The arrival of Ken and Makoto has attracted the attention of the police who are on standby here. A policeman walked up to Ken and Makoto and stopped them in their tracks

“Sorry, this area is currently restricted, can I help you?"

Makoto gave a smile

"I am a private detective who wants to investigate the cases in this house, this is my assignment letter"

Makoto handed an envelope to this policeman, he then received it and read it. Before long, the expression on the policeman’s face changed to astonishment

"Okay Mr. Makoto, so you were assigned here along with... your partner?"

The policeman said while looking at Ken, making Ken look nervous. Makoto replied

“Yes, he may still look young, but he is a very talented partner of mine”

The policeman appeared to still find it hard to believe it. On the other hand, Ken could only give this policeman an awkward smile. The policeman replied

"Okay then, I won't get in your way. Please come in"

Makoto smiled

“Thank you, I hope your help”

Makoto said while giving a respectful bow. Ken and Makoto then walked in from the front door, past the police line.

Inside the house, the condition looks a bit messy, and the door leading to the family room is also broken. Ken and Makoto then followed the trail of damage, headed to the family room, and found the family room in such a chaotic state with damage everywhere, many pieces of furniture, window doors, walls, and floors were damaged and broken. Seeing this, made Ken surprised

“Too much for a robbery… right?”

Makoto replied

“Yes, if this is indeed a robbery case…”

Ken and Makoto continued their investigation to the garden behind the house, then to the second floor. In the open hallway on the second floor, Makoto said

"There are traces of fighting here, the police may not be able to see it properly, because the question is, what did he fight?"

Ken's expression turned curious

“Yes, it looks more like someone or something who destroys everything… but what exactly?”

Makoto checked the long and big scratches on the wall

“The creatures, which leave these marks, can be more than five meters in size. Something that big can't just appear here, it's certain that Yokai is involved in this”

Ken was surprised, mixed with nervousness

“What kind of Yokai?”

Makoto's expression turned serious

"I can't be sure yet"

Makoto opened their investigation file, and read the existing report. Makoto appeared to have realized something

"Oh right, I haven't told you yet, I once met Fujiyama, in one of my investigation cases which has Yokai interference, he is also a Yokai investigator, just like me”

Ken looked slightly surprised

“Yokai investigator? Does all this have anything to do with it?”

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Hearing this, Makoto did appear to have realized something

“It's possible, considering he's a Yokai investigator”

Ken appears to have realized something

“Then this all makes more sense, something has attacked him”

Makoto gave a nod

“Right, and judging by the state of situations, that thing is most likely Yokai”

Makoto said while looking at the thick and deep scratches on the wall.

Ken and Makoto checked the house again and ended up in the garden behind the house. Here, there are several traces of battle and destroyed parts of the garden such as plant pots, classic Japanese stone lanterns, and grass borders. Makoto looked around in surprise, and Ken also tried to study his surroundings. Makoto said

“Strange, the traces disappeared here…”

Ken looked confused

"But, he can't just disappear right?"

Makoto paused in thought while looking around, and before realizing something, he then looked up at the sky

“Yeah, maybe something brought him…”

Ken's expression turned astonished. Makoto said

"Let's just trace the trail"

Ken looked curious. Makoto continued speaking

“Can you try to tell Asanuma to track down the missing traces Ken”

Ken's expression turned curious

“Asanuma? Grandpa means like a sniffer dog?”

Makoto smiled

“Right, something like that. We might have missed something, from a Yokai point of view”

Ken gave a nod. Ken then took out the glove puppet Asanuma from under his jacket and put it on his right hand. Ken then concentrated

“Come Asanuma”

Not long after, pillars of black smoke began to emerge from the glove puppet Asanuma, enveloping it. From behind this smoke, Asanuma appeared the size of a wolf in general. Asanuma looked around as if confirming something

"Why did you call me?"

Makoto smiled

“As you can see, we are conducting an investigation, but we have lost track of the person we are looking for in this place. We want to know, what do you see from your point of view”

Asanuma smirked

“Looks like the family business is back on track huh? Hahaha"

Asanuma laughed. Makoto and Ken appeared to be looking at Asanuma with a bit of gloom. Seeing them, Asanuma immediately stopped laughing awkwardly

“Ahem… well, I'll try to see it”

Asanuma started looking around and also used his nose to sniff.

Asanuma checked several parts outside the garden, then walked into the house. Ken and Makoto are watching him curiously. From Asanuma's point of view, Asannuma concentrated, and he could see by the pattern of color streaks that stood out from the other patterns, that is, other traces of scratches between visible damage, and very faint dull parts of a track. Asanuma saw the pattern and followed it back to the garden behind the house. Ken, who looked impatient out of curiosity, then interrupted Asanuma

"Can you smell Yokai Asanuma?"

Asanuma looked at Ken with a flat expression

“It would be easy like that, but Yokai doesn't leave scent trails naturally, except for some external factors”

Ken looked surprised

“External factors? You mean, like when you're sprayed with perfume, the smell of perfume will stick to you?”

Asanuma’s expression turned flat

"Yes, maybe it will”

Ken appeared even more curious, he then walked closer to Asanuma and tried to smell him. Because of this, Asanuma looked annoyed

"What are you doing?"

Before long, Ken's expression changed to surprise

“I just noticed, you don't have smell Asanuma! But, how could it be like that?”

Asanuma's expression turned astonished

"I don't know, maybe the way our bodies work is different from other living things"

Makoto crossed his arms

“Hearing that, makes you want to dissect Asanuma, to research him”

Hearing this, Asanuma looked at Makoto with a flat expression. Makoto then gave Asanuma an awkward smile.

Asanuma continues his investigation. Asanuma looked around, appeared that the patterns hidden among the damage to the garden were visible, making Asanuma realize something

“From what I can see, there are quite a few subjects involved in the fight in this place, I can't tell for sure, but between two to three subjects”

Ken looked surprised, as he had not noticed it. On the other hand, Makoto appeared to have expected this. Ken said

"How can you see it Asanuma?"

Asanuma looked at Ken

“A trace of aura left behind in the former damage in this place. By focusing on channeling my energy to see it, the trace pattern of the aura would appear, even though this drained my stamina quite a bit. Only some Yokais have the ability to see traces of auras”

Ken gave an understanding nod. Makoto said

“Is there any other involvement you see?”

Asanuma gave a nod

“Yes, there is another faint pattern that has no aura, among the patterns on the aura imprint I saw”

Asanuma said while looking around.

In Asanuma's point of view, after he channeled his energy into the surrounding damage, it then emit a streak of aura like colorful smoke. This aura also clarified other damage patterns, which happened to touch the damage patterns that had traces of aura, so Asanuma could see them

“There are scratch marks in this garden, probably like bird claws scratches. Whoever you are looking for, he did not disappear, but was taken to fly”

Makoto looks a little surprised

“I see, everything makes sense now”

Something appeared to bother Asanuma when he noticed the traces that were here

“There is another imprint here, which also has no aura…”

Makoto was surprised, while Ken looked curious. Makoto said

“Is that a Yokai trail?”

Asanuma looks doubtful

“Although I can't be sure, if you look at the circumstances around here, indeed another trace was left by a Yokai. But there's something strange…”

Hearing this, Makoto and Ken looked curious.