"I see. Mr. Mingzhi wants to investigate the case itself first?"
Listening to Gao Yuan's words, Toyama Ginshiro couldn't help but nodded, as if he was very sure about this suggestion and said:
"However, after all, it is related to something that happened twenty years ago. It is already difficult to find the current clues. As for investigating the truth of the incident twenty years ago, I am afraid it is not that simple..."
Saying this, Toyama Ginshiro expressed some helplessness, and then motioned to Otaki Goro beside him, asking him to bring a bunch of copies of the information, handed them to Gao Yuan, and began to say:
"The incident twenty years ago itself was deemed an accident and no detailed investigation was conducted. However, except for the two deceased people who were killed and Kiichiro Numagachi who was on the run, the students in the driving training class at that time are now
The only person we can contact is Sotaro Goji, a member of the prefectural assembly. But we want to talk to him about the incident twenty years ago..."
"Not to mention that the Township Secretary is famous for hating the police, and..."
A little solemnly, Otaki Goro couldn't help but follow Toyama Ginshiro's words.
In response to this, Gao Yuan took the information handed over by Otaki Goro and looked at the group photo of the graduation from the driving training class twenty years ago. Gao Yuan couldn't help but echoed as a matter of course:
"And if the incident twenty years ago really had another hidden meaning, and it was also related to the students in the driving training class at that time, then as one of the students at that time, the township councilor was obviously unlikely to
The facts are told truthfully..."
"That's right."
Nodding, Toyama Ginshiro replied:
"Although we have sent police officers to visit that guy, it is obvious that they have been rejected. Without any evidence, the members of the government really don't want to meet with our police. For a while, there is really nothing we can do. In addition,
The other party is currently running for Congress, and it will be even more difficult to have a conversation with him when he is asked by the police about something that may obviously have a negative impact on him."
"What about the coach's family? Can they be found?"
The key thing is that Gao Yuan asked this question——
"not yet."
Shaking his head, Otaki Goro replied:
"Since the coach named Tetsuji Inaba died in the incident twenty years ago, his family also moved away from their original address not long after, but we haven't found out where exactly they went...
…”
As he said that, at this moment, Otaki Goro's cell phone rang. Looking at the caller ID, Otaki Goro felt a little apologetic and followed Ginjiro Toyama and Gao Yuan to signal. After seeing Ginjiro Toyama,
After nodding, Otaki Goro went out to answer the phone.
Taking this opportunity, Gao Yuan briefly read through the rest of the materials, trying to see if everything was consistent with what he knew about the original work.
But before Gao Yuan could see anything, Otaki Goro, who had just gone out to answer the phone, hurriedly came from outside and reported to Toyama Ginjiro:
"Boss, I just received a report from the Tojiri Bureau that the third deceased has appeared! And the deceased was also a student who participated in the shared driving training class in Hyogo Prefecture. His name was Noyasu Kazuto! How he died
, it was also caused by someone using a short knife to first pierce the wallet placed on the heart, and then pierce the heart."
"The third deceased..."
After hearing Otaki Goro's words, Toyama Ginjiro's expression looked a little solemn.
"And this incident is a little different. It is said that the body of the deceased was smashed on the patrol car of the Tojiri Department... and at that time, Heiji and... and Miss Ye were also present..."
A little worried, Otaki Goro said nervously.
"Huh? What's going on? There are no casualties!"
After hearing this, Toyama Ginshiro first asked about the casualties, and then seemed to feel a little strange. Before Otaki Goro could answer, he couldn't help but continue:
"Didn't that kid Heiji go to receive Mr. Mori today? Why..."
As he said that, Toyama Ginshiro seemed to realize something, thought for a moment, and murmured:
"Tōjiri Department? The car that was hit happened to be the car that received Mr. Mori today?"
"right!"
Nodding, Otaki Goro immediately replied:
"However, there were no casualties..."
"That's strange..."
In this regard, Toyama Ginshiro couldn't help but think:
"In the first two incidents, the bodies were just left at the scene. How come this third time... the bodies still fell from the sky, and it happened to hit the patrol car..."
——"So keen..."
At this moment, after hearing Toyama Ginshiro's words, Gao Yuan could not help but admire in his heart——
In the original work, the murderer used such exaggerated means to make the body of the third deceased appear in front of Conan and others, just to guide Hattori Heiji and others to intervene in the investigation, so that it would be easier to follow Hattori Heiji. After all, only in this way can the murderer have
He may have come into contact with Sotaro Goji, a member of the prefectural assembly who would have been impossible to come into contact with.
And Toyama Ginshiro was able to immediately realize the abnormality in the way the third corpse appeared. This made even Takato, who knew the plot of the original work, unable to help but praise his sensitivity in his heart.
Regarding this, Otaki Goro couldn't help but said:
"Boss, with Heiji's character, he should intervene in the investigation when encountering such a situation... Otherwise, I will go over now and take the opportunity to collect the clues we just got..."
"Need not."
Before Otaki Goro finished speaking, Toyama Ginjiro, who seemed to have already thought about it, affirmed:
"As for the relationship between the deceased and the incident twenty years ago that we investigated, please do not spread it to the headquarters for the time being. If Heiji wants to investigate, let him do it himself. As for the investigation of the third incident...
"
"Chief Inspector Yuanshan, can you let me pass?"
At this time, after listening to Toyama Ginjiro's instructions to Otaki Goro, Takato suddenly asked.
To this, Toyama Ginshiro replied:
"What? Mr. Akechi wants to go to the scene and join Heiji and the others? Of course..."
"No."
Shaking his head, Gao Yuan denied the idea of joining up with Hattori Heiji and the others. Instead, he picked up the graduation photo from the shared driving training class twenty years ago and said:
"Now there are three deceased people. Except for Numagachi Kiichiro and Councilman Goji Sotaro, there is only one person left alive! I think the police can quickly find the identity and address of the remaining person.
, and then let me go?"
In this regard, upon hearing Gao Yuan's proposal, Toyama Ginshiro couldn't help but smile slightly. He seemed a little surprised, but he said with certainty:
"Of course that's no problem."
With that said, Toyama Ginshiro ordered Otaki Goro on the side and said:
"Otaki, you will be responsible for Mr. Akechi's upcoming itinerary. As for Mr. Akechi's request, you will do your best to meet Mr. Akechi's requirements... and I will have to report to Heizang about the third incident that happened.