Truth is everywhere within range

Qiao Qiao returned to the room after taking a shower.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but I always felt like I was being spied on just now, but when I looked back, there was no one there.

He placed the guardian in the living room, and Qiao Qiao believed that the character of the Kitashirakawa shrine maiden was not hers.

But there was no one else around here.

Although the perception of the Qiaoqiao Vampire Clan is suppressed in the shrine, it can still be detected within five meters of the surrounding area at all times.

Could it be some ancient existence living in the palace?

Ariko mentioned before that many historical shrines are home to a large number of spirits. Some of these spirits are former palace ministers, shrine maidens, and some are tamed weirdos. Over time, they have become guardian spirits of the shrines. .

For example, the cat of Toshogu Shrine summoned from the shadow in Natsume's poem is a kind of guardian spirit.

Because he was a stranger and had frequent contact with the officiating witch, did he attract the attention of these guardian spirits?

Well, quite possibly.

Qiao Qiao came to a conclusion.

He clasped his hands together and bowed slightly to show respect.

I sat down and reopened my laptop.

Ariko's live broadcast has ended.

Qiao Qiao's night entertainment time is also over.

He opened the web page.

Fingers tap rapidly on the keyboard.

five minutes later.

"nailed it."

Qiao Qiao has already hacked into the internal network of Ise Shrine through channeling and other means.

"The list of prisoners in the underground palace?"

"The daily records of the previous officiating witches?"

"What's the plan for the festival?"

"How to make the Four Souls Jade?"

In the internal network, a large number of files were swept past Qiao Qiao's eyes.

What he was looking for was not so secret.

Qiao Qiao just wanted to find the list of clergy in the shrine.

Soon, he turned to the roster with photos and simple records.

"Kyotaro Ikeda, um, is he already an official priest?"

Since Kuroda Makoto mentioned this name, Qiao Qiao checked it first.

"Looking at the record, it seems quite promising."

In Ise Shrine, there are too many monks and too few people. Ah, Qiao Qiao refers to the weirdness. Mie Prefecture and its surrounding Wakayama Prefecture. Nara Prefecture itself has a small population and a vast area with sparsely populated areas. The spirit exorcists at Ise Shrine can get a chance to practice. Not much.

Even so, Kyotaro Ikeda has had ten exorcism experiences, the same as Jun Kuroda.

These two people are considered the best among the younger generation.

Further up, the Fujinami family is really not doing well this time.

Only one Fujinami Shinji had good spiritual power. After becoming an official priest, he performed seven exorcisms.

However, the shrine maiden was unable to serve as the junior palace minister, so the Kuroda family was the worst off.

"So troubled."

Qiao Qiao is really not good at dealing with this.

The information also includes information about Ikeda Ichiro, the father of Kyotaro Ikeda, Ryoya Fujinami, the father of Shinji Fujinami, Hideki Kuroda, the parents of Jun Kuroda and Makoto Kuroda, which makes Qiao Qiaotou even bigger.

"Although that magic circle gathers Yin Qi, it does not actually have the effect of summoning the old gods. It is more like simply strengthening the local Yin Qi. Huh? In this case, the corpse will be easier to find."

Qiao Qiao analyzed the situation at the scene while memorizing the information of the relevant people.

"There were not many tourists there. Although it is a place for pilgrims to the Holy Land of Animation, the animation itself is not very popular. It was a work made more than ten years ago. No one comes at all recently."

"If you want the body not to be discovered, this is indeed a very suitable place. No, according to Tanizaki-san, people from the shrine have to patrol every day, so it is only a matter of time before the body is discovered. Wait, time?"

Qiao Qiao turned the chessboard over.

If the prisoner wanted everyone to discover the body at that time, all this would be easily explained.

By killing people in strange ways and arranging the scene, you can not only erase the spirit of the deceased to hinder psychic communication, but also create enough Yin Qi for the spirit exorcist to notice.

To put it simply, the criminal wanted the body to be discovered at that time, creating the illusion that the deceased had just been killed.

However, in fact, according to the news from the high school, Ayako Kashiwagi left the school after the second class in the morning, which was around ten o'clock in the morning.

If Qiao Qiao guessed correctly, she would have been killed after that.

"So, this incident was not caused by an evil god, but just a simple murder?"

Qiao Qiao had no intention of becoming a detective, he just came to complete practical tasks.

But think about it, if this incident is not properly resolved, then there may be rumors about "Qiaoqiao will have trouble wherever he goes", "The Mobile Death of the Reiwa Era", "Human bombs that explode wherever he goes". Such an unpleasant title.

Uncomfortable.

He was obviously just removing spirits normally.

Causes some wear and tear, which is reasonable.

As long as you buy insurance in time, there won't be any big losses.

Qiaoqiao spent about thirty minutes browsing the roster in the shrine, and also checked the shrine's schedule. Since the New Year Prayer Festival was approaching, most of the official priests and shrine maidens stayed in Ise Shrine to decorate the shrine. There were not many people who had permission to go out. After some investigation, the scope was narrowed down.

"Are these people?"

Qiao Qiao sighed.

The next day.

After breakfast, with the approval of the officiating witch, Qiao Qiao was able to find several people who might have committed crimes.

Kyotaro Ikeda, the official priest of Ise Jingu Shrine. From a motive point of view, he once dated Kashiwagi Ayako, but later Kashiwagi Ayako had an affair and broke up after two boats. The relationship between the two also turned against each other, including Kyotaro Ikeda and Koji Tanizaki. The relationship between them became sour, and the elders behind the two also had some dissatisfaction.

He went to Tsu City to exorcise spirits the day before yesterday, and took the train back to Ise yesterday. He arrived at the shrine at two o'clock in the afternoon. Judging from the time, from eleven o'clock in the morning to about two o'clock in the afternoon, he was already in the state of having left Tsu City. Before returning to the Ise Shrine, there is no alibi, but after two o'clock, there is sufficient alibi.

Fujinami Shinji's experience was similar to that of Kyotaro Ikeda. He also went out to Nara Prefecture to eliminate ghosts. He was on his way back from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and had no alibi.

As for the motive, Shinji Fujinami and Ayako Kashiwagi barely knew each other and lacked sufficient motive for committing the crime.

However, according to the posture of the three forces fighting each other, this lack of motivation will become the biggest motivation.

The last suspect is Kuroda Jun.

Yes.

Kuroda Jun applied to go out at about ten o'clock in the morning, and went to discuss with relevant organizations about the New Year Prayer Festival. The negotiation ended at around twelve o'clock, and she went to the shopping street area again. No one accompanied her during the period. Finally, at three in the afternoon At twenty o'clock, Kuroda Jun received the call and hurried to Huwei Mountain.

According to Qiao Qiao's idea, the prisoner was among these three people.

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