Revenge from Twenty-Seven Years Ago

Since even the suspect, Kabuto Kiriko, was dead, the case had to be reopened for investigation.

That evening, at the church in Rokkaku Village.

At Fujino's request, the police brought the six surviving owners of the mansions —Shida Jusan, Kabuto Reiichi, Matsuri Junya, Gotou Ran, Wakaba's fiancé Renjo Hisahiko, and Odagiri Susumu —to the scene.

"Fujino- kun!"

Chief of the Criminal Investigation Department Koga Shinobu, walked in from outside the church. "As you said, we have sealed off the church."

Thank you.

Fujino, wearing Fishing Hat, turned around and looked at the people sitting in the church. "Everyone, I think some of you are already very clear about the purpose of this serial murder case. You should be very clear about both the murderer's method and the motive. And the murderer is among you."

"Fujino, what exactly do you mean by that?"

Uncle Kazamatsuri looked at Fujino with a puzzled expression.

"That's exactly what I mean, how could we possibly know the motive for murder..."

Gotou Ran, on the other hand, looked completely bewildered.

"About a hundred years ago, a group of missionaries came to this remote village and found the so-called Golden Apple, which was actually Golden Apple planted in the woods next to the village!"

Fujino pulled a handful of marijuana from his pocket and showed it to everyone, saying, "The six families in the village followed those missionaries and cultivated wild marijuana. They have made a lot of money by selling marijuana over the past hundred years. In other words, this village was built with the money from selling marijuana."

"This is indeed marijuana..."

Minister Koga walked up to Fujino and exclaimed in surprise.

A glint of light flashed in his eyes.

This is definitely a huge achievement...

"The Marijuana field have always been jointly managed by the village pastor and the other six families living in the Foreigner's Mansion."

Fujino said, "But just twenty-seven years ago, a bloody incident occurred in this village because of marijuana... The owners of the six- Foreigner's Mansion had a relationship with the pastor and his wife because of marijuana cultivation. They brutally murdered them with guns and then burned their seven adopted daughters to death. In fact, the Mummified corpses hidden in the villa were the pastor's seven daughters."

"You're talking nonsense!"

Kabuto Reiichi couldn't sit still any longer and stood up, roaring at Fujino.

Fujino looked calmly at Kabuto Reiichi: "You each possess the bodies of those girls and are monitoring each other. The reason I can confirm that they are the priest's daughters is because the teeth of some of the bodies have obvious treatment marks, and the poison field is in the mountains. Do you have anything else to say?"

"So, these owners not only grow marijuana, but they also kill people?!"

Minister Koga looked at the museum owner present upon hearing this and was immediately taken aback.

The credit has been doubled!

The museum directors present were all completely distraught.

"If my guess is correct, the murderer in this series of murders should be one of the girls from back then."

Fujino began, "Now all the bodies have different mutilations. Through those mutilations, the seventh girl managed to escape and returned to this village twenty-seven years later to take revenge on the murderers who killed her family."

"So, that's what the seventh corpse meant!"

"Detective Fujino, who exactly killed Wakaba?!"

Shida Jusan, having given up all hope, shouted at Fujino.

"Although I don't know what happened to that girl from back then, judging from the current situation... her child, possibly her child, inherited her will and returned here twenty-seven years later..."

Fujino turned his gaze to Odagiri Susumu and said in a deep voice, "Odagiri Susumu, you must be the murderer who killed Wakaba and the others, right?"

"What are you talking about?! Detective Fujino?"

Odagiri Susumu said in disbelief, "How could I possibly kill Wakaba? I was right next to you at the time."

"That's true."

Fujino nodded. "However, strictly speaking, what we discovered that night was not Wakaba, but Kabuto Kiriko."

"Misty?!"

Kabuto Reiichi aback.

"That's right, it really is Kiriko, and the culprit should be Wakaba."

Fujino continued, "At that time Wakaba used some excuse to lure Kiriko inside, and then managed to drug her and change her clothes. After Kiriko entered the church in her wedding dress and lay down on the bed, she used a handkerchief to drug Kiriko again. Then, using the method I mentioned earlier, she killed Kiriko and used the customs she was familiar with to attract our attention."

"After that, Wakaba and you secretly met at the agreed-upon place. At that time, you killed her. Later that night, you carried her body back to the church, changed the clothes on the body, and dismembered her head..."

"The reason why Kiriko's body is missing a shoulder is probably because her head has been severed. Only by severing the shoulder can she avoid arousing suspicion..."

As he spoke, Fujino said to Koga Shinobu, "Regarding this, we only need to test the blood on the bed, and that should be clear. I think there should be Kiriko's blood in it."

"Wakaba, she's actually the murderer..."

Shida Jusan stood up in disbelief and shouted at Fujino, "You're talking nonsense! How could my daughter be the murderer?!"

"I hadn't figured this out before, but after seeing Kiriko's body, I finally understood..."

Fujino turned his gaze to Odagiri Susumu and said in a deep voice, "I think the only possible reason why Wakaba would kill someone is because you proposed the same deceptive plan as back then. In order to elope with you, Wakaba killed Kiriko. Back then, she used the bed that was suspended by the hinges of your car."

"To be honest, I also find it a bit strange. It's your first time here, and you're driving this kind of car, and it even happens to have hinges. I think you must have been here many times before and done some on-site research."

"Don't joke around, she and I are lovers, she could have copied my key..."

Odagiri hurriedly said, "Besides, the car incident was just a coincidence. You have no evidence to say that I am the murderer!"

"Indeed, there is no evidence, and it has all been just speculation from beginning to end. However, your identity, Odagiri Susumu, is probably not credible, is it?"

Fujino pondered, "The girl who was presumed dead back then shouldn't have had any identity, and you, as her son, even if you were born, shouldn't have been able to register your birth. So how did you become a teacher without a birth certificate?"

"I think you killed the original Odagiri Susumu and took his place. Ever since you entered that high school, you've been Murder Plan."

Fujino's aura became somewhat authoritative as he said in a deep voice, "I think it should be easy to find out your identity with a little investigation, right? After all, you're someone without an identity..."

"Shut up!"

Odagiri Susumu suddenly sprang into action, charging fiercely towards Fujino.

Upon seeing this, Koga Shinobu immediately rushed forward, intending to subdue him.

After all, if the Great Detective just discovered Marijuana field and solved a brutal murder case were injured, he would probably be held responsible!

But after a brief exchange, he was kicked to the side.

The police officers present rushed forward, but without exception, they were all knocked to the ground by Odagiri.

"You're right, I am indeed a person without a registered residence... After that incident, my mother and I started wandering around. Without a registered residence, she could only do hard labor and earn a meager salary..."

Odagiri Susumu slowly walked towards Fujino: "Every day after work, she would show me her burns and tell me that I was born to kill these despicable people!"

"In this hellish life, my motivation to live is to take revenge on those despicable people in Rokkaku Village!"

With a roar, he swung a whip kick at Fujino's head. "The meaning of my existence is to make everyone here taste the pain that my son and I have endured over the years!"

Do you consider your actions to be revenge?

Fujino lowered his head and raised his left arm, instantly blocking Odagiri's whip kick.

"Stop joking..."

Fujino stared directly at Odagiri Susumu, and at the same time, he swung his right fist out. "From the moment you started killing innocent people, your revenge, morally speaking, was already murder!"

"What do you know?!"

Odagiri Susumu punched in the chest and staggered back several steps, kneeling on the ground. "What right does Great Detective who never has to suffer have to say such things!"

This time, Fujino did not reply.

Meanwhile, Uncle Kazamatsuri shouted, "Shiori, where's your mother?! How is she?!"

"Dead..."

Odagiri Susumu blood. "I've already killed him."

"You... killed Shiori!?"

Upon hearing this, Uncle Kazamatsuri's eyes widened, and his legs even trembled slightly.

"That's right. My mother had been training me for this day, teaching me many ways to kill. And on that day, she made me kill her to complete the final day, all for the purpose of avenging all the masters!"

As he spoke, he stood up again, pulled a dagger from his pocket, and charged at Fujino once more. "No one can stop me!"

Fujino remained silent, then unleashed a powerful whip kick that struck Odagiri Susumu's wrist with a gust of wind.

With the force of a single kick, Odagiri's wrist was broken, and the knife in his hand fell to the ground.

"Those museum owners who have already been killed were indeed wrong, but what right do you have to kill Wakaba, who eloped with you, even killed someone, and who loved you deeply and Wakaba also involved in this matter?"

Immediately afterward, Fujino spun around and lashed out with his whip kick, slamming it hard into Odagiri Susumu's thigh and knocking him to the ground. Then, he knelt down on Oda's neck and said, "Don't you really understand her feelings?"

"In the end, your goal is not revenge at all, but simply to use Wakaba to achieve your morbid pleasure in killing."

"Of course I understand..."

Odagiri Susumu into a slight smile, tears streaming uncontrollably down his face. "That fool was deceived without even realizing it... desperately trying to help someone as hopeless as me..."

Odagiri Susumu taken away by the police.

Meanwhile, the village's restaurant owner was also taken away for murder and suspected drug trafficking.

Because there were quite a few people involved, the police had to find a large bus to force their way in.

Before being taken away, Fujino found Matsuri Junya.

"Uncle Kazamatsuri, you must have been the one who saved that seventh girl back then."

Fujino asked Matsuri Junya, who was being held in police custody.

"Have you already noticed everything?"

Uncle Kazamatsuri's eyes seemed to have lost their light. "That's right... I was the one who saved her back then, but after I took her to the hospital, she disappeared... Her name was Shiori, and we were engaged back then. That child... his name is Ryuichi, he's my son. I never thought things would turn out like this..."

"If I hadn't let her go back then, this might not have happened... but I just can't bring myself to kill her..."

At this point, he sighed, "But it's for the best. We knew perfectly well that this village was established for marijuana smuggling, but we kept making mistakes. Now, the drug problem in this village can be considered completely eradicated..."