Through the wireless earpiece, they learned that Yoruichi Toyama and Akemi, as well as Kindaichi and Miyuki, had all successfully boarded the express train.
The number of police officers was about half that of the previous number.
Ignoring the police's further instructions, Yoruichi Toyama searched for Shinpachi Nagakura in the train carriage.
[Found it, in carriage 6.]
The voice that came from her mind was actually coming from a cat hidden in Yoruichi Toyama's arms.
"Okay, I won't go with you." Yoichi Toyama glanced at the crowded carriage and answered silently.
"Just tell me when he gets off the bus."
However, according to memory, all six of them would get off at Shinjuku and exchange their handbags there.
Even the group of them couldn't tell whose bag the money was in.
Only after that can we take real action.
With the live map, the ability to cancel, and the traversal spirit at her disposal, Toyama Yoruichi was full of confidence.
In this carriage, Saito Hajime, one of the six members, was also present.
His attire indeed attracted the attention of many passengers.
A young woman who looked like an office worker was standing next to Saito Hajime. After glancing at him a few times, she quietly moved a little further away.
She happened to stand behind Yoruichi Toyama, back to back.
Because of the train's swaying, she accidentally bumped into Yoruichi Toyama and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry."
Yoruichi Toyama waved his hand and said it was alright, but the woman glanced at him again.
"Is it raining outside?" she asked cautiously, "because I noticed you were wearing a raincoat..."
"It shouldn't be yet," Yoruichi Toyama replied. "I was worried it would rain, so I put it on in advance."
"Oh, that's a good idea," the woman said with a smile. "After all, if it rains when you exit the station, it's not easy to find a place to change."
Presumably to ease the awkwardness, she exchanged a few more pleasantries before turning back.
Yoruichi Toyama smiled, smoothing her raincoat, thinking to herself that she always seems to run into fortune tellers today.
Mingmei was already half right, but the one who needs an alibi is not the victim, but the murderer.
Wearing the Shinsengumi uniform and attracting the attention of everyone in the carriage, people would assume that "he" had always been there.
Once "he" changes his clothes, he can successfully blend into the crowd.
In this gloomy weather, a raincoat is like an invisibility cloak from Hogwarts.
...
As with the original plot, the group of six got off at Shinjuku. Except for Nishiki Shinmi, the five men switched their bags in the restroom.
When they came out, the people were divided into two groups.
As luck would have it, Shinmi Nishiki, Yamanami Keisuke, and Nagakura Shinpachi, who were secretly targeted by the police as key suspects, were in the same group and boarded the trains that stopped at various stations on their way to Hon-Yahata.
After confirming with Akemi and Kindaichi through her earpiece, Yoruichi Toyama didn't even go to the carriage where the three people were.
As planned by Gao Yuan, Nagakura Shinpachi knew, of course, that the ransom was in Yamanami Keisuke's briefcase.
He grouped this person with himself as a prelude to his next move.
There's no need to go and see for yourself where they are.
Just before setting off, Toyama Yoru had already made Taro, who was hiding in a raincoat, recognize the group of six.
Just follow the guidance of this cat-shaped marquee map...
Head to the location where the final event will take place...
However, the other people who were following them weren't so lucky.
At Morishita Station, Nishiki Shinmi got off the train, and Akemi followed him.
Yoruichi Toyama secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Even if we know there is no danger, it is still necessary to keep Akemi away from the killing.
She's been immersed in that kind of life at the distillery for so long; she shouldn't continue that kind of lifestyle.
Although she claims to be different from her sister and has always lived a normal life, who in their right mind would just rob a bank?
“Hey, Yuanshan…” came Mingzhi’s voice through the earpiece, sounding somewhat urgent.
"Guess what I found out?"
Yoruichi Toyama scoffed.
All you did was check the background information of the six-person group, why are you keeping us in suspense at a time like this?
"I won't guess, just tell me."
Mingzhi made a disappointed sound on the other end, but still continued:
"That Yamanami Keisuke is a section chief in the sales department of an advertising company. Not long ago, one of his employees, a young woman, committed suicide."
Yoruichi Toyama's brow twitched upon hearing this. Although he already knew the background, hearing it now still made his heart clench.
No one expected that Mingzhi would find out the real motive for this premeditated murder so quickly.
"Yuzuki Kanna, that's the girl's name. According to her colleagues, she has been subjected to long-term workplace bullying ever since she rejected what appeared to be sexual harassment from Yamanami Keisuke at the new employee orientation."
"Including but not limited to spilling coffee on her phone, getting it wet, and then secretly looking through the messages on her phone under the guise of distributing it to her for work."
“They assigned her more work than she was supposed to do, and when she couldn’t finish it, they scolded her harshly in front of everyone and forced her to apologize… I heard that in the month before she passed away, she had been working overtime until late at night for more than a week in a row…”
"In other words, Yamanami Keisuke can be said to be the murderer who drove this Miss Yuzuki to her death."
Yoruichi Toyama hummed in response, unable to think of anything to say.
It's wise to be increasingly careless in your private interactions with him.
My dear reader, there's more to this chapter! Please click the next page to continue reading—even more exciting content awaits!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
