"Hinata-san, it's me."

Hearing the voice of the young man on the other end of the phone, Hinata Yuki immediately stood up straight and couldn't wait to ask, "Do you have any new discoveries?" ”

As time goes on, the more you can't wait for news, the more hopeful it becomes. She knew she couldn't do anything, but she didn't want to go back to Nagato's house, where more and more police officers were gathering, their serious faces and heavy voices, like a countdown to her ears, told her that the situation was getting worse.

Thinking of the solemn and confident looks of those young men, her mood would inexplicably settle down.

"We may have found the whereabouts of Mr. Hidetomi Nagato." Just when her heart was hanging high, she heard Tang Ze's voice say, "But the situation may not be optimistic. ”

“…… What did you find? Hinata asked softly when she heard her own trembling voice.

"This ......"

The slightly hesitant voice from the other side made her close her eyes fiercely, sort out her emotions, and say calmly: "If you have anything, just say it directly." I'm ready for the worst. ”

Before the next words, a sigh came to her ears.

"We found the bouquet that Mr. Nagato Hidetomi had put down on the shore of the lake, and we deduced that he must have been to the lake before noon. Along with it, there were also traces of suspected blood...... We have notified the police to do a blood test, but ......"

From his cautious attitude, as if he was talking to the patient's family, Hinata had already heard a lot of meaning.

She breathed hard, tried to catch her breath, and was silent for a few seconds before she reluctantly asked, "What about Mr. Guangming, is there any news that he has been found?" ”

"I'll tell you."

After a short silence, the person who spoke on the other side of the phone changed, as if he saw that Tang Ze couldn't speak directly, and took the phone directly.

It's an unfamiliar voice, and it's slightly distorted by the conversion of radio waves, but from his characteristic intonation, Hinata Yuki can tell that this is the detective hired by Miss Nobuko.

"Although there is no conclusive evidence at the moment, I believe that it was Nagato Hidetomi who attacked Mr. Nagato." This time, the person on the other side spoke much more directly, and he ruthlessly pronounced the sentence, "It's hard for us to explain this to the police, but I think we still need to communicate with you." I don't think he will make a move on Mr. Hidetomi for no reason, so please be sure to pay attention to the safety of Mr. Michizo Nagato. ”

As he narrated in a calm tone, Hinata only felt that the voice in her ears was getting farther and farther away, and by the time she really came to her senses, there was only a hurried busy sound left in the call that had already been hung up.

"Hidetomi ......" sat down in the bench, Hinata Yuki covered her face, calling her lover's name in fear and sadness, and her sweaty palms were cold.

She didn't know how long she had been curled up, but what woke her from the tumult was a subtle melodious ringtone.

Hinata immediately raised her head.

This is the tone she set for Hidetomi Nagato.

Because of her physical shortcomings, her lover has little contact with the outside world, and he who focuses on writing will inevitably have emotionally sensitive moments, and she will inevitably worry, so she has set a special prompt tone for him, for fear of missing a little news and not being able to appease the other party's mood in time.

Her heart lifted high, and with the last glimmer of hope, she clicked on the newly received prompt.

The first line of words that caught her eye burst out of the tears that she had tried to restrain her.

"To my beloved, Luck,

By the time you received this letter, my heart had stopped beating...... Whether you find this out or not, take my share and live well.

I don't think I'm qualified to marry you, to make up for my sins......

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"Just a phone call, you don't even have to do such a hand, is it interesting?" Standing next to him and watching Tang Ze finish his one-man show on his mobile phone alone, he just changed his hand to grab the mobile phone halfway, and Hoshikawa Hui was speechless for a while.

Fortunately, except for Nagato Guangming, who fell to the ground, no one else can see this now, otherwise even people who know Tang Ze's identity have to say a word of schizophrenia.

"It's more convincing, and it's easy to explain the design." Tang Ze, who was still dressed wisely, smiled and put down the phone in his ear, "Noah, can you hear me?" How's it going? ”

"You guessed it, as soon as the email was sent, the navigation responded quickly. Hinata is in the hall. With no one else around, Noah poked his head out of the screen without hesitation, "But, just take Hikari Nagato away like this, won't they be suspicious?" It's too gone without a trace. ”

Reaching out and pulling out the rag doll that stuck out of the screen like Sadako, Tang Ze looked down at his mouth and slanted eyes, because the pain was reflexively pumping Nagato Kou.

"Hattori can kick down the security door with one foot, and it's reasonable for me to be a detective and slip away with an eight-foot man on my shoulder, right?" While complaining like this, Tang Ze really bent down like a sack, carrying the unconscious Nagato Guangming on his shoulder, "Let's go Noah, open the door." ”

"What about the keywords, do you already have a clue?" Noah, who was dragged by him with the wire in his hand, said "huh".

"I had some conversations with Hinata on the way out of Nagato's house," Karasawa said without hesitation, remembering the conversation that had happened earlier, "Location, Nagato House, Destination, Abi Hell." ”

It's not that Tang Ze is deliberately setting up information to have so many conversations with Hinata - of course, Tang Ze, who imagines that she will have a temple or a shadow, does have the meaning of knocking on the other party's concept - the main thing is that Hattori Heiji and Conan have no time to care, and he can't let the atmosphere be too embarrassing.

There was no way, the case was hanging in front of him, and the attention of the two detectives was more focused on the mysterious disappearance of the two people, so Tang Ze had to fully play the role of a good clerk and comfort the victim's family.

With this conversation, Tang Ze somewhat understood where some of Nagato Hidetomi's pessimistic thoughts came from.

First of all, Hinata Yuki is a woman who is very actionable, tenacious, and principled.

She suffered an accident when she was young, grew up as an orphan, and to be able to do a good job as the president's secretary today, which shows the strength of her inner strength.

She is a person tempered by a tragic fate, soft on the outside and rigid on the inside, she knows how to take care of people, and she understands the world, and people with a character like Nagato Hidetomi will be attracted to her, which is like the inevitability of fate.

Secondly, although the fire was twenty years ago, its imprint has always been deeply imprinted on Hinata Yuki.

She was a little afraid of flames, and from time to time she would have nightmares, and she would carry her father's relics with her for a moment, but Nagato Hideto, an existence that could give her comfort, was inseparable from the flames.

It is not surprising that Hidetomi Nagato, who knows this very well, would choose such an extreme way to deal with it due to pessimism and inner tearing due to his character.

“…… Really. Noah's eyes widened as he watched the navigation of the other world activate with his voice, "You guessed too accurately, it's only been half an hour of chatting, is it really so magical?" ”

"It's not that I'm magical, it's Hinata Yuki who is indeed a person with this kind of character." Shaking his head, Tang Ze was very emotional in his heart.

This is another brainy murderer with a prominent personality and strong execution ability.

It's no wonder that in the original plot line, not long after Nagato Hidetomi committed suicide, she found Nagato Mitsumi, calmly proposed a plan to assist him in killing Nagato Michizo, and then reached out and pushed when the other party climbed upstairs proudly and was ready to complete the plan that he thought was seamless.

I have to say that he is also a ruthless character.

Kexue has such a large number of talents in the criminal world, so why does the organization's personnel department eat, it really can't draw a good card at all?

Tang Ze, who ended complaining in his heart, turned his head and glanced at Hoshikawa Hui, who took a step back: "What are you doing in a daze, keep up." ”

"I'm going with you, too?" Pointing to himself, Hoshikawa Teru said unexpectedly.

Tang Ze left with Nagato Guangming in a wise capacity, and then he stayed to fool the two detectives who came back and found that they were all gone, which was Tang Ze's usual method.

After being a stand-in tool for a long time, Hoshikawa Hui has also become accustomed to this state.

If you don't get used to it, he needs to be busy every day, except for the things of the Monster Thieves Group, which is to use different identities to complete the vacancy of Tang Ze's multi-faceted life, even if he is an ordinary person, he will grow under such high-intensity training.

Like him, although his acting skills still can't keep up with Tang Ze's rhythm, he is already very proficient in switching between the two identities, and Yi Rong really hasn't learned it yet, but it's just Yi Rong Tang Ze, and it is also easy to be assisted by the props left by Tang Ze.

Without him, only the hand is familiar.

"Leave those two detectives alone, I've already informed them of part of the plan, and I've already told them not to let Nagato Hidetomi contact Hinata Yuki for the time being, so you don't need to stay here." Activating the navigation of the other world, Tang Ze took the initiative to move forward and stepped into the cognitive world, "You can go to Hinata Yuki and observe her situation." ”

"Well, but, I'm not good at ...... when it comes to comforting people."

"I didn't expect you to comfort people, don't laugh, don't speak, just sit there, and focus on a companionship, okay?"

“…… Then why do you have to let me go? ”

"After all, right, someone has to help deliver the notice. Oh, if you have nothing to do, you can help me write my homework, but I haven't moved a word for a few days, and I'm annoyed. ”

“……”

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"Why didn't I feel surprised?" Looking at the empty room in front of him, Conan's expression was very numb, "Wise guy, is he really telling us the truth?" ”

asked them to stabilize Nagato Hidetomi and not return to Nagato's house first, saying that this was the way to fool Nagato's light and make him think that he had not been exposed yet, and there was room for mediation......

It doesn't sound like you want to do something good.

"Hasn't he always been like this? Speaks yin and yang, does things mysteriously, likes to make the wisdom bead in his hand, everything is under his control...... Especially when in front of the camera. Thinking of the live broadcast of the homicide reasoning that happened on the TV station that spread surging on the Internet, the corners of Hattori's mouth twitched for a while.

I've already figured things out, the motives, the evidence, everything, and I have to do such a live broadcast of the evening news time......

What station used a camera to explain to the police, and the people on the TV station thought it was a good exposure point, and they broadcast all the content, but he didn't believe a word!

Akechi Goro is not Kudo's kid, because of his physical condition, it is impossible to stand in front of the stage, so he can only borrow a camera or something like that, and put Maori Kogoro in front, what did he find, wouldn't it be good to tell the police directly?

This wave you want to say that he is not to be handsome, not to make a wave of limelight in front of the camera, Hattori Heiji doesn't believe a word.

Let's take a look at how much Akechi Goro's popularity on the Internet has climbed after this incident.

Not to mention that not long after, the Perspective Japan Detective Agency took the opportunity to publicize, saying that it had invited Akechi Goro to be a long-term flying guest, and directly pushed this old variety show that has been running for many years and made the audience lose its freshness to the top again......

If it weren't for the fact that one died and one was imprisoned, the TV station wouldn't have worked so hard to make a propaganda plan, saying that it was a deliberate hype that Hattori Heiji believed it!

“…… Ha, it's a guy with a very strange temperament. Remembering the several encounters and intersections with Akechi Goro, except for the few times related to Tang Ze, the vague indifference temperament in this person always lingers, and Conan also pouted.

"Forget it, it's good to have Tang Ze follow him and keep an eye on it." Hattori Heiji clasped his arms and exhaled, "Maybe he's going to do something that makes a big show of public reasoning, I hope things don't get too messy." ”

"He has already made it so clear to us, he is going to simulate a fire that year, renting the venue of the crew, and inducing Nagato Guangming to take the initiative to confess what he has done, so he shouldn't do anything about it." Thinking about the email he received, Conan sighed heavily, "All I can say is that it's his style. But this time, there really is no better way. ”

Akechi Goro, it seems to be a guy who likes to bathe in the spotlight.

Reasoning in front of the camera, making a shrewd and wise posture in front of the police, even in the face of irrelevant passers-by, you must put on the most perfect and popular side......

This guy can't have any strange mental trauma or something, right? Desperate for other people's attention or something.

This style of his, when placed in other cases, Conan does not agree with it. While journalists in Tokyo have a wild style and can shoot and make headlines on the front page of all kinds of high-profile scenes, it is still not something to advocate for publicizing too many details of the case.

However, this case is very special.

After 20 years, catching the culprit of Akira Nagato, and having the testimony of Hidetomi Nagato as a witness, can't change anything.

The dead who died in the fire cannot be brought back from the dead, and the families of the victims who have lost their relatives and friends have no way to ask for help, and the law cannot punish this guy.

He had already anticipated this as early as when he was about to leave for Yokohama, so he just wanted to find out the truth of the matter.

Unravel the original misunderstanding in time and give a comfort to survivors like Hinata, under the effect of time, the wound will eventually become a scar.

The dead are gone, and the living have to move on.

As for whether the culprits can be brought to justice, he is more pessimistic.

Akechi Goro did provide him with a very good idea.

"I still don't quite understand." Putting the door that had been completely scrapped directly on the ground, waiting for the waiter who was bewitched by the beauty of Akechi Goro to think about it, Hattori Heiji turned around, and said with a little confusion while walking towards the elevator, "This case has passed the statute of limitations, and a scene is set up to make Nagato confess openly, and there is also a suspicion of inducing confessions, which has no legal effect at all, so what's the use of doing this?" ”

"It's true that he can't be punished from the legal level, but Wise told me a piece of news." Taking out his phone and pulling out the long instructions and plans sent by Akechi Goro, Conan quickly flipped to the middle part and handed the phone over.

「…… It is already very difficult to punish the perpetrators by law, and I do not think that the procuratorate will accept this case and reopen the investigation.

Therefore, I think it is also an effective punishment to destroy the other person's belief and take away what he wants most.

What does Mitsuru Nagato want most now? He wanted power, he wanted wealth, he wanted the entire Nagato group, and he even went so far as to murder his wife's brother and father for it.

That's enough if he doesn't get it.

According to the information I received from Ms. Nobuko Nagato, the invitation that President Nagato Michizo originally wanted to entrust to the detective was to find his first love.

This is also part of Nobuko Nagato's commission, in addition to asking me to help her find out the handle of her competitors, and I hope that I can find the truth and seize the initiative before the detectives invited by Nagato Michizo find out about it.

She didn't believe that her father had nothing to do with the other party back then, and felt that she would never forget it like this, maybe there were some problems like illegitimate children......

Family grievances of wealthy families, but that doesn't matter anymore. Just today, I got the answer.

Miss Yuki Hinata is the daughter of Mr. Michizo Nagato's first love.

The nature of the whole thing is different because of this, and the law can't give Nagato a fatal blow, but what if Mr. Nagato Michizo finds out that this person killed his first love that he has been thinking about for more than 30 years?

He will lose his marriage, lose his career, and lose everything he wants by any means...... As for the rest, it is up to the families of the victims to make their own decisions.

Although it was true that I betrayed my employer for the sake of the case, it was true that I fulfilled my promise and did fulfill the commission before the detective hired by Mr. Michizo Nagato, didn't I? (laughs)"

“…… Akechi Goro, this guy! ”

Hattori's angry shouts echoed through the elevator.

(End of chapter)