In the simply furnished apartment, a young man and a middle-aged sheriff are sitting opposite each other.

Shirakawa poured the sheriff a cup of freshly brewed tea.

The tea was specially purchased from the Chinese area of Ikebukuro.

The taste is high and fresh, the taste is sweet, and it will produce a sweet fragrance like an orchid, quiet but not cold, indifferent to sip, and seemingly tasteless.

With a serious expression, it looked like Mori Shuichi, who owed him eight million, couldn't help but shine in his eyes after taking a sip of the dragon well.

"Good tea."

He gave a pertinent assessment, and because he didn't know much about the tea ceremony, he couldn't find any other words of praise.

Shirakawa also took a sip, and the taste was very authentic, even a few points better than the one bought in China.

"Officer Maori, is there anything wrong?"

Shuichi Mori regained his serious expression, and a pair of big copper bell-like eyes stared intently at Shirakawa,

"We've been looking for so long and haven't heard from Jiro Matsunoda, I'm curious, how did you, a college student, find out about his whereabouts?"

As early as when the police found the second female corpse, they had already detected the fingerprints remaining on the corpse, which belonged to the missing person Matsunoda Jiro.

The point is that this Jiro Matsunoda disappeared as early as 5 years ago, and his whereabouts have not been found, as if he had evaporated from the world.

Shuichi Mori was busy handling the case before and didn't have time to think about it, but now that the case is closed, all kinds of questions have popped up in his mind, and if he doesn't get answers here in Shirakawa, he will always be in a state of uneasiness.

"I just happened to see a strange man enter Ao's house, and I happened to read the bounty order, and he is actually very recognizable."

Bai Chuan casually made up a lie, with the help of many years of anti-reconnaissance experience of the criminal police, he did a good job in microscopic expression control, basically no one could see that he was lying, his expression was sincere and real.

"And how do you know he's hiding on the couch?"

Such perverted behavior is something that normal people can't usually think of, right?

Mori Shu looked at Shirakawa with scrutiny in his eyes.

It's really hard to answer this question, but fortunately, Shirakawa already thought that there would be today when he reported it.

At the beginning, if he only said that Matsunoda Jiro was hiding in the Ueo house, the police might not be able to find out Matsunoda Jiro.

"Ueo Masumi is my neighbor, Mr. Sheriff should not be difficult to see, she and I have a good relationship, through her, I learned that Mrs. Ueo is busy with work on weekdays, and she has no time for the next relationship, she has always been single, and there is only Ueo Masumi alone in the family for a long time, which proves that Ueo Masumi did not know the existence of the murderer,

Ueo Masumi is a lively and active child, especially when looking for snacks, the whole house is basically rummaged through by her, so the murderer will not hide in the wardrobe, sofa, bathroom, excluding these places, and where people can be hidden, only the space is closed, but the sofa is large enough......"

"Good reasoning, but not quite convincing me yet."

Mori Xiu picked up his teacup and took another sip.

"Well, I'll admit, it's just a coincidence, a mistake."

Shirakawa spread his hands out, looking as if he had been exposed, and then continued,

"Recently, I read a novel called "The Chair of the World", and it occurred to me that maybe someone would really be hiding in the sofa, so when I reported it, I gave my own guess that the murderer may be hiding in the sofa. This novel is really good, and Mr. Sheriff can also read it when he has time. ”

Shirakawa uttered words that were in line with his identity as a high school student, and finally convinced Shuichi Mori of his statement.

Bold guessing, brilliant reasoning, plus sharp intuition.

Mori Shuri looked at Shirakawa's eyes with a rare appreciation.

"Are you interested in getting into the police academy? I can help you write a letter of recommendation. ”

……

Sending off Shuichi Mori, Shirakawa thought that there should be no more guests today.

But I saw Miko Ueo, who had short hair and shoulder-length face, a slightly round face, a sweet appearance, and a gentle temperament, walking out of the elevator.

Her facial features are very ordinary, but when combined, they give people just the right amount of beauty.

Miko Ueo wore a floral bandeau dress with a black knitted jacket today, which made her look intellectually due to her flat figure.

"Kuraki-kun, I want to invite you to dinner at home."

She bowed slightly to Shirakawa very formally, and didn't seem to treat him as a junior.

Bai Chuan was slightly stunned, in the face of such an invitation, he had no way to refuse.

It seems that I can only stop going to Qianxue Yayi's house for dinner tonight and change my place.

Miko Ueo smiled sweetly after receiving Shirakawa's affirmative reply, and then took her leave to prepare the ingredients for dinner.

At 6 o'clock in the evening, Shirakawa came to Mrs. Ueo's house on the fifth floor as a guest.

Masumi Ueo is wearing a pink lolita dress today and looks like a delicate doll.

Her red leather shoes are very conspicuous, reminiscent of the red dancing shoes in fairy tales.

Stepping on red leather shoes, Ueo Masumi Tata came to Shirakawa's side,

"Big brother, why didn't you bring your big sister with you?"

"Isn't it welcome to be the only one?"

"That's not true, I'm just afraid that my big brother won't be focused enough and will be impressed by my mother's charm."

Ueo smiled proudly.

Shirakawa rubbed little Lori's hair, and she let out a tsundere hum.

In the kitchen, Mrs. Ageo's gentle voice came out, "Kuraki-kun and Masumi-chan will watch TV for a while, there are about ten minutes left, and dinner will be ready." ”

Ueo Masumi immediately replied to his mother, "Okay, Mom, I'll entertain the guests." ”

After she finished speaking, she took Shirakawa to visit her home.

Although they are all summer apartments, the house type of Kamio Masumi's house is relatively large, with three bedrooms and two living rooms, as well as a spacious landscape balcony, and the two mothers and daughters live on weekdays, which seems a little empty.

Ueo Masumi took Shirakawa to Miko Ueo's study, and whispered,

"Shhh, my mother usually doesn't let me in to make trouble, I'll bring you here, mainly to see my mother's works."

Ueo Masumi pushed his black-rimmed glasses, opened the door like a thief, and pulled Shirakawa into the study.

There are many books on the shelves in the study, and one of the floors is a collection of works by Miko Ageo.

Masumi Ueo proudly introduces these novels.

Shirakawa also politely echoed her,

"Mrs. Ueo is amazing, she has written so many books."

"yes, it's my mom."

Masumi Ueo said proudly.

Bai Chuan glanced at the books on the shelves, and most of them were suspenseful.

The latest book is called The Murderer.

I didn't expect Mrs. Ueo to be good at this type of novel.

In addition to Mrs. Ageo's 12 novels, there are also many books on the shelves.

From novels to geography.

Suddenly, his eyes stayed on a book called "The Chair of the World".

The familiar voice of narration sounded in my ears again.

[Do you guess, will the real leader of the serial murder case be the intellectually beautiful Mrs. Ueo? Or Jiro Matsunoda, who is willing to give everything for her? 】