"Which three?"

Gao Yuan heard Kudo Shinichi say this, so he asked.

"President Wakura, Miss Misa, and the police officer Issei."

Kudo Shinichi said.

"Then when Mr. Ryoji died and Miss Kotomi had an accident, did they have an alibi?"

Takato asked.

"Mr. Ryoji died at night, and no one had an alibi. And when Miss Kotomi had an accident......"

Kudo Shinichi thought about it, ran out of the door, found Suzuki Sonoko and Concubine Miri, and began to ask about the whereabouts of Misa Kamakura and Yukai Kazukura today, and got the reply that Misa Wakura hadn't gone out today, and Yukai Kazukura had been sleeping in his room.

With such a result, Kudo Shinichi said to Takato: "Then it seems that Miss Misa's suspicion can also be ruled out." Only Chairman Wakura and Officer Tushi are left. ”

Gao Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Then the problem lies in the murderer's motives. ”

Looking at the fragments that Kudo Shinichi found at the scene, Takato said, "Maybe it has something to do with these fragments." Could this ancient mirror be the one mentioned in the legend of Fifteen Nights Village? ”

"If that's the case, then why is half of it here for President Wakura?"

Kudo Shinichi thought, Takato thought about it, and said, "It seems that we have to ask the old people in the village if they know something." ”

So Kudo Shinichi and Takato immediately went out to find someone to ask.

The permanent population of Fifteen Nights Village is not large, and most of them are elderly, but because of their relationship with the Kura family, the people in the village are very unfriendly to Takato Shinichi Kudo who came to inquire about the news, and they also shouted for them to get out of the village quickly.

Faced with such a situation, Takato and Kudo Shinichi also knew that they couldn't continue to look for them and ask for any information.

But now that it came out, Takato proposed to go to the shrine in the village, and Kudo Shinichi, who heard this, remembered the old woman in the village who was very prestigious, and she looked like the shaman of the shrine, so he took Takato to the Mozu Sho Shrine in the village.

Passing through the entrance of the shrine built in a cave that leans on the mountain, the two of them came to the center of the shrine, in the center of this open-air clearing surrounded by mountains, where the god perch where Mr. Sho Kosaka died.

Kudo Shinichi remembered from his memory that on the day he first came, Toshi Issei was carrying things to the hole on the side, so he went wherever he went, while Takato came to the foot of the Kamisu tree and began to move the round manhole cover.

"You will be punished!"

At this moment, from the mouth of the cave, the old woman came out, saw Takato who was moving the cobblestone, and said in a hoarse voice.

"What are you doing! Want to be the fourth sacrifice? ”

Hearing the old woman's words, Gao Yuan and Kudo Shinichi were obviously stunned for a moment, Gao Yuan immediately stopped what he was doing, and Kudo Shinichi stepped forward and asked, "The fourth!" What does the fourth mean! ”

"Aside from Mr. Kosaka and Mr. Ryoji, is there anyone else who has become a sacrifice?"

Gao Yuan also stepped forward and asked.

The old woman did not continue to speak, but led the two out of the shrine, and from the outside, walked up the mountain road to the top of the hill where the shrine was located. And at the top of the mountain, on the edge of a cliff near the clearing where the shrine god perched, the old woman stopped.

Seeing this, Takato and Kudo Shinichi also stopped and looked around. Soon, the two discovered that there was a stone standing on the edge of the cliff, and a few words were engraved on the stone: Machiko Konno.

There is also a year engraved on the side, twenty-five years ago.

And next to the stone with the name engraved, there is a bouquet of white flowers.

"Machiko Konno?"

Kudo Shinichi thought, "Is this the first sacrifice?" ”

Gao Yuan walked to the edge of the cliff, looked down, and saw the god perch in the shrine under the cliff, as if he understood something.

"Alright. You can go back, and the people related to the Kura family should leave this village as soon as possible! ”

The old woman yelled.

And Kudo Shinichi understood something from what he said just now, and asked, "Mr. Kazukura, does it have anything to do with this deceased!" ”

The old woman was silent about this.

"Please answer!"

Shinichi Kudo continued to ask.

The old woman looked at Kudo Shinichi's serious expression and said, "How much do you know about the legends of this village?" ”

"I have heard that a long time ago the great hundred-tongued bird turned man into a sacrifice; And the ancient mirror in the shrine every three hundred years, it will resonate with the god perch and cause a total solar eclipse; Also, lovers who kiss under the sacred tree can never be separated. ”

Kudo Shinichi said.

And Gao Yuan, who was listening to it on the side, knew that this was the same as what was said in the report he saw in the study of Hecang Yonghai before.

"Is that all there are to it?"

Takato asked.

"That's all."

The old woman said, turning and going down the mountain.

In this regard, Takato and Kudo Shinichi did not stay, and went down the mountain and returned to the villa.

"What does Mr. Wise think?"

After entering the villa, Kudo Shinichi suddenly asked.

"The bouquet of flowers."

Gao Yuan said and walked up to the second floor of the villa, and Kudo Shinichi immediately followed.

When they came to the door of the room on the second floor and Cang Yonghai, the two people who were about to knock on the door and enter found that the door was hidden at the moment.

Through the crack in the door, you can see that a middle-aged man in a white coat is standing in front of Kazukura Yukai's bed at this time, and the youngest daughter of the Wakura family, Kazukura Misa, is also inside.

So, the two didn't rush in.

"I'm really bothering you to make a trip this time, Dr. Hasegawa."

It was the voice of Isamu Wakura.

"It's nothing."

Another middle-aged man's voice sounded, "After all, we have known each other for twenty years. When I was a graduate student at Dongdu Medical University, you were the patient I took over. After all these years, this little favor is nothing. ”

"That, Dr. Hasegawa, my father ......"

Misa Wakura's voice rang out.

"It shouldn't be a big deal at the moment, just take a good rest."

The doctor named Hasegawa Ryuichi said, turned around and went out the door, nodded at the door to Kudo and Takato, who were standing outside, and walked downstairs.

Seeing this, Kudo Shinichi followed him into Wakura Yukai's room, but Takato thought for a moment and caught up with Dr. Hasegawa.

"Mr. Wakura, are you alright?"

Shinichi Kudo came to the bed of Isamu Wakura and asked.

"Well, it's fine."

Yukai Wakura, who was lying on the bed, saw Shinichi Kudo and replied, "Is there something looking for me?" ”

"I remember Mr. Kamakura saying that you've been investigating various strange bird legends since you were a student, right? You've been to Fifteen Nights Village before! ”

Kudo Shinichi asked straight to the point.

And Takato, who caught up with Dr. Hasegawa Ryuichi, walked up to Dr. Hasegawa and said, "Dr. Hasegawa, maybe it's a little presumptuous, but there's something I want to ask you. ”

"Is it about Mr. Wakura's condition? I'm sorry, it's a matter of patient privacy, and I may not be able to disclose that you are not a relative. ”

Hasegawa Ryuichi stopped and said.

Gao Yuan shook his head.

"It's not. I heard that you were a graduate student at Dongdu Medical University 20 years ago, so I would like to ask, do you know that among the graduate students of Dongdu Medical University back then, there was a person whose name was 'RO U'? ”

Hearing this, Hasegawa Ryuichi's expression changed slightly, and a name blurted out:

"TA RO U!"

As he spoke, he seemed to be a little nostalgic, as if he was recalling something. But soon, Hasegawa Ryuichi came back to his senses and said, "I'm sorry, I'm a little distracted." If I had to say that the name ended in the 'RO U' sound, this is what I could think of. He was a big celebrity in our class of students, a gifted pharmacist. ”

"So, do you know where this Asamitaro is now?"

Gao Yuan asked.

Hasegawa Ryuichi shook his head: "I don't know about this. He has not been heard from since graduating. If you want to find him, maybe you can go to my teacher, he probably knows. ”

"I would like to ask, who is your teacher?"

"Kiyosaku Ooka. However, he retired the year before last, and now he should be back in Kyoto to retire. ”

It seems that Takato's question triggered his memories, and in the face of Takato's question, Hasegawa Ryuichi answered without reservation.