Dice has to give me spoilers for the plot of Ke Xue

There were short footsteps, followed by a slightly familiar female trembling voice: "I, I didn't hear anything!"

Under excessive fear, her voice was sharp and hoarse, but it was enough for Riya to recall the source of this familiarity—it was Ebihara Sumi who visited her house during the day.

But what is she doing here?

Glancing at the bewildered Miyano Shiho, Gin raised his left hand, and put the muzzle of the gun against the woman's deadly forehead: "Tell me, where did you follow?"

His tone revived hope in the desperate Ebihara Sumi, and explained cautiously: "I just came here to relax after participating in the festival because I didn't get the mermaid arrow..."

Gin sneered, and pulled the trigger with his finger.

The force from the forehead gradually intensified, and her limbs seemed to be necrotic, and she was unconscious. Ebihara Shoumi tried her best to lean back, but the cold metal texture was always tightly attached to her forehead.

"I'll tell you everything..." Cold sweat and tears fell like rain, she sobbed miserably, closed her eyes, and gritted her teeth to reveal everything.

"Today, the police came to ask again and left. I thought, if they can't find anything, the shrine will bury the skeleton. In this case, I want to take it secretly while no one is guarding it today. A few bones..."

Hearing this, Miyano Shiho lowered his head with an ugly expression.

She also took advantage of the fact that there was no one in the shrine during the second half of the festival tonight, and sneaked in to check the skeleton. Thinking about it, it was probably at that time that she was caught up and didn't know it...

Ebihara Sumi wiped her face, raised her head with a wry smile: "I really didn't follow up on purpose, and I won't report you, please let me go."

The faint green eyes under the brim of the hat let out a few smiles, and the silver-haired killer raised his chin: "You really talk a lot."

Ebihara Sumi froze suddenly.

"--boom!"

The next moment there was a gunshot without hesitation.

The bright moonlight poured gently like water, soothing the woman's pale and lifeless face.

Standing beside Ebihara Sumi's motionless body, Riya looked down and shook her head firmly: "It's hopeless."

Jinpei Matsuda took out a handkerchief to cover his hands, looked carefully at the wound before standing up, and stated concisely: "The murderer shot at close range. The deceased was shot through the brain and died. It is preliminarily speculated that the murder weapon was Burley/Tower M92."

Nodding his head, Riya glanced at the memo written just now, and added: "The time of death is 27:[-] p.m.."

The two tried their best to retreat more than ten meters in the direction they came from, waiting for the arrival of the Fukui County police.

In fact, if you look around now, you should still be able to pick up the leftover bullet casings.But leave that sort of thing to the forensics guys, who still have to do ballistic analysis of gun crime scenes anyway.

The environment here is in the wild, and it is difficult to collect the scene. It is enough to come to confirm the death of the person, and redundant actions will interfere with the forensic work.

Leaning casually against a tree, Matsuda Jinhei returned to that absent-minded look, holding a cigarette but not lighting it, just kept turning on and off the lighter, staring at the small flames that were extinguishing now and then in a daze.

After listening for a few minutes, Riya was forced to feel uncomfortable by the dull atmosphere, and deliberately interrupted the silence: "Thank you, Mr. Matsuda, for your help just now."

The act of lighting the fire stopped abruptly.

The curly-haired young man didn't look this way, his sunglasses blocked most of his face, so he couldn't see his expression clearly, and said in a low voice, "You're welcome."

In fact, Matsuda Jinpei felt that maybe he should apologize.

Obviously promised to protect the safety of her partner, but when the risk factor appeared, she wanted to leave alone because of selfish revenge, which brought her into danger who needed to pay more attention to safety.

He couldn't help not being blamed, and the partner on the side was still gently comforting him: "...you have done enough, neither she nor I are your responsibility..."

But he should have done better.

"You're wrong," Wu Sheng pursed his lips, Matsuda Jinpei stood up straight, took a deep breath and interrupted her, "I do have the obligation to protect you."

He saw those clear green eyes widen in surprise.

Matsuda Jinpei is not a person who is timid to face his own failure. Since he decided to apologize, he simply told everything clearly:

"Before the first search section, Nomiya Police Department told me about you, and I also promised to pay attention to your safety during the partner period, so I am indeed responsible for this."

"Sorry, this time it was completely my fault."

He lowered his gaze, sincere apology appeared on his handsome face, and he lowered his head slightly, as if he had let go of all his defenses and waited to be dealt with without any resistance.

Riya choked in his throat when he was ready to comfort, and stared at him with flickering eyes, his mind was churning with complexity.

It took at least a minute before she reorganized her words: "Mr. Matsuda doesn't need to criticize himself."

I will choose to catch up, but it's not that I don't want to give up the bravery of my companions. It's just that I am reluctant to bear the points that are about to be obtained out of rational interests.

And she has been safe and sound for so long, the Metropolitan Police Department's worries seem to be a bit overwhelmed.

"No one can be fully responsible for another person's life." The corners of her mouth were slightly raised, and Riya looked back at him calmly, her beautiful face was firm and calm without words.

"Although I am very grateful, this kind of responsibility is too heavy for both parties, and I don't need it."

Sighing, Matsuda Jinpei raised his hand to light the cigarette and held it in his mouth, so his voice became blurred: "You are right."

Having said that, he was a little more determined than before.

But this time, it was no longer an entrusted responsibility, but out of concern for friends.

It was getting late at night, and God knows how long it would take for the Fukui prefectural police to arrive, so there was no way to just wait.Riya thought for a while, and offered to find someone to help protect the scene, and Matsuda Jinpei stayed at the scene.

The home of Fukuyama Rokuro, one of the five friends, is on the edge of the village not far from the waterfall.

I just came to visit yesterday, according to my memory, after walking for a short time, I saw the courtyard with faint lights, and quickly stepped forward to knock on the door.

The darker-skinned young man poked his head out vigilantly, and when he saw her, doubts appeared on his face: "Miss Police Officer, what else do you want?"

Blinking, Liya suddenly changed her mind of just asking for help, and her words changed accordingly: "Mr. Fukuyama, please call Ms. Kamenari and Ms. Heijiang now, and ask them to go to Mermaid Waterfall .”

He had already pulled out his mobile phone, and upon hearing this, Fukuyama Rokuro asked a little worriedly: "It's so late, what are they doing there, can't we talk about it tomorrow?"

"Just tell them that I already know the secret of the mermaid's resurrection, and ask them to rush there within 10 minutes." Liya chuckled lightly, with a firm tone, "Don't worry, they will definitely agree."

"Of course, you can also go and see."

That being the case, Fukuyama Rokuro made a phone call dubiously.When he put down the phone, his expression was a little weird, and he also had some curious desire to explore.

Ignoring his hesitant expression, Riya asked him for Junhui Shimabukuro's number, and went to the side alone to dial.

Perhaps the festival where one person played two roles tonight consumed too much energy. When she answered the phone, Miss Miko's voice was full of tiredness: "Hello? This is Junhui Shimabukuro..."

"I'm Asai who visited the shrine yesterday, but maybe you've forgotten about me."

Through the microphone, Shimabukuro Junhui's voice was very gentle: "No, I still remember you."

"That's good."

Looking at Fukuyama Rokuro who was looking over, facing the microphone, Riya lowered his voice, but the content of his words went straight to the point: "Miss Shimabukuro, I want to ask first, what kind of relationship does that nameless corpse have with you?" ?”

"Huh?" Shimabukuro Junhui's breathing was chaotic for a moment, and soon became stable again, "Although I don't know why you think this way. But I really don't know what happened that day, and I don't even know that person."

"Then let me change the question. Did you see Saori Kadori, Naoko Kuroe, and Sumi Ebihara approaching the warehouse that day?"

Junhui Shimabukuro's face turned pale, she gritted her teeth, and asked eagerly in disbelief: "Why did you say that, could it be..."

"Longevity woman became immortal after eating mermaid meat, even after that night, she can reappear in front of us—"

Thinking of this sentence again at this moment, Riya felt a burst of indescribable absurdity: "This is what Ms. Mori herself said."

On the other side of the microphone, Junhui Shimabukuro's breathing became uncontrollably heavy, as if he was panting in pain after drowning.

After patiently giving her half a minute to calm down, Riya resumed her normal volume: "We have found some clues... and other things. In short, please come to Mermaid Falls as soon as possible."

"……OK."