"That year, a lot of interesting things happened here."

The fat man put a good material that had been prepared a long time ago in front of Yang Nai, and as for why he didn't take it out at the beginning, this question was no longer within the scope of the two of them.

"What is this?"

Frowning, he opened another document bag, different from the few thin sheets of paper before, this document was quite thick, but the contents inside were-

"Case?"

The bag contained a series of investigation reports, as well as some old newspaper clippings, which looked like they were from many years ago.

Picked up a copy at random, Yang Nai glanced at the date, and sure enough, it was at least more than ten years old.

"What is this?"

"That's the clue."

The fat man who spoke amazingly did not give Yang Nai the answer to his question at the first time, but casually picked up a copy from the scattered documents and shook it towards her:

"Ashu's father, Uncle Lo once came to Japan when he was a teenager, and he came to travel at that time, so in order to start a series of things, we investigated all the things that happened in the year that Uncle Lo came to Japan."

"All?"

"Of course, some trivial things or things that we judged to be irrelevant are excluded."

The fat man explained:

"Here are three 'interesting facts' about the year, but only one has a clear direct relationship with Uncle Lo, as for the other two, you can see for yourself first."

Yang Nai didn't speak, but silently picked up the information in front of him and read it.

The first case is a case of disappearance, but it is not a criminal case, and I am afraid it cannot even be called a disappearance, at most it should be said that -

Running away from home?

Japan's No. 1 kendo school, the next heir of the Void Sword Stream, suddenly disappeared from home, because she didn't seem to have anything with her when she left, so the people in their family immediately chose to call the police, but three days later, they received a letter from Yashiami himself.

A "letter of stay" that appeared three days late.

The result of this incident was naturally that the father of Jian Qishi, the current head of the Void Knife Stream, was furious, but because he could never find his "missing" daughter, he could only choose to give up.

This laughable farce was regarded as a child's rebellion at the time, but everyone didn't know that in fact, Yan Qishi is still in a state of "disappearance" to this day.

After turning over the incident of the store manager, the second case that Yono saw in his eyes was also a missing case, but this time it was not a joke.

A traveling party of fourteen people was missing.

The location was in the mountains near Chiba, where there was nothing but a long-abandoned power station.

After the fact, the investigation team almost turned the entire mountain, and the 14 people were not found, and everyone unanimously decided that they were not missing but kidnapped.

Because although there are some traces left by them when they walked at the scene, but no trace of them was found, and even if the whole mountain is walked around, it only takes half a day, and there is no possibility of disappearance.

Although he was surprised by the horror of this kind of case, Yang Nai was at a loss, and the matter of the store manager of Yan Qishi was okay, and the disappearance case in the back had nothing to do with it, didn't it?

"Ah, that disappearance case, because it felt more sensational at the time, so I sorted it out."

“......”

The fat man's explanation made Yang Nai speechless for a while.

"Okay, let's not talk about that, you can take a look at this first."

As he spoke, the fat man picked up the thickest part of the stack of documents and handed it to Yono.

In the newspaper clippings placed at the top of this document, the conspicuous headline is eye-catching.

Bombing of the USS Princess.

"Cruise ship explosion?"

"The incident of the Princess was a first-class hit back then, and there are not a few people who are still paying attention to this matter today, and there are many works such as movies adapted from this incident."

A hint of surprise flashed in Yono's eyes, and this time she didn't hide her doubts.

"What does this have to do with Luo Jun's father?"

"Diswadd."

The fat man suddenly pronounced this strange and ancient name.

"The guy who inherited the name was a famous French aristocrat of the last century, and in that year, he came to Japan on a trip to buy a cruise ship called the Princess, and invited many people to attend the inaugural commemoration of the voyage, including Uncle Lo, who happened to be traveling to Japan."

"And then?"

"And then, and then the cruise ship exploded."

Glancing at the meaningless numbers that represented the past, the fat man said lightly:

"Thankfully, there were no casualties except for a couple of crew members and two unlucky guys."

"Two people?"

The fat man silently pulled out two long-aged photos from the data, showing an old man with white hair and a middle-aged man with a straight body.

"Wesley Diswaard and his butler."

"Diswad ......?"

"That's right, the dead are the hosts of this feast."

Glancing at the photo of the relic that had become a thing of the past, the fat man said lightly:

"According to the investigation at the time, two people died with sharp weapons, it is speculated that it was a knife wound, and there should have been some clues, but it should be that the entire cruise ship sank into the sea, and the investigation became extremely difficult, and then because it was ineffective for a long time, the case was placed."

"Placed?"

"Because there are no real clues at all, to this day, not even the cause of the original explosion has been investigated, and at that time, except for the police, there was no 'other person' who wanted to continue the investigation."

Yono looked up at the fat man in disbelief.

She understood what the "others" meant.

If, according to him, the man named Diswad was a famous nobleman, then how could his death have been placed so simply? Isn't there a child or the like to track it down?

"It is said that Diswaard seems to have a grandson, although I don't know if it's true or not."

Without waiting for Yang Nai to ask, the fat man explained:

"Anyway, in line with the principle of preferring to believe it rather than not to believe it, I went to check the information of that person, what is his name? Huey? It seems that this is it, anyway, he also lost the news shortly after the incident. ”

"Missing?"

Grandpa and grandson killed at the same time?

"That's right."

The fat man spread his hands and said:

"So there was no evidence to be found, and no one wanted to track down this incident, and slowly over time it was placed."

"Is that so......"

Groaning and scanning the information in front of him, Yang Nai suddenly asked:

"But why do you say it's a clue? Just because Luo Jun's father once attended this banquet? ”

"It's not."

The fat man shook his head and smiled meaninglessly:

"Because we found out that just a month later, Uncle Lo was on a plane to France."

“......”