The Community Center, the daily gathering place for Kitakami's residents, had police tape strung up around it today. Two police officers stood guard nearby with a Growlithe, preventing any onlookers from approaching.
"What happened?"
Professor Kukui and the others came around from the back door and reached the front. They had just received notice that all the students and teachers staying at the Community Center had to leave through the back door, while the hall had been temporarily sealed off.
"I don't know either..."
Carmine shook her head. She and Akari had just come out of their room when they ran into this situation. In the end, even they weren't allowed inside.
The two of them had come out together, but Kieran hadn't followed. Ever since Mingyou bullied him last time, he had often shut himself in his room...
Outside the Community Center, everyone was guessing what had happened. But with even the town's police coming over, it definitely wasn't anything good.
Candila, the captain of the Mighty Team, had also been drawn over by the commotion and was watching...
Meanwhile, inside the Community Center...
Administrator Yao Qian kept pacing back and forth, his nerves frayed with anxiety. Nearby, Officer Jenny was taking statements from the people who had discovered the body.
The atmosphere at the scene was extremely quiet, with an eerie feeling lingering in the air. At last, Yao Qian couldn't hold back any longer and shouted, "What exactly is going on here?"
Although he already knew what had happened, he still refused to believe that something like this had occurred. A case like this had actually happened in Kitakami.
Early that morning, after the fog over Eternal Forest had cleared, the staff in charge of the Summer Camp went into the forest for one final inspection, making