21st Century Necromancer-Chapter 351 - 348: A Murder in the Room (Seeking Monthly Tickets, Seeking Subscriptions)

"Mr. Chen Yu, your actions just now must have really hurt that young girl’s feelings!" Jounouchi Hiromi teased Chen Yu about his recent behavior while eating beef over rice in the cafeteria.

From the perspective of a bystander, Chen Yu’s behavior indeed seemed quite hurtful.

Qingdai had made some pastries with her own hands to give him a taste, but after only a few words, he had given them to someone else right in front of her, practically trampling on her affection like stomping it to the ground, to the extreme of being utterly insensitive.

However, Jounouchi Hiromi was actually pleased that Chen Yu had taken such an action.

It wasn’t just because Chen Yu had firmly rejected Qingdai, showing he had no ulterior motives toward her, but also because in doing so, he was preserving Hiromi’s dignity.

Still, Jounouchi Hiromi was slightly worried; after all, a number of people had witnessed that scene, and she feared that unfavorable rumors about Chen Yu might arise.

"Could your actions give rise to any gossip?" Jounouchi Hiromi asked with concern, looking at Chen Yu, who appeared completely unconcerned.

"Just a bit of idle talk, nothing to worry about." Chen Yu was not bothered by such things. When he had taken his recent action, he had already considered the consequences, and for him, even if people gossiped, it would not affect him.

In fact, Chen Yu had guessed Qingdai’s objective earlier on. She had deliberately offered him the pastries in front of Hiromi Jounouchi, who had just finished surgery, with the intention of irritating Hiromi and provoking her to lose her temper.

By doing so, she would place herself in the position of the victim.

To onlookers, Qingdai was merely an admirer who had made pastries by hand to express her admiration for Chen Yu; there might have been a hint of a crush mixed in, but it wouldn’t lead to any real misunderstanding, and even if it did, in Japanese culture, such an act would hardly be considered inappropriate—in fact, it might even be something to boast about.

But if Jounouchi Hiromi got angry, she would inevitably give off the impression of being petty and incapable of generosity. If Chen Yu were not Chinese, according to the Japanese ethos, a wife who fails to show face to her husband would be considered grossly negligent.

And this was exactly what Qingdai fundamentally intended—to damage Hiromi Jounouchi’s image in Chen Yu’s heart.

She hadn’t openly stirred discord between Chen Yu and Hiromi Jounouchi, and she even deliberately arranged for the blame to be placed on herself.

However, the more she did this, the more it highlighted Hiromi Jounouchi’s narrow-mindedness in spite of being in the right.

Chen Yu had seen through this and that was why he had stopped Hiromi, who wanted to flare up, from getting angry.

But Chen Yu thought that this too might have been within Qingdai’s calculations, because he felt that with Qingdai’s cunning, she would have foreseen that if he didn’t fall for it, her whole performance would have been a wasted effort.

Perhaps tarnishing his reputation was also part of her plan?

Chen Yu shook his head indifferently. If he were really just an ordinary doctor, he might be affected due to caring about his current status.

However, for Chen Yu, reputation was nothing but a fleeting cloud. If he couldn’t make it in Japan, couldn’t he just return to China?

That’s why Chen Yu was indifferent to Qingdai’s schemes. No matter how she plotted to make him unwelcome in Japan, he could simply dust himself off and go back to China.

Moreover, he believed that the legitimate young lady of the esteemed Tashiro family wouldn’t lower herself to becoming a trainee doctor and deliberately approach him, feigning cunning to tarnish Hiromi Jounouchi’s image in his heart, for a simple affair.

But for Chen Yu, since he had already seen through her true face, whatever conspiracy or trick she played, he wouldn’t be fooled. He just needed to counter each move as it came.

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"Dr. Misumi, you’re here!" In front of a residence sealed off by the police, Officer Maori, upon seeing Misumi Mikoto arriving with a box marked with the UDI logo, immediately went up to greet her with his lackeys.

"Officer Maori, what’s the situation with the scene?" Ducking under the police tape at the entrance, Misumi Mikoto asked as she looked up at the house that was constantly being entered and exited by the police.

Although she had not yet developed the ability to see resentment and ghosts, with extensive training and practice, Misumi Mikoto could feel the hatred and unwillingness emanating from the house, along with the lingering presence of death.

"Is it a murder case?" Kube Rokuro, who was following behind Misumi Mikoto with a box full of equipment, peered curiously at the house, his eyes filled with eager anticipation.

Ever since he got the spellbook made by Chen Yu from Misumi Mikoto, Kube Rokuro had been looking for a chance to test the power of this spellbook, and a murder case naturally seemed like an excellent opportunity to him.

"It’s not murder, the scene suggests it was a burglary," Officer Maori explained as he led the three into the house: "The victim was the homeowner, a single woman in her thirties, with signs of sexual assault on her body. She likely suffocated to death during the assault."

"Sexually assaulted to death?" Misumi Mikoto and Kube Rokuro exchanged glances, both seeing surprise in each other’s eyes.

For UDI, who had seen and knew much, burglary escalating to sexual assault ending in death was a rare occurrence.

"Yes, the homeowner’s name is Miyoshi Yoko, she used to be a somewhat famous gravure model." Officer Maori led them into the house, and right at the entrance, they saw a large portrait of a young woman in a swimsuit looking stunning.

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Passing through the entrance, Officer Maori led Misumi Mikoto and Kube Rokuro through the police gathering evidence to the victim’s bedroom. Pointing to the victim’s body lying face-up on the bed, he continued, "The crime likely occurred at night. The perpetrator broke in through the glass door of the back balcony, initially just intending to steal. However, the noise made by the intruder was discovered by the victim, who then attempted to intervene.

But the perpetrator overpowered her and became sexually interested, leading to assault. During the assault, the victim struggled, and the assailant strangled her neck with his hands, causing her to suffocate to death."

As they listened to Officer Maori’s briefing, Misumi Mikoto signaled Kube Rokuro to put the box down. She took gloves from the box and put them on to start inspecting the corpse, while Kube Rokuro took out his camera to begin photographing the scene.

Upon examining the victim’s nails and finding dark red traces underneath, Misumi Mikoto urgently said to Kube Rokuro, "Rokuro, hand me the test tube."