"So, wise detective, if you have something about twenty years ago, you need to know the follow-up now?" When it was close to noon, except for still feeling a little weak, Takato, whose body was basically unhindered, saw Mitarai Soxu who came to visit him.

In the face of such a frank inquiry from the other party, Gao Yuan didn't say anything, and nodded directly.

Immediately, Mitarai Zongxu took out a file and put it in front of Gao Yuan-

"Last night, talking about what happened after Xiaocai ran away from home, I mentioned an incident that happened in Muroran Port 20 years ago, right? And the turning point of the matter was that ......" seemed a little helpless, Mitarai Soxu explained: "At that time, we investigated that Xiaocai had applied for a visa to go abroad and was going to take a passenger ship to the United States at Muroran Port. So, after getting the news, while the passenger ship had not yet sailed, I was arranged by my brother to drive to Muroran to find Xiaocai's whereabouts. However, no one expected that at that time, a huge typhoon hit Muroran, and my car broke down in the middle of the road, so I couldn't get to Muroran Port in time. Speaking of this, Mitarai Soxu paused for a moment, and then sighed: "Originally, because of the typhoon, it was impossible for the passenger ship to go to sea at that time anyway, so when I was trapped on the road, I didn't have much urgency about the vehicle breaking down, anyway, I felt that Xiaocai's trip would definitely be delayed because of this typhoon." So, I would be stuck in my car and do nothing when I couldn't get in touch with the outside world.

"It wasn't until the next day, after the impact of the typhoon became smaller, that I finally met other passers-by, and then I took their car to the city, and then I contacted my brother, and then, at that time, I learned that there was an explosion in Muroran Port last night......" And when I heard this, Takato had already opened the file handed by Mitarai Soxu, and I saw that it was all kinds of news cut out of the newspaper, and there was news about the explosion of Muroran Port twenty years ago-

"On the night of the typhoon, there was a sudden explosion in the waiting hall of Muroran Port...... It is reported that after the police arrived at the scene, it was confirmed that there were dozens of people killed at the scene, and the identity has yet to be determined......

"At present, the police have blocked the ...... of the Muroran Port Pier"

"The cause of the explosion has not yet been ascertained, and the police have not yet announced the details of the explosion...... "In order, Gao Yuan roughly read the content of these news, only to see the above news, at the beginning, it was still reporting the death of people in the explosion in the waiting hall, but after the arrival of the back, after the police intervened more and more, the information reported became less and less, basically the identity of the deceased, the cause of the explosion and other details, in the subsequent incident in the report, did not disclose to the outside world.

On the contrary, it was about four or five days later, on the news, that I saw the list of missing persons announced by the police.

And among them,

The name "Mitarai Asai" is impressively listed. Of course, under Gao Yuan's deliberate search, in this list, it is like

"Nagase Ringo" or

The name of "Hanada Xiaozhi" has never appeared in it. In this regard, when Mitarai Soxu saw that Takato had already crossed the list, Mitarai Soxu continued: "That's right, because this incident is too involved, and the media's coverage of this incident has been restricted, so the specific details of the incident have not been disclosed in the newspaper......" Helplessly, Mitarai Soxu closed his eyes, as if recalling that time, when he saw the list of missing persons, the dignified atmosphere inside Mitarai's family still made him remember it vividly-

"As you can see, although the cause of the incident was not reported in detail on the news, in fact, the police found out that the people who stayed in the waiting hall of Muroran Port that night were also stranded at the port because of the typhoon after questioning the passengers who had to stay at a nearby hotel because of the typhoon." Mitarai continued, "Because the weather forecast at the time mispredicted the timing of the typhoon's landfall, all the passengers who took the passenger ship at that time thought that the passenger ship could leave the port on time and thus avoid the typhoon. Because of this, all the passengers arrived near Muroran Port at that time, but unexpectedly encountered a typhoon, so everyone had to stay near the port, and as a result, the hotel rooms near the port were quickly filled, so that those passengers who did not stay in the hotel could only stay in the waiting hall of the port......" Listening to Mitarai Soxu's narration silently, Takato understood that this was what he had heard from Nakagawa Moemi through wise and enlightened vigilance

The incident of "Twenty Years Ago" - it's just that what I know is the details of the incident that happened in the ship's hall at that time......

"In other words, among the passengers who stayed in the hotel at that time, there was no check-in record of Ms. Cai, so Ms. Cai, who was sure to board the ship and leave the country, was identified as one of the possible victims of the explosion in the waiting hall?" As if it was analyzed through Mitarai Soxu and the news in his hand, Takato actually roughly understood what was going on and asked Mitarai Soxu.

"That's pretty much." Nodding, Mitarai Zongxu responded, and then his expression changed, and he said solemnly and solemnly: "However, the more specific situation will not be known until the police come to the door later-

"It turned out that according to the detailed investigation by the police, all the passengers who died in the waiting hall, including the staff of the waiting hall, had been killed with sharp weapons long before the explosion, and even worse, they were killed by cutting off their limbs, and the murderer's methods can be described as extremely vicious!" ——

"Sure enough......" Hearing this, Gao Yuan nodded silently in his heart - this is indeed consistent with what he knows.

So, Gao Yuan thoughtfully began to ask, "The police came to the door?" Is it because of what you found at the scene? Or is it a routine questioning of family members based on the list of missing persons? ”

"It's both." Nodding, Mitarai Soxu responded, "At that time, the police found a pair of limbs of a young woman who had been cut off at the scene, and they searched the scene but couldn't find the body...... According to the list of missing persons, it is very likely that this limb is ...... ...... belonging to Xiao Cai" - at that time, the young woman whose limbs were cut off, according to what she knew, should be the one from twenty years ago

"Louis", his stage name

"Nagase Ringo", real name

"Hanada Kochi", the actress who is pregnant with the illegitimate daughter of Mr. Nishikawa Sejo...... And after she was cut off, she rushed to the scene later

"Cointreau" was saved by Taro Asami, but the severed limb ...... Because the sex and age of the limbs are measured, so the police linked it to Mitarai on the missing list?

"Back then, 'DNA' testing wasn't as common as it is today. Due to the examination of the severed limbs, gender, age, and even blood type can all be matched, so at that time, we really thought that Xiaocai was buried in that tragedy......" Just when Gao Yuan was thinking, Mitarai Soxu said helplessly......