Yokohama Notes of a Miss Wizard

Since the Dragon Head War, Yokohama has been very peaceful for some time.

And one day in December, Officer Yasui called the detective agency.

"Mr. Ranpo." He said helplessly and sadly on the phone, "We need your help."

After receiving a new commission, Ranpo Edogawa led Alvira, who was already familiar with the work of an assistant, to the Central Police Station.

At the entrance of the Central District Police Station, Officer Yasui had been waiting there a long time ago, ready to lead them to understand the process of the case.

"Three days ago, we found the body of an unknown woman on a pier in the Central District. After the identity check failed, we temporarily ruled her as a suicide. After all, suicide by jumping into the sea is too common, and she has no obvious trauma ,Unless we can’t find the family members, it’s not easy for us to conduct an autopsy. So we can only conclude like this.”

After finishing the summary, they had already walked to the reception room of the Central District Police Station.

There sat an eleven or twelve-year-old girl, still wearing a school uniform, accompanied by a middle-aged woman with delicate makeup.

The two of them sat at opposite ends of the couch and didn't look close.

Seeing Alvira's curious face, Officer Yasui went on to explain: "But today this little girl came to our police station accompanied by that lady, and called the police that she thought her mother had been killed."

"Because her mother was missing for three days, and before leaving home, her mother had said that she would go to her grandparents' house to deal with some matters. If she couldn't come back, she must call the police."

Officer Yasui held the doorknob and made a final introduction while turning it open.

"After the body identification process, which was no different from trying luck, we confirmed that the identity of the deceased was the girl's mother——Ishikawa Chiyo."

Walking into the reception room, Officer Yasui introduced them to the two.

The middle-aged woman looked at the two of them with scrutiny, and introduced herself sadly: "My name is Nezu Matsuko, and I am Chiyo's good friend for many years. This is Chiyo's daughter, Naomi Ishikawa."

Alvira opened the notebook, wrote down the names of the two, and smiled gently at them.

Seeing her smile, Ishikawa Nasumi relaxed her hand movements, she frowned, her eye circles were reddish, and her voice from crying was a little hoarse.

"You're going to help me find out who killed Mom, aren't you?"

The girl is not very old, but she has grown like a flower in bud.

Thick black long hair draped over her shoulders, dark gray pupils reflecting the sea of ​​stars, and the tear mole under her left eye, she had a somewhat gorgeous posture.

Especially when she lowered her head and wiped away her tears slightly, Alvira couldn't help the love in her heart, and wanted to hug her and coax her.

Miss Witch took out a handkerchief from her pocket and handed it over, and replied in a soft voice: "Nasumi, don't worry, Brother Ranpo is the world's number one detective, and he will definitely bring the murderer to justice!"

As she said that, she looked at Edogawa Ranpo who was sitting beside him bored, and kicked his feet with the tip of her toes as if she was afraid that he would not notice.

Edogawa frowned indiscriminately, and gave an unhappy "hmm" as an answer.

After receiving affirmative answers from both of them, Naomi Ishikawa settled down and took the handkerchief.

"Then, Nasumi can tell sister Al, why did mother say she must call the police? Are there any clues or traces?"

She looked at Alvira, kept rubbing the corner of the handkerchief with her fingers, bit the meat on the inside of her mouth, and said stumblingly: "Because Mom always feels that someone is following her recently, and some people often appear in our mailbox." Mom's photo...that's why we were kicked out from our grandparents' house..."

"Naomi, shut up." Nezu Matsuko interrupted Ishikawa Naomi's incoherent description, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath.

She crossed her arms, looked at Alvira and said, "Let me explain it to you from the beginning."

In Nezu Matsuko's description, Ishikawa Chiyo's path for the past four days was finally much clearer.

She was originally kicked out of the house by her father because she was targeted by the stalker and exposed the private photos that were secretly photographed.

So when she found a stalker around her again, she first entrusted her daughter to a friend and asked her to take care of her for a few days.Then he set off to his father's house, ready to confront that man head-on.

But obviously, the confrontation failed, and Ishikawa Chiyo paid for it with her life.

Nezu Songzi covered her face tightly with her hands, and she hid behind her hands and let out a rapid breathing sound.

After a while, she calmed down and said slowly, "The murderer must be Wada Taro."

"He is the stalker who caused Chiyo to be kicked out of the house by his father."

"Chiyo was the one who went to look for him before he was killed."

She clenched her fists, her nails almost piercing into her palms, "There will be no other person except him!"

Seeing that she was so determined, Alvira had no choice but to look at Officer Yasui on the opposite side full of doubts.

Officer Yasui smiled wryly, and added: "We also sent people to check Wada Taro's whereabouts."

"Besides confirming that he did meet Ishikawa Chiyo and chatted for a period of time, there is no other evidence that can prove that he had contact with Ishikawa Chiyo."

"The surveillance video we found near Ishikawa Chiyo's rented house shows that the night before the body was found, a man wearing a hat and black clothes went to Ishikawa Chiyo's door and said a few words to Ishikawa Chiyo. Then with Ishikawa Chiyo, whose corpse had the same clothes, left with him and never came back. The man's height and build are indeed very close to Wada Taro's."

"But the most important thing is that at the same time, Wada Taro was visiting Ishikawa's father's house. They even have photos to prove it."

"Therefore, Wada Taro has absolutely no time to commit crimes."

After denying Wada Taro's answer, Officer Yasui smiled even harder.

"We also conducted an investigation in Ishikawa Chiyo's network and found two men of the same build."

"One is her landlord, Kawai Joji."

"However, Kawai Joji is an otaku. He stays at home all year round. Even the rent is collected by asking them to make a fixed payment every month. He never wants to contact people. Moreover, we did not find any surveillance footage of Kawai Joji leaving the house. Video."

Hearing Kawai Joji's name, Naomi Ishikawa couldn't help clenching her fists, clutching a handkerchief, with an angry expression.

Her eyes were shining like fire, she gritted her teeth and said, "I think the murderer is him, it must be him! He is a bad guy, very bad, very bad!"

Ishikawa Nasumi's emotions suddenly became agitated, and she couldn't stop crying, "If I didn't have evidence, I would have..."

Seeing her getting more and more excited, Alvira quickly sat over, hugged her into her arms, and comforted her softly.

"And the other name is, "

Officer Yasui's voice stopped abruptly. He looked at Nezu Songzi, not knowing what to say.

Nezu Songzi took the initiative to say: "It's my husband, Nezu Shohei."

"My husband has always been in love with Chiyo. I am very aware of this. Recently, he often comes home late, and I know it too. But I can assure you that he will not be the murderer."

"Whether it's the murderer or not depends on the evidence." Officer Yasui disagreed with Nezu Matsuko's statement, but it was hard to say anything more.

Police officer Yasui spread the photos of the dinner party, the interior photos of the rented house, and the screenshots of the surveillance, etc. on the table one by one.

In a few photos, there was a person who looked very similar to Naomi Ishikawa. Alvira couldn't help pointing at her and asked, "Who is this woman?"

"Wada Seiko, Wada Taro's wife, and Ishikawa Chiyo's younger sister."

"Then why isn't she in these photos?" Alvira pointed to other photos with more people, "Did she leave in the middle?"

Officer Yasui shook his head, "No, she went back very late that day, and they took the photos you are referring to before dinner."

Only then did Edogawa Ranpo perk up a bit, and propped up his chin with great interest.

"That's why you have to find me."

He stood up and took command: "Is there anything else to say? If not, I'm going to say it?"

"The murderer is indeed Taro Wada, there is nothing wrong with that."

"Officer Yasui, please go ahead and arrest him."

Although full of doubts about the whole incident, Officer Yasui has honed the habit of "doing nothing but arresting" in the past six years.He has cooperated with Edogawa Ranpo a lot, and he also knows his temper.

As long as Edogawa Ranpo pointed out the murderer, it must be the correct answer.

Just when Officer Yasui stood up and was about to leave the reception room, Edogawa ranpo looked at Naomi Ishikawa, who was still sobbing, and Alvira who was looking at him beside her, and sighed helplessly .

"And that Kawai Joji, it would be easier to arrest him with the computer."

Officer Yasui froze for a moment, and had no choice but to respond: "Okay, I see."

Seeing Officer Yasui leave, Mr. Detective said the first sentence after arriving at the police station to Ms. Witch - "I'm angry."

"Although I know you don't understand why, it's because you don't understand anything and it's not on purpose, so I'm very angry."

As soon as the words fell, he also pushed open the door of the reception room, and walked out without looking back.

Alvira froze for a moment, then let go of Naomi Ishikawa, and ran out after her.

She stood at the door and looked left and right, and caught up with the slow-paced figure: "Random steps!"

Hearing her voice, the little detective changed from a slow walk to a brisk walk.

The little witch didn't notice this, and she caught up with him without running twice.

She grabbed his sleeve, patted her chest and let out a sigh of relief, then raised her head, ready to ask him why he was so angry.

But when she saw those green eyes filled with water, she couldn't ask any questions.

"You..." She stretched out her hand cautiously, holding his face in one hand, and wiping away the tears he couldn't shed with the other, "Don't cry..."

The tears flowing from those eyes seemed to be tied with a thin and tough thread, following the frequency of breathing, it bound her heart tighter and tighter.

It was so tight that the pain was unbearable, and it was so tight that it was difficult to comfort him.

Edogawa slapped her hands away in random steps, wiped away tears indiscriminately, and knelt down to prevent her from seeing his face.

"Master Luanbu didn't cry out of anger!"

Alvira didn't know what to say, so she could only act according to her original thoughts.

She bent down, forcefully pushed away Edogawa's hand that was covering his face, and when he was staring at her angrily and surprised, she reached out and brushed his eyes.

Something as light as a feather, soft and warm, imprinted on the little detective's eyelids.

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If you still don’t understand why Luanbu is angry after changing it, please wait for the next chapter.

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I caught up! ! !

In addition to eating candy, you can also guess how I forged Wada Taro's alibi.

And finally, I want to announce loudly that I am a sweet text contestant! ! ! !

Hastily, I posted this chapter three times and took 10 minutes to post successfully! ! !

PS: Does anyone care about the name?I deliberately flipped the name for a long time www

感谢在2020-11-1715:04:19~2020-11-1723:32:28期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the mine: the times are calling 1;

Thanks to the little angels who irrigate the nutrient solution: 10 bottles of Jixuan; 5 bottles of the times are calling;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!