"What about Xiao Ai?" Ayumi turned to Haihara Ai and asked, "Will you go with us?"
"It seems that no matter which side is important," Haibara Ai was a little embarrassed, but thinking about it, he didn't particularly care about solving the case. He looked at Koshimizu Nanatsuki and said, "I'll follow Nanatsuki-san."
"Then the same goes for me," Mao Lilan asked with a smile, "So, Sister Nanatsuki, where do we start investigating? If you don't have a clue, you can go to the library with Brother Feichi? There should be a lot of books in the library, With more people, we can investigate faster.”
Koshimizu Nanatsuki hesitated for a moment, looked at Chi Feichi and said, "I want to go see Miss Tsurumi first. She might also become the target of the murderer, and Elizabeth and Sophia are the key to this case. I want to go again." Ask her about Elizabeth and Sophia, you go to the library first, and after we go to the herbal medicine shop, we will help you look up the information."
She really wanted to follow Chi Fei to check the information, but since everyone was investigating so seriously, she felt that she should put aside her selfish desires and try her best to consider all aspects.
Chi Feichi didn't want anyone to stare at him all the time, so he nodded and said, "I'll wait for you in the library. Please pay attention to your own safety."
Conan thought about it for a while and felt that there was no problem with this arrangement.
Although he felt that Isesaki Mahide's suspicion was not as good as Tsurumi Yoko and Sakuragi Isao, there was always suspicion for Dr. Agasa and the children to keep an eye on. If there were clues, they could be discovered in time, and even if something happened, Agasa The doctor can also stop the children first to prevent them from acting recklessly.
He and his uncle went to find Isesaki Riki, in fact, they wanted to find out one thing - in this case, the murderer appeared with a burned face, which was an allusion to Sophia, Egamihara, so many people, Toda Jiro, Motomachi Seizo Was he really targeted by the murderer because of the will? Is there any other secret behind this? If these people give up their inheritance will, will the murderer stop there?
If possible, he wanted to persuade Isesaki Riki to give up the testamentary inheritance and test the murderer. It would be better if he could get some clues from Isesaki Riki.
It's okay for Chi Feichi to go to the library. He believes that Chi Feichi should have more clues than them. He goes to the library to verify with a purpose. If he solves some questions, his final reasoning will be the same as Chi Feichi's. , they will meet in the library.
In addition, Tsurumi Yoko is one of the suspects. Although the children do not seem to suspect or want to doubt Tsurumi Yoko, it should also be noted that Tsurumi Yoko looks the same as Sophia in the photo in the herbal medicine shop, making him vaguely suspicious. I made a guess that Elizabeth did not have no descendants left behind.
In this way, Tsurumi Yoko is the biggest suspect. It is a bit dangerous for a girl group to go there, but Tsurumi Yoko is a woman, so it is more appropriate for girls or children to get in touch with him.
Detective Koshizui has the sense of smell and reasoning ability of a detective. Ran sometimes notices details that only girls notice. That guy Haibara has meticulous observation and strong intuition. Tsurumi Yoko seems to be a delicate person. , it is also appropriate to let their meticulous girl group go there, and among these three people, one knows kendo, one knows karate, and one probably carries a small bottle of sleeping gas. They support each other and will not be single-handedly taken over. Safety is still guaranteed. .
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After breakfast, Bumi gave Chi Feichi her detective armband as a contact tool. After that, the group of people divided into four groups and rushed towards their goals. .
Oyama Ya heard from Chi Fei Chi and assigned a bodyguard to the girls' group. He took another bodyguard and Chi Fei to Jiang Shenyuan Library late. Standing at the front desk, he looked at the library of Nuo University filled with rows of books. I couldn't help but be amazed at the huge volume of books on the bookshelf, "Consultant, where do we start checking?"
"Using the war as a time reference, Sophia's mental abnormality and death should be between 1943 and 1944. The body of the missing boy was found in the third year after the war," Chi Feichi said, "You first take 1943 as the starting point. Investigate the reports on Jiang Shenyuan within five years and find out the reports about Sophia."
"No problem, we can get it done this morning." Dashan Mi nodded and assured, even when Chi Feichi was going to check something, he went to the librarian with his bodyguard to ask for the newspaper without asking anything.
Chi Feichi did not ask the administrator to find out the location of the target he wanted to check. He first walked around the entire library and figured out the divisions of each area. After Dashan Mi and the bodyguard arrived at the reading area with a pile of newspapers, they also When we arrived at the area where newspapers were placed, we found Egamihara's newspaper from 1952.
The approximate year when his grandmother came to Jiang Shenyuan can be determined, so first check whether anything special happened in Jiang Shenyuan around this time...
Wuming and Dashanya stayed in the reading area obediently, paying attention to Chi Feichi who was quickly flipping through the newspaper despite the administrator's wary glances from time to time.
Chi Feichi set the reading speed to the fastest and flipped through the newspapers one after another. He found that there were only reports on 'Field Group's investment in the terminal'. He did not feel disappointed. He went to the autobiography area of Jiang Shenyuan. According to the newspaper The names of the people mentioned more or less on the page started flipping through the notes.
Some people become celebrities after making contributions to Jiang Shenyuan, and they will write some notes for themselves. Some people are reported by newspapers because of their notoriety. Such famous villains will also be profiled, so based on the book title or By signing the work, you can dig out all the relevant notes from those years.
There were hundreds of related books, and Chi Feichi didn't intend to sift through them all himself. He secretly linked to Ark with his left eye, took a book, held the spine of the book with one hand, and pressed the pages with the other, like shuffling cards. The pages of the book turned rapidly.
The corners of the book pages were almost connected. They were quickly photographed by the left-eye camera and scanned into the Ark system, before continuing to the next book...
It took a lot of time to flip through hundreds of books, but Chi Feichi suddenly noticed a strange handwritten note when he was halfway through it.
The person who left the note was a police officer at the Egamihara Police Station at the time. Because of his seriousness, responsibility and warm-heartedness, he became a prominent figure in Egamihara during the Meiji period. He died in the line of duty in 1953, which was reported in local newspapers.
This is a thread-bound notebook. It has been well preserved, with no torn edges left on any page. However, there should be more than one occurrence in the notes of the police officer from 1952 to 1953, before his death in the line of duty. Missing page.
The reason why he noticed that there were missing pages in the book was because the pages were thick and the book was thick overall. When the police officer was writing on a certain page, there was a thin line of ink that went beyond the edge and left a mark on the edges of other pages. There were only a few traces left on it. After closing the book and taking a quick look, the ink line was neither long nor abnormal. Only by turning the pages like he did by bending the body of the book, could one see some breakpoints in the ink line.
After discovering such a book, Chi Feichi waited for his left eye to take a picture of the content of the book, then temporarily stopped "scanning the book" and flipped through the notes himself.
This is a half-diary and half-account book. There is nothing noteworthy at the beginning. I joined the company on a certain day of a certain year and a certain month. I mediated disputes on a certain day of a certain year and a certain month. What development has happened in Jianggamihara on a certain day of a certain year and a certain month? Promotions, salary increases and some neighborhood trivia were also recorded.
The first missing page was in the spring of 1952. Three pages were missing. At the same time, the Field family donated a dock to Jiang Shenyuan. With the character of this police officer who likes to pay attention to and record everything big and small, such a big thing was not recorded.
Because this police officer has no rules for remembering Japan, sometimes he doesn't write it down once for more than ten days, sometimes he writes it down twice a day, sometimes it's a long speech, sometimes it's just a sentence of 'the weather is nice, I have to work hard today', he can't judge what's missing. The records are of several days and how many were recorded.
The pages of this kind of book are not ridiculously thick, but the words written on the previous page cannot leave traces on the next page unless they are very hard, and he cannot restore the words left on the previous page through the following pages. .
After these two pages, missing pages became frequent and irregular. In the summer of 1952, there were five pages and three pages in the autumn. They were in different places and there were no consecutive missing pages.
Before and after that, there didn't seem to be anything noteworthy.
After that, the notebook ended in the autumn of 1952. From the winter of 1952 until he died on duty, the police officer seemed to have made no further notes.
is it possible?
After Chi Feichi closed the book, he looked at the seal on the spine again.
Judging from the diary, this police officer has a strong curiosity and a strong sense of justice. Even if it is a trivial matter such as a neighborhood dispute, he likes to investigate clearly and make the best mediation. He is also very keen... He is the kind of person who is more likely to die. Humanoid.
After the summer of 1952, it seems that it is not surprising that the police officer gave up writing the diary, as the content of the notes became shorter and shorter, and the intervals between them became longer and longer. Now, thinking about that child, he felt even worse. He was more inclined to make another guess——
The police officer discovered something, suffered a lot of psychological pressure, and was no longer so positive about life.
The seal on the spine of this book is old. It must have been at least forty or fifty years ago. Not long after the police officer died on duty, this diary was opened and the pages with contents that they did not want to be discovered were carefully picked out. It is possible that a large number of notes from the winter of 1952 to the time before the police officer's death were taken and re-binded.
In other words, the clues left behind have been cleared up long ago...
"Eh? Conan? Why did you come here?"
Oyamaya's voice came from behind the rows of bookshelves. Since the library was very quiet, it could be heard even from a distance.
Chi Feichi quickly checked the book again, and after confirming that there were no hidden pages, he took down the other books in the same row, put them back out of order, and then started to pick up the books in other places.
Anyway, the situation of the books has been photographed, so he can slowly look for clues, but before that, he needs to destroy the traces of the books he found.
The death of the police officer in the line of duty cannot be said to be suspicious. The newspaper said that he was shot by the robber while chasing the robber. A colleague testified about this, and the robber was arrested later, but there were not many reports. The handling of the case was also very rough. Are you sure the police officer's colleagues are OK?
However, the events that occurred after 1952 may have something to do with the Field family. He did not want to attract Conan to investigate, and the investigation would be blamed on himself.
"I came to the library to take a look..." Conan's voice came from the front desk, "Mr. Dashan, where is Brother Chi? Isn't he with you?"
"I asked Mr. Dashan and others to help check the newspaper reports about Sophia, and I went to read the celebrity notes myself." When Chi Feichi walked out of the bookshelf, he took out a notebook he had prepared before and walked to the front desk, "The young detective who investigated Sophia back then. There are three people in the group, Mr. Toda Jiro, Mr. Motomachi Seizo, and Mr. Isesaki Riki, who are now known as the Three Saints.”
