Accidental Death

……

Even though she had expected such an ending, Tsujimura Fukatsuki couldn't help but close her eyes and let out a long sigh.

Horikita Zen was an important member of the military and police, and the fact that he was killed was a great shame to the military and police.

This is equivalent to a provocation to the military and police, and they naturally cannot tolerate it.

It is precisely because of this that the Supernatural Secret Service Division asked Ayatsuji pedestrians to handle this matter.

What they want is to be able to truly identify the real culprit of the incident and punish it.

——This is the result that the Supernatural Secret Service Division wants.

"It's an incredible reasoning. I didn't expect the prisoner to show his feet because of two pots of lily of the valley."

After arranging his subordinates to deal with the "accident scene" in the villa, Watanabe Rongxiu sighed and looked at Ayatsuji Pedestrian and Edogawa Ranpo, and thanked him from the bottom of his heart.

"This incident is really hard for you two."

Although there was an unexpected accident, the incident was successfully resolved after all.

"It's just a trivial matter." Edogawa Ranpo took out a lollipop from somewhere and put it in his mouth, and said indifferently, "After all, it is the job of a detective to help you mortals solve puzzles. "

Ayatsuji Xingren seemed to be thinking about something at first, but he only responded calmly when he heard his words.

Watanabe Rongxiu just smiled helplessly in response to the two of them, and didn't say anything.

After all, geniuses always have privileges.

After he finished speaking, he went back to deal with the follow-up matters.

After the incident is resolved, he has to explain to the upper management, and he has to do a good job of comforting and handing over afterward.

The military and police were busy at the scene, and Atsushi Nakajima was a little out of breath because of the strong smell of blood because of Tiger's overly sensitive sense of smell.

Fortunately, the incident was resolved, and Edogawa Ranpo had no desire to stay, so he took Atsushi Nakajima and left after a short stay.

As the evening approached, Tsujimura Fukatsuki accompanied the military and police to finish the report on the incident. He wanted to ask Ayatsuji if he wanted to go back, but found Mrs. Horikita sitting in the living room with two pots of lilies of the valley in front of her, looking sad.

Tsujimura Fukatsuki walked over hesitantly: "Mrs. Horikita, please express my condolences. No matter what, you have to live a good life."

Seeing her coming, Mrs. Horikita barely showed a not-so-obvious smile, but still couldn't hide her sadness: "I just think it's all too sudden."

She was a very gentle-looking woman with an amiable face.There is a kind of graceful temperament on his body: "Miss, you must also be a government worker, right? My husband is a high-level military and police officer, and his work is kept secret from me, so I don't even know what he is doing every day. What to do, who to meet. He said it was a secret, and I never asked."

The older woman said slowly: "My husband is a very upright person... To be honest, I still can't accept this fact. In my opinion, he would not talk to those people no matter what. Criminals are involved.

"However, maybe there was one time. I once saw him receive someone who didn't look like a member of the government at home. Now that I think about it, that might be what Xiangzi called the 'port mafia'."

"I was thinking, if I had asked one more question, would I have had a chance to persuade him not to do that. But it has already happened, and no matter what happens, it won't help." She reached out to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and then He stared blankly at the lily of the valley in front of him.

"——These two pots of lily of the valley were actually given to my husband by Inohara-kun last year."

Tsujimura Mizuki paused as he handed her the tissue, and looked at the two delicate orchids of the valley.

Unexpectedly, the two pots of lily of the valley that exposed Inohara's crimes came from him.

This is really embarrassing.

"Inohara and Kyoko are my husband's most valued subordinates. The two of us have no children, so we like these two juniors very much."

Mrs. Horikita recalled, and finally there was a real smile on her face: "My husband likes to play with flowers and plants, but he can't keep them alive. In order to keep these two pots of lilies of the valley alive, Inohara ran here every day. Just to water and fertilize the flowers on time. When the lily-of-the-valley bloomed, my husband happily took a photo with the camera and said he wanted to frame it.”

"In the end, it was his fault that led to the current situation and caused Inohara-kun to do such an unforgivable thing..."

She seemed to finally be unable to bear these successive blows, broke down emotionally, and covered her face sobbing: "So why did it become like this. Why did he, who is so upright in my eyes, commit such a mistake... I really don't understand."

Tsujimura Fukatsuki was at a loss.

Watanabe Rongxiu, who was directing his subordinates to deal with the scene, looked at the people present with concern, and hesitated to speak.In the end nothing was said.

In the empty hall, there were only the rustling of soldiers and police cleaning the scene, and the low sobbing of women.

Then, Ayatsuji pedestrians suddenly spoke.

"Your husband has done nothing wrong."

Tsujimura Shenyue looked at him: "—Teacher?"

Mrs. Horikita raised her head, her tear-stained face was full of astonishment: "What did you say?"

The detective leaned against the window, still looking at the scenery outside, his expression as usual.

As if that was just an insignificant sentence.

Watanabe Rongxiu opened his mouth: "This..."

Before Watanabe Rongxiu said the next words, Ayatsuji pedestrians directly pointed the finger at him: "Is there still a need to hide the matter now? You don't want Mr. Horikita to bear the infamy and just make a fuss, right? "

Watanabe Rongxiu felt cold from the detective's gaze: "No, Mr. Horikita is a person worthy of our highest respect!"

Watanabe Rongxiu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, turned to Mrs. Horikita, and said with difficulty: "I originally wanted to tell you alone later, since Mr. Ayatsuji has said everything, then..."

The man walked up to Mrs. Horikita, bowed solemnly, lowered his head and said, "Mr. Horikita was ordered by the military and police to approach the Port Mafia in order to obtain criminal evidence of the Port Mafia through cooperation. Prepare for future liquidation. We are extremely sorry for his death! The military will always remember Mr. Horikita!"

It took Mrs. Horikita a long time to finally digest the news.She finally covered her face and cried bitterly.

……

"Teacher, how did you guess that Mr. Horikita is an undercover agent?" After returning to the detective agency, Tsujimura Mizuki was puzzled.

Ayatsuji Xingren didn't speak, but just glanced at her: "I can't even figure out such a simple thing, it seems that the Supernatural Secret Service Division is really hopeless."

Tsujimura Fukatsuki: "..."

Tsujimura Fukatsuki: "Teacher!"

"Ask Ango Sakaguchi, he will definitely tell you," Ayatsuji said.

The detective with blond hair and ocher eyes pushed open the wooden door of the detective agency, leaving only one sentence for Tsujimura Fukatsuki: "——This game is the defeat of the Supernatural Secret Service Division."

……

Armed Detective Agency.

"I didn't expect that to happen in the end."

After telling the story of this case, Atsushi Nakajima said with some lingering fear.

The accident happened so suddenly that even he couldn't react immediately to save Inohara.

"Before I heard Ranpo-san's reasoning, I had no idea of ​​the criminal's method at all... and Detective Ayatsuji, it's really amazing!"

"My husband colluded with the port mafia and was killed by his younger generation... Mrs. Horikita must be very sad."

"But anyway, it's great that the case finally came to light," Nakajima said.

"The truth is revealed?" Hearing his words, Edogawa, who was lying on the sofa eating potato chips, sat up in disorder, "The truth of this incident is not just that."

Atsushi Nakajima was a little confused: "Huh?!"

"Atsu-kun, do you really think that the military and police don't know anything about Horikita's collusion with the port mafia? That's too much to underestimate the military." Osamu Dazai took off his earphones and walked around for Edogawa with a smile Explain, "They are the most disciplined organization in the world.

"If even Inohara can inadvertently catch Horikita Zen meeting with people from the port mafia, then the military department cannot be kept in the dark."

Atsushi Nakajima looked at Osamu Dazai, surprised: "...You mean, Mr. Horikita is an undercover agent of the military and police?!"

Osamu Dazai nodded with a calm voice: "It should be like this."

Atsushi Nakajima suddenly thought of something and lost his mind: "Then, did Mr. Inohara misunderstand Mr. Horikita?!"

"Yes." Osamu Dazai replied.

And, there's more to it than that.

Osamu Dazai looked sideways towards a certain direction of Yokohama, there was no smile in his kite-colored eyes.

It was no accident that Inohara saw the meeting between Horikita Zen and the port mafia, but the result of deliberate induction.

The port mafia sensed Horikita Yoshino's true intentions, so they deliberately let Inohara see the meeting, making Inohara, who didn't know the truth, mistakenly think that Horikita Yoshiro was secretly involved with the port mafia and wanted to kill him .

Thus using Inohara to kill Horikita Zen.

If it fails, the Port Mafia has nothing to lose.And if it succeeds——it will eliminate a high-level military and police officer without a single soldier.

Not to mention that this time, the Special Agents Division sent Ayatsuji pedestrians to deal with the case. Afterwards, Inohara died. The military and police couldn't even track down who induced Inohara.

After a long time, Osamu Dazai sighed softly, "As expected of Mr. Mori."