This video not only began very steadily, but also showed a clear timestamp and recording label. In other words, unlike the previous clip, it had not come from a well-hidden pinhole camera.
The camera faced forward, clearly showing the two young people in the frame, lost and helpless.
—They were this time's targets: Reika Shifui and her fiancé, the two victims who were now dead.
Their clothes were rumpled and torn. Whoever had brought them here had clearly not cared for them; they were covered in scratches from making their way through the forest and streaked with mud, as though they had truly been trekking through the woods for quite some time.
Neither of them had been tied up with ordinary ropes or anything of the sort. Instead, their hands and feet were wrapped in soft but hard-to-damage waterproof fabric.
Gin did not even need to learn the outcome of the case to guess that when their bodies were found, let alone finding traces, the police likely would not even realize they had once been restrained.
Professional and efficient enough. That was one of the reasons he appreciated Kumeru's ability to carry out assignments.
"Good evening, you two."
Naturally, the camera could not capture the person filming, but since it was a handheld device, its microphone had clearly recorded the cameraman's voice.
That was naturally Kumeru's voice.
Perhaps to prove that he really was the one completing the mission, Kumeru had not used any method to alter his voice.
His gentle, smiling teenage voice made the footage, set against the dark night, feel all the more eerie.
"Earlier, Mr. Nikaido rather proudly stated that the two of you had been a couple for a long time, and that anyone else interested in Miss Reika Shifui was merely indulging in wishful