Junichiro Tanizaki and Naomi Tanizaki are a pair of siblings with a very good relationship. Compared to Junichiro Tanizaki, who seems mediocre and unremarkable, Naomi, the younger sister, has always been a typical child of other people's families.

Smart, pretty, even though she is still young, you can see her future beauty. Her long black hair like seaweed falls on her shoulders, her deep eyes and the teardrop mole under her eyes make Naomi Tanizaki exude a sexiness that does not match her age.

It can be said that children with her temperament are the most loved by some special groups.

Intuition sounds mysterious, but in fact it is nothing more than the information received by the five senses being integrated in advance. It is a result that is directly reflected before reaching the logical level. It depends largely on a person's judgment ability.

Tanizaki Junichiro didn't have the same sharp nerves as Naomi, but he always believed in his sister's feelings without any hesitation, so he took Tanizaki Naomi's hand without saying a word, "Let's go home!"

However, intuition and premonition will appear, which means that something different from usual has indeed appeared around Naomi Tanizaki and she has noticed it.

"Is he still a child?" Shi Bai muttered as he stood in the backlight in the corner. He put on his hood again to avoid attracting other people's attention to his reflective hair under the light.

"Being so eager to leave will only tell the other party that you have noticed something is wrong, which will cause them to panic."

Shibai's tone was flat. At this time when there were no outsiders around, he naturally relaxed his facial expression and no longer deliberately acted like Tsurumaru Kuninaga.

The pair of golden eyes that were usually filled with warmth now had a faint fluorescent glow at night, making them look particularly cold and indifferent. Now as the sword god of the dead, no human could detect his existence and presence unless they wished.

In Shibai's sight, besides the brother and sister who were eager to go home, there was also a man who looked like an ordinary person and could be easily overlooked if you didn't pay attention. The man's appearance was not that outstanding. He was wearing an ordinary black suit and carrying a handbag. His steps were heavy and tired, just like an adult man who had worked all day.

If Shibai had not focused his attention on him from the beginning, he would never have noticed that this unknown man had actually been observing the people around him, and when he put his eyes on the Tanizaki siblings, he smiled neurotically for a moment.

In the eyes of ordinary people, the man has concealed himself well enough, but in the eyes of Shibai - or anyone who is in the dark, the man's smell is like an opened durian in the middle of a pile of fruits, so obvious that it cannot be ignored.

The man fell far behind the Tanizaki siblings, as if he was teasing his prey, making them panic and try to escape.

"Serial murders?" Shibai thought of the case that Dazai Osamu had mentioned some time ago. He didn't pay much attention to it, but as he went out from time to time, he would inadvertently hear related news from passers-by living in Yokohama. After all, the recent cases were really too heinous.

Pair after pair of innocent brothers and sisters died. The most shocking thing was that among the dead children, one of them had no external injuries except for the fatal wound, while the other died in a tragic way.

So what should he do now...? Shi Bai's expression revealed a rare look of bewilderment. He was not a human with a high sense of morality. The tragedies he saw and did not see did not actually cause any fluctuations in his mood. As long as it did not involve his family members who he cared about, the deaths of other people were just a string of numbers in Shi Bai's eyes.

The red-haired child who let go of the leader's order was not because he couldn't bear it, but simply because he thought that was what [Tsurumaru Kuninaga] would do.

The incident with the red-haired boy actually happened to Tsurumaru Kuninaga, so Shibai did this without hesitation.

But what does the serial murder case have to do with him? Just pretend you didn't see it, or...if it was the Tsurumaru guy here, what would he do?

Looking at the brother and sister and the murderer who were about to leave his sight, Shi Bai, who had not yet made a decision, subconsciously took a step forward - Shi Bai, who was originally standing in the backlight, looked down at the light and shadow at his feet, and even he was surprised.

Shi Bai stood there stiffly for a long time before he lowered his eyes, hiding the emotions in them, and calmly and coldly rushed towards the place where the brother and sister disappeared.

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Tanizaki Junichiro felt his back was covered in cold sweat, not only because of excessive exercise, but also because of the creepy feeling like needles pricking him.

He held his sister's hand tightly, and when their hands were intertwined, Tanizaki Junichiro couldn't even tell whether it was his or his sister's hand that was shaking. They went from walking to jogging and then running, but only five minutes had passed, and the vague sense of crisis was getting stronger and stronger.

This indescribable feeling reached its peak when they accidentally ran into a dead end alley.

Tanizaki Junichiro turned his head suddenly, and Tanizaki Naomi was trembling and hiding behind him, being protected by him.

The footsteps of an adult man came from the alley entrance, one step after another, and even seemed to echo strongly in this narrow alley. Cold sweat flowed into his eyes, but Tanizaki Junichiro still did not dare to blink, staring at the alley entrance.

What should he do to protect his sister? This was the only thought that remained in Tanizaki Junichiro's mind.

He even threw away all his fears and terrors, as if he was solving a difficult math problem, trying to come up with the only answer through thinking.

The flow of time seemed to become very fast, and very slow, even the time of breathing seemed to be suspended. A man with an ordinary face walked in under Tanizaki Junichiro's vigilant gaze, with a puzzled look on his face. He asked curiously: "Little friends, are you lost?"

The Tanizaki siblings were stunned. They looked at each other and kept their distance to prevent the man from getting close. As if realizing that he had frightened the children, the man smiled apologetically and took two steps back, "Because I saw you guys running a little fast on the side of the road, and this is a dead end..."

Like a kindhearted person, the man took out a work certificate and gestured to the Tanizaki siblings, "My name is Yamashita Yuichiro. I'm just an ordinary employee. Please don't be afraid. If you need help, I can take you to the police station."

Looking at the ordinary work ID from a distance and hearing the key word "police", Tanizaki Junichiro breathed a sigh of relief and subconsciously relaxed his vigilance. His body was no longer so tense. He turned around and wanted to say something to his sister, but he only had time to see his sister's panicked expression and the sentence that was almost equivalent to a scream: "Brother-sama——!!!"

Shi Bai squatted on the wall, watching this series of accidents happening without interruption, and after hesitating for a moment, he did not go down directly.

Since I have chosen to do this, I naturally want to solve everything. Although Shibai does not have any obsessive-compulsive disorder, this habit was cultivated by the picky agent lady.

The victims were not found in the same period of time, with a difference of more than a week between them. The time of death also became vague due to special reasons, so no one knew whether there were other victims at that time.

The man who called himself Yamashita Yuichiro, who was obviously a pseudonym, held the unconscious Tanizaki Junichiro in his arms, with a gentle smile on his face, but in Tanizaki Naomi's eyes, he looked like the most terrifying demon. Yamashita Yuichiro held a syringe in his hand, and threatened the ten-year-old girl in a calm tone, as if he was saying that the weather was really good today: "If you don't want your brother to never wake up again, just listen to me carefully, okay?"

The sharp needle pierced the side of her brother's neck, and the sharp tip seemed to have sunk into the flesh. Naomi Tanizaki held back the tears that were about to flow out and the trembling of her body. She dared not move, and could only lower her head and quietly follow the man.

The long sleeves of his suit hid the syringe. The way Yamashita Yuichiro held Tanizaki Junichiro was like a gentle elder holding a child who was tired from playing and fell asleep. Beside him was a little girl with her head down. No matter how you looked at it, you wouldn't notice anything wrong. It was even a scene that made people smile knowingly.

Japan has always been a country that rarely meddles in other people's affairs, so on this night, no one would notice anything wrong.

Naomi Tanizaki followed the man until they came to a building that looked like a basement, and was then locked up by Yamashita Yuichiro.

Thus, the Tanizaki siblings were separated into two rooms.

At this time, Shi Bai stopped silently. He still didn't understand how this murder case was established, and what kind of situation would lead to the tragic death of one of the siblings while the other had almost no injuries (except for the fatal wound).

I seemed to have realized something in my heart, but I didn't think about it any further.

Because his cell phone, which he rarely used, suddenly vibrated at this moment.

Turning on the phone, Shibai looked at the string of numbers on the screen, and he didn't tell anyone about it. Because Shibai thought that for Tsurumaru Kuninaga, any call was a shock, no matter if it was from a stranger or not, answering the call without knowing who the other party was was a very interesting thing.

The light from the phone screen illuminated Shi Bai's eyes, and he said in a low voice: "At this time..."