Mob, if I were a high school student, could I be an adventurer, too, Leah?

A dim cave-shaped labyrinth, in that corner... I was looking down at my classmate's body.

I don't know much about a man named Lion Hall.

I used to dawn into fights every day when I was in junior high school, and I'm pretty rough in school but after school, and vice versa, I've actually never fought before. What a Yankee......

I only learned about people after such rumors, and I didn't even try to find out much about them again.

As much as Ono taught me that Lion Hall was hostile to me for the first time, I guess that means I didn't have any interest in him.

If I had been a little more interested in Lion Hall and would have gone out with him even once...

I wonder if this didn't end either.

I thought of that blurry in front of my classmate's body, who lived well until the other day.

"Senior, are you okay, sss?

Nanny and Anna ask so worried.

"Oh...... I'm fine. However, facial acquaintances can be sacrificed... more than expected..."

I should have given him some more serious advice. If Lion Hall moves out as soon as he starts to rest, maybe he made it. Didn't the feeling of neglecting the lion's hall unconsciously make you look dead?

That thought circles my head.

"Not really, don't let it get you down. It's all bad because it's the killer."

"Oh......"

"... and apparently it wasn't in vain."

When I looked at the voice, the weave was just reading the Lion Hall student notebook.

"Little night, did you find something?

"Hmmm...... I found the arr I've been looking for"

Pirilli and air tighten on the words.

"Weave, what is an arr...?

"The so-called Diing Message,"

... Diing message?

It's a classic word in mystery, but it was actually a very uncomfortable word to hear.

I wonder why, I tilt my neck and realize.

The situation where a diving message is left, in itself, is unnatural.

What if the victim is trying to leave a diving message if he is a murderer? Naturally, I try to stop it. If it had already been left, it would definitely be disposed of.

It's a classic word in a mystery novel, but it's unlikely in reality. What kind of a diving message...

So why is this how you are now left with a diving message......

I peered into the Lion Hall student notebook with Anna.

There, the words and deeds of the killer and the cards he was using were spelled out in the way he said they could come up with bullets.

That information, written in trembling letters and nevertheless in as much detail as possible, was arguably the last resistance at the death of Lion Hall.

Of these, particular attention was drawn to the words and deeds of hounds.

Statements such as "noble aspirations" and "arrogance to behave the card as if it were your own power" must have impressed the killer in his mouth......

That was also a word in my memory, similar to what I said and did when I... too similar.

And at the end of the page, it was concluded with Lion Hall's own perception that "the killer is probably a religious associate" and a message to his family and friends.

"The dining message left, the rosary found at Mr. Sato's scene, and the adventurer circle to which the victims belonged. All of this is reminiscent of Mother Stars' meeting."

No way......

"The killer is a star mother's club - is that what makes you think he is, a hound user?

Yes, Weaver nodded.

"Hound users are extremely cautious, as you can see from the fact that they haven't let you grab their tail yet while killing numerous people. Would you allow such a killer to exist a diving message that could lead to his or her own identity?

Impossible. If there is, it is......

"You're convinced it won't lead to who you are, or what the houndster dared to let you leave behind. Perhaps to rub the spearhead of the investigation against others. You mean to let the victim escape through the stairs without ending himself just to give him room to leave a diving message..."

That way, it also explains to some extent why houndsmen don't end up with their own hands. But......

"Why do we need to let the victim leave a dying message for himself? There's got to be a hand in killing it and then planting it yourself."

The method of letting the victim leave a dieing message herself is less certain. We need dozens of investigations by the time we find this. Then it should be faster to plant it yourself from the start.

"That's probably because we want to use the victim's assumptions.

Houndsmen make statements that can also be taken as sacred views of noble aspirations and cards. This does not directly mean religion, but it is enough to make the victim aware of religion. If you're a victim with so many heads around trying to leave a dying message at death, you'll undoubtedly think of it first.

On top of that, he is deprived of calm by the fear of death to the extent that he does not think he is being induced. And the police and guild finally get a clue to the killer after passing a filter called Assumption of This Victim... I'm sure it's convincing enough, because it's evidence that the victim left it autographed and spontaneous. "

I see...... indeed, a dining message planted by the killer would not create that much persuasion. The handwriting appraisal makes it easy to see if it was written by the person. So if you know it was written by someone other than us, could it be a clue to the killer on the contrary?

Alternatively, they may also expect variations in information by leaving it to the victim's own assumptions.

The keyword noble aspirations also reminds organizations of revolutions and such aspects, not just religion.

If the houndsmen have nothing to do with them, it would be enough to stir up the investigation.

But......

"Isn't it too blatant to leave a rosary at the scene or include the followers of the Star Mother's Society among the prey? On the contrary, there's a chance that suspicious eyes will slip away."

"It's good enough that we're overdoing it on this. I won't be off the police suspect list because it's too obvious, and most importantly, as long as there's some material that 'outfield' can make a funny and noisy scene"

"Right... the press"

I say no smoke will stand where there is no fire, but as long as we find smoke, it is the press that decides that there is fire and makes it an article. There is also a priori that he once committed ritual homicide in the labyrinth. Perfect for dealing with killers.

If the real killer is arrested and found innocent, forget about the colloquial things we treated the killer for, and now we must issue a sympathetic article.

Either way, it doesn't matter if we're talking about it.

Most…….

"It seems to be becoming empty for the media to make it news."

Tells the weave to mock it.

That's probably because it overlapped with Vic News, where the government called Labyrinth Extinction had to move.

I don't know why the houndsman wiped out the labyrinth, but it must have been an irregular thing for him, too.

Because the government has put intelligence control over the incident to ensure that the hounds are captured.

As Ono was gathered in the SNS, the case was gradually becoming a topic of discussion in the public by crimes that spanned nearly a year.

If there hadn't been one case of labyrinth extinction, the incident would have kept the news busy day after day by now.

In that case, it was also possible that the houndster had dived into the ground, saying that the purpose had been served.

"But the fact that we are targeting the Star Mother's Party so far..."

"Oh, the houndster would most likely be someone with some grudge against the Star Mother's club. If you simply rub your sins, there are other more affordable and easier ways"

Who has a grudge against the Star Mother's Society? It's around the dungeon anti that comes to mind pah......

"So, what are we going to do?

I found out that houndsmen have a grudge against the Star Mother's Society. The question is how do we narrow it down from there?

And as she turned to the weave, she raised her hands up.

"Yeah? Is that...?

"Good luck, that means. We have nothing more to do."

"Oh, no, you don't"

"So what exactly should seniors do?

"It's... for example, examining suspicious in the dungeon anti, or, you see, examining the families of those who were once ritually murdered at the Star Mother's Party..."

As I said it myself, I could see my voice dropping more and more.

Tells the weave to be embarrassed.

"Are you going to treat the killer from one end just because it's dungeon anti? Being treated like a suspect just because you killed your own family doesn't mean your family's still alive."

"... well, that's right! How about the Aoki brothers? They have suspicions."

My brother said she was missing, but he didn't even look for her, and my brother was in the same labyrinth the day I was attacked.

Isn't that what you usually go looking for knowing the danger if your own girlfriend goes missing? Doesn't it seem as if you know the danger awaits you not to go because your brother stopped you from doing so?

Besides, the card I traded that day is a Lycanslope card that hounds also prefer to use.

You can't say it's the killer, but you can't say it's irrelevant.

But the weave shook its head and said.

"The Aoki brothers do have doubts. But that suspicion doesn't lead to hounds.

For example, Aoki. If he wasn't a houndsman and someone involved with it, would he go out of his way to target his own girlfriend? Even if you attacked for camouflage, you should go find it yourself without making a search request or anything. It's more natural.

Next, my brother, but this one is too bold to act. The fact that you traded cards with seniors is suspicious, but you don't have to bother to trade them because of the nature of the offense that takes the cards before you kill them. I'll take it anyway. Nonetheless, if I trade or something just before the crime, in case the seniors survive, or if they leave me about myself as a dieing message, I'll definitely be on the police investigation list.

Neither is too different from the hounding profiling of hounds that they will never leave a trace of themselves outside the labyrinth "

………………………………

Totally disputed, I looked to heaven silently.

An authentic investigation revealed that houndsmen hold grudges against the Star Mother's club.

But whatever narrowed it down from a limited number of suspects on the condition that they hold grudges against the Star Mother's club, it was too broad a scope to list the suspects on that condition.

This was the best we could do as high school students.

If this was a mystery novel, the killer would have been among the previous characters and the victory of the Virgin of the Aoki Brothers and the Star Mother's Society would have been solved by the killer.

But reality isn't that sweet.

In the end, it was just like Anna said. Reality doesn't even have a way to get to the killer, and the killer isn't necessarily among the characters,...

"That's all we can do in the way of investigating victims, that's why. Speaking of the remaining lines..."

So the weave turns its attention to Anna.

Well, was it still possible that it was Gremlin's purchase route?

Against me pointing the eye of anticipation, but Anna said with an awkward look.

"Sorry, about the purchase route of Gremlin, but I was interrupted along the way"

"Interrupted, what?

"I was able to confirm that the people who bought Gremlin from the Alliance followed where they resold it further, until they converged on some..."

"But?"

"They were already missing in the labyrinth."

Have you already sealed your mouth?

On the ground, heavy silence falls.

The purchase route for Gremlin, which was the last line of request, had also lost yarn along the way.

There's nothing we can do anymore.

If I dive into the labyrinth by myself again, or can I get a hound out? No, it probably won't catch on. Even if we get caught, there's a good chance we'll get away with something we don't know.

Is this the limit?

What do you mean, we were just high school kids who couldn't catch a serial killer that even the police couldn't capture?

Facts are stranger than novels, and I guess that means reality doesn't work better than novels.

... Maybe this is the time to pull it off.

Not just strangers, but even classmates have casualties.

I guess we should wait until the case converges.

That was the wise decision......

- - Prrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

I just left the labyrinth as I sank, and I just got a call.

I looked at the display and I opened my eyes unexpectedly.

- Godless Moon Wings. That's what it showed there.

Although I exchanged contacts after the tournament, this was the first time I had received a call like this from there.

Gently say no to Anna and answer the phone immediately.

"... Yes, hello"

"Hey Malo, long time no see, how have you been?

Neutral voice heard over the phone. Besides, I bowed my head knowing it was pointless.

"Yep... it's been a while - Master"

Signs of bitter laughter over the phone.

"Stop being that master. I'm the same age."

"For once, I respect you."

"On the contrary, I can't breathe. The instruction is over, and you're usually good with your mouth."

After I got a little lost, I decided to end up sweet on your word. Nor would it be just a social dictionary due to the character of the master.

"Well, if that's what you say. So, what can I do for you?

When I said that, the master said in a light tone.

"- Hey serial killer, why don't you catch me?