As Shaun walked out of the bathroom, he abruptly caught a glimpse of the ghost on the stairs. Indeed, she appeared to be wearing a white kimono, however her face was indistinguishable as she had her back to the detectives.
"Follow her!" signalled Shaun as they raced up the staircase onto the second floor.
When they reached the second floor, the detectives thought they had lost sight of the ghost. Nevertheless, it appeared again at the end of the corridor. Shaun raced through the corridor and placed his hand on the phantom's shoulder. In fact, in the previous mystery, Playmobil Detectives: The Demon's Jade, Shaun accidentally discovered his ability of probing through a spirit's memory by touching it. Therefore, he decided to use this method in order to discover the origin of the ghost in the white kimono.
The instant Shaun touched the phantom, he temporarily lost his own consciousness and was plunged into the abyss of the ghost's memories before her death. Vivid images of her past life flashed through Shaun's mind. He saw Yuki's father, her childhood friend Haru and her husband Tatsuo. Exactly as Professor Kiriyama had said, since Yuki was deaf mute, all the images Shaun perceived were mute as well. In the end, the memories were so overwhelmingly melancholy that Shaun started weeping involuntarily. He could feel warm tears trickling down his cheeks, but he was unable to stop them flowing out of his eyes. He was experiencing the phantom's emotions as well as her thoughts. After seeing that her cousin was beginning to turn pale and weak from long contact with the phantom, Blythe quickly dragged Shaun away. The moment his hand lost contact with the phantom, the memories terminated and Shaun finally regained his own consciousness.
"So, what did you see?" enquired Jeffrey eagerly.
"It's.....it's too tragic," stuttered Shaun as he struggled to find words to describe what he saw. His eyes were still flowing uncontrollably with tears despite his endeavours to free himself from the horrible memories of the phantom. "It was exactly as the professor said. Yuki's husband cheated on her with her maid and childhood friend and by whom she was cursed to death."
"So that old fox was right after all," mumbled Jeffrey.
"But there's something more," continued Shaun, who had gradually become calmer. "I've also discovered who freed the spirit."
"Who?" questioned Blythe.
"Professor Kiriyama," answered Shaun. "I saw him breaking the seal with a pickax."
"Wait, what! How is this connected with him?" exclaimed Jeffrey, awestricken.
~To be Continued~
