Psychic Detective Yakumo / Shinrei Tantei Yakumo

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All Ishii could do was watch as Haruka was put into the police car and taken away.

He had never imagined that he would ever see such a sight.

'They're just screwing around!' shouted Gotou beside Ishii. His voice was filled with frustration.

Ishii understood his anger as well.

Haruka would never kill someone, but Sonoda and Onodera were already calling her the perpetrator.

'Haruka-chan really...'

'Of course not!' yelled Gotou, interrupting Ishii's words.

Ishii's shoulders jolted as he looked at Gotou, whose face was lit up with anger. He was probably so angry because he believed in Haruka.

'But... there's testimony...'

That was the biggest problem.

Though the details were still unclear, according to Sonoda, a guard had seen Haruka commit the murder.

There was no way to escape that.

'The guard's gotta be wrong! Must've been too dark to see properly!'

That was possible.

If they checked the testimony thoroughly, there might be a hole in it.

However - the more Ishii tried to believe, the greater the suspicion in his heart grew. That was a fact.

The reason Ishii felt that way was Haruka.

Haruka hadn't responded at all even when Gotou and Ishii arrived. She hadn't been unconscious or anything, but her eyes had been unfocussed and seemed hollow.

Could it be that Haruka had killed somebody instinctively and was now in shock?

If that was the case - no, of course it wasn't.

Ishii shook away the thoughts in his head. This was no time to think about that. HE had to confirm the situation first.

'Eh?'

Ishii noticed something odd.

'What?' asked Gotou.

'Yakumo-shi - where did he go?'

Gotou had explained the situation to Yakumo after he was kept out of the scene of the crime.

Ishii had worried that Yakumo would be shocked or go on a rampage, but unexpectedly, he had only replied curtly, 'Is that so?'

His words had been so weak and emotionless. He hadn't even seen Haruka off - he had just disappeared.

- How will Yakumo-shi take this case?

Ishii didn't know.

'It's him. He's gotta have some sort of plan.'

Ishii couldn't simply believe Gotou's words. Was that really true? Ishii couldn't shake that question away.

'Anyway, we've gotta go too,' said Gotou.

'Eh? Go? Where to?'

'Obviously to find out what happened!'

Gotou's fist came crashing down.

'But... I don't think they'll give us any information...'

Those were Ishii's true feelings.

Sonoda and Gotou had a terrible relationship. It would be hard to believe that Sonoda would just give information to Gotou.

'Stop thinking about it. We're going to get the info no matter what!'