A Core Ship From The Start Chapter 1192

Chapter 1192: Chapter 811 Investigation Begins Chapter 1192: Chapter 811 Investigation Begins Before entering the school, Duanmu Ai had already identified Takemaki Ann as the target of the investigation for a simple reason–Shiho Suzui, who had previously been rumored to have committed suicide by jumping off a building due to teacher bullying, was Takemaki Ann's close friend, making her motives sufficient.

Moreover, according to the rumors in the school, Takemaki Ann had always been rumored to be romantically involved with that teacher before Shiho Suzui's suicide. However, according to the intelligence circulated among the students, Takemaki Ann always maintained a chilly distance during her encounters with that teacher at school, leading many to believe they didn't want to expose their relationship on campus.

But considering Shiho Suzui's situation, it was very likely that the teacher was using Shiho Suzui as a hostage to force Takemaki Ann into a relationship. Although unwilling, the latter had to comply due to her close friend being in the teacher's clutches.

From this point, Takemaki Ann appeared highly suspect.

After several days of investigation, Duanmu Ai grew more certain of her thoughts, as her observations showed that Takemaki Ann was currently quite close to two people, Sakamoto Longshi and Yugong Lian.

Sakamoto Longshi was Takemaki Ann's classmate from middle school. But their relationship was more than that, according to rumors. Sakamoto Longshi had once had a fierce argument with that teacher and been expelled from the club by the latter.

As for Yugong Lian, he was a new transfer student. Logically, he shouldn't have had any interactions with that teacher–but everyone knew that Yugong Lian had previously been accused of threatening violent actions against that teacher and was about to force his expulsion in the council meeting. And orchestrating all this was that teacher.

Hmm, from this perspective, all three had clear motives and suspicions.

But the question was, how did they manage it?

The Demon Summoner was only allowed to be possessed by Demon Summoners. These three people were clearly not the type to possess a Demon Summoner. Moreover, Nightmare had previously admitted that no Electronic Demon could completely alter someone's personality.

Additionally, Duanmu Ai discovered that someone else was investigating the three of them besides herself.

And that was the senior student council president, Niijima Makoto.

This wasn't hard to notice; Duanmu Ai saw Niijima Makoto staring at them from a distance several times, and he had also borrowed detective novels from the library and was studying them all day… Well, although Duanmu Ai didn't want to admit it, this kind of work really wasn't something a rookie student like Niijima Makoto could accomplish.

It was lucky their opponents were also rookies. If they were part of a Yakuza Gang, they would have already been kidnapped.

Duanmu Ai was tasked to monitor the three within the school premises, while outside the school was handled by Lumiaire. After all, they were classmates, so encountering each other was not a major issue. However, outside was a bit more troublesome, but Lumiaire's presence could neutralize this issue. Her looks made her resemble an ordinary little girl, and nobody would think they were being monitored by a little girl.

Unfortunately, it seemed that these three were behaving extremely well within the school, without causing any trouble. According to Lumiaire's investigation, most of the time after school, the three would go to their respective homes. There were some instances of inclement weather when they would gather at subway station exits, or perhaps visit the art gallery to view some exhibitions…
Moreover, Lumiaire had also mentioned something else, that while following them, she would lose track of them entirely. It wasn't that they spotted her; it was as if they vanished into thin air, vanished without a trace. She initially thought they had left, but the moment she turned around, they reappeared.

This was very strange…

“In short, for now, we can only continue with the investigation.”

Before another outing, Duanmu Ai finally laid out the plan.

“Is that okay, Great Judge?”

“Of course, the difference between police and criminals is that criminals can succeed countless times, but they're doomed if they fail even once. It's the same with those Cultists; they can naturally kill, set fires, and hold sacrifice rituals without being discovered, but if they're discovered just once, they'll be completely eradicated.”

With that said, a hint of murderous intent flashed in Duanmu Ai's eyes.

“By the way, did you say they've been going to view art exhibitions recently?”

“Yes, it seems to be a personal exhibition of an artist named Banmu.”

“Then we'll wait and see. If something happens to this artist, we can pinpoint our target, and then… it will be their end.”

“I understand. Are we going to follow them today?”

“Today, we're going outside to clean up.”

While speaking, Duanmu Ai looked disdainfully at her sports outfit.

“Is this principal an idiot? He said that to change society's negative impressions of the school, we should volunteer to clean the park. Damn, isn't it your teachers who bully students? Logically, if you want to change the public impression, it should be your teachers who do the cleaning, right? Aren't the students the victims? Really… No matter the world, the thinking of schools follows the same stupid logic. That fat pig himself doesn't clean, and just knows how to command students. I'll get rid of him eventually.”

“Ahahaha…”
Faced with Duanmu Ai's complaints, Lumiaire could only respond with a wry smile.

During her student days, Duanmu hated such boring activities. You say going to the Martyrs' Cemetery, and everyone could understand, but making us do volunteer street cleaning?

Chapter end

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