Science solves cases? No, I am an immortal cultivator!

After playing in the mountains for a day, Kitagawa Taki and the other two returned to Beika Town.

After sending Yuanzi home, he saw a few acquaintances on the roadside.

So, Kitagawa Taki parked his car behind two cars, one red and one white.

"Mr. Kitagawa." Takagi Shigeru had already discovered Kitagawa Taki's car.

Kitagawa Taki nodded, looked at Sato Miwako who seemed to be worshipping not far away, and asked, "What are you doing?"

Takagi Wataru rubbed his head and said, "Actually, I'm not quite sure either."

"I remember now!" Shiratori Renzaburo, who had just been lost in thought, suddenly exclaimed, "Today is the anniversary of the death of Officer Sato's father, Officer Sato Masayoshi Shima!"

Masayoshi Sato was a police captain during his lifetime and was posthumously awarded the rank of Superintendent of Police after his death.

"Exactly 18 years ago today, he died at this intersection while chasing a robber and murderer.

He was hit by a truck and the ambulance was late because it was raining heavily that day..."

Shiratori Renzaburo thought for a moment and continued, "Because he kept repeating the name 'Chou Silang' to the murderer, the case became known as the Chou Silang Incident. Unfortunately, the case remains unsolved to this day."

Kitagawa Taki remembers this incident. The so-called "Chou Si Lang" is actually the Japanese homonym for "Go and surrender yourself."

He had no recollection of the murderer's specific name, but he remembered that the man was one of Sato Masayoshi's good friends.

After Shiratori Jinzaburo said this, Takagi Wataru also remembered:

"I've seen this case on TV several times. It's said that the only clue was a ten-second surveillance video from the bank. As for how Officer Sato Masayoshi identified the murderer, it became a mystery after his death."

Shiratori Renzaburo sighed and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. There are simply too few clues."

As soon as he finished speaking, Sato Miwako had finished her worship and walked towards them.

She nodded to Kitagawa Taki and said, "Actually, there's another clue. In my father's police handbook, there are three suspicious characters circled—KAN O."

"KAN O? This is the first time I've heard of this." Shiratori Renzaburo supported his chin with his hand, looking thoughtful.

"Because the police don't want this clue to be leaked, judging from the previous and subsequent records in the police manual, these three words are definitely the key clue.

The police often asked my mother if she had heard of this, but she had no recollection of it at all.”

When talking about her father's death in the line of duty, Sato Miwako can now face it calmly.

"Because I often stared at these three words as a child, they left a deep impression on me," Sato Miwako said with a smile. "I also often thought to myself, if anyone can help me catch the murderer, I will definitely agree to their request, no matter what they ask."

This half-joking remark made the two men think a lot.

Beichuan Taki interrupted their beautiful fantasy and said, "The police must have investigated someone named Chou Silang at that time, right?"

"That's right." Sato Miwako nodded and said, "At that time, we checked all the people named Chousilang, but in the end, they were all ruled out as suspects."

Beichuan Taki said something shocking: "Have you ever considered that Chou Si Lang is not a person's name?"

"Eh?"

"what?"

The three of them looked at Kitagawa Taki.

Beichuan Taki didn't keep the secret and continued, "Your father probably meant 'Go and surrender yourself,' but was misheard as 'Chou Si Lang.'"

Miwako Sato's eyes widened. The statement provided by Kitagawa Taki was very likely!

Just then, a voice came from the side: "Meihezi!"

Miwako Sato turned around and saw some of her father's friends.

"Long time no see." Sato Miwako greeted.

Takagi Wataru asked, "Officer Sato, is he your friend?"

"No, they're friends from my dad's high school baseball team."

Then, Miwako Sato introduced the three people.

The Mediterranean man is called Saruwatari Hideaki, an ace pitcher who partners with Sato Masayoshi; the medium-long-haired man Shuji Kano is famous for his strong arms and fast legs.

The short-haired fat man is called Inomata Mitsuo, and he is the main player of the baseball team; the woman, Shenniao Chouko, is the team manager.

Kitagawa Taki glanced at the four people. The murderer should be among these four people. First of all, he ruled out Shenniao Diezi.

The four of them placed a bouquet of flowers under the telephone pole, exchanged a few words with Sato Miwako, and then said goodbye.

"Beichuan, what you just said, 'Go and surrender yourself,' is very likely what my father really meant!"

Miwako Sato was a little excited. After so many years, the statute of limitations for this case had passed and she had no hope of solving the case.

I didn't expect to get a key clue today.

"According to what Mr. Kitagawa said," Takagi Wataru speculated, "Could the murderer be someone Officer Sato Masayoshi knew?"

"It's hard to say." Sato Miwako shook her head. Given her father's personality, he might say that even if it was someone he didn't know.

However, Kitagawa Taki had already figured out that the murderer was a guy named Shuji Shikano.

The romanization of Shikano's hiragana かの is KA NO, and the カンオ (KAN O) is probably his nickname or something.

"The murderer is someone your father knew. I'm afraid he recognized the murderer back then, but didn't expose him directly. Instead, he let him turn himself in. But he didn't expect an accident to happen."

"Why do you say that?" Sato Miwako guessed that Kitagawa Taki must know something, which is why he was so sure!

"That Shikano Shuji just now..."

Kitagawa Taki expressed his guess.

Miwako Sato's eyes were shocked. Kitagawa Taki's guess was easy to verify. They just needed to check whether Shuji Shikano was related to "Kano".

But in her heart, she already believed what Kitagawa Taki said.

But she never imagined that the murderer was actually her father's good friend, who had been pretending to be a good person and deceiving her and her mother for many years.

Just now, she came to pay tribute to her father as if nothing had happened.

Miwako Sato clenched her fists, and flames of anger flashed in her eyes. She wished she could bring Shuji Kano to justice right away!

But she couldn't do it because the fifteen-year statute of limitations had long passed.

"Calm down." Kitagawa Taki patted Sato Miwako's shoulder. He was quite impressed by the statute of limitations for this case.

The murderer thought the statute of limitations had expired, but due to special circumstances it had not.

“Aren’t there exceptions to the statute of limitations?”

Sato Miwako's eyes lit up. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, she would not give up!

"Takagi, Shiratori, the two of you go track down the arsonist, okay?"

They were actually just passing by here and had a mission to complete.

Takagi Wataru and Shiratori Jinsaburo looked at each other and smiled bitterly. They had undoubtedly lost. Sato Miwako's condition was met first by Kitagawa Taki.