[Death] Acacia inkstone

"It's not a good habit for girls to hang around outside in the middle of the night." The voice was low and steady, and it sounded leisurely from behind Sakurai Kaoru, and at the same time, a powerful big hand was gently pressing on her shoulder.

Kaoru Sakurai was taken aback by the sudden appearance of the man, she turned around, and under the light of the not-so-bright flashlight, a not-so-unfamiliar face appeared in front of her eyes.

"Mr. Okamoto...?" Her voice trembled uncontrollably, and it was obvious that she hadn't recovered from the shock.

The man patted Kaoru Sakurai on the shoulder, and showed her a faint smile: "Sorry, it seems that I scared you."

"It's okay." Sakurai Kaoru breathed a sigh of relief.The man in front of him is Makoto Okamoto. He is in his forties and has rich experience. He was transferred to the criminal investigation team with Akiyama Remi more than a year ago.Okamoto has always been known in the police station for his vigorous and rigorous style of work. In the eyes of Kaoru Sakurai, she has always believed that he is the least likely person to commit crimes.

"But...Mr. Okamoto, why did you come here?" Sakurai Kaoru actually doesn't remember clearly what happened in the fire scene. At that time, her consciousness was blurred and her whole body was in an extremely weak state, so that she woke up When I tried my best to recall later, I only vaguely remembered that Dongshiro brought me out in the end.The reason why she came here was to hope to find some clues from the leftovers.This fire is indeed a bit bizarre.

"Can I have a cigarette?" Makoto Okamoto took out a cigarette case from his pocket and looked at Kaoru Sakurai inquiringly.Sakurai Kaoru nodded immediately, indicating that she didn't care.

"I'm not like you young people. I have a strong ability to adapt to the environment and self-regulation. So many things have happened suddenly in the past few days, which really disturbed my sleep at night." After a bang, the blue flame jumped in the Above the lighter, a puff of smoke gradually rose: "I went to Mr. Ikeda yesterday to ask for some sleeping pills, but there was no obvious effect."

"I really can't fall asleep tonight, so I planned to get up and take a look around, but just as I went out, I saw Miss Sakurai walking here, so I simply followed." Makoto Okamoto exhaled slowly, his voice was calm, but With a trace of unspeakable helplessness.

"So many things have happened, it's a bit rash for you to come out alone as a girl."

The smoke was lingering, Kaoru Sakurai couldn't see his face clearly, she just felt that at this moment, another voice sounded faintly in her mind, illusory, as if it came from a very far away place, making it hard for her to hear it clearly.

The voice said: "Huayuan Qianyin, you are so rash, what should I do."

Huayuan Qianyin... who is it?

The name made her feel so familiar, but she couldn't remember where she had heard it before.Sakurai Kaoru frowned, she always felt this way recently, as if her memory was missing a piece, she could remember fragments, but she could never piece them together, nor could she embed them back into her own memory. memory to go.She couldn't even find a break in her memory at all, because all her memories since she came to Soul Soul Realm are continuous and complete, never interrupted.

"Miss Sakurai?" Sakurai Kaoru put on a trance look and was silent for a while. Makoto Okamoto couldn't figure out what she wanted to do. He had already realized that Sakurai Kaoru was a bit unique. People are so sophisticated, sometimes they can't guess which song she sings.

"Ah..." Sakurai Kaoru came back to his senses, the moonlight sneaked in through the half-opened warehouse door, with a sense of coldness.She couldn't help but feel a little perverted.

"I didn't expect the temperature in Dartula Island to be so low at night." Sakurai Kaoru reached out and touched the goosebumps on his arms, but a smile gradually appeared on his face: "Mr. Okamoto, go back and rest too. We still have to Stay on this island for a while longer."

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"Captain?" Kaoru Sakurai waved her hand up and down in front of Toshiro's eyes. She always felt that Toshiro looked weird today, and he seemed quite absent-minded.

Dong Shilang took off his gloves, pushed her dangling arm in front of him, and looked at her helplessly: "It seems that you have almost recovered."

"I wasn't injured in the first place." Sakurai Kaoru said lightly, "Isn't it thanks to the captain who arrived in time to save me from danger?"

She looked at him with a smile.Dong Shilang turned his head away, but still felt that her eyes were burning on him.

Looking at her, she seems to have forgotten what happened in the fire scene last night...?

Sakurai Kaoru didn't know what Toshiro was thinking at the moment, but just followed his gaze and looked at the fragments of flower pots on the table.

After Dong Shilang took her out of the fire scene yesterday and settled down, he went straight back, helped the criminal investigation team put out the fire, and went into the scene to conduct some investigations.

It's just that the fire had already burned most of the things in the warehouse, and the only things he could find that might be related to the crime method were the fragments of the flower pots that were blown into the corner by the blast.

"Hey... this is the evidence you found last night?" Kaoru Sakurai walked up to Toshiro, and reached out to take one of the fragments from the table behind him: "Isn't that warehouse already transformed into a wine cellar?" How come there are flower pots?" She lowered her eyes, gently turning the pieces with her fair and beautiful fingers, with a focused expression.

Dong Shilang just looked at her indifferently, and was silent for a while.

She used to have such a focused expression before, but it was never in his class, nor was it when she was assigned to the [-]th team to participate in team training.He remembered very clearly that at that time, Takikawa Aoba was the only one who would make her show such an expression.

He never knew when Sakurai Kaoru's love for Takigawa Aoba started, but it seemed that since he first met her, her heart had already had a destination.

He remembered that when he was in Maoling, Takikawa was several grades higher than Sakurai Kaoru, not only did the classrooms span several floors, but even the training venues were far apart.On the other hand, Takikawa is a person with an extremely indifferent personality and rarely interacts with others. There is almost no possibility of meeting and acquaintance between them.But looking at Kaoru Sakurai's personality, it doesn't seem like he can love someone for a long time just by virtue of fame or appearance.

In the past, when Matsumoto Rangiku poured alcohol on him, he would often whisper in his ear drunkenly, saying that if a person loves you, he is willing to give everything for you without asking for anything in return, a fool who is willing to do everything for you things, but never feel hard and suffering.And if a person doesn't love you, you can tell it all from his eyes: although he treats you well, although he is willing to get close to you, but you still can't read his eyes, let alone his heart go.

Toshiro always felt that in Kaoru Sakurai's heart, he was always her captain.She had never had any affection for him other than as a friend.

And he also felt that even if she said she had forgotten Takigawa Aoba, she would not fall in love with him.

After a long time, Toshiro sighed softly and said, "Sakurai, next time you forget to wear gloves when picking up important evidence, I will deduct your salary."

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The sound of pattering rain came from outside the window, and the atmosphere in the house froze for a moment.

Kaoru Sakurai moved his gaze from Izumo Kahara to Toshiro, and from Toshiro to the window.After a while, she put down the half-eaten apple in her hand, and smiled awkwardly:

"Hey, captain, I'll take care of the window, you guys talk first... let's talk first..."

"I came to you today to talk about the cases that happened in the past two days." When Sakurai Kaoru sat down again, Toshiro spoke with a rather serious expression.

"The atmosphere on this island is really strange. We have only been here for a few days and two people have died." Hua Yuan nodded, his eyes kept falling on Dong Shilang: "I think the murderer should be one of us."

Kaoru Sakurai threw away the apple core, wiped his fingers with a paper towel, and finally calmed down the sloppy look on his face, and became serious: "Captain, it must be very difficult for me to find the murderer."

Huayuan gave her a strange look: "Sakurai, you have been in the criminal investigation team for several years, why are you so unconfident now?"

"Because the murderer must have spent a lot of energy planning this case. I think the whole trip to Datura Island was carefully arranged by him." Huayuan's voice has always been soft, but Sakurai Kaoru felt that it sounded a little weird means.She knew that she and Hua Yuan were always inexplicably wrong, but she couldn't explain why.

"Indeed." Hua Yuan withdrew his gaze and turned to look at Dong Shilang with a serious expression on his face: "The murderer also specially selected a song to match the way the deceased was killed."

Toshiro couldn't help frowning. Rio Takeuchi's body was found in the garden outside the villa, and the nursery rhyme clip she received on her mobile phone was:

Builditupwithwoodandclay,

Wood and clay, wood and clay,

Builditupwithwoodandclay,

My fair lady.

Wood and clay will washaway,

Washaway,washaway,

Wood and clay will washaway,

My fair lady.

Yes, there is green grass on the soil, but her life is mercilessly lost in it.

Dong Shilang didn't say this right away, because it was just his guess.Now that the second murder has occurred, the ballads left at the scene have replaced wood and clay with brick and mortar, which happens to correspond to the warehouse walls made of bricks and mortar.There is no suspense for such a precise match, it must have been specially arranged by the murderer.

"Maybe we can infer what kind of danger the next target is in through the lyrics behind this nursery rhyme." Hua Yuan thought for a while and proposed a plan.

Kaoru Sakurai shook her head. She felt that this method was not feasible: "If I remember correctly, the next paragraph is Builditupwithhironandsteel, and the next paragraph is Builditupwithsilverandgold. Let's not mention the latter part. Just these two sentences can There are so many ways to die that they can be associated with, it's very unlikely that we'll be able to guess right."

"I think so too." Shiro Dong rubbed his temple with one hand. What happened on Datura Island one after another was really annoying, but his clue was still unclear.

"Hua Yuan, you stayed at the police station a little longer. Did you find anything strange about these people in the criminal investigation team?"

"Their criminal investigation capabilities are all top-notch. If you have to say something strange... there are still some."

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