I just wanted to cultivate immortality, but I was forced to open a harem

"I know this thought is very despicable, but I can't control myself. I hate you and I'm jealous of you, but I envy you very much."

"I envy you for being able to stay by his side, and I envy the love between you two. That is the happiness that I have never had from the beginning to the end."

"I was in pain for a long time, so I thought, let him suffer with me, and let him think about my existence while suffering."

"So, I forced him to do those things, things that are absolutely unforgivable."

"I'm so unwilling to accept the defeat, and I'm so embarrassed to be a loser. I'm sorry, Kei, for keeping the secret that I like Kazuma from you for so long."

"Also, please forgive Kazuma. He really was forced into a corner. During the few days we were together, I realized once again how much he loves you. Really, really, I can't compare to him!"

"I have decided to return to Ying Country and stop meeting with Kazuma. Perhaps this is the only way to keep my heart at peace."

"Finally, I really want to wish you all the best...but I can't say it out loud. I really hate myself for being like this! Anyway, Hui, you have to keep making me envious!"

"Eriri..." After reading this "letter", Kato Megumi had already burst into tears without knowing when.

......

After sending emails to Kato Megumi and Hayashi Kazuma respectively, Eriri put her phone aside and looked out the window with lifeless eyes.

The stars are shining tonight and the night is enchanting.

"This way, everything is over," she muttered to herself and walked out to the parking lot.

Chapter 332 Goodbye, Eriri

The next day, Lin Hezhen was awakened by a hurried knock on the door.

"Is anyone there? Is anyone there?" An anxious shout came from the door.

"Who is it? So early in the morning..."

Lin Hezhen got up in a daze, turned over and got out of bed, opened the door, and saw two uniformed policemen standing outside.

"Please come with us to the police station to cooperate with the investigation." The lead officer, still the one with the mustache, stretched out his hand to him.

"What's wrong? Is there any progress in Xiao Ai's case?" Lin Hezhen was excited.

"No," the policeman looked at him deeply, "It was Sawamura Spencer Eriri. She was found dead on the grass beside the Sumida River this morning."

"What? How could it be..."

Lin Hezhen took a deep breath, his face suddenly turned pale, his body swayed twice, and he almost fell down.

"Hey, are you okay?" The policeman supported him with concern.

Lin Hezhen leaned against the wall and gasped for a while. He couldn't believe the bad news: "Is it suicide or murder?"

"It was murder, and he was shot with a bow and arrow. We still don't have enough information, so we need you to go to the police station with us to assist in the investigation."

Lin Hezhen was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly: "Okay..."

In the police car, Lin Hezhen was still in a trance, his head felt dizzy, as if it was filled with lead.

It is hard to accept that after Hayasaka Ai, Eriri also suffered a tragic death.

Lin Hezhen couldn't help but recall every moment he spent with Eriri.

This girl is always so enthusiastic and lively, with a textbook tsundere personality. She is very childish, easily angered, and not very good at hiding her thoughts and emotions.

Unconsciously, Lin Hezhen began to think of her as his younger sister. They had been in the same class since kindergarten and had been together all the way to today.

He was full of care for this childhood friend. Even if she threatened him with something, Lin Hezhen couldn't bear to blame her.

But such a lovely girl was brutally murdered. How could Lin Hezhen not be filled with grief and indignation?

“Eiriri…” Lin Kazuma clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles turned white.

"By the way, before I came here, I heard from a colleague in the technical department that Ms. Sawamura sent an email to you and Kato Megumi before she was murdered. Have you read it? Are there any clues in it?"

"Email?" The words of the mustache policeman reminded Lin Hezhen, and he quickly took out his cell phone.

He had a terrible headache last night, and then went to bed without knowing that this was happening.

Lin Hezhen quickly opened his mailbox and saw an unread email. The sender was Ying Lili, and the time was around eleven o'clock last night.

"Kazuma, I'm sorry that I threatened you and did something you didn't want to do, and hurt you and Hui. I'm sorry."

"In fact, I have always liked you, but I have never been able to express it well."

"Although you are sometimes mean and always like to bully me, I still like you very much, beyond the kind of love we have for childhood sweethearts - I want to have you."

"Unfortunately, it's too late. You already have Hui by your side, and there is no place for me anymore. The boy who has always been by my side, like a brother, will no longer accompany me."

"Now that I think about it, isn't it normal for the person you like to have someone else in your heart? Because you are in love, you will shine even more."

"People always fall in love for no reason, even if it's just one-sided."

"But I was unwilling to accept my failure. I felt very lost and unwilling to accept it. My chest felt stuffy and uncomfortable, and my tears kept flowing from morning to night."

"I know I have no right to think about that because I missed the chance to confess."

"But, I still can't accept it. We have always been together. I have always been by your side, sharing your joys and sorrows."

"However, I don't know since when you became so far away from me. The one standing beside you is not me, but someone else."

"I hate that feeling. I hope you look at me and only me! Don't look at others with that kind of eyes!"

"With this thought in mind, I ended up committing an unforgivable sin, causing you and Hui to fall into deep pain."

"I regret doing such a stupid thing! No one can get any happiness from it, and everyone will only be hurt!"

"Wow... I'm so stupid! Damn it, why would I ever think of hurting you? How could I be so impulsive, so stupid..."

"Kazuma, I have decided to return to Ying Country. Maybe I will never see you again. But I hope you don't hate me or forget me, okay?"

"I love you. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

Lin Hezhen read the entire email in a daze, his eyes moist and tears rolling down, his heart felt as if it had been pierced by millions of arrows and was bleeding.

His body was shaking slightly, his lips were trembling, and he seemed to be choked with sobs and unable to utter any words.

He simply couldn't believe that the girl who had sent him this touching email just last night received the news of her death today.

Moreover, he left in this way without any warning.

The originally hard heart seemed to collapse in an instant. Lin Hezhen could not imagine what kind of pain Eriri endured before her death.

How desperate she must be!

"Eri, I'm the one who should say sorry..."

Lin Hezhen closed his eyes, buried his head in his knees, and shrugged his shoulders slightly.

......

Two murders occurred in a short period of time, and the atmosphere in the police station is now extremely solemn.

The chief of the police station called a meeting and gave a detailed account of what happened last night.

"The person who reported the case said that he found the body in the bushes beside the Sumida River at 7:12 this morning."

"After investigation at the scene, it was found that the victim in this case was a female. She was shot with an arrow from the back and directly penetrated the heart. The time of the murder should be between 11 o'clock last night and 2 o'clock this morning."

"After comparison, the murder weapon should be made of a standard arrow used in archery, with a metal arrowhead prepared in advance by the murderer. The arrowhead is slender and has strong penetrating power."

"We didn't find any fingerprints on the arrow. The murderer must have worn gloves."

In the cold weapon age, bows and arrows were the most terrifying and deadly weapons.

However, with the invention of guns and cannons, bows and arrows withdrew from the mainstream stage, causing people to forget this terrible weapon with great lethality.

Today, archery is only a competitive sport and is popular in small circles.

People really didn't expect that in modern society, there would be a murder case in which the murderer used a bow and arrow to kill people.

Yukinoshita Yukino concluded: "Although bows and arrows have advantages such as concealment, easy production, high accuracy, long distance, and strong lethality, there are too few people who are good at using bows and arrows nowadays, and it has become easy for us to identify the murderer."

Chapter 333 Suspect, Kaguya Shinomiya

"So, the murderer this time has practiced kyudo, and the murder weapon used was a Japanese bow?" the policemen whispered to each other.

The island nation and bow have a short effective range, but are more powerful at close range.

Some people have used high-speed cameras to conduct actual measurements. When a 23kg-force Japanese bow is equipped with a heavy arrowhead, the initial velocity of the arrow when fully drawn is 34 meters per second, and it can penetrate the human body to a depth of 30cm. The 23kg-force English yew longbow used as the control group of the experiment only penetrated 25cm.

Qi Jiguang, a famous general who fought against the Japanese invaders, once commented on this: "The arrows are all heavy, the bows are all strong, and they can't be shot far. They are not shot lightly, and they will hit the target, and those who are hit will die, so people are afraid of them."

Therefore, it is not difficult for a master of archery to shoot an unarmored person from behind within a range of 100 meters.

"Does anyone have anything to add?" asked Yukinoshita Yukino.

After a commotion, a police officer raised his hand and said, "Officer, the length of a bow is generally around 160 to 180 centimeters, while the length of a bamboo-wood composite bow is about 2.2 meters, the longest in the world. The murderer would be too conspicuous if he were to carry such a long bow in the streets. I think he might use a car to carry the bow."

Yukinoshita Yukino nodded and said, "That makes sense. Then we should contact the traffic department to check the surveillance video near the crime scene and try to find the suspect's vehicles and personnel."

Once a suggestion was adopted, others began to think about it.

The policeman with a mustache said: "Since the crime happened at night, the murderer must have used night vision goggles and a scope to assist in shooting. Otherwise, how could he have shot the victim with one arrow in the darkness?"

Yukinoshita Yukino nodded again: "That makes sense, this is indeed something we need to pay attention to, and the sales channels for these equipment are limited. Check who has purchased these products recently to further narrow the scope of the investigation."

Another police officer asked: "Superintendent, the deceased and the victim in the previous case knew each other, so they were acquaintances. They were killed one after another in a short period of time, and they both had an ambiguous relationship with Lin Hezhen. Could these two cases be related?"

Hearing this, Yukinoshita Yukino frowned: "You mean, serial murder?"

"It's just a guess. I think these two victims have many common characteristics. They may have been killed by the same murderer." The police officer replied.

As soon as these words came out, a group of police officers gasped.

A serial murder case is a major case that can shock the whole country no matter where it happens.

Moreover, most serial killers do not kill for money or revenge against specific individuals, but just to get abnormal pleasure through killing. Therefore, when choosing prey, they may target a certain type of people, or they may choose completely randomly.

If that's the case, it would be very difficult to find the murderer in a metropolis of 3500 million people, like looking for a needle in a haystack...

Yukinoshita Yukino pondered for a moment, shook her head and said, "90% of serial killers are men, and they usually abuse their victims during their crimes. But in these two cases, the killers killed people cleanly and left quickly, and they didn't seem to be indulging in the pleasure of killing."

"For the time being, we will investigate these two cases as independent cases. If we find more related clues, we will link them together."

"Now, let's start by checking out those people who are good at archery around Sawamura Spencer Eriri. Meeting adjourned!"

"Yes." The police responded one after another.

Although he personally denied the serial murders, this speculation still caught the attention of Yukinoshita Yukino.

"The same murderer?" she thought to herself.

......

"call out!"

The arrow shot out quickly, and the bowstring vibrated the air, leaving behind the echo of the string sound.

Kaguya Shinomiya, wearing her Kyudo hakama, let out a long sigh and secretly felt the Zanshin, as if her spirit flew out with the arrow, reaching the target and then surpassing it to fly towards a farther destination.

In the process, her mind gained unprecedented peace.

After Zanshin finished, the butler came up at the right time and said respectfully: "Miss, we have guests, a few policemen."

Shinomiya Kaguya nodded and agreed: "Got it, let them wait in the reception room, I will change my clothes and go there."

"Hi." The butler bowed and left.

Then, Kaguya Shinomiya stretched her body, put down the bow and arrow, handed it to the servant, and turned to leave.

She took a bath, changed clothes, and tidied up her appearance under the service of the maid, and then walked slowly to the reception room.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw Yukinoshita Yukino and two police officers sitting on the sofa with serious faces.

"Hello, Miss Shinomiya." The three stood up and bowed slightly to Kaguya.

"Hello everyone, please take a seat." Shinomiya Kaguya smiled and nodded, inviting them to sit down.

"Thank you." Yukinoshita Yukino and others greeted politely and then sat down.

"Everyone, what can I do for you?" Kaguya Shinomiya asked gracefully and elegantly.

Yukinoshita Yukino said: "It's like this, we want to know about your whereabouts from last night to this morning."

Shinomiya Kaguya interrupted indifferently: "If I remember correctly, Hayasaka was murdered the day before yesterday, but you asked me about my schedule yesterday?"

"It wasn't Miss Hayasaka, but Miss Sawamura. She was found murdered last night at 7:12 this morning," Yukinoshita Yukino explained.