144 – I Will Stand Alone
“The next priest.”
Dr. Sanjiro picked up the documents on his desk and checked the information about the next priest again.
“Let’s see. Drug dealer… It is estimated that he obtained the position by luring the priest… Heh heh.”
Then, with a laugh, he tossed the papers on the desk and looked at his subordinates. Then, frowning slightly, he asked.
“Did you think of this?”
“Yes that’s right.
“Are you thinking of reports like this that only come out of dramas or cheap novels?”
Dr. Sanjiro gave an unparalleled evaluation and looked at his subordinate.
It was nonsensical, but since he was a subordinate from Harvard, I believed that he had something in mind, so I listened to his follow-up explanation.
“The speculations in that document are the result of interpreting too little information too fragmentarily. It is an inexperienced report that cannot be viewed from a global and macroscopic perspective, but I did my best, so please don’t be too angry. .”
“Tsk tsk. Yes. No matter how absurd I said I would believe it, so I’ll listen.”
“Once written in the report, this being called the ‘next priest’ is presumed to be a criminal. And it’s not just a criminal, it’s a criminal with a deep relationship with drugs.”
The subordinate spoke in a polite tone.
“As a result of comparing the data of the Public Security Investigation Agency and the Metropolitan Police Department, it is estimated that it is not related to any specific organization. It’s big.”
“So, are you sure it’s private?”
“It’s certain. It’s individual. If more than one person moved, there’s no way we wouldn’t have caught it.”
Sanjiro nodded his head.
“Go ahead.”
“This is what I think. This unknown being called the ‘next priest’ acquired the drug through some kind of opportunity…”
The subordinate slowly began to speak his mind.
The existence of the next priest manufactured or discovered drugs using ‘some means’, and had a bad heart by using it.
He did not sell drugs to make money, but tried to increase his social status by poisoning the powerful.
However, if anyone names it, it is difficult to approach those who are in power or to sell drugs.
“At the same time, Kenji Saigo lost his wife and was in a great sense of loss. To make up for that loss, he went to the shopping district and gambled. But neither of them satisfied him, and he fell into depression. . And…”
“Did you approach it then?”
“Yes. It is as you said. Probably this criminal gave Kenji Saigo medicine by any means. It could have been put on perfume or flowers and let the powder be inhaled. And that’s how Kenji Saigo experienced the effects of the medicine, and it would have felt like the empty space that hadn’t been filled was filled.”
“So there have been quite a few cases of depressed people turning to drugs. It’s the same in America…”
“That’s right. A person with a difficult life tried to escape from reality, fell into a swamp of drugs, and ended up living a life for drugs. Kenji Saigo must have been the same. At first, instead of loss, there was a sense of fulfillment.You may have wanted pills to fill up your butt… It would gradually get worse and become an addiction, and the craving for pleasure that came along with withdrawal would have slowly ruined him.”
“Hmm. That makes sense. What is the basis?”
“I obtained Kenji Saigo’s hair, which I visited last year at a customs shop, and Kenji Saigo’s hair recently, and tested it for drugs. As a result of analysis with a gas chromatography mass spectrometer, it turned out to be positive, and three types of drugs, including methamphetamine, were tested. Of drugs were detected.”
“Components were detected… Yes. But that is a bit lacking in evidence…”
“There is another reason.”
The subordinate handed the photo he had brought to Sanjiro.
“Hmm. The man is Saigo Kenji, and who is this woman?”
“I’m Saigo Kenji’s daughter, Saigo Rise.”
“Hmm. Indeed.”
Sanjiro looked at the picture and nodded as if he understood.
“The picture of Saigo Kenji is so… He’s a drug addict himself.”
“That’s not just a drug addict, it’s the look of an addict on the verge of going crazy with drugs to the marrow. His teeth and jaw aren’t damaged, but here’s a sunken impression, dark circles under his eyes, and that gloomy smile and madness running down his face. Even if you just look…”
“Yes. Anyone can tell you’re an addict. hahahaha.”
“Not only on the face, but all over the body, you can see the scars that drug addicts have.”
Sanjiro laughed out loud when he saw the photo.
It was because the picture of Kenji Saigo in the picture was like looking at a picture of ‘Before & After of a drug addict’ in America.
A picture of him looking neat and sound before taking drugs.
A post-drug picture that looks uglier and gloomy than a homeless person.
“I don’t know about other guys, but you and I will know. When I went to study abroad, I often saw a guy with a look like that. How annoying it was.”
“It was like that too. I saw religious people who came in after drinking medicine and tried to evangelize, and there were also people who were drunk, saying that you need to take medicine to compose well.”
“Yes. If you have studied abroad, you can tell just by looking at this picture. Just looking at it, it is entangled with drugs. Yes, where there are drugs, there are drug dealers. Your guess is reasonable…”
Dr. Sanjiro glanced at the photo of Rise.
“This girl’s appearance has also become gloomy. But judging from her appearance, she hasn’t changed much… Maybe this girl is like that too?”
“Unfortunately, we have not been able to obtain Saigo Rise’s hair. However, it is presumed that he is not addicted to drugs. I don’t know if he took it once or twice, but he probably didn’t take it more than that.”
“Yeah. If he’s a drug addict who’s trying to get social status, not money, he’s not going to ruin the precious woman who’s going to lift him up.”
Dr. Sanjiro put his picture on the desk and muttered that he didn’t like it.
“Even if one can be dismissed as a coincidence, if it becomes two, it is considered inevitable. And if it becomes two, it is possible to become three, so of course you know that an arrow of doubt will fly at you.”
“Yes. If Kenji Saigo is an addict, he would have calculated that he would be able to get out of it because he could treat it as a personal aberration. Will.”
“Yes. If you use methamphetamine incorrectly, it’s doomed. The side effects are severe, and the addiction is severe. And if you use it when you’re having a relationship with a man and a woman… You’ll never get out of it and ruin it.”
＜Br＞ Dr. Sanjiro looked at his subordinate with satisfaction.
“Yes. Very good, great!”
“Thank you.”
“Continue to explain.”
“This criminal must have lured Saigo Kenji into a swamp of drugs, and later asked for a castle from himself using drugs as bait. Perhaps the criminal’s birth was insignificant.”
“Yes. Maybe he was from Burakumin… Or maybe he was from a foreign country.”
“And being in the shadow of the family and becoming a member of the family means that the status itself is different. He rose in status like that with drugs as bait, and he must have taken over Saigo Rise and used that as a base. And his possessions You must have found a very strange fetish while touring the ruined shrine.”
“It’s a fetish…”
“In China, there were castings for the purpose of buying and selling ghosts.”
“Yes. In a place called Ghost City, I sold ghosts after sealing them in order to use them as toys.”
“In the past, when Japan ruled the world, it also occupied China. At that time, the Chinese fetish that sealed the ghosts must have flowed into the shrine. And the criminal who saw it, who has now changed his identity to the next priest, sees it and has a bad heart. I’ll have it.”
The subordinate’s explanation continued without interruption.
Using Kenji Saigo’s personal connections, he approached Ryunosuke Murata, who was obsessed with colors, and offered castings. The elder, who was thorough in self-management but also curious about colors, eventually accepted the proposal. There was even speculation that he would have been able to use it to make him feel pleasure that he could not feel from royalties, and that he would have been protected by Elder Ryunosuke Murata in return.
“Yes. It’s a probable story… Yes. If that happened, the elder would have invited others to return…”
“I couldn’t have refused the elder’s words, whether I was willing or not. And once I tasted it, I would have easily fallen in love with it because it’s pleasure to want to taste it again and again.”
He paused for a moment, then opened his mouth.
“However, there is a hole in this solid-looking alliance of pleasure. That is Ryosuke Uchikawa.”
“Hmm. Uchikawa Ryosuke is also quite a snob and has a tendency to lust for pleasure, so how could he not fall for the devil?”
“The reason is that Ryosuke Uchikawa has a Spiritual Eye.”
Dr. Sanjiro hit his knee at the word spiritual eye.
“You’re right!”
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“As a result of the investigation, we have confirmed that Ryosuke Uchikawa recently obtained a spiritual vision.”
“That’s right. Others wouldn’t hesitate to see the original form of the ghost, but Ryosuke Uchikawa must have seen it, so he must have been trembling!”
hahahaha-!
Dr. Sanjiro laughed heartily.
“If it was made to be sold by nobles as a toy, the beauty itself would have been outstanding, but that’s how it is in the eyes of ordinary people! Anyone with a strong spiritual eye would have seen what it looked like when it died, so there’s no way s*xual desire would rise!”
“I’m sure he took off the crane. You’ve seen scenes where his whole body is covered in blood or his body is mixed with a half-rotten ghost.”
“Huh. Okay, then everything will make sense.”
Dr. Sanjiro nodded his head.
“Ryosuke Uchikawa stole the food for self-defense and the Yin-Yang book from the Metropolitan Police Department’s evidence storage room. That’s why we caught our eyes. If that was to protect ourselves from demons, and at the same time secretly send us some kind of signal… Yes, I might be able to use it.”
“Yes. It is as you said.”
“Okay, try contacting me. Instead, this return is nothing.It must have been the evil of the elder Ryuunosuke… You don’t want your teeth exposed. Please approach us very stealthily and cautiously so as not to spark us.”
“All right.”
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『The next priest was interested in the casting given by Uchikawa Ryosuke. I would like him to come to the shrine tonight as I have something to talk about. 』