Chapter 83: Detective Kurumi Holmes

Shido woke up slowly and yawned. The quiet morning made me feel relaxed and happy.

He walked out of the living room, but he didn't see the figure of Kurumi. He probably hadn't woken up yet, after all, it was still early.

After waiting for a while, Kurumi finally came out of the room. At this time, Shido also prepared a British breakfast and placed it on the dining table.

"Good morning, Shido-san."

Kurumi smiled slightly, then sat down gracefully.

"Good morning..."

Shido replied casually, then turned on the TV, and the two happily enjoyed their breakfast.

"Breaking news, there was a murder in the Sakura Community. The victim was a seventeen-year-old girl named Suzuki Shizuo..."

"What!?"

Kurumi suddenly screamed.

"What's wrong?"

Shido looked at Kurumi with concern.

"This girl...I know her!"

Kurumi said through gritted teeth.

"You know her?"

Shido asked with a surprised look.

"Well, I met this girl when I went to a pet store once. She was kind-hearted and liked cats very much, but because the people in her family were sensitive to cats, there was no way to keep them. I didn't expect such a terrible tragedy..."

Kurumi sighed. In her mind, those who liked cats were good people, and that girl was no exception. She was usually quiet, looking like a good girl from a rich family. It was a pity for her to die like this.

"It must be tough for you..."

Shido thought for a while and sighed.

"This is the fifth murder case of Chiba City in this month. If you have any information, please contact the police..."

"This is the fifth case?"

Kurumi said with fierce eyes.

"There has been such news recently, murdering of the daughters from rich families..."

Shido nodded lightly. This incident had already spread in the school, and because they didn't know what was going on, everyone was panicking, especially the rich girls.

But looking at Yukino Yukinoshita's appearance, she still felt very calm, as if she wasn't worried at all.

"I want to avenge Suzuki-san!"

Kurumi said with blood-thirst eyes. As long as she used her abilities, it would not be difficult to kill one person or even a group of people.

"Calm down..."

Shido pulled Kurumi's little hand and comforted him.

"Do you want her to die in vain?"

Kurumi frowned tightly. She was a very stubborn girl. Unlike other Spirits, she wouldn't change her mind once she was determined about something, not even Shido could change it. At most, Kurumi would only listen to the opinions of Shido. If there was something she must do, she would not care about Shido's objections.

"No, there are still police in this city. Wouldn't it be better to let the police handle the investigation?"

Shido explained his thoughts softly. After all, this was a modern society. With its own system, it would be better for the police to handle murder cases.

"But can they really find the murderer? It's because of their inefficiency that Suzuki-san died. If they had found the murderer long ago, these girls would still be alive!"

Kurumi retorted with fierce eyes.

"This... After all, the murderer may be very careful..."

Shido gave a wry smile. The reality was like this, things wouldn't go the way you wanted most of the time.

"So let's do it! As long as we kill the murderer, no one will suffer again!"

Kurumi stood up again, and for her, this was the only way to settle it once and for all.

"How are you going to find the murderer?"

Shido changed the subject and asked.

"Well..."

Kurumi smiled embarrassedly. She was planning to torture the murderer extensively in order to extract a confession, but it was not easy to explain this kind of thinking to Shido.

"That's good. If we can find the murderer, then hand over the evidence to the police. Killing so many people is enough for the murderer to die."

Shido said softly. He didn't want Kurumi's hands to be stained with blood again. She was also a girl, and she was very kind-hearted. She killed so many people in order to change the world. They were carefully selected bad guys, but even so, that approach was not right. Shido accepted such a Kurumi, and hoped to change such a Kurumi, solving the problem in a reasonable and legal way.

"It's not impossible..."

Kurumi nodded in understanding. She was also reasonable, knowing that as long as the murderer could pay the price to comfort Suzuki and let her rest in peace, that would be fine.

"My Lord, are you looking for me?"

Suddenly, a Kurumi clone jumped out of the shadow. Looking at her costumes, she was the Kurumi that loved dressing us as a female ninja of the Sengoku Period, aka "Sengoku Kurumi".

"『Me』, go to the police station and get a copy of the investigation. They must have more information than they showed in the news!"

Kurumi ordered.

"Understood, my Lord!"

Sengoku Kurumi nodded affirmatively and disappeared into the shadow again.

"Is this… gonna be okay?"

Shido looked at Kurumi with a bit of hesitation. This would be stealing, and it would be too crazy to go to the police station for that purpose!

Moreover, he just said that their method should be reasonable and legal, and now she would be committing a crime! Would it be okay?

"As long as you don't get caught, it's not a crime!"

Kurumi smiled smugly. Since she wanted to find the culprit, she would have to use some unnatural means, otherwise they wouldn't have any information.

"All right..."

Shido sighed. Indeed, because Nia's Angel was useless in this world, they didn't have any direct way to know the truth. They still had to get some information for the investigation.

Moreover, it was already a very good progress that Kurumi did not resort to killing people.

"Detective Kurumi Holmes, what should we do next?"

Shido asked curiously.

"Detective Kurumi Holmes?"

Kurumi smiled and seemed to like the title, nodded proudly, and said:

"Let's do it, Dr. Watson! First, we will look for some information on the Internet to get a general overview of the case!"

…

"The five victims are all girls between 16 and 17 years old. Their family background is good and their appearance is relatively outstanding. The cause of death was all stabbed in the heart by a knife, but there is no sign of physical violation, and there are valuables around them unscathed. The preliminary speculation is that the culprit was not after the money, nor sex..."

Shido said softly. The information he had collected was the one that could be found on the Internet by individuals.

"Did the murderer kill without any specific purpose in mind?"

Kurumi said unacceptably. Although she had killed a lot of people in the past, she had some reasonable purposes for that: One was because she needed to collect time, and the other was because she thought that those people were better off dead in the world for everyone.

Therefore, she had no way of understanding the fact that there was no reason to kill for that murderer.

"Probably not. After all, these girls still have a lot in common. The murderer always has a purpose before doing it, for example, hearing a young girl's scream!"

Shido shook his head gently. He had read some manga related to this, though manga couldn't be a reference to reality most of the time.

"This is even more unforgivable!"

Kurumi gritted her teeth.

"However, the victims' families are relatively wealthy, which makes me a little concerned..."

Shido looked at those photos thoughtfully.

"Is there anything to be concerned about?"

Kurumi asked softly.

"Since it's not for the purpose of robbing money, why do you want to go after the rich? Maybe it's some kind of hatred toward them?"

Shido said with a frown.

"The girl's appearances are above average." Kurumi pondered. "If it's not for their body, why would the murderer choose such girls?"

"The other point is that they are good students with excellent academic performance and character, so it's safe to assume that they didn't do something shameful outside, let alone being silenced..."

Shido scratched his hair in annoyance. If the suspect was standing in front of him, he could use the power of Miku's Angel to make the other party confess. But now, he didn't know anything, he could only rely on Sengoku Kurumi to steal more information.

However, whether it could be stolen or not was also a problem. Although Sengoku Kurumi had special abilities and was good at reconnaissance, the police station would not let people in and out casually.

"Daughters of the rich family, excellent characters and academic performances… What kind of people do they usually see?"

Kurumi carefully analyzed it.

"Families, housekeepers... classmates?"

Shido replied softly.

"The families and the housekeepers wouldn't murder their own family. Even if they do, they would usually do it to other big families. As for their classmates... They all seem to go to different schools, so probably not them either."

Kurumi gently shook her head.

"Families like theirs have drivers to pick them up from schools. In this case, there are really not too many people to contact..."

Shido frowned.

"Do you know any rich girl with excellent academic performance?"

Kurumi looked at Shido with a suspicious gaze.

"I do know a girl who is excellent in both character and academic performance, and you know her too."

Shido smiled.

"Yukino Yukinoshita?"

Kurumi speculated. She did like this girl who also loved cats.

"Yes, should I give her a call?"

Shido nodded.

"Fire away!"

Kurumi urged.

"OK..."

Shido hurriedly turned on his phone, found Yukino's phone number, and called her.

Suddenly, he felt that he didn't know what to say, after all, even if the other party was excellent in character and academic performance, it didn't seem to be helpful to this matter!

"Shido-kun? What's wrong?"

Yukino asked in astonishment. Based on what she knew about Shido, he was the kind of person who would never take the initiative to contact girls. One was because he already had girlfriends, and the other was because he seemed to have a special identity and was carrying out a secret mission, so for Shido to call her so suddenly, it surprised her quite tremendously.

"Hello, Yukino-san, I just... I want to ask you something!"

Shido said a little embarrassedly.

"Is it convenient to talk on the phone?"

Yukino asked softly.

"Yes..."

Shido nodded as a matter of course, and was about to say something, but the phone was taken from him.

The person who grabbed the phone was Kurumi, and she spoke on the phone seriously:

"Yukino?"

"Kurumi?"

Yukino frowned slightly, but after thinking about it carefully, since Kurumi was the girlfriend of Shido, it was natural for her to be with him.

But the time was too early, it almost seemed like the two of them slept together last night... Yukino suddenly thought of something, and her face flushed slightly.

"Yukino, I have something to ask you, can you come over to my house?"

Kurumi asked softly.

"What?"

Shido frowned. What kind of home did Kurumi have? Naturally, it would be his home. She wanted Yukino Yukinoshita to come over?

"Is this okay?"

Yukino was also a little hesitant. She didn't know what happened in Shido's house, but since there were so many girls hidden, it should be quite big...

"There's nothing wrong, it's decided then!"

Kurumi smiled, then gave the address of Shido's house, and asked Yukino to have the driver at home to give her a ride.

"Okay, wait for me..."

Yukino nodded and agreed immediately. She had nothing special to do anyway. With her relationship with Shido, she would naturally help out when something happened, and she really got along well with Kurumi.

But if she thought about it carefully, it was a guy's house after all. Although Shido already had many girlfriends, it wouldn't change the fact that she was going to a guy's house for the first time, and only Yukino herself knew that she was quite fond of Shido. Nevertheless, Shido wouldn't have romantic feelings for her, so it should be alright.

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