You say this is a love game?

Therefore, he understood Nishida Akiyuki's anxiety better than Matsushita Kei.

But Makoto Mizutani didn't have a particularly good solution.

"Relying on souls from rifts to upgrade is actually very slow..."

"If I'm going for attribute points and spiritual power points, the thing I should be doing most is actually the side quests."

It just so happened that he had explored all three cracks and died.

Mizutani Makoto couldn't help but hold up his chin and think, maybe he could learn from Miyamizu Inaba... If he patrolled more often in Night Light City, maybe he would trigger various side quests?

Speaking of Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive.

Mizutani Makoto's phone vibrated.

【Inaba: Mizutani, I have something very important to tell you.】

[Inaba: I think I've found the trace of the killer who's been wreaking havoc in Night Light City lately.]

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street.

Miyamizu Inawa prepared herself mentally for a long time before meeting Mizutani Makoto again.

She is very self-aware.

Her reputation is probably ruined.

Due to the misdeeds of a certain Oeyama ghost king, she would most likely be labeled as an "alcoholic woman" or a "drunkard." She didn't know when she would be able to explain this clearly to Mizutani Makoto... Even if Mizutani Makoto expressed his understanding and believed that it was not her nature, her sense of shame was still trembling.

How can we pretend nothing happened?

Along with her reputation, her innocence was also shattered!

She couldn't bear to think that she had been eavesdropping on her classmates' love affairs for so long, and felt that she had cut off ties with the world and would walk in darkness and serve the light all her life, becoming a cold-blooded city hero. However, just when her dream of becoming a city hero was beginning to take shape, her first kiss was lost in the ambiguous alcohol, and she was instinctively drawn into a vortex of love, hate, and passion.

It's dying.

The only good news is that at least it's not with a stranger who has nothing to do with me...

After the battle with Gyuto, she actually had a very good impression of Mizutani Makoto, especially when Shuten told her what she saw. She also indirectly witnessed the young man drawing his bow and arrow, his silhouette full of coldness and murderousness under the swaying divine flames. The stern and beautiful young man was like a god descending to earth.

With this impression, she really liked Mizutani Makoto.

But the good news also comes with bad news, that is, Mizutani Makoto already has a girlfriend...

Whenever she thought of this, the always upright Miyamizu Inaba felt like dragging Shuten out and strangling him to death.

She stayed in the small apartment like this for two days. She was unable to go out to slay demons on Friday and Saturday. She just stayed in bed, transformed into a cricket pupa under the fluffy blanket, and pupaed hard on the bed, indulging in some explosive girlish feelings.

It was not until this morning when Miss S sent a rare greeting, trying to find out if she had made any progress in the "murderer" case, that Miyamizu Inaba suddenly woke up.

What is she doing? What is she doing?

Miyamizu Inaba, have you forgotten your great wish to slay demons and bring peace and order to the world?

The girl finally found her true heart and decided not to be troubled by these love affairs anymore. So she felt awkward with her toes tucked into her slippers for a while, and then she decided to call out Mizutani Makoto, both to face the embarrassment and to gain more confidence in what she was about to do.

Miss S didn't come to cue her for no reason.

Instead, he found relevant clues, so he came to ask about the situation on Miyamizu Inaba's side... But he didn't expect that Miyamizu Inaba hadn't even started yet, so he was speechless and directly threw the clue to Miyamizu Inaba, asking her to find a way to investigate it.

This incident will have to be investigated sooner or later.

As early as the Rift Gate incident, Miyamizu Inaba made it clear that it had to be investigated.

Shuten had already warned her that an unknown monster had escaped from the rift and was now wandering around in Night Light City. If the monster was not killed, the rift would completely erode the world in half a year at most, bringing unimaginable disaster to this place.

In recent days, Miyamizu Inaba has been patrolling the Night Light City frantically, searching for any traces related to this monster, but unfortunately there are no clues.

At the same time, she also followed Shuten's advice and reported the matter to her superiors, but it had little effect.

All the problems actually came back to the suspicious aspects of the Yajima family. She was suspicious of the actions of the Yajima family, so she had thought about investigating the strange stories that happened in Yami High School, but those strange stories had been killed by Mizutani Makoto. Now, the few clues were focused on the original murderer.

Miss S also held the same idea and pushed her to investigate the incident in which the murderer first slaughtered high school girls.

"Didn't you want to get him involved before?"

Shuten's pink tongue licked the corner of her lips, and this suggestive action made Miyami Inaba's eyes twitch slightly.

She said stubbornly, "I felt the rift was dangerous before, and if I dragged Senior into it, he'd easily suffer misfortune... But things are different now. Senior is even stronger than I am, so I should tell him what's happened recently."

"This is not the time to shirk responsibility. The impact of this rift isn't just on me, but on the entire Night Light City... Mizutani's safety is also at stake. He should be aware of this."

Say so much.

It’s actually a question of trust.

When they met by chance, Miyamizu Inaba wanted to avoid involving outsiders.

But after her favorability level increased, Miyamizu Inawa wanted nothing more than to ask Mizutani Makoto to assist in the investigation.

Shuten is quite good at judging people, but her little rabbit is used to being a lone wolf and is afraid that the rampage of demon blood will affect others, so he has little contact with people.

Normally, there are not many people who are trustworthy, but once you find someone who seems trustworthy, you will unconsciously trust that person.

"he came."

Miyamizu Inaba was standing on one side of the pedestrian street, her eyes passing through the bustling crowd and falling on the familiar figure across the street.

Two crows circled in the sky, cawed, and then landed on the electric pole. Then, the two crows looked at the scary girl with "amazing alcohol tolerance" with complicated eyes.

Mizutani Makoto emerged from the crowd.

The two looked at each other from across the street, raised their hands in tacit understanding, and waved gently.

Miyamizu Inawa looked around and saw that there were few vehicles on this pedestrian street and no traffic lights, so she just walked quickly through it.

"Fore-Mizutani!"

When the words came to my lips, the word "senior" almost came out.

But she swallowed it back.

These two people said goodbye on Friday afternoon and met again on Sunday morning. There was a short cooling-off period in between.

But when they met again, Miyamizu Inaba couldn't help feeling some strange emotions in her heart.

Fortunately, she held it in.

This is business.

The girl took a deep breath, suppressed the inexplicable emotion in her heart, and looked at Mizutani Makoto seriously:

"I found a victim."

"He claimed that he was being targeted by a murderer."

Chapter 149: The Murderer Yajima Mai, are you under control? Senior!

The victim contacted by Miyamizu Inaba was a teacher.

“Many people had died before this.”

On the street, the soles of the girl's shoes crushed the puddles left by last night's rain. As soon as she started talking about business, she immediately got into the mood, and that serious look was what made him remember Miyamizu Inaba the most.

Well, a serious and slightly energetic junior.

She walked in front neatly and swiftly, and Mizutani Makoto walked behind her, listening to her talk about the past events she was investigating.

Although the main clues were given by Miss S, Miyamizu Inaba was not without contribution. She had noticed something long before - two people died in succession at her private Hydrangea Girls' College.

One of them was Fujii Sa, who committed suicide by lying on the railway tracks.

The second is Reimi Kamei who died by drowning.

"The first person to die was Kaori Kikuchi... She was from another school and wasn't with us."

"What is the connection between these three?"

Mizutani Makoto asked curiously.

"I was curious about this, so I started from that aspect... Later I found out that they were friends who played together in junior high school, and there was a fourth person in their group named Iguchi Tomomi."

"This Iguchi Tomomi, she's from another school... As expected, she's also missing."

"Based on my investigation, there was nothing wrong with the schools they attended in these murders. The only reason they died one after another was that they had done something they shouldn't have done."

The girl analyzed calmly.

"for example?"

Mizutani Makoto couldn't help but look sideways.

The girl let out a long breath, her expression complicated: "The vengeful spirit is causing trouble."

"I've handled many exorcism commissions. If a group of people suddenly die one after another, there are only two possibilities... Either they have offended a youkai, or their actions have led to the birth of a vengeful spirit... And most of the cases I handle are the latter."

If it were an ordinary monster, it would just eat people and would not make things so bloody and complicated.

"I don't know... Mizutani, have you been paying attention to the news recently? In fact, after Iguchi Tomomi, there are still more deaths."

"Although the initial massacre has ceased, and the two new victims are not students, they are definitely still victims of the killer... I followed the clue of 'junior high school', and as expected, they are all related to the same junior high school."

Mizutani Makoto looked thoughtful.

Is the vengeful spirit seeking revenge?

He asked Miyamizu Inaba: "If it really is a vengeful spirit seeking revenge, what would you usually do?"

Gong Shui Inaba looked at him and said: "Investigate the whole story thoroughly, and slay the demons if necessary, and eliminate the evil if necessary."

In other words, there is a certain probability that this girl will kill the client she is supposed to protect as well.

Mizutani Makoto had no objection.

A crow, its wings tinged with a faint blood, soared high, surveying the night-lit streets below. Mizutani Makoto and Miyamizu Inaba hurried through several streets and alleys. It was then that Mizutani Makoto learned that the victim, Hayashibara Takuya, had actually paid to move into a temple, seeking its protection under the guise of "cultivation."

“He’s actually quite self-aware.”

This temple is located in the suburbs on the edge of the city, surrounded by high-rise buildings not far away. Only here there is still a low wooden building, which looks quite old.

"Are you two here to see Benefactor Lin Yuan?"

"He is discussing Buddhism with Master Shihuo. Let me lead the way for you two."

Thanks to the advance instructions, Mizutani Makoto and Miyamizu Inaba were not stopped and were quickly led to a tea room.

In the tea room, the main host was Takuya Hayashihara, and Zen Master Ishihō was sitting opposite him.

Zen Master Ishihō, also known as Saeki Muneto.

In this temple, Saeki Muneto is also a very famous monk, and just a few days ago, this monk was invited by the children of believers to perform a ritual to pray for the souls of the deceased... No monks in the same temple knew where he had gone, and no one knew what had happened, but a few days later Saeki Muneto returned to the temple, and his understanding of Buddhism had made great progress.

In this ritual for the salvation of the souls, what kind of insights can be gained from chanting sutras?

There were monks from the same temple who asked him for advice, and Saeki Muneto was willing to teach them everything he knew, but unfortunately, the seekers lacked some enlightenment and could not understand Saeki Muneto's current state.

For example, he knew that the donor in front of him was about to die.

Buddhism has always had the "Six Supernatural Powers", one of which is called "Divine Eye", which can see the life and death, suffering and happiness of all beings in the six realms, and see all kinds of shapes and colors in the world without any obstacles.

Well, Saeki Muneto didn’t understand such a mysterious thing.

He just knew that "Buddha" was approaching.

The monk glanced outside the house. On the lush branches, a tiger thrush, which shouldn't be there, was chirping happily.

Buddha, are you coming again?

Muneto Saeki was the survivor of the Yetie KTV massacre.

That massacre had an impact on many people.

When the police arrived at the KTV building, the entire building was shrouded in an eerie silence.

The moment I opened the door, a strong smell of blood hit me in the face.

The hall was littered with scattered limbs—broken arms, legs, and torn organs piled together. The floor was slippery, leaving a trail of blood. The sheer volume of corpses and blood frightened even the police officers to the point of freezing in their tracks. They could barely stand, and some vomited on the spot.

They pushed open the box door in a daze to look for survivors, but found that most of the survivors were KTV waiters. When the police officers stepped onto the third floor, they saw the real and core execution ground.

In a private room, a girl was glued to the wall in the center. Her body was completely covered in glue, as if sealed in a layer of transparent resin. Her hair was also firmly stuck, spread out on the wall. Her face was distorted, her eyes wide open, as if she was screaming in her death. The air was filled with the pungent smell of glue.