Miss Izumi

"Huh? There are quite a few photos." Quan sat on the sofa in the living room, using a handkerchief as a cushion to check the other party's mobile phone.

The last few photos in the album were of Quan's—even his flower arrangements this morning.As time went on, other strange faces appeared.There are men and women in these people, and they all look quite young, less than 20 years old.

Quan thought for a moment, then flipped through the emails on his phone.Then it was discovered that these photos were taken and sent to him by a guy who was noted by the youth as "a detective in the city".

"Detective?" Quan looked thoughtfully at the young man who polished his shoes.

Speaking of detectives, the first thing he thought of was the Armed Detective Agency.Thinking of the Armed Detective Agency, Izumi remembered what Kunikida Doppo had said to him just now at the gate of the community: In the recent serial murder case, the victims who have been discovered so far are between the ages of seventeen and twenty, male and female. Both...the corpses have one thing in common, the loss of a finger...

"Young men and women, with hands..."

Quan checked the photos in the album again, but didn't find any photos in it.

At this time, Quan's shoes were wiped clean by the young man kneeling on the floor.

After regaining his senses, Quan took the time to glance at him.The other party's eyes were blank, his face was expressionless, and he was as rigid as a robot that could only accept program instructions.

Quan raised his feet, raised his chin, forced him to look up at himself, and asked, "Who is the detective in the city? How much information do you know about the other party?"

"He is a private detective I met on the Internet. I don't know much about him, I only know that he is a guy who can do anything if he is paid..."

"You let him secretly take these photos? What's the purpose?"

"Yes. Purpose..."

the other side.

After Kunikida ran into the community alone, he saw several elderly people sitting on benches by the side of the road chatting.He walked over quickly, asking questions with words and gestures.

"Yeah, about that tall... black hair... um, um, yes..."

The old people looked at each other in blank dismay, expressing that they didn't pay much attention.

"So...excuse me," Kunikida Doppo pushed his glasses, and asked another question, "Where is the tallest tree in the community?"

"Ah!" The old people pointed out the direction for him without hesitation, "It's just behind Building B, you can see it at a glance if you go around the corridor."

Kunikida thanked Dubu, and hurriedly rushed to the b building.

When he got to building b, he walked around as the old people said.Then, he saw a tall and luxuriant banyan tree.And...his partner hanging on the branch - Osamu Dazai.

"Dazai, you bastard—!" Kunikida strode over vigorously, as if he wanted to stamp the ground through.

"I shouldn't believe your nonsense about investigating separately to save time and reuniting at the gate of the community!"

While roaring angrily, Kunikida Doppo wrote the word "folding knife" on the blank page of the handbook, and tore it off with a "swish".The power was activated, and a pocket knife appeared in his hand instantly.

Then he threw the knife without hesitation, pierced the air with a "swish", cut the rope hanging from Osamu Dazai, and finally tied it to the trunk of the banyan tree behind him with a "dumb".

As soon as the rope broke, Osamu Dazai fell from mid-air with a "plop", kicking up a large cloud of dust.But his feet were actually not high off the ground, so he didn't have any major problems with the fall.

"Really, you want to waste a page of my precious handbook for a guy like you! Also, do you know how much time you have wasted me?!" Kunikida Doppo glanced at his watch, folded his hands on his chest, very Stamping impatiently, "You troublemaker!"

Osamu Dazai, with his eyes closed, maintained the posture in which he fell just now, motionless, even the rise and fall of his chest was barely visible.

Kunikida Doppo waited for a while, but Osamu Dazai still didn't respond.

"You bastard——" Kunikida Doppo's forehead popped out two veins, grabbed Dazai Osamu from the ground, strangled his neck and shook him vigorously, "If you play dead again, I'll gag your mouth Bind your hands and feet and hang it on the street lamp in the park at the foot of the mountain! Let you enjoy the sea breeze all night!"

Only then did Osamu Dazai wake up leisurely.

Opening his eyes and seeing the furious Kunikida Doppo, he looked around in surprise, and said, "Oh, is it already the second day? He fell asleep without paying attention..."

After finishing speaking, he yawned, and two physiological tears overflowed from the corners of his eyes.

"Snapped!"

Kunikida Doppo heard the sound of that nerve called "sanity" breaking down.

Seeing that his partner's fist was about to fall, Osamu Dazai suddenly thought of something and said, "By the way, I seemed to see Sister Koizumi just now? She was carrying a delivery box... Well, but that child kept looking down at the paper Well, I couldn't see his face clearly either..."

Being interrupted like this, the anger in Kunikida Doppo's chest was not as strong as before.

He let go of Osamu Dazai angrily, pushed down his glasses, and said, "Ah, it should be right, that kid is working in a coffee shop now."

"Oh, of course I know about it." Osamu Dazai said naturally, "Yesterday I went to the coffee shop where he works and drank coffee."

"Huh?" Kunikida Doppo's expression was a little weird, "You didn't make trouble for others, did you? For example, credit or something..."

"Ahahaha, of course not! I just told the store manager that sister Koizumi invited me for the cup of coffee, and asked him to directly deduct his salary..."

There was a crisp sound of "bang".

Kunikida Doppo gave Osamu Dazai a slap in the face.

"Don't trouble that kid!"

Osamu Dazai covered the back of his head and muttered: "Just kidding, Kunikida-kun is still easy to deceive as always..."

There was another "boom".

"There's no time to delay here!" Kunikida Doppo's expression became very serious, "What if there is a new victim at this time? And, what is the reason why you speculate that the criminal is in this community?"

This starts from yesterday when Dazai Osamu witnessed someone sending flowers to Izumi in the coffee shop.

Originally, he was just watching the fun, but he inadvertently overheard the gossip of the guests at the table behind him.It is said that during the recent period, Quan received roses every day, but those roses were sent by the owner of the flower shop next door, and the other party also claimed that she did not know who sent them.

After hearing this, Osamu Dazai thought for a moment, and after leaving the coffee shop, he turned around and went to the flower shop next door.

This person is used to rhetoric, coaxing the boss to smile.Therefore, Osamu Dazai found out the news he wanted without any effort.The boss even showed him the notes sent every day asking for flowers.

"When you mention the ring finger, what do you think of?" Osamu Dazai asked Kunikida Doppo, while waiting with him in front of the elevator door of building b.

Kunikida Doppo glanced at his ring finger, and said in a serious tone, "The finger between the middle finger and the little finger?"

"..." Osamu Dazai was silent for a moment, then raised his hand to cover his forehead, looked at him delicately, and sighed from time to time.It caused Kunikida Doppo's temples to throb.

"It's a wedding ring, a wedding ring." Before his partner got angry, Osamu Dazai gave the answer, "Men wear it on their left hand, and women wear it on their right hand. The fingers that were cut off by the victim were all used to wear the wedding ring. "

Kunikida Doppo frowned, and said, "I don't need you to tell me about this kind of thing, but what does it have to do with your speculation that the prisoner is in this community..."

"Listen to me." Dazai Osamu reassured, "Cutting off a finger is not fatal. It is obvious that the murderer is 'punishing' them with some purpose--punishment as a warning. So what is the murderer doing? And punishing them, what is warning them?"

"Without the ring finger, it means that they will no longer be able to wear wedding rings. So, can the murderer do this by extending it to mean that the other party thinks they are 'unable to get married' or 'the marriage relationship has broken down'? The currently discovered victim , between the ages of 17 and 20. There are very few people who get married at this age. So I am more inclined to the former guess, the murderer judged that they were 'unable to get married'...you can see if it is possible Do you understand that?"

"..." Kunikida Doppo fell into deep thought, "But, this is just your speculation about the murderer's criminal psychology, based on this alone..."

Osamu Dazai turned a deaf ear to him, and quickly interrupted him with a raised finger: "Just now I talked about the ring finger and wedding ring, so the next question!"

A vein popped out of Kunikida Doppo's forehead.However, he gritted his teeth and endured it: "Say!"

"What do you think of when you mention roses?"

Having just discussed issues related to marriage and wedding rings, Kunikida Doppo frowned, and subconsciously said, "Confession?"

"Bingo~" Osamu Dazai's tone was brisk, and he added, "Why don't you try to think about it further, for example...a marriage proposal?"

Hearing this, Kunikida Doppo gradually had a rather vague idea in his mind.He felt that as long as he could clear the fog in front of him, he could grasp the truth.

"Of course, the confession and the marriage proposal are not necessarily successful. If the marriage proposal fails, it will naturally reach the ending of 'unable to get married'."

"!"This is it!

Kunikida Tokpo suddenly opened his eyes wide.

"Oh, by the way, by the way. Recently, Sister Koizumi seems to always receive roses from strangers. And the address that the stranger filled in is this community."

"Could it be...his next target is that brat?!" Kunikida Doppo turned his head to look at him abruptly.

With a "ding", the elevator arrived in front of them.

Osamu Dazai walked in briskly, pressed the button on the eleventh floor without thinking, and said in a relaxed tone: "Yes. Sister Koizumi has been troubled by this mysterious flower-giver recently, so she entrusted me to help find out this Here comes the strange guy."

Then, he spread his hands again and complained, "But that kid is too stingy, and the reward for the entrustment is just a cup of coffee. But since he offered to help us, I naturally agreed~"

"..." Kunikida Doppo was speechless for a moment.

The elevator goes to the eleventh floor.

Osamu Dazai brushed away the hair that blocked his ears, took off the bluetooth headset, and strode to a certain room door.He casually took out a hairpin from his pocket, knelt down and skillfully opened the lock.

He only heard a "click", and the door lock was successfully opened by him.

After the door was opened, the two of them saw the spring unconsciously lying in the entrance at a glance.At the same time, they also heard the sound of footsteps coming from inside, getting farther and farther away from them. Dazai Osamu was shocked: "No! He is going to escape from the bedroom to the balcony! Leave Izumi to me, Kunikida Hurry up and catch him!"

Kunikida Doppo didn't suspect him, so he rushed to arrest him without saying a word.

When his figure disappeared from sight, Osamu Dazai squatted down, poked Izumi's face lightly, and muttered: "Sister Koizumi is too mean... I am using that sharingan to get information. Can't hear anything from the bug."

Izumi opened his eyes slowly, and said with a smile, "How can there be a free lunch in the world, Mr. Dazai?"