Chapter 638 The story of that day
"...Is it actually like this?" After hearing Souji Okita's words, Suzuki Sonoko couldn't help being shocked, and looked in the direction of Karasawa in disbelief, " You look like Tang Ze, but you don’t have many friends in school? Are there many handsome guys in your high school? This is too strict..."
"In terms of popularity, I think Tang Ze is quite popular. Girls welcome it? On Valentine's Day, shoe cabinets and drawers will be burst with chocolate stuffing..." Okita Souji recalled, "But it seems that apart from me, I really haven't seen him have any good relations. "
"None of them?"
"My impression is that..."
With a "boom" sound, Karasawa dropped the drink in front of Souji Okita: "Stop talking nonsense Okita-kun, it's so noisy."
"Look, it looks like this." Souji Okita pointed. Pointing at Tang Ze's unhappy face, "We do have a good relationship, right? He doesn't have this attitude when talking to other people."
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Watching Karasawa helplessly shaking his head and sitting back in his seat, Suzuki Sonoko's mouth twitched a few times as she felt that she had some experience with the way they got along.
“You transferred to another school quietly, but suddenly no one came to school. I asked the teacher but couldn’t find any information. I tried every means to find your address, and then I found that your home had turned into a fire ruin... ..." Souji Okita glanced at Tangze's expression and sighed heavily, "I thought you had an accident."
"Are there any strange rumors in the school?" Tangze immediately understood the implication and raised his eyebrows.
“Aren’t you quick to respond?” Having become accustomed to Karasawa’s speaking style of directly revealing the truth whenever he disagreed, Souji Okita curled his lips, “You didn’t even leave an explanation, and suddenly you There must be a lot of rumors.”
“Looking at your expression, they don’t sound very nice.” Tang Ze, who was not surprised, threw the sugar cube into the coffee calmly. Nodding, "It's not surprising."
"But it's too much to say that you were involved in a murder case, were in jail, or even died, right?" Okita Souji crossed his arms, no. Very happy.
"The fact that you went to my house to find me will not have any positive effect. Seeing those ruins will only make their rumors more exaggerated." Karasawa, who is familiar with the atmosphere of Quanxin High School, shrugged shrugged.
"Well..." Okita Souji's eyes drifted to the side, "They have started to put vases on your seat..."
"I knew it." Karasawa reacted calmly and lowered his head. He was minding his own business stirring the coffee, "It's human nature."
"Hey, it's obviously because you didn't even leave your contact information for everyone, and there's no way to find you." Here, Souji Okita raised his eyebrows, "Yeah, I've been in the same class with you for two years, and you didn't even give me an email address. You've only been in Tokyo a few months, how come they know everything? Damn it, That's not fair!"
Tangze put the coffee to his mouth and took a sip silently, without answering his protest.
Of course that's because telling them your contact information is useless. If something happens, it will only increase the trouble and make them included in the list of organizations for investigation.
The facts that had already happened confirmed that Tang Ze's idea was not unfounded.
His contact information at the time, as well as his social accounts, were taken away and destroyed by the organization. When he came to Tokyo, he used a completely blank new mobile phone number.
Kudo Shinichi and Hattori Heiji, each holding two drinks, walked back to the table. They both looked at Okita Souji for a while, then observed Karasawa's expression for a while, and exchanged glances with each other.
It feels like Okita Souji’s statement is not false. The two of them really need to be familiar with each other. To people he didn't know at all, Tang Ze would always smile distantly and say a few honorifics. It was impossible for him to speak like this.
But what Karasawa said seems to be true. He did not leave any chance for his former classmates to come into contact with his real life...
The two detectives, who felt somehow balanced, nodded with satisfaction and sat down again.
"Having said that, the real situation of Karasawa is not much better than what your classmates at your school guessed, right?" Toyama and Ye, who had been watching for a long time, said clearly, "The crime of injury is still a serious crime. , This is not an easy situation to deal with. "
Even though Tang Ze has protective observation, which is a lenient probation method for minors, his life has been truly affected. This is an indisputable fact.
"It doesn't matter if it's anyone else, it's absolutely impossible for Karasawa-san, he wouldn't do such a thing." Souji Okita frowned and said seriously, "I never believe it. Karasawa is a juvenile criminal who has committed a serious crime. "
After confirming from Hattori Heiji that the person who entrusted him to come to the school to investigate was actually Karasawa himself, Okita Souji immediately asked Hattori Heiji to take him to Tokyo to meet him. Tang Ze's side.
He never imagined that his classmates, who had lost contact for several months, would face such serious malice.
Especially when thinking about Karasawa's habit of being indifferent to everything, it seemed as if Karasawa could predict that his life would collapse at any time, so he didn't need to pay much attention to it.
The more Okita Souji recalled, the more clues he could find, and he couldn't help but think too much.
"You're right, Karasawa can't be that kind of person." Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko nodded in agreement.
"What was the breakthrough point in the case that you mentioned before? Have you finally identified the relevant personnel of the case?" Seeing that the whole table had reached a consensus with hatred, Kudo Shinichi looked at Hattori Heiji direction.
"The biggest obstacle at present is still the issue of retrieving the files. Since this case has been declared closed, and because it involves juvenile crimes, the files are strictly confidential. It is still difficult to understand what evidence the other party used as the basis for the ruling. Heavy." Hattori Heiji said this, reaching out and patting Okita Souji twice, "So, after hearing Okita's words, I finally found a possibility of a breakthrough."
"Karasawa is here. On the way home from school on November 2, he encountered the case that falsely accused him of being an assault offender, right?" Souji Okita raised an eyebrow, "Then I might be able to find relevant witnesses. "
"You mean, the witness who witnessed the crime scene?" Tang Ze was stunned, frowned and recalled for a moment, and pressed his temples, "But I remember that it was already late at that time. On the way home, I remembered that I had not prepared the ingredients in advance due to the event, so I simply went to a shopping street to have dinner before going home..."
"No way, Karasawa. , If this case really happened, then it couldn't be like what you described." Souji Okita frowned deeply and retorted firmly, "Because I was the last person who saw you on November 2. ”
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"Scotch whiskey?" After chewing on this unfamiliar code name, Ireland frowned and recalled it for a long time, then shook his head heavily, "I have heard of him, but I have hardly cooperated with him. I mainly followed Pisco in the past."
Ireland has known Kenzo Masayama since he was a teenager, and it is true that he has worked hard with him in the organization for many years. However, Kenzo Masayama died at the age of 71, and they were already over fifty when they met. An old man.
No matter how unclear the minds of the top management of the organization are, they will not leave young and powerful young people unused and let Kenzo Mayama go to the front line to do the tasks of the action team, right?
On the contrary, Ireland often handles similar dark jobs for Kenzo Masuyama, and his personal abilities are basically cultivated in these matters.
So it is not difficult to infer that he does not have many opportunities to cooperate with other members of the action team. His main activity area is also around Kenzo Masama, and he has a close relationship with several young whiskeys who have been in the organization for five or six years. ordinary.
"That's good, it seems like their actions won't hinder you." Appreciating the newly printed photo in his hand, Belmode kept a smile on his lips, "But I still give you a piece of advice, don't provoke Kumel recently. He and Bourbon may be making big moves recently."
Ireland glanced sideways at the receiver of his phone and narrowed his eyes.
Does this sentence mean that Bourbon will take some new actions, or does it mean that Kumail may have a new conflict with Bourbon?
This obviously sounds like an opportunity that is beneficial to him, but Belmode warned him to stay away...
After analyzing it in his mind for a moment, Ireland straightened the corners of his mouth and said coldly. Said: "Why, what new trouble did the two of them cause?"
She couldn't control whether the two of them would make new troubles. Before Coolguy turned back into a child, Ireland couldn't let Ireland meet Kudo Shinichi who had returned to his original state.
The imitation show that looks similar to Kudo Shinichi is a specious rumor to fool the students of Tedan High School and reporters with keen ears. That's where something extremely suspicious happens.
She couldn't let anyone who wasn't sure of the details discover this problem.
"They have a strong desire to be united and oppose dissidents recently. How about it? After being exposed by Kumail once, did they suddenly become a lot busier?"
Leading to Ireland being arrested Belmode, the culprit of the mistake, blew out a smoke ring and shook the pot lightly.
Well, although she had some slander to the top and asked them to restart the business assessment in Ireland, it was because he was so busy recently that he had no time to trouble Kumel...
But this is true It was Kumail who asked for it, wasn't it? What she said is not wrong either.
“He really did it.” Ireland let out a deep breath.
Sure enough, following Kumail without any disguise before was still too aggressive.
We can’t have any contempt for these perverted colleagues...
"Okay, I understand, I will pay attention to the trends." Ireland responded to her instructions in a deep voice, and then added, "I need your cooperation to organize the task over there." "What a pity, if you If he hadn't exposed his intentions in front of Kumail, maybe he would be a better partner..." After a few words of false regret, Belmode raised the corner of his mouth and said, "After all, he is a detective, so it's easier than you. Approaching the police, isn't it?"
"That's really disrespectful." He sneered, feeling that the woman on the other side of the phone started to mock her again, and hung up the phone.
“Well, I have a really bad temper.” Listening to the long busy tone on the phone, Belmode chuckled twice and continued to look at the boys and girls standing in the crowd silently looking at each other in his hands.
Impatient people cannot threaten her smart children.
Oh, Kumail, of course, smart kid.
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“According to you, Karasawa returned to his home normally on November 2nd?” After listening to Okita Souji’s statement, Kudo Shinichi Can't help but be surprised.
"Yes. My family and Karasawa's family are not on the same road, so although we will go home together after school, we will basically separate halfway." Okita Souji explained seriously.
"...You can't ask me to go home together. It's you who insisted on following me." Tangze emphasized, "I'm just going home normally."
Okita Souji ignored Karasawa's protest and continued: "On November 2, which was the last day that Karasawa appeared, he and I parted at the fork as usual, and then I discovered that I borrowed money from Karasawa in the afternoon. The textbook he left was not returned to him, so he turned back and found it all the way to the door of Tangze's house. "I was at home at the time?" He was too lazy to complain that he didn't borrow it at all. Okita took it for himself. Tang Ze asked rhetorically.
"Yes, you were at home at the time." Souji Okita nodded solemnly, "You opened the door and took out the things."
...And by the way, you refused my invitation to have dinner at your house. I won’t say anything about asking for such a thing.
"If what you said is correct, then something must have happened after I left. You never leave home without a reason."
"That's true." Tangze, who never took any risky actions because he was aware of the secret surveillance surrounding him in life, nodded.
Hattori Heiji, who had been listening for a long time with his chin raised, raised his head and asked additionally: "Didn't Karasawa show any abnormal behavior at that time?"
"Abnormal behavior..." Okita Souji I held my chin and tried to think back. After a while, I hesitated and said, "Well, does it count as it took too long to open the door? From the time I rang the doorbell and told him my purpose, to when he came to open the door for me, it felt like it had passed. It must be a full ten minutes...but Tang Ze's family is very big, so I thought he had other things to do."
"No, that's impossible." Tang Ze frowned as he realized the problem. Tightly tightened, "I don't have many China Unicom doorbell intercoms installed at home. So if you heard my answer...I should have been standing at the door at that time."
Obviously there is only one door between us. If it still takes more than ten minutes...
The detectives, whose minds were spinning rapidly, widened their eyes at the same time and gave each other a look.
In other words, Karasawa must have been in something very wrong at that time. Maybe... the attacker was at Karasawa's home at the time.
Then Karasawa's calm rejection of Okita Souji is likely to have another purpose.
——I don’t want Souji Okita to be exposed to threats.
What was Karasawa's mood at that time, as he watched Souji Okita unexpectedly appear in front of his door, and personally rejected the only possibility of being rescued?
The detectives who thought of this all looked at Okita Souji who had not yet reacted to the situation, but did not say this inference.
It would be too cruel to let Okita know that he may have missed the opportunity to save Karasawa.
"Sure enough." Karasawa calmly picked up the coffee cup and took a sip silently, "All my memories of that period are not trustworthy."
"Karasawa ..." Understanding the huge shadow behind this matter, the other people at the table looked at him with some uneasiness.
For a patient who cannot learn to forget, it is difficult for them to imagine what it means to deny the accuracy of his memory, but they also understand that this is not as simple as a frivolous memory error.
But Karasawa is obviously not someone who will stick to these emotional issues.
"Those people tampered with my memory, so much so that even the memory of that day was fictitious. There must be a reason." Under the warm light of the cafe, Karasawa's blue eyes sparkled. The wave-like light, "That means that I must have seen something that day, something that they urgently need me to forget."
Hidden in the darkness, the devil's tail will finally be revealed He caught it!
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“I have to go back to school tomorrow. Your school has a school festival today and will be very busy tomorrow. I won’t disturb you anymore.”
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Standing on the side of the road, waiting for a taxi to pick him up and rush to the airport, Okita Souji put on his peaked cap again.
I have to say that today's incident still gave him some inspiration. For example, in Tokyo, if you don't hide your appearance, you may cause some strange misunderstandings or something.
"So..."
Okita Souji turned around and looked at Karasawa's current expression, hesitating to speak.
Kang Ze, who has always been excellent at reading air, looked at his hesitant expression and sighed silently.
This was one of the reasons why he didn't want to get too close to Okita Souji.
His situation is so delicate that it should not affect any ordinary person. However, Okita Souji seems to never be restricted by his words. He becomes more and more frustrated, as if he cannot feel his overt and covert alienation. Average meaning.
Tangze is really the worst at dealing with this kind of person.
"Mobile phone, take it out."
"Eh?" Okita Souji, who had not yet spoken, was stunned.
"Don't you want the contact information? You don't need to remember it on your mobile phone. You have to memorize it yourself?" Tang Ze raised his eyebrows.
"Oh, oh! Okay!" Souji Okita was surprised for a moment and smiled brightly.
After successfully exchanging mobile phone numbers and emails, Okita Souji turned off his mobile phone with a smile, and made a "yeah" gesture to Karasawa: "Let me just say, we must be friends, right? ?"
"Really, I lost to you." After shaking his head, Tang Ze said casually, "Don't talk nonsense about what we talked about today until the evidence is officially fixed. If others find out, it will cause unnecessary trouble."
"I understand!" Making a zipper gesture on his lips, Souji Okita blinked, "I always keep my friends' secrets secret, you know. ”
Tang Ze laughed, raised his hand and patted his back: "Are you so tight-lipped? If I didn't ask you, everyone would have known what you said."
"I don't I understand you. Being brave is a good thing, and I should have promoted it for you!" Souji Okita crossed his arms and retorted unconvincingly, "In short, as long as it is useful, don't be polite to me. The case really begins to be retried, I will testify in court, help you find more evidence, even if it is to help you get a joint letter from the whole school... I will work hard."
"...Really, I lost to you.”
“I can’t help it. I owe you my life!” Souji Okita laughed and patted Karasawa on the shoulder twice, “Come on, don’t give up your efforts. !”
He also knows that chasing after the other person for no reason, as if he won’t give up until he becomes a friend, is actually a very borderless thing, and he doesn’t really have no emotional intelligence that he can’t feel Tang Ze. Deep rejection and alienation.
But at the moment when he was about to be hit head-on by a speeding vehicle, Karasawa threw away his bag and books, jumped at him desperately, and knocked him away. Under the influence of adrenaline, Karasawa was in slow motion. Generally, every detail can be seen so clearly.
Including the anxiety and concern that cannot be faked on Tangze's face.
So he said, who is the juvenile delinquent, Tang Ze, is absolutely, absolutely, impossible...!
(End of this chapter)