【Fast New】London Fog

"Then...Officer Megure continued to investigate the two male colleagues, Shinichi went to the scene, and I was just on my way back to the Metropolitan Police Department." Kaito Kuroba looked at the cake box and oolong tea in the bag in his hand , and then rolled his eyes at the mocking voice on the other end of the phone.Hattori Heiji and Detective Baima called because they were curious about the case. Whoever asked them to call Kudo Shinichi directly would definitely be hung up without saying a word.

"So, have you guys thought of anything? If you can't help me, just chat!"

"Just listening to this, I can't think of it for the time being," Hattori thought for a while, "That lady is very popular, and she is described as... don't you think it's too perfect? ​​The perfect performance is probably because she is with everyone. Keeping a proper distance, such a person always feels that there are some stories hidden.”

He also knows this!After hanging up the phone, Kuroba quickened his pace.By the way, the afternoon class is really... what time is it?

Black Feather, who pressed the phone on again and was about to check the time, froze in place as he walked.The lock screen wallpaper displayed on the screen is a photo of him in the background with roommate 314 after he won the JMC Awards.Hattori and Hakuba gave their thumbs up on the far left and right respectively, while he held Kudo Shinichi and held up the trophy in one hand. Two similar faces leaned together. Kudo smiled, and half of his hair fell when the curtain call colored fluorescent paper.

Immediately, he opened the call log and dialed a number, which was connected after three rings.

"What's wrong?"

"Shinichi, you mean Yotsuya-san's cell phone wallpaper is a photo with Nishii Sekai, right?!"

"That's right, what do you say?"

"So, why does the secret lover have to be male?"

"you mean--"

"I always have a bad feeling, I need to find her as soon as possible... I'm downstairs at the Metropolitan Police Department, I'll go to her house right away!"

"Please, see you later."

Standing in front of the bloodstains, Kudo Shinichi stared at the dried traces on the floor, and the trace of "Z'" was left on the edge of the white line drawn on the ground.

...It must have been this time last winter, when Nadeko said she was going on a trip with her lover...

...said that her lover would come to see her later

...no... drank some wine, so I went back to sleep

...their secret base...

…Sunshine in summer, snow and fog in winter…

...Because it's a teacher-student relationship, so I'm a little afraid of others' comments?

...Besides, she often talks about being sorry, so it can be said that she is a little unconfident...

…Said that Mr. Ando had given her flowers before, and they were very beautiful roses

...the most gentle person in this world.

It can't be wrong, Kudo Shinichi suddenly realized.Put all the clues together and finally practice a complete line.Why didn't I think of this possibility sooner?He hurried downstairs, and if he guessed right—

"Officer Sato! Officer Takagi! Please go to Nishii Sekai's house immediately, Kuroba should have gone there," Kudo ran to the corner and stopped a taxi, "If my guess is correct, Ms. Yotsuya's death is The possibility of an accident is very high, but there is another person at the scene, that secret lover, her current situation is very dangerous—”

Xijing World closed the car door, took a deep breath and let it out, the white mist in his mouth quickly drifted into the air, and could no longer be found.Although it hasn't snowed yet, there is already a layer of ice on Nanai Lake here.In a trance, she seemed to see a person walking in the icy mist by the lake. She was wearing a beige padded jacket and a red scarf, and she was the only bright color in the ice and snow.

"Colourful flowers in spring, bright sun in summer, golden sands in autumn, and snow and fog in winter."

The girl said so, and then led her into the wooden house.Now all the simple furniture there is covered with a white cloth covered with fine dust.There is still a whole set of kitchen utensils in the cupboard, and there is still a faint smell of the aroma of kao biscuits.

"Aren't you at home if you don't answer the phone? Is it true..."

"What about Shinichi, why don't you tell me you're on your way to Nanai Lake?"

"Because I really have a bad feeling, so just in case, I'll take a look."

"Then I—"

"Let's not talk about it, I will try to contact her!"

After hanging up the phone, Shinichi Kudo quickly found Nishii World's number on the notepad, then dialed it, thought about it and pressed it, and went to the mail editing page.

——Excuse me, Miss Nishii, I am Detective Kudo Shinichi who I met at the Metropolitan Police Department this afternoon.Straight to the point... Miss Yotsuya's lover is you, right?

Sent successfully.Kudo Shinichi put down his phone, thought for a while and looked at the time on his watch.The driver uncle looked at him with some concern, because he recognized the famous detective, and combined with the other's anxious expression, there must be a case.The uncle cooperatively increased the speed of the car and told him that he would be there in 15 minutes.

After about 2 minutes, the screen lights up, showing new emails.

—A lover...?Although no one has ever called me that, but yes.

He directly admitted it... This shows that his premonition was correct.Kudo clenched the phone tightly and quickly pressed his fingers on the keyboard.

—According to my guess, you were there at the time, right?Because you witnessed her death, you broke down emotionally, and you fled the scene as if you were escaping. You were afraid and worried for various reasons, until you were summoned by the police station. You must have been escaping from reality.

——The famous detective is really a ruthless critic, to be able to say such a thing so plainly.so what?Are you going to bring me to justice?

——People keep saying that about me... No, you didn't hurt her, it was just an accident, right?

——I love her so much, how could I hurt her?

Xijing World put down his phone.She walked up the stairs leading to the attic in the wooden house, then stood at the top of the stairs and looked down.

Yotsuya Nadeko stood opposite her with red eyes, and her words were crying.

"I don't have anything to do with them, and I didn't accept Mr. Ando's roses. Why don't you believe me?? You don't want to propose to live with them. You said it. I can only be against the whole world. You are self-willed, I have been trying to be the best version of myself, pretending to be perfect, only you can see the real me... Now, the real me is just making trouble for no reason, if you don’t like it—”

"Why didn't you tell me before you told your parents, are you happy with the current situation? You have to know that no matter how good you are, other people may not accept me. I don't want our relationship to affect your efforts to build life, is there something wrong with this? Can you think about it from my perspective, I..."

"Don't touch me—ah!"

Pushed away abruptly, only to see a falling figure.

If I had hugged her a little harder then, with unbreakable strength, wouldn't it be the way it is now?

Standing there all the time, seeing the color of blood, looking at the body that no longer fluctuates.My heart was paralyzed, and I thought I wasn't breathing anymore.

——Even if you report the crime at the time, if you tell the truth well, you won't be misunderstood as the murderer.

——Detective, is this world really as simple as you imagined?

—Can I talk to you?Tell me about the "world" well, will you?

Xijing Shijie glanced at his phone, and then at the wooden floor that had already been poured with gasoline.She took a lighter from her pocket, lit the flame, and dropped it.

It's a pity that this world has been torn apart from the moment she fell.

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