With Kusaka Tatsuhiko and the nun arrested, the bizarre murder case was temporarily brought to a close. Sakuraba Girls' Academy also suspended classes and sent the students home for break—after all, having two murderers as teachers was an absolute scandal for Sakuraba.
Fang Zheng did not care how the school intended to handle the matter. He only cared whether the police could pry anything useful out of the two of them. Yet after waiting and waiting... on the third day, Officer Uozumi brought him some unexpected news.
"...They're dead?"
Fang Zheng stared at Officer Uozumi in utter disbelief.
"Are you people paid to eat? You let them commit suicide?"
"I'm deeply sorry..."
Officer Uozumi lowered his head, his face full of shame. It was no wonder. Fang Zheng had worked so hard to catch the two murderers, yet before the police could get anything out of them, they had bitten their tongues and killed themselves in prison...
"A bunch of useless idiots."
Fang Zheng snorted coldly, barely suppressing his irritation. His original plan had been for the two to confess their connection to the Thousand Mile Cult, allowing the police to follow the trail and wipe out the cult. Then he could wrap things up and go home. Who would have thought the police of this era were so incompetent that people could kill themselves right under their noses...
Forget it. Once they were dead, there was no point dwelling on it.
Fang Zheng waved his hand helplessly and sighed.
"So what did they confess?"
"Here are the statements."
Knowing he was in the wrong, Officer Uozumi obediently handed over the statements. Fang Zheng took them and began reading them carefully.
They mainly described the pair's motives. According to the nun, the reason she had killed those girls was—
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