Chapter 13 6. "Introduction to County Fengqiu High School"

"Hi everyone, thank you for taking the time to attend the briefing session of Fengqiu High School today. I am Morinaga, the deputy director of the Broadcasting Department, and I will introduce this school next." With the front courtyard and the teaching building as the background, a smiling girl with a hairpin—according to her self-introduction, she is Yuko Morinaga, the deputy director of the Broadcasting Department—greeted.It seems that the deputy minister is in charge of the leading role, and the minister Asajima is in charge of the camera. The school introduction, which begins next, is divided into many shots.Black-and-white photos of the history of the school. When introducing club activities, I selected the track and field club and the brass band club, the usual class situation, and cultural festivals.The interview with the current students seems to have been filmed recently, and a first-year student Yuzuno also met smiled and replied "There are many interesting people, great school!".

"Looks like it's a video used in a school explanation meeting." "Yes. There will be a face-to-face briefing session for candidates during the summer vacation." After Yuzuno muttered something, Kajihara answered. "The broadcasting department still does these things." Li Ran, who had no chance of fulfilling club activities, seemed a little surprised and folded her arms. "It's not the broadcasting department that is amazing, but Asashima. He seems to be still challenging the video competition." "It should be said in the past tense now."

"..." "Morinaga's slippery tongue is awesome, like a voice actor." In order to ease the awkward atmosphere, Yuzuno changed the subject. "Ah, indeed. Our club also wants to recruit her, and her voice is beautiful." "The sound is really good, it reminds me of Matsuoka Yuki." "Who is that?" "The person who voiced Sister Aiko." I can't even understand the explanation. Soon after, Yuko Morinaga waved his hand during the school song in the chorus, and the video ended. "……So?" Brother's words succinctly expressed all the situation.

Came to the broadcasting room, also watched the video. ——Then, why are you here? "What does this have to do with this incident?" "It doesn't matter." Li Ran took out the disc, and said simply.Side by side, the Hakamada siblings nearly fell like comedians. "Then why did you come here..." "Please don't misunderstand. It's not that there is no relationship at all, but there is a connection of 'no relationship'." "what are you saying?" "Calm down. I have a lot of research to do." Li Ran threw down a sentence of unknown meaning, left the front of the TV, and started a normal investigation of the broadcasting room.

I stuck my head to the back of the machine to get some dust, opened the curtain of the small window, stared at the stage for a while, carefully observed various objects on the table, and finally knocked everywhere on the soundproof wall, as if looking for a hidden dark place. Door.Yu Nao and the three watched his movements blankly. "Ah, the video tape... Liran, can I take it out?" After a while, Kajiwara remembered asking Riran this time.Liran leaned against the wall thoughtfully, and nodded. Kajihara squatted next to Yukino to replace the plug, picked up the remote control that Sato had put on the DVD player, and operated the buttons with the usual gestures.This time, the main power of the VCR was turned on, and the VHS with the sticker "Summer 1998" was spit out.

"Oh my, I'm going to be reprimanded by Song Jiang again." The director of the drama department was afraid of the serious first-year members, and at the same time reached out to take out the video tape, at this moment. "Wait a mininute." Li Ran interrupted his movement from the side. His voice was so high that Kajihara was startled. "Oh? What's the matter... Is there something wrong with this tape? There's nothing strange about it. Why don't you play it here..." "No, it's not a videotape. It's a remote control. Is this remote shared between the VCR and the DVD player?"

"Ugh?" Kajiwara looked at the one in the right hand, "Ah, although the broadcast media are different, the two are of the same brand, so you can use the button to switch the mode. Tsuguchinuma from the broadcasting department told me that the two machines used to have independent remote, but both are broken, and the buttons on both machines don't work, so I found a remote at a second-hand store that can be used with both machines...what's wrong?" "Hmm..." Li Ran thought for a moment, then smiled. It was the first time he had smiled since he set foot in the radio studio.

"I have one more question. You guys were here watching tape yesterday, right. After practice." "yes." "Then you forgot to take out the tape and went back. Why did you forget?" "As for the reason... because it was about to close the school, I was in a hurry to leave. So I forgot." "Are you panicking, that's why." "...?" Kajihara thought he would be questioned again, and maintained a high level of vigilance, but the "detective" seemed very happy, narrowing his sleepy eyes.He left the wall he was leaning against just now, and looked at Hakamada detective again.

"Brother, of course the police have investigated this radio studio, right?" "Well. So what you call me..." "How far has the investigation been? Has every corner been searched?" "Yeah, I have to ask Bai Hu to find out about this." "Ah, here, I found it." There was a hoarse voice.It was the detective from the Hodogaya Police Station who emerged from the opposite side of the door, and the timing was just right. "Shirato..." "Hakamata, what are you doing here? Xiantang is furious, saying that you took away witnesses without permission..."

"No, it's not me..." "Shirato. Are you Mr. Shirato?" Still without fear, Liran walked up to the criminal policeman. "Oh? Are you Li Ran?" "You actually know me. I'm Liran Tianma, hello." "Ah, sure enough. You cleared Sagawa's suspicion. What an interesting kid." It seemed that he was a good-natured person, and while laughing happily, he patted the heretic Riran on the shoulder. "I have something to ask you, is it convenient?" "Well, please." "Bai Hu, you actually asked him to ask..."

"You seem to have investigated the broadcasting room. How detailed is the investigation?" Liran ignored the Hakamada detective who was holding his head, and asked Shirato a question.Shirato tilted his round face and replied. "Well, the focus of the investigation is whether there are Tibetans here, so it's not careful. Fingerprints were collected everywhere." "Ever moved the TV?" "Television? No, it probably hasn't been specially moved. The DVD in the relic is also watched in other classrooms." "This is it." "Ah, that's the one. Why did it happen to you? I really lost to you." Liran took out the disc, and Shirato's laughter grew louder.The older brother sighed next to Yukino. "Okay, let's go back." Li Ran announced loudly. "Huh? Are you going back now?" "If you don't want to go back, it doesn't matter if you stay here all the time." "No, no, no, go back, you must go back. But... did you find anything?" "I found an important clue." Li Ran said meaningful words and walked past Bai Hu, humming a nose song and leaving the room. "Did you find an important clue?" The inspector who didn't know the details asked Hakamada with bright eyes. The elder brother could only shrug his shoulders bitterly. Xiantang was already waiting at the entrance of the gymnasium, fiddling with the cigarette in his mouth anxiously.Yukino wanted to remind him that the gymnasium is a non-smoking area, but Yukino had to give up because of his staring eyes. "Hakamada! What are you doing!" The roar of the police department resounded through the spacious stadium. "Don't let him wander around without authorization!" "Yes, I'm sorry, I wanted to stop him..." Hakamada desperately bowed his head to apologize, watching his brother being reprimanded made Yuno feel a little depressed. But Xiantang's warning immediately turned to others. "Liran, Tianma ッッッ (Note, see the next item)!" Yukino thought he wouldn't use such a loud voice, but soon understood the reason.Risen has disappeared from Yuzuno's side.Turning his head, it turned out that he had already stood on the stage at some point. "Hugh is presumptuous! Come down quickly! I will arrest you for obstructing the search!" "Don't be so angry, Mr. Interpol." Liran also replied loudly from the stage, without any intention of coming down. "The ending is like Saber! No, it doesn't seem right. Saber is not followed by an exclamation mark after the lowercase ツ. Do you know? It should be the ending of JOJO." "what are you saying?" "It's nothing. Speaking of which, the corpse must have fallen to the left!" "...Huh?" He finally walked down the steps of the stage. "According to the line marking the position of the corpse, the corpse seems to be leaning against the side of the podium, leaning slightly to the left. Before being dragged, that is, when it was assassinated and fell down, the left half of the body also seemed to be on the lower side. So the blood only flowed to the corpse the left half of the "So what's the matter?" "'So what?' is such a happy sentence. This is the starting point of all reasoning. A more accurate question is, what clues are there in Asashima's relics?" While speaking, Liran approached Xiantang step by step, and when he came to Yuuno's side, his vigilant aura was suppressed by his self-confidence. "...Stop playing detective games. You have nothing to do with the incident." "I'm not a detective, I just want to earn 150,000 yen for living expenses." "Nonsense! Hurry up and go home! And you. Today is fine." Xiantang put out the cigarette on the iron gate and urged You Nai and others to leave.The group of people who had regained their freedom were indeed very happy. The three high school students nodded slightly and left the gymnasium, "Then we will take our leave first."To be precise, they were driven away. Although Xiantang hoped that they would go home honestly, Li Ran looked back at the detectives in the corridor, as if chasing after the victory. "Speaking of which, have you searched Asashima's home?" "...I don't need to answer you." Xiantang's eyes seemed to see Shi's father's enemy, and said rudely.But, "Not yet. What's wrong?" "Hello, Shirato." "Asashima seems to like video. There are probably a lot of DVDs in the room. Please check what is missing." "what?" Xiantang also had to react to Liran's words. "why?" "Because the prisoner should have stolen one of his discs." "……How did you know?" "That's the fruit of the detective game." Liran smiled back with sarcasm. Because the detectives were silent, Liran ended the topic and walked away again.Yukino and Kajihara also walked into the teaching building a little later. However, at this moment, he seemed to recall something, looked in the direction of the stadium, and shouted. "Ah, Mr. Interpol, I forgot to mention just now!" "...What's going on this time?" "Smoking is strictly prohibited in the gymnasium! Be careful next time! See you tomorrow!"

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