The moods of the other men in black robes were not as complicated as Vodka's.
Although they all complained about Reiki Hirasaka's "prank", what Hirasaka said just now did make some sense.
Moreover, since they have come, if they don’t complete the ceremony, wouldn’t it be meaningless for them to come all the way here?
In addition, those out-of-print signed posters are still the property of Hirasaka Reiki. It was said before that they would be distributed to everyone as a souvenir after the ceremony. If they leave now, the posters will fly with them...
A group of people in black robes with different moods stood up from the round table one after another and left the meditation room.
Reiki Hirasaka was the last to go out.
He closed the only electric window in the meditation room, closed the door, and hung the strong padlock from the outside to lock the room firmly.
…
After struggling for a long time, a group of people haven't had dinner yet.
Thinking about having to get up in the early morning to continue the séance, they first went to the restaurant and heated up a few quick lunches.
…
Reiki Hirasaka did not gather with the guests.
He went into his study, took out a deck of tarot cards, and started counting.
...Although the seance ceremony just now was fake, the fact that he is a magic stick is true.
Park Noki Kazuo also followed in the study.
He asked doubtfully: "Did you really change the recording?"
Both people present knew very well that Kira did not die in a car accident a year ago.
——The real place of her death was actually this mysterious mansion.
At a small party that night, after Hirasaka Reiki drank too much, he frantically pushed Kira who came to persuade him. Kira fell down and hit her head, and died on the spot.
There weren't many people attending the party at that time. Except for a woman who didn't have a high presence, looked timid, and kept her mouth shut, the other two were Reiki Hirasaka's confidants.
The three men hid Kira's body, drove her car into the lake, disguised everything as an accident, and successfully escaped the law.
…
I originally thought that with the police withdrawing the team, everything would be over.
However, more than a month ago, three people who had hidden corpses began to receive silent phone calls or threatening messages one after another.
This threat lasted for more than half a month. After that, the editor Zenan among them was assassinated by an unknown person. A blood-written message "キラ" was left at the death scene.
...This made the two remaining corpse hiders, Hiraki Reiki and Park Noki Kazuo, feel a strong threat.
The two of them were on guard for a while, and then felt that continuing like this was not an option.
So they decided to take the initiative and use a "spiritual seance ceremony" to lure out and deal with the man who was pretending to be a ghost in order to avenge Kira.
This is also the reason why the fans who came here today are all hardcore fans who have been screened - Reiki Hirasaka feels that if the fandom is not to a certain level, it is impossible to do such a thing of killing an idol.
…
But who would have thought that the ceremony they prepared would be tampered with by others.
…But it’s not without gain.
At least it can be seen from this that the murderer hiding in the dark probably knows the truth about Kira's death during the party that day, and also knows that the padlock of the meditation room is hidden in Hirasaka Reiki's study.
Satisfy these two conditions at the same time...
Thinking of this, a figure slowly appeared in Hirasaka Reiki's mind.
——Maho Izumi.
She was the fifth person to attend the banquet that day.
An introverted female student who looks very timid and dare not say a word even if she threatens her.
…
After locking the target, Hirasaka Reiki weighed the difficulty of handling it and relaxed.
He looked at the tarot card in his hand and found that it was the God of Death. He felt it was inaccurate and threw it away.
Then he raised his head to meet Kazuo Park's nervous gaze, shook his head, and answered his question: "Of course I didn't change the recording. How could I do such a stupid thing against myself."
"...who is that?"
Park Zhiki Kazuo stayed for a while, suddenly startled, and thought with Hirasaka Reiki: "It must be that woman! Apart from us, she is the only one who knows what happened at the party that day... I will go find her and ask!
"
"...Come back." Reiki Hirasaka immediately called him, "Did you forget that there is a detective here?"
Before, he thought he could use Jiang Xia to pinpoint the "person with abnormal behavior" in the ceremony just now, so that they could deal with it later.
Unexpectedly, the content of the tape has been changed.
...And this move actually helped him narrow down the scope of looking for people.
Anyway, for now, let's pretend to have a clear conscience, complete the ceremony, and fool the detective away.
After that, I will find a way to deal with Izumi Maho...
…
It's different from the winning atmosphere here.
In the restaurant on the other side, the atmosphere is sad and a little scary.
"——The anonymous post on the forum said that the last party Kira attended a year ago was held in this mansion."
The stylishly dressed photographer raised his head and took a sip of beer, sighing: "Everyone present had drunk too much that day, and no one noticed Kira's drunken state when she left, which led to the tragedy... If at that time, there was a heavy drinker
It would be nice if people were in charge.
"Moreover, Zenan seemed to have attended the party on the same day - I don't know whether he was killed by Kira's undead because he fell in love with another idol, or because he didn't remind her not to drink and drive.
do not drink……"
Jiang Xia shook his head subconsciously. The latter one was a bit far-fetched and could hardly become the obsession of the ghosts themselves.
Thinking of this, he glanced at Toru Amuro sitting next to him from the corner of his eye.
Then he began to calmly select key words from Mifune’s photographer’s words, leading the topic to the realm of detectives:
"If there is really something hidden behind this incident, then the party a year ago must be a key clue - other people who attended the party may also become the target of the fugitive murderer."
Hachigawa Koji, who gossips a lot, was still yawning at the beginning.
When he suddenly heard this topic, he was no longer sleepy. He approached Jiang Xia mysteriously and said in an erratic voice that "even though he lowered his voice, it could still be heard clearly by everyone":
"To be honest, there is actually another rumor on the forum.
"It is said that Kira did not die in a car accident, but died at that party. The body was missing because the organizer of that party, Mr. Hirasaka, hid her body somewhere in this mansion.
.”
Click, click, click...
The slight sound of clinking porcelain sounded from the side.
Jiang Xia turned around in confusion and saw the short-haired female student named "Izumi Maho" holding a black tea cup in one hand and a porcelain saucer in the other. Her whole body was shaking violently like a poster stand with a motor installed in the meditation room just now.
