Tokyoites don't have martial virtue

Gazing at the slender girl in her hospital gown, Kyushu Makoto frowned slightly, his feelings becoming somewhat complicated.

"By the way," Kyushu Makoto hesitated for a moment before asking, "Do you remember what I said to you the night you were murdered?"

"Hmm," Suzumiya Momiji's gaze froze for a moment, then she suddenly remembered something.

Then, she narrowed her eyes and smiled, pretending to be relaxed, saying, "I was very confused that night and don't really remember what happened."

“Is that so?” Kyushu Makoto sighed heavily.

Kyushu Makoto still remembers that night when, in order to save Suzumiya Momiji's life, he desperately said, "I'll be your boyfriend," and even kissed her.

Honestly, Makoto Kyushu has always treated Kasumi Suzumiya as a friend. If he were to choose a girlfriend, she would hardly meet any of his requirements.

But a man should be bold and responsible, and should never break his word—even if it's just a polite promise to save someone.

Therefore, even if the two are not a good match, Kyushu Makoto has to bite the bullet and take responsibility. He absolutely cannot be perfunctory, otherwise he will feel ashamed of himself.

"That night, I told you 'I'll be your boyfriend,' and I kissed you." Kyushu Makoto clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging into his palms.

"Sister Huazi, you actually remember everything, right?"

"Hmm, I vaguely remember~" Suzumiya Momiji gave a helpless hum and tilted her head slightly: "But that night, you were just giving me CPR, weren't you?"

"No, it wasn't CPR! I kissed you with the intention of becoming your lover, so I'll take responsibility for you!" Kyushu Makoto said, his arm trembling, lacking confidence.

"But I've never been in a relationship before, and I don't know what a boyfriend is supposed to do."

Before Kyushu Makoto could finish speaking, Suzumiya Kame covered her mouth and laughed lightly.

"What are you laughing at?" Kyushu Makoto asked in surprise.

"It's nothing~" Suzumiya Momiji gently patted her chest and said softly, "I'm still a hospitalized patient, can we talk about it after I'm discharged?"

“I understand.” Kyushu Makoto readily agreed, “Then I’ll take my leave now. I’ll come to see you again when you’re discharged from the hospital.”

"No problem, see you next time~" Suzumiya Kame breathed a sigh of relief, as if relieved, and waved to him:

"We all need to think this through calmly."

“No problem.” Kyushu Makoto nodded and turned to leave the ward.

"Oh, right, Harukawa~" Suzumiya Kame added, "Next time you talk to a girl, don't clench your fists so tightly~"

Kyushu Makoto paused, then replied in a deep voice, "Sorry, I'll be more careful next time."

The boy quietly closed the door and left, leaving only Suzumiya Momiji in the ward once again.

She stared blankly in the direction of the door, sighing repeatedly.

"Little Chunchuan, I was hoping you could be a little bit of a jerk and pretend you'd forgotten about this," she said, scratching her long hair and giving a self-deprecating bitter laugh.

"You're so innocent, it might hurt others."

Kyushu Makoto returned to the sports car, and Kiyomiya Eliza put away her phone, placing her hands naturally on the steering wheel:

"You went to see that friend again?"

"I spoke with her a bit." After clarifying some things, Kyushu Makoto's mood improved considerably.

"What should we do next in our investigation?"

"We still only have a superficial understanding of the 'Scissors Woman'," Eliza yawned softly.

"However, what the fourth victim said really bothered me."

"Is it the murder case that happened at school two years ago?" Kyushu Makoto deduced. "We can try to start from this angle; there might be a connection between the two incidents."

“I checked online again.” Eliza shook her head regretfully: “There are very few reports about that student murder case online, most of them have been deleted. It seems that the media received a lot of money from the school.”

"In that case, why don't we contact the police directly and ask them to use their authority to investigate for us?" Kyushu Makoto asked.

"Since this case involves supernatural beings and monsters, there's no question of 'invasion of privacy,' right?"

“No, we don’t yet have evidence to prove a direct connection between the two cases,” Eliza immediately rejected.

"Even the Public Security Demon Hunting Division cannot provide us with private information without sufficient evidence. Otherwise, exorcists could easily dig up other people's privacy simply by saying, 'This person is related to the mission.'"

“That makes sense.” Kyushu Makoto pondered for a moment, then thought of someone: “Why don’t we hire a private investigator to help us investigate?”

"Oh? Do you know any reliable private investigators?" Eliza asked with a curious look.

“Of course, I’m a long-time customer of his.” Kyushu Makoto sent Elizabeth an address: “Let’s try anything, even if it’s a long shot. What if we find some useful clues?”

Half an hour later, at the Yugami Detective Agency

"Is this request to investigate a student murder case that occurred two years ago at Toda High School?" Yugami Ken sat in his office chair, quickly noting down the two men's requests.

“That’s right, can you do it?” Kyushu Makoto nodded.

"I'll let you know the results of the investigation within a week, is that alright?" Yugami Ken glanced at the work schedule on the wall and said.

Kyushu Makoto hesitated for a moment, then asked, "A week is a bit long, can you speed it up?"

The time limit for this exorcism request is one week; they can't drag it out that long.

“If you’re in a hurry, I can try to get results within three days.” Yugami Ken frowned slightly, his tone becoming serious.

"However, this is an expedited request, so it will cost extra."

"No problem, how much will it cost?" Kyushu Makoto immediately perked up.

"I'll give you a discounted price. Let me calculate it." Yuujin Ken looked up and began to think.

"No need to calculate." Eliza simply pulled a bank card from her pocket, twirled it between her fingers a few times, and said.

"I need your investigation results within one day. If you can do that, I'll pay ten times the price."

128. The Childhood Sweetheart Murder Case

Ten minutes later, the deal was officially finalized.

Seeing the large sum of money transferred into his bank account, Yuujin Ken's eyes widened in shock, and he left the agency without saying a word to investigate.

The next day after school, Kyushu Makoto received a call from Detective Yugami.

"The case you asked me to investigate has made some progress," said Yugami Ken.

"Wow, that's incredibly efficient!" Kyushu Makoto exclaimed in amazement.

"Since that little girl gave me so much money, of course I have to work harder," Yushin Ken said with a smile.

"I had to swallow my pride and call all my friends in the judicial system before I finally managed to get some useful clues."

"Two years ago, a murder did occur at Tongda High School. The victim was named 'Yuki Suigin' and the murderer was named 'Ogiwara Yuya'. Both of them were second-year students at the school."

"According to the police investigation, the two were childhood sweethearts who had grown up together, and outsiders all said that their relationship was very good. However, one evening, Ogiwara Yuya secretly lured Yuuki Suigin to an abandoned classroom at school and killed her with a sharp weapon that looked like scissors. He then turned himself in to the police."

"The police suppressed the case under the pretext of 'protecting the privacy of minors' and prohibited it from being reported by the public. However, I think the school must have also intervened, since such a heinous case would greatly damage the school's reputation."

Yugami Ken paused, then continued:

"In addition, there are two major unresolved questions in this case."

"One is the perpetrator's motive. According to the police investigation, Ogiwara Tatsumi had no bad habits or mental problems, and his neighbors described him as 'honest and law-abiding.' Moreover, he has remained silent about his reasons for killing the man, so his motive remains a mystery."

"Secondly, there's the murder weapon. Ogiwara Yuya claimed that he threw the murder weapon, which killed the girl, into the hill behind the school, but the police searched the entire school and couldn't find it, so they could only conclude that he was lying. But no matter how the police interrogated him, the suspect insisted that he left the murder weapon in the school."

Makoto Kyushu nodded silently. Detective Yugami's investigation results almost perfectly matched the testimony of the male victim.

He then asked, "Do you know where Ogiwara Yuya is?"

"He's being held in a juvenile detention center, and it's said he'll be transferred to prison later, with an expected release in three years," said Yuujin Ken.

“I’ll send you the address of the juvenile detention center, but I don’t think you’ll be able to get a meeting with them.”

After chatting for a while, the two hung up the phone.

Soon, Makoto Kyushu received an email from Ken Yuugami. In addition to a case report, it also included two image files, one of the victim and the other of the perpetrator.

Kyushu Makoto arrived at the Yin-Yang Bureau and informed Kiyomiya Eliza of the investigation results.

"I see. That makes sense!" Eliza carefully read through the case report and snapped her fingers lightly.

"Wraiths are born from the resentment of the deceased. Yuuki Suigin was killed by his childhood friend, so he must have died with immense resentment, which fits the conditions for the formation of a vengeful spirit! The 'Scissors Woman' should be Yuuki Suigin's vengeful spirit!"

“Very likely.” Kyushu Makoto also agreed with this view.

Out of caution, the two returned to the hospital and showed the four victims photos of Yuki Suigin.

Sure enough, the four of them excitedly identified the girl in the photo as the killer who attacked them—except that what they saw was probably a zombie version of the girl.

"Now we can officially confirm the true identity of the 'Scissors Woman'," Eliza said with satisfaction.

"Now we need to figure out how to lure her out."

Kyushu Makoto looked at the photo on his phone. It showed a girl with long, straight black hair wearing a sailor uniform, smiling quietly at the camera.

"Although we know its identity, there are still some questions that remain unanswered." Kyushu Makoto stroked his chin, lost in thought.

Why was she murdered by her childhood friend with whom she had a close relationship? And why did she only attack male students from her own school when she became a vengeful spirit?

However, Makoto Kyushu does not intend to dwell on these issues.

If we can defeat this vengeful spirit and then use our "psychic" abilities to read its memories, perhaps all our questions can be answered.

After thinking for a moment, Kyushu Makoto suggested, "I have an idea about how to lure her out."