Coroner Ke Xue

The weapon used by the murderer may have been a shotgun. He most likely knew the deceased and had made an appointment with the deceased in advance to meet in the mountains.

After giving this bold guess, Lin Xinyi even forgot that the main purpose of his operation was to test Officer Jianggu.

He couldn't wait to go to Gunma County to investigate the scene, hoping to find evidence to verify his reasoning.

Officer Jiangu also fulfilled Lin Xinyi's wish.

After going to the Metropolitan Police Department to bring all kinds of on-site investigation equipment needed for the investigation, as well as Caesar, who is the ace of the forensics class, the officer Fukitani tore off his elegant and easy-going mask, exposing him as a " The ugly face of criminals——

This guy was racing the whole way.

All the traffic laws that could be broken were broken.

Fortunately, cameras are a scarce product in this world, otherwise the speeding fines along the way would have been enough to bankrupt this veteran driver.

So Lin Xinyi got his wish and rushed to Qunma County as quickly as he could imagine.

When this off-road vehicle was like a wild horse, it was galloping, galloping, galloping on the winding mountain roads in Gunma County.

When the rush is over, it finally slows down.

The police dog Caesar, who had no seat belt to wear, was paralyzed with fear.

It huddled in Lin Xinyi's arms, its tail curled up into a ball, and its body was still shivering:

"Woof woof woof woof"

"You are abusing the dog."

Lin Xinyi translated Caesar's words into Japanese with an ugly expression.

"Ha ha."

Officer Fang Gu was still smiling shyly:

"Am I driving too fast?"

"Remove the question mark for me."

Lin Xinyi said angrily.

More than just driving too fast.

When Officer Fanggu was racing on that mountain road just now, he thought he was going to die.

This is not a rush to investigate the case, this is a rush to reincarnate.

Apart from Officer Furuya himself, only Belmod looked normal in the car.

She said with an indifferent expression that this was just the basic skills of agents and there was nothing surprising about it.

In the last Shuijing case, Belmode had already demonstrated his "amateur expertise" in the field of vehicle driving to the outside world. At this time, he showed calmness according to this persona, and it would not arouse suspicion:

"I think it's good to drive like this."

"Not too fast."

It was indeed not fast for the two of them.

It's a pity that Lin Xinyi and Caesar, the two "green dogs", can't adapt.

“It’s better to go slower”

Lin Xinyi sighed helplessly:

"We are here to investigate the case, not racing in Qiu Mingshan!"

"Huh?" Officer Jiang Gu was slightly startled.

There were no Initial D comics these days, so he couldn't understand the plot of "Akiname Mountain".

So Officer Feng Gu asked rather puzzledly:

"Mr. Lin, are you mistaken?"

"We are in Haruna Mountain now, not Akina Mountain."

"." Lin Xin fell into silence for a moment.

Akina Mountain is in Gunma Prefecture, and its prototype in reality is called Haruna Mountain.

Co-author They really came racing in Qiu Mingshan.

"Mr. Lin."

"There seems to be a five-turn hairpin bend ahead that is quite famous locally."

"I'll come over and show you."

Officer Jiang Gu felt itchy for a moment, stepped on the accelerator, and went up again.

"etc--"

Lin Xinyi’s cry was infinitely longer in The Fast and the Furious:

"Ah ah ah ah ah"

The roads are well built and the cars drive well.

But the winding mountain road is still a winding mountain road.

Driving in a place that looks very suitable for guerrilla warfare, no matter how good the road is or how fast the car is, the journey will not be much easier.

Officer Furitani drove the tires so fast that they almost burned up, and finally drove the car out of the seemingly endless winding mountain road and arrived at their destination:

At the foot of the mountains in Gunma County, there is an inconspicuous and nameless village.

The scene of the case of the female corpse in the mountains is in the endless mountains outside the village.

And the winding mountain road that allows people to race cars extends to the end of this village.

Going further, there is only a winding muddy road as a link, barely connecting the inside and outside of the mountain, desolation and civilization.

Cars cannot drive into the mountains at all. If you want to enter the mountains, you can only rely on walking.

But dirt roads in the mountains are difficult to walk, and mountain roads and night roads are even more of a challenge.

And when Lin Xinyi and others finally arrived at the small village that was the starting point for entering the mountain, God was not very generous and raised the difficulty of this challenge to an insurmountable level:

"It's raining."

Suddenly there was a heavy rain in the night sky.

The mountain road that is usually difficult to walk has turned into a swamp road.

Entering the mountain at this time, let alone investigating the crime scene, whether the person can come out alive may be a problem.

then

"It seems we can't enter the mountain today."

Officer Furuya sighed helplessly in the driver's seat.

After sighing, he turned his head again and asked Lin Xinyi eagerly:

"Mr. Lin, how about we drive back first."

"Come back tomorrow?"

"Drive back?" Lin Xinyi trembled:

Just like the winding mountain road that killed people just now, do you have to drive it again in this dark night and in heavy rain?

No. I have to come here again tomorrow and go back again. This means I have to walk twice more.

Are you addicted to racing? !

Looking at Officer Jiang Gu's confident smile, Lin Xinyi wanted to complain.

But before he could say anything, Officer Furutani overturned his proposal with a soliloquy:

"However, this winding mountain road is indeed difficult to walk."

"And it's quite late now."

"Driving back and coming back tomorrow will waste a lot of time on the road again."

"How about." Officer Fangtani suggested: "Let's find a place to stay in the village for one night."

"Wait until the rain stops tomorrow morning before we go into the mountain to investigate?"

This is indeed the best option they can take at the moment.

Lin Xinyi really had no reason to refuse Officer Jianggu's proposal.

But he still had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

It's as if as long as he agrees to live here, he will run into some trouble.

"Why do you have this uneasy feeling?"

"Too strange."

As a staunch materialist, Lin Xinyi soon felt that this inexplicable bad premonition was a bit ridiculous:

Isn't it just a one-night stay outside on a business trip? What kind of trouble can I encounter?

Just a weird psychological effect.

He was still hesitating.

And Belmod had already made the decision for him: "Okay."

"I see there is a B\u0026B at the entrance of the village we just passed. How about we stay there?"

She lightly agreed to Officer Furitani's proposal and helped find a convenient bed and breakfast hotel.

Lin Xinyi didn't have any objections, so he agreed to stay here to take shelter from the rain.

Then, the next second.

Just listen to Police Officer Jiang Gu say in a meticulous manner:

"Don't worry, Mr. Lin. Don't be polite when it comes to eating and drinking."

"Our police will reimburse you for all the expenses incurred during this stay."

"So leave all the chores of opening a room and paying the bills to me."

As he spoke, he suddenly asked:

"By the way, let's talk about it."

"Mr. Lin, Miss Chris, just one room is enough for you, right?"

Lin Xinyi: "."

At this moment, he finally thought about where his inexplicable feeling of uneasiness came from——

At 1 o'clock this morning, he and Belmode were just caught in "bed" by Xiao Ai during the ward round.

The scene of two women at home arguing and fighting seemed to be happening right in front of them.

And now, they are...

"What?" Police Officer Fang Gu showed a "harmless" smile: "Mr. Lin, is there any problem?"

Lin Xinyi: "I"

"We want a room."

At the front desk of the small B\u0026B hotel at the entrance of the village, Belmod naturally took Lin Xinyi's arm and said this to the officer Fang Gu who was helping to check in.

Lin Xinyi pursed his lips and hesitated to speak.

He still gave up this last chance to refuse.

Because Belmode was already telling him with her arms that were quietly increasing strength, not to say unnecessary words.

The police officer Fangtani in front of me is not an idiot to be fooled.

They had already established themselves as a cohabiting couple before.

Although they later deliberately let the outside world know about the breakdown of their relationship, judging from their interaction with Police Officer Fangtani today:

The relationship between them as a "cohabiting couple" is obviously far from broken to the point where it is unacceptable to stay in the same room for one night.

The relationships between the characters have become like this, and it’s too late to change them.

What's more, in front of an audience like Officer Furuya, who is not easy to fool.

So, there is no way.

Come all come.

It's too late to think about it.

Lin Xinyi finally cooperated with Belmode and asked Officer Fanggu for accommodation in only one room.

So Officer Fang Gu turned around and said to the B\u0026B owner at the front desk:

"I want two rooms."

"I have a room, and the couple has a room."

"Okay." The owner of the B\u0026B is a middle-aged man who looks quite ordinary, but is very confident and talkative.

He quickly prepared the room keys for Lin Xinyi and others, and then took the initiative to chat with some curiosity:

"I didn't expect that there would be people staying at the hotel at this time."

"There was a death case in the mountains. I thought there would be no business this month!"

"Oh?" Officer Fangtani continued with some concern: "Boss, the case you are talking about is the 'Unknown Female Corpse Case' that has been very popular on TV recently, right?"

"Yes." The B\u0026B owner nodded.

Officer Fangtani was interested in getting information from the locals, and the talkative B\u0026B owner was also willing to chat with them, foreigners.

He quickly said a lot of useful and useless things:

It turns out that this village has no special products and is not famous.

The only thing that can attract tourists from outside the village are the undeveloped and primitive mountains outside the village.

Most tourists like to climb mountains with built roads and guardrails.

But there are also a small number of wild travel enthusiasts who like to seek excitement, bravely venture into uninhabited land, conquer Savage Mountain, and pursue the most primitive and pure nature.

The mountain people who have built the road still don't like to go there.

I just like to go deep into the mountains and old forests.

This unknown female corpse hidden deep in the mountains was discovered by several hikers who came to climb the wild mountains.

Playing in this way is exciting, but it can also easily lead to danger.

Therefore, this small village that looks unremarkable has its advantages in original ecological tourism.

"Our village was originally built on a mountain."

"Because the road couldn't be built, we just moved it to the foot of the mountain in the past few years."

"At that time, the telecommunications company installed a special signal base station in our village. Later, although our village moved down the mountain, the signal base station in the mountain is still in operation."

"That's why mountaineers and hunting enthusiasts especially like to come here to climb mountains."

In this era of imperfect communication infrastructure, mobile phone signals basically stop working as soon as they leave human settlements.

And even in a technologically advanced future, being able to send mobile phone signals into remote mountains isolated from the world is not an infrastructure feat that any country can achieve.

So it’s no wonder those travel friends run to this mountain:

This mountain contains both the wild beauty of nature and the signals of human civilization.

If you encounter any danger while hiking and off-roading, you can always call for help from the outside world.

And this simple B\u0026B built in a desolate mountain village is in the business of mountaineers and hunters.

That's why when news broke out about dead people in the mountains, the B\u0026B owner lamented, "I'm afraid there won't be any guests coming."

"but."

Officer Fangtani noticed something from the B\u0026B owner’s words:

"Boss, are you saying that in addition to hikers, there are also hunters who come here often?"

“It can’t be considered regular.”

"After all, there aren't many people who usually come to play in our mountains."

The owner of the B\u0026B rubbed his chin and replied thoughtfully:

"But among those guests, there are indeed many hunting enthusiasts who come to the mountains for hunting vacation."

"Each of them is carrying a long-barreled shotgun, which looks quite scary."

"What's the problem with this?"

"No, I'm just asking."

Officer Fang Gu ended the topic perfunctorily, then turned to Lin Xinyi with a suggestive look.

Lin Xinyi read the meaning in his eyes:

The murder weapon in this case was probably a shotgun.

And this mountainous area is visited by hunters from time to time.

From this point of view, the identity of the murderer is getting closer and closer to that of a hunting enthusiast.

He may have been to this mountain for hunting and camping with the deceased before, so he was familiar with the terrain of this mountain and chose this place as the location to commit the crime.

"Hunter?"

Lin Xinyi realized something:

"This is the only B\u0026B in this small village."

"If the murderer and the deceased had come here to hunt before, would they also have lived here?"

Thinking of this, he immediately asked the B\u0026B owner:

"Boss, do you have the guest registration records for the past few years?"

"Uh." The owner of the B\u0026B was stunned for a moment, and then muttered with a strange expression: "Why do you want me to ask for the guest registration record?"

"The police didn't even ask for it from me."

"My small business is not that formal."

"Uh" Lin Xinyi then reacted:

In this era, the management of hotel check-in was not strict. In most places, guests could get a room without registering their identity.

What's more, this is just a small B\u0026B in a mountain village.

There are no rules for registering guest identity information here, so naturally there is no identity registration information for previous years.

"All right."

Lin Xinyi sighed softly:

I finally caught a clue, but it seems like it will be broken again.

And just knowing the identity of the murderer may be a hunting enthusiast will not be of much help in solving the case.

Hunters, there are so many hunters in the world, where should you find them?

That's what he was thinking.

Outside the B\u0026B hotel, it was pouring rain.

A young man, carrying a shotgun and holding an umbrella, slowly opened the door and came in.

"He was just looking at you."

After returning to the room, Belmod suddenly said this to Lin Xinyi.

The appearance of the young hunter just now did not bring any breakthrough to their investigation.

They didn't even get to chat with the uninvited guest.

Because the other party has a completely different personality from the chatty B\u0026B owner, he behaves very introverted, or in other words, indifferent.

The young hunter who suddenly appeared just asked the B\u0026B owner for a room at the front desk, then took the key and carried the shotgun and went to his room without saying a word.

During the whole process, there were only some brief eye contact between the two parties.

Lin Xinyi himself didn't think this eye contact could explain anything.

But after Belmod followed him back to their guest room and closed the guest room door, he suddenly and mysteriously approached his ear and said to him in an extremely soft voice:

"That hunter was just looking at you."

"When he opened the door and came in, his eyes immediately fell on you."

"This process lasted about two seconds-"

"And when he looked at me later, he just glanced away."

"This" Lin Xinyi felt that Belmode's sinister tone was a bit too much: "There's nothing strange about this, right?"

"My face is quite famous in the Tokyo area."

"Maybe he recognized me and looked at me twice?"

Chief Forest Officer of the Metropolitan Police Department is the pride of the Japanese police, and his popularity in the Tokyo area is even greater than that of famous detectives who have been "abandoned by the new era".

Gunma Prefecture is right next to Tokyo.

Although Tokyo locals never think of Gunma Prefecture as Tokyo, it is indeed within the scope of the Greater Tokyo City Circle.

Therefore, the young hunter probably recognized his face but had no interest in chasing stars, so he stared at him for two seconds and then left without saying a word.

"It's normal to meet people who know me in a place like this." Lin Xinyi shrugged: "I'm more or less a star, right?"

"But the B\u0026B owner didn't recognize you."

Belmode retorted softly.

“This is normal”

Not everyone pays attention to hot news all the time and likes to chase stars and watch handsome guys.

It turns out that when Kudo Shinichi was so popular that he was called "Kanto Kudo", "Police Savior", and "Heisei Holmes", with his handsome face, he was often unrecognizable on the streets of Tokyo.

Because, if every prisoner knew that he had met a famous detective upon meeting him

So how do you film this mystery drama? !

Not all murderers dare to kill in front of famous detectives.

Even if it happens occasionally, it cannot happen all the time - otherwise it is illogical.

So this is actually a scientific rule:

The famous detectives in Ke Xue's world are all Schrödinger's "famous" detectives.

The fame of a famous detective cannot be observed at any time.

Lin Xinyi has more or less had this experience.

So he thought it was normal for the B\u0026B owner not to recognize him, and it was normal for the young hunter to recognize him.

Overall, this hunter's performance is not suspicious.

If there is anything suspicious, it would be

The other party spent less time looking at the beauty Belmode than he did as a man.

This is indeed not the behavior of ordinary passers-by when they meet Belmode.

"But that doesn't mean anything, right?" Lin Xinyi said cautiously, "Are you a little too vigilant?"

"These alone really don't mean anything."

Belmod still remained vigilant:

"But don't forget where we are now."

"'Masami Hirota', who knows what unexpected people this name can attract to us."

She always kept her voice very low, not even letting Lin Xinyi speak loudly.

After saying that, Belmod simply motioned for him to shut up and remain silent.

Lin Xinyi shut her mouth obediently, while she carefully inspected every corner of the guest room.

"Fortunately there are no listening devices in the house."

"We can talk safely now - but not too loudly so that people passing by the door won't hear us."

Belmod's vigilance has reached the point where he seems to be delusional about being persecuted.

But even though Lin Xinyi felt that she was a little too worried, she still worked hard to do her best in security work:

"Caesar."

"You have to help us take good care of this room tonight."

"If anyone sneaks up on you, please tell me right away."

Belmode stroked Caesar's plush dog head skillfully.

And Caesar obediently cheered up, pricked up his ears, and quietly entered the "watchdog" all-weather alert state.

After doing this, Belmode finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She took a moment to look at the guest room:

Of course, the guest room facilities in the B\u0026B are not much better. The only saving grace is that they are clean and tidy enough.

The outdated and crude facilities in the bathroom even discouraged this British lady from taking a shower and changing clothes.

Belmod just glanced at the bathroom, then he unbuttoned his coat, took off his shoes, and sat on the bed carelessly:

"Okay, let's take a rest early."

"We might encounter some trouble tomorrow."

Belmode had no intention of avoiding Lin Xinyi.

When she took off her tight-fitting jeans on the bed, lifted the quilt and lay down, she was left with only the most basic underwear and a thin shirt that was so white that it was transparent.

What's worse is that there is only one bed in the room.

"You, you." Lin Xinyi's tongue was a little tangled.

"Oh. Are you blushing?"

Belmod shook his head in amusement:

"How old are you? You're still so shy."

She used the mature tone of a veteran Qiu Mingshan driver and nonchalantly teased the shy and embarrassed big boy in front of her.

This made Lin Xinyi even more embarrassed:

"You at least put your pants on."

"How can I sleep with my pants on?"

Belmode had no intention of taking away his magical powers.

She casually put the tight jeans on the bedside table, then opened a corner of the quilt and patted the space beside her:

"Come here and go to bed."

Lin Xinyi: "."

"It's not like you never slept with me before when you were clingy."

"You weren't too young then."

"Why are you still shy now?"

"." Lin Xinyi still hesitated.

"Well, don't worry."

Belmod helplessly comforted:

"I won't let your girlfriend know."

Lin Xinyi: "."

Hearing such comfort, he felt that something was wrong with this scene.

"Stop dawdling!"

Belmode rolled her eyes at him impatiently:

"Otherwise, do you want to sleep on the ground with Caesar?"

"Well" Lin Xinyi was speechless.

The guest room in this B\u0026B is too simple. Apart from the bed, there is only a bedside table and not even a table or chair for sitting and sleeping.

If he doesn't get into bed, he's really going to have to sleep with the dog.

"Okay." Lin Xinyi sighed.

He finally chose to compromise and climbed into bed obediently.

"now it's right."

Belmode smiled with satisfaction and relief:

"At last you weren't scared by that little girl."

"You have to explain to that woman even if you live with me, huh. What does this mean?"

"Obviously I came first."

Saying such mean words, she seemed to have finally won some victory in a war, with a smile on her lips.

And her quilt was still open, waiting for the "trophy" to fall into her arms.

Finally, Lin Xinyi climbed into bed.

His hand held a corner of the quilt.

Then

Then he tucked the quilt under Belmode, picked her up, turned her over, and rolled out a big "sushi".

Don't talk about any good times now.

This woman has been completely sealed by the quilt, only her head can still be exposed.

Belmode: "."

"What are you doing?" She sighed resentfully.

"The quilt will cover you."

"I'll just sleep in my clothes."

With that said, Lin Xinyi lay down undressed next to the "quilt spirit" in Belmod.

Sleeping with Belmode in this form

Even if Haihara Ai was present now, she probably wouldn't be that angry.

"Aren't you cold like this?"

"There is only one quilt."

Belmode hummed angrily.

But in this anger, there is really a bit of concern that "grandma thinks you are cold."

Because it's really cold now.

The night was already dark, it was raining heavily outside the window, and the air was filled with a moisture that could squeeze out water.

And there is no air conditioning in this simple B\u0026B room.

If the average person sleeps without a quilt, he will probably have to report to the hospital the next day.

"But I'm not an ordinary person."

Lin Xinyi pointed at his strong body:

"Don't worry, I'm not cold."

"I'm cold!" Belmode glared at him angrily:

She squirmed and rolled up the quilt that was not too thick, as if she was really chilled by the moisture.

"Come here and let me hug you to warm you up!"

This tone sounded a bit vindictive.

But Lin Xinyi refused to resist.

He was silent for a while, and then asked very considerately:

"Sister, are you really cold?"

"Yeah." Belmod nodded.

"Okay." Lin Xinyi sighed: "Then come over."

"Heh." A successful smile appeared on Belmode's lips.

She couldn't wait to untie the seal of the quilt and prepared to lie in the arms of Lin Xinyi, who was finally willing to compromise.

Then

Lin Xinyi pushed her away silently:

"Sister, I didn't call you."

As he spoke, he turned around and waved to the big dog lying on the ground:

"Caesar, come here."

Belmode: "???"

"Caesar is much hairier." Lin Xinyi said very sincerely: "It's warmer than me holding him."

"If you're cold, just hold it and sleep."