Chapter 326: Arc 5, - 20: Rookie Investigation
They entered the room, cautious of every creak in the floor. Moving in, their invisibility faded, revealing all of them in their adventuring attire with gloves and earmuffs—Hotaru’s ears covered by a blue beret.
Asobi shut the door behind her and gave the room a wide-eyed stare. Three doors were on the opposite side of the room, two closed and one wide open.
None of the lights were on, but the subtle light from the streetlights outside glittered through the drapes. Hotaru flicked the light switch, only for nothing to happen. The redhead flicked it up and down a few more times.
"You better give it up," Fumeko glanced to the three lightbulbs on the ceiling, all of them shattered and fragments of glass on the floor.
"Sobi? Don’t blind us," the wolf-woman requested.
"Mhm," with her lips sealed she shot three white lights to where the bulbs would light up, granting enough brightness to observe the scene.
The long sofa in the corner was shabby and the carpets dulled. Rats scurried from under the sofa and scattered towards the door at the back of the apartment.
Kitchen cabinets and requirements were right on the left of the door. While the right side of it were shelves, paintings, a radiator and other objects.
Walking right up to the body was a blonde with creases across her face. Sparks of yellow electricity left her lips and teeth; the lightning created an improvised mask from her nose and along her jawline.
Her face glowed a bit as she breathed a tad easier. ’Doesn’t help too much, but at least helps.’ She carefully examined the hanging head. Hotaru walked into the kitchen and took a closer look around.
Dried blood stained the carpets till the floorboards, but only from the location of the injuries. The corpse wore a white shirt and long black trousers—nothing else. Brownish-black hair till the shoulders and a relatively thin figure.
Jotou glanced around; the woman’s cheeks had dull red blotches and her jaw hung open. Her skin was mildly discoloured and there was slight bloating to parts of her body.
