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Ikenami Shizuka had already decided that she would make Izuki Shizuta stop bothering Kazuha later.
Izuki Karuta reminded him, "But I need to find accurate information about Mr. Shibata within half an hour."
"What is Ms. Ikebami prepared to wager?"
This time,
Even if Ikenami Shizuka was slow to realize it, she still understood Itake Karuta's intentions.
Could it be that the accident just now caused Izuki Karita to misunderstand?
Ikeba Shizuka remained calm and asked in return, "That depends on what Mr. Izuki wants."
“My request isn’t much,” Izuki Karuta stated her desired reward, “just a kiss from Ms. Ikenami, how about that?”
“Okay!” Ikeba Shizuka replied without hesitation.
They believe that even if Izuki Karuta has connections with the police, he wouldn't be able to find any information about Shibata Shiro.
Even if some clues are found, it's impossible to find the accurate address information so quickly.
If that were true, it's impossible that Izuki Shigeta didn't make a single phone call in the past half hour.
Ikenami Shizuka was somewhat smug. It was wishful thinking that Izuki Qingtian actually wanted to take advantage of her!
It's time to say goodbye to Kazuha! — Itake Karuta
Just as Ikeba Shizuka was confident of victory and secretly chuckled to herself.
Vermouth pushed open the door and came in, saying that she had found the relevant address.
Izuki Karuta stood up with a smile and announced, "I'm sorry, Ms. Ikenami, it seems you've lost."
"To make you accept your defeat wholeheartedly, let's go see Mr. Shibata together."
"Check if it's the same person as in the photo."
Ikeba Shizuka was stunned, unable to believe it was true.
Soon, she followed Izuki Karita downstairs.
Vermouth was to be the driver.
Izuki Karuta and Ikenami Shizuka sat in the back seat.
Throughout the journey, Ikeba Shizuka remained skeptical, believing that they had simply found someone with the same name.
In order to make Izuki Shizuka accept her defeat wholeheartedly, Ikenami Shizuka waited and saw how things would develop, waiting for Izuki Shizuka to have chosen the wrong person.
An hour and a half later,
Around 5 p.m., the car stopped in front of an apartment building in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Vermouth was waiting downstairs.
Izuki Karuta went upstairs with Ikenami Shizuka to the floor where the Shibata family lived.
But after I rang the doorbell, no one answered for a long time.
Just as Izuki Qingtian was about to use her evil energy to open the door, she suddenly heard footsteps behind her.
"Are you here to see Shibata?"
A middle-aged man with a receding hairline spoke up, introducing himself as Shibata Shiro's neighbor and friend, named Yoshikawa Takezo.
After receiving an affirmative answer, Yoshikawa continued, "Then please hurry up, Shibata is coming to my house to play mahjong later."
At this moment, Shizuka Ikenami asked Yoshikawa for Shibata's full name.
After learning that his name was indeed Shibata Shiro, he inquired further about his appearance.
Afterwards, Shizuka Ikenami became increasingly alarmed as she listened, staring incredulously at Shizuka Itake.
He actually found it?!
How can this be! ! !
Doesn't this mean that she's going to...?
Chapter 211 Madam, you don't want your family to know about this, do you?
Noticing the surprised expression on Ikenami Shizuka's face,
Izuki Shizuta chuckled inwardly.
He made two phone calls in the waiting room.
A phone call was made to Miwako Sato.
A phone call was made to Vermouth.
Two groups, one in black and one in white, are simultaneously searching for information about Shibata Shiro's identity and filtering out those who fit the description of a master swordsman.
The police did not find any relevant information.
Shibata Shiro did indeed change his name, but coincidentally, he used the brewery's method of making money by forging false identities.
Ten minutes after the call was made, Vermouth obtained Shibata Shiro's detailed information and even sent a text message to Izumi Karuta to report it.
Izuki Karuta deliberately played a trick on him, using illusion magic to prevent Ikenami Shizuka from seeing him check his text messages.
They deliberately dragged it out for half an hour, pretending the investigation wasn't going well, and even threw out a bet with a hook and bait.
To everyone's surprise, Shizuka Ikenami didn't suspect anything and took the bait immediately.
However, right now, we've only arrived at Shibata Shiro's house.
You need to see the person in person, or something else, to truly win the bet.
Izuki Karuta said to Yoshikawa, "Since you agreed to play mahjong later, why isn't Mr. Shibata home?"
In fact, my divine sense had already scanned the room and knew what had happened, but unfortunately I didn't arrive sooner, letting the nearly 10 units of malevolent energy slip away in vain.
Yoshikawa looked puzzled: "That's impossible. Shibata should be at home at this time... He's probably sleeping."
As he spoke, Yoshikawa twisted the doorknob of the Shibata family's house. The door was not locked, so he pushed it open.
"See? I knew he was home."
Yoshikawa acted as if he were one of the Shibata family members as he entered their home.
Izuki Karuta grabbed the wrist of Ikenami Shizuka, who was staring blankly into space, and said, "Let's go, Ms. Ikenami, it's time to see your old classmate."
Ikeba Shizuka knew she had lost the bet, but she found it hard to accept the punishment, and the thought of running away suddenly popped into her mind.
Anyway, she's using a fake name, so even if she runs away, Izuki Shigeda won't be able to find her!
Even if they find it later, it's impossible for Izuki Karuta to break into the Hattori house, and the bet is just empty talk with no legal binding force.
Upon realizing this, Ikeba Shizuka's eyes sharpened instantly.
Just as he was about to shake off Izuki Karuda...
"Shibata! Shibata, what's wrong with you?!"
Yoshikawa's panicked shouts suddenly rang out, clearly indicating that something bad had happened.
Without a second thought, Shizuka Ikenami followed Karuda Itake into the Shibata residence.
Shibata Shiro was lying on the living room floor, his head bleeding profusely. Judging from his wide-open, motionless eyes, he was clearly a corpse.
Just then, a woman appeared in front of the Shibata house. She was wearing sportswear, glasses, and carrying a golf bag.
Hearing Yoshikawa's shouts, the woman rushed to the living room and panicked when she saw Shibata Shiro lying on the ground.
"Who are you people? What did you do to my husband?!"
……
Twenty minutes later, local detectives from Shizuoka Prefecture arrived at the scene.
"You...you are that fortune teller, Izuki Shigeta?!"
The team leader, a detective named Yokomizo Sango, had a rather peculiar hairstyle, resembling seaweed.
Shibata Shiro's wife, Shibata Kyoko, asked warily, "What fortune teller? Do you know him?"
"Officer, you can't let this slide! These three men broke into my house without permission; they are definitely the murderers who killed my husband!"
Officer Yokomizo shook his head. "There must be some misunderstanding here. Mr. Itake has always been someone who helps people get out of trouble."
"But this time, it seems they're a bit late..."
Then, Izuki Karuta explained that the purpose of her visit was to help Ikenami Shizuka catch up with her old classmates.
Yoshikawa then spoke up, "Mr. Itake is indeed less suspicious, but Ms. Ikenami is more suspicious."
"When Shibata died, he was holding a half-length photo of her in his hand."
Upon hearing this, the police officer who was collecting evidence next to the body handed over the photo in the deceased's hand. It was a photo of the young Shizuka Ikebab holding a medal.
Inspector Yokomizo nodded. "This could indeed be a death message left by Mr. Shibata."
"The timing of Ms. Ikenami's arrival is also quite suspicious."
"And so young, how could he be Mr. Shibata's classmate?"