A group of three people were walking on the way to Torada's house.
Hattori Heiji briefly recounted the incident that Tatsuo Mashi mentioned while having breakfast, and wanted to hear Ye Gengyi’s views:
"Brother Genichi...do you think Officer Kai's death was an accident?"
"No." Ye Gengyi said.
"Eh? Really?" Hattori Heiji's eyes lit up, "Saraichi-san, what did you discover!"
After he asked, he was startled again.
No, a few minutes ago, didn't Brother Gengyi say, 'It's been so many years, and the traces are long gone'?
"route."
Ye Gengyi said: "Administrator Matsumoto's notepad records that Kai Gento's death was after the festival 6 years ago, and he was not elected as the Yabusuri Horse Archer that year."
"Um……"
Hattori Heiji nodded, "It was said that he missed the target during the competition, but his score was enough to participate in the rematch the next day, but he disappeared that night..."
"Isn't it obvious? From the distance from the festival site to the shooting range to Torada's house, the last place he should go for the next day's game is next to the cliff where he fell." Ye Gengyi said.
This is true. When I came, I discovered that the tree canopy on this road was very low. Unless someone specially pruned the branches and leaves of the trees on this path 6 years ago, it would not be convenient to ride here and then go around to Torada's house. …
Hattori Heiji was distracted in his thinking. When he saw Ye Gengyi stopped talking, he suddenly asked in confusion: "Uh... Gengyi-san, are there any more?"
"What?" Ye Gengyi asked.
"It's just clues or evidence..."
Hattori Heiji gave an example: "Without that, we wouldn't be able to prove that Officer Kai's death was not an accident, right?"
He also planned to compare the clues. If he could find the common ground with Ryuubi Koji, wouldn't his commission be solved smoothly?
As a result, I heard Ye Gengyi say:
"No evidence."
"Eh???" Hattori Heiji was a little confused.
Toyama and Ye originally thought that they could not join the conversation between the two, so they remained silent. However, they were stunned when they saw Heiji, and they immediately cast a surprised look.
No, no evidence...
Hattori Heiji came back to his senses and was a little anxious: "Please! Brother Sarada, if there is no evidence, what you just said cannot be regarded as reasoning at all!"
"Your previous question was, 'Do you think Officer Kai's death was an accident?' After seeing the scene, I don't think he died in an accident."
Ye Gengyi summarized the previous conversation between the two, and then calmly asked, "Is there any problem?"
Ah, this... seems to be no problem...
Hattori Heiji scratched his head, "But, if there is no evidence, others can also say that Officer Kai missed the target, so he couldn't bear the blow and jumped off the cliff."
"That's not important." Ye Gengyi said.
"Huh? What..." Hattori Heiji didn't understand.
"You are a detective, and you argued with me like you just did in order to get the truth, but people in the village are different..."
Ye Gengyi said: "A person has been dead for 6 years, not 1 week and 1 month. Non-parties will not be so persistent in arguing. For them, Kai Gento is already a deceased person. Hearing After it's a 'homicide', they will be eager to find the murderer, because after all, no one wants to live with a murderer forever."
"That makes sense."
Hattori Heiji blinked and added: "Especially when a Ryuubi Koji died recently. Regardless of whether the two incidents are related or not, we only need to investigate the two cases together. The real murderer will definitely feel guilty and will Pay attention to us subconsciously.”
"It is also possible that the murderer has a strong will and will not expose any flaws."
Ye Gengyi poured cold water on it, looked at the Hutian family's villa not far away, and reminded: "Okay, put the excitement on your face back."
"Um……"
Hattori Heiji took a deep breath and adjusted his breathing.
…
Shigeji Torada is a fat man in his early 30s who doesn't pay much attention to his appearance.
The reason why Ye Genichi, Hattori Heiji, Toyama and Ye could recognize each other so easily was mainly because as soon as they entered the yard, they saw Torada Shigeji sitting on a pony cleaning the dirt on the shovel.
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Hattori Heiji stepped forward, briefly introduced himself, and then went straight to the topic and asked about the centipede next to Yoshiro Torada who was accidentally hit by a tornado.
"I did see the centipede, but I don't know anything else..."
Shigeji Torada put the shovel aside, "At first, my father and mother said it was someone from the Tatsuo family who did it, but recently, their Koji also died, and it seemed like a centipede was placed next to him. .”
"Then what relationship do your Torada family and the Ryuubi family have with Centipede?" Hattori Heiji asked.
"Probably not," Shigeji Torada hesitated, "But if it's a centipede image, I think I've seen it in a festival."
The festival he was talking about was the event to select Yabusame archers.
At that time, the contestants in the village will wear armors made of plastic from the Warring States Period.
With that said, Shigeji Torada led a few people to the main house, opened the shoji door and displayed the armor of the Torada family.
Ye Gengyi didn't understand this and gave the time of questioning to the two of them.
Hattori Heiji poked his head and looked inside. After confirming that there was no centipede pattern on the armor, he continued to ask:
"Then where did you see it at the festival?"
Shigeji Torada recalled for a moment: "I'm sorry, I can't remember it for a moment..."
Yuan Shan and Ye thought for a while, and then Digu said: "If it is a dragonfly, I remember that some Warring States generals painted it on their helmets."
"Eh? Speaking of military commanders..." Shigeji Torada looked at the three of them one by one and said, "In addition to you, there were other detectives who came to me to ask questions after talking to my father and mother not long ago. Had the same problem.”
During breakfast, Tatsuo Mashi also said that he suspected that someone asked Tatsuo Koji about Officer Kai who was killed...
Now, have those people come to Torada's house again?
Hattori Heiji frowned, "Detective? Are you sure you are a detective?"
"Yeah," Shigeji Torada said, "Yeah, they are from Tokyo. They are very famous...the last name is the same as a certain military commander..."
Tokyo? Very famous?
A mustachioed detective appeared in Hattori Heiji's mind, and he guessed: "Could it be Mori?"
"Ah, yes, yes!"
Shigeji Torada nodded quickly, "That's Mori!"
Ye Gengyi: "..."
what's the situation? Why did the plague come?
