Deep in the woods, there was a faint sound of horse hooves and arrows falling on the target.
At this rather sensitive moment, Ryuuki Kage, who was wearing a riding and shooting uniform, was actually here preparing for the upcoming festival.
The bow strings clank.
As the arrows cut through the air one after another, finally, due to a mistake, the arrow missed the bullseye and landed on the protective straw mat at the rear.
Ye Gengyi, Hattori Heiji and Conan, who had just arrived, happened to see this scene.
Hattori Heiji guessed that Tatsuo Kei came to the shooting range to vent his emotions in grief and pain because his wife was killed. For the sake of his safety, he stepped forward to persuade him:
"Mr. Tatsumi, I know you must be very sad now, but your family is also worried about you. At this time, even if you practice reluctantly, you won't gain much, so you should go home first."
Long Wei Jing got off his horse and refused:
"No, tomorrow is the day of the festival. I once swore in front of Kai-senpai's grave that I would do my best to protect the title of Yabusame Archer... not to mention that this is also Ayaka's wish, and..."
He paused, came to the target, and pointed at the obvious traces of the target rod being moved on the ground:
"The reason why I missed the shot was not because I was disturbed, but because someone deliberately did such a thing."
Really... to actually do such a thing...
The two detective boys moved closer to look for the footprints. Suddenly, they turned around as if they had noticed something. They saw what seemed to be a few people hiding in the shadow of a big tree in the distance, peeping over here.
When those people discovered that the traces were exposed, they turned around and ran away without saying a word.
"What do you do! Come out!"
Hattori Heiji and Conan were about to chase after him subconsciously.
"ah……"
At this time, Long Wei Jing's exclamation came from beside him.
Looking sideways, it was Ye Gengyi who had snatched away the bow and arrow. The bow string was bulging like a full moon, and the arrow on the string was pointed directly in the direction of the woods.
? !
There was a soft buzzing sound.
The cold arrow shot out of the air and shot into a tree in the forest, hitting the only way for several people to evacuate.
He looked at the tail feathers that were still trembling just a few meters away from the tip of his nose.
Not only were those people frightened, but even Ryuubi Kei, Conan and Hattori Heiji had cold sweat break out on their foreheads after they reacted.
Ye Gengyi did not respond to the glances directed at him. He returned the bow to Long Wei Jing and walked into the forest.
As the distance gets closer.
The three people who were hiding here to spy on them also revealed their true faces.
The younger one looks to be in his mid-twenties, with a pair of hanging eyes and a garlic nose, which looks particularly abrupt on his not too big face.
This person should be related to Eita Torada...
This speculation suddenly popped up in Ye Gengyi's mind, but after thinking about Kudo Shinichi, Hattori Heiji and Kuroba Kaito, who were completely unrelated, he thought it would be better not to jump to conclusions yet.
The other two are slightly older, probably around 50 years old.
One had a mustache and wore a pair of flat-rimmed glasses.
The other one was rough-looking and had a white scarf wrapped around his forehead. He was the one who was almost hit by an arrow before.
Gaps for observation.
Conan, Hattori Heiji and Ryūo Kage also chased after him.
After seeing that the arrow did not cause any substantial damage, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.
"Do you want to kill someone?"
It was the rough-looking man who shouted these words.
He glared angrily at Long Wei Jing... to be precise, it was the long bow in the opponent's hand.
Previously, they were only focused on running away, but they had no time to look back and observe, and no one was catching up. Now, naturally, they pointed their finger at a certain rogue dysprosium horse shooter.
"Ah...it's not me..."
Long Wei Jing subconsciously hid the long bow behind his back, but then felt that it was of no use, so he had to look at Ye Gengyi helplessly and depressedly.
"It's a good shot." Ye Gengyi said.
Hey, hey... Conan and Hattori Heiji are ashamed.
"No..." Long Weijing was choked, and his face was full of injustice: "Obviously... it's you..."
"unimportant."
Ye Gengyi interrupted, looked at the rough-looking 'victim' and said, "We are very sorry that this happened, so please call the police."
As early as when he came to the shooting range, he noticed these people hiding in the woods.
The original idea was to find a suitable angle to go around and confirm their identities while Hattori Heiji was persuading Tatsuo Kei to go home.
Unexpectedly, before they could select the blind spot, the two detective boys there noticed the presence of these people based on the footprints left when moving the target.
In this case, he simply snatched Long Wei Jing's bow, destroyed the shooting range, attempted to injure others, and simply turned the group of people to the police.
The previous email sent to Megure Thirteen has received a reply, and it also contains Matsumoto Kiyonaga's assurance that Yamato Gansuke is a trustworthy detective.
As for whether you believe it or not...
Ye Geng believed what he saw with his own eyes.
Therefore, this move can just be used to test Yamato's willingness to help, and take a look at whether or not there are people in the police station who can be their protective umbrella, so as to have the most basic idea.
Call the police if you hear it.
The rugged man who had been aggressive before suddenly looked a little unnatural. He looked at the two companions beside him and said in a different direction:
"...No need, be careful next time."
"Oh?" Ye Gengyi said calmly: "Are you threatening us?"
"Get out of the way!" The rough man frowned and was about to push him away.
Little detective, it's time for you to 'sacrifice'...
Ye Geng turned aside and used his feet to pull Conan between the two of them as a buffer, looking for a reason for the subsequent conflict.
"stop!"
At one end of the forest, Yamato Gansuke shouted loudly, walked over as fast as he could on crutches, glanced around, and looked at the rugged man and his two companions: "What do you want to do?"
Ye Gengyi calmly retracted his intention to kick Conan's foot by accident. He estimated in his mind that the reason why Yamato Gansuke appeared here might be because the shooting range happened to be near the death scene of Ryuubi Ayaka, and said:
"Mr. Police Officer, you came just in time, they want to hit me."
"No no……"
The rugged man was startled and waved his hands repeatedly, "We still have things to do at home, let's go first..."
As he spoke, he gave his two companions a look, bypassed a group of people and trotted away quickly.
"..."
Yamato Gansuke watched them run away and asked, "Are you okay?"
"Thank you, Mr. Police Officer, for showing up in time." Ryūbi Kage wiped the sweat from his forehead.
His bow and arrow almost hit someone, and a conflict almost broke out... He didn't know whether to tell the truth or continue to remain silent.
"That's good," Yamato Kansuke said, "Don't wander around outside. Now go home quickly. By the way, tell your family that the murderer of Tatsuo Ayaka is among you. Hurry up and get help." I will stop committing crimes and be prepared to be arrested and brought to justice!"
"What!?"
Long Weijing asked: "Mr. Police Officer, please explain clearly what is going on..."
"Hmph... I have just carefully inspected the 10 meters of land near the murder scene. There are many shoe prints, horse hoof prints and tire marks on it."
Yamato Gansuke looked at Ye Genichi, Hattori Heiji and Conan with his one eye, and said: "This also means that except for you outsiders, both the Tatsuo family and the Torada family are suspected of murder!"
"It's not just these two families, the suspect is also you... Mr. Police Officer."
Conan added: "There were also traces of your footprints and crutches at the scene."
"Okay," Yamato dared to defend himself, "you can count me in, but... it is our job as the police to investigate the case, so you should stop wandering outside. If something like that happens again..."
"Do you have a clue?" Ye Gengyi said suddenly.
"ah?"
Several people were stunned... a clue? Isn’t that what I just said?
