Chapter 16: Suspicion

"Is it already a little hot?"

The policeman in the round hat muttered to himself while pulling at the collar of his uniform. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info It was supposed to make people feel cold at night, and the cold wind seemed just right at this time. Most of the day has passed since I went to work in the afternoon, and now is the time when I can't help but feel hot when I am about to finish my work. During this mission, the girl who had been in the hospital for physical and mental reasons was brought back to the police station. Although it seems to be a simple job, there is no need to detect anything, and the other party has no intention of resisting at all, but there are many procedures behind it. Needless to say, the patient's discharge procedures are not to mention, and the handover from the hospital to the police is also a headache. Not only did the prisoner stay in the hospital for a long time and commit serious crimes, but he was still a minor. If you don't handle it well, you'll be chased by the media and other guys.

The officer thought as he handed the booklet to the person next to him and stretched out. Although the prisoners had already been sent away, it took an hour just to deal with the rest of the public relations work. Although many Cadet Corps police officers have aspirations for the profession, their dreams would be shattered if they knew that police officers spend most of their time dealing with these paperwork.

"Excuse me, are you done?"

The policeman turned around and found the prisoner's brother standing behind him. When the prisoner was made up before, the police talked a lot with this young man, and he was a relatively good acquaintance.

"Ah, it's done, it's done. The policeman reached out and patted the young man, who was also on the shoulder, "Don't worry too much, your sister won't be in any trouble." It's all normal procedures. It's also strange to say, the doctor's procedures have been completed in advance, as if they already know that Mitsuki will be discharged today. Listening to what you said, didn't she suddenly get better?"

"It was really after some stimulation, and suddenly it was good. Scratching his head, he said, "But, officer." Today I'm not going to talk about Mitsuki. I'm grown up with her, and I don't have to worry about it so much. ”

"Oh, so what's that?"

"I'm asking you in a private capacity. He lowered his head and said, "Ask you about ......"

The police looked at Hunpye's side and did not see the girl who had been acting with Hunpyeong recently. Recently, Hihei and a girl have become companions, and together they solve a fairy tale incident caused by a girl named Tokitsuki Kazuna. Although the fairy tale incident itself is just a claim held by Hunpyeong, the police stand on the side of the police and do not want these two people to interfere with the work of the police. But the police still admired the original intentions of these two men.

"Ah...... Yes...... You mean that kid...... Would you like to ask her yourself?" the policeman shrugged.

"But we seem to have fallen out. "My mind is still dizzy until now, and I don't know what happened. I don't know if I've done something wrong? I'm in a mess right now. ”

The policeman's eyes narrowed, and he stared at Pyeping for a long time.

"Okay. Because of Mitsuki's affairs, you didn't eat anything at night. Let's go get something to eat together......" The policeman naturally hugged Hirohei's shoulder, "For the sake of your stiff collarbone, I'm in for a treat." ”

"Eh, are you okay with your uniform like this?"

"It's going to be fine if you don't hit my little report!"

Caught by the police, he staggered down the streets late at night. He shook his head, after all, this policeman was still so improper.

The two men did not go far, they came to the stall set up on the side of the road. The stall owner waved a colander and served a bowl of ramen with a rich broth, while stuffing something into the oden next to him. That skillful and natural gesture looks appetizing. As expected, the police asked for a large bowl of tonkotsu ramen and rice cakes that could reflect the face of the person. The snorting and snorting appearance of eating is naturally reminiscent of the image of an uncle who is over forty years old and lives alone after a divorce.

"Why do you think you're thinking something rude!" said the policeman, who had buried his whole head in the steam of the pork bone broth, muttered. The hat he had taken off sloppily rested on the greasy tabletop. Now the two of them are sitting at a small table near the stall, although it is said to be nearby, but the location is relatively remote, and no one will pay attention to the two of them.

"Well, no. Aohei awkwardly fiddled with the oden in his bowl and said, "It's almost time to get down to business...... I've just told you what happened. ”

The policeman picked up the bowl and sent the few pieces of rice cake down with the soup, blew his nose loudly, and patted his stomach with satisfaction.

"I understand the thing, that is, your girlfriend and your sister are jealous, and in the end your girlfriend runs away......"

"Don't talk nonsense! my sister just likes to be spoiled a little, and she's not my girlfriend!"

"So, you're not interested in her at all?"

"Ah...... That one...... It's not ...... "Hirohei's cheeks were flushed, and he stammered as he spoke.

"Eh, I see you're not too young, but when you mention this topic, you show such an easy-to-understand expression......" The policeman touched his belly, revealing a mocking expression of youth, "Since you like her, why didn't you keep her when she left?"

"Of course I want to keep her!" he said, slamming his fist into the table, "but she said she would stab me with a knife if she didn't let go." I ......"

"So you're giving up?" the policeman shook his finger, "Grab her if you like!" If he said he was going to stab you, he would lean his face over and let her stab you! If he didn't even dare to suffer this injury, what would he say he liked her?"

"Are you also a policeman?" said Huan Ping reluctantly lowered his fist, "It's not because of anything else, I'm just thinking, what if I don't let go of her, what if she really takes out the dagger from her bag? I don't want her to swing her dagger at anyone...... I also don't believe she was going to kill her father...... I ......"

"I see, you're so gentle......," said the policeman, "and I kind of understand why she's approaching you." ”

"...... the reason?"

"She is a very smart girl, very smart. The policeman shrugged, "If you've been in my line of work for a long time, you'll meet all kinds of people and all kinds of things." I became accustomed to figuring out other people's thoughts through their demeanor. This is an occupational disease. Something like mind-reading can sometimes make me feel a little guilty, but when I met the child, I immediately realized that I was being seen through by her. It's a feeling that only someone like me, who is good at observing others, can understand. It's like the feeling of a rookie sniper suddenly realizing that he's been exposed to the master's sniper scope......"

“……”

"Ah, I'm far away. I'm sorry. I think she sees people far more than I do, and there's a reason to stay by your side. I think your tenderness attracted her. You like her, so you don't want her to do stupid things, you don't want her to suffer sins that she shouldn't bear. So she's close to you. That way she can act boldly with confidence. Because she knows that if you're around, you're going to stop her when she goes overboard. ”

"Yes...... Is that so?" said to him, "Then I should hold on to her." But...... I didn't have ......"

"Do you really believe she had a dagger at hand, and would she really stab you in that situation?"

"I ...... I don't know ......."

"I know this is a difficult question for you, but your answer may affect the message I tell you next. The policeman relaxed and leaned back in his chair, "Although you are looking to me for truth." But there are many kinds of truth, and as a police officer, I need to know your purpose for obtaining truth. ”

After a moment of silence, he raised his head.

"I ...... I don't believe it!"

"Oh?"

"I don't believe he's lying to me. Her demeanor, her expression, are so real...... I...... Even if she wants to lie to me, there must be some special reason!"

"Go on......"

"I don't believe she's going to kill her father! She's not the one to do that kind of thing! Obviously she's so gentle with everyone, she won't do that, there must be some misunderstanding here!"

“……”

"Even if she wants to kill her father, it must be her father......'s bad!

"Stop!" the policeman slammed the table, and he came to his senses. He shouldn't have slandered another person in defense of Sulfona.

"Ah...... What did I say......"

"I already know how you feel. The policeman sighed, "I'm also weird about that case." However, we cannot overturn the fact that both the prisoner and the victim were firmly established at that time. To be precise, I think there were a few doubts at the time...... First, it's about the location of the crime. ”

"Where did the crime happen?"

"That's right. The policeman nodded, "We found her and her father in her bedroom at the time, which I thought was strange." If she's going to kill someone, shouldn't she go to her father's bedroom or study to kill someone?"

"Could it be that she made something that drew her father over ......?" asked Hirohei uncertainly.

This brings us to the second question. According to their neighbors, no movement was heard at all that day. If she called her father over loudly, the neighbors would have noticed. We carefully surveyed the scene and found that the traces of the fight were quite sparse. This shows that two people have no quarrel at all, and in the case of fighting, one will almost kill the other...... This is so unreasonable. ”

"Could it be that she was ...... while her father was sleeping," he speculated, and then he reacted suddenly, "but the crime scene was in her bedroom." Why did her father sleep in her bedroom? It doesn't make sense!"

"That's right, Junhei-kun. The officer nodded, "We didn't find any signs of movement, and the blood was only concentrated in the bedroom." Moreover, her father, Mr. Atsushi Kurata, was about 40 years old at the time, and he was a normal adult man, so it was impossible for him to beat his daughter. And his wounds are also concentrated on the front, and there is no possibility of a sneak attack on the back. I also wonder why she was able to stab his father. ”

"That's ......"

"Although it is very undesirable as a police officer, I have my own judgment after the case is determined. The policeman sighed and said, "After so much time, I would have liked to take it to the grave." As a police officer, you should no longer have your own prejudices and assumptions outside the law. At best, my thoughts can only be buried in my heart and cannot be spoken. But I think if it's Junhei-kun, maybe I should listen to it......"

Pyeong stared at the policeman. In the distance, the owner of the open-air stall was still cooking oden, and the heat surrounded him. In the dim light, a few diners gathered around the oden and ate deliciously. But he felt as if they were in the distance, and he and the police officer were falling into a dark world.

"Listen to my suspicions. "I don't think the kid was trying to kill her father, maybe she was just rebelling against her father......

"What did you say?"

If all the behavior was passively borne by the child, those doubts might have a way to be explained. If it wasn't the kid who went to assassinate her father, but her father who broke into her bedroom, that would explain the crime scene. Her father, after rushing into the bedroom, directly covered Sulfona's mouth, overpowering her. So that the neighbors don't hear anything. Then ......"

"And ......," Tsupyei's eyes widened.

Then her father was going to do that to her, and Sulfona struggled, but she couldn't resist. At that moment she pulled out a dagger from her side and stabbed her father in the body. Her father was taken aback, completely unaware that his daughter would carry a dagger by his side. The child kept stabbing, but her father didn't dare to make a sound. Because he still has illusions in his heart. He was a painter with a small reputation, and he also wanted to keep his social status. If he had made a noise here and the neighbors had known about it, he would have been ruined. ”

"How could it be ......?"

When the child found out that her father was dying, she panicked. Although she hated this man, she was so hungry for that ugly desire. But he was his own father after all, and her mother died young, and she had only one father. I can't let my father die, and I can't let my father's social status end. So she chose to tell the police that she was going to kill her father. So that no one would suspect what his father had done...... She chose to be alone and silently endure the cold eyes of others. The classmates turned a blind eye to her, and the pedestrians on the road shy away from her......"