Megure looked up Hinata Hajime's information based on his police ID and discovered that he was a file transferred from another place. His previous police type and experience were unknown. He had a graduation school, but there was also a period of time gap.

It fits the setting of an undercover police officer arranging a new identity after completing his mission.

Since the jurisdiction is not Tokyo, Megure cannot do a deeper investigation, but this is enough.

At least the police ID in my hand is real.

So Megure personally brought his police ID to the reception room. Inside, Hinata Hajime put his hands on the table, as if thinking about something. Megure walked in with a smile, and then put the police ID in front of Hinata Hajime, "Mr. Hinata, this is returned to you. I didn't expect that you are in the same industry. Mr. Hinata should have told us in advance."

"Ah, this." Hinata Hajime held up his police ID and smiled a little reluctantly, "It's mainly because I'm on vacation now and my jurisdiction is not in Tokyo. It's not in accordance with the rules to interfere in the case here."

"This is not against the rules. It's not a big deal as long as we can find the murderer." Inspector Megure said, "However, there are still many strange things about this case that I can't figure out. Since Mr. Hinata has been investigating alone before, can we unify the information?"

"Of course no problem." Hinata Hajime said quickly.

Although he said this, Hinata felt his palms were sweaty.

Before, he had been thinking in the spiritual world about how to deal with this fragment of despair. The fragment of despair that could not be purified would be a disaster no matter where it was placed. Even Hinata Hajime could not be sure that he would not be contaminated by despair. Finally, he finally had some ideas, but as soon as he came out, he was given a big gift by Kamijou Izuru and Nanami Chiaki.

Huh? A real police officer? Or a special police officer who just came back from undercover and is now returning to normal life?

This is really...

Although it will indeed become convenient in the future, can he really be a good policeman?

"This is the information we got after a systematic investigation." Inspector Megure handed the information to Hinata Hajime, "Regarding the report that six people killed Ishimaru Mai and cut up her body, each of them took away a part. The forensic doctor has pieced the body back together, but we still can't figure out why the six of them would be so obsessed with a woman."

Hinata Hajime frowned slightly, "Maybe she is attractive enough to men."

"But in college, she didn't have this kind of attraction, so we wondered if there was something else going on, like some weird drug."

Hinata Hajime was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood that Officer Megure was thinking about illegal drugs.

"Have you ever come into contact with anything like this while you were a police officer?"

"No matter how effective the medicine is, it won't last for more than a few months." Hinata Hajime replied, "I'm sorry, I can't help you."

"Don't say that. I'm just guessing. After all, the forensic doctor didn't find any drug residues on them. We searched their homes and didn't find anything similar." Officer Megure sighed, "The three people who are still alive have confessed to killing Ishimaru Mai. In fact, this case can be considered closed."

"I just don't think it's that simple."

Hinata Hajime looked at him, and after a moment he said, "There's no harm in being cautious."

"The murderer's family is putting pressure on us. They think their child has always been a normal person. It is impossible for him to kill and dismember a woman just because he fell in love with her. There must be something wrong. However, during our interrogation, they kept admitting that they killed for love. It is really difficult to deal with."

Inspector Megure complained: "This case is too bizarre. It seems that even if the evidence is conclusive, it cannot convince the public."

"On the contrary, Matsushita Shin had sufficient reasons for committing the crime, and no one would suspect him at all."

However, there will never be an answer to this question.

After all, things like the Fragments of Despair are simply difficult to explain to people in this world. They only want scientific and systematic answers, but the Fragments of Despair are unscientific and are similar to negative energy. Kamijou Izuru had already given Ishimaru Mai's computer to the police before.

But even so, they don't understand how Ishimaru Mai became 'Tomie'.

They could only guess that there was a middleman who used some kind of drug to make Ishimaru Mai attractive, but they couldn't find out who this middleman was.

"Inspector Megure, can I go and see Miss Ishimaru's body?" Hinata Hajime asked.

"Of course you can." Megure looked at Hinata Hajime in confusion, "But why do you want to see the corpse?"

“I just wonder if something has been overlooked.”

Inspector Megure thought: The forensic doctor has already examined her, and apart from the fatal wounds, there were various knife wounds on her body. She was stabbed to death, and she was not completely dead before the dismemberment. There were signs of a struggle, but no strange marks.

But Inspector Megure thought again and thought that since Hinata Hajime might have been undercover somewhere before, he might know some internal symbols that they were not familiar with, so there would be no harm in letting him take a look.

Then Hinata Hajime saw the body of Ishimaru Mai.

The young woman was lying on the dissecting table. Her abdomen had been incised for identification and the stains on her body had been cleaned. Hinata Hajime looked into her eyes. She seemed to be in intense pain and despair before death. Her eyes were dark and frightening.

Hinata Hajime did not pull away the cloth covering her. He looked above Ishimaru Mai's body. Above it, a piece of black fragment was slowly emitting a black aura.

Thick black wrapped around its entire body. It vigorously absorbed the despair of its host and continuously expressed this despair.

As long as the fragments of despair are not cleared away, those who are attracted to "Tomie" will never wake up.

Hinata Hajime grasped the fragment, and the fragment of hope in his pocket flashed, suppressing the struggling fragment of despair and temporarily controlling the spread of despair. However, this could not last long. If it continued like this, the fragment of hope would also be contaminated.

So Hinata Hajime immediately left the room, and with this piece of despair he came to the place he had decided to come from the beginning.

In the interrogation room, a familiar man was sitting there, his hands and feet were cuffed, but because of his good behavior, he was not completely restrained.

Matsushita is really.

Hinata Hajime pushed open the door, and Matsushita Shin raised his head. When he saw Hinata Hajime, there was a little surprise in his eyes. After a moment, he smiled, and there was a hint of smile in his eyes.

"I guess you came here to bring me good news, Detective," said Matsushita.

"It may be good news for you." Hinata Hajime sat opposite Matsushita Shin, "Ishimaru Mai's body was found, and the rest of the people were also captured."

"Really?" Matsushita said, "It looks like my work was not in vain."

He smiled, but there was pain in his eyes, "That's great."

After Ishimaru Mai disappeared, Matsushita Makoto actually held the hope that 'Mai might still be alive'. Even when he found out that those people didn't care about it at all, he initially thought about finding Mai, and he also suspected that these people had imprisoned Mai. He went to the police more in the hope of finding Ishimaru Mai alive.

Until he saw the arm belonging to Ishimaru Mai in the refrigerator.

"I actually know that she is not as perfect as I imagined." Matsushita lowered his head and spoke in a very soft voice. If you listen carefully, you can hear the tremor in his voice. He said: "I knew it from the beginning because she really would not hide it. I can see her hatred and defense against this world."

"But even so, I still like her." Matsushita smiled bitterly, "I have long been prepared to accompany her and let her down her guard with love."

"I want to tell her that the world is not that bad and everyone can have love."

Unfortunately, it's still too late.

He didn't have the chance to walk out with Ishimaru Mai, and he didn't even have the time to show her the ring.

"I think she knows you love her." Hinata Hajime said.

"Isn't this even more helpless?" Matsushita sighed, "They are in love but still can't save each other, one of them died and the other went to prison. This is really a plot that will get sympathy if you tell others about it. It's better that it didn't exist."

Hinata Sou shook his head, "Please don't think like that."

"No matter what, she was really happy during the time she met you. The happiness during that time was more than all her past lives combined. Since she really loved you, how can you say it's better if it never existed? It's because it existed that it's worth cherishing."

Panasonic was really stunned for a moment.

"Ms. Ishimaru will never meet someone who loves her in her life. You are the only one who still cares about her after her death." Hinata Hajime said: "Please don't forget her, and don't forget your memories."

"Really?" Matsushita straightened up, thinking, with a smile on his face, "If you say so, I should be glad."

"I'm glad we met, and I'm glad we still have beautiful memories."

Hinata Sou stood up and stretched out his hand to Matsushita Shin. "Mr. Matsushita, we won't be able to meet again. Let's shake hands."

"Huh? Even though I've killed someone, do you still want to be friends with me, Detective?" Matsushita really said this, but he still stretched out his hand lazily, and the wrist connected with the chain made a metallic sound of collision when it moved. Their hands were clasped together, and after separation, there was a black fragment of despair in the palm of his hand.

The fragment of despair stopped struggling and stayed quietly in Matsushita Makoto's hands, the black aura being purified bit by bit.

Matsushita Shin is Ishimaru Mai's hope. Even after death, she is still full of attachment to Matsushita Shin. As long as the fragment of despair is connected to Ishimaru Mai, Matsushita Shin will affect it.

It may take a long time to completely cleanse the fragments of despair.

But what does it matter?

Hinata Hajime watched Matsushita Shin being taken back to the cell by the police, with a smile in his green eyes.

[You have too much trust in human emotions to be able to come up with this method.] Kamukura Izuru said.

Hinata sighed, "I can't help it. I just trust humans so much."

[Don't you think that one day he will stop loving Ishimaru Mai and be used by the Fragments of Despair? ]

[No.] Hinata Hajime turned and left, his voice gentle, [If that were true, he wouldn't have killed someone just to find Ishimaru Mai, and he wouldn't have waited obediently to be caught after killing someone. His love for Ishimaru Mai is his most real hope.]

It was like he always understood.

As long as each other exists, he and Kamizuru will never fall into despair.