Stay away from Conan

Chapter 557 Twenty years ago

"But if that's the case, why did you notice Mizuhara Yuki? At that time, you probably didn't know what happened to Isono Mina, right? Moreover, before you came into contact with Mizuhara Yuki, you didn't know that 'Mr. Akechi' had anything to do with her either. Contact?"

After going over what Chengzhong Jade said in its entirety, Gao Yuan thought about it and couldn't help but have a question.

In response to this, Shirozuka Jade couldn't help but open the diary and said somewhat matter-of-factly:

"The main reason is of course because this diary mentions something that I am very interested in. Anyway, I got the diary, so of course I have to read it."

"So, what is recorded in this diary that makes you want to contact Mizuhara Yuki personally?"

Gao Yuan said, and couldn't help but look at the diary held in Shirozuka Jade's hand with curiosity.

Regarding this, Shirozuka Jade had no scruples, and directly handed the diary booklet in her hand to Gao Yuan's hand, and said indifferently:

"Although this will reveal the customer's privacy, if it is Mr. Gao Yuan, I think there should be no problem in telling you."

As he spoke, Shirozuka Hisui turned to one of the pages in the diary, pointed to a paragraph of text in it, and said slowly:

"This is where Mina Isono mentioned. She saw a comic book collected by Mr. Akechi. The protagonist in it cut off the limbs of the heroine to make her a girl who belongs to the protagonist. This plot made Mina feel very romantic."

Soon, Shirozuka Hisui's fingers quickly traced the corresponding content on the corresponding page of the diary, then turned over a few pages, pointed out a paragraph of text, and continued:

"Then here, she mentioned that a junior high school girl from Sakuraha Women's Academy also read the manga at 'Mr. Akechi'. By looking at her student ID card, Mina knew that the girl's name was Mizuhara Yuki. Because These two paragraphs are why I want to get in touch with Mizuhara Yuki personally.”

"Hey? Why?"

Following the movement of Chengzuka Jade's fingers, Gao Yuan quickly read what she said, and then asked in confusion——

Although according to this statement, the method used by the protagonist in the comic to cut off the heroine's limbs is exactly the same as the actual case. If I know this clue now, although I may not be able to rule out the possibility of coincidence, it will definitely happen. Curious about it.

But before that, it was impossible for Hisui Shirozuka to know the details of this case. Why did she want to contact Mizuhara Yuki personally at that time because she had read the manga?

However, when Gao Yuan asked this question, Shirozuka Jade's expression became very serious, and he couldn't help but solemnly asked a question that surprised Gao Yuan:

"Mr. Gao Yuan, do you know the 'Gus Group'?"

"An international criminal organization whose main method is to steal counterfeit gems!"

Frowning tightly, Gao Yuan was unexpectedly surprised——

Of course I know this name, and I will never forget it casually. After all, I suffered a big loss at the hands of this organization when I was on Mermaid Island!

"Mr. Gao Yuan really knows..."

After listening to Gao Yuan's words, Shirozuka Jade confirmed with some clarity, as if he had already confirmed that Gao Yuan knew this, and then continued slowly:

"So, Mr. Gao Yuan knows...cutting off a person's limbs while they are still alive is actually a method used by the 'Gus Group' to deal with traitors!"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan frowned even more and looked at Chengzhong Jade with a solemn expression. He was very surprised that she could tell such a seemingly secret thing.

"The 'Gus Group' is an international criminal organization with strong religious overtones. Their members will hold corresponding ceremonies when they join the group or when they are promoted. But similarly, once such an organization joins, It will not be that easy to quit. If a member wants to quit the group, he must also undergo the ritual baptism corresponding to his original rank in the group... and cutting off limbs is the highest level exit ceremony of the group.

"However, generally speaking, when faced with such a life-threatening ritual, basically no one will choose to quit when they reach that level in the group, so this kind of ritual of cutting off limbs is actually rare. Execution...but..."

Saying this, Shirozuka Jade's expression also looked very serious. When she said this, she couldn't help but be silent for a moment, closed her eyes slightly and sighed softly, and then said:

"If we are faced with traitors who choose not to accept the ceremony and flee directly, once the group finds them, they will directly perform this highest-level ceremony to show the maintenance of the group's dignity."

"So, what do you suspect after reading the content of that comic?"

Seeing that Chengzuka Jade didn't continue to talk after saying this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but look solemn:

"And why do you know so much about this kind of thing!"

Staring closely at Shirozuka Jade's eyes, Gao Yuan seemed to want to see something from her face.

"Because I've encountered it."

Without avoiding Gao Yuan's gaze, Shirozuka Jade also looked into Gao Yuan's eyes and answered very seriously:

"When I was in the United States before, I encountered an incident related to the Gus Group's pursuit of traitors, so I understand this."

She said affirmatively, but didn't seem to want to explain in more detail. Shirozuka Jade just told Gao Yuan why she knew about it.

After hearing this, Gao Yuan couldn't help but look at the girl in front of him more carefully——

After all, from my previous encounter with the "Gus Group" on Mermaid Island, even with the help of Nakagawa Daizang, I didn't have any detailed understanding of that group...

But now, the girl in front of me who is still in junior high school actually knows this kind of thing, so what has she experienced before!

"Were you in the United States before?"

Gao Yuan seemed a little curious about one of the things she just said.

"Well, I lived in the United States until I returned to China to attend junior high school."

Shirozuka Hisui answered frankly.

"Then... do you have anything to do with the Gus Group? Why do you care so much about things that may be related to the Gus Group?"

Gao Yuan asked——

After all, is there any intrinsic connection between the content of the comics and the real-life methods used by the "Gus Group" to deal with traitors? To be honest, from my own perspective, I feel that this is probably just a coincidence.

And just a few accidental relevant clues can make her put into action the investigation. It is obvious that she is extremely concerned about this matter.

Combined with what she mentioned before, she had been living in the United States. Gao Yuan could probably guess that something happened between Shirotsuka Hisui and the "Gus Group" when he was in the United States. Some extremely important event had a huge impact on her and forced her to return to China, so she was so concerned about the "Gus Group".

Of course, this is just Gao Yuan's momentary conjecture, and there is no actual evidence to prove this.

After all, for Gao Yuan, with more and more contact with Shirozuka Jade, there are really more and more mysteries surrounding her.

"Mr. Gao Yuan!"

Speaking of this, Chengzhong Jade shouted in a sweet voice, lightly stamped her foot, and seemed to be a little impatient and said depressedly:

"Please don't ask me about my story at this time! A girl's past is not something that can be asked casually as an interrogation!"

"Forehead……"

Seeing Shirozuka Hisui's statement, Gao Yuan was a little embarrassed. It was indeed very impolite to ask the little girl about her past so casually, so let's change the topic back to the main topic——

"So, what did you discover through Mizuhara Yuki?"

"I find……"

Hearing this question, a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of Shirozuka Hisui's mouth, like the expression of a child who has discovered something interesting and is about to be naughty, and then said with a smile:

"Mr. Akechi is a rotten man!"

Although he knew who Shirozuka Jade wanted to say, Gao Yuan also understood, and was sure that Shirozuka Jade was referring to Sang and Huai, but Gao Yuan could not refute anything, after all -

"Isono Mina is still a high school student after all. It's already shameless for an adult man to hook up with a high school girl, but he actually attacked Yuki, who is a junior high school student. It's really unforgivable!"

Shirozuka Jade said angrily, and then sighed with a somewhat regretful expression:

"Unfortunately, I didn't persuade Yuki at the time, nor did I find a way to find out the specific information about 'Mr. Akechi' from Yuki, so she suddenly transferred to another school without any warning. At the time, my mind was on investigating the manga. Above, I didn't discover Yuxi's situation in time. When I noticed that two girls who were connected to 'Mr. Akechi' suddenly transferred schools, I felt that something was wrong, but..."

Speaking of this, Chengzhong Jade lowered his head in a very depressed mood, then raised his head and looked at Gao Yuan, and couldn't help but say:

"After I discovered that even Hazuki Yage, a woman similar to Isono Mina and Mizuhara Yuki, had an accident, Mr. Takato actually appeared near Yage, so I became suspicious at that time..."

"But the matter is at this point. What has happened is irreversible. All we can do is find the three victims and catch the suspected suspect 'Mr. Wise' as soon as possible... At least, there is no clear evidence yet. It proves that the three of them are dead..."

Saying this, Gao Yuan thought for a while and couldn't help but said:

"However, even if Isono Mina is very likely to be the first victim, there is still another victim whose identity is still unclear... At present, we can only roughly determine the direction of the investigation."

Thinking of this, Gao Yuan took out his mobile phone, thinking about whether to inform the police of the existing clues first, but Shirozuka Jade saw this and directly reached out to take Gao Yuan's mobile phone, and couldn't help but say:

"Mr. Gao Yuan, if you tell the police this information now, how will you explain where you got the clues? Are you planning to confess me?"

Pouting, Shirozuka Hisui seemed a little angry and said.

"However, the most correct way is to let the police grasp clues as soon as possible. After all, there are some clues that we cannot conduct a more detailed investigation on."

——Furthermore, since Akechi Kengo of the Metropolitan Police Department is also paying attention to this case, with his participation, the case should be solved faster.

Gao Yuan thought so in his heart.

"But if you inform the police of these important clues so haphazardly now, they will definitely investigate you, and then I will be exposed..."

After muttering a few words in a low voice without letting Gao Yuan hear, Chengzhong Jade couldn't help but say:

"No! At least you can't use your identity to tell clues to the police."

"What do you want?"

Frowning slightly, feeling that Chengzuka Jade was a bit unreasonable, Gao Yuan couldn't help but waved his hands and asked helplessly.

"Otherwise!"

Shirozuka Jade put his finger on his lips and thought for a moment, then suggested:

"Although I don't have any more detailed clues about 'Mr. Akechi', I have investigated something based on that comic. Mr. Takato, how about you send me to Nanyang University in Shizuoka Prefecture tomorrow!"

"Nanyang University?"

Hearing the name of this school at this time, Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel a little surprised——

After all, I am quite familiar with this school...

Hey, wait a minute, talking about Nanyang University, I seem to have forgotten something...

"Why? Is that clue related to Nanyang University?"

Gao Yuan asked.

"kindness."

Chengzhong Jade nodded and couldn't help but said:

"I asked Yuki about the name of the comic called "The Girl Only for Me". It was an evil comic that caused a commotion more than ten years ago, and I happened to know something about the 'Gus Group' major events more than ten years ago.”

——"The Girl Only Belongs to Me"!

Hearing the title of the book, Gao Yuan couldn't help being startled, and then he started to feel a little dazed——

No wonder!

No wonder that when he got the relevant details about this incident from Officer Megure, some comic scenes that seemed to be related to the case would pop up in his mind for no reason, but it turned out that he had actually read them!

It's just that I heard from Kyoko-san that the comic was not exciting, so I didn't read it carefully, so I wasn't very impressed...

Why!

Wait a minute, I remember Kengo Akechi reading that comic in that second-hand bookstore that day!

He had actually noticed that clue at that time!

"Well...but what does this have to do with Nanyang University?"

Gao Yuan turned his thoughts back and asked with some confusion.

"Because if I have to talk about it, the origin of that incident must be brought up from Nanyang University twenty years ago."

Chengzuka Jade couldn't help but said:

"This is my exclusive news! If the customer who told me about it was no longer alive, I wouldn't have revealed it like this!"

Saying this, Shirozuka Jade suddenly changed the topic and said with a smile:

"Mr. Gao Yuan, do you know where the five diamonds you saw before came from?"