"It's nothing." Jiang Xia turned back and spread open his hand, revealing a perfectly intact dead leaf.
He sighed, looking somewhat melancholy. "I just feel that human life is like a fallen leaf. You never know when a gust of wind will blow it away."
"..." Though the classmates did not quite understand, recalling the father and daughter trying to kill each other just now, they could not help growing somber too. "Yeah."
Having successfully fooled them, Jiang Xia turned and tossed away the leaf, putting away the fresh Killing Intent in his hand.
Ichikawa Kotaro's speech just now had stirred up quite a bit of genuine Killing Intent.
It was not only the eldest daughter's failed murder attempt that had dropped a complete Killing Intent Cluster. The other guests had contributed quite a lot today as well.
Especially those in the banquet hall related to Ichikawa Kotaro, as well as the old employee who had planned to work at Ichikawa Company until the very end—almost every one of them had contributed a few wisps.
Now that the case was over, the guests left one after another, taking gossip with them and leaving behind scattered Killing Intent throughout the courtyard. The Ghosts were busily gathering it everywhere, like picking mushrooms in the woods after rain.
Though the Killing Intent was of average quality, the bounty filling the courtyard was delightful. Jiang Xia could not help being infected by the atmosphere of a spring outing, and casually picked up a wisp—only to be spotted by his classmates.
There was no way to show off... no way to share the joy. How truly depressing.
The vehicle carrying the corpse had already left. The police car carrying away the elder sister soon departed as well.
At the entrance to the Ichikawa Family