On Monday, August 18, evening, on the sixth floor of a six-story building in Yonehanamachi, Hayato Nanjo's office.

Mori took the paper handed by Mrs. Nanjo and looked at it, and said in surprise: "I will come to take your life at ten o'clock tonight, and the Death Formation will be involved." This is ......."

"This is a teaser from the Grim Reaper. Mrs. Nanjo said, "I found it in my son's mailbox this morning." ”

Maori asked, "Did you call the police about this?"

"There's no need for that. "Hayato Nanjo came in," I knew it was a prank when I thought about it. ”

Mrs. Nanjo said, "But, my husband ......."

"Needless to say, there must be a limit to willfulness. Hayato Nanjo said.

Mrs. Nanjo said, "I'm very sorry. ”

Nanjo Hayato said, "Alright, Detective Maori, you guys can go back now." ”

Mori said, "But, Mr. Nanjo, Mrs. Nanjo is worried about your safety." ”

"Even if what this threatening letter says is true, I can protect myself, please go back. "And, Yoshino, you can go back too." With that, he left.

Mrs. Nanjo said, "I'm very sorry, Detective Maori. ”

"It's okay, it's 8:25, and there's still more than an hour left before the time on the notice," Mori asked, "Mrs. Nanjo, where will Mr. Nanjo go next?"

Mrs. Nanjo said, "I will be in this office, and there is an important fax that must be read by my son at about ten o'clock tonight." ”

Maori asked, "What kind of fax, how can it be faxed so late at ten o'clock in the evening?"

Satomi Yoshino smiled: "It's the outline of Mr. Nanjo's next movie script, and we, the screenwriter, sleep during the day and only work at night." ”

Maori asked, "Oh, who knows about this?"

"A lot of members know. Mrs. Nanjo said, and then asked in surprise, "Detective Maori, you mean to say that this notice letter was sent by our insiders?"

This is the only way to explain why it was exactly 10 p.m. in the notice letter. Maori said.

Mrs. Nanjo asked, "So, Detective Maori, do you know who this man is?"

"I don't know yet," Maori laughs, "but I have a safe way." ”

"You mean to gather them all, but if you don't find out this man, my heart," asked Mrs. Nanjo, "and what if it's not from our society?"

"Well, there's only one exit from this building, and I'll keep an eye on it across the street. Maori said, "As soon as the Grim Reaper appears in the Grim Reaper, I will definitely catch him." ”

"Is it true? That's great. Mrs. Nanjo said gratefully. ……

A hamburger restaurant across from the Nanjo Hayato office building.

At 8:40 p.m., Yamazaki, who had received a call from Maori "for an incident", rushed over.

"This is my assistant Yamazaki. "This is Mrs. Nanjo, Miss Satomi Yoshino." Then he handed the notice letter to Yamazaki, "Mr. Nanjo is in the upstairs office opposite. ”

"It's an old building. Yamazaki said, "Mrs. Nanjo, Miss Satomi, you have cameras, please take a few more and put them in all corners of the building." ”

Mrs. Nanjo said, "Then if you scare the Death Circle away......

"If the Reaper Circle doesn't come like this, then you should quickly spend some money and move to a building with better equipment. Yamazaki said, and then saw that Mrs. Nanjo was still hesitating and asked, "Mrs. Nanjo, in your heart, is it your husband-sama-chan Nanjo's life that is important, or is it important to find this Death Array?

"What did you say?" exclaimed Mrs. Nanjo.

"Sorry, but please forgive me if I made a mistake. Yamazaki said, "Now please hurry up and make arrangements." "At the same time, I thought to myself, when I mentioned Mr. Nanjo just now, I felt that the surroundings suddenly became dangerous, who the hell was the two of them, Mrs. Nanjo and Miss Satomi Yoshino, who had been planning to kill Mr. Nanjo for a while, so that when I heard his name, I had a reflexive reaction, and immediately thought about killing him in my heart? Fortunately, it's not that it's been numb for a long time, and it's not that you don't care about killing, and so on, so you don't feel murderous, and it seems that this matter can be solved quickly, so it's time to go back and help, well, let's start with Miss Satomi first. Thinking of this, Yamazaki said to Satomi Yoshino, "Miss Satomi, could you please take me around and see the terrain." ”

Satomi Yoshino said, "Okay. ”

As he walked, Yamazaki asked, "Miss Satomi, why does Mr. Nanjo stay in the office until ten o'clock, and who knows this?"

The Māori detective also asked this question. Satomi Yoshino said, "It's the outline of the script for the next movie, and we screenwriters sleep during the day and only work at night, so many members know it." ”

"So it's you," Yamazaki said, "I'm busy today, so I'll just say it." Then he asked, "Miss Satomi Yoshino, how are you going to kill Mr. Nanjo Hayato?"

"W-what," Satomi Yoshino asked, surprised, "what are you talking about?"

"Intuition. Yamazaki smiled, "My intuition told me, so you don't quibble, and even if you don't say it, I'll keep an eye on you, and you won't have a chance to commit a crime today." ”

"Okay, I'm convinced. Satomi Yoshino smiled bitterly, and then asked, "Is this innate?

"Some well-fed beasts live in peace with people, but when they are hungry, they immediately turn their faces. Yamazaki smiled, "By the way, remember to help me keep it a secret." ”

"Not many people can do it. Satomi Yoshino exclaimed, and then said, "Yes, I sent the teaser letter in the Death Array, and I was also going to kill Nanjo Hayato, but first the Maori detective, and then you, it seems that I am destined to not be able to kill him." ”

Yamazaki said, "First tell me how you want to kill Mr. Nanjo, and then I'll teach you a way to let you breathe." ”

"Okay, let's help you increase your experience. "I prepared a cassette tape with a gunshot and a pistol with a silencer, and prepared a trap to confuse time. I'm going to tape the glass to look like a human figure, tie one end to the fishing line, and the line bypasses the light switch and hooks it to the elevator. Then he asked, "What can you think of, Mr. Assistant?"

"As soon as the elevator is running, the lights are turned on and the tape is torn off, making it look like a person is leaving. "That is, you are going to kill Mr. Nanjo in advance, and then go downstairs to join the others, so that when the tape gunshots go off, you will have an alibi downstairs." ”

"Not bad. "Even if they found out, there's no evidence that I did it." Unfortunately, Mr. Maori brought us together and it was hard for me to get started. ”

"You're wrong, having a silencer doesn't mean there's no sound, it's night, and even if the pistol has a silencer, there's still a good chance that the sound of the gun can be heard downstairs," Yamazaki asked, "where else do you want to run then?"

Satomi Yoshino thought for a moment and said, "I really haven't tried this yet. ”

Yamazaki asked, "Also, how do you want to solve the gunsmoke reaction?"

Satomi Yoshino said, "I'll dress up as inside the Grim Reaper Array, and throw my costume and pistol in the prop room when I'm done. ”

Yamazaki said: "Then the police will definitely find out the prop suit and the pistol, and then just count the number of costumes and know that the murderer is an insider, because he knows where the costumes are." The pistol that was not taken away means that the murderer is still at the scene, so the murder weapon cannot be taken away. ”

Satomi Yoshino said: "So what, I used to wear the prop suit in the Death Array not long ago, and the gun and muffler were bought through informal channels abroad, and the police couldn't find out at all." ”

Yamazaki said, "It seems that the plan is good. ”

Satomi Yoshino said, "Of course, in the past three years, there have been my footprints in various places in this building, and my fingerprints have been found on various props in the prop room,"

Yamazaki asked, "Three years, did you have any hatred between you three years ago?"

Satomi Yoshino said: "I have a boyfriend named Kitano, who turned out to be a supporting role in the movie of the Grim Reaper shot three years ago, and the flying car shot that day was supposed to use a stuntman, but the stand-in staff never came, and then Nanjo Hayato proposed to go directly without a stand-in, and Kitano was stimulated to get on it." ”

Yamazaki said, "Then Mr. Kitano died in an accident during the performance. ”

Satomi Yoshino said: "Yes, when I was sorting through the relics, I found that Kitano said in his diary that the director was going to train him to become a new generation of Death Formation. So I suspect that Kitano's accident was done by Nanjo Hayato, in order to get rid of Kitano, and the director is responsible for the joint blows. After that, I got a job at the company of Nanjo Hayato. It wasn't until a little over a month ago after the celebration party for the completion of the film "A New Challenge in the Grim Reaper" that I was able to get the words out of the drunken Nanjo Hayato, who had told the stand-in that he didn't need to go, and that he was still manipulating the motorcycle. ”

"I see. Yamazaki asked, "By the way, does Mr. Nanjo know about your relationship with Mr. Kitano?"

Satomi Yoshino said, "I should know. ”

"I know and you're still around?" Yamazaki sighed, "really, I don't know what to say." ”

"I'm underpaid. Satomi Yoshino said with a smile.

Yamazaki asked, "Okay, so how about I introduce you to a high-paying career?"

Satomi Yoshino was silent for a moment, then smiled, "Okay." ”

"Good, looks like you've figured it out. Yamazaki said, then asked, "You're an agent, aren't you?"

Satomi Yoshino said, "I used to be an action actor. ”

Yamazaki smiled: "That's great, Rice Flower TV is never too many in terms of action actors, you go there." ”

"Rice Flower TV? Its period dramas are all action movies, which is very suitable. Satomi Yoshino smiled, "Okay, I'll give you your name then." Then he asked, "Who am I going to?"

"Mr. Jun Omura of the Props Department, oh no, if you go to him, it might cause discord in their family," Yamazaki said with a smile, "You should go to Mrs. Yumi Omura of the Advertising Department." ”

"This is Mr. Omura's wife, right?" Satomi Yoshino smiled, "I see, thank you." ”

"You're welcome. Yamazaki said, "Okay, I'll teach you how to get angry, you call the media and ask them to come." ”

Satomi Yoshino asked, "Isn't this helping Nanjo become famous?"

"No, no," Yamazaki asked with a smile, "You say, what would Mr. Nanjo say if the time had passed and Mr. Nanjo had not been visited by the Reaper Circle?"

"Of course, I will proudly say that the Reaper Array is afraid of him, this genuine Reaper Array. Satomi Yoshino said, "Oh, I see. Then he smiled, "When the time comes, as long as he asked me to write it, this is a farce written and directed by him, then he will have no face." Then he said, "No, not only that, as long as I want to expose Nanjo Hayato's crimes, no, I can't do it alone, I remember that the director was called Tadao Ohno, if he is brought along, it is very likely that Nanjo will be unemployed, yes, let Nanjo lose his job, unemployment should be more painful for him than death." ”

"Looks like you've found a better way to get revenge. Yamazaki laughed.

"If it works. Satomi Yoshino said, "Anyway, thank you. ”

Yamazaki smiled, "You're welcome." ”……