Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

Chapter 326 The New Dead

Gray heard what Shinji said. If it were before, she would have tried to persuade him, but now that she knew there was such a secret, she couldn't find any words to refute...

"No, if the person is just dead, then there is no need to worry. The real problem is why the murderer cut up the body and arranged it in such a formation... If we don't figure this out, the problem will never be solved, and the murderer may even commit crimes again."

"...So that means the suspects are those four. Are we back to square one now..."

"Not really. Although we don't know the methods used by the other party, we can infer the purpose of their crime, and this is our breakthrough point."

Weber pondered for a while, and when he put out the cigarette in his hand, he suddenly stood up and walked out the door.

"Master, where are you going?"

"I'm going to go find Mary to get more information."

"Then I'll go too..."

"No need... If too many people go, it will increase the psychological burden on the other party, so I will go alone, and you two stay here."

"...and I have a feeling that this is not just a simple dismemberment case. I'm afraid something else will happen next. When the time comes, I'm afraid I'll have to rely on you two..."

After saying that, Weber closed the door and left, leaving the two of them behind. Gray's outstretched hand froze in mid-air, then slowly dropped down.

Shinji sat on the sofa, put his hands on his face, and looked at the mysterious girl through his fingers.

"Gray...can I call you that?"

"...yes."

"Actually, I'm a little curious. If it's convenient, could you tell me how you and Weber knew each other? After all, you look a little different from those in the clock tower..."

"...Actually, there's nothing special about it. I'm not a magician, and I don't really understand these things...But it was my master who brought me out of there...That's all."

Gray heard Shinji's question, hesitated for a while and gave a tepid answer, then she fell into memories, thinking of the grave...

Shinji felt somewhat helpless when he heard this answer, but he had no intention of digging into the matter. After all, who doesn't have a secret?

"Ahahaha! That's not what I'm asking you. Why are you so moved by all of a sudden?"

"Ugh!"

Suddenly, a small bulge appeared under the girl's cloak, and a hoarse and slightly noisy sound came out from inside, which scared Gray and Shinji as well.

"...Yade! Don't yell so suddenly. Didn't I tell you it's rude?"

"Ah? What's politeness? Can you eat it?"

Shinji watched as the other person took out a cage from underneath him. Inside was a small Rubik's Cube-like thing, but the interesting thing was that it had eyes and a nose, and you could even see its expression when it spoke!

"Is this... a magic costume that can talk?"

"Ah! I'm so sorry, this is my friend Yade, I might have scared you just now... Yade, you should apologize too!"

"Ok?"

Shinji suddenly became curious and looked closer at the strange thing.

If it could just talk, it wouldn't be a rare thing, but he seemed to have discovered that this thing was not ordinary. If it was a magic costume, it would be too sophisticated.

This huge energy that was blocked layer by layer... In his impression, the only thing that could be compared with it was probably the Noble Phantasm of the Heroic Spirit...

"...Hey! Why are you suddenly so close to me? Do you want to fight?"

"!?"

Seeing Shinji stretching his face towards it, the little cube immediately started to scream strangely again.

Unlike its owner's soft and weak tone, this guy's tone is quite lively and tough...

“Interesting little thing...”

Shinji looked at it with an ambiguous smile, then stretched out his palm in front of it, causing everyone on the opposite side to look over in confusion.

Then, a small ball of black mud-like substance rose from the palm of Shinji's hand, twisting around in Shinji's palm as if it had life.

After seeing the black mass, Yade immediately changed his previous arrogance and retreated to the edge of the cage as if he had seen a ghost:

"Ahh! What...what is that thing? Hurry and get it away from me. Don't come near me!"

"Yade?"

Gray looked at the cage in her hand that was creaking as it was shaken by Yade, and looked curiously at the black substance in Shinji's hand.

"This is the first time I've seen Yade look so scared... What on earth was that thing?"

"Hehe... this is a treasure. It's okay if a person touches it, but for some things, it should be quite scary..."

"?"

Gray listened to Shinji's explanation in confusion, then looked down at Yade who was shivering in the corner of the cage, with an incredible expression on her face.

It turns out that Master’s friend is really extraordinary!

The same thing happened when I saved the cat. Who is the other party?

On the other side, Weber found Mary, and the two were talking about Mr. Faguo's behavioral habits before his death, which gradually attracted Weber's attention.

Just when everyone's attention was distracted, Ernest's nephew Alex stood in the study with a unhappy look on his face, clearing out all the magic books on the bookshelf.

"Humph, I've had my eye on this place for a long time... these magic books should be able to sell for quite a bit of money!"

Alec put the books into a bag and glanced disapprovingly at the table next to him where part of his uncle's body was placed.

"...There's nothing to find out about the murderer. It's so boring. I don't have time to play detective games here."

He lit a cigarette and leisurely smoked it while leaning against the bookshelf. At this moment, his mind was full of selling these things for money and then leaving this place. He didn't notice that behind him...

The body part placed on the table was emitting light continuously, and a ball of blue ghost fire-like thing was burning.

"...Um?"

Alex was halfway through smoking a cigarette when he heard a rustling sound behind him. He looked back in confusion, and his pupils contracted instantly...

......

Shinji, who was chatting with Gray at this moment, suddenly moved his ears and looked in one direction alertly.

Gray asked with some doubt:

"Mr. Shinji, what happened?"

"...someone died."