Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 196 Ginkgo full of memories

A week later, at Makino's house.

Makino, Ayako, and Sonoko were sitting on the sofa drinking tea.

Makino glanced at the photo in Sonoko's phone and frowned slightly, "Is this the challenge letter that Kaito Kid sent to Uncle Jiroyoshi?"

Sonoko said excitedly: "That's right, Brother Ryuichi! After hearing the news from Uncle Jiroyoshi, I immediately brought my sister to tell you the news!"

Makino glanced at Sonoko's expression that seemed like she was seeking credit, then turned around and looked at Ayako.

Ayako looked down at her watch, chuckled and shook her head: "After hearing the news, Sonoko became very excited and had to come over to tell you immediately~"

Hearing this, Makino also smiled and shook his head: "Don't you have classes this morning? I'll drive you to school first."

Ayako stood up and said, "No need, the driver and the butler are still waiting outside, I can just take their car to school. You can help Sonoko study the challenge of Kaito Kid first~"

At this point, Ayako blinked and said, "Aren't we going to have dinner together tonight? I won't let the housekeeper pick me up after class. Don't forget to pick me up~"

"Don't worry~" Makino also stood up and gently stroked Ayako's head.

Ayako felt the touch and temperature on her head, looked at the tenderness in Makino's eyes, and couldn't help but close her eyes and stand on tiptoe.

Seeing that the distance between her sister and Long Yi was about to disappear, Yuan Zi coughed lightly and said with a strange smile: "Hey! Do you really have to show your affection in front of me? Don't be so anxious. Anyway, there is plenty of time for you to communicate your feelings tonight. I will wear headphones~"

Hearing this, Ayako pouted and glanced at Sonoko with a slightly red face.

Makino laughed twice without caring, and took Ayako into his arms: "Okay, just listen to Sonoko. I'll help her look at this challenge letter first, and I'll pick you up in the evening~"

"Hmm~" Ayako subconsciously buried her head deeper and hummed softly.

Yuanzi, who was watching this scene, couldn't help but sigh and murmured, "Alas, I don't know when Ah Zhen will be able to come back. I still want to personally weave the clothes I knitted before..."

Having said that, Sonoko suddenly realized something, and immediately shut her mouth and looked up at Makino and the other man.

After confirming that the two of them didn't notice what she was saying, she breathed a sigh of relief and changed the subject: "Sister, how long are you two going to hug each other? Time is already..."

"Ah! It will be too late if I don't leave now!" Ayako finally woke up from her sweet dreams, quickly said goodbye to Makino Sonoko, and walked out of the house.

After seeing Ayako off, Makino turned back to the sofa, glanced at Sonoko who had a weird smile on her face, and chuckled, "Okay, send me that photo and I'll take a good look at it."

"Yes!" Sonoko immediately picked up her phone and sent Kaito Kid's challenge letter to Makino.

After receiving the photo of the challenge letter, Makino looked at it carefully.

——"Please prepare yourself mentally, Advisor Suzuki. Stop struggling in vain and let others manipulate you like a baby. When the bright moon is swallowed by the night, I will appear in front of the big vault in your house. Please look forward to my arrival - Kaito Kidd."

In addition to the tone of the challenge letter being different from Kaito Kid's previous challenge letters, the "cartoon portrait" on the challenge letter is also different from the past.

After reading it, Makino frowned slightly. No wonder he always felt a familiar feeling when he watched it just now.

Could this be a case where Jirokichi Suzuki accidentally locked his beloved dog Lupin in a safe but forgot the safe password?
Thinking of this, Makino looked at Sonoko and asked, "Sonoko, is this big vault in Uncle Jiroyoshi's house?"

Sonoko recalled, "Well, it is said that it was a large vault built by Sanmizu Yoshimataemon, and my uncle seemed to have told me a story about the safety of that vault before."

"When did uncle receive this letter of challenge?" Makino asked.

"It was said that it was last night... Wait, come to think of it, my uncle seemed a little strange today!"

"strangeness?"

Sonoko nodded and said, "Well, uncle usually gets very excited when he sees or hears about Kaito Kidd, not to mention receiving a challenge letter from Kaito Kidd! But when we saw uncle today, he didn't seem very excited, and was even strangely calm.

Moreover, he had clearly received the challenge letter, but he was strangely low-key. If it were normal times, he would have notified a lot of media and publicized it!"

Hearing this, Makino nodded slightly.

It seems that it is correct, this is indeed the case in my memory.

Judging from Yuanzi's description, the situation should be similar to what he knew.

This letter of challenge was forged by Jiro Suzuki himself. The reason he forged it was actually to ask for help from Kaito Kid.

Seeing that Makino seemed to be lost in thought, Sonoko, who was standing by, did not disturb him but just sat there quietly, staring at the challenge letter on her phone.

After a moment, Makino said, "Okay, Sonoko, aren't we going to have dinner together tonight? Let's talk to Uncle Jiroyoshi first."

Sonoko nodded and said, "Okay, but Brother Ryuichi, do you think this is the real Kaito Kid..."

——“Ding Dong~”

Before Yuanzi could finish, a doorbell rang outside the door, followed by a familiar voice: "Makino, are you home? I have something... very important that I want to ask you for help!"

"Is this voice... Dr. Agasa?" Sonoko asked puzzledly.

Makino nodded, stood up and went to open the door for Dr. Agasa.

As soon as he entered the room, Dr. Agasa couldn't wait to take out a postcard from his pocket: "Makino, actually..."

As soon as he said this, Dr. Agasa saw Sonoko standing by the sofa and waving at him with a smile. He immediately closed his mouth and quickly hid the postcard in his hand behind him.

After doing all this, Dr. Agasa smiled awkwardly and greeted Sonoko: "Sonoko? Long time no see. Are you visiting the Makino family today?"

Sonoko did not directly answer Dr. Agasa's question, but stared at the back of Dr. Agasa and squinted her eyes and asked: "Dr. Agasa, what did you hide behind you?"

"Ah? No, nothing... It's not a big deal. Since you are busy, I won't disturb you. Makino, I'll go back first. Let's talk about this later." Dr. Agasa's face blushed slightly.

After seeing Dr. Agasa's "suspicious" behavior, Sonoko's eyes became even more curious.

She walked slowly towards Dr. Agasa, her eyes always fixed behind him.

If it was just a suspicion just now, she was now almost certain that what Dr. Agasa had hidden just now must be very important.

Dr. Agasa felt a little nervous when he was stared at by Sonoko, who was staring at his prey like a wild beast. While breaking out in a cold sweat, he slowly moved back.

Before this weird scene could continue to develop, Makino stood between the two of them and said helplessly: "Okay, Sonoko, you scared Dr. Agasa."

After finishing speaking, Makino turned his head to look at Dr. Agasa and continued: "Dr. Agasa, don't worry about her. What do you want me to do for you? As long as I can help, I will do my best~"

Dr. Agasa stared at Makino for a few seconds, lowered his head and sighed, his old face slightly red.

The next moment, Dr. Agasa seemed to have made up his mind and slowly took out his hand hidden behind his back.

Seeing this, Makino chuckled and said, "Dr. Agasa, would you like tea or coffee?"

"All is fine..." Dr. Agasa nodded. Soon after, Makino and the other two sat on the sofa.

After handing the coffee to Dr. Agasa, Makino began to look at the postcard on the table carefully.

Judging from the appearance, this postcard is obviously quite old.

The handwriting on the postcard is very childish, and looks like it was written by a child.

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"Thank you for the past three months. I'm so glad to have met Agasa! I don't like saying goodbye, so let's just say goodbye! Ten years from now, before the sun sets, see you in that place full of memories!
If you haven't seen me, I will wait for the next ten years. Even if I become an old woman, I will still wait for you. If you are free then, please come and meet me! ——Give me the most favorite Agasa!"

-

Seeing that Makino and the other man had finished reading the contents of the postcard, Dr. Agasa also began to explain, "I was looking through things the other day and accidentally found this postcard. This was a postcard that a friend of mine gave me a long time ago. Speaking of which, it was already forty years ago."

"Forty years ago?!" Sonoko widened her eyes and looked at Dr. Agasa in astonishment.

Dr. Agasa nodded, and many memories came to his mind: "Well, I was still in elementary school at that time. I remember that day was the first day of school after the summer vacation..."

Under Sonoko's excited gaze, Dr. Agasa vividly recounted the story of his encounter with a little blonde girl forty years ago.

After Dr. Agasa finished speaking, he realized that Sonoko on the opposite side had already crossed her arms, her eyes and lips curved, and was looking at him with a strange expression.

The next second, Dr. Agasa scratched his head uncomfortably and whispered, "That's basically what happened..."

"Dr. Agasa, could it be that the matter you want to ask Ryuichi for help with is related to your first love?" Sonoko looked at Dr. Agasa with anticipation.

Dr. A Li: "..."

After a moment of silence, Dr. Agasa blushed and waved his hand, saying, "Uh... you can say that."

Makino on the side also looked at Dr. Agasa with a smile.

To be honest, he didn't expect that this was what Dr. Agasa wanted him to help with.

Could it be that Dr. Agasa finally "got it"?

Thinking of this, the smile in Makino's eyes undoubtedly deepened.

Although they cannot be called childhood sweethearts, the "experience" between Dr. Agasa and his lover is undoubtedly full of "tragedy".

If you think about it more, maybe the reason why Dr. Agasa is still unmarried is related to this.

Soon after, Dr. Agasa, who had sorted out his words, spoke up: "The thing is, I haven't seen her for all these years..."

Hearing this, Yuanzi's eyes immediately showed question marks: "Didn't see him? What does this mean? Did the other party forget the appointment and didn't show up?"

Dr. Agasa lowered his head, his voice obviously much softer than before: "No, actually I really can't think of where the 'place full of memories' is, and I can't solve the puzzle above..."

Sonoko: “???”

After finally understanding what Dr. Agasa said, Sonoko slammed the table and stood up: "What?! You mean you forgot the agreed place, so you haven't been there for all these years?!"

"Ha...haha, sorry!" Dr. Agasa scratched the back of his head again.

Sonoko covered her face with one hand and fell silent.

The next moment, Yuanzi suddenly thought of something, pointed at the time on the postcard with one finger, and said loudly: "Wait! Isn't today November 11th! If this year is exactly 24 years, doesn't it mean that today is the agreed day?! ”

Dr. Agasa smiled awkwardly and nodded.

This is also the reason why he suddenly came to ask for help from Makino.

Although he didn't know whether the other party had forgotten the appointment, nor whether the other party would keep the appointment, if he missed it again this time, the next time would be 10 years later...

Yuanzi: "(×_×)"

Makino turned the postcard over and looked at the "secret code" on it.

——"4163 33 6 0" "Hint: Animal sounds"

Although we already know that the clue is an animal, this code is still quite difficult to guess. No wonder Dr. Agasa has not guessed it for so many years.

However, for Makino, who already knew where to start reasoning, this puzzle was almost not difficult.

What's more, he remembered that the final answer seemed to be "the ginkgo forest next to Teitan Elementary School."

However, in order to be more rigorous and prevent Dr. Agasa from dying alone, he still tried to reverse-deduce the answer.

After thinking for a while, Makino nodded silently.

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In English, the sound of a chicken is "Cock-a-doodle-doo", the sound of a dog is "Bow-Bow", and the sound of a bat, which is very similar to a mouse, is "Squeak".

These three animals represent places that have all appeared in Dr. Agasa's description. They are the school that raises chickens, the Noi family that raises dogs, and the Noi family that raises golden mouse butterflies.

And 0 means there is no animal sound, which means there is no animal. This place should refer to the home of the little girl at that time, because her family did not have any small animals.

Combining the names of the previous three places, the homonym of these words is "under the ginkgo tree in the school."

-

Thinking of this, Makino looked at Dr. Agasa and chuckled, "Dr. Agasa, there is still a long time before the sun sets, why don't you go and prepare first?"

"Preparation? What preparation?" Dr. Agasa frowned.

The next moment, Dr. Agasa suddenly realized something and looked at Makino with a look of expectation: "So, do you already know the answer to this puzzle?!"

Yuanzi also immediately looked at Makino, her eyes full of eagerness.

"Well, the answer is under the ginkgo tree in the school." Makino nodded and said, "Dr. Agasa, the elementary school you attended when you were a child should also be Teitan Elementary School, right?"

……

That afternoon.

Makino drove Sonoko and Professor Agasa, who was dressed in formal attire and holding gifts and flowers, to the ginkgo grove outside Teitan Elementary School.

As soon as he got off the car, Makino noticed a white luxury car parked in the distance, and a smile flashed in his eyes.

(End of this chapter)