Chapter 4 Haunted House Murder Case

Fujino pushed open the stone slab, and what came into view was a winding staircase.

Walking down the stairs, there is a dark tunnel at the end.

There were puddles everywhere in the tunnel, and the dew dripping from the stone walls fell into it, making a ticking sound.

Fujino looked around and found a half-open iron door.

There was still a little light coming out of the iron door.

Suddenly, a wailing sound came from it.

Fujino's head tightened.

Looking inside through the crack in the door, I saw a cell-like room.

A man with a long beard and long hair is locked in a cage.

At this time, he was tearing at the worn sheets and screaming painfully at the gray-haired woman wearing a linen black dress outside the cage: "Mom! Let me surrender!"

"No! Akio!"

Mrs. Yamada’s eyes flashed with tears, “As long as the prosecution period is over, we will be able to welcome a new and beautiful life!”

"I've had enough of this life where I dream about my father's face every night!"

As he said that, Akio banged his head against the iron railing desperately. While banging, he screamed: "Let me die!"

"Akio!"

Outside the iron cage, the helpless Mrs. Yamada protected his head with her hands. The rough hands left a series of scars from the impact.

After a while, Akio Yamada finally calmed down.

At this time, Mrs. Yamada squatted down, stroked his long hair and comforted: "Things have already happened. No matter how painful the death is, it is impossible for people to come back to life. Wait until the prosecution period has passed, and everything will be over." Everything will be fine!"

It seems that the two of them are the real culprits in the haunted house murder case?

In the corridor, Fujino looked at the scene in the room and already knew it in his heart.

Fujino has a certain understanding of the prosecution period.

No matter which country it is, there will be a prosecution period for criminal cases.

After this time, there will be no further prosecution.

In other words, if a crime is committed but not discovered, after the statute of limitations has expired, the murderer no longer needs to bear responsibility, and the judicial authorities have no right to try.

But for people like Yamada Akio who still have a conscience, what will happen if the prosecution period has expired?

The irreparable trauma will forever permeate his heart, and he will recall the face of the murdered person in his dreams every day.

"The dead will not resurrect, but the guilt will always permeate the murderer's heart."

Putting away his thoughts, Fujino leaned against the wall and sighed.

"who?!"

After hearing the sound, Mrs. Yamada immediately wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, picked up the fruit knife on the ground and turned around to look.

[Tip, detective time has been started, countdown 0-0-59]

Hearing the system prompt, Fujino silently clenched the card in his hand and took a deep breath.

Looks like you need to hurry up?

Then, he took a deep breath and pushed the door open: "My name is Fujino, and I am a detective!"

"detective?!"

Mrs. Yamada looked at the young man in front of her, feeling a little panicked, "Why are you, a detective, here?!"

"Of course I came here to investigate the murder case five years ago."

Hearing this, Fujino looked at Mrs. Yamada in front of him and said slowly: "Five years ago, a home invasion and murder case occurred here. Now the victim's wife and children have moved away long ago, and the murderer of the case has not been caught yet... But the strange thing is that since the mother and son moved out five years ago, strange stories have been circulating in this house."

After a pause, he chuckled: "But now the truth about the ghost story seems to be clear."

"If I guess correctly, you should be the Yamada mother and son in the case five years ago, right?"

"The case five years ago was not a home invasion and murder case, but an intentional homicide disguised as a robbery case! The murderer is among the two of you!"

"shut up!"

Mrs. Yamada turned her head and glanced at Akio Yamada, then pointed the fruit knife at Fujino and gritted her teeth: "I am the murderer! He is just imprisoned here by me!"

"Yeah?"

Fujino frowned: "It is indeed a reasonable explanation for the wife to kill her husband and imprison the son who witnessed everything."

After a moment, he raised his head again and stared at Mrs. Yamada with sharp eyes: "However, there is another explanation, and that is that Mrs. Yamada is trying to take over all crimes and deliberately excludes her son who is a murderer!"

"Five years ago, Yamada Akio killed his biological father. When he was at a loss, you helped him fake the murder scene to get away with it!"

"Logically speaking, no one would think of the truth of this matter if this continues... But you didn't expect that he would want to go out and surrender because his conscience couldn't bear it!"

"And in order to prevent him from ruining his future, you imprisoned him in an iron cage in the basement, planning to live in seclusion until the prosecution period of the case has passed, and then take him back to the sun!"

"I heard the conversation between you two just now. The real culprit in that case five years ago was actually your son!"

"Shut up!"

Mrs. Yamada's expression gradually became distorted. Seeing that she could no longer hide the matter, her hand holding the fruit knife became tighter and her hand full of scars continued to tremble.

Originally, she had planned to take all the crimes on her own when the matter was exposed.

But this detective broke her last fantasy.

Her eyes flashed with strange ferocity, she picked up the fruit knife and stabbed Fujino in the chest: "Go to hell!"

"Mom, no!"

Akio Yamada held the iron railing tightly and shouted towards Mrs. Yamada.

But how can Mrs. Yamada, who has lost her mind, care about so much?

Her only thought now is to kill the detective in front of her.

"Are you still stubborn?!"

Fujino crushed the ability amplification card in his hand.

[The host’s perception increase has been activated, and the power increase has been 100%; countdown 0-0-59]

Suddenly, the world around him seemed to slow down.

With the double increase in strength and perception, in Fujino's eyes, Mrs. Yamada's movements were clearly visible, and even the gaps in the knife she held were captured.

"Wake up!"

Fujino kicked Mrs. Yamada in the hand holding the knife.

The silver blade flew high and fell to the ground with a long crisp sound after a moment.

"give up."

Fujino retracted his legs and stared at Mrs. Yamada expressionlessly.

"I will not allow you to send Akio to prison!"

Mrs. Yamada struggled to get up, dragging her dislocated wrist hysterically, and flew towards Fujino again.

"To be honest, I really don't want to use all my strength..."

Fujino frowned slightly, looking at Mrs. Yamada approaching, looking a little embarrassed.

The blow he just gave her by not sending her to the hospital was enough to give her face.

But if she persists in her obsession, he will naturally not tolerate her.