He was dozing off in the back seat of the car, and when he was about to reach the entrance of the tunnel, he glanced vaguely: it seemed that he did not see any vehicles at the entrance. Later, when he closed his eyes and was about to continue dozing off, the car accident happened in an instant. ”

After a pause, Heiji Hattori finished speaking.

"But he's not sure if he saw it clearly at the time, after all, he didn't wake up at that time, so in the end the police didn't write this into the materials."

Hearing this, Gao Yuan frowned slightly, feeling that there must be something wrong with this - if what the director saw was true, then in the same way, when entering the tunnel, the driver did not see the presence of vehicles at the entrance of the tunnel.

In this case, it is understandable that the driver did not slow down and follow the direction before entering the tunnel. But is this really possible?

Putting down the information in his hand, Gao Yuan thought for a moment, and then spoke: "I still have to go to the scene to have a look." ”

"Huh? Would you like to see the scene? Then I'll contact Officer Otaki right away and send us there. ”

When Hattori Heiji heard this, he said with some excitement.

"Don't be in such a hurry, it's not right now."

Seeing Hattori's performance, Takato quickly stopped him.

"I want to go back tomorrow. Wait until tomorrow morning at 6 o'clock, around the time of the crash, and we'll see what we can see outside the tunnel mouth at that time. ”

"Huh? In other words, do you want the case to happen again? ”

Heiji Hattori understood.

"It's not that troublesome, just to see if there are any other factors at the mouth of the tunnel that affect the driver's vision at that time period at the time of the incident. After all, the director's words could also be true. ”

Takato explained.

"Okay, I'll ask Officer Otaki to pick you up then. Anyway, it's not time to go to school at six o'clock, so it's too late for me to go and see it. ”

Heiji Hattori said this, and then tonight's meeting ended first.

At about five o'clock the next morning, Officer Otaki drove a police car with Hattori Heiji to the hotel where Takato was staying, and together they went to the place where the car accident occurred.

I went out at five o'clock, and when I arrived at the accident site, it was already six o'clock, and the sky gradually brightened up from the hazy darkness.

Coming to the outside of the tunnel where the accident occurred, Officer Otaki parked the vehicle in the emergency lane on the side, and then got out of the car, and the three of them slowly approached the tunnel mouth from outside the highway.

At this time, the sky is already bright, the view of the road is very clear, and the road at the tunnel entrance is two-lane in both directions.

"You see, the view of the lane is very clear, and if there is a car at the mouth of the tunnel, the driver can't see it."

Officer Otaki said.

"Definitely. If the accident was really a car rear-ending a large truck, the director's statement that he could not see a vehicle at the entrance of the tunnel would be a bit unreasonable. ”

Hattori said thoughtfully.

"Well, in fact, the traffic department has determined that the accident was caused by a car rear-ending a fully loaded truck."

Officer Otaki said.

"Could it be that the car rear-ended the big truck in a different place with a bad view, but was transported here for some reason? After all, there are no brake marks of the car here! ”

Heiji Hattori spoke up a possibility.

"The director's remarks are even more inexplicable."

"According to the director, he had clearly seen the tunnel entrance before the accident, so there would be no mistake in the location. ”

"Then it's strange that he didn't see anything, after all, the view here is so good, it's impossible not to see a car at the mouth of the tunnel."

Heiji Hattori said.

"On the other hand, since the view here is so good, the director still hasn't seen a car at the mouth of the tunnel!"

Gao Yuan said this, showing a hint of a smile.

"Hey, detective brother, did you think of something?"

Seeing Takato's expression, Hattori Heiji was a little surprised.

"It's too early to say anything."

Gao Yuan didn't explain, turned his head to look at Officer Otaki, and asked, "Did the police later look for the driver who passed by here on the day of the car accident?" ”

"I did find a few drivers to ask about the situation, but they didn't find the driver who happened to see the accident if it wasn't in the tunnel they had passed through before dawn before the crash, or in the tunnel they had passed through after the accident. Moreover, there are not many vehicles on this road during this time period, except for some vehicles that will enter the city to deliver goods during this time period, there are few other vehicles passing by. ”

Officer Otaki explained.

"In other words, during that time period, there will be some cars passing through that tunnel?"

Takato asked.

"Yes, because considering that it was a large truck that escaped in the car accident, the vehicles that would often pass by there for delivery have been investigated by the police, and the drivers of these vehicles have also been questioned, but they have not seen the accident."

Officer Otaki replied.

Hearing this, Gao Yuan thought for a moment, and then asked, "Is there a driver who used to drive this road often, but didn't take this road on the day of the accident?" ”

"Well, I think there is."

Officer Otaki said in retrospect.

"Why didn't they take this tunnel road that day?"

Takato asked.

"Huh?"

Hearing this question, Officer Otaki didn't know how to answer for a while, and then took out his mobile phone.

"I'll ask you more about this."

As he spoke, Officer Otaki dialed the number and ran to the side to make a call.

And Hattori Heiji on the side fell into thought after listening to the few questions asked by Takato just now.

After a while, Officer Otaki came back from the call.

"I just asked my colleagues in the traffic department, and they said that because they were looking for witnesses to the car accident at the time, they did not make detailed inquiries about the drivers who did not take the tunnel road that day, so it is not clear why they did not take the tunnel road."

After listening to Officer Otaki's narration, Takato sighed, a little helpless.

"Then it's important to ask the police to ask these drivers why they didn't take the tunnel road they used to walk that day!"

Takato proposed, so Officer Otaki immediately called and instructed the police officer to do this.

By this time, it had been almost an hour since we arrived here.

"There's no point in staying here now, let's go back first."

Gao Yuan said, it happened that Hattori Heiji still had to go to school, and the three of them got in the car and left here.

In the car, Hattori Heiji was still thinking, and finally couldn't help but ask Takato.

"Hey, detective brother, you already know what's going on!"

"Yes. Probably got some ideas. ”

Gao Yuan said, "If the results of the next questioning by the police are consistent with my expectations, this is definitely a man-made car accident!" A huge conspiracy! ”