"Go back to the office."
Satoru's tone was a bit cold, and the way he looked at Tsunade was very serious. Although his actions still proved that he was helping Tsunade, Tsunade still suffered from the sense of gap.
"I see."
Tsunade left the scene quickly, and Sato, who survived the catastrophe, suddenly lost the power in his legs, sat on the ground and began to cry.
Konohagakure was not too big, if two people were to randomly pull out on the street, there was a high chance that they might know each other.
He cried loudly in middle of the crowd without any regard for his image, it could be seen that his state was really not very good. He was already extremely sad, so he had to vent, even if he could no longer be called "upright" after this incident, he was overwhelmed by his emotions.
Satoru knelt down, held Sato's shoulder and said, "Sato-san, I am sorry for your loss, but I need to know some details. There are too many people here and it's too noisy, so let's find a quiet place to talk?"
Mrs. Sato had already passed out from crying, and the medical department, which had been always ready to move, hurriedly carried the woman on a stretcher and left.
Seeing this, Satoru said, "Let's just go to the medical department and also have a check-up of your physical condition."
Satoru rarely dealt with these troublesome things, but he also knew how "desperate" the parents of the dead child were at that moment, even if he had a headache due to dealing with these, he had to be patient.
Before leaving, a child said weakly in the crowd, "The ghost in the school must have done it."
Mr. Sato, who looked like he had lost his soul, didn't hear this, but Satoru turned his head and glanced at the child's face.
It was one of the children who hugged him with candy apples before. They once said that there were ghosts in the school, but there was no proof whatsoever so Satoru always thought it was a rumor that students were scaring each other with.
Satoru's eyes dimmed, and without saying anything more, he led the people to the medical department.
The medical department was close to the back mountain, surrounded by two large gardens, the environment was quiet, and it was a good place to recuperate, but today the quiet environment was broken by the howls of a man and a woman.
No one could blame the two parents who lost their child from the perspective of a bystander, so they could only stay silent.
They kept crying, and Satoru couldn't ask questions due to that, so he had to go to the morgue to see the dead body of Sato Kento, the deceased child.
The body could only be described as miserable, Satoru was furious when he saw that a child was killed like this.
After returning from the morgue, Satoru saw that the emotions of Mr. Sato and his wife had calmed down, so Satoru started asking questions, "Please tell me, was there anything unusual about your child recently?"
"Kento has always been very obedient and good at studying. There were no classmates who didn't like to play with him in school, and he also got along well with the teachers. How could such a child die inexplicably! Satoru-sama, you must find justice for us!"
Mr. Sato who pointed at his face and called him a "kept-man" before, was now crying and begging him in hope.
'Sure enough, anger and grief are the devil's weapon.'
Satoru naturally wouldn't argue with him, but he was just curious, how could a child who seemed to have no enemies and such a good social circle died so miserably? That kind of death should not be something a child could do, at least not without officially becoming a Genin and seeing the cruelty of the outside world.
'Who could it be?'
He needed to visit the school to find some clues.
When he arrived at the school, he found that the whole school had been locked-down. There were many people standing outside the wall wanting to know the situation and progress of the investigation. The teachers inside the school who were blocking the people were almost exhausted.
"Iruka-sensei, can I go inside the school building?"
"Yes, you can go in."
As Iruka opened the door, the voices of other spectators followed suit.
"Why only let him in?!"
Hearing this, Satoru turned around.
"I'm Yagyu Satoru, I am investigating this case."
"We can also help the investigation!"
It was impossible for the person not to know that a crime scene needed to be quarantined, and the fewer people go in, the better.
"Can you find out the truth about Sato Kento?"
"...?"
In an instant, sarcasm overflowed from Satoru's eyes.
"You don't even know the name of the deceased and you talk about helping? You are just a spectator who likes to stir-up trouble and satisfy your own curiosity, go back home, don't hinder the investigation."
The old man blushed in anger and embarrassment, but he didn't dare to pester Satoru anymore, he pushed away the crowd and fled.
With these words, no one else dared to come up to make trouble anymore.
Because of the death of Sato Kento, the school was forced to suspend classes. The bustling school in the past had become very deserted, and even the temperature seemed to have become a little colder.
Kento was in the second grade, and the second grade classroom was in the innermost corner of the first floor.
This place was in a corner, where dirty things could grow but couldn't be discharged in time, so Satoru felt that the aura of this place was not very good.
But there were no rumors of ghosts in the school before. After spending a long time here, at most there would be one or two rashes on the body or occasional loss of appetite.
However, it was here that the first large-scale accident occurred, which gave Satoru a feeling that things might be more complicated then it looked.
As soon as he entered the classroom, Satoru was shocked by the oncoming cold wind.
'It's really cold in here.'
'It's not good for children to stay in this environment for a long time, both physically and mentally.'
It seemed that Satoru needed to work hard to solve the case, after this case was over, he would suggest renovation of this building.
Until then, first the filth in this classroom needed to be dealt with.
That's right, there might actually be some kind of dump even in here.
Since he came in, he has be smelling an indescribable stench. It seemed that the rotten meat was tightly wrapped by something, and a trace of the smell drilled out from a gap in the wrapping, when the stench entwined with the musty smell in the shade, it made him feel very uncomfortable.
This kind of stench was somewhat familiar, but when Satoru last came into contact with this kind of thing, it should be a long time ago so he couldn't put his finger on what it is...
'Where exactly is it?'
Satoru closed his eyes and felt everything in this room.
Intuition guided him in one direction.
'Above!'
Satoru raised his head abruptly, bent his knees slightly, jumped up from the ground, the next moment, he smashed the ceiling with a punch.
A wrapped object fell down along with the debris.
The thing was new, only the part that was in contact with the back of the ceiling was dusty, the rest was clean, it had obviously just been put in.
Satoru picked it up from the ground and opened it, and there was a strip about ten centimeters long wrapped in bandages, and the stench came from that.
Next to it was an envelope with the name "Sato Kento" written on it.
'Could it be that this ominous thing killed Sato Kento?'
To be cautious, Satoru looked at other places, but found nothing abnormal, and only this was left.
'The answer, lies in this.'
Satoru opened the thing wrapped in layers of bandages, and then he was stunned.
It turned out to be a finger.
This was a dry finger, cut off from the root. It long black nails, like the nails of a ghost in a ghost stories, and looked like it had gone through many years.
Others might not know its origin, but Satoru knew what it was from the moment he saw it.
'Sukuna's finger!'
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