Ke Xue: I picked up a bottle of sherry at the beginning.

"Did the villagers go looking for him immediately at that time?" Hattori asked.

"No, being swept away by a tornado sounds a bit exaggerated," Shigeji Torada shook his head. "And the witness was a friend of my brother who liked to joke around, so no one really believed it. We started looking for him because he still hadn't returned by daybreak..."

"Start looking?" Torada Yui asked curiously, "Didn't you discover it by chance on the way to the cave?"

"Ah?" Shigeji Torada stammered, sweat on his forehead, "Is that so?"

"Officer White!"

The Tiger Field couple came over from outside the courtyard. Seeing Izumi, they asked hurriedly, "Any results? The one who left my son to die was someone from the Longwei family, right?"

"About this," Izumi frowned and said, "If Mr. Koji's murder had nothing to do with the Torada family, then the murderer might be someone else, because a dead centipede was found next to Mr. Koji's body..."

"Dead centipede?"

"But this also shows that someone really did not help Mr. Yoshiro..."

Izumi met the suspicious gaze of the Torada couple.

"Perhaps they had originally intended to kill Mr. Yoshiro, and the tornado incident just happened to happen. Mr. Torada, was there anything unusual before your son was killed? For example, did he offend someone..."

"This one……"

"I still remember," Torada Yui said, "Mr. Koji often had private conversations with my husband about whether to go or not..."

"commune?"

"If you say so..."

Torada Naoki paused, then recalled, "I seem to have heard that the two of them were going to find that one-eyed officer, Yamato, and said something big might happen, and asked us to be mentally prepared..."

"What?" Hattori hurriedly stood up and ran out of the room to ask, "Did you ask them what they were going to do?"

"No, they said I can't know yet," Torada Naoki replied, frowning at Hattori, "Who is this?"

"is my friend."

Izumi stopped Hattori who was about to introduce himself. This guy didn't realize the tense relationship between the Torada and Ryuo families, which was why he, a famous detective, was called here.

"Well, Mr. Torada, I'll talk to you again if there's any result."

"Then I'll leave it to you," Torada Naobu said solemnly, "Don't let the detective hired by the Ryuo family succeed!"

"what?"

Hattori smiled awkwardly, and waited until the Tiger Field couple left before he asked, "What do you mean?"

"Here's what happened," Quan Yi shrugged, "I was invited here because I heard that the Longwei family had hired a powerful detective. You'd better not tell me yet."

"What's going on between these two families? They've always suspected the Torada family," Hattori said, wiping the sweat off his face in confusion. "Anyway, I'll go back to the Ryuo family first. Maybe I can find some clues. I'll leave this to you, Brother Izumi..."

Then Hattori turned to Kazuha and said, "I'll be back soon. You wait here for me."

"Ah?" He Ye said anxiously, "Take me with you too!"

"Silly, you'll only be in the way if you follow me! If you have too much free time, you might as well go buy the Shinshu miso your mom asked you to bring!"

"I can just buy this on the way back!"

Izumi and Xiaoai stood by like passers-by and watched the two quarreling. In the end, Kazuha was left behind, and Hattori went to the Ryuo family across the mountain alone.

It’s not a good idea to go outside in this weather, but judging from Hattori’s expression, he probably knew it was unsafe, so he left Kazuha behind.

Quan Yi's mouth twitched slightly.

He knows the dangers but still brings his girlfriend to Nagano Prefecture. I don't know what this guy is thinking. As expected, if Conan (Shinichi) is the steel straight man, then Hattori is the vibranium straight man...

After handing Kazuha over to Ai, Izumi looked at Torada Yui and Torada Shigeji who were silent in the room. He waited until Torada Yui returned to the room alone before following her and saying, "Mrs. Torada, may I trouble you for something?"

Torada Yui looked puzzled: "What's the matter?"

"That's where Patrolman Kai fell off the cliff. I want to see the scene..."

"Okay, I'll take you there tomorrow."

……

The sky was gloomy and covered with dark clouds, and cold winds blew through the village. Hattori returned the same way and found Ryuo's house.

"Koushi didn't say anything, but after Yoshiro passed away, Kangsi always seemed scared..." Ryuo Weishi, the head of the Ryuo family, responded.

"Fear?"

"Yeah, he keeps grumbling even while we're eating. I might be the next one... killed... cursed... something like that..."

Longwei Weishi's mother, Longwei Shengdai, appeared behind her, with her hands behind her back, saying, "This is a curse passed down from generation to generation by the Hutian family who hate our Longwei family!"

"Old lady," Hattori asked carefully, "Why is the relationship between your two families so bad?"

"Because a long time ago..."

The old man thought for a moment and suddenly lost the conversation: "Huh? Why is it... When I was a child, I was always taught to hate the Torada family, but I forgot the reason..."

At night, heavy rain fell in the mountains accompanied by thunder. Hattori could not walk back to Torada's house on the mountain road, so he had to call Kazuha and say that he would stay overnight at Ryuo's house. He also talked to Izumi about the situation at Ryuo's house.

"Yes, it seems that Mr. Kang Si had noticed it before he was killed. He said fearfully that he would be the next one to die. He also said that he would be cursed and killed... I don't know what the curse means yet, and the people in the Longwei family don't seem to know it either. Maybe they're hiding it from us..."

Hattori leaned against the window in his room and made a phone call, "And there's the matter of Patrolman Kai. They say he fell off a cliff because he was too tired from practicing archery on horseback. It seems he practiced so hard because he didn't hit the target at the festival that year. There are even rumors of suicide..."

"No matter what, you wouldn't fall off the cliff with your horse, right?" Quan Yi frowned. "Is that what Mr. Jing said?"

"It's his wife," Hattori explained. "But the old woman also thinks it shouldn't be her. That Patrolman Kai is a very good person, and it's impossible for him to be hurt by a mistake..."

Quan Yi silently ended the call and returned to his room.

What is certain is that this series of incidents is related to the death of Patrolman Kai six years ago, and the two people who have been killed are insiders, and it is very likely that more than just those two people know the inside story.

Izumi thought of the hesitant Torada Shigeji.

The key is to know what happened six years ago and what these people knew.

The murderer's actions were either for revenge or to silence the witnesses. Judging from the current situation, the latter is much more likely...

Quan Yi sighed softly and got into the bed on the tatami.

This is how solving a case works. Gathering information is always difficult, especially when testimony is required. Not everyone will tell the truth, and if you are not careful, you can easily go astray by mixing truth and falsehood.

However, as more and more clues are found, the truth will surely be found out, but we must do so before the murderer destroys it.

"Boom!" The sound of rain and thunder filled the night. In the next room, where Ai and Kazuha lived, every time lightning illuminated the room, it was followed by a loud explosion.

He Ye couldn't fall asleep at all. He grabbed the quilt and looked at the paper window and door worriedly. But Xiao Ai was sleeping soundly next to him.

"Xiao Ai?" He Ye called out softly, worriedly.

"Hmm?" Xiao Ai opened her eyes.

"Did you hear any strange noises?"

"No……"

"Aren't you afraid at all?" He Ye became more and more conflicted as he looked at the calm Xiao Ai.

"If there's anything unusual, you can scream," Xiao Ai yawned, "Remember to put on your clothes, Quan Yi will rush over."

"Eh?"

……

A night passed, and the heavy rain finally stopped the next morning. It looked like good weather would come. He Ye had dark circles under his eyes, and was worried all night, but nothing happened.

"morning."

Izumi looked at Kazuha, who seemed to have not slept well, with confusion. After letting Ai follow Kazuha, he left the Torada family with Torada Yui, who had gotten up early.

The cliff where Patrolman Kai had the accident six years ago was indeed a bit off, and it seemed that almost no one walked there. If the body was really covered by fallen leaves at the end of the year, it would be normal that no one found it.

"Shiro... Officer Shiro," Torada Yui followed behind Izumi, looking at Izumi who was contemplating and observing with some hesitation, "You have a good relationship with Officer Yamato, right? Because he rarely shows that kind of approval towards others..."

"Actually, I've only met her once," Izumi turned around and asked, "What's the relationship between Mrs. Torada and the Kai patrol officer who was murdered six years ago?"

"Eh?"

"Because I always feel that Mrs. Torada cares more about Patrolman Kai's death than anyone else..."

"Patrolman Kai is a respectable man," Torada Yui paused and said nothing more, "Can we go back now?"

"I'm afraid not yet," Quan Yi didn't ask any further. "Besides this place, there's another place I want to check out. It's the cave you mentioned yesterday, the cave Mr. Fanci was going to before he found your husband's body... I want to know what Mr. Fanci is hiding."

Torada Yui looked straight at Izumiyoshi. Unlike Hattori, who was also a detective, Izumiyoshi had a more feminine look but a calm demeanor.

"Okay, I'll take you there..."

At the top of the mountain, a wooden house was built in front of a not-too-high broken wall. The scene looked like a construction site. There was also a cave like a mine next to it. The excavated soil and stones were everywhere, and there was a "No Entry" sign at the entrance of the cave.

"This is……"

"This is where Hanji and his companions searched for Takeda Shingen's treasure," Torada Yui explained. "After discovering documents and maps in the Torada family's warehouse that seemed to be related to Takeda Shingen's secret gold mine, Hanji became obsessed with treasure hunting. My husband, Mr. Koji, Mr. Jing, and Ayaka also seemed to be involved..."

"Takeda Shingen again..."

Quan Yi walked around the cave and walked into the wooden house next to it on the sand.

The door was not locked, but there didn't seem to be anything important inside. It was messy, like an office converted from a warehouse.

That unkempt, treasure-obsessed Torada Shigeji was quite capable, having built a place like this on a mountain with water and electricity...

Quan Yi walked to the table and found a notebook among a pile of blueprints. Unlike the other excavation construction documents, it seemed to be a diary.

New Book: "Girlfriend Dorami, Dominating Teitan High School"

"I've seen this," Torada Yui suddenly said, "My husband Yoshiro brought it home before, but he didn't let me see what was written inside. I didn't expect it to be placed in a place like this..."

"It describes the treasure hunt and seems to include an exchange diary," Quan Yi flipped through several pages. "Are you sure this is the same one your husband took?"

"It should be..." Torada Yui asked doubtfully, "Is there something wrong with this notebook?"

"This is a big problem..." Quan Yi closed his notebook.

"What is certain is that there are handwritings of four people in this notebook. I'm afraid two of them are your husband, Mr. Yoshiro, and Mr. Koji who was also murdered..."

Although Torada Yui did not say it explicitly, Izumi could feel that this woman also had a story, and unlike Torada Shigeji, she seemed eager to know the truth.

"Officer Bai," Torada Yui frowned as she watched Izumi put away his notebook before he could say anything. "Can I take a look at that notebook? Although this may not be appropriate, it's really important to me. I've been waiting for it for six years..."

Upon hearing this, Izumi stopped and looked at Torada Yui.

"Xiao Gan and I are the same," Torada Yui said calmly, "We were both influenced by Patrolman Kai to become police officers, so we have always wanted to investigate the truth behind Patrolman Kai's murder. Half a year ago, Xiao Gan disappeared while investigating, and I thought... I felt I had to do something, so I married Yoshiro. I may be sorry to my husband for saying this, as he truly loves me, but...~..."

"So Officer Yamato is back again, huh-?"

Quan Yi had heard that Yamato Gansuke was injured in an avalanche. After being rescued, he stayed in the hospital for a while and was later found by the police.

"Mrs. Torada likes Officer Yamato?"

"I will find out the truth about Officer Kai's murder no matter what!" Torada Yui bowed deeply and earnestly, "So, I'm counting on you..."

"I'm afraid not. You're not a police officer now. You're just the victim's wife, and even one of the suspects in this serial murder case..."

Quan Yi looked at Torada Yui who was bowing and shook his head: "But if it's just the truth, I can just tell you..."

"Eh?"

"Hurry back, this incident is not over yet, we must find the murderer quickly."

Quan Yi had no intention of staying to look for treasure, so he asked Hu Tian Yuyi to lead the way down the mountain in a hurry.

The content of the exchanged diaries in the notebooks is a description of the events six years ago. After six years of silence, Yoshiro Torada and Koji Ryuo probably decided to surrender themselves, because there seemed to be other reasons for Patrolman Kai to fall off the cliff that year.

From this point of view, the remaining two people are already in great danger...

Because the police have intervened, if the murderer wants to continue to silence witnesses, he will definitely not drag it out.

……

In the forest near the Torada family's house, Yamato Gansuke stood in front of a tree with a cane, gritted his teeth in annoyance.

"I finally made it here, but I'm still late..."

In the wet forest after the heavy rain, Hattori and the people from the Torada and Ryuo families also came over. After seeing the situation clearly, their faces changed.

Ryuo Ayaka, who had gone to Torada's house to borrow a horse in the morning but suddenly disappeared, was hanging straight in front of the tree, her hands and feet hanging limply and swaying gently, her eyes wide open, and her mouth was tied with a white cloth.

"A-Ayaka?!"

"Don't come over here!" Yamato Gansuke shouted at everyone who was approaching, especially Longwei Jing and the head of the Torada family, Torada Tatsuei, who came out from behind the tree on horseback. "This is a matter for the police. I will not show any mercy to anyone who dares to enter the scene without permission! Hey, woman on the black horse, can't you hear me?!"

"understood……"