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◎Evidence hidden in the dark◎

I missed the class time because of rushing to draft, so everyone simply asked for leave.

Exam week just ended, and the homework is relatively easy.

Of course, there is no gathering to play games.

Because of rushing to draft all night, everyone was really sleepy.

After Makoto Nishijima faxed the manuscript to the editor in the morning, he immediately went back to his room to catch up on sleep.By the time she fell asleep and was awakened by the sound of the phone, it was already completely dark outside.

She rubbed her eyes and picked up the phone: "Hello, this is Nishijima Shinri, who can I call?"

"Miss Nishijima? I'm Takagi from the First Investigation Section, can I trouble you to come to the Metropolitan Police Department now?"

"..."

Mari Nishijima looked up at the alarm clock on the table, wondering: "Now?"

"Yes, now. Is it not convenient for you to ask some details about a related case?"

"...No inconvenience, I'll be there later."

She got up and put on a thin coat to go out. The living room outside was quiet, the lights were not turned on, and Echizen Ryuya was not there.The whole room was overly quiet, except for the slight sound of electrical appliances being on standby.

Are you out?

But it's already past eight o'clock, why go out so late?

Mari Nishijima sent a text message to Echizen Ryuya in case he could not find him when he came back later.

There was still a tram going to the Metropolitan Police Department at this point. Mari Nishijima changed her shoes and planned to go out to the tram station. The elevator descended from the seventh floor to the first floor. When the elevator door opened, she saw the young man standing at the gate.

The other party stood under the dim light of the living room, leaning lazily against the door frame.

The hood of the black hoodie cast a shadow over most of his face, but the jawline exposed to the light was still sharp and beautiful.

Mari Nishijima was stunned, and the elevator door was about to close again before her eyes.She reacted suddenly, quickly pressed the elevator switch, and jumped out of the elevator in a panic.

Her motor nerves were not very good, she couldn't stand firmly after jumping out, and staggered back a few steps.Mari Nishijima steadied himself in the critical moment, and patted his heart in shock after standing still.

Startled.

After standing still, she turned around, only to find that Echizen Ryuya had looked over at some point.I don't know how long he watched it——

Mari Nishijima put his hands behind his back, gave a dry cough, walked to Echizen Ryuya as if nothing had happened, and then stopped.She recalled what she had done just now, embarrassment mixed with a trace of remorse.

After all, no matter how you look at her behavior just now, she is a little mentally handicapped.

Mari Nishijima: "Did you go for a walk?"

Echizen Ryuya: "The doctor sent me a message asking me to pick up the cat."

He pulled down the zipper of his hoodie, and an orange-and-white kitten poked its head out from his collar, its round cat eyes staring at Mari Nishijima.

Beautiful Maoyan youth + beautiful kitten.

Double crit.

Mari Nishijima covered her heart and muttered to herself, "... so cute."

Echizen Longya bent his eyes and smiled lightly: "Where is Truth Sauce? Are you going out so late?"

Nishijima Mari: "Go to the Metropolitan Police Department, Officer Takagi said he has something to ask me - I sent you a text message, didn't you read it?"

Echizen Ryuya was stunned for a moment.After realizing it, he freed his hand to press his mobile phone, and he saw the text message that Shinji Nishijima had sent to him.

In fact, Echizen Longya did not have the habit of paying attention to his mobile phone all the time, and even turned off his mobile phone frequently.

But now it's a little bit different.

He lowered his eyes, clicked on the text message, and scanned it at a glance.Even though he already knew the content of the text message, Echizen Ryuya carefully re-read it.

"I'll go with you." He raised his head and re-zipped his clothes, "Mihua Town is not very safe recently, I don't worry about you going back and forth alone."

This reason is well-founded. Anyway, Nishijima really can't think of anything to refuse.

Although it is indeed a bit strange to take a cat to the Metropolitan Police Department.But the Metropolitan Police Department did not prohibit people from bringing cats in, so there should be no problem, right?

Police Department.

Mari Nishijima explained his identity to the police at the door, and the two were quickly taken to a lounge in the Metropolitan Police Department.

In the lounge, she saw familiar people: Hua Sui, the math teacher in Class [-], and Noji, Maki Hirakawa's deskmate.

There was also a long-haired girl with black hair that she didn't know—the two met their eyes, and the long-haired girl in a blue school uniform gave her a friendly smile.

Mari Nishijima randomly found an empty sofa and sat down, and at the same time patted the seat next to her - Ryuya Echizen sat down next to her.

Echizen Ryuya whispered, "Are you afraid?"

Mari Nishijima: "...No, I'm just a little hungry."

Echizen Ryuya gave a low laugh.His appearance is too outstanding, and occasionally he smiles sincerely, which makes it difficult for people to look away. Mari Nishijima couldn't help but take a second look.

Then he sighed sincerely: How handsome.

After a while, a capable policewoman with short hair knocked on the door of the lounge: "Is Miss Makoto Nishijima here? Please follow me."

Nishijima Mari: "Yes."

She stood up and followed the policewoman out.Li Jia

The two walked in the corridor, and through the translucent glass partitions on both sides, they could see many busy policemen.

The policewoman introduced herself: "I'm Miwako Sato from the third department, and I'll be in charge of your interrogation record later—don't be nervous, it's not a serious matter."

Mari Nishijima looked away from the glass partition and nodded obediently.

In fact, she wasn't very nervous.After all, Echizen Ryuya was also there, and he saw familiar classmates and teachers in the lounge.

Soon the two entered another room: it obviously wasn't an interrogation room, because the entire room was decorated softly and wouldn't feel oppressive.

And at the other end of the table, there was someone who Nishidao was quite familiar with.

The Legendary Sleeping Detective: Kogoro Mori!

I only watched it on TV before, but now I saw him up close in reality. Mari Nishijima was somewhat excited: Kogoro Mori!Alive 'Death Detective' Yay!

Because Kogoro Mori was so eye-catching that after sitting down, Mari Nishijima noticed a little boy wearing black-rimmed glasses and a red bow around his neck next to Kogoro Mori.

It was too out of place for a child to appear in the interrogation room of the Metropolitan Police Department.This subtle sense of separation made Nishijima Mari look at each other a few more times.

Officer Sato put a photo in front of Mari Nishijima: "Do you know this person?"

Mari Nishijima glanced at the photo and nodded: "Yes, this is Maki Hirakawa, the manager of our school's tennis department."

Officer Sato: "I want to ask, on May 5th, have you met Miss Hirakawa Maki?"

Mari Nishijima frowned, and recalled distressedly: "May 5...that was Wednesday—I haven't seen it."

Officer Sato: "Then when was the last time you saw Ms. Maki Hirakawa?"

Mari Nishijima: "Last Friday, I asked her to return the photo."

Mori Kogoro, who was sitting on a chair in a state of desperation, became excited when he heard the words: "Photo? What photo?"

Not only Mori Kogoro, but even the children around him asked excitedly: "Is that photo still in your hand?!"

Their identical excitement surprised Mari Nishijima.Facing the detectives, one big and one small, who were almost crowding in front of him, Mari Nishijima became nervous: "It's still in my Chinese textbook."

"It's a mistaken photo taken by Mr. Hirakawa on the infield of the tennis match."

Police officer Sato pushed the two of them back one by one: "Wait, wait! Don't scare her—let me ask!"

Although she is a girl, Officer Sato's strength is unexpectedly great.The two detectives failed to break free, so they had to sit back resentfully.

Afterwards, Police Officer Sato asked about Mari Nishijima's relationship with Maki Hirakawa, and the details of Maki Hirakawa helping her take photos for the school magazine in the last tennis match. Mari Nishijima answered them all truthfully.

Afterwards, with the permission of Mari Nishijima, Police Officer Sato asked to go to her home to fetch the Chinese textbook with the photo in it.

Her tone was very gentle, and after she finished asking, she sent Mari Nishijima out on purpose.

After walking out of the questioning room, Mari Nishijima couldn't help asking: "Officer Sato, what happened to Mr. Hirakawa?"

Sato patted her on the shoulder to reassure her: "It's not a big deal, we will solve it soon."

It is related to a major case, and Mari Nishijima is not a police officer, so Sato will not disclose too much information to her.

Mari Nishijima, who didn't ask any questions, went back to the lounge a little depressed, and sat back on her original sofa.

Sato called another person to ask questions, and reminded Nishijima Mari not to go home for the time being before leaving.

Echizen Ryuya saw the obvious frustrated expression on her face, so she took the cat out of her clothes and put it on Nishijima Mari's lap.

Mari Nishijima lowered his head and could see the cute look of the kitten stepping on his thigh and hesitantly spinning around. Sure enough, his mood improved a lot.She hugged the kitten with her hands together, buried her face in the cat's belly and sucked it hard.

Team Meow Meow has made great achievements!

I feel better!

"It seems that something happened to my classmate Maki Hirakawa." Rubbing Mao Mao's head, Mari Nishijima took the initiative to explain to Echizen Ryuya, "The police called me here to ask about her... I don't know what she is doing now. how's it going."

Echizen Ryuya lowered his eyes and did not speak, but held Nishijima Mari's hand.

The young man's palms are slender and strong, with obvious calluses on the fingertips and palms.It is always warm when holding hands, and the sense of power that is so strong that people can't ignore it makes people feel at ease.

Mari Nishijima hugged the cat and rubbed against him.

Since dating, it was the first time that she felt that she liked Echizen Ryuya not only because of his good looks.

And character.

A prodigal son who seems to be bohemian, but he is more careful and considerate than ordinary people.He is not only dangerous and elusive, but also has the power to protect a person and love a person.

Until 09:30, people from the Metropolitan Police Department fetched the Chinese textbook of Mari Nishijima—of course, they also found the photo of Mari Nishijima in the Chinese textbook.

Both items were carefully wrapped in plastic bags as evidence.Officer Sato waved the plastic bag in front of Mari Nishijima: "Are you sure this is your Chinese textbook?"

She was just asking this routinely, and just as she finished speaking, the kid wearing glasses who was next to Mori Kogoro jumped up and snatched the plastic bag, and said in an innocent and cute tone: "This looks fun..."

As soon as the child's hand touched the corner of the plastic bag, and he didn't even read the words in the Chinese textbook clearly, someone reached out and took the plastic bag from the top of his head.

It was done in one go, and the speed was so fast that the child didn't even have time to react. He could only look up and stare blankly at Echizen Ryuya, who had reflex MAX, return the evidence to Police Officer Sato.

The black, long, straight girl who was in the same room with them just now rushed over to grab the child, and apologized to everyone: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, he didn't mean it... Conan! How many times have I said it, don't mess with the police officer's hand. thing!"

Conan immediately lowered his head and apologized cutely and pitifully: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

He looked up after apologizing, but at the same time, he looked at Mari Kamijima and Ryuya Echizen - Conan blinked and put on an innocent expression, trying to get away with being 'moe'.

After confirming the evidence with the police, Mari Nishijima and Ryuya Echizen can leave.

Walking out of the gate of the Metropolitan Police Department, Nishijima Mari pressed her stomach: "...so hungry."

As if to cooperate with her, the cat nestled in her arms also meowed.Mari Nishijima picked up the cats, and they looked at Echizen Ryuya at the same time.

Mari Nishijima: "It's hungry too."

Echizen Ryuya looked around, recalled the nearby shops, and asked, "Would you like fast food or rice balls?"

Nishijima truth is decisive: "Chicken leg meat salted egg yolk rice ball!"

Echizen Ryuya nodded, and went directly across the road to the opposite side.This is the entrance of the Metropolitan Police Department. Even if Mari Nishijima stays here alone, Echizen Ryuya is not worried that something will happen to her.

"Big sister, big sister—"

A series of childish calls followed from behind, Nishijima Mari turned around and saw Conan running out of the police station.But he was alone, neither Mori Kogoro nor the black long straight girl was by his side.

Nishijima Mari looked left and right, but did not see any other 'big sister', she pointed to herself hesitantly: "Are you calling me?"

Conan raised his round smiling face: "Yes, I'm calling you—big sister, Uncle Maori asked me to ask you something. Didn't my sister's house be visited by thieves before? Uncle asked me to ask you, Is the camera memory card stolen by the thief still in the camera?"

"A memory card?" Mari Nishijima recalled, and said, "The memory card has been taken out a long time ago, but because it was a long time ago, I don't remember where I put it."

Conan: "Then apart from the camera, is there nothing missing?"

Nishijima Mari: "...in my room, I'm actually not sure. Because I haven't been home for a long time, and I don't know if my mother has added anything else to the room."

"But I have called my parents to ask about other things, and there is really nothing else missing."

Conan pondered for a moment, but soon smiled and politely thanked Nishijima Mari, and took out a business card from his coat pocket and stuffed it to her: "Sister, this is what my uncle asked me to give you—he said that if you If you have new clues about the case, please make sure to contact him by calling this number!"

Mari Nishijima had no time to speak, Conan put the business card into her palm and then turned and ran back to the Metropolitan Police Department, never giving Mari Nishijima a chance to reject him.

Nishijima had no choice but to put the business card in his bag.

Mari Nishijima sat holding the cat for a while, and Echizen Ryuya came back with rice balls and a can of cat food.

The rice balls were still hot, Nishijima Mari held the rice balls in both hands and blew in a small mouth - the cat was squatting at her feet, lowering its head and eating the canned cat food seriously.

Mari Nishijima: "Do you want to eat?"

Echizen Longya lowered his head and took a bite of the rice ball she handed over, squatting down and stroking the cat.Pressing his hand on the cat's furry body, his fingers became more and more slender, with well-defined joints.

Mari Nishijima admired her boyfriend's beautiful hands and felt very appreciative.

She sighed: "Children nowadays are so precocious, they can help adults run errands while still in elementary school."

Echizen Longya looked up at her: "Why do you suddenly think so?"

Nishijima Mari: "It's the child we just saw in the Metropolitan Police Department—it seems to be called Conan—and just came to question Mr. Mori Kogoro."

"When I was his age, I would be nervous when I went out to buy soy sauce!"

-Complete-