When Gao Yuan asked this sentence, Tie Zhuyu suddenly showed a look of surprise, and then quickly turned his face away, avoiding Gao Yuan's gaze.

In this regard, Gao Yuan felt a little helpless, and Ooka Momiji on the side also looked at Tie Zhuyu very unexpectedly, and was about to step forward to appease her when Ooka Momiji's mobile phone rang.

"I'm sorry."

Looking at the caller ID, Ooka Momiji said politely, and then walked out of the villa and connected the phone.

But after only a while, Ooka Momiji returned, and said with a little apologies: "Moyu, Mr. Akechi, I'm sorry, because my father suddenly called me back, so I may not be able to stay here for long." ”

As he spoke, he looked at Iori without self.

Iori Muji apparently understood what Ooka Momiji meant, so he walked out of the villa and started the car.

"So, Zhu Yu, Mr. Wise, what are you going to do next? Why don't you go back to Kyoto first? ”

Ooka Momiji asked.

"En......"

After thinking for a while, Gao Yuan said, "I'll stay here for the time being, maybe I can find some clues." ”

"Then I'll stay."

Tie Zhuyu also said at this time.

"That's right."

Looking at Tie Zhuyu's reaction, Ooka Momiji was slightly surprised, and then walked up to Takato and said, "Since that's the case, I'll leave it to you, Mr. Akechi, if there's anything, contact Iori, and I'll help as much as I can." ”

After saying goodbye to the two of them, Ooka Momiji followed Iori and went back in the car.

Faced with such a situation, Gao Yuan felt very surprised, looked at Tie Zhuyu who was sitting on the sofa, and asked, "So, Miss Tie, can you continue to answer my questions?" ”

"Is this answer important?"

After waiting for a while, Tie Zhuyu spoke.

"It's important."

Takato said categorically - because this is very strange, when listening to Tie Zhuyu explain what happened, she mentioned that Keiko Okumura was attacked during the time she left the bedroom.

At that time, Gao Yuan didn't think there was anything wrong with this, but after Gao Yuan looked at the structure of the villa, a very big suspicion appeared-where did Tie Zhuyu go that night?

Originally, Gao Yuan subconsciously thought that it should be the girl's behavior of going to the bathroom outside the bedroom at night to take a bath or go to the toilet or something, so it is very reasonable to leave the bedroom temporarily.

But the reality is that there is rain and toilet in the bedroom! And where did she leave the bedroom? Besides, it was already night!

Listening to Gao Yuan's tone, Tie Zhuyu hesitated for a moment, then chose to get up, lifted the sword bag and put it on his shoulder, then walked outside the villa door, and looked back at Gao Yuan: "You come with me." ”

After speaking, Tie Zhuyu walked straight out.

Seeing this, Gao Yuan didn't ask much, so he followed.

As soon as he went out, he saw that the key to Iori's selfless door was still in the lock hole, so Takato closed the door and locked it, pulled out the key, and put it away.

Towards the end of the year, the sky is getting cooler, the cool breeze in the mountains hits, blowing up the fallen leaves, and on the mountain path, only Gao Yuan and Tie Zhuyu are there at this moment, which is extremely quiet.

After a wordless journey, they followed Tie Zhuyu on the mountain path for a while, and soon the two of them came to a clearing, where there was a simple wooden house, like a temporary resting place for people entering the mountain.

Standing in front of the cabin, Tie Zhuyu stopped.

"I came here that night."

With a solemn expression, Tie Zhuyu said.

Looking at this cabin, Gao Yuan's doubts were even more even worse - on a big night, from a well-equipped villa in the mountains, to such a cabin, as a girl, this behavior seemed very bizarre.

However, since Tie Zhuyu has brought herself over, she must have explained the specific reason to herself.

So, Gao Yuan then asked, "Miss Tie......"

"Feathers."

Tie Zhuyu suddenly said, "Just call me Zhuyu." ”

Tie Zhuyu looked at the wooden house seriously and said, "Mr. Wise must have thought it was very strange why I came here in the middle of the night. ”

In this regard, Gao Yuan was noncommittal, quietly waiting for her to continue.

"Actually, if no one asks me about it, for Keiko's sake, I don't want to say it in my life. So, Mr. Wise, can you keep what I say next a secret? ”

Tie Zhuyu said.

"I ...... Try your best. ”

Gao Yuan thought about it, and could only say this.

"Yes."

Tie Zhuyu said, pushed open the door of the cabin and walked in, and Gao Yuan also followed into the cabin.

This chalet has only one room and is very empty. Except for a few farm tools piled up in the corner, there is only a place to light a bonfire in the central clearing.

Other than that, there is nothing else at all, not even electricity.

Even during the day, staying here in such temperatures makes Takato feel cold, and it looks like if you want to come here at night, you have to light a bonfire.

"On the day of the camp, when I came back from the street early, I saw Keiko sneaking into this wooden house."

At this time, Tie Zhuyu began to say, "But at the time, I didn't think there was anything wrong, so I didn't ask Keiko what she was doing at the time, thinking that Keiko was just a bored wandering in the mountains by herself, and then found this wooden house." ”

After a pause, Tie Zhuyu continued:

"And when I realized there was a problem, it was after we went back to the villa and rested in separate rooms. Because I live in the same room with Keiko, I noticed that Keiko has a smell on her. ”

"Taste?"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but ask out loud, "What smell?" ”

"I can't tell."

Tie Zhuyu shook his head and said, "But intuitively, I think that smell is, the smell of gunpowder. ”

"The smell of gunpowder?"

Hearing this word, Gao Yuan was a little surprised, so he asked confirmatively: "What kind of smell like nitrate, sulfur, and carbon?" ”

To this, Tie Zhuyu nodded.

Seeing this, Gao Yuan frowned slightly, and then looked at the bonfire in the small cabin, and bad associations kept popping up from Gao Yuan's mind.

Seeing that Gao Yuan's gaze was solemnly staring at the location of the bonfire at this moment, Tie Zhuyu sighed and said, "I thought so at the time. ”

"So, you came here that night to confirm?"

Gao Yuan wondered.

"It's more than that."

Tie Zhuyu said, "That night, when Keiko went to take a bath, she received a text message on her mobile phone. At that time, I was curious because of the smell on Keiko's body...... Peeked at her phone ......"

As he spoke, he seemed to blame himself for his actions, and his voice gradually became quieter.

"What is a text message?"

Gao Yuan asked out loud, not bothering Tie Zhuyu with the reason to go back and peek at his friend's phone.

"The text message said that Keiko would go to the cabin at twelve o'clock that night, after everyone was asleep, and meet 'him'."

Tie Zhuyu said.

"Who is he?"

Gao Yuan said, suddenly realized something, so he asked in a verifying style - "Kubo Haruki?" ”