In the room, Kimiko Arai's body was lying on the floor.
There were injuries on her abdomen and thighs caused by being penetrated by sharp objects. Next to the body, there was a sharp samurai sword stained with blood.
After a brief inspection, Karasuma Ei confirmed the fatal injuries on Kimiko Arai's body and the murder weapon that killed her.
"Ms. Arai mainly had two larger wounds on her body. The wound on her thigh did not damage the artery, so I think the fatal injury was the larger wound on her abdomen.
Judging from the situation at the scene, the murder weapon was most likely the samurai sword beside her. "
After confirming Kimiko Arai's death, Karasuma Ying stood up and looked back at the iron door behind her and the knight statue that fell behind the door.
[Was it this knight statue that blocked the door before? 】
"Where's Mr. Arai?"
She suddenly noticed that Daijiro Arai was no longer around outside the iron gate.
"He just ran to call the police...Um, did Kimiko commit suicide?" Several diviners asked quickly outside the door.
"No, I think it's murder." Karasuma Ying shook her head and rejected their words.
"But, isn't this room locked from the inside? This must be..."
"If it was suicide, there would be no need for Ms. Arai to leave so many wounds in different locations on her body.
This is very unreasonable. Based on the current situation, I am more inclined to believe that she was murdered rather than committed suicide. "
While explaining this, Karasuma Ying noticed that Kimiko Arai's unblinking eyes seemed to be staring at a certain location on the ceiling.
She followed Kimiko Arai's line of sight and happened to see the small skylight on the ceiling.
Skylight?
"Okay, let's lock this room first."
Without any further delay, after confirming Kimiko Arai's condition, Karasuma Ying also temporarily left the room, came to the door, and said with a serious face:
"I think everyone should be aware of the current situation. The cause of Ms. Arai's death requires further investigation, and your cooperation may be needed at that time.
Mr. Arai has already gone to the police, so I hope that you will not leave the fortune-telling parlor until the police arrive. Sorry to bother you. "
"Hahaha... Is it possible that the person rushing to leave at this time is the murderer?" Kawai Suiko said with a smile.
"You, you mean the murderer is among us?" Mr. Yi was a little flustered.
"What the truth is, we still need to wait for the police's follow-up investigation."
Behind everyone, Qing Shuijing took out her phone again and sent a text message.
[Kiel, have your hands and feet been cleaned? 】
Not long after, a text message came back.
[Everything is in the plan, let the police investigate]
"..."
"Karasuma sister!"
Not long after, the police who received the report came to the divination parlor.
The police officer leading the team is still an old acquaintance of Karasuma Ying and others - the Megure Thirteen Police Department.
The expression on his face had gone from shock and heartache at the beginning to numbness now.
"Long time no see, Officer Megure."
Standing in front of Kimiko Arai's room, Karasumaying smiled at him.
At this time, everyone in the divination hall had returned to their respective rooms or lounges, and she was the only one left here to guard the scene.
"What's the long time no see? We just met last night, right?" Officer Megure looked at her and sighed deeply.
He really didn't expect that he had just met Karasuma Ying at the Aide Company's party last night. Who would have thought that before the twenty-fourth hour had passed, the two of them would meet again in the divination parlor.
This is really...sigh...
"Forget it, let's go and see the scene first."
Looking at Karasumaying who looked confused, Officer Megure entered the room with a wave of his hand without saying anything.
The situation in the room was exactly the same as when she opened the door.
This time, Officer Megure was present, and she quickly and skillfully checked the entire scene.
In the entire room, the door was locked, and there was a statue of a fallen knight blocking the door. This meant that if Ms. Arai was murdered, the prisoner must not have left the room through the door.
There is no secret passage in this room. Apart from the room, the only place where you can leave is the small skylight on the ceiling.
Karasumaying looked up at the skylight. At this time, the weak sunset light was shining into the room through the small window.
And this is where Ms. Arai was looking at before she died.
This skylight is so small that only very slender people can pass through it, and it is impossible for ordinary adults to pass through it.
Withdrawing her gaze, Karasumaying looked at another place in the room that she cared about, the nearly three-meter-tall thorn devil statue.
On the wall behind the devil statue, there are buckles nailed to the wall for stability. Now the screws of these buckles have been unscrewed.
In other words, this demon seemed to have been put down on purpose.
In the corner next to it is the bookshelf that Ms. Arai used to store books and miscellaneous items.
All the books on the bookshelf were scattered around, except for the safe in the middle of the shelf, which was still firmly placed on it.
There were no signs of being pried or damaged outside the safe. It seemed that the murderer was not looking for money.
On the surrounding floor, a large number of divination props, books and expensive-looking women's handbags were randomly thrown on the ground, making the whole room look extremely messy.
Karasumaying picked up a handbag and took a look.
[It should also be designed by Aide Company. 】
On this handbag, she saw the familiar heart-shaped logo.
Kimiko Arai seems to be a fan of Ed Company.
"Um?"
She suddenly noticed that there was a patch of dust stuck to the middle of the inside of the handbag's handle string.
[Strange, the rest of this handbag is quite clean, why is there dust in this place? 】
"Sister Karasuma, come and see."
At this moment, Officer Megure on the side also noticed.
"The deceased had a remote control in his right hand. It looked very important..."
He opened Kimiko Arai's hand and took out a small remote control.
"Sister Karasuma, do you know what this remote control is used for?"
Karasumaying took the remote control and glanced at it, then suddenly looked up at the skylight above her head.
"I think it controls the skylight."
With that said, she pressed lightly on the remote control.
"Click!"
With a soft sound, the originally closed skylight glass suddenly opened slowly.
"It's really a skylight..."
Officer Memu looked up at this scene and raised his hand to touch his chin.
"But why did the deceased keep holding it? Is there any reason?"
Karasumaying didn't answer. She handed the remote control to Officer Megure, squatted down and observed the surroundings of the body again.
[This string of bloodstains...]
This time, under the bloody katana next to the corpse, she noticed a very special trail of blood.
A small, heart-shaped trail of blood.
"Heart-shaped……"
Karasuma Ying frowned slightly. This could never be a trace formed naturally by blood. Could it be some kind of hint left by Ms. Arai during her lifetime?
Suddenly thinking of someone, Karasumaying immediately stood up and quickly left the room.
"Officer Megure, I'm going to ask other personnel about the situation at that time!"
"Huh? Oh! Okay..."
(End of chapter)
