Date a Live:Date Under The Moon Chapter 93 93: Magic Detective Yakumo's Case Files

(TL: I change the title a bit to fit the Kurumi's spin off lol~)

On the night of September 15th, Mikoto, who had obtained Izayoi Miku's address from Ratatoskr, began her operation.

According to Ratatoskr's investigation, Miku would go to a recording studio tonight to record a new CD.

In other words, this was a chance.

A chance to investigate Miku.

"After all, this is illegal trespassing… I don't want Shido to get involved in sothing like this."

Mikoto sighed.

To put it nicely, this was an investigation.

To put it badly, what she was about to do now was act like a paparazzi.

"So that's why you called ?"

Standing beside her, the silver haired girl who looked like a doll let out a sigh.

Although she did not know who Shido was, he seed to be a boy the girl before her cared about very much.

"Mm. If it's Origami, we can call it a military investigation by the AST into a Spirit."

Mikoto smiled.

That was right. When she first thought about breaking into Miku's residence, she thought of Origami.

As a soldier, Tobiichi Origami must have received training for missions like infiltrating a location.

"You really leave no choice."

Origami sighed and opened the locked iron gate with a practiced motion.

She was sowhat concerned about the fact that the Spirit nad 'Diva' was actually Izayoi Miku. Still, she did not refuse Mikoto's request—to investigate Diva's residence and look for useful information.

Stepping into a dreamlike building that seed to co from a Western fairy tale, Mikoto and Origami entered Miku's territory.

Unlike pure Spirits who suddenly appeared in this world and then suddenly vanished, Izayoi Miku had at least half a year of experience living in this world, so she had left behind many traces.

Mikoto's idea was simple.

Search Miku's residence and try to find her past.

Even though Miku lived in a mansion, there were no caras or guards.

But after thinking about it carefully, Miku herself was the greatest guarantee of safety.

[Sorry.]

After putting her hands together and apologizing in her heart, Mikoto and Origami entered Miku's room.

Although they were searching through drawers and cabinets, the two basically handled everything carefully. After investigating each item, they returned it to its original place.

Before the search began, Origami professionally handed Mikoto a pair of rubber gloves.

"Wear these. You won't leave fingerprints."

"Oh… thank you."

After searching for a while, there were two suspicious points.

The first was a CD in a snack box.

The na written on it was not Izayoi Miku, but Tsukino Yoimachi.

The second was…

"W-what exactly is going on?"

Origami stared at the beautiful photo fra in her hand. She was so shocked that even her voice began to tremble.

Mikoto stepped forward, and her expression grew serious.

Because it was a photo of a young Miku with her parents.

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On September 17th, Mikoto's investigation into the na Tsukino Yoimachi was still ongoing.

The instant she saw that photo, she had already understood that Miku was a Spirit who had once been human.

And that na, "Tsukino Yoimachi", was very likely the breakthrough point for conquering Miku.

Based on the record on the back of the CD, Mikoto found the record company that had released it.

Using the excuse that her shrine wanted to invite the artist Tsukino Yoimachi to perform and increase its popularity, she tried to ask for useful information.

However, no one had any impression of the na Tsukino Yoimachi.

It was as if so invisible power had erased that na from people's mories.

After that, she placed her hopes on the internet.

However…

"No good. Nothing here either."

After clicking through and browsing a huge amount of information, Mikoto shook her head helplessly.

Tsukino Yoimachi's blog had long since been shut down. Even the few scattered words about her had disappeared with ti.

The only gain during that period was a second-hand Tsukino Yoimachi CD she found in a shop selling old songs.

On the cover, Miku's beautiful face had been written over with an oil-based marker: "Go die already, Bitch!"

Just looking at those words made one feel uncomfortable.

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September 20th.

Mikoto had already spent three days in Tengu City's library.

Because she still had executive committee work to do, she could only use her remaining ti to search through the huge number of newspapers and magazines in the library.

After asking other people and searching the internet had both led nowhere, she began placing her hopes on paper records.

Izayoi Miku debuted half a year ago.

Then it could be guessed that whatever had happened to her should have taken place in the period before her debut.

Gossip magazines, newspapers—Mikoto searched through them one by one, issue by issue.

She had considered borrowing Ratatoskr's strength, but right now Kotori and the others were already buried in work: training Shido's band, gathering information on Rindouji, and helping improve the various stalls at Raizen High.

Especially the band.

The song and lyrics were being prepared by professional composers. Shido's guitar skills were not bad, but he still needed special training from a tutor.

So Mikoto did not want to add any extra burden to Ratatoskr when it ca to investigating Miku's past.

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September 21st…

"I found it!"

Holding an old issue of Friday magazine, Mikoto shouted excitedly, ignoring the iron rule that one had to be quiet in a library.

The magazine recorded stories about Tsukino Yoimachi being addicted to drugs, dating n, and having an abortion.

[I see…]

Mikoto frowned slightly.

Although she knew there was a story behind Miku, she had never expected sothing like this to have happened.

However, this alone was not enough to make a judgnt.

The next day, she called the magazine's publisher and learned that the reporter who had released that story had already ended up in prison.

With the help of Director Matsuto, she t that reporter and learned the truth from his mouth.

Tsukino Yoimachi had refused the unspoken rules of a certain producer. As revenge, that completely false news appeared in the magazine and destroyed the girl.

After going through a series of setbacks, Tsukino Yoimachi developed psychogenic aphonia and was forced to leave the music world completely.

As for what happened afterward…

Although that reporter thought Tsukino Yoimachi had killed herself, Mikoto knew clearly that the current Izayoi Miku was that very sa Tsukino Yoimachi.

At this point, everything connected together:

Several photos stored in her phone, taken from the CDs and photograph found in Miku's residence.

An old CD belonging to Tsukino Yoimachi.

A Friday magazine from half a year ago.

And the testimony of the magazine reporter.

All of it joined together and revealed Miku's unknown past.

That afternoon…

Ding-dong!

"Coming. May I ask who it is… Uwah! Ya-Yakumo-senpai?"

Shido opened the door and saw Mikoto with an exhausted face.

These past few days, Mikoto had disappeared alone every day after school. In other words, the girl had not made dinner for Shido and the others for several days.

Of course, Shido had no complaints about that. Rather, being able to regain the chance to cook made him sowhat happy.

"Mm. I ca to eat dinner, Shido."

Mikoto nodded and walked into the Itsuka house.

"Oh, it's Mikoto. You look very tired."

Kotori, who was playing a fighting ga with Tohka, turned her head and greeted her.

"That's right. I'm so tired I could die. But I finally gained quite a lot. About Izayoi Miku, I have very important information to tell you all."

Mikoto nodded and went straight to the point.

"Wha… t…"

As a result, Kotori was so shocked that she did not even notice her character being killed by Tohka's full combo.

Author's Note:

Recomnding Mumu-chan's novel, Little Berry's Date A Live. The author is a cute loli, everyone, please go support her~~~ (TL: translate the title on a whim but might check this novel out later~ hearing hte author is a cute loli really get interested in it fast~)