Just now, after Takato asked the police from the Osaka Prefectural Police Headquarters to conduct an investigation, based on the photos of the graduates who attended the driving class in Hyogo Prefecture 20 years ago, the three people who had been killed were excluded, and after the fugitive Yoshiichiro Numabuchi and the prefectural councillor Sootaro Goji, the last remaining female student was a woman named "Okazaki Sumie".

And the whereabouts of this "Chengjiang" lady are much easier to investigate.

Since Okazaki Sumie had divorced last year, Ms. Sumie, who had changed her husband's surname because of her marriage, changed her surname back to her real surname "Okazaki" and changed her driver's license last year.

So, Takato and Otaki Goro soon came to Okazaki Chengjiang's residence-

Xidu Apartments.

It's just that just now, when the two went to knock on the door of Ms. Okazaki's address, they found that the other party was not at home, and the car in Okazaki's name was not parked in the parking space.

Therefore, Takato recalled the plot of the original work, so he proposed that Goro Otaki wait here and wait for Okazaki Sumie, who was supposed to be driving out, to come back.

As for Takato's judgment, Otaki Goro didn't have any better ideas, so he followed Takato's suggestion, parked the car at a location where he could see the entrance to the apartment where Ms. Okazaki Sumie lived, and waited in the car for Okazaki Sumie to come back.

However, just while waiting, Okazaki Chengjiang's car came back, and then the two of them, Takato and Otaki Goro, who were waiting for the rabbit in the car, noticed that after getting out of the car, they ran into the apartment in a panic.

Seeing this, he noticed that the target person Okazaki Chenge had returned, and he looked panicked, and he felt that something was wrong at a glance, so Otaki Goro was ready to go up to talk to Okazaki Chengjiang to see if he could learn something from her.

But in this regard, Takato stopped Goro Otaki and told him to wait.

So, because he listened to the instructions of Ginshiro Toyama, Goro Otaki, who let himself listen to Takato to arrange the action, although he was very puzzled by the situation of not going up to see it immediately, he still followed the advice and continued to wait in the car.

However, after a while, seeing that there had been no movement in Okazaki Chengjiang's apartment, Otaki Goro, who finally couldn't sit still, asked Takato anxiously:

"Mr. Wise, why don't we go up and have a look?"

In this regard, there is a lofty reply:

"The other party is now the bird that frightens the bow, instead of going to the grass to scare the snake now, it is better to wait for the rabbit."

However, listening to Gao Yuan's answer, this successive use of the three idioms of "frightened bird", "beating grass and startling snake", and "waiting for the rabbit", Otaki Wulang couldn't help but listen to it as if he didn't understand, and wondered:

"Huh? What do you mean? ”

"Obviously, Ms. Okazaki went out and came back in such a panic, obviously she had encountered something that scared her. According to the analysis of the situation of this serial killing, she is likely to be the murderer's next target, so it is possible that she will ...... She has already been threatened by the murderer! Possibly, she may have been at the scene when the third incident happened just now! ”

Seeing Otaki Goro's curious inquiry, Takato couldn't help but give an explanation.

"What! In that case, wouldn't we have to go up and have a look! What if something happens? ”

Otaki Goro couldn't help but exclaim.

"Don't worry."

However, Takato continued to tell Otaki Gorou not to be so anxious first, so he continued:

"If she was really panicked because she saw the deceased in the third incident, then it is not unlikely that she was called to the scene by the murderer, otherwise it should not be such a coincidence.

"And if this inference is true, then based on this, it is obvious that the murderer should have observed her reaction at the scene at the time, maybe the murderer just wanted to make Ms. Okazaki panic first, and then take the opportunity to do something to her......"

Saying that, Gao Yuan paused slightly, reconfirmed the original plot in his mind, and then said:

"So, instead of coming forward now and maybe startling the snake, maybe we just continue to wait here, maybe we will meet the murderer!"

In this regard, listening to Takato's analysis, Otaki Goro seemed to understand whether he understood or not, but he still followed Takato's suggestion, regained his full attention, and began to stare at the apartment where Okazaki Sumie lived......

……

"At the moment, I seem to be living alone in a nearby Nishito apartment. Do you want to go and see it first? ”

On the other side, in Yusuke Sakata's car, Yusuke Sakata explained the information he had found about Okazaki Sumie, and then couldn't help but ask Heiji Hattori about it.

"Well, she might know something."

Although there was no such Ms. Okazaki Sumie in the incident of Sotaro Goji being suspected of taking bribes six years ago, based on her reaction when she saw the death of Noyasu and Renhou, Hattori Heiji still thought that this clue should not be easily let go, so he replied.

So, after hearing such a response from Hattori Heiji, Yusuke Sakata controlled the steering wheel with one hand, took out his mobile phone with the other, and began to dial the phone number of Okazaki Sumie's address that he had found before-

"Hello? Is it Ms. Okazaki's home? I'm Officer Sakata of the Osaka Prefectural Police Tojiri Bureau......"

Soon, the phone was connected, Yusuke Sakata first explained his identity, and then the two people in the car, Heiji Hattori and Conan, just when Yusuke Sakata's mobile phone had not turned on the hands-free function, they obviously heard the panicked words of Okazaki Chengjiang from the other side of the mobile phone-

"Mr. Policeman! Hurry up and protect me! I'm going to be killed! I'll tell you everything from the past! Come on! ”

Suddenly, hearing such a panicked shout from the other party on the phone, Hattori Heiji and Conan both came to Yusuke Sakata's mobile phone as much as possible with solemn expressions, wanting to listen more carefully.

In this regard, Yusuke Sakata was also shocked by the other party's attitude, so he hurriedly shouted:

"Calm down! We'll be right over. Lock the door and don't let anyone in......"

In this way, just as Yusuke Sakata was so comforting Okazaki Chengjiang on the other end of the phone, he suddenly glanced at the location where the vehicle was driving at this time, and Hattori Heiji suddenly exclaimed-

"Oops! I've already opened a Xidu apartment! ”

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Yusuke Sakata couldn't help but be a little flustered, looking at his car at the moment, his car was blocked by other passing cars at the moment, and-

"What to do? Midosuji is a one-way street, and there are many crowded cars, so if you go around Yotsubashisuji, it will take a lot of time......"

Yusuke Sakata analyzed the current situation with some concern.

But in this regard, Hattori Heiji and Conan were invariably the same, and directly opened the car door at this moment-

"It's better to run straight over!"

Hattori Heiji said so, and Conan got out of the car and started running, first running from the lane to the sidewalk, and the two ran against the direction of the traffic, towards the Xidu apartment behind-

"Hey! Peaceful! ”

Seeing Hattori Heiji and Conan running out like this, Yusuke Sakata shouted at them worriedly, and Hattori Heiji echoed:

"We'll meet then!"

With that, Hattori Heiji and Conan ran towards the Xidu apartment without looking back......

……

Turning his gaze back to Gao Yuan—

Just after Takato and Otaki Goro waited in the car for a while, suddenly, the two saw Okazaki Sumie panicking, running out of the apartment, and then running in one direction.

In this regard, seeing this scene, Otaki Goro was subconsciously wanting to ask Takato's thoughts, but saw a slight smile at the corner of Takato's mouth-

"Sure enough, the murderer has taken action......

(End of chapter)