Kirigiri Novel Book 2

Chapter 8- Part 3 Lost

Kirigiri Kyōko

100

Ten-Thousand

"WHAA!" Yozuru stared at the result, her eyes almost popping out. "Howw? What's going on?"

"Look at the results... I don't have to explain anything for you to understand."

Today's auction results:

Kirigiri Kyōko

100

Ten-Thousand

Sae Yozuru

0

Ten-Thousand

"Th-this can't be! She can't possibly have any money! There's no extra money anywhere!" Yozuru suddenly recovered and stared at Nanamura fiercely. "It's you! Not only are you gay, but you're also a lolicon! You bought a middle school girl for 1 million yen!"

"Don't be silly, I didn't do anything, and I have no interest in middle school girls."

"Then who was it? Where did it come from? What kind of money was it? There wasn't an extra million anywhere! Any money brought in from outside isn't supposed to register. The straps of the money here have microchips on them..."

Yozuru fell into a state of genuine obliviousness, and blurted out something that only the murderer knew.

"Did she only put money in at the last auction and left the straps?" Shinsen suddenly thought of something and said.

"That approach won't work!" Yozuru was emotional. "The machine will only respond to a hundred ten thousand bills tied up with the bundling strap!"

Witnessing her exasperated appearance, Kirigiri's eyes are as cold as usual.

"Kirigiri-chan...what's going on? Where did you get this 1 million from?"

"The essence of this auction... is to take away the money of the deceased. I thought it would be possible from the very beginning."

"From the- very beginning...? When was that?"

"When the rules were being explained."

"H-how did you even... get that kind of money that time? There was no dead person then..."

No.

There was one person who died before our eyes.

Uozumi Taehime.

She was shot while the rules were being explained and died. Although she wasn't one of the targets of the murderer, she was brutally killed.

"At that time, after we heard the two gunshots, Uozumi-san was shot, right? Even from under the balcony, I saw that she was fatally wounded, so I took out 1 million from her bag next to me. Then, her body fell and burned on the dining table, and the money was burned to ashes too, except for the 1 million that I hid in my uniform pocket."

At that time– everyone's eyes were focused on Uozumi on the balcony, while Kirigiri took advantage of that time to take 1 million from Uozumi's hiking bag.

What a cruel decision.

In a sense, at that moment, Kirigiri had already given up on Uozumi.

Yet at the same time, this became our hope, and the money left by Uozumi saved us.

"How... how could this be..."

Yozuru lost all strength and fell to her knees all at once.

"Yozuru-san, there is still some time before night comes. What are you going to do tonight? Should we call it off maybe?"