Ghost Detectives in the Detective World

Tsuchio Hiroki said with a mournful face.

"I do occasionally steal small things, but I would never dare to do something that could kill someone."

Chapter 84 The mantis stalks the cicada, but the oriole follows behind

"Damn it, if it weren't for you, Kana wouldn't have been framed by that detective! And you still dare to say it has nothing to do with you!"

The more water he listened to, the angrier he became. He jumped over the table and grabbed Hiroki Tsuchio by the collar.

"It's all because of you that the detective suspected Kana and that the police interrogated her! It's all because of you!"

"I...I really didn't mean to..."

Tsuchio Hiroki, his face deathly pale, stammered in his defense.

"I just heard that the Changzeng family was planning to seal off that villa, so I wanted to go in and steal some things to make some money. I really didn't mean to kill anyone, I really didn't..."

"All right."

Matsuda noticed that the other customers in the cafe were looking at them, and quickly grabbed Koshimizu's arm.

"What he said is actually true. Yue Shui, don't take your anger out on others!"

While Hiroki Tsuchio can indeed be considered the root of all evil in all of this,

But just as he said, he actually only wanted to go in and steal something.

From beginning to end, Hiroki Tsuchio never imagined that his preparations for the theft would lead to someone's death.

"Don't forget, who was the real person who caused Kana's death!" Matsuda whispered.

"...I will definitely not let that guy get away with this!"

Koshimizu bit her lip and finally let go of Tsuchio Hiroki's collar.

“Listen carefully, Hiroki Tsuchio,” Matsuda said slowly. “I’m going to take you to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department now. There, you just need to explain the Lavender Villa case.”

"Of course, you can also choose not to go to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, then I will send you to the police headquarters in Shikoku."

"I think the Kochi Police Headquarters will welcome you, but once you get to the local police headquarters, all the other things you did before will have to be settled properly."

"So, Tokyo or Shikoku?" Matsuda asked.

"Once you get to Tokyo, will you really only pursue the Lavender Villa case?"

Hiroki Tsuchio swallowed hard and asked with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty.

"The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department won't care about the messes you've made in Shikoku. We don't want to, and we can't."

"The only case we need to investigate right now is the Lavender Villa case!"

Matsuda was telling the truth; he was indeed only interested in the Lavender Villa incident.

As for the other cases committed by Hiroki Tsuchio, they will be sent back to Shikoku after the Lavender Villa case is resolved, and the local police will handle it then.

"Then...then I'll go to Tokyo with you!"

Seeing that there was no way to escape, Tsuchio Hiroki naturally chose to avoid the strong and avoid the strong.

"Well,

Matsuda took out handcuffs and handcuffed him to himself.

Hiroki Tsuchio has been arrested, and the next step is to take him back to Tokyo.

Just as Matsuda and Koshimizu led Tsuchio Hiroki out of the cafe, preparing to find a car to leave,

Yue Shui suddenly noticed someone lurking suspiciously not far away.

"Officer Matsuda, it seems we're being followed," she whispered.

“I know. These people followed us when we parted ways with Yoneya-senpai.” Matsuda showed no surprise.

"Could they be..." Yue Shui asked in surprise.

“They’re from the Kochi Police Headquarters,” Matsuda said calmly. “Kochi is their territory after all. We can’t hide anything we do from them.”

As he explained, Matsuda pulled up the hood of Tsuchio Hiroo's hoodie to cover his face.

"What exactly do these people want?" Yue Shui exclaimed in surprise. "Do they want to kill us to silence us?"

"I don't want to die!" Tsuchio Hiroki was so frightened that his legs went weak.

If Matsuda hadn't been holding him up with the hand cuffed around his wrist, this guy would have already fallen to the ground.

"You've watched too many American blockbusters, haven't you?" Matsuda said speechlessly. "These people are police officers, after all. They shouldn't be able to do something like that."

“Then they…” Koshimizu looked at Tsuchio Hiroki.

“Yes, they probably don’t want us to take this guy out of Shikoku.” Matsuda nodded in agreement with Koshimizu’s idea. “Now that Inspector Daimon of the Kochi Police Headquarters knows that we want to overturn the case of Lavender Villa, he will naturally be watching our movements.”

"Even if they don't know this guy's identity yet, they can definitely guess that he's related to the Lavender Villa case!"

"What do we do now?" Yue Shui asked anxiously. "What if they snatch this guy away? We'll lose our most important witness this time!"

"Don't worry, I've already made arrangements."

Matsuda smiled confidently, then whispered a few instructions to Koshimizu.

Upon hearing this, Yue Shui immediately left the coffee shop.

Five minutes later, a black Honda sedan pulled up in front of the coffee shop.

After Matsuda helped Hiroki Tsuchio into the car, the Honda sedan started moving.

Behind this car, there was also an inconspicuous minivan following behind.

The people sitting in the car were Inspector Daimon from the Kochi Police Headquarters and his two subordinates, Takeshita and Arai.

“Inspector, why don’t we go down and stop that car now, and take the prisoner into custody?” Takeshita suggested. “This is Kochi, not Tokyo. Famous detectives in Tokyo don’t have the authority to handle cases outside their jurisdiction.”

"Do you think I don't know?" The gatekeeper glared angrily at his subordinate. "I followed them to see if they had any other new evidence! What if this thief was just a cover, and they have other witnesses behind their backs?"

"Matsuda Jinpei is a renowned detective in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, so he must be quite capable! Don't treat him like a fool!"

"Inspector, where's that female detective? We don't know where she went just now. Should we just leave her be?"

When Arai saw his friend being scolded, he quickly helped to change the subject.

"Ignore her! What can a woman do?"

Inspector Damen scoffed.

"If Matsuda Jinpei hadn't gotten involved in the Lavender Villa case, I wouldn't have bothered with that woman if she had been the only one investigating!"

"Yes!" Takeshita and Arai obediently shut up and focused on driving behind Matsuda.

The black Honda sedan drove along the road for a while and then quickly stopped in front of a movie theater, where a red Mercedes was already parked.

The three men at the gate witnessed Matsuda getting off the train with a hooded prisoner handcuffed to his wrists.

The prisoner was taken to the passenger seat of the red Mercedes and handcuffed, then Matsuda himself got into the driver's seat.

The red Mercedes then drove straight towards the mountainous area where the lavender villa was located.

"Hmph, he really did have a backup plan! Matsuda Jinpei is definitely going to the Lavender Villa to have that criminal identify something. Follow him immediately!"

The gatekeeper excitedly ordered, "Once we get to Lavender Villa, we'll snatch the criminal away and destroy the evidence they used to identify him. Then the case at Lavender Villa will be impossible to overturn."

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Chapter 85 Openly repairing the plank road while secretly crossing the granary

"Officer Matsuda, they really have been chasing us."

Inside the red Mercedes, Koshimizu, dressed in Hiroki Tsuchio's clothes, occasionally glanced at the car trailing not far behind through the rearview mirror.

"Well, next, all we need to do is keep them in Kochi and wait for Yoneya-senpai to take Tsuchio Hiroki out of Shikoku," Matsuda said as he drove.

"I've already sent a friend to meet us. Once we're out of Shikoku, they won't be able to do whatever they want!"

"In Chinese parlance, this would be called 'openly repairing the plank road while secretly crossing the Chencang pass,' right?" Yue Shui asked.

"You seem to know quite a bit about Chinese culture," Matsuda chuckled. "That's right. This time, we're the main force, while Yoneya-senpai and Tsuchio Hiroki are the main operatives."

Matsuda's plan to replace the person was actually very simple. Earlier at the coffee shop entrance, he had Koshimizu leave first.

After escaping the watchful eyes of the gatekeepers, Koshimizu got directly into the black Honda driven by the elderly police officer, Miyako, who was waiting nearby.

Then the old patrolman drove Yue Shui to the coffee shop.

After Matsuda led Tsuchio Hiroki upstairs, Koshimizu put on Tsuchio Hiroki's clothes.

Upon arriving at the movie theater, Matsuda, accompanied by Koshimizu who was impersonating Tsuchio Hiroo, got out of the car and drove the red Mercedes to the Lavender Villa.

Meanwhile, the veteran police officer Yoneya left Shikoku with Hiroki Tsuchio, whose coat had been ripped off, in the car.

"Finally, I don't have to wear that guy's clothes anymore, they stink!"

Koshimizu disdainfully took off Tsuchio Hiroki's jacket and pants, tossing them directly onto the back seat.

Because Hiroki Tsuchio was a bit fatter than Koshimizu, Koshimizu didn't take off his clothes when impersonating Hiroki Tsuchio.

Instead, he simply put Tsuchio Hiroki's jacket and trousers over his own clothes.

That way it at least looks a bit bulky. Now that the fish have taken the bait, we don't need these anymore.

One in front of the other, about two or three hundred meters apart.

Matsuda's red Mercedes, along with the minivan following behind, drove into the depths of the mountains on the outskirts of Kochi.

"By the way, Officer Matsuda, the officer you arranged to take over Tsuchio Hiroo's case from Yoneya-senpai was your girlfriend, Officer Matsuda?"

Sitting in the passenger seat, Yue Shui glanced at the rearview mirror and tidied her slightly disheveled hair.

She glanced at Matsuda, who was focused on driving, and suddenly asked,

"Actually, she's not really my girlfriend yet; she hasn't agreed to date me," Matsuda said helplessly.

"You two haven't officially started dating yet?"

Yue Shui's eyes lit up, and for some reason, she also looked somewhat surprised.

“Well, because something happened in the past,” Matsuda said casually.