Conan Moslin

In fact, Li An doesn't need to rush over today because there are so many people working on this matter.

She didn't seem to have any reason to get involved.

All she had to do was sit quietly in her lounge and put on makeup while waiting for the show outside to start.

The reason for getting involved is, of course, because this matter is related to the winery.

The police have filed records of these three incidents, but the murderer in the information is only Mei Zhan.

Although Wang Hai and the others have not yet sorted out the information, Li An has already learned a lot.

At this time, Katagiri Nanami was also telling her what she had investigated.

"These are what I and the people in Kyoto found out. Mei Zhan should have told you, the leader, about some of them."

Previously, after "Officer Ishida" got off the train in a swagger, he took the next train to Kyoto and stayed there to investigate certain cases.

Among them is the case involving Ichiro Sugiura (Saeko Kato), which is what Officer Sato mentioned earlier, the death of the researcher's wife, the hospital doctor and the child.

The three deaths are related.

If we must say, the initial closures of those three cases were either accidents or the murderer was not found, but after a "reinvestigation" by the Kyoto police, the finger was pointed at Mei Zhan.

Due to the kidnappers' deliberate obfuscation of the "clues" and the police's misjudgment, the child was rescued a little late. In addition, the attending physician made a surgical error during the emergency treatment, which led to the death of the child who had a glimmer of hope.

Surprisingly, the child's mother and the attending physician also died in different places shortly afterwards.

"The doctor who died...he had argued that the child had a special medical condition, so it was not his fault in the operation."

"But the mother of the child denied that the child had any disease."

The mother was robbed and killed by criminals on her way home some time after the accident. All her belongings were taken away, so it was initially classified as an indiscriminate robbery and murder case.

The attending physician was named Nino Yasushi, who was originally a doctor at Touto University Hospital. He went to a hospital in Kyoto for an exchange, but returned to Touto early because of the accident. He was sued by the family and temporarily suspended.

Soon after the child's family died, he was found dead in his own home. The initial conclusion of Ninobo's death was suicide, because he was sued by the family of the deceased for surgical errors and left an apology letter.

The whole incident is full of coincidences and accidents.

It’s not like no one was surprised by this.

Afterwards, the police investigated the doctor's case, but because the police officer in charge of the case, Inspector Youcheng, died of a sudden heart attack, the police finally concluded that it was suicide and temporarily closed the case.

Because there was no surveillance video of the mother's death, it was difficult to catch the murderer in this case until the father, a researcher who worked at the Mika Pharmaceutical Company, returned home and reported that he had found a key clue.

It can be said that except for Inspector Tomonari who died of a sudden heart attack and the child who was accidentally kidnapped and died, the rest of the incidents were not accidents.

The loopholes and clues that Sugiura Ichiro had suspected to have left intentionally were collected by that organization, and the facts were distorted, becoming a sharp blade that stabbed the useless chess pieces related to him.

Because of the unexpected death of Ichiro Sugiura, the organization took this opportunity to cut off its hands, sever this hidden line, and completely distance itself from this series of events.

That's where that information came from.

It links these events together and points the finger at a woman who seems to have nothing to do with them.

It’s not completely unrelated…?

After all, this should have been Mei Zhan's task.

Apart from [Ming], no one has linked them together yet.

Li An finally understood why he had to come here.

“…There’s no need to investigate further.”

Earlier in the car driven by Suzuki driver, Katagiri Nanami spoke very clearly about this kidnapping case which was like a fuse, and there was a reason for her talk.

If she hadn't interrupted him, he would probably have gone on to say something more serious.

It’s just that… the name Ninoho… seems a little familiar.

Well, now is not the time to think about this.

Now we should consider...

Looking at the not-so-heavy warehouse door in front of him, Li An thought about a very serious question.

Did she pick the lock or knock to get in?

……

The sky was filled with rosy clouds, and through the dim and blurry view from the high windows, one could still see the reflections of tall buildings breaking through the clouds.

The fine particles in the warehouse appear clear and light under the setting sun.

The radio could be heard with a bustling crowd of voices, vaguely people cheering and shouting, and faint music.

Then, there was the sound of many people speaking at the same time, making the voices unclear.

click-

The warehouse, which had been noisy, suddenly fell into silence.

"Very good." The kidnapper's laughter continued.

"Compared to that child, your family seems to care about you..."

Tani Jingzi closed her eyes and refused to open them, tears constantly seeping out from the corners of her eyes.

She is really scared.

Dad, haven't they found this place yet?

The man carefully wiped the fingerprints off the dagger and talked to himself while packing some things.

"Your father, your housekeeper, and... heh, your 'grandfather'." He turned his gaze to the girl, "It's hard for you to call that old man so affectionately."

"That's not your grandfather, who is he?"

“……”Tani Jingzi pursed her lips and did not answer.

Something went wrong from the start.

He took her away near a souvenir shop. The gift in her hand was of considerable value, so he targeted her.

If it wasn't this child named Gu Jingzi, there would be other children.

When Gu Jingzi called the other end of the phone, although the old man reacted quickly, he still noticed something unusual.

"I'm Tani Jingzi!" Because that's what the girl called herself at that time.

According to his logic, would he directly tell his full name when revealing his identity to his family?

No matter how nervous the girl was, she would not make a fabricated call for the sake of her own life.

This would only anger the kidnapper, which is him.

So even if this person is not her family member, he must be someone her family knows or is familiar with, and this person can solve her dilemma.

This kind of person is either a detective or... a policeman.

He had never encountered such a situation where the call was directly handed over to a detective or the police.

Quite interesting.

However, he needs to leave here soon.

"Also, the guy who just talked to me didn't sound like a butler."

"..."

"Tsk, really, it's not that interesting without having a child."

He lowered his eyes slightly and thought of the child.

The child was about seven years old, and he had beautiful eyes, black with a gray tint.

The hair is silver.

That day, he opened a pair of bright but unfocused eyes and said to him.

"Thank you for bailing me out."