Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

"...You want something practical?"

Matsuda looked at her and asked with a serious expression.

"of course……"

Yumi nodded subconsciously, and then Matsuda suddenly pushed her into a corner.

"Matsuda?"

Yumi's whole body was tense, and her back was pressed against the wall.

Matsuda's entire body was almost pressed against her.

Matsuda braced his left hand against the wall and gently lifted Yumi's chin with his right.

"Didn't you want something practical?"

"This...this isn't right, is it? What about Sato..."

Yumi suddenly started stammering, and even her tone became soft and weak, completely unlike her usual cheerful and generous self.

"Don't think about Sato right now,"

Matsuda spoke softly as he slowly leaned closer.

Yumi's body trembled slightly as she watched Matsuda get closer and closer, and she subconsciously closed her eyes as well.

Oh no, I'm really going to have to apologize to Miwako now!

Yumi cried out in her heart, but her body seemed to be frozen in place, refusing to move no matter what she did.

I'm sorry, Miwako!

Just, just this time!

Just as Yumi was mentally preparing herself, feeling Matsuda's breathing, she suddenly heard him laugh.

"Alright, experiment complete. You're perfectly normal now!"

"what?"

Yumi opened her eyes in a daze and saw Matsuda looking at her smugly.

"I've personally confirmed it, and your orientation is perfectly normal," Matsuda laughed. "How about that? Now you understand how I felt before, right? Hahaha..."

A hint of disappointment flashed across Yumi's face, which quickly turned into annoyance.

She angrily raised her leg and stomped hard on Matsuda's foot.

"...Matsuda, you bastard!"

Then he stormed off in a huff.

"Hey, it's such a small thing, you don't need to get angry, do you?"

Matsuda, clutching his foot that had been stepped on, looked helplessly at Yumi's retreating figure.

……

Over the next few days, Matsuda went to work as usual during the day and spent his evenings in the forensic department.

"Officer Matsuda, you're here again?" It's Tomo's turn to be on duty tonight.

As soon as he entered the office, he saw Matsuda sitting in his seat with a cup of tea.

"Yes, I've come to learn forensic knowledge from you again," Matsuda said earnestly.

"Hehe..." Denmi chuckled dryly twice.

Is this some kind of nonsense?

I've been in the forensic science class for several days now, and I haven't seen you flip through a single book related to forensic medicine. Instead, you keep glancing at the freezer where the bodies are stored.

Oh, and the freezer for storing the bodies!

Denmi suddenly remembered that one of the corpses lying inside seemed to have some kind of scandal with the famous detective from the Metropolitan Police Department in front of him!

Could it be that Officer Matsuda is not only gay, but also a necrophiliac...?

Denmi suddenly felt as if he had discovered some kind of truth.

"Officer Matsuda, don't worry, the body won't be easily damaged here," Denmi tentatively said.

"Ok, I know."

Matsuda casually replied, his gaze sweeping over the freezer containing the corpses. He suddenly froze, as wisps of yin energy were seeping out from the cracks.

Is Narumi's soul about to emerge?

Over here, after noticing Matsuda staring intently at the cabinet where the scandalous corpse was kept, Denmi became even more certain of his thoughts.

"Hey, Denmi, I suddenly feel like having some late-night snacks. Could you go buy some for me?" Matsuda suddenly asked.

Cheng Shi will be coming out soon. Although Deng Mi can't see him, his presence here will inevitably cause some trouble.

Matsuda had already made up his mind that if Denmi refused to leave, he would simply have the Ghost Knight knock him unconscious.

Unexpectedly, Denmi agreed with unusually quickness: "Don't worry, Officer Matsuda, I'll go right away."

"By the way, I definitely won't be back for at least an hour or two," Denmi added as he left. "Officer Matsuda, feel free to do whatever you want!"

What do you mean?

Could it be that this guy has also noticed Narumi's unusual behavior?

Matsuda was somewhat confused.

Here, as wisps of yin energy gradually took shape in mid-air, Chengshi's figure became clearer and clearer.

"Shouldn't I be in the sea?" She looked around in confusion.

"I personally fished you out of the sea," Matsuda said irritably.

"Officer Matsuda?"

Looking down at Matsuda, Narumi showed surprise. Then she realized that she was floating in mid-air and let out a scream.

"ah!"

"me……"

Seeing Narumi covering her face, looking adorably frightened, Matsuda was speechless.

You're so cute, why do you have to be a guy?

Chapter 26: Narumi must have grown up on cuteness.

“You are already dead,” Matsuda said, utterly dejected.

"Dead?" Cheng Shi was stunned for a moment, then tilted his head and recalled, "Yes, I jumped into the sea, I should have died then!"

Looking at her adorable, bewildered expression, Matsuda was utterly speechless.

Sung-mi must have grown up on cuteness!

Must be!

"Alright, I won't waste any more words,"

Matsuda looked at Narumi and said directly, "I hope you can stay and help me."

"Stay?" Cheng Shi looked puzzled.

“The souls of ordinary people go through the cycle of reincarnation after death, just like I dealt with your father’s soul before,”

Matsuda explained,

“I don’t want you to disappear like that, but rather to stay in this world as you are now, helping me.”

Cheng Shi was stunned for a moment. She looked down at her hazy, ethereal body and shook her head.

“I’m sorry, Officer Matsuda, but I think someone like me who has already stained their blood with the blood of others should go to hell sooner rather than later,” Narumi said earnestly. “Officer Matsuda, you are an exceptionally good officer, and it’s not someone like me who should be by your side.”

"And my truth..."

As Chengshi finished speaking, he suddenly felt something was wrong and hurriedly reached out to touch his body.

"……what happened?"

"what happened?"

Matsuda stared wide-eyed, admiring the "beautiful girl" touching herself while also feeling somewhat puzzled.

"How...how did I become a real girl?" Chengshi said blankly.

"You've turned into... a woman?" Matsuda was dumbfounded.

After a moment of stunned silence, he immediately realized that this might be related to the system.

Before he could even speak, a system notification popped up in front of him: "The system has not done anything to her."

"Then how did he become hers?" Matsuda was dumbfounded.

"According to the system's analysis, Asagi Minori must have been reincarnated into the wrong body in this life. Her female soul was reincarnated into a male body. Now that the male body is dead, what remains is naturally only the female soul."

"There...is that so?" Matsuda was genuinely shocked.

“There are even cases of people being mistakenly born as pigs, let alone just being born in the wrong gender. There are many people in this world whose behavior is inconsistent with their gender.”

That makes sense... Matsuda nodded in sudden realization.

There are indeed many people in the world who are male but have female features, or female but have male features.

In scientific terms, they all have hormonal imbalances and cognitive difficulties regarding their own gender.

In the realm of metaphysics, it's much simpler: in short, it's about being born into the wrong gender!

"Well, actually it's like this..."

Matsuda explained the system's explanation to Narumi.

“…So that’s how it is. No wonder I always felt that I was more suited to being a girl…” Narumi quickly accepted Matsuda’s explanation.

"What I just said..." Matsuda asked.

“Well, Officer Matsuda, as I just said, I have to…” Narumi lowered her head, still wanting to refuse.