Chapter 1709: The Non-Existent Prisoner

Wednesday, April 26, afternoon.

After having lunch at Nagabe's house and making up for some losses, Mori drove Enomoto Azusa back to Poirot Cafe, and then went to return the taxi.

Today's business is considered a loss, not to mention the car rental fee, and the favor of Police Officer Yumei.

As for good people and good deeds, that's another matter. ...

On the way to the pachinko shop, Mao Li inadvertently discovered that on the tall building in front, someone was lifting something on the roof and was about to smash it down, and there happened to be a pedestrian below.

"Be careful!" Mao Li rushed forward and threw the pedestrian down.

At the same time, a hollow brick fell from the sky and hit the ground where the pedestrian was just now, breaking into two pieces and scattering the fragments.

"Huhu..." Mao Li and the pedestrians were still in shock. They looked up together and found that there was no one on the building, and they were relieved.

Mao Li stood up and pulled the pedestrians up, feeling a little regretful suddenly, why is this a fat man in his thirties?

"Thank you, I'm Yasutaro Sasamoto." The man said in shock.

Maori proudly reported his family name, "Hi, I'm Kogoro Mori."

Yasutaro Sasamoto was surprised, "Ah, you are that famous detective!"

"That's right, what's the matter, do you want me to protect you?" Maori was very happy, and had another commission.

Yasutaro Sasamoto was stunned, "Protection?"

Mao Li smiled and said, "Of course, you were just below. Obviously, this is an incident of throwing objects from high altitudes against you, and maybe they want to kill you."

"ah!"

Yasutaro Sasamoto suddenly went to check the hollow brick nervously, and found that there was a shadow written in red paint on it. He was so afraid that he shook his hands and threw away the hollow brick.

Maori quickly asked, "What's going on?"

Yasutaro Sasamoto said tremblingly, "It's the shadow, it's him, it's Hinokage."

Mori said firmly: "Mr. Sasamoto, don't be afraid, with me, Mori Kogoro, here, no one can hurt you."

Yasutaro Sasamoto managed to calm down, "Yes."

Maori asked, "But who is Sun Shadow?"

"Riying is, no, please wait a moment, I'll make a call."

Before Yasutaro Sasamoto could speak, his cell phone rang suddenly, so he went to the side to make a call, but Mori leaned closer and could still hear clearly.

"Hi, I'm Kamio, Antaro, I stayed with the writer-teacher until very late yesterday, and I didn't get home until dawn. I just woke up now. You should be on the way by the time. Please bring me a beef bento, please. .”

"Jun, Junzhi, are you alone?"

"Yeah, what's the matter, the voice sounds weird."

"The sun shadow, the sun shadow appeared!"

"real?"

"I was attacked and almost died."

"Where are you now?"

"It's near Mihua Station, and I'm on my way to the station."

"Okay, then you stay there. I'll pack up and go find you by myself. Thirty minutes. I'll definitely be there in thirty minutes. Don't go away."

"No, I'm waiting for you at the Maori Detective Agency."

"The Mori Detective Agency? The agency of the famous detective Mori Kogoro?"

"Yes, he was the one who saved me just now, otherwise I must have died."

"Okay, see you at the Maori Detective Agency. Don't talk about that matter yet. Let's talk about it together when I get here, so as not to miss anything."

"Okay, I see."...

About half an hour later, Maori Detective Agency.

Kamio Toshiyuki rushed over, and together with Sasamoto Yasutaro, told Maori the whole story.

The Hikage mentioned by Sasamoto Yasutaro is called Hikage Chengichi, who was once a partner of the Reasoning Research Association in their university days.

There will be more than a dozen members in the reasoning research, but only four are particularly active.

It's Yasutaro Sasamoto, Toshiyuki Kamio, Takeshi Nezu, and Masakazu Hinkage. They haven't seen each other much since graduation.

However, half a month ago, Toshiyuki Kamio's reasoning magazine received a manuscript of a novel. The manuscript was not signed, but it was confirmed that it was Hidekage Shōichi.

The reason why I think so is because of the name and content of the novel.

The name of the novel is "Then Nobody Needs to Exist", and it is written in red, and Hikage Chengyi also had this habit when he was in college. Even for novels written on a typewriter, the cover always uses dazzling red letters.

Mori couldn't help but interjected: "So that's how it is, so Mr. Sasamoto thought it was Mr. Hikage when he saw the shadow characters written in red paint on the hollow bricks."

"More than that." Toshiyuki Kamio said, "The content of the novel "Then Nobody Needs to Exist" is that the protagonist kills his former partners one by one."

"There is nothing in it that can be called reasoning, and there are no tricks or puzzles. It is just a revenge story in which the protagonist kills three friends in college one by one with old grudges."

"And the names of the three people who were killed were Nezu Takeme, Kamio Toshiyuki, and Sasamoto Yasutaro, which were exactly the same as the names of the three of us."

Mao Li couldn't help but interjected, "Could it be a murder premonition novel?"

"That's right," Toshiyuki Kamio said, "We didn't take it seriously when we first received the novel manuscript half a month ago, but the day before yesterday, we finally understood the meaning of this strange novel."

"The body of a man who was stabbed to death with a dagger was found in Mihua Park the night before yesterday. The victim is our former member Nezu Takeshi," said Sasamoto Yasutaro. Assassinated."

"What!" Maori was taken aback.

"The scene where Yasutaro was attacked before was also written in the novel," Kamio Toshiyuki said. "Except for the time and place, the method of killing is exactly the same. This should not be a coincidence."

Yasutaro Sasamoto said fearfully: "If you were hit just now, it will be terrible, and you will definitely die."

"There are only methods, but no time and place. When and how he plans to attack us, we don't know at all." Kamio Toshiyuki said, "This is to torture us that has always made us fearful."

Mao Li asked: "Is there any hatred between you?"

Toshiyuki Kamio said: "No, if we have to insist that Hinikagesei and us have a motive for revenge, it may be that we have criticized his novel too much, and the hatred caused by this incident."

"Is that the case?" Mao Li had a toothache.

Yasutaro Sasamoto said, "There was indeed such a thing."

"This kind of setting is no longer feasible. The killing method lacks freshness, the storyline has not changed much, the emotional investment is too exaggerated, there is no basic sense of reality, etc."

"But this kind of thing is the same for everyone. Kamio's works have also been ridiculed by Hikage."

Kamio Toshiyuki said with a wry smile, "That's right, that's still my work of self-confidence."

"What's so interesting about your novel? Knock your head and clean it. Things like this aren't stories at all."

"Everyone is really with each other"

Maori wondered, "Have you guys graduated 10 years ago? Why do you want revenge now?"

Kamio Toshiyuki said, "We don't understand this either."

Yasutaro Sasamoto said, "Speaking of which, we thought he was dead long ago."

Maori confirmed: "Dead?"

Yasutaro Sasamoto said: "Hikage left home suddenly three years ago, saying that he was going to go camping in the mountains alone, and never came back after that."

Kamio Toshiyuki said: "So everyone thought he was dead, and we went to his funeral."

"Did the person who was thought to be dead three years ago suddenly start a murder plan for revenge?" Mao Li said, "The disappearance three years ago was just a cover for killing."

Toshiyuki Kamio said, "I don't know, the police are already investigating this matter."

Yasutaro Sasamoto said, "It seems that the Megure Police Department is in charge."

"Really?" Mao Li's eyes lit up. If it was the Megure Police Department, he should be able to let himself participate in the investigation. ...

Kamio Toshiyuki said, "Ah, it's getting late, I'm going back to the magazine office."

Mao Li said quickly: "Let me accompany you? You are also the target."

Kamio Toshiyuki said gratefully: "Then I will trouble you."

"No trouble no trouble." Maori smiled. ...

Toshiyuki Kamio's magazine.

Yasutaro Sasamoto asked Maori to read a copy of the novel manuscript sent by Nichikage, while Toshiyuki Kamio sorted out the documents on his desk.

"Where is this package from?"

"pack?"

Mori was taken aback when he heard the sound, then saw Toshiyuki Kamio unpacking the package, and immediately reacted, "Be careful."

"Boom!"

Mori was still slow, the package exploded, but the power was not great, it just blackened Kamio Toshiyuki's face.

"Ah!" The explosion startled all the people in the magazine, and they all ran around and hid.

Mori asked, "Mr. Kamio, are you alright?"

"Okay, maybe." Kamio Toshiyuki was also not sure. ...

After the ambulance took Toshiyuki Kamio away, the Megure Police Department led a team to the scene. ...