Wednesday, April 26, afternoon.

After mixing lunch from Nagabe's house and making up for some of the losses, Mori drove Azusa Enomoto back to Café Poirot and returned to the taxi.

Today's business is considered a loss, not to mention the rental fee, but also the favor of the American police officer.

As for good people and good deeds, that's another matter. ……

On the way to the pachinko shop, Maori accidentally noticed that someone was lifting something on the roof of the high-rise building in front of him and preparing to smash it down, and there happened to be a pedestrian below.

"Be careful!" Maori rushed up and knocked down the pedestrian.

At the same time, a hollow brick falling from the sky smashed on the ground where the pedestrian had just been, breaking in half and scattering fragments.

"Huhu ......" Maori and the pedestrian looked up together and were relieved to find that there was no one on the building.

Maori got up and pulled up the pedestrian, and suddenly felt a little regretful, why is this a chubby man in his thirties, if only it were a beautiful woman with a hot body.

"Thank you, I'm Yasutaro Sasamoto. The man said in shock.

Maori proudly reported to his family, "Hello, I'm Maori Kogoro." ”

Antaro Sasamoto was surprised, "Ah, you're that detective!"

"That's right, how about it, do you want me to protect you?" Mori was very happy and had another commission.

Antaro Sasamoto was stunned, "Protection?"

Maori smiled: "Of course, just now you are below, it is obvious that this is a high-altitude throwing incident against you, maybe I want to kill you." ”

"Ahh

Antaro Sasamoto suddenly nervously went to check the hollow brick, and found that there was a shadow written in red lacquer on it, and he was so frightened that he shook his hand and threw away the hollow brick.

Maori hurriedly asked, "What's the matter?"

Sasamoto Antaro said tremblingly: "It's the shadow, it's him, it's the Japanese shadow." ”

Mori said firmly: "Mr. Sasamoto, don't be afraid, with my Mori Kogoro here, no matter who you are, you can't hurt you." ”

Antaro Sasamoto barely calmed down, "Yes, yes." ”

Maori asked, "But who is the Hikage?"

"Sunshadow is, no, please wait a minute, I'll make a call. ”

Before Yasutaro Sasamoto could speak, his mobile phone rang suddenly, so he went to the side to make a call, but Mori leaned in and still heard it clearly.

"Hey, I'm Kamio, Antaro, I accompanied the writer teacher until late yesterday, and I didn't get home until dawn, and now I just woke up, and you should be on the way to calculate the time, please help me bring a beef bento over, please, please. ”

"Jun, Junyuki, are you alone?"

"yes, what's wrong, it sounds weird. ”

"The Shadow of the Sun, the Shadow of the Sun has appeared!"

"Really?"

"I was attacked and almost died. ”

"Where are you now?"

"Near Mihua Station, I'm on my way to the station. ”

"Okay, then you stay there, I'll pack myself up and look for you at once, thirty minutes, thirty minutes I'll be there, don't go away. ”

"No, I'll be waiting for you at the Maori Detective Agency. ”

"Mori Detective Agency?Detective Mori Kogoro's Agency?"

"Yes, he saved me just now, otherwise I would have died. ”

"Well, we at the Maori Detective Agency, don't talk about that until I get there, so as not to miss anything. ”

"Okay, I got it. ”……

About half an hour later, the Maori Detective Agency.

Toshiyuki Kamio rushed over and told Mori what had happened with Antaro Sasamoto.

The Nikage that Antaro Sasamoto is talking about, named Hikage Shinichi, used to be a partner of their reasoning research group when they were in college.

There are more than a dozen members of the Reasoning Research Association, but only four people are particularly active, namely Yasutaro Sasamoto, Toshiyuki Kamio, Takeshi Nezu, and Hikage Shinichi, and they haven't seen each other much since graduation.

However, half a month ago, the reasoning magazine where Toshiyuki Kamio works received a manuscript of a novel, and the manuscript was not signed, but it can be confirmed that it was Nikage Shiichi.

The reason why I think so is because of the name of the novel as well as its content.

The name of the novel is "And No One Else Must Exist", and it is in red font, and Hikage Shinichi also had this habit when he was in college, even if he wrote a novel on a typewriter, the cover always used harsh red letters.

Mori couldn't help but interject, "I see, so when Mr. Sasamoto saw the shadow words written in red paint on the hollow bricks, he thought it was Mr. Hikage." ”

"It's more than that. Toshiyuki Kamio said, "The content of the novel "And Then No One Else Exists" is that the protagonist kills his former partners one by one. ”

"There's nothing in it that can be called reasoning, and there are no tricks and puzzles, it's just a revenge story about the protagonist who kills three friends from college one by one with an old hatred. ”

"The names of the three people who were killed were Takeshi Nezu, Toshiyuki Kamio, and Yasutaro Sasamoto, exactly the same as the names of the three of us. ”

Maori couldn't help but interject: "Is it a murder teaser novel?"

"That's right," said Toshiyuki Kamio, "we didn't take it seriously when we first received the draft of the novel half a month ago, but the day before yesterday, we finally understood the meaning of this strange novel." ”

"The body of a man who was stabbed to death with a dagger was found in Rice Flower Park the night before, and the victim was our former member Takeshi Nezu," said Antaro Sasamoto, "and in the novel sent by Nikkage, Takeshi Nezu was assassinated in the park at night." ”

"What!" Maori was taken aback.

"The scene of Antaro's previous attack is also written in the novel," said Toshiyuki Kamio, "except for the time and place, the method of killing people is exactly the same, which should not be a coincidence." ”

Sasamoto Yasutaro said fearfully: "If you are hit just now, it will be terrible, you will definitely die." ”

"There is only a method, but there is no time and place, and we have no idea when and what method he intends to attack us. Toshiyuki Kamio said, "This is what has always made us worry about torturing us." ”

Maori asked, "Is there any hatred between you?"

Toshiyuki Kamio said, "No, if we insist that Hikage Shinichi has a motive for revenge against us, it may be that we once blamed his novels too much, and the hatred caused by this incident. ”

"That's the kind of thing?" Maori had a toothache.

Yasutaro Sasamoto said, "There have been such things. ”

"This kind of setting doesn't work now, the killing method lacks freshness, the storyline hasn't changed much, the emotional investment is too exaggerated, there is no basic realism, etc. ”

"But this kind of thing is the same for everyone, and Kamio's work has also been ridiculed by Nikkage. ”

Toshiyuki Kamio smiled bitterly: "Yes, that's still my self-confidence." ”

"What's so interesting about your novel, knock on your head and clean your brain, this kind of thing is not a story at all. ”

"Everybody is actually each other"

Maori pondered, "You've been out for 10 years, aren't you?

Toshiyuki Kamio said, "We don't understand this either. ”

Antaro Sasamoto said, "Speaking of which, we thought he was dead a long time ago. ”

Maori confirmed, "Dead?"

Yasutaro Sasamoto said, "Nikei left home three years ago, saying that he was going to camp alone in the mountains, and he never came back. ”

Toshiyuki Kamio said, "So everyone thought he was killed, and we went to his funeral." ”

"Did someone who was thought to be dead three years ago suddenly start a murderous plan for revenge?" said Maori, "The disappearance of three years ago was just a cover for murder. ”

Toshiyuki Kamio said: "I don't know, the police are already investigating this matter." ”

Antaro Sasamoto said, "It seems that the person in charge is the Twilight Police Department. ”

"Really?" Mori's eyes lit up, and if it was the Twilight Police Department, he should be able to involve himself in the investigation. ……

Toshiyuki Kamio said, "Ah, it's not too early, I'm going back to the magazine." ”

Maori hurriedly said, "Let me accompany you, right? ”

Toshiyuki Kamio said gratefully, "Then I'll trouble you." ”

"No hassle, no hassle. Maori laughed. ……

Toshiyuki Kamio's magazine.

Yasutaro Sasamoto asks Mori to read a copy of the novel manuscript sent by Nikage while Toshiyuki Kamio sorts out the papers on his desk.

"Where's this package?"

"Package?"

Maori was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then saw Toshiyuki Kamio unpacking the package, and immediately reacted, "Be careful." ”

"Bang!"

Maori was still slow, and the package exploded, but it wasn't very powerful, it just blackened Toshiyuki Kamio's face.

"Ahh

Mori asked, "Mr. Kamio, are you alright?"

"Okay, like. "Toshiyuki Kamio isn't sure. ……

After the ambulance pulled Toshiyuki Kamio away, the Twilight Police Department led a team to the scene. ……