Chapter 7 Chapter VII

Let's say that since Kosuke Kindaichi appeared on the stage, the case that was once deadlocked suddenly came to life.The first sign was that we were frequently questioned by the police.Especially Kanako, as the most important witness, she has been interrogated more times. Kanako gradually lost her composure.When she didn't know how many times, when she was summoned, she came back very late at night, her face was as pale as a dead person. "Kanako, what, what's going on? Did something happen in the police station?" I stared at her in surprise and asked. "It's Meizi... Meizi has been poisoned..."

"Take poison?..." "Well, yes... Meizi had already returned to Osaka, but this time she was summoned to Tokyo again. As soon as she arrived at the police station, she took the hidden poison..." After saying this, Kanako slumped down in front of the rectangular brazier. "Take poison...and...and die?" "I don't know the specifics. Anyway, he was discovered immediately, and he was induced to vomit. I heard that his life was in critical condition." "So, that woman is indeed a murderer." "why?" "Why?... Isn't suicide the most powerful evidence? If she didn't commit a crime, why did she commit suicide?"

"No, no!...Nonsense, you nonsense! Complete nonsense!..." Kanako shook her head excitedly, "Is she the murderer? This must be a mistake." I looked at Kanako again in surprise. "It's strange, you...don't you hate that woman? Just as she hates you, you also hate her?... But why do you still protect her like that?" "Because things are terrible. How can a woman do such a terrible thing..." "Hmph, you're talking weird things again. Did you say the same thing in the police station?" "Yes, that's right... That's what I said. The police wanted to blame her, it must be..." Kanako said trembling all over, "That's why they asked me, who was the man who wanted to strangle me?" It's a female thing."

"So, how did you answer?" "I said I didn't know. Because it was pitch black, and I was scared to death at that time... But, a woman, it is impossible to do such a terrible thing... and so powerful... I'm afraid you have seen it, I A pinch on the throat. Do you think a woman can do that kind of thing?" "How can I know this?..." I shook my head and said with a wry smile, "If it's Meizi, it's not impossible." "Even if you say that...then she is really pitiful. But she does have many disadvantages, such as an alibi or something? When the murder happened, she couldn't even tell where she was. And That evening, she was in this area, which can also be found out based on your words. So..."

Kanako suddenly and feebly laid her face on the narrow wooden plank at one end of the long fire bowl, but immediately raised her pale face again. "If this is the case... If Meizi is really the murderer, what about Kamei Junkichi? Where did he hide?" at this moment.As if Kanako's words were a signal, we heard the voice again... the terrible footsteps on the prosthetic leg... Click, click... click, click... "Ah!..." Kanako leaned back as if being bounced. Slightly thump, slightly thump... thump, thump... Footsteps came across the house.I immediately jumped up from the tatami, and Kanako suddenly hugged my leg tightly.

"No, don't go, don't go!..." "Bastard, let go, let go!..." I struggled excitedly, "Just let him run away." "No, don't, don't go!..." Kanako begged in pain. "Let go, let me go!..." I angrily pushed Kanako away. However, she hugged my body more and more tightly, like a slender but tenacious vine.I dragged her body and just walked two or three steps before I couldn't help buttocks sitting on the ground.When I listened carefully, the sound of footsteps had disappeared. "Kanako!...you...why did you stop me? Could it be that you have something to do with that man...do you want to let that man go?"

"Nonsense, complete nonsense!...Why are you looking at me like that? When I saw that look, I was terrified." Kanako said excitedly, and threw herself into my arms fiercely, "Hold me ... hug me ... take me away ... I don't want to live in this horrible house anymore, take me away ... oh! ... " She fell back again as if she had been bounced off.Because the voice came again. The sound of footsteps...the sound of staring and thumping of the false leg...this time came from the inner side of the miscellaneous forest. I pushed Kanako away, and with a "crash", I opened the sliding door behind.So I saw a man wearing a prosthetic leg standing in the moonlight...

It was in the air-raid shelter area opposite the miscellaneous forest.A man with glasses and a prosthetic leg was standing there alone, leaning on a thick cane.The strange thing is that there are not only men with artificial legs standing there, but also men in suits, one, two, three... a gloomy attire, standing listlessly under the moonlight. For some reason, I felt goosebumps all over my body.At this moment, I heard a faint groan, and looked back in amazement, only to see Kanako's face was determined, and she fell there with her teeth clenched... I was almost killed the next day.