Stairway to Godhood Soul Ring +1

"Yes, yes, yes, that's him. Did you see him?" Shimoda immediately nodded after hearing Akiba's description.

"About an hour ago—he came over here to enter the lottery. He even asked Miss Akiba for an autograph. We have a record of it here." As Kawai spoke, he handed over the notebook containing the list of records. Sure enough, Mr. Kinoshita's name was on it.

"Then he must be nearby—why isn't he answering his phone?" Nakao muttered.

"Then let's search the area," Shimoda suggested.

"Sorry for causing you trouble." After saying that, the two left separately. Since work at the scene was still ongoing, and the man had only been out of contact for a short while, the police did not think much of it.

However—about fifteen minutes later, Maruo received a call from Shimoda.

"Hello, this is Maruo. What did you say? He's dead?" Maruo's voice was so loud that many people at the scene looked over. She hurriedly lowered her voice and said to Shimoda, "We'll send people over right away. Stay where you are. Don't let anyone approach."

After hanging up, Maruo looked around and saw that Shiraishi was still surrounded by fans, so she called the Criminal Affairs Division first.

"Hello, Section Chief Maruo. Did something happen at the event?" Munakata had been the head of the Criminal Affairs Division at Beika Police Station for so long that he knew something was wrong the moment Maruo called.

"Not at the event—we're still here at Beika Park, but it seems someone fell to their death on the stairs by the nearby Tsutsumi Tsugawa River. Someone from the shopping street found him and told me directly." Maruo said quietly, covering the receiver.

Munakata: ...

Again at the Stairway to Godhood—how many times had this been now?

"All right, I understand.