Mina Okino was killed.

Just as Bai Heqing had predicted in her heart, she died in that remote and strange mountain village, because she was involved in several large local families who killed each other through folk sacrifice customs, and was finally killed in order to save a poor and innocent child.

After Shirakawa Kiyoshi and Sharon arrived in the local area, they quickly got in touch with the local village and the stationed criminal police who had conducted an investigation with Mina Okino.

It was not that there was no means of communication in that village, and there were telephone lines at the police station stationed at the criminal police station and the homes of several large families in the village.

Mina Okino, who realized that a very serious incident was happening in this village, originally wanted to contact Shirakawa Kiyoshi immediately.

However, due to a mudslide caused by a sudden heavy rain outside the village a few days ago, the telephone line in the village was cut off, causing Mina Okino to completely lose the means of external communication, and she was finally killed and died quietly.

At the end of the incident, it was Shirakawa Kiyoshi who used the clues investigated by Mina Okino before his death to completely uncover the truth about the vendetta between the big families in the mountain village for decades, and arrested all the murderers involved.

The omnipotent Chief Shirakawa has once again perfectly solved this complicated and strange case, which is gratifying, really gratifying.

On the way back, at the station where the train was transferred, Shirakawa sat on a waiting bench in a daze, holding an urn in his hand.

Because after solving this incident, the two did not stay too long and left, it was late at night, and they were waiting here for the last train of the day.

"Actually, I didn't think about this happening before."

Looking down at the urn of Mina Okino in his hand, Shirakawa Kiyoshi suddenly spoke, as if he was saying it to himself, and as if he was saying it to Sharon beside him.

"After all, Mina's character is nosy, although she is very smart, but she is not good at reasoning, although she is good at disguise transformation, but she has no other means of self-preservation, not only is she powerless, she herself is also self-aware of these, and often involves herself in some dangerous incidents, including the same for me......

We hadn't seen each other since we were in London, and I had done her a favor, so it wasn't a favor, it was just a deal between us.

Sometimes I really can't figure out if she's the one who was born so enthusiastic about what she thinks of as a friend. Why is she willing to help me so much unconditionally over the years?

Investigate the illegal operation of those companies, infiltrate the headquarters of the Japanese public security, infiltrate the gangs, and even risk my life to disguise me as bait......

No matter what I asked her for, no matter how dangerous these things were, she never seemed to be aware of them, and never refused every time, and said yes.

Although every time she said this, it was not unconditional, but afterwards, she would often only ask me to talk to her husband about my previous case, help her take care of Yoko, or help her deal with it when she was involved in a case that was not well investigated......

Sharon, sometimes it's really hard for me to understand the way of thinking of people like her, they don't seem to understand what distance between people is, they always think of you as a good friend, and then they give you their sincerity as a friend without reservation.

I don't quite understand, did she ever think about what she would do if I didn't respond to her? Or was she sure from the beginning that I was the kind of person who would definitely respond to her?

If it's the latter, all I can say is that she did get the bet right.

It must have been infected by her emotions towards me, and over the years, although I have never been able to see her as a possible love partner, I have always regarded her as the most important friend.

Although sometimes I sometimes think she's annoying.,It's good to leave me there alone.,Why does she just want to come up.,Put on a posture like my sister.,As if she doesn't care about me.。

But there's no denying that she's been my best friend over the years, and I even thought at one point that I might be going on like this for the rest of my life.

Mina used to say that I had a problem with my brain, and that something would happen if she left me alone, but in my eyes, she was the same.

She's so nosy that she's always inadvertently involved herself in a lot of dangerous incidents, and I'm not without worrying about this, but I haven't been able to find a suitable way to solve it.

It was some time ago that she began to come to the Metropolitan Police Department frequently because of a little girl, which led to some rumors about me in the hall, so I seized this opportunity to give her a new identity as a criminal policeman, and asked her to come and show her face every day, even if she didn't handle work.

I wanted to take it step by step, first let her get into the habit of coming here, and then slowly increase the time, and slowly change her personality of running around outside.

In this way, even if she gets into any trouble again, it will be by my side, and I can deal with it in time......

And this time, she told me that she was going out on a folklore expedition, and I originally wanted to stop her, but considering that it had been a long time since she last went out, and she had been busy with me all day during this time......

I thought, if I want to stop her, she won't listen, and anyway, it's just this once, there will never be such a coincidence in this world, right? You can't just have an accident like this, right? Even if something happens, I'm sure I'll be able to rush over and help her in time, just like before......"

Speaking of this, Bai Heqing suddenly stopped.

Sharon could see it very clearly, tears dripping from his eyes onto Mina Okino's urn below.

He suddenly turned his head, looked at Sharon with a very puzzled look, and asked:

"Sharon, tell me, why do all the people around me leave like this?"

He asks a question that Sharon can't answer, but Shirakawa doesn't seem to really want Sharon to answer it.

Only for a moment, Bai Heqing retracted his gaze and looked down at the urn in his hand again.

"I just want to live this life peacefully......"

His voice was low, his tone full of exhaustion that could crush his spirit.

"I'm so tired......"

His last sigh, the weariness that could not be concealed in the words, shook Sharon's heart deeply.

"White River!"

Bai Heqing's body seemed to be shrouded in a lingering aura of ashes, and Sharon almost instantly raised her hand to hold his face, forcibly turning his head to look at herself.

"Don't think about it so much, come home with me, let's go back and talk about these things first, okay?"

Looking at her worried and frightened eyes, Bai Heqing was stunned for a moment, and then smiled:

"Okay, I'll listen."

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(End of chapter)