Zongman: Beginning and Snow under the Rain Escape from Raccoon City

Inspector Megure said, "Just yesterday, a murder also occurred in an old residential area in Chiba City. The victim was Tanaka Ichiro's mother, Tanaka Keiko, who was fifty-six years old."

"The body was discovered by the neighbors—they said that Tanaka Keiko hadn't left the house for two or three days. She usually went to the nearby market to buy groceries every day. The neighbors felt something was wrong, so they went to check on her."

"When we knocked, no one answered. The door wasn't locked, so we pushed it open and saw Ms. Keiko Tanaka's body."

He paused, as if recalling the scene, his brow furrowing: "The manner of Tanaka Keiko's death is exactly the same as the previous murder cases."

"The forensic doctor's preliminary assessment is that the time of death was between noon and afternoon the day before yesterday."

Matsumoto Kiyonaga flipped through the documents, his gaze falling on the photos of the scene.

Keiko Tanaka's body lay on the living room floor, her face so pale it was almost transparent, and the wound on her neck was horrifying.

There's also a photo of the living room, with broken plates scattered around and rice spilled all over the floor.

He asked, "What about Tanaka Ichiro? What clues point to him?"

Inspector Megure replied, "Ichiro Tanaka's current whereabouts are unknown."

“During our on-site investigation, we discovered that all the cash, bank cards, and even some valuable jewelry in his home were missing.”

"Neighbors said that Tanaka Ichiro usually idles away his time, lives off his mother's pension, and frequently goes to izakayas (Japanese pubs) and comes home drunk."

“His mother wanted him to find a job, but Tanaka Ichiro didn’t seem to appreciate it, and the neighbors often heard them arguing.”

Matsumoto Kiyoshi narrowed his eyes and said in a cold tone, "Are you saying that this Tanaka Ichiro may have killed his own mother, absconded with the money, and then disappeared?"

Matsumoto Kiyonaga made no attempt to hide his disgust for this inhuman fellow.

Megure nodded, but added, "However, Inspector Matsumoto."

"We also found some strange things at the scene."

"First of all, all the curtains in the Tanaka family's living room were drawn, and almost no sunlight came into the room."

"Secondly, we found some skin fragments on the floor, which looked like they had been peeled off after severe burns."

"But we didn't find any source of fire at the scene, which puzzled us."

Matsumoto Kiyonaga pondered for a moment, then looked at the documents in his hand.

Although the distribution of the victims was not regular, they were mostly located in the vicinity of Chiba.

"Issue an arrest warrant, starting with Tanaka Ichiro."

"Then we posted notices on the streets around all the victims, asking anyone with information to report to our Metropolitan Police Department immediately."

"besides……"

Matsumoto Kiyonaga looked up again and asked, "How is Hachiman Hikigaya doing? Has the surveillance detected anything unusual?"

Chapter 111 First Embrace

No abnormalities were found.

Inspector Megure shook his head and reported.

Well, it turns out the Metropolitan Police Department really doesn't have anyone reviewing the videos; they just rely on the reports from their subordinates.

"Then let's bring the people back first."

"The victim who was seriously injured has stabilized and has agreed to our Metropolitan Police Department's mediation and compensation plan."

"That case can be put on hold for a while."

Although paying out tens of millions of yen in compensation was a bit painful for the Metropolitan Police Department, it was fortunate that the case did not attract widespread media attention.

Of course, this is mainly thanks to the fact that the victim's family did not make a scene.

After paying Kawasaki Taishi's medical expenses in advance, Matsumoto Kiyonaga urgently applied for a settlement of 10 million yen and then immediately sought a settlement with Kawasaki Taishi's guardian.

The police's only request was that the Kawasaki family not tell the media about this, and that they not demand secondary compensation from the Metropolitan Police Department.

Finally, after paying ten million yen in compensation and promising to provide them with free legal counsel to sue Aki Tomoya's family for compensation, the matter was finally brought to a close.

After all, the perpetrator is already dead, and if the Kawasaki family does not accept the police's settlement offer, they may not receive a single penny.

Aki Tomoya is a student, but he is also an adult.

This gives him two characteristics at the same time.

First, the concept of a guardian no longer exists.

Second, he had no income and no inheritance.

Therefore, even if Kawasaki Taishi sues Aki Tomoya's family, as long as the other family members directly disassociate themselves from the matter and say that it has nothing to do with them, he will basically not be able to get any compensation.

Although Saki Kawasaki initially strongly opposed the settlement, believing that the matter should not be left unresolved, her parents eventually agreed and signed a settlement agreement with the police.

They are Kawasaki Taishi's official guardians.

Saki Kawasaki had no choice but to accept this reality. Fortunately, Taishi Kawasaki was not missing any limbs and was still whole, but he needed to rest for a while due to excessive blood loss.

"it is good."

Inspector Megure had no objections and nodded in agreement.

The First Investigation Division was already short-staffed, and having people monitor Hachiman Hikigaya in three shifts every day was really putting them under a bit of a strain.

……

"how so……"

"I don't remember drinking the blood of these people."

Hachiman Hikigaya looked at the several corpses on the notice board with some confusion. Although their faces were blurred, their wounds were shown in close-up.

A very obvious vampire mark.

"And I'm afraid that everyone I suck blood from will lose too much blood and then spit some back out after I've sucked their blood."

"How could someone die...?"

Hachiman Hikigaya is feeling quite uneasy.

He wasn't sure if the person in the picture had been sucked to death by him.

Because the clothes are all different.

However, he could not rule out the possibility that the victim had changed her clothes later.

"No, we have to go ask Ye Hai."

Hachiman Hikigaya gritted his teeth and finally decided to go to Ye Hai, the old man in the Main God Space, to ask about the situation.

If these people were to actually be drained to death by him, Hachiman Hikigaya would feel an overwhelming sense of guilt.

However, Ye Hai has been on leave for the past few days, and Hachiman Hikigaya has not been seen at school.

Not only him, but it seems that Yukino Yukinoshita has also taken leave these past few days.

This was mentioned by Hachiman Hikigaya when he overheard Yui Yuigahama and Yumiko Miura chatting.

Yui Yuigahama seems to have gone to the Service Club before, but there was no one there.

"Are you looking for Ye Hai too?"

In the teachers' office, Hiratsuka Shizuka, with a cigarette dangling from her lips, looked at Hikigaya Hachiman with some surprise.

Isn't this guy a recluse?

They even took the initiative to reach out to their classmates.

"also?"

Hachiman Hikigaya was taken aback.

"Yeah, Yui Yuigahama also asked me for Ye Hai's contact information before."

"It's normal for a girl to ask me for a handsome guy's contact information, but you're a grown man..."

Hiratsuka Shizuka's gaze gradually became playful.

"Hiratsuka Shizuka-sensei, please stop imagining things right now!"

Hachiman Hikigaya's head was covered in black lines.

What's wrong with this Hiratsuka Shizuka-sensei teacher?!

How come she's just like Ebina Himeko from my class?

He thought only a fujoshi like Ebina Hina would spend all her time thinking about things between men.

"Okay, here's a number, contact it yourself."

Hiratsuka Shizuka shook her head and directly gave Ye Hai's phone number to Hikigaya Hachiman. As the counselor, she naturally had the contact information of all the students.

……

"You mean you spat some of the blood back after you finished sucking it?"

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Ye Hai asked with a strange expression.

"Correct."

Hikigaya Hachiman nodded.

Although the two were communicating by phone, Hachiman Hikigaya still subconsciously made the corresponding movements.

Ye Hai was lying on the sofa, holding Yukino Yukinoshita in his arms.

When Yukino Yukino heard Ye Hai on the phone, although she didn't put down her book, her attention was clearly no longer on the book, and she curiously pricked up her ears.

After taking leave that day, the two of them went on to take another two weeks of leave.

According to Ye Hai, it was a honeymoon, so what classes were they taking?

Ye Hai looked down at Yukino Yukinoshita in his arms, and simply turned on the speakerphone on his phone so that she could hear clearly.

...... ..... ...

"Don't you know how vampires turn other people into vampires?"

Ye Hai said.

"Huh? It can still be converted?"

Hachiman Hikigaya looked shocked; how come he didn't know about this?

"Of course, you just need to inject your own blood into someone else's body."

"Yes, just like you did before."

Ye Hai said truthfully that although Hachiman Hikigaya drank other people's blood and then spat it back, it had already been tainted with the bloodline of the vampires.

Of course, they will transform people into members of the vampire clan.

"Oh, by the way, in the West, people usually call this process the Embrace."

Ye Hai chuckled. It seemed this kid had gotten himself into big trouble.

"..."

What happens to someone who has been embraced?

"Hachiman Hikigaya asked weakly."

"Hmm... with your current strength as a baron, you'll probably only turn people into blood slaves."

"If you are promoted to a viscount or higher in the future, you will have excess essence blood in your body. As long as you inject your essence blood into someone else's body, that person can be transformed into a formal vampire baron."

Next, Ye Hai gave Hachiman Hikigaya a brief introduction to the Blood Slaves.

Ye Hai obtained all this information for free from the Main God.

Although the main god wouldn't pay attention to ordinary reincarnators like Hachiman Hikigaya, Ye Hai, a reincarnator PROMAX who was bound to the heart of the main god, still had some prestige.

"I understand... Thank you."

Hachiman Hikigaya hung up the phone, feeling somewhat helpless.