"I have a general understanding of the matter," Gao Cheng stepped into the office and walked to the window, watching the police below carry away the body, "If there are only Fuyumi's footprints on the snow, it does look like a suicide, but it is too early to judge the suicide, for a snow that starts around 6 o'clock here." ”

"Hey," the old detective grimaced, "are you a student with them?" ”

"No," explained the fat boy, "that's what we just said, the Joto ...... from Tokyo the day before yesterday."

"Tokyo?"

"I forgot to introduce myself," Gao Cheng turned around and stretched out his hand to the confused old detective, "My name is Joto Gao Cheng, and I am currently a special adviser to the Metropolitan Police Department's Search Section, and I have always been more concerned about homicides. ”

"Oooh......"

The old criminal policeman was somewhat overwhelmed by Gao Cheng's old way, and he forgot about Gao Cheng's appearance as a high school student for a while.

Metropolitan Police Department Special Adviser, is there such a young consultant?

"I'm Akita Prefecture Police Eagle Tail...... It's not like what you're saying is completely out of the question......

"As far as the scene is concerned," Gao Cheng analyzed, "the reason why the police officer judged the suicide was because there were only the footprints of the victim entering the campus, and the footprints of the murderer entering and leaving did not exist, right?" However, the premise is that the crime took place after the snow, what if the victim and the murderer were at the scene before the snow? ”

"This ......"

"That's right, in this way, the footprints left by the scene after the snow are worth scrutinizing, are they really the victim's own footprints?"

The old criminal policeman was sweating profusely, and he didn't care about doubting Gao Cheng's identity, so he hurriedly left the office to continue the investigation, leaving a few Xiaodu who looked at each other in surprise.

"Jo, Joto-kun, are you really the special adviser of the Metropolitan Police Department's search section?" Xiaodu asked nervously.

"If you don't say that, he'll have a hard time listening to me, right?" Gao Cheng smiled and cautiously asked a few people, "Can you tell me more about what happened today?" Regardless of whether Dongmei-san committed suicide or killed him, there should be an explanation, right? ”

"Right...... Right! Xiao Du breathed a sigh of relief for some reason, and then excitedly expressed his thoughts, "I also think that Dongmei is not a suicide!" She yells every day that she wants to go to Tokyo, go to acting school, enter the showbiz and so on! So how could the competitive Fuyumi commit suicide?! ”

"Hey, Xiaodu ......"

The athletic boy wanted to interrupt the girl's words, but he didn't succeed, and the little capital, who was already immersed in reasoning, became more and more affirmative.

"Just like what Joto-kun said, the prisoner walked backwards out of the campus after the snow, pretending to be Fuyumi's footprints, this is the truth of "No Footprint Murder"!"

Later, Xiao Zhu silently watched Gao Cheng talk to everyone.

The special adviser of the Metropolitan Police Department's search section is a teenager of about the same age, isn't that ......

"What?!" At the door of the teaching building, the old criminal policeman became more and more suspicious of this incident after stopping Gao Cheng's analysis, and finally got new clues from his partner who went to the victim Dongmei's house to investigate.

"The victim's shoes that were hanging in the corridor yesterday are missing? Are you sure?! ”

The old criminal policeman looked solemn, and he didn't even notice that Gao Cheng and his party came out.

"That seems right! That footprint was a ruse used by the killer to make the scene look like a suicide! Even if they are different from the shoes worn by the victim, the footprints will soon be washed away by the rain! ”

The rain gradually stopped, and the old criminal policeman ran out after making a phone call, apparently planning to arrange for further investigation, and several students looked at Gao Cheng again when they saw this.

"Okay, I think I'm really right......

"But," Xiaodu said a little uneasy, "I always feel that something is wrong, Fuyumi was killed with that short arrow, it was Harumi who stole the arrow, right?" Sure enough, Fuyumi's death is still related to Haruna? ”

"What are you kidding?" Several other classmates were panicked and said, "Didn't Haruna commit suicide?" It should be just a coincidence, the murderer must be a pervert......"

"Definitely, otherwise who would steal the arrows?"

Everyone left Snow Shadow Junior High School one after another, only the short-haired girl who had been following Fuyumi before looked unusually behind, and seemed to care about everyone's discussion, her hands clasped tightly together, and she seemed to be scared.

"What's wrong, Ayaka?" Kosuke wondered.

"Huh? No, nothing. The short-haired girl came back to her senses in a panic, squeezed out a smile, and quickly caught up with her classmate in front of her.

"Ayaka may have been scared by Fuyumi's affair," Kodo sighed lightly, "after all, she has been following Fuyumi all day long...... Now what? According to the police uncle, do you want to go home first? ”

"That's the only way to do it first," Kosuke said softly, "If there is any result of the investigation, we should be informed, right?" ”

Gao Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

The sudden murder was unexpected, but intuitively he felt that it wasn't over yet.

There were 3 stolen arrows......

On the way back to the hotel, after only Xiaodu and Xiaosuke were left, Gao Cheng suddenly stopped and asked, "Can I trust you?" ”

"Huh?" Xiaodu looked dazed, "What are you talking about, Joto-kun......"

"I didn't say anything just now," Gao Cheng looked at the two of them and said calmly, "The murderer stole Dongmei's shoes in advance, waited until it snowed to kill Dongmei, and then left the crime scene backwards with footprints......

"But who does the murderer want to let those footprints see?"

"Huh?"

"If no one sees those footprints, the footprints will be washed away by the rain, and the elaborate ruse will be lost, why is the murderer so sure to be seen?"

Gao Cheng paused, and continued in the face of the two whose faces changed slightly.

"That's right, there are not many people who know that you are going to Snow Shadow Junior High School at that time, and the murderer is among us, you two are together in the morning, I can trust you......"

"How, how is that possible?" Xiaodu said with a pale face, "Are you suspicious of Ayaka and them?" But, however, everyone gathered together to go to school after the snow had just started, and it hadn't snowed yet, so there was no way to leave any footprints......

"No, Xiaodu," Xiaozhu said in a deep voice, "Yuzhu didn't come to gather at that time, he rushed over directly later, only Yuzhu didn't have an alibi......"

"Don't be nervous," Gao Cheng said with a smile, "Let's not talk about whether he really doesn't have an alibi, even if he doesn't, the murderer is not necessarily him, before the truth is completely found, all inferences are still too early, anyway, let's go to the dock to say hello first." ”

"That," Xiao Zhu opened his mouth and looked at Gao Cheng who was walking in front hesitantly, "Joto-kun, are you ......?"

"Huh?"

"No, nothing ......"

Kosuke weakly followed Gao Cheng and explained, "Yuzhu didn't mean to be late, because he still had to go to the dock to say hello before he could leave." ”

"yes, I know."