Although the radiator in the car was very hot, the middle-aged man still adjusted his collar subconsciously.
"Well, I hope this is a pleasant journey..." He took out his pocket watch to confirm the time, then turned and walked into the adjacent box.
"Brother Gengyi..."
"Huh?" Ye Geng closed the door and turned around to see a certain black man behind him looking sneaky.
He lowered his voice and asked: "You said...are they going to the same place as us?"
"may be."
Ye Gengyi sat back on his bed, picked up a magazine and started flipping through it: "Unless someone wants to physically reduce the number of passengers, this speculation is meaningless."
Physical attrition...
Hattori Heiji sweated: "This is not a good sign."
"That's why we have to be careful."
Ye Gengyi said calmly, "After all, the officer and the wealthy businessman may have brought guns."
"What?!"
"If you could have been louder, maybe we wouldn't have to guess."
"Uh..." Hattori Heiji scratched his cheek in embarrassment and whispered: "Brother Sarada, how do you know about this kind of thing?"
When he was in the restaurant just now, he also observed the seven people eating, but he obviously didn't find any of these clues.
"Someone told me." Ye Gengyi said.
"ah?"
"This is the note he left in the room."
Ye Geng handed a piece of paper to Hattori Heiji, and at the same time, he gestured to the other side of the partition with his eyes.
when...
Hattori Heiji was a little confused.
If it could be said that he didn't observe details in the restaurant, then this time the two people were alive in front of him. Although the private room was spacious, it was still relatively speaking.
You need to be careful when turning around, for fear of hitting the bed or door panel.
When did the two of them have this kind of exchange? Could it be that the previous sarcastic remarks were all staged?
Or is it that Brother Gengyi actually knows that middle-aged man? ? ?
"Actually, the commission you received was a plan between me and the middle-aged man. The purpose was to secretly execute you, the detective boy from Osaka, on the way to Fort Yokotchi..."
"...Look at your expression. If I say this, will it be appropriate for the occasion?" Ye Geng raised his head and glanced at a black man lightly, and then his eyes continued to fall on the magazine in his hand.
Hey, hey, don't make such a joke seriously...
Hattori Heiji was ashamed.
Although he was not frightened, he was still cold.
"So, when did this note come from..."
"He said that when he was knocking on the partition while living next door, he secretly put the note in the corner of my quilt. This behavior... maybe he just wanted to see when we would find out."
Ye Gengyi said calmly: "It's a very simple method of diverting attention, but now it seems that he is at least half successful."
"Uh..." Hearing this, Hattori Heiji's face turned a little red because of embarrassment.
Ye Gengyi's bed was close to the partition, while his was at the other end.
Logically speaking, he, who can observe from a distance, should be the first to notice the middle-aged man's little moves, but what was he doing just now...
Looking for earplugs?
All right...
It's quite embarrassing.
"Don't be nervous, these things have nothing to do with us."
Ye Gengyi said: "Moreover, his reminder may not be out of good intentions."
"However, I always feel that if I don't witness it with my own eyes, there is no way to know the truth..."
"Then you've been fooled."
As Ye Gengyi spoke, he raised his head and looked deeply at a certain black man for a few seconds, then remained silent for a moment, and then said helplessly: "...remember not to get into trouble."
"Hey, I got it!" Hattori Heiji stood up excitedly, and before he was about to go out, he asked specifically: "Brother Sarada, what do you want to drink, I will bring it for you when you come back."
"Coffee bar." Ye Geng thought for a moment and then added: "Don't let the chef add anything weird."
"Okay!" Hattori Heiji's face was full of excitement.
If there were so many secrets on the train that he didn't investigate, wouldn't he, as a detective, be driven crazy!
On the sleeper.
Ye Gengyi put the magazine back on the storage table and turned sideways to face the partition: "If you want us to help you satisfy your curiosity, we can do it in a more direct way next time."
Over the partition: "Young man, who are you?"
"Before asking others who they are, should I introduce myself first?" Ye Gengyi asked.
"My name is Toriop," the middle-aged man said, "but since you have seen through my intentions, why did you ask another young man to investigate?"
"Speaking of this, when you took out your pocket watch to check the time in front of us, did you have the intention of testing the interlocutor's IQ?" Ye Geng asked.
"..."
There was another moment of silence, "Sorry, it seems I was unnecessary."
"Where are you going?" Ye Gengyi changed the subject.
"London," Toriop said.
"Take a steam train?"
"This is a special train specially approved by the British high-level. It does not need to go through security checks. Both the people and the goods on board are legal."
"No wonder you can carry a pistol. By the way, which country are you a wanted criminal?" Ye Gengyi asked.
"Hey! I'm the well-known detective Tori!"
Toriop resisted the urge to kick the partition, "You kid, you are so ignorant!"
"Oh, is it so?"
Ye Gengyi thought for a while and suggested: "Perhaps when you introduce yourself next time, you can put the title 'Great Detective' at the front."
"No, except for you, I don't think I need to do this." Toriop was very confident.
"You may need to repeat this sentence to my friend."
"Uh..." Toriop hesitated for a moment: "Okay... except for you."
"Is there anyone living on the other side of you?" Ye Geng asked: "If there is no mirror in the box, I hope you can turn around and see his current expression."
"You know, the train conductor and I are old acquaintances. He knows that I am a light sleeper, so I only have this box to myself..."
Torio paused for a moment and continued: "Of course, if you are asking about the old nun next door to the box, can you believe that they don't eat lunch or meat!"
"Thank you, you've told me enough," Ye Gengyi said, "I'm not interested in other people's recipes."
"No, I think you can try their special cakes." Toriop said: "Those are much more delicious than other things."
Ye Gengyi didn't want to continue the topic, so he asked bluntly without any foreshadowing: "Do you know which station is Yorktoch Fort?"
"Of course, but what do you want in exchange?"
"Silence." Ye Geng said.
"Hey! Boy, you haven't told me your name yet!" Toriop asked.
"Kudo Shinichi." Ye Geng said.
"...I know you're lying to me," Toriop said.
"Well, good afternoon."
"...He is indeed a nasty boy."
