After we broke up, my ex asked me to attack her

Chapter 344: Become a Buddha Sooner
The body was safely moved out of the well and lay on the ground. The evidence was conclusive and irrefutable.

There was no room for excuses. Hiroichiro Tanaka was arrested on the spot. The shrine maiden's body was photographed and put into a body bag by the police. Kagura Mitsuru was also regarded as an important witness in the case and invited to the police station to take a statement.

But before that, Kagura Hikaru called the old policeman named "Shimizu" aside and said he had something to discuss.

"Why did you call me here? Is there something special you want to say, Kagura-kun?" The old policeman looked at Kagura Hikaru in confusion.

He originally thought that he would be the one to come to him. Although he was only a teenager at the time of the disappearance case thirty years ago, for some reason, he still couldn't forget it and it became a knot in his heart.

He returned to town to become a policeman after graduation, partly because of that case.

Fortunately, the truth is now revealed. Although the truth is cruel, being able to bring the criminal to justice is also fair to Mizuno Yuna.

This is all thanks to the young detective in front of me, who was able to catch the criminal from some clues. In all my years as a policeman, I have never seen such an outstanding young man.

The old policeman looked at Kagura Hikaru with relief and familiarity. In a sense, this child was his benefactor.

However, when Kagura Hikaru uttered the first words, the emotion of gratitude instantly turned into horror.

"Officer Shimizu, Mizuno Yuna told me that you once confessed your love to her?"

".What did you say?"

"Don't think too much, it's the Mizuno Yuna you think she is, the miko who was just dug out of the well."

When Kagura Hikaru's voice fell, the old policeman fell into a long silence.

Not only was he dumbfounded, even the witch involved was stunned.

At first, Kagura Mitsuru asked the old policeman to talk to the side, and she thought they were going to discuss the case, so she followed him happily, but she ended up hearing Kagura Mitsuru revealing some big news.

The revelation was her biggest secret!

Is she giving herself away right now? She's not ready yet!
Mizuno Yuna looked confused, but it was better than the old policeman who was stunned for more than ten seconds after hearing this sentence.

He is several dozen years older than Kagura Mitsuru and has lived half of his life. Even if he is an idiot, he still has some experience. After listening to Kagura Mitsuru's words, he couldn't help but think of many possibilities.

Solving a missing case after thirty years was extremely bizarre, even impossible. Although the old policeman was a small police chief in the countryside, he had communicated with some of his old classmates who were criminal police officers, and knew that the possibility of solving such an old case was less than one in a thousand.

He saw a special case today, but he just regarded it as a special case, a miracle, and didn't think much about it.

But when Kagura Hikaru said this, all the doubts that had been ignored before were exposed.

A high school boy from Tokyo, who wasn't even a native of Wakayama, solved a case that had puzzled the police for thirty years just by going up the mountain.

The clues he came up with sounded logical, but now that I think about it carefully, there are too many coincidences.

Moreover, he found the criminal murderer Tanaka Koichiro too quickly, in less than a day. It has been thirty years. Could there be any clear clues pointing to him? If there were, the old policeman would have found it himself long ago!

Unless this young man knew the answer from the beginning, he knew who the murderer was from the beginning.

But thirty years ago, he was not yet born, and even his parents were just children. How could he know?

Yes, it was Mizuno Yuna who told him!

Mizuno Yuna, the shrine maiden who died thirty years ago, was the victim, so of course she knew who the murderer was!
"She's still here, she's still alive, right?!"

The old policeman's hands were shaking with excitement. "No, no, I have seen her body. Could that corpse be fake?"

"That was definitely her. Mizuno Yuna is dead." Kagura Hikaru denied, glancing at the shrine maiden who was dancing in panic. "What I saw was her ghost."

"Ghost." The old policeman's eyes were dull. "You mean, she turned into a ghost? Are you kidding me? How could that be possible?"

“She’s here now.”

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The old policeman was stunned again.

After he reacted, he quickly glanced around, his face showing some fear and doubt, but also a hint of expectation.

Kagura Hikaru knew that this kind of thing was hard for someone who had lived in a materialistic world for decades to accept, so he simply looked at the miko who was trying to stop him from drooping his shoulders and asked, "Is there something that only you two know? Tell me, I need to gain his trust."

The witch stared at him with her big eyes, angrily: "Why did you tell Qingshui Jun that I was still here? I didn't plan to reminisce with him at all. Don't act on your own!" "This is necessary. After all, the time is too short. I will be exposed during the recording stage."

Kagura Hikaru said calmly.

The witch opened her mouth, frowned, and then sighed.

Only at this moment did Mizuno Yuna understand why Kagura Hikaru took the initiative to expose himself to the old policeman. He wanted to find someone who would cooperate with him in "forgery" to erase his own uniqueness in this case. Otherwise, if anyone with a purpose checked, the so-called reasoning clues that Kagura Hikaru said would be untenable.

Kagura Hikaru ran around for her commission, and finally succeeded in fulfilling her wish, recovering the body and catching the murderer. Now he needs her help to clear the suspicion, so how could the shrine maiden ignore her?

The miko didn't want to cause him trouble, so she said obediently, "When Shimizu-kun confessed his love to me, he gave me a bucket of fish. It should be enough for you to tell him this."

"Fish? A bucket of fish?" Xiao Mori Ai, who was listening in, couldn't help laughing, "Hahahaha, giving fish as a gift for confession, so fishy!"

"I don't know what he was thinking at that time. Maybe all boys are like this, childish." The witch curled her lips.

Kagura Hikaru ignored the two girls' complaints and turned to the surprised old policeman and said, "She said you brought a bucket of fish as a gift when you confessed your love to her, and now she's complaining about your childishness."

Hearing the shrine maiden's complaint of "Hey, why did you tell him?", the old policeman finally confirmed the truth of Kagura Hikaru's words. He couldn't help but look at the place where the latter had just faced, trembling, and his eyes became red.

"Yuuna-san? Is that you? Are you really there?"

The miko nodded subconsciously, then realized that the other party couldn't see her, so she pushed Kagura Hikari to signal him - of course, she couldn't touch him, and her hand went straight into his body.

Kagura felt a chill on her arm, glared at the clumsy miko, and said, "If you have anything to say, I can convey it for you."

When the old policeman heard this, he nervously shut up and waited silently.

The witch was silent for a while, then said, "Tell him that I know he has been investigating this matter over the years, and I am very grateful to him."

After Kagura Hikaru relayed the story, she added, "This priestess said she is an earthbound spirit and can move around the village freely. She has seen all the efforts you have made over the years."

These words brought the old policeman to tears.

He didn't cry when he caught the murderer, but now he couldn't help crying.

After he calmed down and exchanged some pleasantries with the miko, Kagura Hikaru got down to business: "Officer Shimizu, now you know how I identified the murderer. The previous reasoning was just an excuse I made up. Please cover up a little."

"I understand." The old policeman wiped his eyes and nodded seriously.

Not to mention that Kagura Hikaru had just solved a case for him, the old policeman would not refuse the favor just because the other party told him that Mizuno Yuna was still "alive" and passed on a few words for him.

To put it bluntly, even if such a thing was recorded truthfully, the superiors would certainly not believe it. On the contrary, Kagura Hikaru's "improvised excuse" would be easier to accept.

What happened next was a natural progression.

Kagura Hikaru and the others came to the police station to take statements. The old police officer informed him in advance and added a lot of details, and the two young police officers had no doubts.

It was not until noon that Kagura Mitsuru came out of the police station and could not help but stretch.

I sat in there for too long, and the chairs were made of iron and had no backs. It was unbearable.

Koichiro Tanaka left earlier than him. Because it was a small police station in the countryside and there was no detention room, he was directly escorted away by the detective who drove from the city.

An extremely miserable life must be waiting for him next.

After leaving the police station, Kagura Hikaru accompanied the shrine maiden all the way back to the shrine on the mountain.

"When you are free, come back here to find me. I will always be here."

Standing in front of the temple, the witch turned around with her hands behind her back and smiled.

Kagura narrowed her eyes and said, "Aren't you an earthbound spirit? If your wish comes true, just become a Buddha as soon as possible. Why are you staying here?"

"That's too much!" The witch was shocked. "Don't you want to see me? I thought we were friends!"

Kagura Hikaru didn't answer, waved her hand, and took Komori Ai down the mountain.

(End of this chapter)