Chapter 147 37: Suspect

"According to the current clues, there are at least ten victims."

"Based on the social networks of these ten people, we found the four most suspicious people."

"And it is assumed that it possesses the two abilities of [Manipulate Plants] and [Charm]."

【Nishimura Kaetsu, 36 years old】

[Housewife, wife of the first victim, Takashi Nishimura, with whom she had a daughter, but her daughter was kidnapped and killed when she was 8 years old, presumably because of a gang fight. After that, Nishimura Kaetsu and him often quarreled and were subjected to domestic violence many times. They were separated before the incident.]

【Kana Ueda, 28 years old】

[He used to be a white-collar worker in a company. He was "persecuted in turns" by the survivor Miura Tsunejo and his men. Later, he was not imprisoned because of insufficient evidence and someone took the initiative to take responsibility. After that, he suffered from mild schizophrenia and depression. He now lives in his sister Ueda Akiko's house. 】

【Akiko Ueda, 31 years old】

[A white-collar worker in a company, Kana Ueda's sister. Kana Ueda's incident dealt a heavy blow to their father, who became seriously ill. Before he died, he was bewitched by members of other gangs and tried to assassinate Miura Tsujou, but failed. Miura Tsujou's men were imprisoned for excessive self-defense.]

[Chiba Kikue, 30 years old]

[Flower shop owner, her husband was "accidentally hit" by a car driven by one of the third victim, Mizutani Kaede's subordinates. The real reason should be that Mizutani Kaede's Mizutani Group wanted to take the lead in connecting this piece of shop to build an entertainment city, but the Chiba family has always refused, so they used radical means.]

"Damn."

Toyokawa Kamikii spoke out after reading the information.

After he joined the Special Affairs Bureau, he spent most of his time training or dealing with supernatural beings, and had hardly come into contact with this type of criminal case. This was the first time he saw it, and the evil of human nature made him amazed at such a young age.

Although he was a little bit delusional and didn't have much desire to be a hero, if he really saw the evil deeds of these people, he would probably not be able to help but use the power in his hands to send each of them a one-way ticket to hell.

At this moment, he seemed to empathize with the "Charm Girl".

Shirai Anko pursed her lips, and even though she didn't say anything, it was obvious that she was not at peace in her heart.

The ability of [Light] makes her empathy stronger than before. The good thing is that she can more easily perceive the emotions of others, but the bad thing is that it is too easy for her to put herself in the perspective of the disadvantaged and unfortunate party and feel empathy.

"They have grudges against the gangs and have also experienced 'major emotional changes', so we have listed them as key suspects. Of course, we do not rule out the possibility that other people or men committed the crime. After all, the other party is extraordinary and may have the ability to transform. But the degree of hatred and changes of those people is mostly not enough, so we will arrange other colleagues to investigate Shirai. Do you have any questions?"

Takashima asked when he saw Shirai raising his hand as if for a class question.

Shirai put down his hand: "I want to know if all extraordinary people have strong defensive power, just like when I stab myself with a knife, there is no mark left. If so, can I try it directly on them?"

When it comes to the extraordinary world, Shirai is still a novice.

Takashima glanced at Toyokawa, intending to let him answer the question.

"Oh, we usually call it [High-density skin] or [Super standard defense]. Above that, there is [Ultra-high-density skin] and [Super advanced defense]. However, not everyone has it. It seems that the Fire Man doesn't have it."

Fengchuan started to spread scientific knowledge, but he didn't get to the point after talking for a long time, and Takashima couldn't help but cough twice to remind him.

".If a person has just awakened, they cannot control this ability and will usually automatically protect their body. However, after self-training, they can focus, diffuse, temporarily enhance, or even cancel this defense. If they decide not to activate it, even if they enter an anesthetized state, they will not notice anything. And I guess Osaka should have verified this."

Fengchuan finished his talk, and then continued to lie on the sofa and browse. "So, we can't just kill them all just because they are suspects. Besides, they have been detained for a period of time before this." Takashima continued to analyze the intelligence.

"After being imprisoned, did the charm girl continue to come out and act?" Shirai followed Takashima's line of thought. If this was the case, then it did seem to clear these three people of most of the suspicion.

"No, after being detained, the charm girls completely stopped taking any action." Gao Dao looked strange, "But after they returned home, even though our people confirmed that none of them went out and all of them stayed at home, even thermal imaging and other things were confirmed."

"And the Enchantress still appeared."

"We can't keep the suspects in jail forever. Besides, they are victims too."

"So after another round of detention and release, we lured the snake out of its hole and rescued the only survivor now, Miura Tsukami."

"Takashima-san, I have a question." Fengchuan asked while browsing his phone, "How did the Ueda sisters become suspects before? It was clear that Miura Tsugumi was attacked yesterday."

"It's too easy to guess the target of the charm girl. The three who disappeared earlier were all gang leaders, so they were identified in advance before some of the leaders disappeared."

"Although what I said may not sound nice, is this the only bad thing that so many leaders have done?" Fengchuan nodded and continued to express his doubts.

"You've watched too many gangster movies, haven't you? Nowadays, those scumbags are more slippery than loaches and may understand the law better than you do. Besides, some cases cannot be solved." Takashima shook his head and continued.

"Currently, the Osaka branch believes there are three main possibilities. One is that the murderer is still among these four, but has the ability to clone himself. The second is that someone is using them to confuse our judgment, and may even know one or all of them. The third is that the murderer is among the other suspects or is an unknown suspect with a deep hatred for the gang."

Shirai had never even read a detective novel, so how could she dare to make any judgment? She even felt that the meeting would be almost the same with or without her.

"I heard that you have the ability to soothe souls. I think, if you go meet them and comfort them, maybe they will tell us some new clues." Takashima suddenly said.

Shirai hesitated, then nodded: "You can try, but I'm not sure."

"That's enough. We will have a meeting with the captains in Osaka later. Shirai, just listen and act confident. Toyokawa, at least act reliable for me!"

Takashima shouted to Toyokawa who was sitting awkwardly.

"Yes!" Fengchuan immediately straightened his back. He had to give this little face.

The Special Affairs Bureau is a new department, and what it emphasizes is decisiveness and swiftness.

Soon, a meeting was held, and after listening to more details, Takashima began to assign tasks.

The Special Affairs Bureau in Osaka has an elite action team, two regular action teams, and an emergency assault team.

Takashima also brought an action team from Tokyo.

Local authorities are also available to provide support at any time.

Her main focus is on protecting the survivors, monitoring the four suspects, and continuing to screen out other suspects who may be hiding.

The protection will be carried out by Fengchuan. His void walking can already temporarily carry living things with him, but not for a long time. He once tried to bring a chicken in for two minutes, and when it came out, only the chicken head was left. The bigger the object, the shorter the time.

It was not yet dark, so Takashima did not intend to wait and took Shirai to visit the suspects one by one.

(End of this chapter)