The lighthouse where Kaneshiro Lightyear lives is located at the northernmost point of the island. "Words * love * first * hair

The lighthouse is surrounded by the sea on three sides, and faces the Akamahama Pavilion 100 meters away from the southeast. Although the distance in a straight line is short, the winding coastline, steep cliffs and dense woods are all obstacles to connecting the two.

Nao stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the two pillars of light that kept rotating at the top of the lighthouse, and his already strict expression became more and more cold.

(Is Lightyear Kaneshiro really a murderer?)

She asked herself in her head.

In the past, the deceased's death information was used as the direction to search, and most of the real culprits could be found, but this time, there was a strong sense of disobedience lingering in her chest.

Mrs. Mieda holds a piece of tuna meat tightly in her hand - if this is a death message, it means that Mieda knew the identity of the murderer before she was killed, so she left a prop to allude to the murderer - the allusion is that the murderer caught the black tuna and gave it to her Kaneshiro Lightyear.

According to the state of the deceased's body and the cause of death, the murderer imprisoned the deceased from behind, and then stabbed the deceased in the chest with a knife, causing his heart to rupture and bleed to death...... In the midst of this lightning, it is indeed possible for the deceased to know the identity of the prisoner, and quickly pick up something that belongs to the prisoner to testify.

But Mieda's corpse looked serene, and even had a shallow smile on her lips - was this really the normal expression of a person who had discovered the identity of the murderer and left a message of death? Far from feeling pain and anger at the atrocities inflicted on her, she was filled with joy and satisfaction......

(Satisfied?)

No, not only that, but there are more subtle things hidden in the seemingly normal scene.

Nao pursed her lips, her eyes narrowing into a slit behind the lenses. In the white light of the lighthouse, a thin and cold streamer like a rushing stream surged in her pupils.

First there was Ji Mingjia, and then there was Kaneshiro Lightyear......

That sense of disobedience, is that really the case?

(No, you can't jump to conclusions yet.) ）

The young police officer put her fist to her lips and thought to herself.

Whether this was a deliberate arrangement by the murderer or not, it cannot be determined by speculation alone. The murder weapon for Mrs. Mieda's assassination has not yet been found, and the body and exhibits have not been further forensically evaluated, and some clues that cannot be found with the naked eye may be evidence that overturns the entire reasoning.

And......

If the truth is really as she thinks in her heart, then the whole bureau will be missing the most critical step, and the karmic fire in the murderer's chest cannot be hastily extinguished before the serious trouble is eliminated.

There must be a backhand!

There must be something else that is enough to perfectly solve this qiē's killer reads(); Abandoned peasant woman!

And judging from the current situation, there may be a very deep connection between the tragedy ten years ago and the murder of Mrs. Mieda. In order to prevent the murderer with his hands covered in blood from becoming a pitiful victim, and in order to bring to rest those who died in vain ten years ago, it is necessary to find and monitor Higa Soji at once - before he is burned by the fire of vengeance of the undead!

"It's a bit out of line, but that's the only way to do it now. ”

The cold voice between a teenager and a girl sounded clearly in the sound of the waves.

"The Naha police will be on the island early tomorrow morning, and until then, whether it is to escape or destroy the evidence, we cannot give the suspect any chance. ”

Nao turned slowly, her gaze sweeping over the crowd that had gathered behind her at some point, "Although this should not be done according to the procedure, I can only ask you for now." Hold the Akahama Pavilion and don't let anyone enter - especially the room where the crime occurred. ”

"What about you?" while everyone nodded, Rin Hirakuba asked sensitively, "You don't want to stay up all night looking for the murderer, do you?"

At his question, Nao smiled teasingly.

"Although Black God Island is a secret room in the sea, after all, most of the island's residents rely on fishing for their livelihood, and even underage children can drive their own boats to the sea, so the possibility of the prisoner escaping by taking advantage of the night fishing boat cannot be ruled out. ”

The three teenagers who understood what she meant scratched their heads, pushed their glasses, and coughed, swept away the heavy atmosphere before, and even Yukari grabbed his brother's arm and laughed secretly.

"Leave it to us. Kuranosuke Shiraishi smiled and nodded, "Guaranteed that not a single fly can fly in." ”

"However, the most important thing is your own safety. ”

Nao restrained his smile and told the few people in front of him seriously, "Especially Shiraishi-kun and Tomokari, you must not leave the other people's side." ”

"It seems that you have a lot of confidence in our skills. Mu's glasses flashed white, "Is it because of Heikoba-kun?"

"No, it's faith in you. ”

Nao also raised his glasses, "Your 'domestic first-class' ...... Stunt. ”

The wooden hand looked directly at her, and his lips curled into a short laugh.

The young officer gave him a deep look, then turned her head to focus on the young man, who had remained silent and his gaze deepened.

"As for you, are you ready?"

“...... What are you referring to. ”

Youyou's voice was a little hoarse, "Stay at home and count the numbers second by second, looking at the sea level expectantly in the hope that the sun will jump out soon, so that those police officers who will land on the island after dawn will come to save me?"

"Can you bear it?"

"Are you kidding. Yuto snorted, "If I couldn't help it, I wouldn't be standing here listening to you talk this nonsense." ”

"Tsk, you bastard—"

Before Nao could speak, Rin Hirakuba couldn't help it first. He strode up to Yukito, lifted his collar and clenched his fist about to punch Yukito's sneering face—but he paused abruptly; The Sick King and the Poison Princess.

He saw Yuruto's eyes under the sea.

Makiyoto let Rin Pingkuba tug at his collar, his gaze bypassed him, and he stared deeply at the slender figure standing against the light on the edge of the cliff - under the dark night sky, the stars in the sky turned into a dome behind the man, and the rumbling waves in his ears seemed to disappear in this moment.

Some kind of ...... People can't help but feel a sour and warm glimmer in their hearts.

Rin Pingguba snorted, turned his face away and let go of Yuto's collar.

"So, let's go together?"

Without looking at the surprised expressions of the people around her, Nao walked up to Yuto step by step, half-tilted her head and said softly, "Accompany me to meet your 'old friend'." ”

The survivor of the tragedy ten years ago, Shiranui, a teenager who is now known as Yuichiro Iwasaki, lives in a guesthouse called "Kaneya" in the central shopping street of Kurosamijima.

It's almost midnight, and the shopping streets in the off-season are already dark, except for the sporadic lights of vending machines scattered through the streets, and the sound of waves lapping on the shore looks particularly lonely. Nao and Yuto stood in front of the closed guesthouse, looking up at the only lighted window of the three-story building—a figure swayed from time to time on the closed curtains, and it was obvious from the size of the sturdy figure that it was Higa Soji who had disappeared from Akamahama Pavilion.

"BGO, he's here. ”

Nao lowered her voice and said to the person beside her, "Keep calm, keep your poker face - we just came to find Shiranui, didn't we forget?"

"Hmm. Yuto pronounced a note from the wings of his nose.

The ambiguous answer made Nao feel uneasy. She turned her head and took a closer look at his face in the hazy moonlight, and after making sure there was no reluctance or irritability, she let out a relaxed breath.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to do anything. ”

Sensing her nervousness, Yuto couldn't help but chuckle.

"You're right. If I had only tried to be happy for a while, my father's sins would never have been washed away, and my mother would have become a poor woman who 'married a murderer and gave birth to a murderer.'" Even for their sake, I will continue to endure...... I've endured it for so many years, and I'm not going to fall short at this point. ”

Hearing him say this, Nao finally relaxed.

But thinking of her previous speculation, she couldn't help but feel a sadness, and turned away slightly.

"What a good boy. Turning her back to him, Nao said with a sigh.

In the darkness behind her, the seventeen-year-old boy stared at the back of the man in front of him, and slowly raised his hands, softly, as if to encircle something...... But in the end, it slowly let go again.

“...... You too. ”

He heard his own calm voice say this.

The process of calling Shiranui out of the room was smooth. Not long after Yuto sent a text message, the door to Kanaya opened, and Yuichiro Iwasaki, who had a relationship with Nao, walked out of the guesthouse.

He first looked left and right, then walked to the vending machine not far away and bought a box of cigarettes, and then shuffled his feet in the direction of the two reads(); Uncle diplomat, get out of the way.

Nao and Yuto hide in the shadows between the houses in the shopping street. With a view of the Kanejin House on the other side and a quick retreat from the woods behind it, this is a good place to attack and defend - after seeing them, Iwasaki Yuichiro first expressed his emotion.

"It's a nice place! it's easy to hide, and even if it's discovered, you can use the excuse of peeing in the shade...... It's you, you!"

Yuichiro Iwasaki - Shiranui's voice is not at all as gloomy and hoarse as Nao first heard, but it is clean and hearty, full of youthful vitality, and even the conversation with a low voice makes people feel happy.

"Did you find anything to find me so late?" and this person......" He leaned closer to Nao and looked at her face carefully, "I haven't seen it!"

"It's too close. Yuto pulled Nao and quickly took a step back, looking at him with a frown, "She's Saotome Nao." ”

"Saotome ...... Saotome Nao?!" Shiranui was taken aback, this time it was his turn to take several steps back, and he could even see his round eyes from under the forehead that almost covered his eyes.

"It can't be the super-famous police officer from Okinawa, Saotome Nao, right?"

"Will there be anything else?" Seeing his embarrassed appearance, Yuto's brows furrowed even tighter. However, the party who was swept by Shiranui's gaze laughed softly.

"It's hard to say whether you are famous or not...... Yes, I'm Saotome in the Childcare Class, hello. ”

"Uh, you, hello. As if he had seen some rare animal, he kept looking at the young police officer dressed in men's clothes, "But this image doesn't match it...... Is it a cross-dress? I'm very beautiful when I wear a police uniform, but I can't tell it's a girl when I see you on the first day!

...... This should be a compliment, but how does it sound weird?, the corner of Nao's eyes twitched.

"That's enough, get down to business. ”

Yuto roughly pulled Shiranui aside and blocked his vision with his body, "Don't forget what you came back for, you still have a hippie smile at this time, your heart is too wide." ”

"Of course! I was stabbed a few holes and thrown off a cliff, and if I didn't have a heart, I wouldn't be able to live now. ”

I don't know that the fire was pulled to a stumbling side, and the smile on his face did not change in the slightest, but the words he said pierced people's hearts.

"So, what do you want to know?" Shiranui said with a grin as if he didn't feel anything at all, "Higa Soji is upstairs right now, but it looks like you're not here to kill him, right?"

"Kill him, it's too cheap for him to die so lightly. Yuto snorted, "Spending the rest of his life in prison like a dog in shackles is the right way for him to die." ”

Hearing this, Shiranui looked at Yuto with a surprised gaze, and then looked at Nao, who was beside him without saying a word, and said "oh~" in a trance.

"You just understand. Yuto coughed, "Anyway, the first thing at the moment is to hold him back." ”

"Hold him back?"

I don't know that the fire fox glanced at Youren suspiciously, "Why, don't you try to find evidence?"

Yukito's lips trembledreads(); Honey pet underworld wife.

"I'll tell you. ”

Looking at his appearance, Nao sighed and took a step forward past him.

"I believe that Soji Higa played an important role in the case ten years ago, so since he landed on Kurosami Island, there is no reason to let him leave unscathed. However, just this afternoon, Yuto's mother, Mrs. Mieda, was killed in the guest room of Akahama Tei Higa Soji. ”

The smile that Shiranui had always had on his face froze.

"As soon as the morning dawns, the people from the Naha Police Station will land on the island, and under the control of the police process, there will be no chance for Higa Soji to leave the island, and we will have more time to investigate all the evils, including the case from ten years ago. Looking at Shiranui's thoughtful eyes, Nao continued, "So, I beg you to hold him back tonight and not let him return to Akanehama-tei!"

"Otherwise, even if he abandons this treasure hunt, he'll definitely escape from the island - after all, the murder happened in his room - and it will be even harder for us to find him in the future, right?" Shiranui smiled again, "Leave it to me, I promise he won't be able to get out of this homestay." ”

"Do you have a solution?" asked Yuto.

I didn't know that Huo twisted his fingertips and rubbed them twice, and said with a smile: "Just add some ingredients." ”

"No, it's too reckless. Nao shook his head, "In case two of his accomplices find out, how do you explain it?" ”

"That's right. His face froze, "What then...... I don't know him very well, so it doesn't make sense for him to stay overnight. ”

"I have a way to ...... that."

Nao lowered her head slightly, the light behind the lenses flashing, "But first I want to know, how far have they gone in interpreting the poem that holds the treasure puzzle?"

"You actually know this!" Shiranui was really shocked this time, and even looked at her again with the same eyes that he had learned Nao's identity for the first time.

"The spirit of the seven stars burned in the hands of the demon king looks down on the earth/Behind the snakes that fled in panic, a thousand needles were buried in the snake hole/When the tip of the golden pill stabbed Aju, Naraku will appear in the world/The only one who can break free from hell is the golden soul of the black god - as far as I know, they have only solved the first two paragraphs...... So, what's the progress so far?"

"It's still the first two paragraphs. The young man with his forehead covering his eyes shook his head and gestured in the direction of the golden house, "Until just now, those guys were still grinding the floor in the room. ”

In that case, let you tell them the meaning of the third paragraph. The young police officer curled her lips, "Remember, tell them at the right time, little by little." ”

――Until the moment the sun rises.

"Looks like we can recharge our batteries tonight. A smile welled up in Yuto's eyes.

"But I had to work all night......"

Shiranui looked at the two of them sadly and puffed out his face.

"Stop complaining. ”

Nao's eyes narrowed, and the perseverance and imperative in her eyes were so intense that they almost burned through the darkness.

"Tomorrow is when the battle really starts, and we still have a lot to do. ”