04 Cliffside
Seeing this title, Gao Yuan felt a little familiar, so he temporarily put down the rail transit guide he wanted to buy, picked up the newspaper and read it.
This is a Shikoku regional newspaper that tells the story of the "Lavender Villa Secret Room Murder Incident" that happened half a year ago.
The scene of the crime was a secret room with doors and windows closed, and the deceased was the daughter of the villa, who was suspected of having hanged herself.
The report details in detail that the police at that time, after many investigations, were unable to find out the possibility of suicide, and almost ended the case with suicide. But things have recently taken a turn for the worse, when a high school detective who was passing by discovered the method of creating a secret room and cracked the scene of the secret room that had been a headache for the police for half a year.
And this incident was told to the police and the media by the high school detective, so there was this report.
In the report, he used extremely sarcastic language to satirize the incompetence of the local police in handling the case, so that the character who might be the murderer was at large outside for half a year, and at the same time, the only suspect in the case who was in the villa with the deceased at the time of the crime, the maid hired by the family, made an unreasonable rebuke of almost all the words that the editor could use, denounced his vicious behavior of murdering his employer, and scolded the suspect for nothing without remorse for his murder for half a year.
At the end of the article, he praised the ability of this unnamed high school detective, and it was because of the existence of this detective that this seemingly suicide homicide incident was turned around, and explained that the police are now conducting surprise interrogations of suspects because of the emergence of new evidence and media follow-up reports, and finally emphasized that the offender will not escape punishment and the positive influence of the media in this regard.
After reading this report, which was sprinkled with an entire page, Gao Yuan quickly understood why he was attracted to this report.
As a Takato who has watched all the plots that have been released in "Detective Conan" in full, this case is really impossible to forget, because this case is related to a very popular character in Conan's story line - Nanatsuki Koshisuizu!
It is precisely because of this "Lavender Secret Room Murder Incident" that the misjudgment of high school student detective Tokitsu Junya forced Kana Mizuguchi to die, causing Koshisui Nanatsuki to plan the "Detective Koshien" incident to avenge his friend, and finally the tragedy ended.
Wait a minute, did this case happen in Shikoku? I have the impression that Koshisui Nanatsuki is not from Fukuoka?
No, it's not this that should be considered now, if you let it go, that Mizuguchi Chana will be forced to commit suicide by jumping into the sea according to the development of the plot, but she just happened to travel to this time period and has the ability to prevent this tragedy from happening!
Moreover, if you go to solve the case, as expected, you can also get the reward of the closing panel of "Bounty Detective" - this is the only thing you can rely on at the moment, and to solve a case that you know the standard answer to, it is not easy to get an "S" rating!
However, if you want to stop it, time may be running out.
The report has been released, so Mizuguchi Chana should have been subjected to high-pressure interrogation by the police at this time. If you don't hurry up, you may not be able to help her clarify the truth, and she will already jump into the sea!
Thinking of this, I put down the newspaper, bought the rail guide, and prepared to rush to the lavender villa overnight - really, this place is still quite far from the area where I am now!
Gao Yuan immediately took action and determined his own route by studying the rail transit guide.
But when I arrived at the train station, I found that I had arrived early, and the nearest train had to wait until a few hours to enter the station.
It's not that Gao Yuan didn't think about taking a taxi directly, but considering the price of a taxi in Japan and the only cash he had left, he couldn't help but sigh and reluctantly gave up this choice - damn it, obviously the main reward of the game "Bounty Detective" "Bounty" was not settled to me in money at yesterday's settlement? Even yesterday's settlement did not have the bounty data, can this "plug-in" only get additional rewards after reaching the "S" rating?
Hey, it seems that after solving the incident at Lavender Villa, we have to find a way to make money first.
Gao Yuan thought so, sitting in the waiting hall of the station, looking at the clock in the station, he could only wait quietly, and he didn't even dare to take a nap, for fear of missing the shuttle.
It is also now that Gao Yuan feels exhausted, and only then does he remember that he has not slept since yesterday, maybe because the crossing was too shocking, or yesterday's discovery was too frightening, his nerves have been tense until now, and when he thinks of his relatives and friends before the crossing, he doesn't know what the situation of himself in the original world is.
Feeling this familiar but unfamiliar world, recalling the various stories in "Detective Conan" in his memory, Gao Yuan finally had a little relaxation, and waited until he got on the train before slowly falling asleep.
The next day, Gao Yuan was woken up by the attendant, came to the destination station, passed through several subway transfers, and finally arrived at the lavender villa at the destination at noon.
It was a two-story villa with lavender on the outside, and if the pitched roof was counted, it was barely a three-story villa. Most of the paint on the exterior walls has peeled off, and it looks like a very old building.
Coming to the iron gate of the villa wall, Gao Yuan pressed the doorbell, and after waiting for a while, an old man wearing a black suit and dress, with a Chinese face and glasses, came out and opened the door.
Looking at this somewhat familiar character, Gao Yuan knew that he was the housekeeper of the lavender villa, that is, he, knowing the truth about the suicide of the daughter of the family, but in order to protect the reputation of the daughter, he chose to remain silent, allowing Mizuguchi Chana to be suspected, and he was also an important person who led to the whole tragedy, what is his name?
"Hello, who are you looking for?"
The old man asked, looking at the young man at the door.
"Sorry to disturb, is Miss Mizuguchi here? I'm her friend. ”
Takato asked tentatively.
"Oh, looking for Mizuguchi Kana. She was taken away by the police early yesterday morning. ”
Hearing Gao Yuan's words, the old man was obviously a little impatient.
"Early yesterday morning?"
Hearing the old man's words, Gao Yuan began to think, the police interrogation of the suspect is about 24 hours, if there is no trial result or no conclusive evidence, he will have to be released within 24 hours, if he was taken away early yesterday morning, it is now noon, and it will be too long ago - noon!
"Then where is the sea near here?"
"Why are you asking this?"
Regarding Gao Yuan's inexplicable question, the old man didn't want to talk about it, and when he was about to turn around and leave, he was grabbed by Gao Yuan's arm.
"Answer me, it's important!"
Gao Yuan said in an extremely serious tone.
Looking at Gao Yuan's appearance, the old man seemed to be forced by Gao Yuan's momentum, stunned, and then pointed in one direction, "If it's by the sea, it's that direction, but it's not a beach, it's a cliff." ”
Hearing this answer, Gao Yuan immediately let go of his hand, casually thanked him, and turned around and ran over there - I hope I was wrong! Gao Yuan told himself.
Running quickly, after running a distance of about a few kilometers, Gao Yuan smelled the breath of the sea, even though this body that had not been exercised much was already a little exhausted, but Gao Yuan still gritted his teeth and persevered, more than the perseverance during the college physical test.
Soon, Gao Yuan saw that on the edge of the cliff, there was a figure standing! There was no doubt that it was a maid in a maid's outfit.
The clear sea breeze blew her shoulder-length hair in two ponytails, and the skirt of her maid's dress that was over her knees danced in the wind, and her thin figure seemed to be crumbling.
The girl's eyes were full of despair at this moment, she looked at the magnificent sea under the cliff, and seemed to have finally made up her mind, closed her eyes, and jumped down.
But at the moment when the body leaned forward, a hand grabbed the girl's hand.
"Don't die! There is no need for innocent people to pay with their lives for someone else's mistakes! ”
Looking back, what Kana Mizuguchi saw was a panting man, looking at her with determined eyes.