At this moment, Mary could only reply weakly, "I forgot."
Yuu Hoshimiya nodded. "That makes sense. You were just a child back then, so it's normal to forget."
While speaking, a bright gleam appeared in Yuu Hoshimiya's eyes. As if studying something fascinating, his hands roamed back and forth across Mary's chest, examining it thoroughly.
But Mary was actually an adult woman shrunk into the body of a beautiful junior high school girl. She had already given birth to three children.
The touch of a man's large hands naturally brought her strange sensations. Her little face flushed bright red, and her breathing became much quicker.
Veins throbbed on Mary's forehead.
Even though I look like a little girl right now, that doesn't mean you can do something so rude.
Her short little legs bent slightly, ready to deliver a fatal kick to Yuu Hoshimiya's crotch.
But Yuu seemed to sense it. He quickly flipped her over, instantly destroying her plan.
Yuu spotted a coin-sized scar on Mary's back. His fingertip gently scraped across the scar, causing the prone Mary to tremble uncontrollably.
After examining the injury, Yuu understood.
The bullet back then must have pierced Mary's left chest. The gunpowder exploded inside her body, blasting apart her left lung and leaving a bowl-sized wound.
If it had hit her heart directly, she would have died instantly. Surviving was a sign of her strong vitality.
Because the lung has very few nerve cells and treatment was prompt, she had luckily survived back then.
Later, when her body shrank and her constitution weakened, the already severe damage to her lungs became even worse.
This caused Mary to cough frequently, and in serious cases, she would even cough up blood.
That blood came from the wound in her lung.
After figuring out her condition, Yuu began the treatment.
Yuu flipped over and sat on Mary's body. Magical power surged within him as life-filled magic was drawn from the void, swirling around his hands.
"I'm starting now!"
He had to make the act look complete. As he spoke, his fingers pressed onto three acupoints on Mary's soft little back: Jianjing, Fengmen, and Feishu.
Streams of extremely cool energy poured into Mary's body from her back. She couldn't help but widen her eyes, letting out a strange sound from her mouth.
The feeling was like having a seed planted inside her body. The seed then sprouted, bathed in sunlight, and grew into a towering tree.
It was indescribably comfortable and satisfying. Her body felt as light as if a heavy stone had been lifted off it.
Mary couldn't help but narrow her eyes. She was now certain that Yuu Hoshimiya could really heal her.
After a while, Yuu withdrew his hands. Mary immediately became unwilling and called out in a sweet, voice.
"Don't stop!"
Hearing that cute yet coquettish voice, Yuu felt a surge of heat in his heart.
Damn, a legal loli really is irresistible!
He then reached out and flipped Mary over. Mary panicked and quickly covered her chest with her hands.
"What are you doing?"
Yuu chuckled lightly. "The front needs treatment too."
His large hands pretended to search for acupoints, constantly changing positions.
The Mary underneath asked curiously, "What acupoints are you massaging?"
Yuu didn't answer. Instead, he forced out beads of fine sweat on his forehead, pretending to be greatly exhausted.
A hint of worry appeared in Mary's eyes, and she cooperated quite willingly.
Then Yuu made his move. Both hands came down at once, his five fingers pressing on five acupoints: Yunmen, Tiantu, Rugen, Ruzhong, and Shenzang.
Another surge of life force poured in.
Mary immediately turned her head away in shame, not daring to meet Yuu's eyes. She narrowed her eyes and breathed in small gasps, afraid of making any sound that could be misunderstood.
Looking at Mary's side profile, Yuu found her increasingly similar to Ai Haibara.
Blood relations really are powerful!
At that moment, the phone in his pocket rang. It was Juzo Megure calling.
Yuu freed his right hand, turned on speakerphone, and pressed it back to its original position.
"Yuu, my boy, where are you? There's been a murder in room 2910 at the Cupido Hotel. A woman wrapped in a bath towel was strangled to death at the entrance."
Yuu replied, "I'm busy right now. You guys head to the scene first."
"Yuu, my boy, what are you busy with? This case involves a celebrity. The higher-ups want it solved quickly to avoid public opinion storms."
Yuu glanced down at the blonde big-breasted beautiful girl beneath him.
"I'm treating a little girl's illness, Inspector Megure. Use your phone to take photos of the scene and send them to me."
Although Juzo Megure found it ridiculous that a case could be solved this way, he still did as asked.
…
"Big white rabbit, white and soft, bouncing and jumping so cute!"
For some reason, this children's song popped into Yuu Hoshimiya's mind.
Looking at the baby-faced, huge-breasted little loli Mary in front of him, Yuu felt the song was particularly fitting.
Do Westerners develop this early?
So young and already so well-endowed. At 13 or 14 she was already comparable to Ran. What would she be like when fully grown?
Yuu shook his head and focused on controlling his hands, slowly pouring cool plant spirit energy into Mary to heal her old injury.
Mary's cheeks were flushed red, and a watery mist had unknowingly gathered in her emerald eyes.
She could feel the hot large hands on her body and the cool energy flowing from them.
This strange sensation of ice and fire gave Mary an experience she had never had before.
After all, she was an adult woman returned to the body of a little girl. Her husband Shuichi Akai had been dead for over ten years, and her memories of him were already blurry.
Mary had not been intimate with anyone for a long time and had not had any contact with the opposite sex.
Now, sharing a room with Yuu Hoshimiya, receiving his intimate treatment, smelling the pleasant scent on this man, and seeing his handsome face and charming smile…
Her instincts caused her mind to wander and her heart to surge with emotion.
Mary bit her lower lip hard, forcing herself not to make any sound. She turned her little head to the side, revealing a delicate and vulnerable profile.
Her side profile was exquisitely beautiful, perfectly matching her short light-blonde hair.
Seeing this, the corners of Yuu's mouth curled into a smile, his heart filled with a sense of achievement.
Strangely, as Yuu continued to cast his healing magic, he seemed able to sense Mary's internal condition.
It was like Taoist inner vision, allowing him to see inside others' bodies and making his treatment even more effective.
Mary didn't just have severe old damage in her left lung. Although the broken ribs from back then had been surgically reconnected, Yuu could still sense tiny cracks remaining on her ribs.
Warm life force, guided by Yuu's will, wrapped around Mary's ribs, nourishing the bones and reconnecting the fine cracks.
Mary immediately felt a tingling, itchy sensation in her ribs, as if countless ants were crawling over them. It was extremely itchy, yet also extremely pleasurable.
She could no longer hold back. She narrowed her eyes, and the watery mist condensed into teardrops that slid from the corners of her eyes.
Yuu smirked wickedly. It was truly interesting to see the mother of Masumi Sera showing such an expression in his hands.
When Mary opened her eyes again, she found Yuu's face only five or six centimeters away from hers. She panicked, a trace of shame flashing in her emerald eyes.
Yuu teased, "Little one, were you crying just now? Oh my, such a big girl still crying. Aren't you embarrassed?"
Mary immediately acted spoiled. "I wasn't crying!"
"Alright, alright, you weren't crying. Little one, we've been together for so long now, and I kindly helped treat you, yet you still haven't told me your real name. That's not right, is it?"
The blonde junior high school beauty hesitated for a moment, then spoke softly.
"Mary. My real name is Mary!"
"Mary, that's a good girl!" Hearing that she was no longer hiding it, a satisfied look appeared in Yuu's eyes. His hot hands began to knead gently.
Mary's eyes widened in panic. "What are you doing?"
Yuu spoke seriously with complete nonsense.
"Of course I'm helping you promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. After the massage, your muscles are tired. If I don't relax your little body, you might not be able to stand it and could even swell up."
Hearing this explanation and seeing that Yuu's technique was indeed very comfortable, Mary half-believingly let him continue.
Looking at the former agent he had successfully fooled, Yuu laughed secretly in his heart, but his face showed no flaw. Instead, he gazed gently at the blonde big-breasted beautiful girl.
Their eyes met. Mary, with her flushed cheeks, kept shifting her gaze away, but after a while she couldn't help looking back. Her shy and fidgety posture was just like a girl in her first love.
Then Mary saw Yuu's face slowly moving closer.
Five centimeters… four centimeters… three centimeters…
She grew nervous, her heartbeat speeding up.
What is he trying to do? Is he going to kiss me?
It shouldn't be possible. I'm just a little girl right now…
Mary had just made that judgment when she felt her lips being captured.
The strong masculine scent filled the entire world. Her emerald-green eyes widened instantly.
She quickly realized that the man in front of her was really kissing her.
In her heart, besides panic, there was actually more surprise.
Before Yuu could launch an attack, Mary—who was already letting her imagination run wild and feeling emotionally stirred—enthusiastically responded.
A man and a woman should not kiss lightly. It was something with a mysterious chemical reaction.
Because once a deep kiss lasted more than ten seconds, the two of them were very likely to fall in love.
This principle was true. Mary, who had only felt good will before but was mostly driven by years of emptiness and hunger, gradually began to fall for Yuu Hoshimiya.
Once he contracted both Mary and Masumi Sera, many things would become very simple.
Yuu didn't want to beat around the bush, so when the timing felt right, he decided to strike directly.
He hadn't expected the effect to be even better than he imagined.
While the two were passionately kissing, upstairs in room 2910, Masumi Sera, using Yuu's name, had successfully gotten Juzo Megure to let her through and was now carefully observing the crime scene.
The female victim strangled to death at the entrance was named Chiaki Mizunagi. She was the assistant of the famous romance novelist Kyogo Hiura and a young fan who had helped him make a comeback.
The victim was only wrapped in a bath towel. Her fallen posture was very strange—she was curled up like a baby.
The person who discovered the body was a hotel staff member. Kyogo Hiura had ordered a bottle of red wine for Chiaki Mizunagi.
When the staff delivered the wine, the door was ajar. He pushed it open and saw the female corpse.
Afterward, Kyogo Hiura, who had been writing in seclusion upstairs, came down while taking a walk, saw his assistant dead, and began to cry bitterly.
The three middle-aged editors from the magazines followed him.
Masumi Sera reached out and touched the body, saying, "The victim's jaw is already stiff. The time of death should be two or three hours ago!"
"It's now three in the afternoon, which means she was killed around noon."
Inspector Megure then asked the bald novelist.
"What is your relationship with the victim? Why are you crying like this?"
Kyogo Hiura replied, "Mizunagi was my most capable assistant. It was because of her encouragement back then that I picked up the pen again. 'Telephone, the Sea, and Me' even became the top bestseller this year with her help."
"Mizunagi was very talented and gave me endless inspiration. I was even thinking of letting her debut on her own next year. How could she be killed now?"
"It must have been that guy who threatened the publisher. Officer, you must catch the killer for me!"
"Threat?" Inspector Megure frowned. "What's going on?"
The Mediterranean-haired editor standing behind stepped forward and explained.
"Actually, our Cupido Publishing received a threat letter on Monday. It was faxed from some convenience store, saying we should get rid of the female assistant around the teacher."
Another editor wearing glasses also spoke up. "Our publishing house received a threat letter too, because last week there were photos and cheating rumors leaked about Teacher Hiura and Assistant Mizunagi."
A long-haired editor added, "I think it was probably some radical fan who couldn't accept the teacher's behavior. After all, the teacher's romance novels are all pure love stories. They don't want to accept that he cheated."
Inspector Megure turned back to Kyogo Hiura.
"So, did you actually have an intimate relationship with the victim?"
Kyogo Hiura quickly waved his hands. "How is that possible? There was nothing between us. We were completely innocent. In fact, my wife got so angry about last week's news that she left home."
At that moment, Detective Takagi came from behind and whispered a report to Inspector Megure.
Inspector Megure nodded and asked Kyogo Hiura.
"Then may I ask where you were between 12:30 and 1:00?"
Kyogo Hiura put on a thoughtful expression. "Because the deadlines for three publishers collided today, I was busy writing all day. But around noon I got really frustrated, so I ordered a big table of food and invited these three editors to come enjoy it."
The Mediterranean-haired editor nodded. "Teacher Hiura even said whoever ate the most would get their manuscript first, so all three of us went in and kept eating until around 1:30."
Inspector Megure continued, "Did you eat with them?"
Kyogo Hiura shook his head.
"I was too frustrated and had no inspiration at the time, so I went straight into the bathroom to take a soak. I only came out when they had almost finished eating to act as judge and weigh who ate the most."
Hearing this, Inspector Megure frowned. This way, the four of them could mutually provide alibis.
While Inspector Megure was trying hard to solve the case, Masumi Sera secretly slipped into the bathroom.
She also took out her phone and rapidly photographed rooms 2910 and the one above, 3010.
When police personnel tried to stop her, she simply dropped Yuu Hoshimiya's name and was no longer blocked.
While the group was working hard on the case, in the hotel corridor, Yuu Hoshimiya—rubbing his stomach—and a little loli walked together.
Mary kept a good distance from Yuu and muttered,
"Pervert. You definitely did it on purpose!"
Mary wasn't stupid. Although her intelligence had dropped quite a bit when she was lost in passion earlier.
She had already been half-skeptical about Yuu's massage explanation and had been fooled by his serious attitude at the time.
But when Yuu directly started kissing her, Mary realized he was taking advantage of her.
Fortunately, Masumi Sera's phone call had pulled her back from the edge of losing control.
Afterward, the violent loli had kicked the careless Yuu into the wardrobe, finally breaking free.
Then the two had left the business suite and headed toward the murder scene.
Yuu rubbed his stomach with a pitiful look, still shamelessly trying to fool her.
"Mary, I really was treating you. Saliva has antibacterial and disinfecting effects too."
Believe your ghost! You bad man!
Mary naturally didn't believe him. She immediately rolled her eyes in a way that could almost be called charming. It was truly amazing.
This shrunken-back-to-childhood little loli combined high-coldness, onee-san aura, loli cuteness, airheadedness, mature woman charm, huge breasts, and Western beauty all in one. Her attractiveness was in no way inferior to Ai Haibara.
No wonder Yuu couldn't hold back earlier. Speaking of which, he was now resentful of Masumi Sera's phone call.
If it weren't for that call, he might have gone all the way and conquered her in one battle.
Yuu shook his head. Seeing that playing pitiful wasn't working on Mary, he simply stepped forward and grabbed her soft little hand.
Mary rolled her eyes again, but strangely, she didn't pull away.
Yuu, who always pushed his luck, simply interlaced his fingers with hers.
At that moment, his phone rang. It was Masumi Sera calling.
Yuu answered, "Sera, what's up?"
"Teacher Yuu, the novelist and editors are arguing and want to leave. Inspector Megure asked me to check if you know who the killer is."
Yuu searched his memories and quickly recalled this case.
After glancing at the photos and statements sent by Juzo Megure and Masumi Sera and confirming nothing had changed, he decided to announce the answer directly.
"This case is very simple. Sera, put your phone on speaker so everyone can hear."
Hearing this, the Mary beside him looked at Yuu with a face full of suspicion.
How could he possibly know? This guy had been doing dirty things the whole time and only glanced at the phone once. How could he know the truth?
At the crime scene, Masumi Sera obediently did as told.
"Um, Inspector Megure, Teacher Yuu says he knows who the killer is."
Hearing this, Inspector Megure's face lit up with joy. "That's great! Yuu, my boy, tell us quickly!"
Kyogo Hiura frowned and said, "Officer, don't waste my time. Whose teacher is this little girl anyway? You should be catching the guy who sent the fax threat instead."
Detective Miwako Sato said coldly from the side, "This child's teacher is our police department's special consultant. You bald guy, just listen quietly."
She then leaned closer to the phone and spoke in a gentle voice, "Yuu, go ahead and deduce."
Yuu's light chuckle came from the other end of the phone. "Thank you, Miwako-nee. Then let's start with the bald guy!"
Kyogo Hiura's face turned extremely ugly, and he began to make trouble.
"Even if you're a police consultant, what kind of skill is personal attack?"
A disdainful laugh came from the phone.
"I just think calling that ungrateful killer 'bald guy' is not excessive at all. Am I wrong, Mr. Hiura? The one lying on the ground, Chiaki Mizunagi—you killed her, right!"
Kyogo Hiura immediately denied it. "How is that possible? What nonsense are you spouting? Hang up the phone already. This guy wasn't even at the scene. What does he know?"
Hearing this, both women looked furious.
Miwako simply scolded angrily, "This is a police investigation. Shut your mouth and listen properly. Later you'll obediently follow the officers to prison. From now on, stay completely silent!"
Her lioness roar instantly silenced the entire room. Even Yuu on the other end of the phone couldn't help but move the receiver farther away, a drop of cold sweat running down his forehead.
After a moment, Yuu continued his deduction.
"Actually, things went like this. Mr. Hiura had planned to kill Chiaki Mizunagi at noon, which is why he went to great lengths to invite the three editors in for a meal, wanting them to provide him with an alibi."
"Otherwise, even for the strangest person, holding a big-eating contest right when someone dies is too suspicious and makes no sense."
Inspector Megure asked, "But how could he kill her when he was in the bathroom of the room upstairs?"
"It's simple. He could do it inside the bathroom. Mr. Hiura only needed to tell his assistant to dress in hotel staff clothes, pretend to be delivering food, sneak into the bathroom, and stay inside without coming out."
"I think you used the excuse, 'There are rumors outside about mistresses. If the editors see the assistant entering my room, it might cause news,' to get Miss Mizunagi to agree to the disguise."
"Because several delivery people were going in and out at the time, the editors who were busy eating didn't notice. That's normal."
At this point, one of the long-haired editors couldn't help but say, "Yeah, I remember a female server entering the bathroom to get the decanter. Could it be the one Consultant Yuu mentioned?"
Kyogo Hiura immediately shouted, "What are you saying, Mr. Toyama? Do you not want the manuscript anymore?"
Inspector Megure frowned. "Mr. Hiura, please control yourself. Mr. Toyama, please describe what that female server looked like in detail."
The long-haired editor became obviously timid and said softly, "I only saw her for a moment. She was wearing a hat and glasses, her hair was tied up, and then she followed the teacher's instructions into the bathroom to get the decanter. I didn't see her again after that and focused on eating."
Yuu continued, "At that time, Mr. Hiura probably first had her enter the bathroom to take a shower. Once she took off her clothes herself, he followed her in, strangled her with a rope, and then placed the naked Chiaki Mizunagi into a suitcase. That's why the victim's posture looked so strange."
"Inspector Megure, was the suitcase at the crime scene knocked over by the tilted table and splashed with beer from the table?"
Inspector Megure immediately replied, "Yes, that's correct."
"That was to cover the scent of bath gel and shampoo from the victim's body with the spilled beer."
"Afterward, Mr. Hiura used a rope to swing the suitcase from the balcony of room 3010 directly to the balcony of room 2910, then pulled the rope back."
"Then he handed the already finished manuscripts to the editors, said he was going out for a walk, actually used the room key he got from the victim, secretly entered her room, and arranged the body from the suitcase on the balcony into its current state. That's the entire process of the crime."
At this moment, Kyogo Hiura's eyes were full of panic. He roared at Masumi Sera's phone.
"Nonsense! This is all your fantasy! You have no evidence that I did it!"
"How could there be no evidence? Otherwise, may I ask why the disposable shampoo in your bald gentleman's bathroom is completely used up, while the bathroom in the long-haired victim's room downstairs still has untouched disposable shampoo, yet her hair clearly shows signs of having been washed with shampoo. Only if she had been in your bathroom does this make sense."
"Moreover, the clothes the victim used to disguise herself as a server, the rope used for the murder, and the gloves that were worn—these pieces of evidence will soon be back in front of you."
As soon as he finished speaking, the manager in a black suit ran over holding plastic bags.
"Officer, this is what Consultant Yuu asked us to find. We didn't fail our mission. We mobilized all hotel staff and found them in the trash can of the sixth-floor restroom. Please check if these are the items you wanted."
Hearing the precise location of the sixth-floor restroom trash can, Kyogo Hiura instantly turned deathly pale and collapsed to the ground.
…
After a while, Inspector Megure led away the now-confessed Kyogo Hiura. Only then did Yuu Hoshimiya arrive late, holding Mary's little hand.
Masumi Sera couldn't help but widen her eyes again.
Oh my god, why is Mom holding hands with Brother Yuu?!
Seeing her daughter's shocked expression, Mary finally reacted. She quickly pulled her hand away from Yuu's large one and ran toward her daughter on her short little legs.
Yuu put on a surprised look. "What's going on, Sera? Do you know her?"
Listening to her mother's whisper behind her, Masumi Sera quickly replied, "She's my little sister! Why is she with you, Teacher Yuu?"
"I didn't know you had a little sister, Sera. She's really cute."
Looking at the two girls in front of him, Yuu smiled, then deliberately put on a thoughtful expression.
"But something's not right… Her chest is so big, even bigger than mine. Your chest is so flat, Sera, and her hair is blonde while yours is black. How could she be your sister?"
Masumi Sera laughed dryly and hugged Mary while explaining, "Because we're half British and half Japanese. I take after our Japanese dad, and my little sister takes after our British mom, so we look different."
"But look, our eyes are the same."
As she spoke, Masumi Sera pressed her little face against her mother's. Indeed, their eyes were identical—both emerald with double eyelids.
"Pretty impressive, right? My 'little sister' has such big breasts, so I, who share the same bloodline, will definitely become big-breasted too. It won't be long before I make huge progress."
Masumi Sera's words were full of innocence and longing, while Mary beside her couldn't help but roll her eyes.
It was truly embarrassing to hear her own daughter say something like that!
Following her mother's instructions from behind, Masumi Sera narrowed her eyes and said to Yuu, "Actually, Teacher Yuu, the reason I invited you to the hotel this time was for my 'little sister'."
"My 'little sister' suffered a serious injury when she was young and has had health problems ever since. She coughs a lot and her body is especially weak…"
Hearing the word "weak," Yuu couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, his eyes full of speechlessness.
What weak child can kick an adult man flying with one foot?
"…We've seen many doctors, but they all said it couldn't be cured completely. Later we heard that you, Brother Yuu, have a special treatment method, so we invited you to the hotel and wanted to ask you to treat my 'little sister'."