My mother's love song

However, Raikou has almost reached his limit.

Her sense of responsibility as a member of the Genji clan made it impossible for her to continue to tolerate the murderer's killing behavior.

The appearance of Ugly Gozen is the best proof that Raikou's spirit is on the verge of collapse.

No matter what, it will all come to an end tonight.

Did Raikou kill the murderer himself, or did they both die together, or maybe...

No matter what the ending was, Rod could assert that it would be the worst Bad Ending.

At this point, I am the only one who can stop her.

Ugly Gozen stroked the boy's cheek and said, "Can I leave me [Raikou] to you..."

"Ah, I was going to do that even if you didn't tell me."

Rod smiled and replied, "I will wipe out all the sins of Genji's past, including yours."

Chapter 649 A new type of parent-child rice bowl appears...

When Musashi and Rod left Genji's mansion one after another, it had already darkened.

Rhodes was forced by Ugly Yuzen to stay and have a sumptuous dinner before leaving.

Until the end, Lai Guang did not show up again. It seems that she must not want to meet him.

about this point.

Until he met Ugly Gozen, Rhodes had actually made a huge mistake.

It was this mistake that completely misled the direction of his reasoning.

Rod had a preconceived notion that there was a necessary connection between the two things: "Recently, Minamoto no Raikou has been avoiding him intentionally or unintentionally" and "Recently, the Minamoto murder case occurred in Kyoto."

Everyone would think so.

It's natural to think that these two things happening at the same time are closely related.

Therefore, Rod placed the greatest suspicion of the murderer on Raikou and Ugly Gozen, but in fact it was not the case.

They are two completely isolated incidents!

Lai Guang was unwilling to face the fact that she actually had a hidden reason. She was indeed related to the case, but the fact that she avoided Rhode had nothing to do with the incident! It was not out of any guilt for murder!

After deeply understanding this, Rhodes' thoughts became clear in an instant.

After eliminating Lai Guang as a suspect, the outline of the murderer also emerged in his mind.

"How does it feel to be fed on the thighs of a busty beauty, stupid master?"

Perhaps it was because he was too jealous of Rod, Musashi was full of aggressiveness after leaving the Minamoto family.

"Not bad. Instead of that, tell me what you found out."

"Oh...oh...you're unexpectedly very focused on your work today."

After returning outside, Rod and Musashi immediately began to exchange information.

He heard from Musashi about a series of strange things that had recently happened in the Genji mansion.

One of them is the figure of a strange kimono beauty who appears in an empty room in the mansion. She is as erratic as a ghost, but extremely beautiful.

The second is that Minamoto no Raikou's appetite has become enormous. Recently, she consumes the meat of a cow every day, and she absolutely does not allow anyone to see her eating.

The third is a huge monster with horns wandering in the bamboo forest late at night. In Musashi's view, it is the demon form of Ushigozen.

"........."

Rhodes listened to Musashi's description with an expressionless face.

His face showed no sign of sudden enlightenment, nor did it become gloomy.

It seemed that all the strange things Musashi described were already within the boy's expectations.

Seeing Rhodes' extremely bland reaction, Musashi suddenly felt a little frustrated.

"So... is this all useless information?"

"No, that's not the case."

Rhodes said: "These are all very important information. As expected of Musashi, he is reliable and has been a great help."

Musashi asked happily, "Really? You're not trying to comfort me?"

"Amazing, amazing."

Rhodes reached out and stroked her head, and she shrank her shoulders and screamed softly: "Stupid, stupid! Don't tease adults!"

Then, the boy told the female swordsman his conclusion.

By the way, he also explained to her the relationship between Minamoto no Raikou and Ushigozen, and told her their life stories.

"Hey, human nature and devil nature... two completely opposite spirits coexisting in one body. There are still people like this in the world..."

Musashi poked his chin and said thoughtfully: "In other words, the real murderer is neither Ushiro Gozen nor Minamoto no Raikou, but someone hidden in the mansion by Minamoto no Raikou."

"Why would Minamoto no Raikou, a pillar of the Minamoto clan, do such a thing? There is no benefit at all, right?"

Rather than wondering who the real criminal is, Musashi is more concerned about why.

"According to what you said, Raikou should be a model samurai who upholds the father-son code of conduct and obeys the head of the family. What kind of thoughts pushed her to betray her father and clan...ah."

Musashi's pupils lit up.

"Oh?"

Rhode raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Does Iori-kun know anything?"

"I know! The murderer must be a child!

Musashi shook Rod's arm and said excitedly, "Yes! If it was a child, it would not be difficult for him to hide in the Minamoto family with many servants for more than a month without being discovered!

And if it was a child, he would not be suspected when walking on the street, and his identity would not be investigated by the people in the office! After all, no one would think that the murderer who killed more than a dozen Genji warriors was a child! "

For some reason, the image of little Jack popped up in Rod's mind. He nodded in agreement: "Yeah, that makes sense...but why do you think so?"

Musashi proudly put his hands on his hips, puffed out his plump chest and said, "Of course it's because of Minamoto no Raikou's personality, right?

Didn't Minamoto no Raikou always want to be a mother? It's normal for her to have a protective desire for children!

That's why she condoned the murderer and even hid him in her own home. She stayed indoors all day to protect the child! Raikou must have regarded himself as the murderer's mother!"

Musashi finished her reasoning [guess] and then waited for the Master's judgment with a confident expression.

Whatever, I guessed it right!

Those big watery eyes are urging me.

"Well... for Iori-chan, you did pretty well."

“Hah~~~?”

Musashi frowned in displeasure: "What do you mean by good? Isn't it a perfect deduction?!"

"Not bad means that your point of view coincides with what I thought last night. Congratulations, Iori-kun, you have caught up with my progress 24 hours ago."

Musashi, who subtly sensed the mockery, slumped his shoulders: "...Uh! Is this true?"

Rhodes said calmly: "Until last night, I thought so too.

The murderer that Raikou would protect at all costs could only be the child who inspired her maternal instinct.

But, that is not the case. If you judge it so easily, you will go in the wrong direction. "

"What gives you the right to say that? Show me the evidence! If you don't have any, I'll sue you. Hey!"

Rod spoke seriously to Musashi, who was furious as if he was the real murderer pointed out by the detective.

"A true mother will not allow her children to sink deeper and deeper into the abyss of crime and revenge.

Lai Guang is definitely not a rubbish mother who only knows how to spoil her children but never correct their mistakes. "

Rod's super-righteous theory left Musashi speechless.

After a while, she pursed her lips and said, "...That does make sense. Can you give me a more reasonable explanation?"

Rhode: "Yes. Raikou didn't want to protect the real murderer who was regarded as a child. The fact is quite the opposite."

"On the contrary?"

Musashi tilted his head in confusion, "I'm sorry, what's going on? You already know the identity of the murderer, right?"

Rhodes did not directly answer her question, but left a pretentiously profound comment.

"Iori-kun, try to think about this by turning the chess board over."

"……Why?"

Musashi blinked and stood there, while Luo Youde left her and continued walking forward.

"Wait, wait for me!"

As expected, Musashi still couldn't understand the deep meaning of Rhode's words, so he gave up thinking and chased after him: "So what should we do next?"

Rhodes said: “Well, let’s find a place to rest for a while, and then we will take action in the second half of the night.

By the way, I have to tutor you in biology during this period, Musashi-kun. "

"Hey! Biology class!?"

Musashi's cheeks turned red. Could it be that this was a health class that included some erotic knowledge?

"No." Rhodes cut off her delusion.

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It was late at night.

There was no light in the bamboo forest behind Genji's residence, only darkness made up of countless shadows.

The moonlight obscured by dark clouds could not illuminate the earth, leaving the area in a silence as deep as the ocean.

Rhodes stood in the bamboo forest and the night wind, quietly feeling the comfort brought by the darkness.

Amid the unchanging scenery, a stern figure gradually emerged from the darkness.

The pupils are a deep, bright dark purple.

The woman named Minamoto no Raikou slowly walked into Rhode's field of vision, staring at the boy expressionlessly.

"It's already this late. What's the matter with you appearing in Genji's private territory? Master Genji."

There was no hostility or blame in her tone, but it was very natural, and even seemed very amiable compared to the daytime.

Rhodes unconsciously compared her with Ugly Imperial Concubine.

The relationship between him and Raikou, whom he had originally imagined would get along well, turned into a delicate one of being close yet distant. Ugly Gozen, who he had thought would appear as an enemy of him and Raikou, actually doted on him particularly.

For a moment, the boy had a strange feeling as if he was in a dream.

He shook his head slightly, barely perceptibly, to clear his mind of all distracting thoughts, then slowly drew the knife from his waist.

When the silver sword light illuminated the darkness, Minamoto no Raikou frowned his pretty eyebrows.

"What are you doing?"

There was a hint of surprise in her words; Rhodes's actions were clearly beyond her expectations.

Rhode did not answer her question, but stared at the beautiful female warrior's face and asked, "Yakou, what are you doing in a place like this so late at night?"

"I am now going to execute the perpetrator of a series of murders that have recently destabilized Kyoto."

Raikou replied in an emotionless voice.

"If you can, please get out of there right now and don't get in the way of my work."

"There's no need to talk about this matter."

Rhodes smiled and said, “I have asked Musashi to let my servant deal with the real culprit of the incident.

I believe they will have contact soon... Don't worry, Miyamoto Musashi is a strong man who once defeated the Black Rope Hell, so a mere ghost of [this level] is no problem at all.