Tokisaka Satoshi was a detective. Not long ago, he had taken on an investigation request—a young girl had died tragically, and her body had been found in the woods not far from her school. By the time she was discovered, her body had already been torn to pieces. According to the forensic examination, some kind of beast was responsible.
Of course, the authorities had classified it as an accident. In other words, the girl had encountered a bear in the woods and been killed.
Well, bear attacks were not uncommon in Japan, so on the surface, this did not seem unusual.
But the girl's older brother clearly did not think so. He insisted that this was a murder, and he had his reasons.
According to her brother, before the girl was killed, she had been associating with a group of mysterious people. She had also been muttering strangely, constantly talking about some bizarre religion. Her brother had once discussed the matter with her, believing at the time that she had been brainwashed by some new religion. After all, cults were legal in Japan. In this country, aside from mainstream religions, things like the Flying Spaghetti Monster Cult and the Train Molester God Cult could also be considered legitimate religions. These cults also loved preaching everywhere and recruiting new members.
At the time, her brother had merely thought that his sister had been deceived. After all, they came from a wealthy family, and these cult members might have thought she was easy prey and wanted to swindle money from her. So he had scolded her and forbidden her from associating with those people again.
His sister had obediently agreed, so her brother had not paid it much attention.
It was only after her death, while sorting through her belongings, that her