Rice flower town, Tsukimi Road corner café.

Mu Yuan sat in the corner of the window booth, staring out the window through the glass.

"Immediately prohibited"..."Police"..."KEEP OUT」

The bright yellow cordon, bypassing the recruitment billboard placed in front of the coffee shop, extends to the corner of the wall at the end of the window on the right

- Things are like this, and the person he wants to see probably won't appear.

"It's... The fourth time, right? Mu Yuan sighed: "It's the fourth time in a week."

In just one week, he was involved in four homicides, and even the most unbelievers will inevitably begin to suspect it

- Are you being targeted by something unscientific?

Mu Yuan frowned and pushed the third degree of the hat on his head.

In the reflection of the glass, two handsome young men emerged.

An eyebrow like a distant mountain, eyes like a star, wearing a three-degree hat, wearing a peacock Daming King gold thread robe that symbolizes the position of the host of the Erquan Temple.

Another......

Mu Yuan turned around suddenly, his expression was as cold as ever, but his posture of trying to lean back still showed the true thoughts in his heart.

The corners of the handsome young man's mouth twitched slightly:

Mu Yuan presided...... When you see me, how do you look like you've seen a ghost!? ”

"Kudo-san, you're mistaken." Mu Yuan tightened the robe on his body and said seriously: "How can a ghost compare with you?" ”

Shinichi Kudo: "......"

Rao is a talented and quick-witted detective, and he was also unable to rectify Mu Yuan's straightforward words.

Is he scarier than a ghost?

Even if this is true, it cannot be face-to-face...... Ahh

Mu Yuan, this guy, no wonder he has no friends!

…

…

"Ding—"

At this moment, the welcome bell rings, the door of the coffee shop is pushed open, and the sound of sirens and the cacophony of onlookers pour in.

Mu Yuan and Kudo Shinichi turned their heads at the same time - a fat police officer wearing an orange coat and a Watson top hat of the same color walked in with his subordinates.

"Dusk Police!"

Kudo Shinichi gave up his plan to stare at Mu Yuan and greeted him with a sunny face.

For detectives, there is nothing more pleasant than the criminal police being his old partner.

But for the criminal police, staying up three days and nights in a week to write a case summary, and it is likely to be the fourth day soon, is really unpleasant.

"You two are really ......"

The ghost is still unspoken.

Heavy dark circles set off the rolling eyes, and Twilight Thirteen rubbed her eyebrows and said, "The owner of the coffee shop has just returned to China and is rushing this way." The husband of the deceased... Not yet contacted. ”

"The dead?"

Kudo Shinichi was slightly stunned, and his expression gradually became solemn.

These two words were like a sudden light in the dark night before dawn, which gathered all his mind, and his brain was running rapidly:

[The Twilight Police Department sealed off the scene as soon as they came, which is obviously not a misunderstanding, but I obviously haven't ...... It's Muyuan! 】

[Mu Yuan called the Twilight Police Department before I came? Sure enough, he found out! 】

[But...... Why did the Twilight Police Department mention Ms. Mayumi's husband? 】

【The deceased... Decedent!? 】

[Could it be ......]

"Presiding over Mu Yuan, can you tell me... How do you know for sure that Ms. Mayumi is dead? ”

The door of the coffee shop closed automatically, the sound of sirens and the discussion of the crowd came to an abrupt end, and the scene was silent.

Kudo Shinichi's questioning roared like thunder.

…

Mayumi Uchida, female, 29 years old, is a barista, pastry chef and head waiter at a café on the corner of Tsukimi Road.

Twilight Thirteen received a total of two phone calls this morning about Ms. Mayumi, both from acquaintances, one from the new head of Nisenji Temple, Makien, and the other from high school detective Kudo Shinichi.

Since the content of the two phone calls is also very similar, they both contain: Ms. Mayumi stayed in the cold storage all night and asked the owner of the coffee shop to come over as soon as possible......

So Twilight Thirteen subconsciously thought that Makito and Kudo Shinichi should know exactly the same case.

But now it seems that things are not so simple......

…

"Hey, hey, hey... Brother Kudo? Brother Muyuan? ”

Twilight Thirteen's face was ugly, but it wasn't because of the exhaustion of staying up all night.

He asked cautiously, "Is it possible... It's possible that Ms. Mayumi is still alive, right? ”

It is naturally good that the person may be alive, but if the person is being held in a cold storage at minus ten or twenty degrees, and the police mistakenly believe that she is dead, so they do not notify the fire and ambulance personnel...... That's a big problem!

At the thought of this possibility, Twilight Thirteen felt the hairs on his body stand on end.

But soon, he thought of another, even more terrible thing.

"You all said on the phone that you want to find the owner of the coffee shop as soon as possible, do you mean...... You're not even sure if Ms. Mayumi is in cold storage!? ”

Because he believed in his two brothers very much, Twilight Thirteen led the team to the police directly because of the private phone call from the two, which means ......

He is likely to be using public weapons for private use now, and the stream of consciousness is intuitive to go to the police?

If that's the case, and Ms. Mayumi dies because of it......

Without the punishment of his boss, Twilight Thirteen can't forgive himself!

Fortunately, Kudo Shinichi suddenly turned his head and said:

"Of course she's in the cold storage!"

The tone is a bit arrogant, but the certainty contained in it is particularly reassuring.

Sure enough, the brothers did not live up to his trust!

Stream of consciousness alarm or something, it doesn't exist at all!

Twilight Thirteen breathed a sigh of relief.

But just as he was about to ask for details, Kudo Shinichi said, "But the key to the problem is ......"

As he spoke, Kudo Shinichi looked at Muyuan again.

Twilight Thirteen followed along, perceivingly.

Mu Yuan still maintains that handsome modeling face, which makes people not see the slightest fluctuation in his heart.

"Host Muyuan ......" Kudo Shinichi took a deep breath and said seriously: "Do you know that if Ms. Mayumi really died in the cold storage... Does it mean anything? ”

Mu Yuan didn't speak, and Twilight Thirteen subconsciously asked, "Meaning... What does that mean? ”

"This means that as the last customer in this café after 8 o'clock last night, and the last person to leave this café last night, and who was aware of Ms. Mayumi's death before the cold storage opened......"

Kudo Shinichi slowly raised his hand and pointed to Mu Yuandao, who was sitting in the booth:

"That is, you, presided over Mu Yuan, and you became the one who killed Ms. Mayumi Uchida... First suspect! ”

The scene was quiet, and behind Twilight Thirteen, the muscles on the arms of the criminal policemen instantly tensed, and they subconsciously touched their waists.

…

"Ding-" At this moment, the welcome bell rang again.

A sweaty young police officer barged in, disrupting the tension under Shinichi Kudo's questioning.

Everyone turned their heads to look—

The person who came was a strange patrol, not a person who searched for a lesson.

[It seems to be... The patrol officer who sees the road intersection in the moon? Twilight Thirteen thought to himself.

"Police, police officer!" The young police officer gasped and pulled out a bunch of keys, "As you requested, we have taken the keys from the coffee shop owner's house!" ”

"Huh?" Twilight Thirteen blinked, confused, "When will I ......?"

"Just in time!" Kudo Shinichi snatched the keys one by one, a confident smile on his face, "So, let's face the truth together!" ”

…

"Squeak-" The door of the cold storage was opened, and a cold snap poured out.

"Shhh

The white fog dissipated...... Mayumi Uchida's body was presented in front of everyone.

She fell to the ground on her side, her whole body curled up in the shape of a shrimp, her tight masseter muscles protruding outward, and her hollow eyes staring at everyone......

The knobby hands were covered with a layer of white frost, and there was no trace of blood, but they were still clutching the placket of their chests, as if they were trying to hold the last trace of warmth in their bodies......

"Host Mu Yuan, don't you have anything you want to explain?" Kudo Shinichi's questioning voice sounded again.

……