Rain Girl's Revenge

On the pier, the squadron leader was already waiting quietly with a group of police officers.Seeing Mieko striding out of the cave, the little police officers couldn't control it for a while, showing a little surprised expression.

The squadron leader was very calm, handcuffed her according to the rules, and helped her into the police car.

"Police officer?"

"Ok?"

"Am I—will I be sentenced to death?"

The squadron leader looked at the guest house flashing by outside the window, and sighed softly.

"It would have been—but, with the testimony of Mr. Grammer and Carter, that Ichiro Inoue and others attacked you first, and you were only on the defensive—more importantly, you discovered and reported a major incident. The drug production base has solved the problem of the source of drugs on Weeping Island, and also helped to solve the two major cases 18 years ago and 5 years ago-to sum up, the court will probably give you a sentence of 3-5 years □□——”

"If, one day you can come out from there, don't forget those two gentlemen—"

Beside the squadron leader, Mieko suddenly burst into a bright smile.

Smiling and laughing, a line of spring rain once again gathered in her eyes.

A month later, in Tokyo, Carter and Grammer's apartment.

Policeman Sato was sitting on the red sofa, his steamed bun face was so wrinkled that water dripped out.

The ashtray on the coffee table was already full of cigarette butts, and he seemed unconscious, still smoking non-stop.

Carter had just returned to the apartment, and when he opened the door, he was shocked:

"Hey, good guy! Sato, are you planning to restore London at the end of the century with us?"

Grammer came out of the laboratory, still holding a test sheet in his hand, looking at the living room filled with fireworks, he shook his head helplessly: "This guy looks like the world is going to end from the moment he walks in, no Know what happened to him."

As if awakened by Grammer's words, Police Department Sato took down the cigarette stuck in the corner of his mouth, and began to complain loudly:

"Why am I so miserable—I finally got the news of 'The Magician at the End of the Century', I thought I would make a contribution this time, but I didn't even catch anyone, woohoo—I thought so Forget it, but the Prime Minister paid a sudden visit this morning—it’s over, woohoo—you look at me twice, maybe I will take the blame and resign in a few days—”

"You mean that Mr. Prime Minister visited the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department this morning?" Carter heard this sentence in a bunch of words.

"Yeah—he looked tense and menacing when he came—"

"Of course." Grammer sighed.

Carter patted Police Department Sato on the shoulder: "I'm sorry, Sato, we are the ones who got you in trouble this time."

"You—you, what did you do!" Police Department Sato suddenly stood up excitedly.

"It's nothing—it's just that the objects we found on Weeping Island were returned to the Chinese government in the name of private individuals." Carter touched his nose guiltily, "That—these objects have a lot to do with the Sino-Japanese War, It will probably be strong evidence."

"Evidence? What evidence? What did you find?" Police Department Sato was very confused.

"Hmm - some clothing and hair accessories belonging to Chinese women and laborers during the Sino-Japanese War."

"Huh?" The Sato police department was a little confused at first, and then quickly realized that he was so frightened that he collapsed on the sofa and squeezed out a sentence after a long while: "You—you—you want me Die!"

"During the Sino-Japanese War, Japan captured a large number of laborers and women from China to serve the military. This is an indisputable fact." Grammer's gentle brows condensed instantly, "The huge laboratory on Weeping Island, It was a large-scale drug production base built by the Japanese army to inspire soldiers."

"The people who worked in that base were all ordinary people and their families captured by the Japanese army from all over China at that time."

"The underground tunnels on the island were all built by the women who were captured at that time."

"They are the real rain girls on the island."

"This—this—" Police Department Sato wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, but couldn't refute a word for a while.

"The Rain Goddess Shrine on the island was also established by the Japanese army back then. In order to prevent ordinary people from entering by mistake, they fabricated the legend about the Rain Girl. Later, it was passed on to ten, ten to hundreds, and gradually began to spread. The large-scale festival of 'Rain Girl Festival' was held."

"Rain Maiden overturns ships sailing at sea and devours fishermen—such a terrible legend can easily be thought to be a custom handed down from a long time ago." Carter's eyes flashed a fierce light, "Although I don't know how Inoue Ichiro and the others discovered that base and used it, the original intention of this festival to appease the dead and atone for their sins will never change."

"This is a sin you committed yourself, an irrefutable original sin."

"And you yourself must swallow this bitter fruit yourself."

"However—" Grammer's voice changed, "This time the donation is in the name of the two of us, so it probably won't have much to do with you."

"No matter how angry Mr. Prime Minister is, you will not be found out. Maybe this time the big case 18 years ago was solved, and you will still be commended."

"Well——" the Sato Police Department sighed, "Let's not talk about commendation, it would be good if I don't demote my rank——but you are right, this is an undisguised crime committed by ourselves, although the Central Committee —Well, but we have to atone for ourselves anyway.”

"If there is a chance in the future, I really hope to take my family to the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall to bow and apologize for those people—"

The three of them were silent for a while, and Police Department Sato lit another cigarette.

"Speaking of which, I've always been curious, when did you guys start to suspect that Fujiwara Mieko is 'Ame Girl'?"

"On the first night of staying in the guest house."

"what!"

"Our room was specially designed," Carter explained.

"There are many copper pipes buried behind the wall against which the bed is leaning, and a special medicinal powder is smeared on the lampshade at the head of the bed."

"Special powder?"

"It contains the same ingredients as sleeping pills, which can have a slight hypnotic effect." Grammer glanced at the test sheet, "It's also fortunate that she was so generous at the time, and we took extra precautions. Otherwise, if we inhaled an overdose at that time, we would have taken the medicine seriously. The central nervous system plays a certain anesthetic effect."

"At that time, I was thinking that there was an [-]% probability that someone who could suspect the identity of the two of us without revealing who we were was someone related to the case. It is estimated that she had already The magician at the end of the century' got the news, and I know that the Tokyo side will send two foreign experts to try this premeditated murder case."

"Later, we increased our suspicion when we were in the museum."

"Museum? I remember you only met 'end of the century magicians' there, didn't you?"

"Ah—" Thinking of the past, a smile flashed in Carter's eyes, "It was he who revealed Mieko Fujiwara's true identity to us."

"How to say?"

"His performance was too perfect - he perfectly showed the appearance of an old father who misses his children and cares about their children's growth, but it is his appearance that caused us to think about the author of the painting. Since we found out that the real author of the painting was Mieko Fujiwara when she was a child, we have reason to admit that she had a motive for killing."

"No wonder you asked me to investigate Mieko Fujiwara's upbringing!" Police Department Sato suddenly realized, "But when did you finally get the evidence?"

"After listening to Masuda Toshi's testimony."

"At that time, we came up with a guess. Masuda Jun discovered that Inoue Ichiro was purely unexpected by the prisoner—or the prisoner didn't know it at all, so she made a move with peace of mind and deliberately misled us about the murder case. The time when it happened. However, combined with the actual condition of the corpse, Masuda Toshi’s testimony and everyone’s alibi, it is easy to conclude that the murderer is Mieko Fujiwara.”

"How to say?"

Grammer shook the test tube: "After a person has experienced a lot of physical exercise, the protein in the body will solidify sharply. If he is killed at this time, the time of death will be easily misled by the alibi. In Ichiro Inoue's clothes On the Internet, we found a small amount of salt crystals, which is the effect of the evaporation of water in his body after sweating a lot. Masuda Toshi said that he still greeted Inoue Ichiro at 7.15, and all the members gathered at 8.30 Police station. During this period of time, there was no alibi, only Mieko Fujiwara. At this time, Mieko Fujiwara can basically be judged as an important suspect. Combined with the footprints left by Granny Gardenia's death scene, it is very It is easy to draw the conclusion that Mieko Fujiwara is the real murderer."

"So that's how it is!" Police Department Sato finally figured out the origin and process of the incident this time, and couldn't help clapping his hands happily, "It's wonderful! It's really amazing!"

Thinking about it again, the whereabouts of the 'Magician at the End of the Century' are currently unknown, and he couldn't help scratching his hair in frustration: "However——if we can catch the 'Magician of the End of the Century', it would be even better——"

"Life has been in a dilemma since ancient times—" Carter took a leisurely sip of coffee, and winked at Grammer mischievously.

Back in time one month later, in the cave on Weeping Island——

"I said, from the beginning to the end, you didn't intend to cooperate with the police to arrest me and bring me to justice, right?" After Mieko left, "Kato Takashi" turned to Carter and Grammer, and asked through gritted teeth.

"Who knows—but there are still 30 minutes before you can leave safely, Mr. Magician." Carter stretched his waist, and returned to the original lazy state.

"Thank you very much for your cooperation during this time, our cooperation is very pleasant." Grammer blinked.

"That is to say——you deliberately provoked me from the beginning, and the ultimate goal is to let me be your navigator for your treasure hunt?" "Kato-sun" was so angry that he almost exploded on the spot.

"Aha." Carter touched his nose, his tone was a bit subtle.Turning around, he and Grammer got out of the hole together.

"Kato-sama" watched the two of them walk towards the light source without looking back, the corners of their mouths twitched disdainfully at first, but the corners of their eyes gradually turned up, the light in their eyes was ups and downs, and finally they gradually converged into heaven and earth The most eye-catching ray of dawn in the world.

"Hey."

"Ok?"

"You guys, why did you let me go?"

"Who knows—" Grammer didn't look back, and waved his hand slightly behind him, "Maybe it's because of the lack of people like you, the world will become too boring?"

Behind him, "Kato Tsun" smiled brightly.

By the time Grammer woke up from the memory, the Sato police department had left at some point.Carter stood in front of the French windows, checking an envelope in the sunlight.

"Who sent this?"

Carter turned back: "I don't know - there is no signature, I just found it in the crack of the door of our apartment when I came back."

Grammer carefully cut open the envelope with a silver knife, and a narrow piece of letter paper and two tickets fell out from inside.

"To Grammer and Carter:

I did lose this game. According to the agreement, I came to provide information about "that lord".

On December 20, 12XX, the "Elizabeth" departed from Tokyo for Los Angeles, USA.

The accompanying boat tickets have been delivered.

Looking forward to our next game!

Your loyal friend:

"The Magician of the End of the Century"

P． S．

Thank you both for your little comments on my magic, and I wish you both a pleasant trip!

"

"This guy!" Carter was startled, and then smiled wryly.

"It seems that the 'magician at the end of the century' really deserves its name." Grammer sighed, and then lit the letter with a lighter, watching the jumping flames devour it into ashes little by little, his eyes sparkled with excitement ——That was the reaction when meeting an opponent.

Carter licked his lips, his emerald green eyes sparkled with fighting flames: "It looks interesting, do you want to go?"

"Of course." Grammer smiled slowly.

"They have already clamored to the door of the house, how can there be any reason not to fight?"

On the street not far away, Police Department Sato, who was mixed into the crowd, suddenly showed a strange smile that didn't match him.

See you next time, but don't let me down.

Mr. Carter and Grammer.