When Karasuma saw the boy again, it was at one o'clock in the afternoon.

The boy was in a police car, accompanied by several criminal policemen, to the high school where Karasuma was studying.

Of course, in order not to cause too much commotion, the boy did not drive the police car directly to the school gate, but parked on the side of the road not far away and entered the school on foot with several criminal policemen.

It was also the first time the boy had come to the high school where Karasuma was studied.

Although the two have known each other for half a year, for a person like a boy who "will never do it if it is not necessary", there is no concept of "visiting friends" in his mind, so he will not come over unless there is a murder like this one.

When the boy saw Karasuma on the bench in the aisle by the school playground, she was sitting there waiting for the boy with her good friend Akina-san, just after lunch.

By the way, the boy also came over after lunch, and Kokarsuma was shocked when he first heard the news.

What?!

Are you a ruthless reasoning machine even taking time to eat on the way to a case?! I always thought you were the kind of super crazy person who would never rest until you solve the case!

Then she was given a stupid look by the boy.

Don't be deceived by TV, if you don't eat seriously to replenish your strength, how can you solve the case well? A fool would do such a thing that puts the cart before the horse.

"Well, the information you gathered is that the deceased continued to be mentally abnormal in the days before he was killed, right?"

Sitting together on a bench by the flower bed, the boy spoke after listening to Karasuma's story.

"There is also this rumor that Kyoko-san has dealings with students from other schools, and we carefully asked the person who said these rumors at the beginning, and found that this rumor seems to be false......"

The one who spoke was Akina-san, who was sitting next to Ko-Karasuma, who seemed to be a good friend of Ko-Karasuma's high school, and the two had a close relationship.

"Anything else?" The boy nodded slightly, and asked again.

He had already made up his mind that when he asked about the two of them, he would go to the school leader of this school to ask again.

It's not that he just doesn't trust these two people, after all, these two female high school students have no corresponding criminal investigation experience, and a lot of hidden information they may ignore inadvertently, which is a normal thing.

The boy had a hunch that this case might not be an ordinary homicide, and that he had to solve it as soon as possible in order to prevent the situation from deteriorating.

To that end, he could not leave out any possible clues.

The boy did not have the ability to predict prophets, it was just an instinct that he had cultivated over the years of exposure to these cases.

"And, there's more!"

Karasuma immediately spoke loudly, and for some reason, the expression on her face suddenly became a little nervous at this moment.

The boy didn't reply, just looked at her quietly.

"Yes, some of my reasoning ......"

Being looked at like this by the boy, Kokumara suddenly felt a little weak, and the courage that he had just brought by shouting suddenly dissipated at this moment.

But at this moment, the previous entrustment to her by Sister Keiko suddenly sounded in Xiao Karasuma's mind again.

[No, that's right! I still have to take good care of this wooden man for Sister Keiko! How can you just hold back like that?! 】

Thinking so in his heart, an inexplicable courage burned in Kokarasuma's chest again.

So, she looked directly into the boy's gaze and said the reasoning that Keiko Hatoyama had told her before, almost word for word, and the logic was complete.

This is actually a very simple reasoning, after ruling out the bad and withdrawn interpersonal relationships of the deceased Kyoko's classmates, as well as rumors that she had dealings with students from other schools, she was mentally abnormal during the period before she was killed, and locked it in her family environment.

At the same time, it is likely that the truth about the murder of Kyoko-san is also hidden, which is a priority investigation direction.

Basically, the boy quickly reasoned to this same conclusion after listening to the information gathered by Kokarasuma .

However, to the boy's surprise, Karasuma was able to come to such a conclusion.

It's surprising, isn't it time to give a round of applause?

"Hmm."

The boy who thought like this in his heart didn't show any obvious expression, just nodded his head lightly in approval.

"Is that really the case?" Although it was just a nod, it also made the nervous little Karasuma excited.

"That's what I thought too." The boy nodded again, this time giving a clear response.

"Good, good! Karasuma-san! Good friend Akina-chan immediately praised excitedly.

"No, it's—it's not actually my fault...... That's right! ”

Quickly dragged himself off the clouds, who was already a little floating, and Kokusuma looked at the boy again, and hurriedly asked:

"Wood man, didn't you also meet Kyoko-san's parents this morning? Did they say anything? ”

may feel that the relationship was pulled into by the reasoning just now, and Kokarsuma actually began to take the initiative to inquire about the progress of the investigation of the case.

She was referring to the fact that the boy had informed Kyoko's parents to rush to the cemetery for an autopsy before he drove her away this morning.

The boy glanced at her, was silent for a moment, and then spoke:

"I simply asked about the deceased this morning, and they answered much the same information as you have gathered in school.

The deceased Kyoko-san was usually withdrawn and did not have any good friends, but after returning home from school yesterday, the deceased told her parents that she was going to spend the night with a friend she knew from another school, and then left the house and never returned. ”

This is also the reason why Kyoko-san has been dead overnight, but her parents have not reported the crime.

"Then did they say who this 'friend from another school' is in the mouth of Kyoko-san?" Kokumara hurriedly asked.

There was a conflict of intelligence on both sides.

What Karasuma found out here is that the rumor that "Kyoko-san knows a foreign school" is a pure rumor, and it was inadvertently spread by those classmates she had bullied before.

What the boy learned from Kyoko's parents was that Kyoko-san left home last night under the pretext of "staying at a friend's house in another school" and was eventually killed.

"No, they don't know." The boy replied: "Because the deceased was withdrawn during his lifetime, after hearing that the deceased had a friend who could stay overnight, the parents did not ask or hinder him, and allowed the deceased to go to her friend's house that night. ”

"What an irresponsible parent......"

whispered, and Karasuma continued to ask tentatively, "Then, are we going to ask about Kyoko-san's parents next?" ”

Her tone was a little jumpy.

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(End of chapter)