Ke Xue: I know magic and I want to destroy the world

Chapter 572 Invisible ghost?

In the open-air hot spring, Chi Chufeng walked from the leisure hall.

The door of the women's bathhouse was removed and placed on the side. There was a sign saying "Reserved from 10 to 11 o'clock" on it. Underneath was a kimono-sleeved Hannya doll wearing an oni mask.

The proprietress discovered something was wrong when she came to take off the sign.

Asuka Shibazaki's body was still floating in the steaming water, wrapped in a pile of colorful long-sleeved kimonos.

The deaths of these two people happened to be very similar to the legend of the local kimono sleeve god, or the murderer also had the intention of using the legend. Anzai Ema's body was placed on a kimono sleeve Hannya paper figurine.

Akachufeng looked at the long sleeves of the kimono unfolding like a scroll in the bathtub, and suddenly thought of the college senior Suzuka Sakurako mentioned by Fukatsu Harumi.

If Suzuka Sakurako who committed suicide is the kimono sleeve god Kohana, Shibazaki and Anzai are the two legendary village chief's daughters.

They died well, so Chi Chufeng did not intervene.

"Ok?"

Chi Chufeng looked down and found that something seemed to have fallen to the bottom of the pool.

He pointed under the water and said, "I think this must be the murder weapon."

There were two items at the bottom of the water, the knife used as the murder weapon, and an electric shock baton.

Judging from the wounds on the corpses, both Anxi and Shibasaki were probably killed by this murderous knife.

"So the murder weapon is here!" The old policeman's face condensed, "In other words, Miss Asuka was killed after Miss Anzai, that is, after 10:[-], but the boss's wife and the waiter were in the leisure hall all the time, and no one passed through there at all. Is there really a ghost??!"

"Where did it come from? It should have been designed on purpose."

Chi Chufeng looked at a blood-stained printed headscarf floating on the side of the long-sleeved kimono.

It's the one that Ema Anzai always has wrapped around her head.

Judging from the situation at the scene, the murderer first killed Ema Anzai in the ancestral hall, then killed Asuka Shibazaki here, and then threw the murder weapon into the pool.

The key thing is that whether you enter or leave the open-air hot spring, you will definitely pass by the open-air bathhouse. The proprietress who has been in the lobby did not see anyone passing by.

And there are also doubts on the snow in the courtyard. After 10:[-], only Anxi broke through the hall to go to the ancestral hall, and only Anxi's footprints were left on the snow.

All clues point to the only possibility.

The murderer is an invisible ghost.

Chi Chufeng once again looked at the kimono-sleeve hannya at the door of the bathhouse and the reserved sign hanging on the door, with a meaningful smile on his lips.

In the social hall of the hotel, Yasuda and his party did not go to the Japanese-style living room to wait, but still sat around on the sofa in the lobby, the atmosphere was silent.

The old policeman said: "I have already taken a look, and there are no suspicious signs on the cliff. If someone bypasses the leisure hall and goes to the open-air hot spring, it should be obvious.

"In addition, the landlady just confirmed that the murderous sword found in the bathhouse was the sacred sword that was originally enshrined in the ancestral hall."

The female editor said solemnly: "In addition, Miss Ema's bloody scarf in the pool, if it was used to cover the murderous knife, the order of execution should be Miss Ema first and then Miss Asuka."

"But how did the murderer do it?" Harumi Fukatsu grabbed her fingers tightly, "Maybe it was the curse of the kimono sleeve god. Only the kimono sleeve god can do this kind of thing."

"Well," the landlady said hesitantly, "during the day, I saw two new dolls used to worship the kimono sleeve god in the ancestral hall of the shrine in the village."

Chi Chufeng glanced at the landlady.

He has also seen the ancestral hall of the shrine. He said that if he wears a long-sleeved kimono to worship in the middle of the night, he will not be able to avenge himself, and the kimono sleeve god will help avenge him.

Sure enough, it was pretending to be a ghost. The murderer spent so much time and effort just to make people think about the curse of the kimono sleeve god?

In the early morning of the next day, just after dawn, a senior police officer from the Yamagata Prefectural Police arrived with a team, and forensics personnel quickly conducted on-site testimony collection.

"In other words, Asuka Shibazaki entered the open-air bathhouse around 10 p.m., and Ema Anzai entered the shrine in the courtyard around 10:[-]."

The 59-year-old Zhenxian of the police department supplemented the map of the hotel and concluded: "Both of them died with the same magic knife. Later, this murderous knife was found in an open-air bath, right?"

"Also," the old policeman added, "only Miss Ema's shoe prints were left outside the ancestral hall. To walk to the open-air bath on the other side, you have to pass through the leisure hall, but there were always people in the leisure hall at that time."

"It's terrible," Zhenxian said with a headache from the police department, "Are both cases murders in secret rooms?"

"Officer Zhenxian!" A policeman suddenly ran over from the ancestral hall outside, whispered to Zhenxian for a while, and handed several ID bags to Zhenxian.

Chi Chufeng glanced at it and saw what seemed to be a note and an earring pendant.

Zhen Xian directly showed the earring pendant to everyone: "This is one of the earrings found on Anzai Ema's body, but the other one was not at the scene.".

Chapter 573 Isn’t that your curse?

"Ah," Editor Yasuda said in surprise, "These are brand-name earrings! One costs at least 20 yuan. It seems that Chunmei also has this type of earrings."

Fukatsu Harumi hurriedly explained: "That's right, but because Ema was unhappy every time I saw it, I put it away."

"Is that right?"

Really first, the police officer did not continue to question, but talked with his men about the situation at the scene.

"The long-sleeved kimono and obi on site were originally stored in the hotel's storage room, but that storage room is usually not locked."

"Everyone," after talking for a few words, Zhen Zhen calmed down and turned to the crowd and said,

"Now we want to confirm the whereabouts of everyone last night. First of all, Miss Akechi Eri, let's start with you. You seemed to have entered the bathhouse around 9:10 and left around [-]:[-]. Asuka Shibazaki entered the bathhouse after you. "

"Yes," Akechi Eri, who was sitting on the sofa, nodded lightly, "Then I went back to my room, and I met Lord Chichu on the way."

"That's true," Chi Chufeng smiled slightly, "I met 10 at about 787 o'clock, and I happened to be going to take a bath."

"Well, next is Ms. Yasuda Raiko." Police officer Shinaki turned to Editor Yasuda next to Eri Akechi, "You stayed here until 9:[-] to organize the interview, right?"

"Yes, I saw Eri at the time, and about 5 minutes later, Ema walked to the back door by herself."

"That was around 10 and a half. Did you see anyone else walking towards the back door?"

"No, just Ema."

Chi Chufeng looked at Baotian editors quietly.

The sign saying the venue was reserved for 10 to 11 o'clock, and the door was locked from the inside at that time.

Chi Chufeng and Fukatsu Harumi were taking a bath next door.

"Have Master Chichu and Miss Chunmei always stayed in the men's pool?" Officer Zhenxian continued to ask.

Chi Chufeng nodded.

Fukatsu Harumi blushed in embarrassment.

Officer Zhenxian touched his chin and thought, "Miss Raiko and Miss Eri are having a meeting here at this time. Where is Mr. Bando?"

Saka Tokyo explained: "I came here to discuss the matter around 11:15, and then the proprietress came here and said that Japan was killed in the bathhouse."

"This way the time is connected," Zhen Xian nodded slightly, "Boss Boss, you didn't see the kimono-sleeved Hannya doll when you first went there, but you only discovered it when you went there the second time?"

"Yeah!" the proprietress affirmed, "It definitely wasn't there when I put up the sign for the first time. When the time came, I went to take off the sign for the reserved area, only to find that the kimono sleeves were Hannya dolls, and they were a little cold, as if they had just been pulled out of the snow. Just take it out!"

"But then again," the old policeman asked, "Why would Miss Ema go to a place like an ancestral hall alone?"

Zhen smiled first and took out the ID bag: "This is what we found in Miss Ema's pocket. It says: 'Miss Ema, I have a little secret to tell you. I will be at 10:[-] tonight. The ancestral hall in the courtyard is waiting for you, Bando.'"

"Nonsense!" Han Tokyo's face changed drastically, "How could I write such a letter?!"

"But the actual situation is that you don't seem to have an alibi before 11:15."

"This...I have no motive for killing Asuka and Miss Ema at all!"

"You're right." Zhen nodded and turned to Fukatsu Harumi.

"If we consider the motive, the only one who has the motive to kill is Miss Chunmei. Because she has always hated them and thought they killed your senior, but she has an alibi."

Fukatsu Harumi looked at Chi Chufeng and felt grateful.

She suddenly understood something.

Chi Chufeng invited her to the reserved pool. He not only wanted her, but also provided her with proof of alibi.

After the cross-examination, Editor Yasuda and several others returned to their rooms one after another.

"Miss Harumi," Chi Chufeng hugged Fukatsu Harumi and walked towards her room. As she walked, she asked, "You seem to care about that Suzuka-senpai."

"Well," Fukatsu Harumi came back to her senses, "Both of my parents died when I was young. My uncle and aunt raised me. Sakurako's parents also died accidentally when she was young, so they have always taken special care of me."

"So it is."

Chi Chufeng nodded, no wonder Fukatsu Harumi would plead with him to help Sakurako redress her injustice.

"Lord Chichu, isn't that your curse?" Fukatsu Harumi asked carefully.

Chi Chufeng smiled.

He knew this case very well.

Including the murderers of Asuka and Ema.

"You want to know the truth?" Chi Chufeng asked.

Fukatsu Harumi bit her lip and nodded.

Chi Chufeng said: "Using the unique hotel environment to design two seemingly perfect secret room murders. Using the legend of the kimono sleeve god and using the hotel environment.

All this fully illustrates the point that if he hadn't stayed in the hotel for a long time and if he didn't know enough about this place, he wouldn't have been able to design such a sophisticated crime. ”.

Chapter 574 What are you going to do?

Fukatsu Harumi's eyes widened when she heard Chi Chufeng's words.

"Could it be..." She didn't say the name.

Chu Feng continued: "Although the storage room where the long-sleeved kimonos are kept is not locked, not everyone knows what is in it.

There are also seemingly unsolvable killing sequences.Due to environmental reasons, it is impossible to determine the order of death of Asuka and Ema. All clues indicate that Ema was killed first. "

"There are two problems now. The first is the footprints in the courtyard, and the second is that no one has been to the outdoor bathhouse after 10:[-], which is the presumed time of the crime. The murderer cannot appear at the murder scene under normal circumstances. ."

"Other than that, the key to the problem is the order in which Asuka and Ema were killed. Logically speaking, Asuka in the bathhouse should have been killed before 10:[-], that is, before Anzai Ema. However, the murder weapon that killed Anzai Ema was also But Anzai Ema’s headscarf appeared in the bathhouse.”

Chi Chufeng took Fukatsu Harumi and walked around the yard while talking.

Fukatsu Harumi was shocked beyond measure.

At noon, a police car from the Yamagata Prefecture Police Department drove into the snow village and finally stopped in front of the Kotoya Hotel.

"Officer," Officer Zhenxian's men hurried into the social hall with a report, "the stuff has been delivered!"

"Has the autopsy report come out?" Zhen Zhen, who was sitting on the sofa, raised his head first.

"Well, the murder weapon used to kill the two victims was indeed that magic knife!"

Shishahui reported: "The blood stains on the headscarf were also confirmed to be left by Anzai Ema herself. In addition, no suspicious things were found from the origami dolls at the murder scene and the kimono Sodejin Shrine, as well as the note paper Anzai Ema received. Fingerprints or other clues related to the murderer."

Chi Chufeng just happened to come back from the courtyard with Fukatsu Harumi in her arms. She looked at the worried Officer Zhenxian in the lobby, then turned and headed to the open-air bathhouse.

He has almost explained the case, whether it is the murder of Ema Anzai or the murder of Asuka Shibasaki.

All clues point to romance novelist Eri Akechi.

Regardless of his familiarity with Kotoya Inn or Kimono Sodegami, Akechi Eri, who has been creating here for a long time, meets the conditions, including the time of the crime and the alibi.

At least considering Akechi Eri itself, many things can be combined.

Chi Chufeng glanced at the open-air hot spring below and the sides of the cliff slope.

Because of the occlusion of the line of sight, you can't see the pool, you can only see the entrance of the bathhouse at the end of the escalator.

He told Harumi Fukatsu: "Although Asuka was logically killed after Ema Anzai, the murder weapon, electric shock baton and Ema Anzai's headscarf were indeed found in the bathhouse.

Anzai Ema was killed after 10:10, but after [-]:[-], no one passed by the only entrance and exit to the bathhouse, which was the leisure hall. "

Fukatsu Harumi looked at the hotel house on the other side of the leisure hall. There were also guest rooms and corridors on the edge of the cliff. From the leisure hall, she could barely see the windows and balconies facing the cliff.

Just listen to Chi Chufeng continue to say: "Since people can't go down, only the belongings are left. Send the murder weapon and the headscarf to the bathhouse pool below alone, so that the whole case can be explained."

Harumi Fukatsu was silent for a while, looking at the tourists having fun in the leisure hall.

Because of the murder, many people checked out or just stayed in their rooms, but no matter what, they had to be questioned by the police, and it was good enough to have fun.

"Chunmei," Chi Chufeng suddenly asked, "What do you think of revenge?"

Fukatsu Harumi raised her head: "Why do you ask this suddenly? Is it because of this case?"

"Even though I promised you to investigate Suzuka Sakurako yesterday,"