Inspector Megure appeared at the door of Kudo's house with a serious face.

Yukiko saw Megure Jusan and invited him into the house with a smile, "Are you here to discuss the case with Yusaku?"

"This time I'm here to find Shinichi." Megure Jusan said with a serious face.

"Shinichi?" Yukiko was a little confused, but still took Megure Jusan to the study.

In the study, the children surrounded Kudo Yusaku.

"Dad, what do you think about this case two years ago?" Kudo Shinichi looked at Kudo Yusaku with burning eyes, his eyes full of expectation.

Yusaku touched his chin and said, "Well..."

buzzing...

There was a knock on the study door, and Kudo Yusaku looked up and saw Megure Juzo standing at the door.

After saying hello to Yusaku, Megure Jusan looked at the children surrounding Kudo Yusaku and said casually, "I came here to look for Shinichi and Xiaolan. Mingyue and the boy from the Uno family are here too."

"Did something happen?" Kudo Yusaku looked at Megure Jusan's serious face, frowned slightly, but still smiled and said to Yuuki Saiki and Suzuki Sonoko who were wearing shrine maiden costumes, "Why don't you go to the restaurant first? My wife should have prepared delicious snacks and fruits."

"Uncle Kudo, can't we really stay here?" Suzuki Sonoko looked at Kudo Yusaku with a nervous face, "Please let me stay here." After that, she looked at Mingyue who was standing aside.

Yusaku looked at Megure Jusan.

Megure Jusan nodded with a slight smile on his face, "Actually, there's nothing important. I just wanted to ask where you went yesterday and who you met."

Mingyue rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "We met Mr. Shirakawa's wife, Shirakawa Miki, and Aunt Shirakawa treated us to ramen at noon."

"About what time did you see her?" Officer Megure said seriously, "And when did you separate?"

The sudden question made everyone sense that something was wrong.

"No way, Mr. Shirakawa, is something really wrong with him?!" Suzuki Sonoko looked at Inspector Megure with a nervous look on her face.

Kudo Shinichi's eyes widened. "Officer Megure, are you doubting Aunt Shirakawa? Did Teacher Shirakawa really meet with an accident?"

When conjecture becomes reality, the person who used to be with you day and night just disappears in the torrent of time, which is somewhat difficult to accept. Kudo Shinichi took a deep breath. Although he had already thought of this situation, he still felt pain, shock and sadness when he actually felt that someone around him had passed away.

Officer Megure frowned, looked at those eyes that were eager for the truth, sighed helplessly, and nodded silently. These kids will know about this sooner or later, after all, they are their teachers. But that thing...

An indescribable feeling of sadness spread in this room full of mystery books, and it seemed that everyone was sad for the departure of Shirakawa Teruji.

"No way!" Tears welled up in Mao Lilan's eyes. "Teacher Shirakawa is such a good person, he..."

Uno Xingyao frowned, clenched his fists, lowered his head, and spoke slowly, "Yesterday morning, I came to find Kudo and the others. At noon, we met Aunt Shirakawa. Afterwards, we met Mr. Suzumiya at the theater, and we watched the show together. The only difference was that Mona, Mr. Suzumiya, and I were in Area B, and the others were in Area A. After the show, we said goodbye to Aunt Shirakawa and Mr. Suzumiya, and I didn't separate from Kudo and the others until the sun went down, around 6 p.m."

Officer Megure nodded. "Then it basically matches what she said. You ate ramen together and then watched a show. The show ended at..." Officer Megure took out the police handbook and looked for the time recorded before. "It was at..."

"It was 15:27 yesterday." Uno Xingyao looked up at Officer Megure, "Akizuki and I met Aunt Shirakawa at the ramen restaurant at 11:47. Maori and Kudo met Aunt Shirakawa before us. The performance of Sleeping Beauty started at 13:00, and we and Aunt Shirakawa were there at 15:40 respectively."

Megure Juzo took a pen and wrote something on the police manual. "Shirakawa Teruji died between 1:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m., and the theater is far away from the abandoned house where Shirakawa Teruji was imprisoned. If you take the train, it takes more than an hour one way. If you drive back and forth, it takes at least an hour and a half. With this calculation, Shirakawa Miki did not have the time to commit the crime."

"Imprisonment!" Kudo Shinichi's eyes lit up, "This is a premeditated crime!!!"

Mingyue looked at Kudo Shinichi, whose face was full of excitement, and the corners of her mouth curled up slightly.

Yuno Xingyao frowned, a feeling of uneasiness spreading throughout his body, and he whispered softly: "Is there really someone who wants to kill Teacher Shirakawa?" But his mind couldn't help but recall the past about Shirakawa Teruji.

Who was responsible for the things that happened to Mr. Shirakawa before? Uno Xingyao was puzzled.

Feeling his heart pounding, Yuno Xingyao recalled what happened after he separated from Mingyue last Saturday.

I originally thought that my brother would come home with a smile on his face, but what I saw was a serious expression on his face. After asking, I learned that Kobashi Satoshi had confessed everything.

When Shirakawa Teruji was taking a shower, the power strip that appeared behind him was placed by Ronsuke Haba. It was not powered on, but was just a disguise to create the illusion of murdering Shirakawa Teruji.

Xiaoqiao Zhi confessed that after school that day, she was the one who pushed the flowerpot down from the second floor. Before pushing it, she carefully confirmed that it would not hit anyone.

Their purpose in doing so is to confuse the police, disrupt the investigation of the case and lead the police in the wrong direction.

As for following Shirakawa Teruji and pushing him onto the road, Satoshi Kobashi flatly denied these two things and claimed that this series of plans were arranged by Ryosuke Haneba and the poison was also provided by him. All the plans were aimed at Toshihiko Niwa and Rika Tahara, and they never thought of really hurting Shirakawa Teruji.

Their motivation is actually very simple.

In an accidental meeting in front of a love hotel, the teacher-student relationship between Satoshi Koba and Ronsuke Hane was discovered by Toshihiko Niwa and Rika Tahara.

The constant threats from Tahara Rika and Niwa Toshihiko made Kobashi and Hanba Ronsuke have evil intentions. Especially during this period, Hanba Ronsuke was about to get married.

But Shugo Uno told Seiya Uno that while escorting Ryosuke Haneba, Ryosuke Haneba died mysteriously in the police car. The truth may not be simple. Behind all this, there seems to be an invisible hand pushing this series of events to happen. Everyone seems to be in a fog.

"Yuno, Yuno?" Kudo Shinichi called out to the other party twice. When he saw that the other party had come back to his senses, he asked excitedly, "Did you think of something?"

Uno Xingyao woke up from his memories and looked at Kudo Shinichi and Mao Lilan. He did not answer Kudo's question, but asked: "Did Aunt Shirakawa sit in front of you the whole afternoon yesterday? Did she leave the audience?"

Inspector Megure and Yusaku Kudo, who were discussing the case, turned to look at Shinichi and Ran.

"Aunt Miki greeted us before she sat down. After the performance, I saw her stand up from her seat. Although we were separated when we left because there were too many people, Aunt Miki was waiting for us at the theater gate." Mao Lilan carefully recalled the scene she saw at that time and said with certainty, "Aunt Miki must not be the murderer. Teacher Matsumoto said that they were a loving couple."

Kudo Shinichi held his chin in thought for a moment, then slowly said, "When the second act ended and the third act began, I looked at my phone and noticed that Aunt Shirakawa's position lit up. I thought she was checking the time as well."

"What time was it?"

"Fourteen and seven. I'm sure it's this time."

Officer Megure said thoughtfully: "Then the time is completely consistent. We checked the mobile phone records. Shirakawa Miki received a call at that time, but because she was watching a performance, she quickly hung up and sent a text message to the other party, asking what was going on, but the other party did not reply."

"Who called?" Kudo Shinichi looked at Inspector Megure.

Officer Megure shook his head. "That's a virtual Internet phone call. It's hard to trace it."

Mingyue tilted her head and thought for a while, took out her cell phone to look at it, then put it back into her pocket thoughtfully.

Mao Lilan suddenly said: "Why should we doubt Aunt Miki? Her husband died and she is already very sad. Do we still need to discuss her here?" After saying that, she pretended to cry.

Yusaku looked at Megure Jusan, "Shirakawa Miki has a motive to kill?"

Megure Jusan nodded. "Shirakawa Teruji and Shirakawa Miki look like a loving couple, but in fact, Shirakawa Teruji often abuses Shirakawa Miki. Just yesterday morning, someone saw new scars on Shirakawa Miki's upper arm. We got confirmation of the domestic violence from their neighbor Takei Takada."

Kudo Shinichi held his chin and said seriously: "Aunt Shirakawa, who has been abused for a long time, may have the idea of ​​killing her husband."

"But Aunt Miki was with us at that time, Shinichi." Mao Lilan said with a sad face, but pretending to be calm.

Officer Megure nodded. "In this case, we can eliminate one suspect."

Kudo Shinichi looked at Inspector Megure excitedly, "Where are the other suspects?"

Inspector Megure looked at Kudo Yusaku, and just as Kudo Yusaku was about to say something, a clear female voice rang out.

"The ghosts wandering in the world, they are obsessed and unable to be reborn, and are trapped in this world." Yuuki Saiki closed his eyes and clasped his hands tightly in front of his chest.

Megure Jusan looked at the girl in the shrine maiden's costume with his eyes wide open, blinked, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Yuno Xingyao clenched his fists, his nails digging into his flesh without him noticing, and he just muttered to himself: "Could it be that Mr. Shirakawa's death is related to the case two years ago?" Then there is the death of his brother, the black lily and the letter that suddenly appeared. Yuno Xingyao's breathing was a little rapid, and he looked at Officer Megure with a burning gaze.

"It has something to do with the case two years ago where a student killed someone and then jumped off a building to commit suicide." Officer Megure took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and continued, "That case does have a hidden story, and it is related to Shirakawa Teruji."

All the students except Mingyue widened their eyes.

Kudo Yusaku frowned, picked up the newspaper related to this incident two years ago, read it carefully, then slowly closed it and looked at Megure Juzo.

"We found a diary in the amulet that Shirakawa Teruji carried with him, and compared it with the diary of Yoshiaki Ruri, who died two years ago. Both the handwriting and the paper material were completely consistent. But the content of the diary revealed the real reason for the incident." Megure Jusan's eyes darkened and he glanced at the students around him, not knowing whether to tell this story.

Mingyue looked at the fluctuations in the numbers displayed on her phone, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

Kudo Shinichi stood in front of Megure Jusan and asked excitedly, "What exactly is written in the diary? Officer Megure, please tell me!"

Officer Megure looked around at the boys and girls in school uniforms, frowning. He couldn't imagine what would happen if he told the contents of the diary to these students. Looking at those innocent young faces, he thought of his own school days. What would it be like if he met such a teacher at that time?

After thinking for a long time, Inspector Megure took out his mobile phone and a yellowed paper covered with densely packed small handwriting appeared on the screen.


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