When I left the eucalyptus scene and came outside the house, the fresh air flowing around me successfully blew away the dullness in my heart.

Otaki Goro, who was the first to leave, hurriedly ran back, he was obviously very good at dealing with human affairs, holding the warm tea and simple food purchased by his subordinates, so that the grandmother who didn't eat lunch could solve the problem of food and clothing.

It's just that the old grandmother didn't appreciate it, she shook her head in frustration and said that she was not hungry, and the scene of her baby daughter's tragic death at home was vivid, she really had no appetite to enjoy it, and chose to refuse the kindness of Mr. Officer.

Through the confession recorded by the police, it has been learned that the grandmother's name is Mari Akashi, and the victim is her only daughter Akashi Hoko, who is also one of the people she cares about most in the world after the death of her wife.

The other person is naturally the grandson who has not yet disappeared, the little boy who appeared in the group photo. Fujiwara Yu noticed that Mari Akashi refused to eat, he reached out and took the plastic bag from Officer Otaki's hand, walked over to the old grandmother and squatted down, probably tall enough to easily look at the old woman sitting on the chair even if he squatted on the ground.

He changed his cold appearance in the past, his warm colors blurred his eyebrows, his thin lips curved, and his voice was clear: "Grandma Mari, how can you eat well?" We're going to bring the bad guys to justice, aren't we? If you don't eat enough, you won't have the strength to witness this scene, and you don't want the progress of this case to stop at this step. Mari Akashi didn't expect this little police officer to say these words to herself, she lowered her eyes and thought that the murderer was still at large, yes, the little police officer was right, her daughter couldn't come back, she had to at least witness the murderer arrested.

At such times, there can be no self-defeating pessimism.

"Thank you, little officer." Mari Akashi took the hot tea and the stewed mackerel bento and tasted it in small bites.

Fujiwara Yo and Otaki Goro were relieved when they saw this scene, they didn't rush to ask, but waited for Grandma Mari to finish the meal before they spoke: "Grandma Mari, do you know anything about your daughter's social relations?" You don't live together, you probably talk on the phone a lot, did you mention any recent worries during the chat? ”

"Hey, Suizi, this child has been very sensible since she was a child, whether it is during school or work, I have never heard of her making enemies with others, and she always reports good news and not bad news in front of me, so ...... I probably can't help. Mari Akashi still showed a guilty expression at the end, I'm afraid she felt that she didn't know her daughter well enough in her heart.

Sensible, no enmity with others, good news but not bad news. Humiliation, group photo, disappearing boy. Fujiwara Yu closed his eyes and combined these key words, his brain was running rapidly, his fingertips rubbed the five-yen coin in his hand, a silver light crossed his mind, and he realized that there were key clues that had been ignored, and without saying a word, he directly dropped the question mark and ran towards the eucalyptus scene.

Put on the gloves again, and snatched the group photo placed on the dresser directly in the hands of the female colleague of Kosoken, completely ignoring the other party's speechless expression, and focusing all attention on the photo of the victim Hoko Akashi and her son Shinji Akashi.

In the background, two other award-winning boys are pictured, holding trophies in their hands, but why doesn't Shinji Akashi, the champion, have the trophy in his hand?

And as long as you look closely, you can see that Shinji Akashi's eyes are not on the camera, he doesn't seem to want to look directly at the person who helped them take pictures, could it be that the photographer took his trophy and caused Shinji to be dissatisfied, so he didn't look at it?

Fujiwara Yu couldn't figure it out, so he had to leave quickly under the speechless gaze of his female colleague in the science and research institute, and directly handed the photo to Mari Akashi, leaned over and asked, "Grandma Mari, the boy in the photo is your grandson Shinji Akashi, right?" ”

"Yes, Shinji, this kid is very similar to Hoko, and he was very obedient when he was in the nursery school, and he didn't let Hoko worry about it once."

"Then I want to ask a question, why isn't Shinji Akashi at home, and where has he gone?" Fujiwara Yu feels that this is a key point, because according to the clues currently available, it can be concluded that the probability of acquaintances is as high as more than eighty percent, so Shinji Akashi is a more critical point, why he happened to be not at home, and was taken away by someone.

Mari Akashi didn't feel anxious because her grandson wasn't at home, she took a sip of hot tea to moisten her throat, and said slowly: "Little police officer, you can rest assured that Shinji was picked up by his father the day before yesterday, and Hoko told me that Shinji would send Shinji home this evening...... Hey, I'm afraid there is no way now, and this child can only be raised by Shinji. ”

"Shinji?"

"He is Suizi's ex-husband, and he divorced six years ago, and he is actually quite good, but Suizi said that the two are still used to being friends, so they chose to get married after careful consideration." Mari Akashi thought for a moment and replied.

Shinji Akashi is only seven years old this year, if it is really a peaceful divorce, how can he choose to choose the time when the child is just a year old, you must know that raising a baby alone is a very tiring thing, Akashi Suiko even has to find a way to make ends meet, and the child will be sentenced to her ex-husband if she has no financial resources.

Wait a minute, change the sentence? A terrible thought rose in Fujiwara's mind, he didn't want his reasoning to be correct, so he wanted to quickly confirm its mistake.

He turned back to the eucalyptus scene again, looked at the female colleague of the science search and research institute who was looking at him, glanced at the other party's work card, and asked bluntly: "Hello Miss Chaoo, did you find the same trophy as in this photo at the scene?" Mitsuyo Asao glared at the half-moon and didn't have a good impression of this impolite little handsome guy, but thinking that the other party just wanted to detect the eucalyptus as soon as possible, he didn't care about the unhappiness when he was ignored, and raised his voice to respond: "Well, I didn't find it, is there any problem?" ”

"If you don't find it, it's the big problem." Seeing the young purple-haired officer drop this sentence and walk out, she was speechless in her heart, so what is important about this trophy, it can't be the murder weapon that beat the victim.

Well? Wait, it can't really be a murder weapon, right? As a researcher at the Institute of Scientific Research, Mitsuyo Asao naturally has the ability, she walked to the victim's body and looked at the wound on the back of the head, and after simulating the general appearance of the murder weapon in her brain, it really matched the ball at the top of the trophy in the photo.

Is it really a murder weapon?! And the murder weapon is not at the scene, so there is only one possibility left - the murderer took the trophy away.

"But the murder weapon is indeed solved, so why does he think it's a big problem?" Asao Mitsuyo was puzzled, according to the normal thinking point of view, it should be very happy to be able to find out what the murder weapon was, why did his face deteriorate...... This rookie police officer is really weird.

Fujiwara Yoshi, who was thought strange at this moment, had already come to Otaki Goro's side, he deliberately lowered his voice and leaned into the ear of his senior, and said in a voice that Mari Akashi, who was sitting next to him, could not hear: "The murder weapon should be the trophy that Shinji Akashi won in the karate competition, I suspect that the victim's ex-husband has a motive to commit eucalyptus, and I want to apply for a search warrant to go to her ex-husband's house to see." ”

“…… Are you sure? ”