Chapter 155: The Police Department's Foreign Aid "Mask", The Victim's Autopsy Report
Seeing Yoru agree, the corner of Rio's lips couldn't help rising, a few smiles appearing in her eyes.
This guy, although verbally saying he can't stand others doing whatever they want in Kyoto city...
Actually, it's to protect the safety of citizens, right?
Truly a tsundere anti-hero.
"Then it's decided."
After making the decision to hunt down the Teru Teru Bozu Killer, Yoru began to arrange the specific plan.
"Rio, Miko, you two go check if you can find the specific death scenes of the victims."
"If you can find them, take Mai and Tuanzi (Yui) to visit. Be friendly. Of course, the point isn't to ask the living; using the excuse of expressing condolences is fine."
Mai nodded upon hearing this, understanding tacitly.
"You mean, see if the ghosts of the victims are still wandering at the scene, thereby finding identity information and clues about the killer?"
"Exactly."
Immediately after, Yoru looked at Amano Hina.
"As for you... just pay attention to your own safety. After all, this serial killer makes the victims' corpses look like Teru Teru Bozu, proving he might have some strong obsession with the weather. Your reputation as a 100% Sunny Girl has already spread; hard to say if you will become his target."
Amano Hina nodded obediently.
"Mmhmm, I understand."
Finally, Yoru made a summary.
"Anyway, no need to worry too much. You signed contracts with me. As long as it's not a barrier like the real world and the Otherworld, the contract can exert its power at critical moments and teleport me to your side."
"That's it, dismissed."
...
When returning to the clubroom to get things, Marin suddenly stopped Mai.
"Mai-senpai~"
Marin looked very mysterious, secretly handing a small bag to Mai.
"Here, it's done, pajamas."
"Done?"
Hearing this, Mai hurriedly took the bag and peeked inside.
Marin patted her shoulder, smiling.
"Don't worry, Mai-senpai. All according to your requests, accessories are also made, everything is complete."
Mai nodded, looking very grateful.
"Sorry to trouble you, Marin."
"Eh, it's fine, it's fine~"
Marin waved her hand carelessly, then asked curiously.
"By the way, why didn't you just go directly to Saki? You could also tell her directly what kind you wanted."
"Kawasaki-san..."
Mai murmured to herself, her eyes looking somewhat complicated.
"Better not tell her."
Mai was a very sharp person.
She noticed recently in the clubroom, the number of times Kawasaki Saki stole glances at Yoru was increasing.
There was something going on here.
Not right.
Mai certainly couldn't let Kawasaki Saki, a suspected competitor, know she prepared such an important secret weapon.
As for Marin...
Looking at Marin with a puzzled face, her big eyes wearing colored contacts blinking, completely unaware of what was going on, Mai just smiled.
"Anyway, thank you."
After saying goodbye to Marin, Mai called Yoru.
"Hello, I'll pick up Menma to my house tomorrow, is that okay?"
Yoru on the other end of the phone chuckled.
"Up to you, it's your house, not mine."
"Okay... okay."
Mai pursed her lips, her pretty face blushing, covering her mouth with her left hand, lowering her voice, acting shyly.
"Then tonight... is a rare time for the two of us to be alone, want... want to come to my house? I prepared a surprise."
"No problem, I'll go over after I finish my business."
"Mmhmm mmhmm, it's a promise."
.....
On the other side, outside Sobu High, walking alone on the street, looking at the hung-up phone, Yoru shook his head with a chuckle.
"The so-called surprise is probably the bunny girl uniform."
Although he guessed it, Yoru wouldn't be a wet blanket to expose the surprise Mai specially prepared for him.
"It's raining..."
Looking at the raindrops gradually falling from the sky, Yoru, holding a black umbrella, turned into a secluded alley.
The Teru Teru Bozu Killer committed multiple appalling cases in a row yet hadn't been caught by the Police Department, proving this person was absolutely not an ordinary criminal.
After all, although Yagami Soichiro was very rigid, his criminal investigation experience was very rich, indeed an excellent Chief of Criminal Investigation Bureau.
If he could find the ghosts of the victims through the Yin-Yang Eyes of spirit mediums and get intelligence about the killer's identity, that would be best.
But since deciding to hunt down the Teru Teru Bozu killer, Yoru wouldn't slack off.
The intelligence held by the Police Department was also necessary.
"It seems it's time to visit Soichiro."
Yoru chuckled and murmured to himself. The black umbrella in his hand instantly turned into surging burning black flames, forming a mask covering his face.
The anti-hero "Mask" made a grand appearance.
...
That night, Kyoto City Police Department, Criminal Investigation Division.
"Phew..."
Yagami Soichiro sat in his office, holding a lit cigarette in his left hand, right hand on the mouse, starting to browse through the crime scene photos he had seen an unknown number of times, remembering every detail clearly.
Every corpse found was in the same condition.
Limbs severed, eyeballs gouged out, internal organs hollowed out, leaving an empty shell hung up like a Teru Teru Bozu, fluttering in the breeze.
The victims were all youthful and lively junior high and high school girls.
This case of egregious nature had attracted attention not just in Kyoto city but throughout Sakura Prefecture.
As the Chief of Criminal Investigation Bureau, who had just made the crime rate in Kyoto city drop significantly and hadn't had time to rest, Yagami Soichiro immediately threw himself into the investigation of this case.
After looking through the scene photos again, he still didn't get any new ideas. His peripheral vision caught the investigation report of another case on the Police Department intranet.
"Kira..."
Looking at that mysterious person calling himself "Kira" committing various murders targeting criminals and people with criminal records in Tokyo city, Yagami Soichiro took a deep drag of the cigarette, murmuring bitterly to himself.
"With society collapsing like this, it's hard to say it's incomprehensible for someone to lose faith in the judicial system..."
Just as Yagami Soichiro finished speaking, a blinding lightning flashed in the sky.
He suddenly noticed that unknown when, a person wearing a black coat and a pure black mask was already sitting across his desk.
"Since you can understand, how about letting your Police Department cancel the wanted warrant for me?"
Yagami Soichiro trembled in fear, then after seeing clearly, breathed a sigh of relief, sighing helplessly.
"You guy, do you want to give me a heart attack?"
"Having a heart attack just from this shows you are too useless."
Yagami Soichiro wanted to refute, but thinking carefully...
It seemed he really couldn't refute.
As an old detective for more than twenty years, what scenes hadn't he seen?
But the scene in the underground passage that day, he really hadn't seen.
That was a bit too shocking.
And from "Mask's" words and the battle scene at that time, the opponent was obviously very familiar with those things, whether called evil spirits or ghosts.
Compared in psychological quality, the opponent might really be much stronger than him.
Yagami Soichiro shook his head helplessly and said in a deep voice.
"You coming this time, did supernatural events appear somewhere again?"
After saying this, he added immediately.
"My office is soundproof, and there are no cameras; you don't need to worry."
"Convenient for you to mess with female subordinates, right?"
Facing Yoru's abstract words, Yagami Soichiro looked helpless.
"What nonsense. This is to ensure confidentiality. I'm married with two kids; what messing with female subordinates."
"Who knows."
After teasing, Yoru got to the point.
"I came this time for the intelligence on that Teru Teru Bozu Killer."
"Teru Teru Bozu Killer?"
Yagami Soichiro frowned tightly, saying in a deep voice.
"You suspect he is related to supernatural phenomena?"
"This question is not important."
Yoru waved his hand, his eyes under the pure black mask staring straight at Yagami Soichiro.
"You just need to tell me the intelligence about this serial murder case."
Yagami Soichiro frowned tightly, extinguished the almost burnt-out cigarette in the ashtray, and asked in a deep voice.
"Even if I tell you, if you find him, what do you plan to do? Lynch him?"
Yoru didn't answer Yagami Soichiro's question directly, but said with a smile in his voice.
"If your Police Department has locked onto the target and prepared to arrest him, I can stay out of it."
"But if your investigation isn't progressing smoothly, then please Chief Yagami think about a question."
"Before the Police Department arrests the criminal, how many more innocent people will he kill?"
"How to deal with him is a question to discuss after finding him."
Hearing this, Yagami Soichiro glanced at the crime scene photos on the computer screen, his face showing hesitation and struggle.
Logically speaking, as the Chief of Criminal Investigation Bureau, such intelligence on criminal cases under investigation absolutely couldn't be disclosed to outsiders.
But...
The opponent was right.
So far, the Teru Teru Bozu Killer had committed five cases, taking the lives of five innocent girls.
And from the first case to the fifth, it was just a little over half a month.
Such crime frequency meant killing one person every three or four days.
Before the Police Department brought this person to justice, how many more innocent people would die?
Moreover...
Yagami Soichiro was no longer certain whether the Police Department alone could catch the real culprit.
He was a stubborn person, yes.
But compared to the lives of the innocent, all principles had to give way.
Thinking of this, Yagami Soichiro finally made a decision and spoke in a deep voice.
"Now our Police Department actually doesn't hold much intelligence either."
"But from the victims' corpses, some things can be judged."
"First, the victims' limbs were not severed by tools. According to forensic identification, the limbs of every victim were forcibly torn off by huge external force."
Yoru nodded, asking plainly.
"Cause of death?"
"Without exception, all died of excessive blood loss."
Speaking of this, Yagami Soichiro gritted his teeth tightly, even his fists clenched involuntarily.
"According to the autopsy report, the victims received no anesthesia throughout the whole process... In other words, they were conscious when their limbs were forcibly torn off and the blood in their bodies drained..."
There was no emotional fluctuation in Yoru's eyes, only the black flames at the hem of the coat seemed to burn more fiercely.
"What else?"
Yagami Soichiro breathed deeply, trying to calm the anger in his chest, and spoke slowly.
"Next is hollowing out the victims' internal organs and gouging out their eyeballs. From the suturing marks on the corpses' bellies, the killer does not possess professional knowledge in this area."
"Specific time of death?"
"From the autopsy results, the killer's crime time without exception is always on rainy days."
"Didn't the cameras along the way capture anyone suspected to be the killer?"
Hearing this question, Yagami Soichiro lit another cigarette, rubbed his eyebrows, and sighed.
"Due to continuous heavy rain recently, many cameras on the road sections malfunctioned. Among the remaining ones, no valuable information could be obtained. After all, everyone holds umbrellas and wears raincoats. Even outfits that look strange normally don't seem abrupt on rainy days."
"I see."
Yoru nodded noncommittally, then said softly.
"It seems these five lives also have to be counted on that god who controls the weather. I will kill Him sooner or later."
"Hah?"
Yagami Soichiro froze for a moment, thinking the opponent was being crazy again.
After all, fighting such terrifying monsters every day, being a bit mentally abnormal was also very normal.
"Anyway, at this stage, there is no identity information about the Teru Teru Bozu Killer."
Yagami Soichiro looked at Yoru, asking tentatively.
"If... you really catch that guy... how do you plan to deal with him?"
"How to deal with him?"
On Yoru's pure black mask, a white smiley face pattern appeared.
"I never torture humans."
Hearing this, before Yagami Soichiro could breathe a sigh of relief, he saw "Mask's" figure slowly disappear, leaving only a sentence that made his heart complicated.
"But torturing beasts, I will very much enjoy the process."
....
Half an hour later, Mai's home.
Ding~
Hearing the doorbell ring, Mai stood up slightly nervously.
She didn't change into that semi-transparent bunny girl uniform directly, but wore a plain dress.
"Hello hello~"
After opening the door, Mai saw Yoru standing outside, his hair and clothes on his shoulders soaked. She couldn't help frowning tightly and immediately pulled him in.
"Sit obediently on the sofa."
Immediately after, Mai trotted into the bathroom, brought out a dry towel, sat next to Yoru, wiped his hair for him, saying softly.
"Knowing it always rains recently, why didn't you bring an umbrella? Look, you are soaked like this."
This scene, coupled with Mai's dress, gave off a very gentle wife vibe.
After wiping his hair dry, Yoru asked with a chuckle.
"Mai-senpai, what about the surprise you said you prepared for me? Don't tell me it's just wiping hair?"
Mai blushed upon hearing this, silently stood up and walked into the bedroom. Before closing the door, she specially exhorted.
"No peeking."
"Sure."
Yoru remained calm on the surface, but disapproved in his heart.
Anyway, later, can't I look however I want, touch however I want?
Truly shy in strange places.
.....
After nearly ten minutes, Mai slightly opened a crack in the door, her face bearing unconcealable shyness, saying in a voice as tiny as a mosquito's.
"Re... ready, you... you come in."
Yoru chuckled: "Pun? Driving?" (Kai Che - sexual implication).
Mai looked puzzled: "What driving..."
Halfway through, she suddenly realized, her face flushing red.
"You... you guy... pervert, pervert junior!"
"Hehe, you haven't seen the more perverted ones yet."
As Yoru spoke, he pushed open the door and entered the bedroom.
At this time, Mai had already changed into that semi-transparent bunny girl outfit.
Slender yet fleshy legs wrapped in black thin stockings.
On her fair neck wore a pale pink lace choker, and on her head was a white long rabbit ear hair accessory.
Moreover, she also wore black high heels.
Facing Yoru's gaze, Mai covered her chest with her hands, large areas of snow-white skin looming. Her originally fair skin tone revealed a shy pink blush, twisting softly.
"Ho... how is it?"
"Mmhmm, really not bad."
Hearing Yoru's praise, Mai just wanted to smile, but noticed his gaze wasn't resting on her face at all, and he even moved closer, looking very serious....
"This clothes is indeed made well; Kawasaki-san has made great progress."
Mai bit her silver teeth lightly, hating it.
"You guy... at this time, still thinking about Kawasaki-san? Hmm?"
Yoru was straightforward and righteous.
"Thinking not allowed? Didn't I come to accompany you?"
Mai was almost laughed out of anger.
"You are quite arrogant?"
"I am first in the joint exam, arrogant a bit not allowed?"
Mai sighed helplessly, extended her fair index finger of her right hand, and gently tapped Yoru's forehead.
"You guy, besides having a nasty personality, really has no shortcomings."
"My biggest strong point, you haven't truly felt yet."
While speaking, Yoru kissed Mai's lips.
His hands also started to become dishonest, constantly rubbing on Mai's slender and well-proportioned legs wrapped in black silk.
"Mmh..."
Mai emitted slight panting sounds like sobbing, a layer of water mist appearing in her eyes.
"Go... go to bed."
"Okay."
After turning off the lights, Yoru's hands kept exploring.
"There's a zipper here? Kawasaki-san is very professional."
"Do... don't talk nonsense, it... it's me who specially asked to add it, so it won't be torn."
"As expected of Mai-senpai."