The police car stopped in the distance, and the boy and Karasuma walked into a coffee shop on the roadside. Of course, they were not going on a date.
This coffee shop is where Akina-san wrote in her diary, where she and Aizawa Ryuhei met privately.
There were not many customers in the store at this time. After the two entered, they walked straight towards the proprietress at the counter.
"Excuse me, are you the owner? We have something to ask."
The boy went straight to the point and handed an investigation order to the landlady.
Since he has not officially joined the police force, the boy currently does not have a police officer certificate. This is why the boy was always accompanied by two criminal police officers during investigations in the past.
But this time, in order not to bring any unnecessary negative impact on the store's operation, the boy did not let the two criminal policemen follow him.
"Ah...ok."
The proprietress in her forties looked at the investigation order and then at the police car parked across the street outside the store. She understood immediately and nodded.
"These two came to your store a week ago. I wonder if you still remember this."
Handing over the photos of Akina Kanda and Ryuhei Aizawa, the boy asked.
Compared to the boy's skillful and calm attitude, the little Karasuma next to him was much more nervous.
Although I followed the boy to many crime scenes for more than a year and experienced many similar investigations and interviews, those were basically private interrogations like the previous ones of Kuboi Riko and Kida Airi. This was the first time for Karasuma to experience a more formal occasion.
Therefore, from the moment she first entered the door, she had always kept a straight face, held her head high, opened her eyes wide, and looked straight away. She had a complete expression of "I'm very serious now, don't joke with me casually". The boys next to him were speechless.
"Ah! These two people! Remember, remember!"
The boy thought that the landlady still needed to reminisce, but unexpectedly, she just glanced at the photo, nodded quickly, and said with a narrow smile on her face:
"I was very impressed by these two people! The little girl looked like she was not yet an adult. She was still wearing a school uniform when she came. The man looked more than ten years older than her. He was in a suit and leather shoes and was elegant. Yes, he seemed like a serious person. I felt at that time that the relationship between these two people might be unusual, maybe they were not a teacher and a student, hehehe..."
The landlady raised her hand to cover her mouth and let out a laugh of unknown meaning. Perhaps she was worried that there was an underage Karasuma present, so she did not finish the rest of her words.
"Did they say or do anything here at that time, or act in a way that you think is not...appropriate?" The boy continued to ask, his words were very tactful.
"If I really want to say it...I don't remember it."
The landlady recalled it carefully, then shook her head and pointed to a corner near the window in the store.
"Well, there weren't many customers in the store at that time. They just sat in that seat, came over to drink some coffee, ate some desserts and then left..."
As the landlady spoke, she took out a thick account book from under the counter, turned to a certain page in it, and said:
"To be precise, it was two cups of coffee and a dessert. The man ordered the dessert for the little girl. When they left in the end, I remember it was the man who paid for it...
As for what they said to each other, I don’t know. After all, the two people talked very quietly at the time. They were probably afraid that I would hear something. Although I was also very curious, this kind of thing was also It's not a good idea to lean in and listen, right?
But, young police officer, based on my experience as a person who has been there, I am not sure about the man, but at least the little girl... she is definitely interested in the man... The look she looked at the man at that time was so exciting Water is dripping out...hehehe..."
"I understand, thank you for your cooperation."
After getting some general information from the proprietress of the coffee shop, the boy and Karasuma went to another barbecue restaurant that was recorded in Akina's classmate's diary, where she and Aizawa Ryuhei went together.
Unlike the coffee shop, which they went to a week ago, the two of them seemed to have gone to this barbecue restaurant more than a month ago.
Because it was so long ago, when the boy took out the photo of the two of them, the shopkeeper couldn't recall it. It wasn't until the boy mentioned the classic combination of "teacher and female student" that the shopkeeper finally recalled it. nod.
"Oh! Yes, yes! Yes! I remember it for a long time. It seems to be more than a month ago. I was deeply impressed at the time. They were the two people in your photo, officer. When I saw the man I knew it must be a teacher. The woman was still wearing a school uniform, so she was obviously a student!
At that time, I thought, there must be some relationship between these two people, but we are just store owners, and this kind of thing has nothing to do with us, so I didn’t think much about it.
An inappropriate move? It doesn't seem to be the case. Maybe it's because there are always customers in my store, right? After all, it was in public, so I didn’t notice it anyway…
But I'm sure that they are definitely not a normal teacher-student relationship! How can any normal male teacher and female student eat together in private after school? And we were so close to each other when we were walking... I am married and have a wife, can I still not notice this kind of thing? "
"..."
After asking one after another about the two stores that Kanda Akina and Aizawa Ryuhei had gone to together in private, the boy went to school again and found Aizawa Ryuhei.
The owners of both stores have deep memories of the two of them, and their account books contain their consumption records at that time, plus Kanda Akina's own description in the diary.
These are enough to show that Kanda Akina and Aizawa Ryuhei do have a relationship that goes beyond a normal teacher-student relationship, but it is currently unclear to what extent their relationship has reached.
After confirming this, the possibility of Aizawa Ryuhei's suspects has increased a lot. The only thing that is still uncertain is the relationship between Aizawa Ryuhei and another deceased Miyamoto Sanae.
If Aizawa Ryuhei is really the murderer of this case, then his motives may be hidden in it.
With these clues in hand, the boy decided it was time to question Ryuhei Aizawa.
“Officer, I don’t know what Qiuna-san thinks of me, but I have always regarded her as my student!
Qiuna's grades have always been very good, and she is also the trump card of our school's drama club. She is the only one who has the ability to be the heroine of the autumn drama festival..."
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(End of chapter)
