Chuo-gu, Kyobashi Central Hospital.

When Gao Cheng drove over with Kaori Nakahara, Fuyuki Hachishima had already finished his treatment, and the attending physician shook his head and announced the worst news.

Not only did Yashima Fuyuki not wake up, but he stopped breathing forever, and his vital signs were completely ......

The doctor left, and Kaori Nakahara stood quietly by the bedside, looking at the cold body of her boyfriend.

Gao Cheng's gaze swept over Kaori Nakahara, avoiding the nurses who came and going, and found a corner outside the ward to talk.

"So, I don't need your help at all."

"But I heard from the Twilight Police Department that it's going to be sent for testing tonight, right? The suspect died, and there is no way to ......"

At Didan Elementary School, Conan avoided the children and held an earring phone at the top of the stairs: "If it's just an investigation, wouldn't it be better for me to help?" ”

"Stupid, if you come here, those guys won't be at ease...... If I asked a group of kids to help, what would so many police officers think of the same operation? Gao Cheng looked in the direction of the ward, "Don't say anything, I'll solve it." ”

The room was still as silent as death, completely different from the busy atmosphere outside, and no doctors and nurses paid attention to this side anymore, as if they had been abandoned.

After that, it will probably be transferred to the morgue......

"Miss Nakahara......" Gao Cheng closed the door of the ward, looked at Kaori Nakahara, and didn't know what to say.

"It's me...... I killed ......"

Kaori Nakahara suddenly burst into tears.

"It was I who killed the ...... of the Winter Tree"

……

At the hospital payment office, Gao Cheng sorted out the bills after settling the bills, paused, and went to the doctor's office in a deep voice.

It was fine, but Kaori Nakahara suddenly fainted in the ward, almost leaving him at a loss......

"Although anemia is not a big problem...... the attending physician looked at the examination report, "Actually, Miss Nakahara is three months pregnant......

"Can I talk to her?"

"I guess it's fine...... However, it may be a mental burden on her......"

"I'll pay attention, it'll be good for a while," Gao Cheng said solemnly, "There may be a press conference tonight, if you don't find new clues soon......

Kaga is also working hard near Nihonbashi, also to find out the truth of the incident, and his side cannot drag his feet.

Only by finding clues that Yashima is not the murderer can the case be given more time to investigate.

In the lounge, after getting the doctor's consent, Gao Cheng saw the haggard Kaori Nakahara again.

"It's Fuyuki's child......" Kaori Nakahara silently pressed her stomach, "I still have a headache when to tell him ......"

Gao Cheng was silent for a while, then organized his words and asked, "I heard that he had a criminal record in the past...... Do you use knife tools? ”

Kaori Nakahara thought about it and shook her head: "I don't know...... But he didn't bring it with him now, what was at home, what he had, I knew better than himself. ”

"Including personal belongings?" Gao Cheng continued to ask, "Will you be able to master it completely?" ”

"Really," Kaori Nakahara said earnestly, "I know him better than anyone else...... The day before the accident, I helped him find his socks without holes......"

"But on the night of the crime, when he talked to you on the phone, he carried the victim's belongings and briefcase...... At that time, he hid among the greenery on the side of the road, and when he called him, he said, 'I'll go home soon, I'm sorry for being so late,' ......"

Gao Cheng looked directly at Kaori Nakahara.

"Miss Nakahara, even then can you say that you know him better than anyone else?!"

"He told me!"

Kaori Nakahara interrupted Gao Cheng, avoiding her gaze with tears in her eyes, clenching her fingers and saying with difficulty: "What should I do...... I did something I shouldn't have done......"

Gao Cheng's eyes sank slightly: "This is his last call?" ”

"That day he didn't know why he suddenly wanted to wear socks without holes......"

Zhongyuan choked up, unable to suppress his emotions and cry out.

"I forced him to death, and I blamed him for the money, that's why he did that kind of thing......"

Kaori Nakahara couldn't cry, holding her face helplessly: "It's all my fault, I was the one who killed him, and I was the one who killed Fuyuki......"

"What should not be done, what is the truth of the matter...... Gao Cheng stood up, "It doesn't necessarily mean that Mr. Yashima killed someone, does it?" You don't want Mr. Hachishima to die on the charge of being a murderer, do you? ”

Handing over Kaori Nakahara to the nurse to take care of, Gao Cheng bowed slightly and said, "Don't worry, no matter what the truth is, I will definitely give you an explanation and bet on the future of the detective." ”

……

Nihonbashi Police Station Conference Room.

"Pregnant?"

"There is no ambiguity in this regard for young people who are poor nowadays......

The police officers in charge of the investigation were called together to report to their work, including Mr. Takatari and Mr. Kaga, though he did not mention Mr. Yashima's last phone call.

That kind of argument can only make the press conference earlier......

After the other police officers finished reporting, Gao Cheng stood up and continued: "Regarding the person who entered the café with the victim, I think it is necessary to conduct another investigation to determine whether it is Yashima himself. ”

The police officers at the scene turned their eyes to Gao Cheng.

Most of them are people from the police station in the jurisdiction, but they have heard of Gao Cheng's name, and they always feel unreliable after seeing the real person so young, and the Jinshi Metal side is also investigating with the police officers of the search class.

"The day before the Yashima incident, I specially looked for socks that were not torn," Gao Cheng said calmly, "It should be to prepare for the interview the next day, there are not many places to take off your shoes during the interview, I believe you can find out the company that interviewed on the day of the Yashima incident......"

The police at the scene began to discuss, and several high-level officials couldn't help but nod their heads despite their reluctance to continue dragging on.

"Indeed, it would be better to know why Yashima went to the vicinity of Nihonbashi."

"In addition," Gao Cheng paused, "Yashima doesn't have a contact record of the interview company on his mobile phone, maybe he didn't interview through magazines or other job advertisements, but saw a recruitment announcement posted outside the store and applied for a temporary job, and then the other party asked him to interview the next day for some reason...... If you deploy the police force based on these two points......"

At the end of the meeting, Takatari and Kaga left the police station together.

"For the time being, I have bought time, but at most I can only postpone the press conference by one day."

Kaga took a map and handed it to Gao Cheng.

"Seven Lucky Gods Tour, Someone Saw Mr. Aoyagi Worship Purple Thousand Paper Cranes at Suki Forest Shrine a month ago......"

Kaga took Takari and walked through the streets: "I don't know for what purpose Mr. Aoyagi is visiting the Seven Gods of Good Luck, and then I will go through the rest of the shrine." ”

"Officer Kaga, you'd better drive there, or it's too slow."

Gao Cheng looked at the various locations on the map where Takeaki Aoyagi appeared.

"Mr. Aoyagi has really come a long way...... But why did Yashima come to Nihonbashi and travel so far to Nihonbashi to find a job? It's quite far from Arakawa Ward......"

"Maybe the company that found him for an interview will know," Kaga suggested, "Anyway, accompany me to the rest of the shrines." ”

"Huh? I'm going with me too?! ”

"Yes, anyway, you don't need to investigate the line of Yashima for the time being, it's better to run one more person than one."

"That's right......

……

Suitengu Shrine, a famous shrine in Tokyo to pray for safe childbirth, is also the last shrine of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune.

Gao Cheng ran through several shrines, and finally followed Kaga to the Shuitian Palace to meet, and he was very tired: "Front-line criminal police...... It's really more tired than I thought......"

Kaga was not surprised: "How did it turn out?" ”

"Four months ago, someone at Kasama Inari Shrine saw Mr. Aoyagi offering a green thousand paper cranes."

"Someone on my side also saw him at Chanoki Shrine three months ago taking pictures of blue paper cranes with a digital camera."

Kaga walks into Suitengu.

"This is the last one, if you find a clue, you will run a hundred times more tomorrow."

"Huh?"

Gao Cheng hurriedly followed: "Do you want to check on Xiuwenguan High School?" ”

"I've been here for about half a year to worship paper cranes," the abbot, a white-headed old man, explained when he was found, "I've calculated, and it's exactly a hundred at a time, and it's a thousand-dollar envelope bag together." ”

"Are a hundred paper cranes the same color every time?" Kaga asked.

"It was yellow at first, then green and blue, and it was different from month to month."

"Have you ever seen anyone to worship?"

"No," said the abbot shaking his head, "he always appears when there are fewer people......

After asking, Kaga looked serious.

"Mr. Aoyagi did tell people that going to other shrines was just a stop-by...... It seems that this is the real place he is coming to, so I went to look for it, and the origami paper of the origami crane may have been bought nearby. ”

"Then I'll ask the others."

Gao Cheng stayed in the shrine, looking for pedestrians who came and went to worship.

It would be too strange if Takeaki Aoyagi went to the Suitengu Palace to pray for a safe birth, the Aoyagi family did not have any pregnant people at all, and there was no need to work so hard to start visiting the shrine half a year ago.

It's not so much praying for a safe birth, it's better to say......

Gao Cheng walked to the place next to the shrine that sold prayer items, and his eyes fell on the hanging price catalog.

"Water disaster...... Is there a water disaster prayer here too? ”

"Of course," the shrine maiden laughed, "and there are many people who pray for the children to be spared from the flood." ”

"Sure enough, my feeling was right, the swimming club, the water disaster...... Mr. Aoyagi started coming to Nihonbashi half a year ago, and sure enough, it was because of this ......"

Gao Cheng's eyes swept over the prayer object, took out a photo of Takeaki Aoyagi and asked, "Have you seen this person?" According to the abbot, it seems that he will come when there are fewer people. ”

The shrine maiden took the photo, shook her head, and said, "I don't know either...... Excuse me, are you a police officer? ”

"This," Gao Cheng said, grabbing the back of his head, "I'm not a policeman, but I'm assisting the police in their investigation......"

"Ah," said the shrine maiden in surprise suddenly, "I remember, you're the detective, aren't you?" ”

"Sort of."

Gao Cheng put away the photo of Takeaki Aoyagi and handed out his business card: "I'm Chenghu Gaocheng, if you think of anything, please contact me......"

The shrine maiden happily put away her business card and continued, "Speaking of which, a person named Yashima Fuyuki came here a few days ago and dropped the wishing card......"

"Fuyuki Yashima?" Gao Cheng was stunned and took out a photo of Yashima, "Is this this person?" ”

"Well," the shrine maiden nodded, looking at the picture of Yashima and wondered, "Is he really the guy he said on TV?" But is it really a murderer? He didn't look like that kind of person, he spent all the five hundred yuan on his body to buy a wishing card, and made a wish very seriously......"

"Where's the wishing card?"

"We helped keep it, and he didn't seem to know that the wishing card here could be taken home, so he kept hanging it on the tree next to him......"

When he joined Kaga again, Gao Cheng had an extra wishing card full of words in his hand, and the payment was indeed Hachishima Fuyuki.

"For the sake of the soon-to-be-born child, pray that I will find a job soon......"

"It happened to be the day before the incident," Gao Cheng muttered, "I heard from Miss Nakahara that Yashima went back late that day because he didn't have the money to take the train......"

Kaga looked at the wishing card, took a deep breath, and handed Gao Cheng a bag of colored washi paper: "Mr. Aoyagi really used this kind of washi origami crane, ten colors, starting from the yellow in the middle in order, yellow, green, water blue, blue blue, purple and finally white, one hundred pieces of each, after praying and taking pictures at other shrines, followed by a thousand-yen letter and put it at the Suitengu Shrine......"

"Water disaster," Gao Cheng continued, "Mr. Kaga, in addition to praying for safe childbirth, Suitengu can also pray for the exemption of water disaster...... Sure enough, it has something to do with Yuto Aoyagi. ”

Kaga and Takasei walked side by side, nodded and affirmed, "Your intuition is right, it seems that it is necessary to investigate again." ”

"Okay." A smile appeared on Gao Cheng's face, although the case was still a bit cumbersome, the feeling of approaching the truth of the incident was particularly strong.

Because Yuto Aoyagi and the teacher seem to be taboo about something, they don't talk about the swimming club accident at all......