Conan Rick's Investigator

[During the day, the police and detectives should have come to your house to ask questions, right?

We can't fight among ourselves anymore at this time. We should find a place to discuss what has happened recently to prevent others from discovering our business.

There are too many people in the village now, so it is not appropriate to meet in the village. The time is set at 12 o'clock tonight, and the location is at the top of the low mountain in the west.

I'm leaving first, see you there. 】

Find Hideo Kawashima and Tatsuji Kuroiwa in the address book.

Press the Send key.

Qin Zhibo's tactic is called "act first and report later", which is also a tactic he learned from Ma Chengshi.

As long as you write words like "I'll go first, see you later" in the text message, it is equivalent to not giving the other party a chance to refuse you.

Moreover, judging from the fact that Hideo Kawashima and Tatsuji Kuroiwa are running for village chief at the same time, this drug trafficking gang is probably not a monolithic entity.

Maybe now Hideo Kawashima has begun to suspect that it was Tatsuji Kuroiwa who had done something bad to him.

Therefore, if we gather everyone in the name of Ken Nishimoto and with the slogan of "unity", there is a high probability that we can also call the other two people together.

As for Nishimoto Ken...

Qin Zhibo quietly retreated to the window of Nishimoto Ken's bedroom and wrapped the note that he had asked Masami Miura to help forge last night on a stone.

The note was written by Masamichi imitating the handwriting of the current village chief, Kuroiwa Tatsuji, and the content was similar to the text message.

But there is one more sentence at the end: remember to destroy it after reading it.

In this way, it doesn't matter even if the handwriting forged by Asano Minoru is not similar enough to Kuroiwa Tatsuji.

Anyway, Ken Nishimoto will erase the evidence himself.

In this case, the police's subsequent investigation will conclude only from the two text messages that it was Ken Nishimoto who summoned the other two to meet on the top of the mountain.

whoosh-

Ouch!

A stone wrapped in a piece of paper was thrown through the window and hit Ken Nishimoto who was sleeping on the tatami in the bedroom.

But when this sound was made, Ken Nishimoto, who was wrapped in the quilt, immediately let out a scream.

"what--"

React so quickly?

Qin Zhibo hid in the darkness and observed carefully with night vision goggles for a while, only to find that Nishimoto Ken in the quilt was not asleep at all, but was hiding inside and shivering.

After a while, a trembling arm stretched out from under the quilt and groped for the lighter on the cigarette box beside the bed.

Katsa——

In the light of the lighter, Nishimoto Ken lifted a corner of the quilt in horror and looked around to see what had fallen in.

Stones and notes were all found.

Ken Nishimoto held the unfolded note in one hand and a lighter in the other and looked at it closely.

But I don't know if I finished reading it, because the note caught fire because it was too close to the flame of the lighter.

Qin Zhibo: Are you paying tribute to the classics here?

Thanks to Ken Nishimoto's timely rescue, the house was not set on fire, but the note was almost burned.

So Ken Nishimoto turned on the light and walked towards the living room again.

Seeing this scene, Qin Zhibo immediately knew what he was going to do.

Ken Nishimoto should be able to tell that the handwriting on the note is Kuroiwa Tatsuji's, so he wants to call Kuroiwa Tatsuji to confirm!

If he were to confirm it, everything would be exposed!

Plan A won’t work!

Hurry up and make Plan B!

Qin Zhibo first took out a gun and shot Xi Benjian who was about to dial a number.

Then, while Nishimoto Ken was unable to react, he quickly rushed into the living room and knocked Nishimoto unconscious with a shroud from behind.

The so-called Plan B is to use your own props to forcibly tie Nishimoto Ken to the target location.

As for why this was chosen as a backup plan, on the one hand, there was a possibility of being seen, and on the other hand, it was a bit tiring to carry someone up the mountain.

But this is the only thing we can do for now.

Qin Zhibo wrapped Nishimoto Ken's body in a shroud like a mummy, started out from the back door, and headed towards Xishan.

After Qin Zhibo left, the phone that Nishimoto Ken placed on the table also rang.

Ring ring ring——

The ringing sounded in the empty house for a long time, and finally because no one answered, he became depressed.

……

At 11:50, Qin Zhibo finally carried Xiben Ken to the top of the mountain.

Since Ken Nishimoto's home was near the foot of the mountain and the villagers went to bed early, he neither passed by other villagers' houses nor met anyone along the way.

After throwing Nishimoto Ken, wrapped in a shroud, directly to the ground at the target location, Qin Zhibo hid in the nearby bushes.

In fact, when I told Ma Chengshi about this place yesterday, he was shocked.

Because this is the former residence of his father, Keiji Aso, on Tsukikage Island.

Twelve years ago, this place was burned down.

The fire burned thoroughly and the village had no plans to rebuild the area. Even the road up the mountain was abandoned.

The rampant weeds seem to have completely buried the stories that once happened on this land.

Qin Zhibo was hiding in the bushes when suddenly a series of sounds interrupted his thoughts.

First there was a heavy gasp, and then a fat man walked out with a rustling sound in the bushes.

The full moon's light shone on his shiny bald head. This man was none other than the current village chief, Kuroiwa Tatsuji.

"Hu-hu-"

He held on to the big tree next to him, breathing heavily, and his face looked quite unhappy.

Such a meeting place was extremely unfriendly to an obese person like him, but when he wanted to call to request a different meeting place, no one answered Ken Nishimoto's call.

So I had no choice but to climb the mountain in the middle of the night.

Before Kuroiwa Tatsuji could catch his breath, a series of rustling footsteps came from behind him.

Kuroiwa Tatsuji hurriedly looked back vigilantly and found that it was Kawashima Hideo.

"Huh, you're here too."

"Don't play dumb. The message from Nishimoto Ken mentioned 'you guys', so he must have been referring to both of us."

Hideo Kawashima, with his neatly combed mustache, walked up calmly and stood in front of Kuroiwa Tatsuji.

"I didn't expect that Nishimoto Ken would choose this as the meeting place. It really makes me feel a little uncomfortable..."

Although he felt uncomfortable, Kawashima Hideo did not call to cancel the meeting place.

Because this was the address of Keiji Aso's home twelve years ago, the villagers think it is spooky and generally don't come here. It is a very hidden rendezvous place.

"That's right, I want to talk to you too."

"Did you hire someone to attack me because you saw I was about to be elected village chief?"

Facing Kawashima Hideo's questioning, Kuroiwa Tatsuji laughed instead of getting angry and said happily: "If I sent someone to attack you, would you still be alive?"

"You must have bribed some villagers to get them to resent you, so they attacked you."

"And I have to ask you this in return. Are you hiring a detective just to get into my head? Isn't that right?"

"How could I possibly hire a detective to expose you?" Kawashima Hideo sneered, "I know everything about you. You don't even need a detective."

"you!"

In this way, one of them suspected that the other had hired someone to attack him, and the other suspected that the other had hired a detective to spy on him, and the two started to fight each other.

Almost five minutes passed, and Hideo Kawashima ignored the furious Kuroiwa Tatsuji and glanced at the surrounding bushes.

"Where's Ken Nishimoto?"

"Isn't he the one who convened the meeting? Why hasn't he arrived yet?"

Kuroiwa Tatsuji also looked around and finally saw a white protrusion in the grass.

"what is that?"

The two of them trotted over, turned over the "human-shaped white island" on the ground, found the ends of the shroud, and untied the tangles one by one.

When the head emerged, the two were shocked to find that it was the convener of the meeting - Ken Nishimoto.

"not good!"

"We were fooled!"

Hideo Kawashima was the first to react. He took out a pistol from his arms and looked around vigilantly.

At this time, the clock struck twelve at midnight.

Noon has arrived!

Chapter 100 At this moment, all the glory belongs to Aldebaran!

When he saw Hideo Kawashima suddenly take out a pistol, Tatsuji Kuroiwa screamed in fright.

"You, you actually brought a gun!"

Kawashima Hideo snorted coldly and said, "After all, I have to be wary of someone plotting against me..."

"Let's not talk about this for now. Nishimoto Ken was kidnapped. Someone must be trying to harm us."

He swept his pistol through the surrounding bushes and shouted, "Come out!"

"Come out now! I won't hurt you!"

Since Hideo Kawashima said that even the Junior Detective League wouldn't be fooled, Qin Zhibo naturally wouldn't be fooled either.

However, Qin Zhibo did not expect that Hideo Kawashima would carry such dangerous goods as guns.

It seems that this remote place provides convenience for both himself and him.

It is so convenient to shoot, kill and dump bodies in this place.

However, the bushes where he was were very hidden, and he could use the guard totem to observe the outside view, so he could see the drug dealer's every move without having to look out.

It will take a while for him to find himself.

……

Kawashima Hideo looked around nervously, his body and raised pistol slowly moving like the hands of a clock on the former site of Keiji Aso's house.

He concentrated all his energy and scanned the surroundings, looking for anything wrong.

Suddenly, his body stopped in a certain direction, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"Come out!"

"Don't hide, I've already seen you!"

In the shadows beneath the full moon, no one answered.

But the next second, Hideo Kawashima suddenly fired a shot without hesitation.

Bia!

The shot hit a tree trunk not far away, and bark and wood chips immediately flew in the air.

After the gunshots completely died down, a slender figure walked out from behind the tree trunk.

Seeing this moving figure, Hideo Kawashima and Tatsuji Kuroiwa both widened their eyes, their eyes full of disbelief.

"Asai...Narimi?"