“Mr. Asō's house seems to be one of the tallest residences on the island.” Ran Mori subconsciously looked up.
“Yes.” Reiko Kuroiwa nodded, leading Yu Quan, Yu Shi Ya, and Ran Mori, who had followed out of curiosity, upstairs.
“Keiji Asō's piano skills were very good. At one time he was considered one of the wealthiest people on Tsukiyomi Island. Since he practiced piano so much, Keiji Asō built this four-story house here.”
The bottom three floors of the Asō mansion seemed to be fine. Besides some extra dust, there were no signs of anything out of the ordinary.
Reiko Kuroiwa led Yu Quan, Yu Shi Ya, and Ran Mori upstairs, explaining, “When the incident happened, Keiji Asō burned the fourth floor.”
“Mr. Asō died by self-immolation?” Ran Mori frowned.
“Yes, Keiji Asō’s family was also there at the time.” Reiko Kuroiwa nodded, seemingly not giving it much thought.
Yu Quan could also feel the soul fluctuations coming from the fourth floor...
There was no doubt that Keiji Asō was murdered.
In the absence of any mental illness or a major event at home, it was practically impossible for someone to set themselves on fire with their whole family.
When they got to the room where Keiji Asō had set himself on fire, Reiko Kuroiwa seemed a little afraid: “Mr. Yu Quan........”
Yu Quan nodded and pushed open the door.
Surprisingly, the blackened walls around the room did show signs of being scorched.
However, the whole room was relatively clean, with no extra dust.......
Most importantly, the piano in the center of the room looked completely untouched by the fire. It was as good as new!
“Miss Kuroiwa, has anyone cleaned here?” Ran Mori rubbed her cold arms, curiously asking.
“No........” Reiko Kuroiwa subconsciously swallowed: “Actually, no one has dared to come here since the incident.”
“Yu Quan.......” Yu Shi Ya’s gaze fell on Yu Quan, her eyes glancing at the piano not far away.
Yu Quan nodded slightly, his eyes falling on the piano in the center of the room.
He stepped forward and slapped his hand on the piano.
“Bang——”
A jarring sound rang out as a transparent soul drifted out of the piano.
Yu Shi Ya subconsciously wanted to step forward, but Yu Quan shook his head to stop her.
Keiji Asō, a soul that had been dead for twelve years. Theoretically, Keiji Asō’s soul should be much stronger than the previous ones.
But in reality, Keiji Asō’s soul was about to dissipate.
After all, he was burned to death. The most fearful things for souls like this are, without a doubt, lightning and fire.
Old ghosts may not be afraid of fire, but for someone like Keiji Asō, who died in a fire-
If this piano had not miraculously preserved Keiji Asō’s soul, Yu Quan might not be able to see his soul now.
It’s just a shame that only Keiji Asō’s soul is here. The souls of his wife and daughter, who died in the fire with him, are not here.......
Yu Quan directly collected Keiji Asō’s soul.
“Mr. Yu Quan......” Reiko Kuroiwa stood outside the door, cautiously looking at Yu Quan.
“Keiji Asō’s soul has been sent away.” Yu Quan said simply.
“Whew—that’s good.” Reiko Kuroiwa took a long sigh of relief.
Just then, Ran Mori received a call from Kogoro Mori, saying that the police were here and that everyone needed to give a statement.
“Should we go back to the village hall?” Reiko Kuroiwa looked at Yu Quan.
“Sure.” Yu Quan nodded.
By the time the three of them left Keiji Asō’s house, it was already dark outside.
Remembering that they hadn’t eaten anything, Ran Mori pulled Reiko Kuroiwa and Yu Shi Ya to the convenience store to buy something to eat......
Waiting outside, Yu Quan glanced towards the nearby tree, suddenly saying, “Have you had enough?”
Silence descended for a moment. Then, after only a few breaths, the sound of light footsteps came from behind the tree, and Seijitsu Asai came out.
Looking at Yu Quan, Seijitsu Asai’s eyes showed curiosity and anticipation, but not fear.
“Miss Seijitsu, do you know who would clean up a house that was “wiped out” by a fire?”
Yu Quan raised his chin towards the Asō mansion, emphasizing the word “wiped out.”
It was a bit of a stretch to say “wiped out.”
There were few police on Tsukiyomi Island to begin with. And, since there was a witness who saw that the Asō family’s tragedy was caused by Keiji Asō’s self-immolation, the police didn’t investigate further.
They just assumed that the whole Asō family was dead, and no one paid attention to the fact that the Asō family had a son who was staying with a relative in Tokyo because he was sick.
This son, when he grew up, changed his identity and returned to Tsukiyomi Island, disguised as a woman, to find out the truth about that incident.
As a result—
He inadvertently learned the truth from Isamu Koyama, who had developed heart disease.
It turned out that his sudden wealth was due to the sale of illegal drugs.
And Keiji Asō’s piano tour......was also part of this industrial chain.
When Keiji Asō wanted to get out, he was killed by Isamu Koyama, Eifuku Kawashima, Mr. Kuroiwa, and Ken Nishomoto, who were also “partners.”.......
They even went so far as to kill the whole Asō family, just to be safe.
They only overlooked Seijitsu Asō, the son who was sent to Tokyo. This was the Seijitsu Asai standing before him now!