Conan: About the fact that I have a black brother

Yamada Shotaro turned his gaze towards the one-way glass and remained silent again. This stubborn look made Yamato Gansuke, who was standing outside the glass, irritated.

Lin Xiaochen was not surprised. He continued, "You were threatened, right?"

The man was silent.

"Is it because of work? Is it because you neglected your duties and almost caused a forest fire? Or is it because you stole the property and allowed others to dig up the rare herbs in the forest and kill wild animals?"

Yamada Shotaro's expression became increasingly ugly, but he remained silent.

Zhu Fu Gaoming seemed to suddenly understand and looked at Lin Xiaochen meaningfully.

"It seems that it's neither of them." Lin Xiaochen said, "Well, let me think about it, that's because you discovered some secret, right?"

Yamada Shotaro's face turned pale in an instant, a drop of cold sweat slid down his forehead, he tilted his head slightly and pursed his lips into a line.

"What secret? Since it's not about forest resources, then the only way to put your life in danger is to kill and silence the witness. Right?"

Lin Xiaochen picked up the teacup and took a sip. The cup fell on the table with a slight "click", but it was like a heavy hammer hitting Yamada Shotaro's heart.

"You stumbled upon a murder scene, and the murderer was the gang you helped to take the blame for."

Shotaro Yamada's body began to tremble slightly.

"But I can't understand why they didn't kill you to silence you."

Lin Xiaochen asked: "Can you answer my questions?"

Although Shotaro Yamada was shaking with fear, he remained silent.

It is still the attitude of non-violence and non-cooperation.

Zhu Fu Gaoming sighed: "Hold Tai'a upside down and give Chu the power."

"You have leverage over them, but they are afraid to do it, so they have not taken action. But this time is different. You witnessed them killing four people again. You knew they were going to give up on you, so you came here, hoping to find a little bit of security in the police station."

Looking at Yamada Shotaro's increasingly pale face, Lin Xiaochen knew that he guessed right.

Zhu Fu Gaoming winked at the one-way glass, and Uehara Yui outside the door glanced at Yamato Gansuke who was walking over with the case file - as early as when Lin Xiaochen mentioned the forest fire, Yamato Gansuke had already turned around to get the information.

The police officers present were not fools. They had already heard the seriousness of the problem and now was the time when not even a minute could be wasted.

Lin Xiaochen said in a deep voice, word by word: "You should know that only by telling the truth can we save your life."

He let out a long breath and his tone softened: "Go ahead, since you are at the police station, just trust us."

Zhu Fu Gaoming was not good at playing the emotional card, so he chose to let Uehara Yui come in and sing along with Lin Xiaochen. He and Yamato Gansuke were studying the old case together.

Yamada Shotaro finally opened his bloodless mouth and said in a trembling voice: "...Can you promise...to let me live...?"

"As long as you tell the truth." Lin Xiaochen comforted him, "Take your time to think about it and talk about it slowly. The more detailed the better."

"This morning, I went on patrol in the woods as usual. I saw three men and one woman squatting on the ground doing something suspicious, so I walked over to warn them." Yamada Shotaro swallowed his saliva, "But before I could get close, another man in a baseball cap came over. Those four people seemed to know him, but..."

"but what?"

"But the atmosphere between them was very strange. The four people seemed to be very afraid of the man who came later. I don't know what they said, and the man in the baseball cap disappeared." Yamada Shotaro said.

"After that, the four men separated, and I didn't care about them anymore. After my patrol, I wanted to go back to the house to rest for a while. I heard gunshots, and then I came across three people gathered together and the body of another man."

Yamada Shotaro licked his lips: "I called the police after that."

"Don't they plan to leave?" Lin Xiaochen asked.

"Yes, the woman kept shouting that she wanted to leave. I said if she left now, she wouldn't be able to explain herself when the police came. Then the two men tried to persuade her and went to rest in my room."

Yui Uehara caught the suspicion: "When did the man in the peaked cap show up?"

"I... I don't know either..." Yamada Shotaro hesitated, "It seemed... it suddenly appeared when you arrived..."

Lin Xiaochen: "You don't know the four dead people?"

"No...I don't know."

"It sounds like you're just an ordinary person who got lost, so why are you so scared?" Uehara Yui asked him, "Are you still hiding it now?"

"That man, the only living man, he...he...he..." Yamada Shotaro seemed to have thought of something extremely terrifying, and his whole body was trembling.

He stammered, "They are in the same group, they... they are in the same group, they killed someone... I saw them, and they wanted to kill me, but that person didn't die, so I didn't die either... I didn't die..."

The words were incoherent, and Uehara Yui couldn't help but frown, but she still stepped forward to comfort him: "Relax, relax, don't be afraid, you are in the police station now, no one will hurt you."

For some reason, Yamada Shotaro began to tremble even more violently.

"I can't say it. I can't say it anymore." Yamada Shotaro trembled and stammered, "Mr. Police Officers, I didn't kill anyone. I didn't kill anyone. I have no choice... Please, don't ask anymore..."

Lin Xiaochen put down the notes and stood up: "Okay, we will investigate. But Mr. Yamada, if you think of anything, please let me know as soon as possible. This concerns you and me."

The two walked out of the interrogation room.

Yamato Gansuke, who was waiting outside the house, snorted coldly: "You are talking nonsense, trying to play crazy and foolish to avoid accountability? Even if he is innocent this time, his previous record is enough to put him in jail."

Lin Xiaochen had been sorting out case files these days and had learned some secrets of the past. He remained silent upon hearing this.

"The man who escaped is definitely not a simple person." Yamato Gansuke glanced at Lin Xiaochen, and considering the injury on his arm, he didn't say anything too harsh.

Lin Xiaochen also knew that this was his own mistake. He turned his head away awkwardly, as if he didn't dare to look at Yamato Gansuke.

Uehara Yui also felt that Lin Xiaochen was a little strange, but she was always soft-hearted. Seeing him behave like this, she reminded Yamato Gansuke: "Agan."

"The most urgent task is to find the man that Yamada Shotaro mentioned, the one who is still alive." Zhu Fuxi Gaoming closed the folder with a "snap". "According to his first poaching, that hunt was fifteen years ago."