Die Together

After warning Inspector Mori at Seibukitsuno Police Station, Shiraishi did not devote any more attention to the matter.

Although no murder cases had occurred in the jurisdiction these past few days, October was Legal Education Activity Month, so Beika Police Station was already busy enough.

Shiraishi did not believe legal education would lessen the murderous intent of Beika Town's residents. It would only make them rack their brains even harder to devise all sorts of bizarre schemes in hopes of escaping legal punishment—

But that was precisely why legal education was needed even more!

That way, when people asked what Beika Police Station had done to reduce the incidence of violent crime, they would have something to say.

Therefore, useful or not, Beika Police Station had to go all out with its legal education activities.

"I wonder who'll be chosen as this year's One-Day Chief..." Shiraishi muttered before getting back to work.

However, what Shiraishi had not expected was that, shortly before getting off work, Inspector Mori suddenly called him.

"Hello, this is Shiraishi." Shiraishi answered, somewhat puzzled.

After all, he had already given Mori a heads-up. If a case was found afterward, Mori only needed to investigate it normally and treat the warning as a reference. Given Shiraishi's understanding of him, Inspector Mori, who was quite socially savvy, should not have specifically disturbed him again at a time like this.

"Chief Superintendent Shiraishi, we received an emergency call not long ago. A woman was found dead in her home in Kichijoji 2-chome. Just as you said, there was a large amount of spattered blood at the scene—" Inspector Mori's tone was full of confusion.

"Mm, then settle down and conduct your interviews and investigation," Shiraishi said matter-of-factly.

Shiraishi still did not understand why Mori had called him—

"Well—here's the