Chapter 340: Police Officer, It's Him

At 8 a.m., the body send-off ceremony began on time.

In the Kagura home, Kagura Hikaru knelt on the tatami beside his grandmother, father, and stepmother, watching a Buddhist monk chant sutras before the portrait and coffin.

The coffin was surrounded by fresh flowers, which filled the room with a light floral scent, softening the decayed odor of old age.

Perhaps it was the scent of the corpse, he didn't know.

The chanting was surprisingly long; they knelt for at least half an hour.

After it ended, with the help of the funeral company staff, Kagura Hikaru and his family watched as the coffin was placed onto the hearse, ready to be taken to the crematorium for cremation.

When the coffin was loaded onto the hearse, quite a few villagers who had come to say their goodbyes were outside, some of who he had seen yesterday, as well as many new faces. As he looked more closely, he realized there were even more people than yesterday.