had occurred.

There was no similar behavior, and love didn't even touch them.

Then I asked what had happened.

They said they chatted with Ai, that's all.

Upon hearing this, Seisaki Zen was extremely confused: "What exactly does this mean? Nothing of the sort happened, so why is the student saying she was raped? What exactly happened?"

Zhengqi Shan couldn't understand it. He had previously thought that Qu Shiai induced people to commit suicide through drugs or hypnosis, but now it seemed that wasn't the case.

Sakabe Kuryu continued, “In order to find the answer, I began to examine love, examining it face to face in person.”

In just a moment.

In the examination room, when I saw Ai again after two or three years, the things the male students wanted to express poured into my mind like an avalanche.

Why they couldn't explain it clearly.

That doesn't mean it's a given!

Yes, at that time, I was undoubtedly... aroused by lust.

Sakabe Kurusu, who is over fifty years old, revealed a secret he had kept hidden for eight years.

Masaki Zen frowned: "Have you developed lust for Miss Ai, a middle school student?"

"You must think this is abnormal! She's still a child, and she's my niece. No matter how you look at it, it violates public order and good morals; it's an immoral desire."

But she was completely influencing me.

Seisaki Zen then asked, "Did Miss Ai say she hoped you would feel lust for her?"

"I've never said anything about love, nor have I ever shown any similar behavior, so all of this is probably just my own conjecture."

Even if you wanted to explain it, you couldn't.

The reason the student said he was raped was because of his 15-year-old love.

She possessed an excessive, excessive, and unrestrained allure!

It wasn't just her body; her voice, her gestures, her eyes—all of it, regardless of her own wishes, assaulted everyone who came near her like an overdose of perfume. No, it wasn't just perfume; it was a megaphone, like someone shouting into your ear through a loudspeaker. Love just barged in, entered your body, and it was practically… rape!

Despite Sakabe's best efforts to describe his feelings at the time, Seisaki Zen and Seguro Yoma remained completely baffled. As bystanders and staunch believers in science, they could not understand what Sakabe meant at all.

It's something that can only be understood intuitively, not explained in words.

Seguro Yoma, who was taking notes, stopped writing and asked, "But she didn't do anything specific! So, Miss Ai has been wronged."

In Yoma Seguro's legal mindset, the world is made up of matter; it either exists or it doesn't.

Without concrete action, nothing has happened.

As for supernatural abilities, she had never thought about it.

Sakabe Kurumi also admitted, "Yes! Ai did not receive any punishment in this incident. But I think it's too dangerous for her to continue like this, so I suggested that Ai receive treatment and that she come to my clinic regularly for psychological counseling."

"Miss Ai's reaction?" Masaki Zen asked.

"She immediately agreed. And so Love started coming to my hospital regularly."

About six months after starting treatment, Ai asked to end it so she could focus on preparing for her exams, and I had no reason to dissuade her.

The treatment ended, and I never saw her again.

After that, Zen asked a few more questions, and then left with Yoma Seguro.

evening.

Masasaki Zen was waiting for the Shinkansen at the station with Seguro Yoma.

Seguro Yoma couldn't help but ask the question that had been on her mind: "Could it be... that Miss Kyusei is really related to the suicides of Fumio and Okuyama, and the 60 people who jumped off the building?"

Masaki Zen thought for a moment and said, "The testimonies of the 13 survivors indicate that they encountered different women and then somehow developed a suicidal desire."

While Qu Shi undoubtedly has some influence in seducing and tempting others sexually, I don't believe that such influence could lead to 60 people committing suicide simultaneously, nor do I believe that Qu Shi could disguise herself as dozens of different women in such a short period of time.

I'm more inclined to believe there were other accomplices involved in Zhai's enlightenment, and that they were likely using some kind of hallucinogenic drug. Alright, let's leave the matter of Qu Shi for now. Once we catch Zhai, we'll definitely be able to expose Qu Shi. Then the whole truth will come out.”

"I understand."