Chapter 18: An Unexpected Encounter

"Ah~~ I've finally finished reading it. ”

After sitting in place and reading the file for a long time, Mino's legs were a little numb, he stood up and stretched, looking at the large stack of materials on the table, Mino's face was tired and a little relieved.

After reading the information for nearly four hours in a row, and carefully reading the relevant information of dozens of people, Mino finally gained a little.

More than 20 people who have grudges and interests with Puke and others appeared in Mino's field of vision, and were divided into two categories according to their grudges and personal conduct.

"In the end, only the relevant files of the teachers' investigation of this matter are left, after reading this, I can start the investigation, Mr. Aijiade, you are waiting to apologize, and I am grateful to the benefactor who helped you find out the real murderer!"

Mino, who was clenching his fists tightly and putting back the materials he had read, muttered to himself, a smile of excitement on his face, as if that was happening in front of him.

"Eh, how could I not find it, it should have been placed here, why not, could it be that the teachers haven't sorted out the dossier yet?"

Mino, who was rummaging through the bookshelves containing the recent files, couldn't find his target, muttered a little helplessly as he tried to find them.

"This is what you're looking for, Mino, you can't find it just because I'm looking through it, so don't doubt the diligence of the teachers. ”

Presumably hearing Mino's sloquery, a figure suddenly appeared on the opposite side of the bookshelf and handed over a dossier that still smelled of ink.

"I see. Taking the file handed by the other party, Mino took a small step back and asked with some vigilance: "But how did Your Excellency know my name, I think I haven't been famous enough to be known to everyone when I just entered the academy." ”

"It seems that Mino-san, you are very vigilant. ”

A young man with black hair and black eyes, about the same age as Mino, walked around from the opposite side, the smile on his face was very gentle, but with the slightly frivolous tone of the other party, there was a faint edge.

"After all, I, a stranger I met for the first time, actually called your name, and when I encounter such a thing, subconscious defense is the best reaction, Minow, you are really good. ”

For such a stranger, Mino's first impression was not very good, and there was a feeling that he seemed to be faintly aimed at himself.

"Thank you for the compliment, but won't you explain why you can call my name, strange classmate. ”

After reading so many books just now, Mino has regained the feeling he had when he was a magic apprentice, and in the face of the approach of others, he subconsciously took another half step back, and his words were thorny, and there was a kind of posture that you would fight directly without explaining clearly.

"I'll know your name, of course, because of the file I've just read, and your name as the first suspect has appeared in it quite a few times. ”

"Then why do you know that the person in the file is me, I don't think there will be a portrait of me on it. ”

Obviously, Mino's answer was not satisfactory.

"Mino, you really have a lot of questions, why are you 100,000?" Covering his forehead, the black-haired boy's expression was very helpless, "Of course, I will know you because I know you, this badge is known, with one enemy and four strong adults." ”

"Badge of the Discipline Commissioner! You are ............"

Seeing that badge, combined with the other party's words, Mino suddenly understood.

The other party was supposed to be one of the members of the Discipline Committee who rushed to the rescue that day, remembered his appearance, and after flipping through the file that recorded the incident, he recognized himself as a matter of course.

"I'm really sorry, it's me who is too suspicious, I hope you don't mind. Smiling awkwardly, Mino quickly apologized.

Speaking of which, the other party is still his benefactor, but not only did he not thank him, but he also stabbed others with words, which was really rude.

"But why did you look through this file, could it be that the Discipline Inspection Commission was also involved in the investigation?"

Apologizing for what had happened before, Mino unconsciously used honorifics.

"That's not it, I'm coming back to see this, it's completely for the same purpose as Mino, after all, I'm also one of the suspects in the murder of Mr. Edgard's son, and I'm the second suspect after you, so the pressure is huge. ”

As he spoke, the black-haired boy rubbed his shoulders exaggeratedly, as if something was really pressing on his shoulders.

"Second suspect, how could it be, aren't you one of the members of the Discipline Inspection Commission, how can you have anything to do with this matter. ”

"Actually, I'm also a freshman, Mino, you just call me Phil, it's too raw to use honorifics. Spreading his hands, Phil explained very depressedly: "Like you Mino, that guy Puke was too arrogant in class and couldn't help it, I beat him up before you, and he also took revenge on me, and I was the last one to chase them that day, so I was suspected of taking the opportunity to take revenge." ”

After listening to Phil's explanation, Minoan suddenly understood that it was no wonder that the resentment that arose after Puke was defeated that day was so strong, it turned out that he had already had a similar experience before.

The matter was explained, and Mino had no need to guard against the other party, but it was getting late, and after exchanging information with each other, Mino looked through the file in his hand again and left the library.

Early the next morning, Mino got up and began the investigation of the suspect.

I wanted Jesse to help, but this guy didn't do things with his brains, and he came when he thought of something, and almost offended the first person in the investigation to death, which seriously affected Mino's investigation work, so after that, Mino let him play by himself.

Although judging from the data, these people have motives to kill, but after really investigating, Mino found that the motive is just a motive, although these people hate Puke and have a desire for revenge, but they don't have many thoughts of killing.

And most of them have alibi, and those who don't have the strength to kill people at all, with the investigation of suspects one by one, Mino's hope of finding the real murderer is getting slimmer and slimmer.

"Alas, it's really not so easy, it seems that the things that I boasted about before may not be able to be realized. ”

Leaving the residence of a potential suspect again, Mino sighed a little dejectedly, and listlessly flipped up the information about the next person.

"Martial arts instructor Hank, because Puke molested the other party's niece and repeatedly taught him, he may have a motive to kill. After reading this man's profile, Mino himself laughed, but it was a wry smile.

"Mino, Mino, how did you investigate yesterday, but he is a teacher, how can he kill students at every turn, it's really ............ Eh, wait, Hank, I remember that Uncle Hank of Grandpa Conseil's family was a martial arts instructor in Tralan, so it must have been such a coincidence. ”

Thinking that the other party was likely someone he knew, Mino suddenly cheered up and hurried towards Hank's office.

More than an hour later, in a reading room of the Mage Branch, a mage apprentice with a purple sister's head was holding a heroic story and reading it with all his attention.

"Lord Undead Hunter is really amazing, in the face of so many undead can turn the tide, not only saved the civilians in a desperate situation, but also wiped out all those undead, it's really handsome, if only I could do this, then I will be Your Excellency the Undead Hunter Nightblade. ”

When the last page of the book was turned, the mage apprentice, who had been immersed in hard study, raised his head and sighed with satisfaction, his eyes full of yearning for heroic deeds and handsome images.

"Guess who I am, honorable Lord Nightblade, the Undead Hunter. ”

Just as the apprentice closed the book and was about to stand up and stretch, a pair of hands suddenly reached out from behind him, blindfolded him, and a very familiar voice sounded in his ears.

"Are you...... Mino!"

This voice was so familiar that the mage apprentice only thought about it for a moment, then guessed the identity of the other party, and pushed away his blindfolded hands in surprise, turned his head to look at the familiar face and bright blonde hair, and exclaimed loudly in surprise.

"Xiaoren, don't be so loud, people are still reading!"

Recovering from the surprise of his friend's reunion, Yeren looked at the angry eyes of the others in the reading room, bowed apologetically, and then ran out of the reading room with Mino Fei in tow.

"Mino, why did you come to Cui Lan, I thought I wouldn't see you for several years, but I didn't expect to meet again so soon. ”

Rubbing Mino's face and feeling the real touch of the injury, Yeren was very emotional.

"Take your claws away, what's so strange about me coming to the king, Xiaoren, what are you here for, I'll come to do anything. ”

Slapping Yeren's hand away, Mino said angrily, but the corners of his grinning mouth revealed his true mood at the moment.

"But Mino, haven't you already switched to swordsmanship, why do you still want to come to the royal capital to study magic?

"You guy, you're really hopeless, you still come to study as an arcanist, aren't you afraid that you won't even be able to understand the principles of spells!"

Mino was also speechless about Yeren's comprehension ability, although he knew that this kid was just paying attention to the story he had just watched, and he didn't react for a while, but Mino still felt unacceptable.

After that, Mino told him in detail what happened after the other party left, of course, the family inheritance, the brave heir or something Mino will not say, otherwise it would be too troublesome to explain to this guy the history that he still doesn't understand.