After arranging everything, Fang Zheng went to the police station again the next day to inquire about the progress of the investigation.

What he saw instead was Yuzumi's dead face and a speechless message.

"…dead?"

"yes."

Yuzumi snorted in dissatisfaction.

"We just went to the Qianli Cult headquarters to conduct a search and interrogation, and the person in charge of recruiting believers hanged himself. He also left a letter saying that he had to resort to this desperate measure for the sake of the Qianli Cult, hoping to get more people to believe in the doctrine. Now that the situation has been exposed, it is all his fault, and he can only die to atone for his sins..."

"hehe."

Fang Zheng sneered.

"It's time for this man to find his conscience. He should have died when you guys came to investigate instead of earlier."

"Who says it's not true? We also examined the body and the crime scene and proved that it was indeed suicide, and then..."

Yuzumi spread his hands helplessly.

"We had no choice but to pack up."

After all, the police's cover was to investigate the Qianli Sect's use of anesthetics to recruit believers, and now someone has taken the blame and died. Even if they are depressed, they can only go home.

"Have you asked about the prophecy and the murder?"

"Of course I asked, but the other party replied that it was done by a madman who read the flyers and had nothing to do with Qianli Sect. They also said that it was all caused by the leader's prophecy... Of course, after that, they also said that in order to prevent others from using this to attack Qianli Sect, they would not continue to distribute flyers."

At this point, Officer Uozumi also smoked a cigarette and sighed.

"Anyway, this should stop for a while."

"Haha, how is that possible?"

However, Fang Zheng has a completely different opinion.

"Just wait and see, I think there will be more incidents to come."

"Are you serious?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Officer Yuzumi's face darkened, while Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders.

"Of course, if you finish investigating the Qianli Sect and the murder case disappears, doesn't that mean the Qianli Sect has confessed that they did it? Even if it is to clear suspicion, the murder case must happen."

“…”

"Forget it, this is all we can do for the Qianli Sect for now."

Fang Zheng shook his head. It was not that he could not directly attack the Qianli Sect and capture the leader and kill him on the spot. The problem was that, judging from the current situation of this world, it was obviously created because of the resentment of ghosts. The police were resentful because they did not catch the murderer, and the people were resentful because of fear. Therefore, if there was no way for them to find the murderer and catch him, then the souls of these people would not be able to ascend to heaven. In this case, it would be useless even if Fang Zheng killed the leader of the Qianli Sect 1,800 times.

This is actually the same thing as what happened with Tenjin Elementary School and Rokukenjima. Not only do you have to prevent their deaths, you also have to find out who is behind it all.

As it turned out, Fang Zheng's guess was correct.

Just a week later, Yuzumi came again with a grim look on his face.

"Just three days ago, a dismembered female body was found in Inokashira Park."

"It has nothing to do with the prophecy of the Qianli Cult, right?"

Fang Zheng got the answer without asking. After all, no matter how stupid the Qianli Cult was, it would not continue to use this method to deceive people. At the beginning, they created this kind of hunting and killing incidents just to create superstition, so that those ignorant people would join the Qianli Cult. But this is just a layer of window paper. After being pierced by Fang Zheng, the Qianli Cult will lose more than the gain if they continue to do so. Even if they say that they did not do it, as long as the police and public opinion unanimously believe that the leaflets distributed by the Qianli Cult influenced the criminals, then they will definitely not be able to escape the charge of incitement to murder.

It will be even more troublesome at that time. By then, no matter whether it was done by the Qianli Sect or not, similar bizarre murders will probably be blamed on it - anyway, even if it wasn't you who did it, it was you who inspired it.

This is also a hidden danger for Qianli Sect.

Therefore, if Qianli Sect wants to solve this problem, the best way is to divert attention.

This is actually the same method used to divert public opinion online.

The previous bizarre murders were in accordance with the prophecies of the Qianli Sect. You said that I was responsible, but now if bizarre murders happen that are not in the prophecies of the Qianli Sect, then I am not responsible, right?

This statement may not fool people with higher education, but it is enough to fool believers.

But to Fang Zheng, this was simply a case of trying to cover up one's own faults.

Are you so anxious to distance yourself from the relationship? Do you really think you are treating me like those stupid believers in Qianli Sect?

From this we can see that you can’t hang out with people with low IQ for too long, otherwise you will easily become a fool.

“That’s not all.”

Yuzumi's expression became more serious.

"Just the day before yesterday, a female corpse was also found in the Tama Cemetery in the prefecture."

"What's the technique?"

“Completely different.”

Yuzumi lit a cigarette, looking gnashing his teeth.

"The female corpse in Inokashira Park had no body, only her hands, feet and head. The female corpse in the cemetery was intact, but the method of dumping the body was very special. She was buried in the cemetery, and one foot was exposed above the ground. That foot was set on fire, and... her left hand was chopped off."

"Good fellow."

Hearing this, Fang Zheng snorted coldly.

"There's nothing like the same thing. Do you really think we're idiots?"

If only the feet were exposed above the ground, it could be considered that the body was not buried carefully enough, but since they were deliberately set on fire, it means that this was definitely intentional.

"I want to put the cemetery case in your charge. Let's start tomorrow."

"I see."

Fang Zheng nodded, then stood up, sent Officer Yuzumi out, and then he began to think.

During this week, Fang Zheng did not waste any time. First, he moved out of Xuebai. To do this, Fang Zheng had to borrow a large sum of money from the proprietress of Xuebai. His reasons were very good. He would be involved in the investigation and would have close communication and contact with the police. It was not suitable for him to stay in Xuebai. The proprietress could understand this. After all, Xuebai was a tourist attraction. Although there was no law to prohibit brothels, the men who came here to consume would not like to see the police every day, right?

In addition, Fang Zheng had rescued Xiaoxue and Qin from the cult. The landlady had always taken care of these children as if they were her own, so she was naturally happy to repay Fang Zheng. So she found an abandoned house for Fang Zheng near the area. Although it was not big, it was very complete inside and had a telephone, which made it convenient for Fang Zheng to contact the police station. Not only that...

"Brother, I'm back."

Shortly after that, the door opened and Toudou Qilin walked in wearing her school uniform. When she saw Fang Zheng, she greeted him with a smile.

That's right, after Fang Zheng found this villa, Toto Kirin, as his "sister", naturally moved in and lived with Fang Zheng. Julie also lived here, but she was responsible for monitoring the Qianli Sect on weekdays, so she only came back at night to sleep.

Although Sylvia wanted to live here, she was helpless as she was a rising star in the troupe and was currently rehearsing a play in which she was the main character. If she was asked to live with a man...

Sylvia was also helpless about this, but she still joked that she had long been accustomed to this kind of thing. Not only that, Sylvia was still very interested in the dramas of the Showa period.

What? Looking for your sister?

She's not her sister, why is she so anxious?

By the way, as for the three missing classmates that Sylvia mentioned, Toudou Qilin also found them in her own school, but according to Toudou Qilin, the three of them seemed to have become completely different people, and their words and actions became exactly the same as those of the people in this world.

In response to this, Fang Zheng said that the three of them were most likely possessed by ghosts, but as long as this world was freed, they should be able to regain consciousness.

After learning about this, Sylvia breathed a sigh of relief, and then...she turned around and really became a diligent drama actor.

There's nothing she can do anyway, right?

However, Todo Kirin did not come back alone. She was accompanied by a man who looked to be around fifty years old and had a calm temperament.

"Who are you……"

Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows and stared at the other person, who lowered his head.

"Excuse me, you must be Mr. Kasugano, right? My name is Saeki, and I am the Dean of Studies at Sakuraba Girls' Academy."

"oh……"

Fang Zheng nodded after hearing the other party's self-introduction. Yingyu Girls' College is the school where Toudou Qilin is studying as her "sister", and it is also the predecessor of the old building on the side of Aoi Enwei Girls' School. However, Fang Zheng is currently busy fighting wits and courage with Qianli Cult, and has not had time to explore there.

But why is the dean here? Did Qi Lin get into trouble?

Fang Zheng looked at Todo Qilin curiously. She was a good girl, the kind of model student no matter in which era. It was impossible for her to suddenly... become bad, right?

"Actually, it seems that Mr. Saeki wants to ask my brother for something."

Noticing Fang Zheng's gaze, Todo Kirin hurriedly explained. At the same time, Dean Saeki also nodded.

"Yes, I heard that Toudou's brother is a detective, so..."

At this point, Mr. Saeki became serious.

"Okay, please come in."

Since the other party came for work, Fang Zheng invited him into the living room, and then both of them sat down.

"Excuse me, what's your problem?"

"Um……"

Mr. Saeki was a little uneasy.

"It's actually a problem of our school. Not long ago, two students disappeared one after another."

"Missing?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng narrowed his eyes. He had just learned from Officer Yuzumi that there were two unidentified female bodies, and now someone reported that a female student was missing?

Is this a coincidence?

"Yes, a month ago, a student named Nishizono Yui went missing. Then a week ago, a student named Imayu Haruka also disappeared..."

"Did you call the police?"

"Of course, but there has been no progress, so I came to ask you for help..."

This is understandable. The police are now focusing their attention on investigating bizarre murder cases and have no time to look for the missing female students.

"All right."

Fang Zheng nodded and agreed to Mr. Saeki's request. Mr. Saeki was also very happy to get Fang Zheng's answer.

"Thank you very much for your kindness. By the way, I have one more request..."

"What request?"

"It's like this. In order to prevent more victims, I would like to ask you to come to our school to conduct an investigation..."

"oh?"

Hearing this, Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows, and Mr. Saeki continued.

"In order to prevent students from having unnecessary worries and suspicions, I would like to ask you to infiltrate our school as a temporary lecturer and conduct a covert investigation."

Sneak into the girls' school to investigate...

Hearing this, Fang Zheng began to think. Indeed, girls' schools are very secretive places. Without a suitable reason, it is difficult to find out what is going on.

Not only that, Fang Zhengke has not forgotten what Kui Enweier found out, that dozens of female students had died accidentally there.

Even if charcoal is burned for heating in winter, dozens of people would not die from carbon monoxide poisoning at the same time.

It now seems that this problem may be inextricably linked to this world.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng nodded.

"Okay, I agree."