Without two sources of Killing Intent to spice up the meal, this well-reviewed restaurant instantly became indistinguishable from any other.
Jiang Xia rested his cheek on one hand and stared at the menu boredly. After waiting for a while, the other three, who were remarkably good at chatting, finally finished eating.
The four of them packed some convenient food for the detectives, who were too absorbed in their work to eat, then left the dining room and prepared to check on the situation at Osaka Castle.
They walked all the way to the bridge, from where they could see the Tenshukaku in the distance.
"I wonder if they've solved the case yet. Sigh, how can we stay away from all these never-ending cases?"
Toyama Kazuha yawned sleepily. "But come to think of it, why are there so many Charred Corpses at Osaka Castle? There were some thirteen years ago, then a few weeks ago, and now there are more today. The intervals are getting shorter and shorter."
With her putting it that way, an ordinary case suddenly seemed frightening.
"Those Charred Corpses all seemed to have fragments of the Golden Gourd on them." Mouri Ran, who was afraid of ghosts, thought of something and began to tremble. "Could this be Toyotomi Hideyoshi's Curse?"
Toyama Kazuha was not quite so afraid of ghosts, but amid the quiet night and this string of cases, she could not help feeling uneasy. Still, she talked tough. "It's fine. We don't have any fragments, so even if there is a Curse, it definitely won't fall on us!"
Suzuki Sonoko was a little panicked too.
But seeing that the other two were even more frightened than she was, and that Jiang Xia was beside them to steady the situation, her mischievous streak rose again. In