Chapter 311
"It appeared."
At eight o'clock in the evening, Fujimaru Ritsuka received a notice from Edmund who was following Iwanaga Kotoko and Sakuragawa Kuro.
"BB, pay attention to the changes on the summary website. If there are any new replies, remember to tell me." Fujimaru Ritsuka, who was at home sorting out the possible refuting of strange stories with Mashu, didn't even raise his head and directly threw the task of paying attention to the website to BB, "Especially the replies that appear in the highly active posts and try to prove that the death case this morning has nothing to do with the living festival Kaguya-hime."
"Okay! Please leave it to BB-kun!"
Meanwhile, Edmund is watching the battle at the scene where Kaguya appears - in addition to preventing Kaguya from escaping, he is also trying to obtain first-hand information about Iwanaga Kotoko and Sakuragawa Kuro's abilities to fill in the gaps in Chaldea's existing information, as well as Kaguya's growth as a phantom.
——Then he saw the scene where Sakuragawa Kuro was having his dirty heart taken away by the living sacrifice Kaguya Hime.
"Sure enough, compared to pure fantasy, this guy is more like a berserk Servant without a master, acting entirely on instinct - unconsciously chasing the magical furnace 'Heart'." Edmund saw the new flesh and blood quickly filling the hole in Sakuragawa Kuro's chest, and watched the newly resurrected young man once again capture the living festival Kaguya, and decisively changed the direction of his attention, shifting his attention to Iwanaga Kotoko who was rhythmically tapping the computer keyboard.
——Iwanaga Kotoko is making up a story that is interesting enough to make people believe that the living festival Kaguya-hime does not exist.
"People would like more interesting stories, but not all interesting stories can solve this problem - let me tell you an example that is more familiar to us." Fujimaru Ritsuka slapped the notebook in front of everyone and looked around, "Heroic Spirits and Servants - the disappearance of a Servant's spiritual base does not mean that the Servant will never appear again, because the Heroic Spirit on the Throne of Heroes still exists."
"If you want a Servant to disappear completely, you can only do so by erasing his traces from human history - that is, by making him no longer exist in the Throne of Heroes."
"The basis for the existence of Living Kaguya-hime is the fantasy 'subconscious' of the visitors to this website - they believe that Living Kaguya-hime really exists, so Living Kaguya-hime appears." Fujimaru Ritsuka spread his hands to the crowd, "If you just use 'more interesting stories' to lure visitors away, it will only reduce the frequency of Living Kaguya-hime's appearance, but it will not eliminate the possibility of Living Kaguya-hime hurting people."
"At least half of the interviewees must sincerely admit that Kaguya-hime does not exist, and then this phantom will lose its basis for existence. For you, it will probably be like an anecdote being lost, no one remembers your name, or your anecdote is regarded as a story belonging to someone else."
"So, if we want to stop Kaguya from appearing again, we need to convince them with a story that is more interesting than the story that Kaguya doesn't exist." Fujimaru Ritsuka closed his notebook and pulled the Chaldea communicator that was already logged into the ghost story collection website in front of him. "BB, do as I say from now on and don't change the content of your speech."
"Fufu, although I don't have much experience as a main force in battle, I am still very good at supporting. Especially since this is not a battle that requires you to go deep into the battlefield in person, but a game using words as weapons. So--"
"The battle to capture the phantom spirit, Living Festival Kaguya-hime begins!"
"The Living Sacrifice Kaguya-hime Conquest Council is in session!"
A reply questioning the existence of Kaguya Hime Komatsuri quietly appeared in the hot posts on the homepage of the website discussion board - "Does Kaguya Hime Komatsuri really exist? Is it possible that Kaguya Hime Komatsuri is just an urban legend made up by ordinary psychic enthusiasts, and then constantly improved it before it appeared in everyone's vision?"
The powerful super AI cut the page the moment the reply appeared and displayed it to the owner.
Fujimaru Ritsuka glanced at the content of this reply and began to instruct BB Editor to reply: "In the morning news this morning, a case of death was reported in which the deceased was missing heart. The true cause of death of the deceased has not been answered, but no matter what, the loss of heart itself is enough to be considered a fatal injury - so, is this case really related to the living sacrifice Kaguya-hime?"
After a few replies popped up stating that the living sacrifice Kaguya-hime certainly existed and that this morning's death was proof of that - Fujimaru Ritsuka asked BB to post the replies that had been edited in advance.
Although the website requires registration to post, the existence of the online name has reduced the difficulty for Fujimaru Ritsuka to hide her identity and guide the direction of comments to zero - although this will make things very boring for the little demon AI junior BB who is keen on causing trouble, Fujimaru Ritsuka rejected her radical proposal not long ago, so now she will obediently serve the Lord as a voice input assistant.
After all, even if we agree to BB's proposal to directly seize the website from the administrator, we still have to rely on stories to convince these users that 'the living festival Kaguya-hime does not exist' - this is not something that can be solved by seizing the website, and seizing the website will not reduce the difficulty, so of course we have to give up.
＜300＞Name: Anonymous Hope 09/17 20:05
It must have been done by the living sacrifice Kaguya-hime, right?
＜301＞ Name: Cause 09／17 20：05
No, if they just wanted to take away the victim's heart, there were any number of ways to do it. Just because the victim lost his heart, it would be unreasonable to say that it was done by the living sacrifice Kaguya-hime, right? And the police have not yet announced the real cause of death, so they cannot rule out the possibility that someone else took away the victim's heart after killing him.
＜302＞ Name: Cause 09／17 20：06
As for the motive for doing so, there is a 90% chance that the murderer who chose to destroy the corpse had hatred for the deceased. I think someone took the deceased's heart to vent his anger after killing him. As for where the heart went...it might have been made into a specimen, or it might have been fed to wild animals. The ecological environment near the crime scene is very good, and the stomach of wild animals is also a good place to deal with the deceased's heart.
＜310＞Name: Don’t want to go to work 09/17 20:07
However, this doesn't mean that the living festival Kaguya-hime was not considered by the murderer, right? Or is it possible that the living festival Kaguya-hime did it? And stealing the heart's dirty things is indeed something that monsters and the like would do more than humans, right?
＜311＞ Name: Kuebiko 09／17 20：07
No, it is precisely because the dead body has lost its heart that it can be proved that this was not done by the living sacrifice Kaguya-hime.
＜312＞ Name: Cause 09／17 20：07
That's right, because in the origin story of the living festival Kaguya-hime, the most important part for her, the part that must be taken back first - should be the eyes, not the heart.
＜313＞ Name: Cause 09／17 20：07
Although Kaguya had allowed her followers to take her blood before that, she recovered quickly. Her ability to recover was ineffective only after she lost her eyes. For Kaguya, who has now become a demon, the most important part of her body is undoubtedly her eyes.
"Oh my." Iwanaga Kotoko was about to edit a new reply when she saw two replies pop up one after another. She raised her eyebrows in surprise, "I will use these two replies with gratitude."
＜330＞ Name: Kuebiko 09／17 20：09
Yes, just like all the witness records and attack records happened at the crossroads - this is the rule that the living festival Kaguya must abide by. If she can take away the heart before getting the eyes, it is equivalent to meeting the living festival Kaguya not only at the crossroads, but anywhere.
＜331＞ Name: Holiday Prayer 09/17 20:09
But the body of the death case reported this morning was also found at the intersection, right? And the police have already announced that it was the first scene. If it was a crime committed by a human, there would definitely be traces left at the scene that would allow the police to find the direction of the investigation, right? In fact, based on the information currently released, it can be confirmed that there was no trace of a second person at the scene.
＜340＞ Name: Cause 09／17 20：10
No, as I said before, there are as many ways to take away the heart as there are ways to hide traces other than the dead at the crime scene. Hiding fingerprints and shoe prints are the basics of the basics. For example, in this case, it was determined that there was only the dead at the scene because the pool of blood around the dead was not disturbed.
To be precise, there are no unnatural gaps.
"BB, put me on the line at 221B!" Fujimaru Ritsuka grabbed her hair and screamed, "What are Professor William's methods for removing traces at crime scenes? Is there a way to prevent abnormal blank areas from appearing in blood traces?!"
After receiving off-site assistance from everyone in Heroes of the Coliseum 221B, Fujimaru Ritsuka began to use BB as a voice input assistant to help him edit replies.
＜410＞ Name: Cause 09／17 20：15
Connect to the 340th layer.
In fact, it is also possible for humans to keep a pool of blood in a natural state without any abnormal blank areas - even if the crime scene is an outdoor environment without any unnecessary items.
Now suppose there are two ifs:
First, the removal of the heart occurs before the death of the deceased;
Second, the taking of the heart happens after the death of the deceased.
＜411＞ Name: Cause 09/17 20:15
The police have not yet announced the cause of death, and only the police know the finer details of the body.
Therefore, the following content is pure speculation, assumption and inference, and is not the truth of this case -
Let’s start with the first possibility.
That is, the murderer took the victim's heart while the victim was still alive and hid any traces he left at the scene.