Chapter 87: Conclusion of the Case?

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"It's also possible, but if it was an accomplice, why would these girls leave a Y?"

Shido questioned.

"Maybe the other murderers who started the attacks also have a Y in their names?"

Kurumi guessed.

"That possibility... is not impossible, but we have no way to verify this."

Shido sighed.

"This isn't the end for us, right?"

Kurumi frowned. She wanted to go to the police station and activate her "Castle of Consuming Time", knocking everyone out, then no one would be able to discover their infiltration!

"Although it's a little hard to say, could someone be framing Yamamoto?"

Shido guessed.

"Are you saying that someone killed five innocent girls just to leave a Y letter and put the blame on him?"

Yukino nodded thoughtfully. There was indeed such a possibility, which could also explain why the murderer did not leave any other clues, but left such a big Y.

"Maybe the purpose of the murderer was not these girls, but Yamamoto himself. That person didn't want to kill Yamamoto, but to make him suffer by ruining his reputation, so he killed those girls and then put the blame on him!"

Shido guessed.

"This is too much! What kind of hatred is there to do this, and sacrifice so many lives!"

Kurumi said unacceptably.

"But Yamamoto is quite popular in the school, and the students have a good opinion of him

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"But Yamamoto is quite popular in the school, and the students have a good opinion of him. It doesn't look like he will offend others so badly."

Yukino frowned slightly and said.

"True......"

Shido nodded in agreement. After all, this was just an assumption, and there was no way to prove it.

"Could it be that someone was jealous of his popularity with girls and wanted to frame him as a murderer?"

Kurumi asked, tilting her head.

"No way! If that's the reason, wouldn't it be more efficient to kill him directly?"

Shido shook his head. The biggest problem with this assumption was why the murderer didn't kill Yamamoto, but went through all the trouble of killing different girls on different days just to frame him.

"Breaking news, another sixteen-year-old girl was killed in this city..."

"What!?"

Kurumi stood up quickly, enraged by the news played on the TV of the restaurant. The previous cases all happened at night, so how come one happened in the morning this time? It was less than a day after the last case!

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