The figure must have seen them too, but didn't move or run.
It seems like they were waiting there on purpose.
As they got a little closer, they were able to see the man's face clearly.
It was Hirata!
Wasn't Hirata being treated as a suspect and detained at the activity center?
Akemi looked at Yoruichi Toyama with a puzzled expression, but found that he did not show any surprise on his face.
It seems like the answer is already clear to everyone.
When she was less than 10 meters away from the other person, Yoruichi Toyama stopped and raised her hand to greet her.
"Mr. Minoru Aso."
If this name had been mentioned a little earlier, in front of Kogoro and the police, it would have caused a huge uproar.
This is the person who was once suspected of hiding behind the scenes and carrying out a revenge plan.
However, the "Hirata" on the other side remained calm and slowly reached out to remove his disguised mask.
Beneath the mask was a young and handsome face, almost androgynous.
"Mr. Toyama, it's a pleasure to meet you."
His voice was also very clear and pleasant, like flowing piano music or moonlight.
"You shouldn't be this tall, right?" Yoruichi Toyama asked rather fussily. "Are you wearing height-increasing shoes?"
The other party, a young man known as Asano Minami, nodded with a forced smile.
“The clothes are padded too,” he said. “My shoulders aren’t broad enough.”
"However, since I have no flaws in my figure, how did Mr. Toyama recognize me?"
He acted very curiously, showing no sign of having committed murder.
...and indeed there isn't.
Yoruichi Toyama thought silently.
This time, his hands were not stained with blood.
"Has the real Hirata been locked up in the warehouse for several days?" Thinking this, he also answered Asano Minori's question, "There are needle marks on his hands from intravenous drips, so he must have been given anesthetic and nutrient solution."
"So he himself didn't know how long he had slept."
"But the police will find out when they check tomorrow; this can't be hidden."
"Just based on that, you guessed someone was impersonating Hirata?" Asagi asked with a smile. "Is your thinking always so unpredictable, detective?"
Yoruichi Toyama glanced back at Akemi beside him, then shrugged.
"Probably because I can disguise myself, and..."
Whether she meant "and I've also dressed as a woman" or something else, it's unclear.
Faced with Asagi's questioning gaze, Toyama Yoru could only cough once.
"In short, Hirata played a pivotal role in the whole affair."
"Without Hirata's connections and the false imperial decree, neither Kawashima nor Kuroiwa would have paid any attention to Nishimoto, whom they had already kicked aside."
"So it wasn't Nishimoto who came from Yokochi Island, but Kuroiwa himself."
"I guess Kuroiwa is facing obstacles in his campaign for village chief and plans to confront Kawashima. If all else fails, he might make a deal or something."
"Of course, that was before he had read 'Death on the Nile'."
"The only people who spend their daily lives with Kuroiwa could have such an influence as getting Kuroiwa, who never reads books, to start reading mystery novels."
"'Hirata' implies that Kuroiwa learned murder methods from detective novels and devised an alibi to eliminate Kawashima, his rival."
"Using the opportunity of 'Asano Minami's' appearance on the island, we will turn a murder into a revenge story of a returning boy."
“This is Kuroiwa’s plan,” Toyama Yoru said, looking directly into the eyes of the person opposite him. “He still thinks that he designed everything himself, and that his secretary, ‘Hirata,’ is just assisting him in carrying out the plan.”
"What he didn't expect was that, like a cockroach stalking a cicada, he was unaware of the oriole behind him."
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