"Have you found it yet?"

The information that the murdered girl was found the next day, and she found a casual bar through the girl's necklace pendant, because it happened to be a small gift for the girls in the store.

The girl seems to be the girl from this bar.

When Gao Cheng arrived at the scene, the Maori police officer happened to be there.

“MIKE？ What is the real name? ”

"I don't know, she was hired by the previous store manager," the bartender reluctantly responded to Gao Cheng, "Come to work on a whim one day, and leave after getting paid." ”

"That's it," Maori said helplessly, "Listening to other girls who always write things in their notebooks, full of things like 'I want to die' and 'what will happen when I die', I can be sure that the suicide note was written by herself......"

"Anything else?"

"A nearby Internet café club, registered with the pseudonym 'Sanmao Cat', only known that she often buys cup noodles, and when she leaves, she will look at a white night photo......"

Maori sighed with some headache.

"Now I haven't matched the corresponding search application, and I don't know if there are any family members."

"What about the site?" Gao Cheng looked at the bargirls who were talking and laughing, and the death of a person didn't seem to have any effect here.

"Ah, by the way," Maori suddenly remembered, "Yesterday when we were preparing to investigate, we found that the suicide website was suddenly closed, but we have already found the webmaster and the address, do you want to go over and have a look?" ”

"It's too time-consuming, just tell me when there's news, I'll go to the monitoring hospital next."

Gao Cheng took out his mobile phone to take a photo of the girl left in the signature bar bar, and the girl on it looked very happy.

Homelessness, running away from home...... This is a topic that can barely be contacted between Sanmao Cat and Matsukura Hana, and if they meet through online social networking, they may leave relevant clues, but the suicide website was suddenly closed during the police investigation.

Maybe the webmaster already knows something.

"Xiao Ai," Gao Cheng called Xiao Ai, "Are you in the office now?" ”

"In the Surveillance Infirmary."

"Huh?"

"It seems that the results of the ingredient identification have already been obtained," Xiao Ai stood by the corridor, looking at Dr. Sancheng who was talking to his colleagues in the office, "Your forensic doctor happened to call the office again......

"What do you call that medical examiner of mine?"

Gao Cheng's eyebrows jumped.

"I'll go to the hospital now and tell them that I have found the place where the murdered girl worked, and I only know the pseudonym of a 'three-haired cat', which may also be a screen name."

"Sanmao...... Cat? ”

Tokyo Metropolitan Supervision Hospital, Gao Cheng's third visit, only to put on a work card to enter the office of the anatomy class, I saw Xiao Ai and Sancheng chatting together, looking quite harmonious.

"How's it going?"

"The appraisal side has already brought over the ingredient list," Sancheng hurriedly took out a document after seeing Gao Cheng, "I found this after comparison." ”

Gao Cheng picked up an appraisal document on the water quality of the hot springs: "There are deer hot springs? ”

"When the Philippine Sea plate sinks below Honshu, it brings up a large amount of seawater, and the seawater becomes water vapor due to the heat of the mantle, and rises to the surface to become a hot spring, which is one of the few in the world, with a salt concentration twice that of seawater, and is closer to the proportion of ingredients on the composition list than seawater......

Sancheng chuckled and took out a promotional poster of Youlu Hot Spring Resort: "And there is this, venison with extremely high liver sugar content, how about it?" ”

"Venison?"

Gao Cheng took the poster, looked at the appraisal form carefully, and looked at Sancheng with wide eyes: "This has found the specific location?" ”

He thought it was the seaside and got it in the wrong direction.

"In other words, the last place the three-haired cat went to was Youlu Hot Spring, and he had his last dinner there before being killed, as long as the specific location is confirmed, the investigation can start from the neighborhood......"

"No, no!" The intern suddenly ran into the office in a panic, took a breath and said anxiously, "The dean contacted the police station just now, and it seems that they are planning to give up and continue the investigation!" ”

"Huh? Why? Finally, I have a clue again......"

"It was said that it was confirmed that the suicide note was left by me, but it did not match the application for the missing person...... The victim was alone, and the Sato family wanted to close the case as soon as possible, so the police station planned to deal with it as a forced suicide case, and the murderer was determined to be Sato Shoichi! ”

"How can this be?"

Everyone in the anatomy class instantly turned ugly.

"But didn't the Maori officer investigate the suicide webmaster?"

"I heard that it was the idea from above......"

"It's not strange," said an old forensic doctor when he walked into the office, "the police have a lot of big cases at hand, and this kind of troublesome suicide case, of course, more is better than less, and everyone can be happy if they don't see it......

"But what about Matsukura Hana?" Sancheng clenched his fingers, as long as he closed his eyes, it seemed that he could see the remains of the girl Sanmao again, "There is another girl who may be imprisoned...... Xiao Sanmao couldn't save her when she was alive, at least she had to save the girl she had to protect when she died, this was her last prayer......"

"There's no way around it, and there's no evidence that there's really another girl, and the girl named Hana Matsukura should look for another ......"

"What about the murderer?"

"Xiao Sanmao, who can eat the paper ball for help," Sancheng's eyes were slightly red, "Just because of a suicide note, no relatives are looking for it...... Ignoring her prayers? ”

"This ......"

"Is there no way?"

Everyone in the anatomy class was a little frustrated, and the old forensic doctor shook his head helplessly: "We have tried our best, and the forensic doctor is only a forensic doctor in the end......"

"I'm sorry," Gao Cheng put down the appraisal, looked at the people in the anatomy class who were in chaos all of a sudden, and raised his hand gently, "The idea above...... Whose idea was it? ”

Sancheng was stunned and turned to Gao Cheng, and opened his mouth slightly: "Ah, I almost forgot!" ”

……

"Excuse me, Officer Twilight, there may be a girl in danger right now, who could be killed at any moment...... It's nothing, I just happened to run into it, it's an alternative exchange meeting, the forensic doctor here is very powerful......"

In the office of the anatomy class, Gao Cheng hung up the phone in the stunned eyes of many forensic doctors.

"No problem, the Metropolitan Police Department will contact the Seibu Sangano Police Station, but we need to find more clues as soon as possible......"

"It's so powerful, the energy of the Metropolitan Police Department is really not small." The old forensic doctor sighed and smacked his tongue.

"It's nothing, it's just that I've helped with a lot of cases," Gao Cheng put away his phone and looked at Sancheng, "Doctor Sancheng, can you run with me?" ”

"Huh?"

"Let's go to Arilu Hot Springs and have a look."

There is a deer hot spring resort, and it is also known as the town of deer, Gao Cheng rode a motorcycle with Mikoto Mitsumi and Xiao Ai to investigate together, was caught in the middle can only keep his face tight, and he has no interest in appreciating the beautiful scenery of the countryside at all, and he can barely experience a little warm summer flavor when he arrives at the hot spring.

Passing through the country roads between the ridges, it is rare to have a bit of a leisurely feeling, and it does not look like a family coming to investigate, but rather a family coming to vacation.

"There's no problem with the water here," Sancheng said at the roadside hot spring pool, checking the water quality with a simple test strip, "very close...... Detective Joto, why did you have to call me? ”

"Professional things are handed over to professional people, doesn't Dr. Sancheng want to know the truth? But then again, is venison really sold here? Gao Cheng looked around and turned around, "Let's go to the store that sells rice balls first." ”

"Shops?"

"According to the results of your test, Sanmao should not have eaten in a restaurant, but bought a finished rice ball......

Gao Cheng rode the motorcycle again and took Sancheng and Xiao Ai to the nearby shops and supermarkets to investigate one by one.

There are many shops on this side of Shika Onsen, but venison is only available at restaurants.

"Since there is no venison for sale," Gao Cheng frowned after understanding the situation, "Maybe venison is added to other foods, venison rice balls?" ”

"Venison onigiri," the clerk who was questioned recalled, "Iseya sells venison curry-flavored onigiri that is a specialty here......

"Venison curry rice balls?" Gao Cheng raised his eyebrows.

There is indeed curry in the gastric juice composition identification......

"Where is Iseya?"

"Keep going this way, right at the intersection."

"Thank you."

"Detective Joto," Sancheng followed Gao Cheng to Iseya, and asked with some concern, "Sanmao's death message, has the mystery been solved?" ”

"If it's to save another girl, the first sentence should be the location information......"

Gao Cheng looked at the calm and peaceful pastoral scenery, but his mind was full of the paper ball soaked in gastric juice and the scribbled handwriting on it.

"I was locked in a cold, dark place, constantly losing my body temperature, and at the last moment I found paper and pen...... According to the situation at that time, it should have been difficult to write, and I could only write while rubbing my hands, so it was necessary to write the key information with the least number of words, and the first sentence of 'Snow Man' ......"

"How?" Sancheng looked at Gao Cheng with concern.

"The murderer may be male, so 'snow' is Sanmao's perception of the murderer, refrigerated freight truck...... Or the killer's nickname on the Internet......"

Gao Cheng and Xiao Ai glanced at each other, and slowly said the possibility that he and Xiao Ai discussed.

"If Sanmao really bought venison curry rice balls in Iseya, the murderer's place of imprisonment and his own address should be in the vicinity, and when I came, I asked Officer Twilight to contact the nearby Itsutsuka Town Police Station......"

……

"There is indeed a venison curry-style rice ball......

Iseya, Gao Cheng quickly found the target after finding the manager of the aunt, Iseya's original Arika Onsen specialty, which is not sold anywhere else.

There are also potato salad sandwiches, cucumber lettuce...... Almost exactly fit.

"The portion size is almost twice that of Sanmao's stomach," Sancheng took the rice ball to find the list of ingredients at the back, and looked at Gao Cheng in a daze, "Sanmao and the other person ate it separately...... And really a girl?! ”

"Yes, definitely."

Gao Cheng took out the photos of Sanmao and Matsukura to confirm with his aunt, but he didn't get any results, there were too many guests, and it was difficult for the proprietress to remember the two girls.

"But for the freezer, about two kilometers further is Riyun Refrigerated," the aunt said strangely, "What are you looking for the freezer?" ”

"Just looking for something."

Leaving Iseya, Sancheng couldn't wait to go to Nisse Freezing, and Gao Cheng had to ride a motorcycle again.

As before, he doesn't believe that the scene of the crime was a freight company's freezer, but it is necessary to confirm it to be on the safe side.

The locomotive drove on a fairly wide country road, and a few houses could be seen scattered among the surrounding fields and hills, much like what he had guessed, and only such a long distance between neighbors was convenient for incarceration.

The killer was supposed to also have a refrigerated van of his own......

Gao Cheng slowly sorted out the before and after of the case in his mind, and continued to conceive the character profile.

To trick two girls with suicidal tendencies into coming to this kind of rural place through the Internet, the murderer needs to be a woman with a similar situation, so it is more likely that "Snow" is a nickname.

There is still a mutilated word behind the death message "Snow Man's ......", and now that I think about it, it is the most likely "home".

That is to say, the two girls were imprisoned in the murderer's house, Sanmao was frozen to death alone, and swallowed the distress letter before he died, and then the body was taken by the murderer to the Sato family who committed suicide by burning charcoal, disguised as committing suicide together.

The meaning of doing this, I don't know if it's the pursuit of the so-called perfect crime, if so, the other girl should be safe for the time being.

Unfortunately, the Maori police officer went to investigate the webmaster, but there was no news yet, so it was difficult to find the murderer from the Internet, and it was still difficult to find the exact location in the countryside.

However, judging from the last food that Sanmao bought in Iseya, the place of imprisonment is far from the location of Iseya......

"Buzz." Gao Cheng suddenly stopped his motorcycle at the intersection and looked at a warehouse-like wooden house on the other side of the field road, in front of which a refrigerated truck with a snowflake sign was parked.

"What's wrong?" Sancheng wondered.

"It's a snow car."

Gao Cheng paused and turned along the path towards the hut.

"The murderer may have used the nickname 'snow' to disguise himself as a woman and contact with Sanmao, so that message is more special 'Snow Man'."

"Snow?"

Sancheng straightened his hair that was blown by the wind, pulled Xiao Ai and hurriedly followed Gao Cheng out of the car and into the truck.

The outside of the carriage was printed with a snowflake pattern, and there was a snow word, and there was a special sign "minus 20 degrees", and Sancheng's eyes were immediately attracted tightly.

"Really...... Freezer that can run, and there are not too many people around......"

Sancheng licked his dry lips and looked at the dripping water pipe in front of the house, which was full of salt crystals and hung a sign that read "Hot Spring".

Vaguely, I seemed to see two girls happily washing their faces in front of the water pipe......

"Is this really the place?" Sancheng looked at Gao Cheng, carefully collected the salt crystals on the water pipe, and opened the door of the truck with trembling fingers.

"Xiao Sanmao is ...... in this kind of place"

"The dead won't come back," Gao Cheng looked at the nearby area with his hands in his hands, "but we still have a chance to save another person, isn't this what Sanmao desperately wants to convey to us?" ”