"It's a wonderful world."

The somewhat emotional Black Feather Kuaito raised his arms on the sideboard, and looked at the policeman standing not far in front of him with interest.

Two identities that should have stood on opposite sides are now on the same front because of a mysterious criminal organization.

"I can help you, but I want to have room to play on my own."

"How?"

"Do you know how long Kidd the Strange Thief has been in this world, Officer Uehara?"

"You mean you? Still is? ”

Katsumi Uehara, who had roughly guessed something, raised his eyebrows, turned his head and grinned at Kuroba Kaito, who was facing him: "In the beginning, many people tried to use the name of Kidd the Monster Thief for their own personal gain. But slowly, only one of the monster thieves on the planet, Kidd, was left who was recognized by the police around the world.

"Do you know why?"

"Okay, then I can only give you one piece of advice." Katsumi Uehara smiled indifferently, "Those guys won't shoot you like the second class." ”

Kuroba Kaito didn't respond, or rather, the figure he turned around and walked towards the door was already responding.

When Akemi Miyano hurried down the stairs from the second floor with a bag containing a few clothes, she was greeted by the sight of Katsumi Uehara alone in the living room.

"The protection mission is complete, and he is back on the team."

The man who was leaning against the wall alone with his hands crossed in front of his chest seemed to see the confusion in her eyes, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Unfortunately, my original plan didn't work, and I have to ask you to run with me again, Miss Miyano." ”

"Just call me Akemi, Officer Uehara."

After taking a deep breath, Akemi Miyano, who barely suppressed the apprehension in her heart, tried to smile: "It's still the same sentence, thank you." ”

Aside from this thank you, she couldn't think of any other way to express her gratitude to Katsumi Uehara for the time being, after all, this man seemed to her to lack nothing.

Or rather, she thought about it all and found that she didn't have any chips to use to thank you.

"In fact, your cooperation is the best thank you gift to the police, no need to doubt it."

Seeing the thoughts in this woman's heart, Katsumi Uehara nodded on his toes, smiled and raised his eyes: "Not every witness who participates in the witness protection program can trust and cooperate with the police unconditionally like you, especially when there are so many twists and turns along the way, which saves us a lot of trouble." ”

Akemi Miyano pursed her lips, and was about to open her mouth when the man raised his hand to interrupt her: "Don't say thank you again, I've already heard my ears calloused in my ears." Let's go, I'll take you somewhere first-"

Bell bell bell!

Before the words fell, the mobile phone in Katsumi Uehara's pocket rang.

"Left vine? What's wrong? ”

"Uehara, where are you now?"

"On the way back to send Akemi Miyano, what's wrong, did something happen?"

"Sort of, Kenzo Kashiyama should be dead, the president of the Japan Automobile Association, the rich man Chris Binyard used as an excuse."

Mt. Villa, basement.

Miwako Sato, who was wearing gloves, crossed her waist with one hand, raised her eyes to stare at the raging fire in the fireplace, and said with a solemn face.

"Dead? How did he die? ”

"I don't know, but judging from the physical evidence we found at the scene, he should have been shot dead and thrown into the fireplace and burned."

The flickering firelight illuminated the face of Zuo Fuji, who was close to Chi Chi, and Shiratori Ren Saburo, who was motioning for the police to hurry up with the situation at the scene, opened the notebook in his hand, pressed the tip of the pen, and continued to write and draw on it.

“…… I know, I'll be there soon. ”

Katsumi Uehara hung up the phone, turned his head to look at Akemi Miyano, who was beside him, and took a deep breath and said, "If you don't mind, can you stay in my car for a while longer." ”

"Eucalyptus is important, I can do it."

Akemi Miyano is very cooperative.

Nearly thirty minutes later, Magenta's EVO stopped in front of the villa, where there were quite a few police cars at the gate.

Dressed in a trademark green suit and ponytail, Katsumi Uehara reached out to pick up the white and blue cordon after getting out of the car, slightly shortened, and walked into the locked villa without looking back.

"Zuo To, Shiratori, what's the situation at the scene?"

"Our guys found something wrong in today's surveillance, and when they found this basement, all they saw was a victim who had burned in the fireplace to the point of inhuman appearance, a gun, and a few bullets."

Miwako Sato, who saw the visitor, habitually threw the gloves that had been prepared to him, and the tip of her tongue swept over her slightly dry red lips, and briefly introduced the situation.

"What do you say in the forensic class?"

Katsumi Uehara, who was walking towards the fireplace with gloves on, looked around, and there were two wine glasses standing opposite each other on the coffee table not far away.

"Because of the fire in the fireplace, no fingerprints could be found on the gun. We are unable to determine the exact time of death. In addition, all the objects found in the eucalyptus site can only be extracted in the identification class, which only belongs to Kenzo Sashiyama......"

Appearing in front of Katsumi Uehara with a small notebook full of various scene records, Shiratori Renzaburo elaborated word by word: "As for the corpse, strictly speaking, he is not even a corpse, because there are only bones left, and we can't even determine his identity, but judging from the situation at the scene, this bone is very likely to be Kenzo Kashiyama's ......."

Listening to Shiratori's statement, Katsumi Uehara, who paced to the body bag, squatted down, and slowly unzipped his gloved hand—

The burned bones were neatly stacked in it, and the skull had obvious bullet marks.

"We've contacted the people who searched for scientific research to come and make bones—"

"No need, it's better for me to come by myself when they come up with the results, it just so happens that I have to go to Mihua Central Hospital later, and Cheng Shi is an orthopedic surgeon.

"Oh yes, was this fireplace very hot when you came in?" Fastened up, got up and walked to the fireplace, Katsumi Uehara reached inside.

Even though the flames had been extinguished, the temperature that remained in the air was staggering.

"Yes."

"The surveillance didn't find anything?"

"No, we don't even know how the murderer got out, there is no second way in this basement except for the door, but there is a surveillance set up by us outside the door, and nothing is found at all."

"Either the killer is getting in and out of the basement through this fireplace passage, or our surveillance has been altered."

Miwako Sato looked at her partner who was poking her head into the fireplace, and took over the conversation and said, "There's a police officer climbing up inside right now. ”

"What about surveillance?" Katsumi Uehara asked, turning his head.

"The section chief, Matsumoto management officer, and the Twilight Police Department take turns to take over." Ren Saburo Shiratori, who turned a page of a small book, gave an answer.