NOVEL WEB Chapter 21: Drinking the boy
"Never met? This..."
Yoshiyuki was shocked and realized that he could no longer think about this case in ordinary ways.
Therefore, he proposed it again.
"Well, in this case, it is basically certain that the murderer can use magic. He used magic to transform into someone else, so the police caught the wrong person to imitate... Maybe his transformation spell cannot be used without a reference object. .”
"That's right... I'm absolutely sure that the murderer is a monster." Erina felt a little sad because of Satomi's story: "So, do the arrested men have anything in common? For example, they all went to a certain place Where? Youkai must have seen them with your own eyes."
"It's a pity. Apart from living in Tokyo and being handsome, these people have nothing in common. There is no intersection between the victims." Ms. Fujimori replied: "Oh, by the way, they don't live in Akihabara. .”
"So it can be thought that the murderer carefully considered the person he was disguising. The deceased all lived in Akihabara, and the person he was disguising was not. This reduces the possibility of them meeting each other and becoming gang members."
After analyzing it like this, Yoshiyuki once again tried to ask if there were any clues he could give.
Ms. Fujimori regretfully said that this was all the clues.
Even the places the victims visited during their lifetimes had little in common.
The only thing worth noting is that probably five of the six dead so far encountered the murderer at night. This is why the police will remind girls to go home as soon as possible. But probably because the case was too weird and needed to be kept secret, they didn't let them be careful about the person who struck up a conversation.
The surveillance did not have a recording function and could not hear what the murderer and the deceased said.
But Ms. Fujimori said that the hearts of these girls have been hurt, and the murderer must be very good at using this to break into the hearts of girls. With his handsome appearance, he can easily talk sweet words and gain their favor.
Moreover, sometimes the murderer would not take the girl away right away, but would spend several days getting in touch with her.
It was summer vacation, and the victims were all students and very free, so they were more likely to be carried away by love when they stayed with the murderer all day.
"That's all we know so far. There is no surveillance at the location where the body was found. We can only confirm through the surrounding cameras that the deceased and the murderer did enter there. So we can't see what the murder scene looked like, and we don't know the monster. Did he expose his true body to commit murder?"
"In addition, the murderer was not photographed leaving there again, so he may have used magic to escape the scene. It is not known how long it took for the victim's body to be eaten like this, because many demon spirits can form wards. There's a murder going on inside..."
When Ms. Fujimori said this, she looked at Erina who was deep in thought and asked.
"Erina-sama, you seem to have some idea?"
"Ah... um... I don't know if it counts." The eldest lady asked vaguely, "I have two questions..."
"Excuse me."
"You mentioned before that the victims have never been in love, right? So, can you confirm whether they were virgins before meeting the murderer?"
"I'm afraid it's impossible to confirm." Ms. Fujimori was a little surprised: "Is this a very important question?"
"Yes. I will explain it to you later." Erina continued to ask seriously: "The second question is, does the murderer like to drink?"
"It seems that there is no such habit. If there is such a commonality, we will definitely notice it." Miss Fujimori shook her head: "And the six people he pretended to be are teenagers. Drinking may not be suitable for the image. It is also easy for girls to think He is a bad guy. They think this man is very reliable and they want to rely on him."
"Then, was alcohol detected at the death scene? Six people have died, so there should be at least one left at the scene!" Erina was still unwilling to give in and continued to ask.
"Probably not. Because alcohol will evaporate quickly. When the bones were found, the victims had been dead for at least six hours." Miss Fujimori looked at Erina and asked: "Master Yida, why are you so entangled in this issue? What? Do you already have someone to suspect?"
"Yes! Because I think this monster's style is too similar to Shuten-douji." Erina took a sip of cappuccino and replied seriously: "This monster likes drinking very much, and often changes into a handsome boy's appearance and Seduce young girls with sweet words. But the prerequisite is that they are virgins, otherwise Shuten Doji will not take action."
"In short, after they are deceived, their flesh and blood will be eaten dry... Occasionally, if they meet someone they particularly like, they will be captured back to their residence and used as slaves. That's why they were known as the 'Virgin Killers' back then."
"So you see...many details of the case match Shuten-douji, right? It must be this monster."
Yoshiyuki was very surprised by the eldest lady's reasoning.
Because it seems that the eldest lady, who usually has a hard time with her brain, is still very reliable in dealing with monsters.
In the past, there were not many opportunities for her to show off her talents in Yitian's house.
Now that she has arrived in Tokyo, she has shown her advantages in this area.
"I think the eldest lady is right." Yoshiyuki recalled the records about Shuten Doji and said, "It should be him who is right."
"Shuten Doji..." Ms. Fujimori hesitated for a moment, and seemed to think that Erina's judgment was worthy of trust, so she nodded: "That makes sense. So, he is resurrected again?"
"Well, it should be." Erina looked solemnly: "Some monsters with high magical power cannot be killed no matter how you kill them. It is best to seal them so that they can never harm the world for a hundred years. Unfortunately, there is usually no such thing. Opportunity. Many times if you don’t kill the monster quickly, it will escape.”
"Miss, now that the identity of the murderer is basically confirmed to be Shuten Douji, do you have any countermeasures to lure him out?"
"It's true." Erina said seriously: "Yoshiyuki, do you still remember how Shuten-douji died for the first time?"
"Yes. At that time, he was the leader of the Oeyama Demon Clan in Tanba Kingdom... He committed crimes everywhere, and finally captured the daughter of an important court official, and was killed by Minamoto Yorimitsu and a few warriors."
"Don't skip the important part!" Erina knocked on the table with her small fist and urged, "Tell me in detail how to kill him!"
"Well, it seems like a god gave them a bar where people can drink it but it's fine, but monsters will be poisoned if they drink it? There's also a Star Kabuto that can seal the monster's power."
Maekawa Yoshiyuki recalled it and said this again.
"Shuten Doji was addicted to alcohol. After Minamoto Noraimitsu and the others took out the fragrant sacred wine, they easily tricked him into drinking it. Then, they beheaded him and covered his flying head with Hoshi Kabuto. , successfully killed him... Ah, Miss, I understand what you mean!"