Three days ago. Night. Rice flower 1-chome. Skyscraper.

On top of the roof, which is dozens of meters high, the night sky seems to be extremely close, like a mirror, reflecting the lights on the ground.

However, the closer you get to the night sky, the deeper the darkness becomes. The heavy chill of the night dispels the vitality, and even though this is a great place to admire the moon, no one will come here at this time.

Originally, it was supposed to be like this.

Suddenly there was a "squeak" on the silent rooftop, and the dusty iron door was opened.

With a few unpleasant coughs, the light of the flashlight in the man's hand flickered a few times, as if trying to dispel the heavy darkness.

"Haven't you come yet?"

When the man looked around, but still didn't find the figure, he couldn't help but muttered to himself in confusion.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Officer Sato. ”

"Wow!"

At this moment, a voice suddenly came from behind her, which startled her unsuspectingly, and she almost dropped the flashlight.

"Hah! I didn't expect the famous black knight to have such a boring time!" Sato, who was shocked, couldn't help but turn his head shyly, shined a flashlight on the figure hiding in the shadows, and said angrily, "It's fun to scare people, isn't it?"

"I'm sorry, professional habits, but I didn't expect Officer Sato to have such a side, unexpectedly feminine. ”

With that, the figure slowly stepped out of the shadows. As always, he is dressed in black and has a black mask, but I don't know if it's Sato's illusion, but I always feel that the uniform on his body seems to have changed a little bit from last time, as if it has become a little more metallic, and there seem to be two batons-like things inserted in his back......

No, no, no, that's not the point!

"What do you mean by being unexpectedly feminine!, I'm a woman, okay?" Sato couldn't help but glare at him dissatisfied.

Although she has always shown a capable image, it doesn't mean that she doesn't mind this, after all, she is a woman.

"I'm sorry," seeing Sato's dissatisfaction, the figure had to smile wryly and spread his hands, "It's just a joke, it's over here." ”

"Hmph," Sato snorted lightly, then put away his joking gesture and said in a straight voice, "What do I want?"

"You don't have to bring what I want......" The man with the mask just raised his chin lightly and smiled at Sato.

Hearing his words, Sato couldn't help but look at him deeply, and then took out a palm-sized box from his pocket.

"This is when the evidence was stolen that day, the surveillance video of the archive preservation room, including the video of the two days before and after, was all in this hard drive!"

Sato looked at the hard drive in his hand for a while, and then solemnly handed it to him.

"It must have been difficult for you to bring this thing out on your own, but you still got it here, did you finally decide to believe me?" took the hard drive from Sato's hand, and couldn't help but smile meaningfully under the black mask.

"Because you have proved your words with your actions before, and you have lived up to my trust, so I think, I can't either. Saying this, Sato couldn't help but glance deeply at the eyes under the black mask, "Besides, our police have been watching for so long, and in the end, we didn't see anything why, so I also borrowed this thing from my colleagues in the forensic department with the attitude of a blind cat touching a dead mouse." Maybe you can really see something different?"

"Since the other party has done such a thorough job, he must be very confident in himself, so I can't guarantee that I will be able to gain anything...... All I can say is, do your best!" the man under the mask was silent for a moment, then solemnly put the hard drive into the universal belt.

"What do I want?" Sato couldn't help but blink when he saw him put the hard drive away, and then stretched out his hand to him.

As if he had expected such a reaction, the man took a folder from behind his back and handed it to Sato.

"Take a look, I hope you're mentally prepared......"

Hearing his words, Sato couldn't help frowning slightly, took the folder from his hand, and looked at it according to the flashlight.

Then, she understood what he meant by mental preparation......

"There are so many!"

Sato trembled and held the document in his hand, widened his eyes and flipped through the pages page by page, and said in disbelief. If she hadn't been mentally prepared to hear his words before, I'm afraid she would have just missed and dropped the folder to the ground.

There was nothing else in this document, but a list, a list based on the records in the ledgers of Hideo Kawashima and Tatsuji Kuroiwa, and the fact that he searched for evidence in his own way. And the names that appear on this list are all names that Sato has seen.

That's right, all the names recorded on this list are the names of the serving police officers of the Rice Flower Metropolitan Police Department, and there are many middle and high-level officers.

It's no wonder that she would be difficult to accept, if it weren't for the fact that the evidence attached behind this is too substantial, Sato would never have thought that there would be more than a dozen policemen in such a big rice flower police department, and it would be a black police officer who has long changed.

"It's no wonder that you haven't been able to catch Hideo Kawashima for so many years, because long before you left, his side had already received the news through these black policemen and evacuated everything. ”

Looking at Sato, who was trembling with anger, the person under the mask just shook his head, and his expression was indescribably heavy.

This is not a new plot, just like where there is light, there must be shadows, no matter where there will be black policemen who are bought by the underworld and drug dealers, and within the underworld and drug dealers, there are also policemen who go undercover regardless of the danger.

It's just that I didn't expect that there would be so many of them. Although there are seven or eight of them are some relatively low-level film police, they can be regarded as shocking. One of them was one of those who broke his collarbone with a gun when he was chasing Hideo Kawashima that day.

A thousand miles of embankment, destroyed in an anthill. The Kawashima and Kuroiwa cliques alone have involved so many people from the Rice Flower Metropolitan Police Department, so what about other underworld groups, and what about other groups? How many people in the legal system of the entire Rice Flower City have changed?

"Originally, I was going to hand these over to Reiko Kujou, but I thought I'd give you a chance to clean up internally...... "I seemed to remember what a certain elementary school student had said, and his eyes under the mask were a little heavy, "After all, if this matter makes a big fuss, it will only continue to lower the image of the entire legal system in the hearts of the people." At a time when the crime rate is already high, it is really not appropriate. ”

"Thank you, I'll give it to you...... No, to the people of Rice Flower City, a satisfactory explanation!"

Hearing his words, Sato silently put the report away, and then nodded at him with a solemn expression.

As he said, it would be safest to hand this thing over to the prosecutor's office, if he just wanted to find out these rats lurking inside the legal system of Rice Flower City. But he gave these things to himself, out of trust in himself. Then, just like before, you have to respond to his trust!

"That's the best, I'm sure you know what to do, because we all want to restore the legal system of Rice Flower City to a real clean slate. The man under the mask finally smiled, "So, I'll take my leave first, do you have anything else to add?"

"Ah, that's right!" Hearing this, Sato seemed to suddenly remember something, "Recently, there has been another wave of small groups in Rice Flower City! Although the number of members is small, they are extremely alert, as if they have seen through the actions of the police, and they can't catch their course of action. It's a shame to say that last time I wanted to track them down, but instead I was put on a position and unloaded the tires of several of our police cars...... For this reason, Officer Twilight had a headache for a long time. ”

"Small group, gangsters?" he couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard Sato's words.

"No, it's not like the gangsters, they didn't loot any of their finances, they just vandalized or scribbled everywhere, as if to advertise their existence to others. Sato shook his head, recalling the information in his mind.

"It sounds like something that a group of rebellious young people did for the thrill of their time. ”

"Well, it seems that the leader is a young girl...... Oh, by the way, she seems to call herself the 'Sugar Queen'?"

“‘Heart…… Queen'?" he couldn't help frowning slightly, for some reason he had an inexplicable sense of familiarity with this pompous self-profess, but he couldn't remember it all of a sudden, so he could only nod slightly, "I know, I'll investigate." ”

"Oh, yes, how do I get in touch next...... Hey, what about people?"

Sato looked up, and suddenly found that the person who was still standing in front of him had disappeared without a trace.

"I play this set every time...... The elusive ......"

Sato rolled his eyes angrily, muttered dissatisfiedly, then took out his mobile phone and dialed a number.

"Hey, Kujo, it's me...... Well, I've met him...... Yes, that thing was given to him too, but I don't know if he found out......" Saying this, Sato suddenly looked around and lowered his voice, "You said his true identity, it is the eldest young master of the Yuchai Group, Yushiba Eagle, is this true?"

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"Ah, it should be him!"

Meanwhile, Reiko Kujou was sitting in her car, talking on the phone with Sato.

In fact, from the very beginning, Reiko Kujou had such a suspicion that the black knight would be the son of a certain consortium or something.

Let's not talk about whether they will do it, let's talk about whether they can do it. Because in terms of the equipment, consumption, and intelligence system that the black knight has, ordinary salaried people will never be able to do it, and an extremely large financial resource will definitely be needed behind him to support him.

As the head of the consortium in Rice Flower City, Yuchai Group undoubtedly has the greatest possibility.

And it just so happened that not long before the appearance of the black knight, the eldest young master of the Yuchai Group had just returned from studying abroad.

And the following investigation seems to have deepened the affirmation in her heart step by step, the experience of the death of his parents gave him a reason, and the five years of studying abroad allowed him to learn amazing force and knowledge, and the consortium behind him provided him with financial resources to support.

All the doubts placed on this person seem to be able to be explained as a matter of course.

And what really made Reiko Kujou completely sure that Hashiba Takaya was the black knight was what happened on Moonshadow Island a few days ago.

Just when a certain rich boy went to that Moon Shadow Island for a vacation, the black knight actually appeared there by such a coincidence?

When all coincidences can be connected, it is not a coincidence, but an inevitability!

Because the tourists from other places who landed on Moon Shadow Island at that time, or the tourists from Rice Flower City, were just a few of them!

Leaving aside the elderly, women, and children, there are only two options left to become a black knight in terms of size.

And the detective Mori Kogoro is said to have been drunk on the night the Black Knight appeared, and there are witnesses to prove it.

Well, there is only one conclusion left that can be drawn......

Thinking so, Reiko Kujou couldn't help but take out an instrument from her bag and then turned on the power in the car.

"Okay Sato, I won't tell you yet, the tracker has responded, I'm going to follow and see!"

Looking at the light spots displayed on the instrument, Reiko Kujou's face couldn't help but show a smile of plan.

"Well, then be careful yourself-"

Before the phone was finished, it was cut off by Reiko Kujou and thrown aside.

Fixing the instrument to the vent on the left side of the steering wheel, Reiko Kujou put her seat belt in and slammed on the accelerator.

The engine of the car let out a high-pitched roar, like a war horse about to set foot on the battlefield, extremely excited.

"Come on, let me see you for what you really are, Black Knight-kun!"

With an interesting smile, Reiko Kujou released the brakes, and the car instantly turned into a gust of wind and disappeared.

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"It seems that a beautiful butterfly is following you, young master. ”

Eagle Ya, who was speeding on the highway on a motorcycle, suddenly heard Uncle De's voice in his ears.

"I already knew, it's our Miss Madonna......" Eagleya looked at the red sedan reflected in the rearview mirror, and then showed a playful smile, "The car skills are good, but it's a pity that the tracking skills are too poor......"

"After all, they are prosecutors, and this kind of thing should usually be done by directing the police. Uncle De couldn't help but chuckle, "However, the old man is curious about how she knew that the young master would be here?"

"Like you said, she has a good friend of the police......" Taka couldn't help but glance down at the universal belt around her waist, a glint of light that could easily be ignored in one of the pockets.

"It's really naughty, you actually installed such a gadget in the hard drive......" Eagle Arrow couldn't help but shake his head, showing a helpless smile, "It's just that playing this kind of small trick in front of me is probably a bit of a trick......"

With that, the eagle suddenly accelerated, and the black motorcycle instantly turned into a bolt of lightning and disappeared straight from Kujo's eyes.

"Oops, found out!"

Kujo, who reacted, was no longer hiding behind other cars, and he also accelerated overtake, looking at the light spots on the instrument that were getting farther and farther away, and he couldn't care about anything else, so he could only continue to accelerate, trying to get as close as possible to each other.

"Huh?"

However, at this time, the signal on the screen suddenly disappeared!

"How...... What's going on? That thing is in the hard drive! He shouldn't be able to do anything about it...... yes, there's a tunnel up ahead!"

Thinking so, Reiko Kujou couldn't help but speed up, if that guy took this opportunity to escape from the signal range......

However, to the dismay of Reiko Kujou, the point of light on the screen never reappeared.

Did he stop in the tunnel, or did he use this section of the road to escape the tracker's signal range?

No, it's impossible, even if it's fast...... So, could it be that he has already discovered and disarmed the tracker?

Reality confirmed her suspicions, and when Kujo drove to the tunnel, there was no sign of the black knight, only a black eagle-shaped piece of iron glued to the wall on one side of the tunnel. And hanging on that piece of iron was the small tracker that she had someone to install in the hard drive that Sato had given him.

It took half an hour to install the things, and he actually dismantled them completely in such a short time......

Although he was a little frustrated by running away, Kujou still had to admire his hands-on ability.

Thinking so, Kujou couldn't help but step forward and remove the piece of iron.

"Huh?" At this moment, she suddenly saw that something seemed to be written on the back of this piece of iron.

"Beautiful Miss Kujo, thank you for your passionate pursuit all the way. It's just that if you want to ask me out next time, I hope you can change the way you do it gently. After all, not every man is used to women being so proactive, and it is better to take it step by step. ”

"Huh...... What a stinking fart, who's going to ask you out?"

Seeing this news, Reiko Kujou was really angry and funny, and this tone really looked like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy pretending to be a mature tone.

"However, the monk can't run away from the temple, Yuchai Yingya, I believe you will always show your horse's feet......"

With that, Reiko Kujou couldn't help but take the piece of iron and the transmitter back into her arms, and then started the car and turned to go home.

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"However, the monk can't run away from the temple, Yuchai Yingya, I believe you will always show your horse's feet......"

In the Eagle's Nest. Eagle Arrow was playing the sound of the iron piece from earlier, revealing a faint smile.

"Just as you thought, young master, now Prosecutor Kujo and Officer Sato have completely suspected that you are the Black Knight. ”

Uncle De put a cup of black tea in front of Yingya's eyes, listened to the sentence that had been repeated since the beginning, and smiled slightly.

"Yes, after all, everyone who walks by will inevitably leave traces, and there are so many clues that can connect me to the identity of the black knight, even Shinichi has noticed, let alone them. Eagle Ya took a sip of the black tea and sighed helplessly, "Since sooner or later it will be suspected anyway, it is better to deliberately leave some evidence to make these suspicions more violent! Then, when these suspicions reach the limit, use a subversive evidence to completely reverse the situation and clear all my suspicions!"

"Sounds like a good idea, but young master, the old man still doesn't understand how you plan to turn this situation around?"

"Actually, it's very simple, as long as people witness the black knight and the feather wood eagle appear in two places at the same time!"

With that, Taka couldn't help but tap twice on the keyboard, turned on the computer, and pulled up a photo.

"For this, we need her strength ......"

It was an old photograph that looked at least five years old.

In the photo, a beautiful mermaid is waving and smiling at the camera, and the scales on her body reflect the eyes of the eagle.

"Her name is, Kimie Shimabukuro. ”