Hearing this, Jiang Xia could not help but rummage through his ghosts: None of them could make ghost fire, but there was one that could keep people from being burned by it.
Come to think of it, why can't you make ghost fire?
Spider Lady was sitting on his lap, weaving iced black tea. At his question, she raised her head and glanced at him: You're already a grown Spirit Medium. Don't make such unreasonable demands.
Jiang Xia looked regretfully at the bickering siblings again. Even while arguing, however, the Killing Intent they gave off was rather limited. He interrupted, "I think I know who the murderer is."
Officer Takagi was sitting on the sofa beside them, planning to sneak in a nap. Hearing that, he forced himself awake. "Really?"
Jiang Xia nodded and patted Hashimoto Maya beside him. "Thanks to Mr. Hashimoto's brilliant deduction just now, we already know that the murderer was most likely an acquaintance of the victim."
Hashimoto Maya: "..." I clearly hid behind the sofa. How did you even see me?
...Could someone have sold me out?
His gaze fell on Curacao.
Curacao: "..." Does this guy have Persecutory Delusion?
Forget it. Given his current situation, I won't stoop to his level.
Their brief clash had nothing to do with the righteous police officer and detective nearby.
Jiang Xia discreetly poked his ghosts, urging them to hurry up and collect their haul, while continuing without distraction. "Actually, when we heard the gunshot and rushed into the old lady's room on the second floor, the room was completely dark. We couldn't see anything.
"Yet the scene showed that after the old lady noticed someone had broken in, she calmly walked a few steps toward the window—this means that before her death, the victim could actually see