In this crossover anime, Yoshikage Kira longs for a peaceful life.

Hoshino Ai winks and acts cute, sticking out her tongue while pressing her fist against her head:

"Hehe~"

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Inside a temporarily requisitioned office at Nishikino General Hospital.

Saki Yumbara sat at the table, gazing at the girl with long, straight purple hair opposite her, and asked softly:

“Ms. Hoshino, please don’t be nervous. I’m just asking you a few questions as usual.”

The girl nodded obediently:

"Yes, Officer Yumihara."

While taking notes, Yumbara Saki asked:

"So, Ms. Hoshino, when was the last time you met your mother?"

"Last time?"

Hoshino Ai blinked, her thoughtful expression making Yumbara Saki a little doubtful. Did she really need to think about this?

After thinking for a long time, Hoshino Ai answered honestly:

"It was about nine months ago."

Saki Yumihara was slightly taken aback. Nine months had passed since they last met?

Aren't you mother and daughter?

The blond man standing behind Hoshino Ai spoke up first:

"That's right, Officer Yumihara."

“Ai comes from a single-parent family, and her mother was once arrested for theft. During that time, Ai lived in an orphanage, and even after her mother was released from prison, she never came to pick her up. So now I am both Ai’s agent and her guardian.”

Is that so?

Saki Yumbara looked at the girl with a hint of pity, but as required by her duty, she still had to ask the necessary questions:

"Miss Hoshino, why did your mother come to see you last time?"

Because of money~

Hoshino Ai still had a smile on her face and said lightly, "It seems that she lost a lot of money gambling, so she came to me for money to pay off her debts~".

Kazuka Toyohama speaks out for love:

"Love gave her 50 yen, which was all her savings at the time!"

In Japan, actors' incomes are already low, and actresses' incomes are even lower.

Even top-tier actresses only earn around 100 million yen per episode of a TV drama. And even top-tier comedians in variety shows earn only that much per episode, with many earning less than 100 million yen.

It's no exaggeration to say that an artist's main income doesn't come from film fees, but from commercials, or advertising.

For idol groups like theirs, which are at the very bottom of the hierarchy, the income is even lower.

Because they receive almost no commercial advertising, all their income comes from performances. And even the performance income is split with the agency.

Although President Saito is a very nice person, he can't break the rules. For newcomers like them, the revenue split with the agency has always been 20/80.

Under these circumstances, although they were much better off than underground idols, they still couldn't earn much money. And then, the loving mother still tried to leech off her—it was utterly depraved!

Yumihara Saki's eyes grew increasingly pitiful. Was she a child star who had been betrayed by her parents?

Such things are not uncommon.

Yumbara Saki wrote these down, then asked:

Do you know Hikaru Kamiki?

Hoshino Ai tilted her head:

"Kamiki Hikaru? Who's that? I don't know him."

Yumihara Saki asked:

"Never met before?"

Ai Hoshino shook her head:

No~

Toyohama Kazuka whispered:

"No, actually we've met before."

Ai Hoshino looked surprised:

"Huh? Really?"

Toyohama Kazuka explained:

"It was during the last performance, the one when your mother came to ask you for money. Didn't she come to see our show?"

Hoshino Ai seemed somewhat confused:

"Huh? Isn't the person you're talking about named Yagami Hikaru?"

Toyohama Kazuka remained silent.

"It's Hikaru Kamiki!"

Yumihara Saki was completely bewildered, and Saito Ichigo sighed in exasperation:

"I'm sorry, Officer Yumihara, this child is a bit absent-minded and not good at remembering people's names. She even gets my name and Kaori's name wrong. But they have indeed met before, although only once."

“At the time, it was Hikaru Kamiki’s manager who brought him to me to discuss a collaboration, because I wanted Ai to join the LALALAI theater troupe as well. After all, for idols like them, this was almost the best way out for them at the time.”

After a pause, Saito Ichigo continued to explain:

"However, I gave up in the end. Because I felt that Hikaru Kamiki was a bit dishonest, and I was worried that Ai would be bullied in the past."

Hoshino Ai asked curiously:

Why did Inspector Kudo bring him up?

"It's Yumbara."

Yumbara Saki corrected the way she was addressed, pausing before explaining:

"Kamiki Hikaru is dead. She died with your mother, and her death was very... tragic."

Yumihara Saki did not describe it in detail because she was afraid of frightening the two girls in front of her.

Their deaths were not just tragic, they were downright horrific!

Not only were its limbs completely severed by blunt force, but its two heads were also smashed into a pulp, stuck to the walls and the ground and impossible to remove with a shovel. It was even more gruesome than a human pig!

In other words, Yumihara Saki frequently encounters supernatural events, and although such gruesome murder scenes are rare, they are not the first time she has seen them, which is why she has a strong enough mentality to accept all of this.

If it were anyone else, they would probably be so disgusted by the sight of the photo that they would vomit uncontrollably.

Saito Ichigo's heart tightened, and he immediately pressed for an answer:

"What does this have to do with a loving mother?"

“When Kamiki Hikaru died, Hoshino’s mother was at the crime scene. We now suspect that it was a crime of passion.”

Saito Ichigo quickly pressed for an answer:

"Why?"

Yumihara Saki calmly spoke:

"She was pregnant, and it was with Hikaru Kamiki's child. Based on Ms. Hoshino's testimony, we have reason to suspect that the pregnant Ayumi Hoshino went to Hikaru Kamiki to ask for money, and because she was refused, she held a grudge and that's why she brutally murdered him in the alley."

Ai Hoshino looked confused:

"Pregnant?"

Is her mom pregnant again?

"Your mom is pregnant?"

Kazuka Toyohama also looked on in surprise; they knew absolutely nothing about this!

boom!

Yumbara Saki could tell from their reactions that they were completely unaware of the situation. Just as she was about to explain, the office door was violently pushed open, and Terada Tokunosuke, with a grave expression, rushed in, saying in a deep voice:

"Ayumi Hoshino is dead!"

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"Ah~"

With a high-pitched groan, as if all her strength had been drained, only the girl's rapid breathing and her limp body collapsing into the man's arms with a 'thud' sound remained.

The μ's in the living room watched the whole game, their faces flushed red, wishing they could disappear into the ground.

so.

Why do they have to go through this?!

If this is a dream, please let us wake up quickly!

If this is true...

"Hmm~"

Minami Kotori let out a mournful cry; how were they supposed to face Maki and Kira-kun after this?

No, in the end.

Why could you leave them alone upstairs playing games, even leaving your phones on speaker for them? Shouldn't you keep the lights off and doors locked in this situation? Are we part of your game too?

Two whole hours!

Two hours!

Do you know how they spent those two hours?