Tokyo people don't talk about Wude

Chapter 150 148. Is This Voice You?

After dinner, the three of them came to Xishenjian's hotel room and held an emergency combat meeting.

These days, he has traveled between Tokyo and Yokohama many times, visiting and investigating everywhere, and brazenly asking his acquaintances in the system for advice. He hardly has time to rest except for sleeping.

"Hey, after I consulted with a few lawyer friends yesterday, they forced me to buy a drink. I drank until late at night before letting me go. I just woke up." Xi Shenjian scratched his curly hair and sighed wearily:

"But thanks to them, I have a little clue."

"I obviously paid your employment fee on a daily basis, but you actually went to drink with a big swagger." Eliza was a little disappointed, and said with a straight face:

"You should have given us the information last night."

"Don't be so rigid, Miss Qing Palace~" Xi Shenjian laughed and laughed: "Drinking is to maintain contacts, and this is also part of the investigation, otherwise why would they be willing to help me next time?"

"I think Mr. Xishen is right, so please be considerate of him a little bit." Makoto Kyushu understood Eliza's impatient mood, but also felt that Xishen's key made sense:
"Hasn't he already investigated the clues? Listen to what he said first."

"Okay." Of course Eliza knew the priority and didn't plan to fuss over it: "Then report it, detective."

Xi Shenjian set up a blackboard in his room, and pasted some note paper and newspapers on it.

"A lawyer friend of mine said that there was an arson case in Yokohama four months ago. The victim was a retired rich gentry and an art collector." Xi Shenjian tapped a picture on the blackboard note paper:

"The fire happened when he was away from home. The fire destroyed his villa and all the collections in it."

Jiuzhou Cheng stared at the blackboard for a while, and asked: "Since it is an arson case, has the murderer been caught?"

"This is where the doubts of the case lie." Xi Shenjian paused, and shook his head regretfully:
"The police found traces of gasoline and arson at the scene after investigation, so it was determined that this was not an accidental fire. However, neither the surveillance cameras inside the villa nor the nearby streets captured the arsonist during the incident."

"The cameras installed in the villa cover almost all blind spots, and there are several security guards and servants." Xi Shenjian continued:
"Theoretically speaking, the possibility of arson being completed without being discovered by anyone is almost zero."

"Is it possible that an insider committed the crime?" Kyushu Cheng had an idea and asked.

"The police were so suspicious at first, but after careful investigation, they did not find the suspect among the people inside the villa." Xi Shenjian laughed as expected, and continued:

"In short, this case is still an unsolved case. The police have no idea how the criminals used it to deceive others and burn the whole house to ashes."

Neither the camera nor the people inside the villa saw the arsonist. This information made Kyushu Makoto think.

If it was a few months ago, Kyushu Makoto might have thought that the prisoner was a skilled criminal master who completed the crime like magic.

But now, the arsonist coincides with "Trickstar", the leader of the Flying Xia Gang.

"Not to be discovered by anyone" and "invisible ability". Moreover, the Feixia Gang appeared three or four months ago, and everything seems to be connected in series.

"But what does this case have to do with the "Portrait of the Mouse Monk"? "Eliza crossed her arms and leaned closer to the blackboard for a few glances.

"Actually, that rich gentry just happened to have a collection of a board painting called "The Little Monk Mouse". He got it by accident two years ago, and it was also burned in that fire." Xi Shenjian flipped aside a piece of notebook paper , explaining:
"However, there is a lot of controversy about the origin of the "Mice and Little Monk". It is said that this painting was originally a family heirloom of an innkeeper in Shoumin Town, but it was suddenly transferred to his name for unknown reasons. Not long after , the owner of that hotel died of illness."

"Transfer the family heirloom to the collector's name, and then die of illness?" Jiuzhou Cheng stared, wondering: "There must be something wrong here, right?"

"Who knows, maybe the hotel owner is old and thinks this painting should be handed over to someone who knows how to appreciate art, so he sold it to that collector?" Xi Shenjian shook his shoulders and speculated casually :
"This incident itself did not cause much social repercussions, and soon no one cared."

"Since it's a family heirloom, why didn't he pass it on to his children?" Jiuzhou Cheng was puzzled.

"The owner of that hotel is lonely and has no relatives or children. He only has an adopted son who is in high school. It is said that he is an abandoned baby who was abandoned in a bubble bath shop." Xi Shenjian said:

"After the boss passed away, the hotel was transferred to his adopted son. However, because his adopted son was underage, he could not operate the hotel according to the law, so the hotel was temporarily closed."

"Is that so?" Jiuzhou Cheng pondered for a few seconds and asked, "What's the name of his adopted son?"

"Jiroji Kui." Yugami Ken replied:
"He is in the third grade of Hengling High School, a school with a strict academic style in the local area. Moreover, he is an excellent student, and he also participates in the basketball club and works part-time."

It was getting late, and the three decided to go to Shoumin Town immediately to visit the adopted son of the innkeeper.

This boy named "Jijiro Jijiu" does not fit the characteristics of a member of the Feixia Gang at all, and it can be said that he is out of reach.

But there are no other clues right now, so they can only be dead horses as living horse doctors, and go there first to try their luck.

If there is no relationship between Kui Jirokichi and the Feixia Gang, they don't intend to continue wasting time on this task, and they will leave for Tokyo tomorrow.

"Excuse me, is Mr. Jiui at home?"

Before arriving at a hotel called "Kui Hotel", Yugami knocked on the door and raised his voice a little.

After a while, the anti-theft door was slowly opened a crack.

The law and order in Shoumin Town is chaotic, and even hotels have to install anti-theft doors and windows, otherwise, within a few days, homeless people and street gangsters will break in and steal everything inside.

It was a slender young boy who opened the door for them.He has slender hanging eyes, his slightly longer hair is all combed to the left, and his eyes are somewhat dim like dead fish eyes.

"Excuse me, is this Kui Jirokichi?" Yugami Ken asked politely again.

"That's right, I am." Hisui Jirokichi looked at the three of them in confusion: "Who are you?"

"We are members of the municipal self-government committee, and we just joined recently." Xi Shenjian began to lie again, with a natural look in his eyes.

"In order to get acquainted with the residents in the town, we are visiting door to door." Makoto Kyushu took out a bag of discounted chocolates bought from a convenience store from his backpack, and handed it to him pretendingly:
"This is a meeting gift, please keep it."

"Oh, thank you!" Kui Jirokichi took the chocolate hesitantly.

"Jiujing-kun, how is your current living situation?" Taking advantage of the other party's soft mouth after accepting the gift, Kyushu Makoto asked again:

"I heard that your adoptive father passed away. Is it hard for you to live alone?"

Kui Jirokichi was stunned for a moment, and replied politely: "It's okay, the old man left a deposit, and I'm also working part-time. I won't worry about it after graduating from high school. Thank you for your concern!"

Obviously, he didn't want to bring up this topic too much, and it was perfunctory.

"Then it's getting late, so let's take our leave first." Makoto Kyushu smiled peacefully: "Good night, Mr. Jiujing."

After bidding farewell to Jiui's house, the three of them came to the detention center again and asked to meet "Gecko" Sho Yonemura.

"Do you hear this speech sounds like your leader?" Jiuzhou Cheng put the phone on the table and played the conversation just recorded.

The Snidget leader is a discreet man, always wearing a mask and hoodie, but he never seems to try to hide his voice.

So Kyushu Cheng secretly recorded his voice under the pretense of visiting, and let the key members of Fei Xia Gang identify him.

If Yonemura Sho said that the voice didn't sound like the leader's, then Kyushu Makoto would have nothing to do.Let the others handle the rest of the Feixia gang mess, he's done his best.

After listening to the recording of the conversation, Sho Yonemura put his head in his hands and pondered for a while, then nodded and said:

"This voice...much like him."

(End of this chapter)