The next day, it was another rainy day. The drizzle was like silk, and the weather did not delay the flight at Kansai International Airport, and the All Nippon Airways Boeing 777 plane, which took off at 8 o'clock in the morning, landed on time at Haneda Airport on time after an hour.

Heiji Hattori was still wearing his trademark cap, and as soon as he got off the plane, he walked with Toyama Kazuha in the direction of the taxi line at the airport.

They agreed with Mori Kogoro to meet at one o'clock in the afternoon, so they planned to take advantage of this time to go to Kakudo Town to greet Mr. Kusukawa, a former subordinate of Minister Toyama.

But they didn't notice that there was a figure standing in the taxi aisle of Haneda Airport, staring at them from a distance. It wasn't until he saw Hattori and Kazuha getting into a taxi that he casually got into a car and motioned for the driver to follow closely.

The sound of the rain crashing on the windows of the car was clearly audible, and Hattori Heiji, who was sitting in the car, frowned.

The hand holding the phone slowly drooped from his ear, and he muttered, "It's so strange, Kazuha." Since Mr. Kusukawa has something to meet with your father to discuss in detail, he should always have his mobile phone on. But since I received the letter, I have never been able to contact him. ”

"Could it be that I've been too busy at work lately and forgot to turn on my phone? Generally speaking, people who work in a detective agency have two mobile phones. He Ye didn't care, "Just go to his office and look for it in a while." ”

"That's what I said......" Hattori Heiji's hand clutched his phone tightly and looked out the window at the scenery, his eyes foggy. But I always had an ominous premonition, hoping that I was too careful. ”

The car stopped at a house called the "Kabido Detective Agency" in Kakudo for about twenty minutes. After paying, the two of them put their hands above their heads and ran into the corridor at a fast speed, all the way to the office on the second floor.

At this time, the taxi that was following closely behind also slowly turned off. The figure held up the aqua blue flower umbrella and stepped out gracefully from inside. The shiny round scalp shoes rippled on the surface of the puddle.

"Huh? Is Mr. Kusukawa not there? When Hattori was in a hurry, the Kansai flavor in his words became heavier.

A man wearing sunglasses and a bald head sat on the desk, nodded and said, "Yes, he hasn't come to work for two or three days, and I can't get in touch with him." ”

"Pingji, could something really happen?" He Ye grabbed the corner of his clothes worriedly, "Before, he said that there was something very important to discuss with my father, whether it would be related to his disappearance." ”

Hattori put one hand on his chin and muttered, "Probably ......"

"That's right." The bald head suddenly remembered something, "He mentioned to me before that he was going to investigate a big case, so I think he should be hiding somewhere to solve the case." ”

"That's ......" Hattori Heiji pondered for a while and said, "So, can you tell us Mr. Kusukawa's address?" We wanted to visit him. ”

"Oh...... I'll take a look......" The bald man took out a notepad from the drawer, and after turning a few pages, he said to it: "His address is in the 4-chome of Kakudo-cho, and there is a dotoso apartment. ”

"Thank you." A smile spread across Hattori's face and he half-bowed. "Then let's not bother you yet."

After saying goodbye, he and Ye Heping walked out of the building of the office one after another. Since the 4-chome was near here, it would take less than ten minutes to walk to get there, so they trotted all the way over.

By the time they arrived at the "Aridove Village", their upper bodies were almost soaking wet.

"Really, I didn't expect it to rain in Tokyo, so I knew I had an umbrella with me." Hattori slipped headlong under the shelter of the stairs and complained.

Toyama Kazuha also felt it, and she also thought that Tokyo was a sunny day, so she wore an off-the-shoulder short-sleeved shirt.

There is a sign on the wall next to the staircase with the name of this apartment. Next to it is a mailbox with the names of the residents here. According to the surname above, the two went directly to the second floor to find Mr. Kusukawa in 202.

But when they reached the door of the room, they saw a blank piece of paper taped to it, and it was written: I should be back by noon, and if there is a registered letter, please send it to the landlord.

"Isn't it there?" Kazuha blinked.

Hattori glanced at his watch and muttered, "It's already past eleven o'clock, and if it's before noon, I'll be back a long time ago." ”

Knock knock~

"Hey, Mr. Kusukawa, are you home?" Toyama Kazuha knocked on the door first and said, "I'm Toyama Ginjiro's daughter Kazuha, last time you talked to my father about something, he asked us to visit you." ”

After knocking it a few times to no avail, Hattori squinted impatiently at the piece of paper. "Really, it looks like this guy is really not here."

"Shall we wait and see?"

"Looks like that's all it takes." Hattori leaned against the door and slowly crouched down, "Let's wait for half an hour, and if he doesn't come back, just tell the landlord about the matter and ask him to open the door." ”

When Hattori was crouching, his eyes fell on the stone wall outside the gate. Looking down from a high place, I just saw a touch of aqua blue umbrella edge faintly flashing in the corner of the wall.

His loose eyebrows furrowed.

This is......

He was just about to squint his eyes to take a closer look, when a sudden shout from Yuan Shan and Ye interrupted his train of thought.

She pointed to where Hattori was squatting and said, "Heiji, there's a piece of duct tape stuck to the crack of the door. ”

"What!?" He immediately turned around, his fingers gently smoothing the tape that had fallen off. "This is a common method used by detectives, to put duct tape on the door to know if anyone has entered when they leave the house," he explained. ”

Toyama and Ye swallowed. "That'...... If the tape comes off, does it mean that someone has broken into this room? ”

Heiji Hattori didn't answer, and got caught up in his own thoughts.

This hypothesis is possible, but judging by the dust and viscosity on the tape, it must have been a few days ago.

Could it be that the words on the white piece of paper on the door were written on it a few days ago? Mr. Kusukawa may have encountered something, and he wanted to go home early, but he couldn't come back. Then, while he was away, someone else entered the room.

As soon as the idea came to him, he straightened up and stood up, turning the handle of the door without thinking. With a "squeak~", the door opened.

"Actually...... There was no lock. Kazuha stood at the door and covered his mouth, afraid that there were bad people in ambush inside, so he didn't dare to go in.

Heiji Hattori looked at the door for a moment, and immediately threw off his shoes and walked in.

He made a beeline for the single largest room in the room, ready to see what the clues were. But the things around are very neatly arranged, not like the thieves who broke through the empty door.

As he looked around, he suddenly noticed that there was an imprint left by the words on the top of the post-it sticker next to the computer desk. Presumably, Mr. Kusukawa wrote the post-it note on the previous page, and the imprint was covered on the next one.

And the first feeling that this piece of paper gave Hattori Heiji was probably related to the disappearance of Kusukawa.

。 Sogou