Magician in Type-Moon

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This is what Araya Sōren is most likely to be concerned about right now, and it may also be a very important milestone in Araya Sōren's plan.

After figuring these things out, Matou Ike's heart gradually calmed down.

Wutō Kirie may not be just a victim, but a symbol or a key moment, or even one of the core elements of his plan.

If we can find Wutō Kirie, we might be able to glimpse Araya Sōren's true purpose.

"What happened with that girl who jumped to her death? How did you know she would jump last night?"

Matou Ike changed the subject and asked Minato Keita's head again.

"It was a friend of mine who used to smoke citrus leaves who told me about it. He said that the girl asked him about the school gate access control that night."

As Keita spoke, he glanced at Matou Ike, startled by her sharp gaze, and continued answering:

"He installed a GPS tracker on that girl, and I only found out where she went to commit suicide by having him call out her location."

"Your Holiness, I never expected to meet you on our first meeting. It is truly a destiny ordained by heaven, Your Holiness."

"First time?" Matou Ike's gaze swept towards Minato Keita's head.

Under that gaze, Keita Minato felt the pressure explode and awkwardly said:

“The second time, the second time, there was another one three days ago, but Your Majesty, you are wise. It was broad daylight then, and there were so many people around. I didn’t dare to make a move.”

Now it is Matou Ike who is puzzled. Judging from Minato Keita's appearance, what he said should not be a lie.

However, he said that this was his second attempt, and that his first attempt had been unsuccessful.

But there should be a total of four missing bodies...

Shirai Junri?

Besides Keita Minato, there are probably only two cannibals left in Kanbuko City.

Matouike stopped pondering this point of doubt and continued questioning Minato Keita:

"Is your friend a teacher at Liyuan? Does he have the authority to impose access restrictions on students?"

"Yes. That guy's name is Hayama Hideo, and he's one of only two male teachers at that Reien School." Keita's expression relaxed slightly as he said this, as if he had thought of something.

Before Matou Ike could ask any further questions, he continued to answer:

"That guy is really lucky. He doesn't even have a teacher's license, but he has a good older brother who married into the Huang family in Liyuan and became the chairman of the board."

"Liyuan is truly a wonderful place. Speaking of the female students at Liyuan, besides being a prestigious girls' school, most of them are only daughters from wealthy families."

"That guy Yeshan, he was really something in there..."

Matou Ike slapped the cage, stopping Minato Keita from continuing.

Judging from Keita's expression, if no one stops him, he could talk forever.

How did you and Hayama Hideo meet?

"...Um...Weren't we just talking about the female students at Reien?...That guy Hayama, because he's taken on a lot of debt, is threatening the girls in his class to engage in compensated dating."

"The violent group that was demanding money from Hayama Hideo also believed that they could be put to use, and wanted to turn them into high-end commodities to accompany those so-called high-end people."

That's how I met him.

As he spoke, Keita's eyes glanced at Matou Ike unconsciously, then immediately looked away.

"Birds of a feather flock together," Matou Ike thought, somewhat displeased, but he still continued to ask:

Does he know you're a man-eating monster?

“…I know.” Keita Minato replied, somewhat frightened, but still continued:

"After I learned that he had such privileges in the garden, I risked turning him into a cannibal as well, which, as you just said, meant he became my familiar."

"Hmm? Aren't you all infected through those so-called blood crystal chips?" Matou Ike asked with some doubt, his tone becoming a little harsher, suspecting that the other party was starting to lie.

"That was true at first, but I gained this ability two months ago, after that guy Bai Chun killed everyone else," Minato Keita answered honestly.

Matou Ike and Aozaki Touko exchanged a glance, both understanding what the other was thinking.

This is the ability of vampires to create familiars.

Although the two of them always viewed these things as Dead Apostles, they never speculated that they were vampires.

After all, it was the god they called holy—Beelzebub.

There is absolutely no connection between them and vampires.

"Is there a problem?" Keita looked at the two people in front of him who had fallen silent, feeling somewhat fearful.

Matou Ike did not answer, but simply said:

"Have you ever heard of a girl named Wutiao Kirie from him?"

"Yes, but what is my relationship with that lady?" Keita asked cautiously.

"Say it when I tell you to." A wisp of magic emerged from Matou Ike's fingertips and entered Minato Keita's eye socket.

"It hurts, it hurts so much! I'll tell you, I'll tell you!" After a series of wailing cries, Keita Minato began to slowly recount his story:

"That was something Ye Shan said when we were doing drugs together a while ago. He was very excited at the time, so I remember it fairly clearly."

“Wu Tiao transferred to Liyuan Girls’ School a few months ago. He said that the girl was like a young lady from a prestigious family who was coming into contact with the outside world for the first time, and she was interested in everything.”

She was also full of hope for life, and in less than a month she made friends with most of the students in her grade.

Keita closed his eyes and slowly recalled for a while before continuing:

"That guy Hayama told me that he initially wanted to bring this girl into his escort group, since innocent and carefree young ladies like her are very popular outside."

"But in the end, nothing came of it, apparently because the girl wasn't in his class, making it difficult to make a move or something."

“He was a bit excited at the time and kept telling me how great that girl was, but I had never met her and was hungry, so I didn’t pay much attention.”

"Anyway, he never talked to me about that girl again after that."

After Keita finished speaking, his head trembled as he awaited Ike Matou's decision.

Chapter 227 A Knife That Can Cut Through Barriers

According to tradition, the heir of the Ryougi family must have a real sword duel with his master at the beginning of each month.

However, this month it was moved to the middle of the month due to some miscellaneous matters.

Many generations ago, a head of the Liangyi family found it too troublesome to hire a martial arts teacher, so he built his own dojo and studied swordsmanship as he pleased.

This system has been passed down to the present day, and due to genetic factors, even Ryougi Shiki, who is a woman, is required to wield swords.

The dojo is some distance from the main building; if we use a high school as an analogy, it's about the same distance as the gymnasium and the school building.

Walk forward on the boring wooden walkway that doesn't creak.

Akiryu was waiting halfway there; as a servant, he was only ten years older than Ryougi Shiki.

He was holding a change of clothes, waiting for Ryougi Shiki, who was drenched in sweat.

"Thank you for your hard work, Miss. How did your fight with the master go?"

"Not bad, step down, Qiulong. I can handle something as simple as changing clothes, and besides, you weren't specifically sent to serve me, were you? It would be more advantageous for you to go with your brother, since in the end, it will be men who inherit the family business anyway."

Upon hearing Ryougi Shiki's rude tone, Akio responded with a smile.

"No, the heir of the Liangyi family is no other than Miss. Young Master did not inherit that talent."

"What's so good about inheriting something like this?"

After saying that, Ryougi Shiki prepared to avoid Akihiro and return to the main house to rest.

But Qiulong stopped him.

"Is there anything else?" Ryougi Shiki asked, tilting her head with a hint of confusion. The lenses of her glasses reflected the other person's image.

"A young lady called; it seems like something's wrong."

Akihiro handed Ryougi Shiki a set of clothes, a flip phone, and a package that looked incredibly heavy.

Ryougi Shiki nodded, packed up her things, and went back to the main house.

After returning to her room, Ryougi Shiki closed the door and rested for a while before taking off her gi.

I glanced at the mirror.

Some people with disgust removed the "Demon Eye Killer" mask.

"Why do I have to make her happy?" Ryougi Shiki muttered.

"You're just throwing caution to the wind. What's wrong with wearing glasses? They look cute," Zhi thought to herself.

After changing her clothes, Ryougi Shiki opened the closed cover of her phone and skillfully tapped on it with one hand.

Several missed calls were found, all from the same person's number.

"Damn Orange, what do you want now?"

The phone only has three phone numbers stored in it—Kurotou Mikiya, Aozaki Touko, and Matou Ike.

Instead of calling back, he closed his eyes and daydreamed for about ten seconds before putting his glasses back on, which he hadn't taken off for long.

I put on my jacket and went out.

......

There's still some distance between Ryougi's house and Aozaki Touko's office.

However, Ryougi Shiki did not choose to take a taxi or ask Akihiro for a ride.

So walk very slowly.

When I arrived at the office, the clock on the wall was pointing to noon.

Arriving at the office with a package that was far too heavy for personal belongings, Ryougi Shiki was met by Aozaki Touko and Matou Ike.

Somewhat surprisingly, Mikiya Kurogiri was not there.

"Sorry, I'm late."

After leaning the small package, which resembled a bamboo sword case used in kendo, against the wall, I caught my breath; it was still quite hot outside in the summer.

Ryougi Shiki casually tossed her jacket onto the sofa and found a place to sit down.