I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

The house was very quiet. When I sent Reiko Akiba back yesterday, I only went to the entrance of the apartment building. When I entered the house today, I saw that although the house was relatively old, it was surprisingly clean inside. The kitchen was equipped with all kinds of coffee machines, toasters, ovens, etc.

It doesn't look like he's just taking things easy just because he lives alone.

Of course, these are all insignificant details; the most important point is that there are no signs of fighting or destruction.

This is good news.

Serabelle continued to walk inside. Along the way, the doors of the rooms were almost all open. From the corridor outside, she could see inside at a glance, including the study, bathroom, etc.

When Serabel arrived at the door of the master bedroom at the end of the corridor, he suddenly heard a few noises coming from inside.

It wasn’t a strange sound, just simply… footsteps.

The next second, the bedroom door opened and Reiko Akiba, dressed in sportswear, walked out.

She was obviously used to being alone at home. When she walked out of the door, she was still looking down at her mobile phone, and was caught off guard by a pair of men's legs.

This is a classic scene in horror movies where the person is killed by opening the door.

"Well!?"

Reiko Akiba was also frightened. She opened her eyes wide and raised her head suddenly, almost screaming.

But when the familiar boy's face came into view, the scream that was about to reach her throat was forcibly suppressed.

"...Why are you here?"

It took her three full seconds to accept the fact before her, and Reiko Akita forced herself to calm down and speak.

"Also, this should be my home. I shouldn't have allowed you to break in without permission."

Serabelle shrugged. "I can't help it. I rang the doorbell at the door and waited for half a minute but there was no sound from you inside. I thought you had been killed."

"How can it be……"

Reiko Akita finally couldn't help rolling her eyes, and then she sighed softly.

"So, what do you want to see me about?"

"Come to tell you about the final investigation results yesterday."

"... For things like that, wouldn't it be better to just call or text?"

"The prerequisite is that I have your mobile phone number."

Serabelle looked him up and down.

"By the way, Miss Qiu Ting, are you planning to go out now? That happened just yesterday."

“Take a forest bath.”

"That's great, let's go together and talk on the way."

"what?"

Reiko Akiba typed a question mark.

At the same time, Serabelle had already walked to the entrance. She turned around and saw the former still standing at the door of the room, and she couldn't help but tilt her head.

"Why, aren't we going to set off?"

“…I’m here, but don’t blame me if you get tired and lose track in the forest.”

Chapter 378 I Don’t Believe in God, Nor Do I Pray to Him

So, the two of them set out again from Reiko Akita's house.

After about half an hour's drive, the old bus slowly stopped at the bus stop at the entrance of a forest park.

Serabelle and Reiko Akiba got off the bus here.

Although it is a park, it is essentially a public welfare place, so there are no ticket gates. It simply has a park gate to tell everyone that this is the entrance to the forest park, and there is not even a gatekeeper.

Entering the forest park from the main gate, after passing through a fan-shaped square paved with white rock floor with a radius of about 20 meters, lush and bold green suddenly hits you.

That’s right, although it is officially winter, the forest park is still full of vitality, except that the leaves are slightly darker and a little sparser than in summer.

Especially when the bright winter sunshine shines through the gaps between the branches onto the undulating mud ground covered with dead leaves, you can feel the breath of nature all around you.

This is a statement of high emotional intelligence.

To put it in a low EQ way, it is - there is actually no one taking care of it. They just fenced off a piece of land in the wilderness and just leave it alone. No wonder they dare not even charge admission.

Of course, the most basic safety is still guaranteed. At least you don’t have to worry about discovering a brown bear walking with you while you are walking.

Just within five minutes after the two of them entered the forest park, a group of children who were out for an outing lined up in the woods ahead, singing a school song as they walked towards them. They looked even younger than the three idiots of Emperor Dan, and were probably still in kindergarten.

But that's true. After all, even elementary schools have final exams. Only kindergartens can have holidays so early.

The two sides passed each other, and since neither Serabelle nor Reiko Akiba were the type who particularly liked children, they just walked straight forward.

Instead, the ignored kindergarten children stopped and looked back at the same time.

One of them made a bold assumption: "Are those two brothers and sisters dating?"

Another one immediately followed up: "Looks like it. They are about the same age and they came out alone. They should be boyfriend and girlfriend, right?"

“No.”

Serabelle narrowed her eyes, turned her head, and raised her voice slightly to clarify on the spot.

"I'm just providing a bodyguard service out of friendship. Don't assume that you are in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship just because you see the opposite sex walking together. It's not advisable to be in love, kid."

After saying that, he no longer paid attention to the little guys and continued walking forward.

In this way, the two of them walked forward for about ten more steps, until they could no longer hear the children's voices behind them, and then Akiba Reiko glanced over.

"So, now you can tell me what you have found out."

"Not urgent."

Serabelle stared straight ahead, her tone calm and calm.

"Tell me the clues you have first."

"what?"

Reiko Akiba never expected that this guy had come to her house early in the morning and said he wanted to tell her the results of yesterday's investigation, but now he had followed her to the forest park and suddenly asked her to share the information first.

What does it mean?

"Don't look at me like that. I'm just investigating."

Facing the surprised look from the young female singer, Serabelle spread her hands helplessly.

"To be honest, I did conduct an investigation yesterday and found the answer, but since the result was completely contrary to my expectations, I am not sure whether it is correct."

"Whether it's right or not, you speak first." Akita Reiko frowned, "You tell me what the results of your investigation are first."

"……All right."

Serabelle couldn't persuade her, so she told her the truth: "My investigation revealed that there were only two people who went to the Domoto Music Academy yesterday morning. One was you, and the other was Mr. Puhe Takumi."

"Mr. Puhejiang?!"

Reiko Akiba was startled, and the image of an elderly piano tuner who often accompanied Domoto Isshiki immediately emerged in her mind.

She knew the other party because he remembered all the staff members who would perform in this concert, but the problem was... she was not familiar with him at all?

No, it can't be described as unfamiliar. To be precise, if it weren't for this concert, she wouldn't even know this person existed, and even during the rehearsal, the two sides didn't have any communication.

Why would you kill her even though she's like that? Is it because of your liking for her?

"Don't look at me like that. I'm just telling you the results of my investigation." Serabelle said, "Besides, this is what the old security guard told me. He also showed me the surveillance video. It is true that only the two of you entered the Domoto Music Academy yesterday morning."

"This……"

"That is to say, if you didn't direct and act in it yourself, then it could only be him who did it. Although I think the former possibility is not very high."

"Well……"

As if she was deeply shocked by the survey results, Reiko Akiba did not refute immediately, but stopped and frowned, thinking for a long time before hesitantly shaking her head.

"It's unlikely. Although the method makes sense, there is no reasonable motive."

"Indeed, that's the problem."

Serabel also found it a little puzzling, but he quickly put the confusion behind him.

"But don't be too nervous. The other party drugged the water and drove a dump truck to perform Chinese Iai. His ultimate goal is to prevent you from participating in the concert the day after tomorrow. In other words, he must force you to rest and stay in the hospital in the remaining two days. When he shows up again, you can catch him and ask him the reason."

Serabelle continued, "Well, at least from what happened this morning, the other party doesn't seem to be so desperate as to come knocking on your door. In other words, after this morning's forest bath, as long as you stay home obediently, Miss Akita, there shouldn't be any major problems."

"indeed."

Reiko Akita nodded nervously, then thought for a moment and suddenly changed the subject.

"Now, do you know why I take a walk in the woods before the concert?"

"I'm not sure, can you explain it in detail?" Serabell turned her head.

"That's because - I want to incorporate nature into my body."

Reiko Akita raised her face, curled up the corners of her lips, and smiled sweetly.

"European music was born surrounded by nature, so it can also be understood as mankind's prayer to God. Do you understand what I mean?"

"To be honest, not really."

Serabelle withdrew her gaze and looked into the distance ahead.

"I'm not religious, so I don't have much to pray to God for."

As the two were talking, no one noticed that a figure holding a shotgun quietly emerged from the woods far behind them.

Chapter 379 Attacked again

"Well, it's not like you have to believe in religion or anything..."

Reiko Akita was stunned by the sudden change in attitude of the boy next to her.

Although there wasn't much difference in the tone, she could still hear it.

If Serabel usually spoke in a flat voice with little emotion, then when he mentioned the topic of "praying to God", there was always an inexplicable sense of disdain in his tone.

To him, those gods enshrined in churches and temples and worshipped by believers all day long were nothing more than clay swindlers seeking fame and fortune.

Did I choose the wrong topic and accidentally step on a landmine?

Reiko Akita couldn't help but feel a little distressed, and the conversation was interrupted for a moment.

Fortunately, Serabelle had no intention of discussing this topic any further.

"Let's get back to the point. How much do you know about Puhejiang, Miss Qiuting?"

After going around in circles, the final topic of conversation returned to the case.

Akita Reiko shook her head. "To be honest, I know almost nothing about Mr. Fuwa Takumi. We never met before. It was only because of this concert that we met for the first time. And because it was an organ performance, Mr. Fuwa Takumi, as a piano tuner, did not have the opportunity to perform. During the practice, I basically just watched from the side as the director of the opera house and an old friend of Mr. Domoto."

She added a sentence here.

"So I said, Mr. Puhejiang has no motive to attack me at all."

"Right."

Serabelle agreed verbally, but she didn't think so in her heart.

The reason is very simple. There is a very obvious logical fallacy in what Reiko Akiba said just now. Although she herself may not have discovered it, Serabel discovered it.

That is, she equated the two things "no previous intersection" and "so he would not do anything to her".

Admittedly, murder is often linked to melodramatic factors such as old grudges, but judging from a series of events that happened before, it is clear that the other party did not really want to kill Reiko Akiba.

It was just to prevent her from performing in the concert.

Otherwise, if he really had the intention to kill, just that sip of tea in the elementary school classroom would have been enough to make Yuantai fail in refreshing his initial account and have to start over from the spot.

Since the other party is not prepared to kill, it is most likely not related to hatred, but may be more of a dispute over interests.

For example, Ms. Chigusa Lala, who was originally scheduled to be the lead singer, was demoted to a substitute because Reiko Akiba suddenly inserted herself in.

As for why the seemingly unrelated Pu and Jiang were the ones who took action, if one thinks more sinisterly, it could be that there is some hidden relationship between the old and young?