Chapter 11 10. The Disappearing Youth

Under the double blow of shock and fear, Satomi Kinue passed out.Under the careful care of the doctor and Nozaki, she woke up after a while.When she found out that what made her faint was neither a dream nor a hallucination, but an irreversible established fact, she was overwhelmed by the heartbreaking grief of losing her beloved sister, and fell to the ground crying on the spot. "It's so pitiful, it's so miserable. I've dealt with crimes for so many years, and it's the first time I've met such a vicious guy. However, it's too early to be sad and disappointed. Seriously think about the cause and effect of the matter, even if the hands The bruises suggest that it may be your sister, but it cannot be confirmed yet. Further investigation must be done to confirm whether it is your sister. It is not time to cry, you must cheer up."

The doctor patted Juanzhi's sagging shoulders, comforting her non-stop.Suddenly, as if remembering something, he turned to Nozaki and said: "Strange, where did that young man go just now? I remember his name is Hirata, maybe he left?" "I don't know, it was still there just now, but then my attention is all here." "What a weirdo!" As soon as the words fell, a strange scream of "ah" suddenly came from the courtyard. It was a man's voice, and the voice was full of abnormal consternation and fear. "who is it?" As Nozaki spoke, he raised his pale face and listened intently.

At first, the doctor stood motionless, but the next moment, as if thinking of something, he pressed the bell on the table impatiently. "I heard a loud cry just now, is it you?" The scholar came in, and the doctor asked immediately. "No, I've been reading in the small room next to the entrance." The scholar was a little puzzled. "That's what happened." Before he finished speaking, the doctor hurried to the door on the other side. "I'll go and see, you stay here and take care of Miss Satomi." Not long after the figure of the doctor disappeared outside the door, a sharp shout of "Nozaki! Nozaki!" came from the next room.

Nozaki rushed over to see that the doctor was circling around the room excitedly, shouting: "Hirata is gone! The cry just now was indeed coming from here, but I searched every room and found no one. Shoes, shoes, quickly check the shoes in the entrance for me!" Nozaki hurried to the entrance, and saw that the young man's shoes were still in order, and there were other shoes as well.After he had thus reported, the doctor added: "You also help me find it together. Since there are shoes, he should still be in this room." After speaking, he took the lead to lead the way, dragging his lame foot to search every room.

Strange things happened.After hearing the cry, only two or three minutes later, a large living person disappeared out of thin air.Although I searched all the places where people could hide, I couldn't find Hirata in the end. "Did he really go? But why did he have to leave barefoot?" The doctor circled around, stopped to grunt when he met the assistant, but immediately hurried off in the opposite direction of the hallway. After a while, this time from the room facing the door, the doctor's roar came again: "Nozaki! Nozaki! Did you open this window?" Nozaki looked over and saw that the window of the guest room, which had always been closed, was open.

Outside the window is an unobstructed view of the gravel parking lot, with the gate ahead. "Strange, of course I didn't drive it." "Really? Then go ask the scholars and maids." Seeing that the doctor wanted to drag his inconvenient legs forward again, Nozaki quickly stopped him, rushed to the corridor by himself, and called for others to come over. Soon, the scholar, the driver and the three maids all gathered in the guest room.Behind them was the pale face of Kinue. After investigation, it was found that no one had touched the window, and one of the maids clearly remembered that it was still tightly closed when it was cleaned in the evening.So, is this window a means of escape for the gangster Hirata?He was almost a thief!The ground under the window was gravel, leaving no footprints, but there was no other escape route.However, why did he adopt such a troublesome method?Did he steal something?The Doctor, of course, had anticipated this, and searched every room with special attention, and found nothing stolen.The most puzzling thing was the weird scream before.I always feel that some clues are suggesting to the doctor that Hirata's escape from this window was not voluntary.

"Just now you stayed in the room next to the entrance, did you notice anyone sneaking away?" The doctor asked the scholar. "No, because I'm far away from the window and I'm concentrating on my book." The scholar asked three questions, and the driver happened to go to the kitchen at that time, and no one paid attention to the gate. So the doctor ordered the scholar to look outside the gate, but there was no suspicious person on the road outside the gate. In the end, except for Hirata's inexplicable disappearance from the house like a puff of smoke, no clues were found.He probably left by the window of that guest room, but there was no particular reason why he should have to sneak out that passage.

"Is it possible to assume that there is a third party?" Nozaki broke the silence and said while watching the doctor's face. "Well said, there is no second possibility other than that, who do you think is the third party?" "I think it's the man who calls himself Inagaki. Maybe that's too dramatic a hypothesis, but I always think it's him. Maybe he's been behind us since the beginning. He's a gangster with no boundaries, a lunatic who not only kills people but also kills people." Dismember the corpse and make it into a commodity for sale. This guy doesn’t need a reason to kill, maybe he just kills innocent people in a moment of anger.”

"Listening to you, do you think he killed Hirata?" "There is no evidence yet, but I think it should be true. If it weren't for the talkative Hirata, his crimes would not have been revealed so quickly. It was all Hirata's fault. Thinking of this, he was furious, and people might be so crazy under the rage I even guessed that the scream before might be Hirata’s painful wail when his throat was strangled.” "Strangle the person first and then escape through this window with the corpse under your arm? Hahaha! You are a very good novelist. According to you, maybe tomorrow, Hirata's body will be displayed in a store In the window."

Although the doctor made a joke, he did not completely deny Nozaki's inference. After a while, the doctor went back to his study and made a call to the Metropolitan Police Department, looking for the Boyue police department of the criminal investigation department he knew.When it comes to the Police Department of Hayoshi, he is the signature figure who is praised as the Chief Detective of the Metropolitan Police Department.He once consulted the doctor for some cases. Since then, the prosthetic criminologist and the devil police department Boyue have talked about crime whenever they find an opportunity, and they are each other's closest chat partners.

Bo Yue was very surprised after hearing the doctor's report.It was the first time that even the seasoned man encountered the criminal method of wrapping his arm in plaster.He immediately said that he would come to the doctor for more details, and then hung up the phone. Putting down the microphone, the doctor turned to Satomi Kinue and said: "Miss Satomi, if this is your sister's body, then I really don't know how to express my regret. Now the police will send someone over, and I plan to investigate the incident in detail with him. You can't help by staying here, And I'm afraid it will make you uncomfortable, so you might as well go back first." Then he added, "Nozaki, help me deliver Miss Satomi home safely." One after another strange incidents have frightened Juanzhi.In the darkness outside the door, the demon who killed her sister still seemed to linger, and she really didn't have the courage to go home alone.Although she felt that it was impolite, but facing Nozaki who offered to be a flower protector, she could only accept this kindness. Nozaki ordered the driver to get the car ready, and the two sat side by side in the narrow car seat. Kinue's home is located in Sugamo, and the journey is quite far, but for Nozaki, he felt that the time spent with Kinue in the same car was too short. Juanzhi huddled in the corner of the seat, bowed her head and said nothing. Nozaki was nervous about the knees that they touched from time to time. Although the comforting language was relatively stiff, he still tried to find words to comfort her. He suddenly became inexplicably concerned about how the other party viewed him. At first, Juanzhi just nodded to his kind words of condolence, and kept silent without answering.Presently she finally opened her mouth and babbled about things, even about their forlorn, helpless family. "If something happens to your sister, you and your mother will be the only ones left to depend on each other in the future." "Yeah, that kind of life is really lonely. What I am most worried about now is how to explain to my mother when I go back." "Until the truth is confirmed, it's best not to mention this matter. But in this situation, are there any relatives or close friends who can give you some advice? There are women in the family, and it must be very disturbing to encounter such a thing. .” After saying this, Nozaki was startled, I already started to ask such strange questions, which is equivalent to secretly asking if there is someone close to Kinue. "Although there is a family of relatives in Tokyo, due to my father's weird temper, the relationship between the two families is very distant. As for close friends, we have lived in the country for many years, and there is no one around who can help at this time, otherwise I would be a young man. Girl, I won't visit the teacher in person." Hearing this, Nozaki couldn't help but feel a despicable chuckle in his heart. "Really, that must be nerve-wracking, right?" He purposely spoke politely and distantly, and then fell into silence, but actually the words "please rest assured, since I am lucky enough to meet you, I will try my best to help you" had already reached his lips, but at that time he was unsure Idea, I'm afraid it's too abrupt to say that. Seeing Nozaki's sudden silence, Kinue couldn't help but secretly doubt whether his attitude and words were too intimate, and whether these words would make him feel that he was asking him for help.This traditional idea recurred in her mind, and she reflected on it alone in embarrassment. So, in this embarrassing but heart-pounding silence, the fast-moving car arrived at its destination. "I'll take you home." Nozaki finally found what to say, and secretly observed Kinue's expression while speaking. "No, it's not very good." Juanzhi saluted solemnly after getting off the car, but declined politely. "That's right, it's strange that your mother doesn't know about it now." Nozaki said in a panic, "Then I'll take my leave first. If there's anything else, please don't hesitate to call the teacher's house immediately. can find me." Nozaki didn't say what he'd been trying to say until the end, in the most clumsy way possible, bowed stiffly, and quickly got into the car. "Thank you, please give my regards to the teacher." When the car started to leave, Kinue saluted again, raised his face, and kept staring at Nozaki. Nozaki, who was sitting in the car, tried not to look back, but he couldn't think of anything except Kinue who had just broken up.His heart was pounding, and the last look she gave him before breaking up made him fall into deep thought.