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“…Kana Mizuguchi!” Matsuda frowned.
Has she already killed two police officers? Is she here looking for her next target?
At this point, the system also displayed a prompt.
"An anomaly detected."
"The young lady of Lavender Villa, Chang Zeng Lezi, hanged herself in a secret room."
"Police initially classified the case as a suicide, but the arrival of a high school student a few months later changed the case."
"He discovered that the window of the room where Nagasone Rakuko committed suicide had been tampered with, by looking at the broken screws that had fallen out of the window."
"The high school detective told the police about his discovery and also deduced that the room where Nagasone Rakuko committed suicide was not a locked room, and that Nagasone Rakuko did not commit suicide, but was murdered by someone else!"
"Upon hearing this, Kochi Prefectural Police Inspector Shotaro Daimon immediately believed the high school detective's reasoning."
"In order to meet the test of the Kochi Police Headquarters in Shikoku and to improve the police headquarters' crime-solving rate, Shotaro Daimon gave his subordinates a strict order, forcing them to find the culprit within a limited time."
"Upon receiving orders, Kochi Prefectural Detectives Oshima and Matsushita immediately began interrogating Mizuguchi Kana, who was the only one who was with Nagasone Rakuko at the villa at the time!"
"Kana Mizuguchi, who was just over twenty years old, suffered a mental breakdown under the pressure of continuous interrogation and forced confession, and ultimately chose to jump into the sea."
"But until her innocence is proven, her wronged soul can only wander in the mortal world and will never be able to reincarnate."
"The news that Kana Mizuguchi, the suspect in the Lavender Villa murder case, jumped into the sea during police interrogation has spread throughout Japan, and the whole of Japan regards her as the murderer of Ms. Sorako, the owner of the Lavender Villa."
"Please prove Mizuguchi Kana's innocence throughout Japan and help her get out of trouble. You will receive 10000 merit points if you succeed."
"Warning: Kana Mizuguchi has become a vengeful spirit. Although she meant no harm, she is determined to prove her innocence."
"Detectives Oshima and Matsushita from Kochi Prefecture, after being haunted by her vengeful spirit, ended their lives in remorse for the case."
"Kana Mizuguchi has now set her sights on Shotaro Daimon. From now on, she will continue to appear near Shotaro Daimon, in his home, and in his dreams, just like she has been bothering Detective Oshima and Detective Matsushita."
"After Shotaro Daimon dies, she will set her sights on the next police officer in the Kochi Prefectural Police Headquarters."
"All of this will continue until the truth is fully clarified."
Unable to bear it any longer...
So, those two policemen weren't killed by Kana Mizuguchi?
He was terrified by her, and also felt guilty for causing the death of an innocent person through forced confession, so he ultimately chose to end his own life.
Matsuda thought about it carefully, then walked towards the pine tree next to him.
Kana Mizuguchi's vengeful spirit stands in the shadows beneath the tree.
She was soaking wet, water dripping from head to toe without stopping.
The area where she stood was already soaked with water.
The girl's face was deathly pale, and her expression was blank.
She seemed not to see Matsuda at all, staring blankly at Daimon Shotaro, who was sitting on the ground, and kept repeating the same thing to herself.
"I'm not the murderer, I didn't kill anyone..."
"Miss Mizuguchi, do you still remember Koshimizu?" Matsuda asked tentatively.
However, Kana Mizuguchi seemed completely oblivious, continuing to repeat, like a machine, "I am not the murderer, I did not kill anyone."
"Senior, what are you doing here?"
Koshimizu had walked over at some point and saw Matsuda staring blankly at the pine tree in front of him.
She looked at it for a while, but couldn't find anything wrong with the pine tree.
In Matsuda's spiritual vision, Kana Mizuguchi was standing in front of Koshimizu.
However, these two close friends could not see each other at this moment, which was extremely tragic.
"It's nothing, I'm just a little annoyed," Matsuda shook his head. "By the way, did you get the detective's name?"
Matsuda and Koshimizu stayed in Kochi, not only to attract Inspector Daimon's attention but also to facilitate the escort of Tsuchio Hiroo by the veteran patrol officer on the other side.
He also wanted to use this incident to force Daimon Shotaro to reveal who the detective really was.
"I found out. The detective's name is Tokitsu Junya. He's the one among the three high school detectives I suspected before, the one who likes to refer to himself as 'this humble one' and who comes from Hokkaido."
Koshimizu lowered her head and leaned weakly against Matsuda.
"Senior, I finally know who killed Kana."
“Yes,” Matsuda gently hugged her, “I will continue to help you with what’s to come. We will definitely clear Kana’s name and let the whole of Japan know that she is innocent.”
“…I believe in you, senpai,” Koshimizu nuzzled her head against Matsuda’s chest. “Actually, before I met you, senpai, I had another plan.”
"What plan?" Matsuda asked, feigning curiosity.
"At that time, in order to confirm who that high school detective was,"
"I want to organize a fake detective competition and bring together all three high school detectives I suspect,"
Yue Shui said slowly and softly,
"Then I will set up a secret room there, using the same techniques as the Lavender Villa."
"Then, do you want to see who cracks this technique first?" Matsuda sighed.
“Hmm,” Yue Shui nodded, “As long as we fill the area with lavender, I think that guy will remember the lavender villa when he sees it, and then he’ll connect it to that method.”
“However, that’s no longer necessary,” the girl looked up at Matsuda gratefully. “Thanks to your help, senior, we’ve found out the true colors of that bastard. The next step is to expose his hypocrisy in public.”
Chapter 91: Let's turn this fake match into a real one.
"Senior, what are your plans for the next step?" Yue Shui asked with some anticipation.
"Actually, my original plan was just to find a well-known news anchor in Tokyo to expose the truth about the lavender villas on the news,"
Matsuda stroked his chin, pondered for a moment,
"However, after you just told me your plan, an idea suddenly came to my mind."
"What are your thoughts?" Koshimizu asked with concern, snuggling close to Matsuda.
“Why don’t we turn your fake detective competition into a real one?” Matsuda laughed. “That’s a really good idea. Bring together famous high school detectives from all over Japan and have them compete in deduction. I don’t think TV stations would refuse that kind of program.”
"Is it really possible?" Yue Shui asked hesitantly.
"Maybe I can ask my friends after I get back to Tokyo," Matsuda said confidently. "But I don't think the TV station would refuse a program with such a gimmick."
"The rest of the competition details are as you said. After Tokitsu Junya is the first to solve the puzzle and the TV station announces him as the winner of this competition, we will reveal the truth about the previous lavender incident to the public."
"Senior, do you mean we can expose Tokizu Junya's true colors in front of the whole country and clear Kana's name?" Koshimizu asked in surprise.
“If the plan succeeds, it should be possible,” Matsuda nodded.
"Senior will definitely succeed," Yue Shui said confidently.
"Why are you so confident in me?" Matsuda looked at her with amusement.
After being trapped in the mudslide for just three hours, Yue Shui seemed to have become his die-hard fan.
She believed whatever he said.
"Because my senior really did something I couldn't do before,"
Koshimizu turned and looked at the dejected Daimon Shotaro and his two subordinates not far away.
"Although I knew that Tokitsu Junya had misled the police, I never expected that there were people like Tokitsu Junya within the police force."
"That's how the world is. Some people are capable of anything when it comes to their own interests."
Matsuda patted Koshimizu on the shoulder.
"But some people don't represent the whole world, so never do anything stupid unless absolutely necessary."
"Senior, don't worry, I won't dirty my hands for Tokitsu Junya!" Koshimizu shook his head and said, "Before, I only thought about avenging Kana, so I felt that I could do anything, but now I have another goal, so I will never choose to do such a foolish thing again."
"A new goal? What is it?" Matsuda asked curiously.
"Of course, I want to graduate as soon as possible, then enter the First Class and become an assistant to my seniors!" Yue Shui said confidently, her head held high.
Looking at her cheerful smile now, compared to the gloom she had when we first met, it's clear that she has undergone a complete transformation.
Matsuda was naturally quite pleased with this.
……
After finding out the identity of the high school detective, Matsuda was planning to take a plane and return to Tokyo immediately.
But Koshimizu insisted on taking him to a hospital in Kochi for a full-body checkup.
Koshimizu was completely relieved only after confirming that Matsuda's body had not suffered any hidden injuries from the mudslide.
By the time the hospital report came out, it was already the next day, and Matsuda's phone was flooded with calls urging him to hurry up.
His phone had already been found by rescuers under the seat of the red Mercedes. Apart from a few scratches on the screen, all other functions were working normally.
Almost all of those who called to urge him were Sato.
After receiving Hiroo Tsuchio from the old patrol officer Yoneya, she also learned from him that Matsuda was spending time with a tomboyish female detective.
Sato immediately realized that the female detective must be Koshimizu, whom she and Matsuda had met in Chiba.
For some reason, Sato always felt a sense of crisis when facing Koshimizu.
After learning that Matsuda and Koshimizu were together, Sato started making constant phone calls, urging Matsuda to return to Tokyo as soon as possible.
……
Matsuda and Koshimizu bought plane tickets and flew directly from Shikoku back to Tokyo.
After getting off the plane, seeing that it was still early, Matsuda, along with Koshimizu, decided to go back to the Metropolitan Police Department to check on Tsuchio Hiroki.
I didn't want to go to class, but I couldn't find Sato, and even Inspector Megure and Takagi were nowhere to be found.
"Officer, where are the others?"
Matsuda found Inspector Takagi Chosuke, who shared the same surname and was the biggest contributor to his trip to Shikoku.
"Something happened at Nichiuri TV station. Inspector Megure, Sato, and Takagi went there," the chief officer said, holding a teacup.
"By the way, regarding the Shikoku incident, I owe a lot to Senior Yoneya, whom Inspector Nagato introduced me to," Matsuda said gratefully. "Without his help, I probably wouldn't have been able to get the physical evidence and witness testimonies back."