Although Asai Narimi didn't know anything about micro-expression science, within a second or two of Kitahara Sosuke's hesitation, he had already come up with his own answer.

In fact, some things make people feel confused when they happen, but it is very simple to deduce the cause from the effect afterwards.

Yueying Island is originally a traditional and closed island, and there is no special scenery or gimmicks to attract tourists. Therefore, there are very few outsiders. Cruise ships traveling between the main island and outer islands are usually from Yueying Island.

Residents or relatives or friends.

Therefore, when Asai Narumi met Kitahara Sosuke last time and developed curiosity and desire to explore about the original incident, he returned to the island, under the guise of "picking up something belonging to a tourist and wanting to return it."

It was easy to get the list of tourists on Moon Shadow Island during that time from the ship owner and hotel owner.

Subsequently, Narumi Asai commissioned a private detective to investigate the addresses of those tourists. He contacted them secretly, and after observing for a period of time, he confirmed that his feeling was indeed correct - at the beginning, he let Tatsuji Kuroiwa and others kill each other.

The person whose crime was exposed was indeed Sosuke Kitahara.

He had no evidence, but the other tourists were very ordinary people. They could not have made that kind of decision, nor could they have the means to manipulate a group of drug traffickers into applause.

After confirming this, Asai Narumi's slightly raised heart was relieved. He did not wait to hear Kitahara Sosuke's answer, but sat down in a rather casual manner, smiled and said: "Are you willing to listen to me?

Tell a story?”

Kithara Sosuke put down the medical magazine in his hand, looked at him and said, "Please tell me."

"On a remote island, there once appeared an outstanding pianist. He was talented, successful, and had a harmonious family. But 12 years ago, when he returned to his hometown and finished playing in the local auditorium, something happened

A tragedy that no one can imagine..."

A talented pianist suddenly killed his wife and daughter with a knife, and set himself on fire at home. Before his death, he played Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" continuously.

The only one who survived was a frail son who was recuperating in Tokyo. He did not believe that his father would kill his family and set himself on fire, so when he grew up, the boy returned to his hometown and began to investigate the cause of his family's death.

By chance, he learned that his father was brutally murdered because he was unwilling to continue transporting drugs from abroad for drug dealers. He was determined to take revenge and formulated a sophisticated murder plan. But at the same time,

, he also knew that what he did was wrong, so he decided to commit suicide after completing his revenge.

Asai Narumi didn't know how many times he had imagined those details of revenge in his mind. At this time, it was like his personal experience - how the young man cleverly deceived the local police, villagers and outside detectives, how

He killed his enemies one by one and forged an alibi. In the end, he lit gasoline, died in the sea of ​​​​fire, and reunited with his family in another world.

Kithara Sosuke listened quietly, without interrupting or commenting, and there was no sympathy, disgust or emotion in his expression, as if he was really just listening to a simple and unfamiliar story, but Asai Narumi knew that he had already

Got it.

After the story was told, neither of them spoke for a while.

The air is very quiet.

The vague resentment, anger, and sadness gradually faded away.

Asai Narumi slowly exhaled.

"I think you have understood - I am the 'Avenger' in the story. My original name was 'Aso Minoru', and my father was the pianist Keiji Aso who was killed by Kuroiwa Tatsuji and others."

"Actually, I know he did something wrong, but... the love he gave me was not false at all, not to mention my mother and sister..."

Asai Narumi's words paused for a moment, and a look of pain flashed across his eyes.

Kitahara Sosuke suddenly remembered that he was only a 14-year-old boy when the tragedy happened, and his sister...should be younger, right?

Have you reached ten years old?

Kithara Sosuke couldn't bear to ask this question. He sighed softly: "I think I will make the same choice as you in a different place. It has nothing to do with whether it is justice or not. Hatred is hatred, and those guys should pay the price!"

"Yes!" Asai Narimi said with a relieved smile: "I think so too. Without your help, what happened to the boy in the story would have been my fate. Maybe Young Master Kitahara just couldn't stand their actions at the beginning.

You have just eradicated these cancers, but to me... to me, it is like being given a new life by you!"

He left his seat, made a big bow, and said with a slightly trembling voice sincerely: "I'm really... thank you very much!"

Kitahara Sosuke was stunned for a moment, and did not deny what he had done. He stretched out his hand to help Asai Narumi, looking at his red eyes, not knowing what to say.

At first, he went to Moon Shadow Island with a somewhat game mentality to complete the mission, but for Asai Narumi, this changed his life.

The longer he stays in this world, the more Sosuke Kitahara feels... the people in this world are not just paper people who exist on the screen, but living human beings with flesh and blood.

The world may be absurd, but the human heart is not.

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"Is this really good?"

Seeing the emaciated Kiichiro Numabuchi being surrounded by the police and being roughly pushed to the ground, Mitsuhiko held the insect box and asked tangledly.

"What's wrong?" Kitahara Yushu asked.

"That uncle... doesn't seem to be a bad person..." Mitsuhiko said calmly.

Not only did Kiichiro Numabuchi give him the relatively rare fireflies this season, but he also escorted the two of them out of the forest. For this, he was even recaptured by the police. In Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya's view, he was undoubtedly a gentle and considerate uncle.

!

Although he looks scary, he must be kind at heart, right?

The child was a little unsure and even wanted to ask Conan and Kitahara brother.

"If he really didn't commit murder, he would have cried out for injustice when he was caught." Yuuki Kitahara pulled Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya toward the bus stop. Mitsuhiko still looked back uneasily at Kiichiro Numabuchi, who was taken away by the police.

"Go, go, kids, don't look too much!" Yamamura Cao, the county police officer of Qunma County, waved his hand and threatened them: "That was a very brutal murderer who killed three or four people! Can you survive in the forest?

You are lucky to have come out. Next time you encounter such a dangerous person, you may not be able to be rescued by a wise and powerful police officer like me!"

When Yushu heard this, he raised his head and glanced at Yamamura Cao. He really didn't see the word 'wise and powerful' from anywhere, but it was quite obvious that he was 'taking the credit falsely'.

Then I checked the information on the Internet - this policeman who looked like a fool at first sight had actually solved several difficult cases? Did he pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger?

After further investigation, it seems that a certain plague detective was involved in several typical cases this guy has solved... Well, that's no problem.

When Yamamura was talking about how desperate he was when he accidentally let go of the murderer, how hard he searched for it, and how happy he was when he found Kiichiro Numabuchi, Mitsuhiko took advantage of him to catch his breath while he was talking.

He quickly asked: "That... Police Officer Yamamura, what will happen to that person?"

"Who? Oh...you mean Numabuchi Kiichiro!" Yamamura said with his hands on his hips nonchalantly: "What else can I say? Of course he was executed! He is a brutal serial murderer in the first place! Okay, so are you.

Go home quickly! Stop pestering me with questions about this and that!"

Completely ignoring that it was him who wanted to talk so much, Yamamura waved his hand, turned around and ran towards the police car.

Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya ran over immediately. Yushu was startled, then slowly followed.

"Uncle——" Mitsuhiko rushed to the police car and shouted.

"What else is there, kid?" Yamamura Cao said proudly and impatiently: "I already told you that I don't have time to chat with you anymore..."

"Uncle! Uncle Numabuchi!" Mitsuhiko shouted again.

Yamamura's face darkened, and Numabuchi Kiichiro, who was sandwiched between the two policemen, also turned around.

Mitsuhiko grabbed a firefly from the insect box, handed it over, and said in a panic: "Uncle...this is a summer poem...for you!"

Numabuchi Kiichiro was stunned.

The two policemen looked at Yamamura Cao - although he was an idiot, he was still their boss.

Yamamura Cao looked up at the sky and said nonchalantly: "Forget it, forget it! It's just a firefly. If he wants to take it, just take it!"

Hearing this, the two policemen relaxed their hold on the prisoner a little. Kiichiro Numabuchi reached out his hand and carefully took the shining firefly.

"Uncle..." Mitsuhiko looked at his cherished look and couldn't bear it, but he no longer stopped him and said softly: "Thank you...goodbye."

Numabuchi Kiichiro looked at him but did not answer. He held fireflies in his hands and stared intently at the little bit of light coming out from between his fingers, as if he had returned to his childhood.

Numabuchi Kiichiro was stuffed into the back seat of the police car, and several police cars drove away with a "wow, wah, wah," sound. Mitsuhiko looked at this scene and thought that there was a person in the car who was approaching the end of his life, and he suddenly felt sad in his heart.

Feeling uncomfortable.
Chapter completed!