"Phew..."
Angel, who had been waiting nearby, saw Klein, propped against the headboard, sway slightly and let out a long breath. He then opened his eyes and rose from the bed.
"He did indeed die of heart disease. I saw the moment his attack occurred..."
The Seer briefly described the scene he had witnessed through Dream Divination to the other two.
"...But before he died, he was touched by a woman's hand—probably a woman's hand. Can a Beyonder make someone suffer a heart attack and die in their own home through such means?"
Without waiting for Angel or Leonard to answer, Klein took out a one-penny coin and performed a quick divination.
"Val Ellison's death was influenced by supernatural factors."
Muttering those words, he tossed up the coin, his gaze following it as it rose and fell. With a slap, he caught it between his hands.
When he opened his palm, George III's raised profile glimmered beneath the dusk sunlight, just as expected.
"But that doesn't match the previous five Instigation cases. As I recall, an Instigator doesn't have the ability to make people fall ill or die, right?"
Leonard wore a puzzled expression as he looked at George III's profile, then turned toward Angel.
"Instigators indeed can't do that. They only possess the ability to beguile others with words."
But if it wasn't an Instigator, then it could be...
"Then we need to consider the possibility of several Beyonders working together. They had the Instigator seek out people with fragile minds and resentment toward others, then beguile them into committing crimes. Another accomplice sought out frail and sickly ordinary people, using Beyonder Abilities to curse them and hasten their deaths..."
Klein sat back down against the headboard and joined their brainstorming, offering his own opinion.
"It might not have