"Whoa!"

It was still raining in Tokyo at night, and it was getting heavier and heavier.

Unlike Gao Cheng, although Maori Kogoro also wore formal clothes, he took Xiaolan and Conan to the wedding eve party where they lost friends in high school, which is commonly known as the bachelorette party, and most of the people who actually participated were uncle's high school classmates, and the only thing that made Xiaolan regret was that Fei Yingli didn't have time to participate because of work.

"But then again," the uncle was still angry about not being able to make a cameo with Yoko Okino a few days ago, took a sip of wine, looked at the rainy night outside, and said, "That guy from Joto seems to have gone out today, right?" ”

"Yes," Xiaolan and Conan drank juice together, and said when they heard the words, "I heard from the garden, it seems that Senior Chenghu is going to the Metropolitan Police Department to give a speech today." ”

"Oh? Speeches? ”

Uncle moved his eyebrows.

"This kid is getting more and more powerful, but it's really strange, why don't you invite me, a sleeping Kogoro, to be a consultant?"

Conan was eating his meal next to him, squeezing his eyes to look at his uncle.

Why didn't you ask for a consultant, don't you know it yourself?

Except when he was asleep, most of the time it was not very reassuring, and Officer Twilight must have experienced it.

In the Chenghu Detective Agency, Gao Cheng has returned home from the Metropolitan Police Department, and he does not mention what happened.

Xiao wailing hummed a little song in the kitchen to prepare for supper, and by the way, Gao Cheng, who was watching TV outside, asked, "And then?" Why did you come back so late? ”

"Anyway, something happened," Gao Cheng yawned and said in a difficult way, "and I happened to meet a few old friends, so I chatted for a while." ”

Sure enough, it's not a good thing to be too idle, and if it goes on like this, he, the detective brain, is probably going to protest, no matter what the commission, let's start tomorrow or go first.

As long as it's not looking for cats and dogs......

"Joto!" Chiba rushed downstairs to the office with an umbrella, and anxiously ran upstairs to find Gao Chengdao, "Please, hurry up and help me find someone!" Otherwise, it's dangerous! ”

"Huh?"

Gao Cheng took the remote control of the changing channel and collapsed his eyelids.

He's talking about starting tomorrow......

"That's the way it is," Chiba explained as she sat down on the couch and said to Takanai, "I often met a girl at a coffee shop I frequented recently, and just today, she came to me to discuss something, saying that she felt that she was in danger, and that she had received many threatening letters from a prisoner in a year, and now that prisoner seems to be out of prison......"

"Does that prisoner have a grudge against her?"

"I don't know, but she was scared to change jobs and even moved, and it still seems like someone is following her lately, so I told her to contact me as soon as she sees the other person's appearance or if something specific happens......

Chiba worried: "What I didn't expect was that in the short time I went to the toilet, she suddenly checked out and went back by herself, and when she heard that she was scared, she took the wrong umbrella......

"When I chased out, a man wearing a hat and sunglasses seemed to think I was the young lady, and he drove from behind without fear and almost hit me...... I was so careless that I didn't ask her address at that time, and I wanted to discuss this matter with the police, but I didn't have any definite evidence, so I had to come to you......"

"Does that mean you don't even know the identity of the other party at all?" Gao Cheng asked, pisting his chin.

This guy won't get dizzy just because the other person is a beautiful woman, right?

It's too simple, the world is very complicated......

"Yes, that's right." Chiba bowed her head sadly.

"You don't need to look like this, we'll just help you find it," Gao Cheng said with a deep groan, "Since you often meet this young lady in coffee shops, she should live nearby, right, go to the nearby convenience store and ask someone to ask for any clues." ”

"Huh?" Xiao Ai poked her head out of the kitchen with a spoon, "Am I going with me too?" ”

……

"Woo——!"

Even if you know the approximate range, it is always a hassle to find someone, Gao Cheng left the convenience store with an umbrella after asking in the rain, and suddenly a noisy siren sounded, as if something had happened not far away.

"Is there a case? Yes, yes...... I know! After Chiba made a phone call, he hurriedly looked for Gao Cheng and Xiao Ai and said, "Someone called the police, saying that a young woman in a nearby apartment was involved in a murder case, should it be ......?"

"Let's go see first."

Gao Cheng frowned and looked in the direction of the incident.

The siren at this time is really not a good sign, listening to the strange panic, Chiba even changed his face, and when he hurried outside the blockade, he saw a red car parked in the open space under the apartment building

"City, city...... Was it the car that hit me, or was it a step too late? ”

Chiba directly crossed the blockade and entered the apartment where the incident occurred, the scene was on the second floor, and the police officer in charge was Sato.

"Chiba," Sato said in surprise, "aren't you still on vacation today?" ”

"That's right, but ......"

After greeting the police officers who were investigating outside, Gao Cheng put down the wet umbrella against the wall, and entered the apartment on the second floor with Xiao Ai, the scene seemed to have been collected, there was a man's body lying in the living room, and a silent beautiful woman sitting next to the bed.

"This case happened 40 minutes ago," Sato explained, "just when Takagi and the others received a report about another case, and at about half past nine, Takuya Murakami, a repeater who lived in the room directly below, suddenly heard a loud noise and screams, so he came up to check on the situation, and found the body, as well as Miss Mio Toda, who was standing nearby......"

"Are there cases elsewhere?" Gao Cheng asked.

"Yes, Mr. Mori seems to be over there too," Sato looked at Mio Toda, who was sitting on the edge of the bed and bowed his head silently, and continued, "But then again, have you been looking for Miss Toda all this time?" ”

"Because I'm really worried," Chiba nodded, "The victim seemed to have mistaken me for Miss Toda and deliberately drove into me!" ”

"The victim is Mr. Yoshisumi Kashijima, 28 years old, who was only released from traffic prison three days ago, which is indeed in line with Chiba's statement," Sato pondered, "The apartment door did show signs of prying open, and the car in the open space downstairs was also confirmed to be a stolen car......

"According to Miss Toda, when she went home today, the victim had already picked the lock and waited for her in the house, but she was pulled in before she opened the door, because the other party was holding a knife and could only resist with the umbrella in her hand, and the two came to the living room during the scuffle, and when she came to her senses, Shinjima had been stoned to death by a falling vase."

"So, is it justified defense?"

Gao Cheng's gaze swept over the room.

Because it is a typical single apartment, there is an open kitchen and bathroom on both sides of the entrance, and a bedroom and living room inside.

Chiba's umbrella, which was mistaken by mistake, was bent so badly that it looked like Mio Toda had said.

As for the victim Xin Dao, the fatal wound was in the back of the head, the vase fell on the carpet next to it, and there were blood stains on the hard part of the bottom, and the bridge of the nose was also damaged, and even blood flowed out of the nose, which seemed to have hit the TV stand, and there were also blood stains.

Wrong......

Gao Cheng's gaze returned to the corpse.

The corpse's clothes were all dry, including the hems of his trousers, and there was not even a trace of wetting, which meant that the man should have been in this room before it rained, but it was raining heavily when Chiba met with Mio Toda at the coffee shop.

This statement by Mio Toda is completely wrong.

"It doesn't matter, Miss Mio," Mio Toda, who was still comforting the bedside, said Chiba, "It's not your fault, I'll try to help you." ”

Mio Toda raised her head with a worried face and said with a little relief, "Thank you, Officer Chiba." ”

"I want to ask," Takasei turned to Michi Sato, "Is there any enmity between the victim and Miss Mio?" ”

"A year ago, because someone drunk drove out of control and crashed out of the protective fence, causing the whole car to fall into the lake, one of the two people who were thrown out of the car, one person died, one person was slightly injured, and the driver was held accountable for driving the car negligently causing death, but because it was the driver who died, no prosecution was made, and the passenger who was slightly injured was sentenced to ......one year in prison for violating road traffic laws and regulations because he did not stop drunk driving."

"That's Mr. Shinjima, who was imprisoned a year ago."

"It's not true!" Mio Toda reacted violently, "My brother used to have an accident because of drunk driving, and since then my brother has never held the steering wheel again, and the person driving at that time must have been Shinjima!" ”

"Brother?"

"Yes, it was my brother who was killed, and at that time I didn't believe Shinjima's testimony, so I objected to the court......"

"That's true," Sato confirmed, "and although the court dismissed the complaint, Shinjima was sentenced to a year in prison, and seemed to be annoyed at the time by Miss Mio Toda, who appealed." ”

Chiba heard this and said angrily, "It's too much to resent Miss Mio because of this!" It doesn't make sense at all, even if Miss Mio doesn't appeal, he will still have to serve a prison sentence! Miss Mio, show you those letters! ”

Hey......

Gao Cheng was speechless and looked at Chiba, who seemed to trust Mio Toda completely.

Although it's true that she's a big beauty, it's true.,But there's also a saying that the more beautiful a woman is, the more she will deceive people.,From the beginning, I often appeared in that coffee shop just to trick Chiba, right?

Until the truth comes out, it is the basic ability of the police to remain suspicious.

Forget it, you can't ask too much of this guy Chiba, who was used by his roommate last time......

Gao Cheng followed along to check the letter that Mio Toda had taken out.

They were all letters sent when they were serving their sentences, and the content was just like "when I am released from prison, I will definitely come to say hello".

"It's a bit vague, but it's clearly intimidation, right?" Chiba looked at Gao Cheng tightly and asked.

"It seems that this is right," Gao Cheng asked suspiciously, holding two envelopes, "These letters seem to have been interrupted for half a year, and there are words like 'I want to tell you the truth of the matter' at the end......"

"That doesn't mean anything, does it? It may be that the anger slowly calmed down at first, and when he was about to be released from prison, he remembered it again. ”

"Perhaps."

Gao Cheng turned around and walked out of the hallway, looking at Shiratori who was checking downstairs by the car in the open space.

Although it is too early to tell, all the traces here show that Mio Toda, who Chiba desperately wanted to maintain, designed this justified defense drama.

"It may not be good to say that, but," Xiao Ai leaned against the wall of the door, and asked softly when he saw Gao Cheng come out, "Is it really necessary to continue the investigation?" Anyway, that woman is also a victim......"

"Of course it's necessary," Gao Cheng quietly withdrew his gaze and said downstairs in a deep voice, "The meaning of finding out the truth is not just to punish the criminals, there are enough truths buried in this world. ”

In the room of the repeater on the first floor, the students who were still preparing for the exam saw Gao Cheng and said helplessly: "I have already told the police just now, I really have heard the sound of TV all the time, it was there before the rain, it was really annoying, I thought it was finally closed, but I heard screams...... It looks like a beautiful apartment, but the rent is very low, and you can hear everything clearly......"

"That is," Gao Cheng confirmed, "did you hear the scuffle?" ”

"Scuffle?"

"Yes, Miss Toda and the other party upstairs scuffled from the entrance to the TV in the living room......"

"That's weird," the repeater scratched his hair, "I remember hearing two bangs as soon as the TV was turned off, and then I heard shouting. ”

"Two rings? Thank you. Gao Cheng fell into thought.

It seems that the victim had been here a long time ago, and probably stayed there until Mio Toda came home, where she was killed when she turned off the television.

"Well," the repeater said embarrassedly, "can I ask you for an autograph?" ”

"Ah, no problem." Gao Cheng came back to his senses and smiled.

"Thank you so much, this exam should be fine!"

"Huh?"

Gao Cheng and the repeaters separated, holding an umbrella to find the white bird guarding the car in the open space.

"Officer Shiratori, did you find anything wrong?"

"It's a castle," Shiratori said with a headache, "I'm still contacting the owner of this car, it should be the car that almost hit Chiba, and the hat and sunglasses used for camouflage were also found in the victim's bag." ”

"But is it really the victim himself?"

Gao Cheng leaned on the side of the window and checked: "Judging from Xin Island's body shape, the driver's seat is adjusted too far forward, no matter how you look at it, it is just a woman's position." ”

"Really?" Shiratori checked again in surprise, "It's a bit ...... to say that."

"Officer Shiratori," Gao Cheng paused and pleaded, "can I trouble you with something?" While Shinjima was serving his sentence, he had been sending letters to Miss Toda, but there was a break for almost half a year, and the tone seemed to be different, so I wanted to find out the real reason for the interruption of letters. ”

"No, no problem......"

Shiratori subconsciously agreed, but when he reacted, Gao Cheng had already returned to the apartment building.

This kind of thing used to seem to be Takagi's job, but now it's finally his turn?

After a brief period of depression, Shiratori smiled confidently.

This also shows that the city has trust in him, right?

It's finally not like it doesn't have a sense of existence, and it feels really good......

The rain was still pouring down, and there was a lot of rain in the gutters, and when Takasei returned to the second floor, Sato was planning to take Mio Toda back to the police station first.

"Joto, is Shiratori still down there?"

"Yes, I asked Officer Shiratori to find something," Gao Cheng looked at Mio Toda, who was accompanied by Chiba, "because this case is probably not justified defense, but a planned murder." ”