"So, what is Hinata-kun going to do?" Nanami Chiaki asked.

Hinata Hajime blinked, "Nanaha, what did you say?"

"Of course it's about things that Kamiya-kun is interested in. Hyuga-kun hasn't come up with any ideas yet." Nanami Chiaki looked at Hyuga Hajime curiously, "I feel like Hyuga-kun knows Kamiya-kun better than anyone else, so I'm very curious about what Hyuga-kun plans to do."

"Ah, this." Hinata Hajime suddenly realized, and then he nodded, "But, it has been done."

"Eh?" Nanami Chiaki was a little surprised while holding the Usagi doll, "What's the conclusion?"

Hinata Hajime twitched his lips, "Maybe the lake water is very cold, so I shouldn't get close to the water next time."

Chiaki Nanami:?

How strange.

At this time, Hinata Hajime was outside looking for a way. Although his daily life was very ordinary, Nanami Chiaki was also working hard to collect information. Occasionally, when Hinata Hajime found strange news, he would go to take a look. Of course, because the crime rate in this world is frighteningly high, the things Hinata Hajime has encountered so far are not desperate events.

Especially when you see Kogoro Mouri and Conan Edogawa on the scene, you can tell it is Hinata Hajime just by looking at him.

This is not a hopeless event, but rather someone's bad health has come back.

"So this is it, the residential building that looks a bit strange after the information was integrated." Hinata Hajime looked at the small building in front of him.

"Yes, that's right." Nanami Chiaki nodded, "Hinata-kun, be careful."

"Yeah, no problem."

Hinata Hajime looked towards the door. On the wall next to it was the name of the family. It was a sign that was different from ordinary ones. It was painted with colorful words like a child's graffiti. Hinata Hajime looked at it for a few seconds before he recognized that it was Goto's cursive handwriting.

Goto Mingtaro, the owner of this house.

Hinata Hajime rang the doorbell and heard some movement inside, but no one opened the door.

Hinata Hajime pressed the doorbell again, and after a while, he heard a dog barking from inside, but the sound was very weak. If Hinata Hajime hadn't listened carefully, he wouldn't have heard it. He frowned slightly, feeling a little strange.

"Mr. Goto." Hinata Hajime decided not to ring the doorbell anymore and started knocking on the door. "Mr. Goto, are you there?"

"He's here."

Hinata Hajime was stunned for a moment. He looked to the side and saw a boy who looked like a junior high school student on the wall next to him. The boy was hitting the door with a stone and had a playful smile on his face. "Brother, are you looking for this guy? He's here, but he won't open the door."

Hinata Hajime dodged the stone thrown by the boy and took two steps back.

When he just walked over, Hinata Hajime noticed some strange stones at the door of the house, thrown on the road in a mess and not cleaned up. It turned out that they were thrown by the naughty kids next door.

"Why won't you open the door?"

"Because he's a pervert! My parents told me." The junior high school student said as a matter of course, "My parents said that this person is very strange, doesn't like to talk, is gloomy all day long, hides at home all day like a vampire, is very sloppy, and must be a pervert."

Hinata frowned, "People who stay at home every day are not necessarily perverted. It may be that they don't want to socialize. It's not nice to say that."

"He has a dog." The child said with a smile, "But the dog is so dirty and smelly. The smell comes over every day. It also barks at night these few days. Mom and Dad knocked on the door several times, but they said he never opened the door and ignored us. So, it's his fault. He is a pervert!"

"What did you say? He hasn't been out for a long time?"

"Yes!" The child made a face at Hinata Hajime and then jumped off the wall. Hinata Hajime couldn't ask anything else.

But this is really weird.

No matter how much a person stays at home, he still needs basic food, especially if he has a dog. Even if he has stored a lot of dog food at home, he should not stay at home for so long. Moreover, it seems that he only heard the dog barking when he knocked on the door several times.

Hinata Hajime intuitively felt that something was wrong.

He gripped the door handle, the door was locked from the inside and could not be opened at all. Hinata Hajime could hear the sound of the dog just on the other side of the door. He slammed the door hard, but it was obvious that the door of Goto's house was very strong and could not be opened with brute force.

Giving up on using brute force, Hinata Hajime squatted down to study the lock, and finally, at the suggestion of Kamukura Izuru, he pried the lock open with a piece of wire.

With a click, the lock opened. Even so, Hinata Hajime didn't hear any voice inside. He took a deep breath and then opened the door. The moment the door opened, a smell instantly rushed into Hinata Hajime's nostrils.

It is a very special smell, once you smell it you will never forget it.

The smell of corpse.

The big dog in the house jumped out and kept barking at Hinata Sou, but did not make any attacking moves. Instead, it kept barking and motioning towards the house. Hinata Sou glanced at the door and saw claw marks all over the inside of the door. Judging from the position, the dog had been scratching the door constantly to leave so many marks.

The dog may not have eaten for several days and looked very weak, but even so, it kept barking and biting Hinata Hajime's pants hard and dragging him forward.

Hinata Hajime followed the dog to the room in front. The door was ajar, with only a crack. Hinata Hajime pushed the door open, and at that moment, the stench of a rotting corpse hit his face.

Because the person had been dead for more than three days, the body was already emitting a foul odor.

Hinata Hajime covered his mouth and nose, but the dog jumped into the room. It curled up beside the corpse, making howling sounds from time to time.

It seemed as if it was asking its owner why he hadn't gotten up to accompany it yet.

Hinata Hajime dialed the police while looking around. This was a studio with strange paintings hanging on the walls. Even next to Goto Mingtaro's body was a half-painted drawing board. This was a secret room with a dog inside. The dog would never let strangers in, so...

There are only two possibilities for Goto Mingtaro's death: one is sudden death from illness, and the other is drugs.

After looking at almost all the clues here, Hinata Hajime ruled out the second possibility. There was nothing like medicine here. Perhaps more professional testing was needed. Walking out of the house, Hinata Hajime breathed a sigh of relief. The dog quietly followed and looked at Hinata Hajime. After making sure that he did not leave, the dog lay at the door, as if guarding the place.

Soon the police car arrived, and with the sound of sirens, many people came out and looked at the place curiously.

Knowing that the person inside had been dead for several days, their faces were pale and they looked frightened. Hinata Hajime handed the scene over to the professional police and stood by thinking about the question just now: How did this person die?

"After finding the body, are you sure nothing was moved?" the police asked Hinata Hajime.

Hinata Sou nodded, "It hasn't moved."

"That's good. Thank you for your help."

While answering the questions raised by the police, Hinata Hajime looked around casually. There were more and more onlookers outside. They were pointing at the house and seemed to be gossiping about something secretly. According to the information Hinata Hajime heard from the child, it was probably not something good.

But at this moment, Hinata Hajime suddenly saw a young man in a black suit.

The young man looked at this side strangely. He squeezed through the crowd and saw the house surrounded by the police. His expression instantly turned extremely ugly.

At this moment, the police carried out the body after collecting clues. The dog followed the body, occasionally barking weakly. When the young man saw the body, his face became even paler. He twisted the corners of his mouth, then turned around and ran out madly.

"Hey!" Hinata Hajime chased after him.

Just now, Hinata Hajime noticed that there was unwashed paint on the cuffs of this man's sleeves, which was mixed with the black clothes and was not conspicuous.

The deceased Goto Mingtaro was a painter. There was paint on this man's cuffs. Hinata Hajime believed that they must know him. Moreover, this man's expression was really not right. He should know a lot of things, and might even know the reason for Goto Mingtaro's death.

"Sir in front, wait a moment!" Hinata Sou shouted.

Unexpectedly, the young man was even more frightened than before. He almost cried out, "Don't come to me, help me, don't come to me!"

“I don’t want to die!”

"No one wants you to die." Hinata frowned, but there was nothing he could do. The person in front of him didn't want to stop at all, so he could only chase after this person.

At this moment, several children turned out from the alley next to them. Yoshida Ayumi looked at the people running in front of her, and then shouted in surprise, "It's Mr. Zhongshan!"

"Oh, really! Mr. Nakayama!" Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya quickly greeted the other party.

"Hey? What are you running to, Mr. Zhongshan? It seems like you're heading this way..."

"careful!"

Conan Edogawa pulled Kojima Genta over, and the next moment, the man they called Mr. Zhongshan rushed over quickly. He ran into the crowd recklessly, bumped into several people, and fell down, but he didn't care at all. He quickly got up amid the cursing of others and ran for his life.

Because there were so many people here, he quickly blended into the crowd.

"Damn it." Hinata Sou stopped panting and looked at the confused kid next to him. "Do you know him?"

"Hinata-san?" Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya and Conan Edogawa pulled Kojima Genta up together, and then asked in confusion, "What happened to Mr. Nakayama? Why are you so panicked all of a sudden?"

"I don't know either. I was just about to ask him, but he just wouldn't stop." Hinata Hajime answered helplessly.

Yoshida Ayumi pouted, "But, Mr. Nakayama is always very gentle."

Seeing the children starting to talk about how gentle and patient Mr. Nakayama was, Hinata Hajime felt helpless about their ability to change the subject, so he looked at Edogawa Conan who was standing next to them.

"Nakayama Riku is the teacher of an art hobby class. Several of them are studying in this hobby class, and Nakayama Riku is their responsible teacher." Edogawa Conan and Hinata Hajime explained, "Did something happen to him? Why are you so panicked and still want to chase him?"

"I just feel it's a bit suspicious." Hinata frowned, "I always feel that I need to confirm it before I can feel at ease. Conan, can you give me the address of this interest class?"

"Of course I can..." Edogawa Conan sent the address of the interest class to Hinata Hajime, "You are not involved in any strange case again, are you? And you said that others are unlucky, I always feel that you are talking about yourself."

Hinata thought for a moment and said, "Anyway, thank you. I'll treat you to some snacks next time."

"Great!" The three children were instantly attracted by the snacks that Hinata Sou mentioned. "I heard from Conan that the snacks made by Hinata brother are super delicious! I want to eat them!"

“I want one too!”

“I want three!”

After saying goodbye to the children, Hinata Hajime quickly walked towards the interest class.

Edogawa Conan looked at Hinata Hajime's back. Although Hinata Hajime said this, Edogawa Conan couldn't ignore it at all. He felt something was wrong.

Hinata Hajime is a policeman. Policemen are generally very sensitive. Moreover, Hinata Hajime is a person with very strong observation ability. It is impossible that something strange will happen to make him so worried.

The more he thought about it, the more worried he became, so Conan Edogawa simply told Ayumi Yoshida and the others that he had forgotten to buy something and asked them to go home first. He then quickly rode his skateboard in the direction Hinata Hajime had left.

…

Riku Nakayama's art interest class.

Hinata Hajime was standing downstairs looking at the sign. At this moment, he heard the sound of a skateboard. When he turned around, he saw Edogawa Conan jumping off the skateboard.

"I'm really worried, I'll come over to take a look." Edogawa Conan held the skateboard upright in his arms, "Is Mr. Zhongshan involved in any murder case?"

"No, rather than calling it a murder case..." Hinata Hajime murmured, "it seems like he is afraid of being killed."

Edogawa Conan was stunned for a moment.

"Anyway, let's go in and take a look."

Hinata Hajime stepped onto the stairs of the art interest class, which was on the second floor. Hinata Hajime stepped onto the stairs. Since it was not the time for students to come to class, the entire corridor was empty. He could even hear his own footsteps walking inside. Edogawa Conan followed behind Hinata Hajime and observed the surroundings.

He did not run out casually. After all, Hinata Hajime was a policeman, and a very sharp one at that. Instead of looking for clues randomly, it would be more convenient to follow him.

Especially now it is not certain whether there is really a criminal who wants to kill Nakayama Riku.

"It seems that there is no one here." Edogawa Conan said, "And Nakayama Riku may not really come back. He looks so flustered, he should stay where there are many people."

"No, if you want to avoid being hunted down, it's unsafe to be in a crowd. After all, no one knows who the people you're with are." Hinata Sou said, "So, when people feel uneasy, they usually go to a place they think is safe. At least here they will feel safe."

At this moment, Hinata Hajime heard a sound of water dripping, as if the faucet was not closed tightly and water was falling on the water surface.

Hinata Hajime frowned subtly, he looked at the room next to him, and then looked at the sign on the door.

It's a painting studio.

A place where children learn to draw.

Hinata Hajime pushed the door open, and with a creak, the door slowly opened, revealing a rather horrifying scene in front of the two of them.

Blood dripped onto the ground, splashing blood continuously. Nakayama Riku was lying on the erected easel, his hands on the edge of the chair. There was no fear in his empty eyes. He was completely different from the one who was running in the busy city before.

But, this is indeed him.

His clothes were still covered in dust from his fall, and his forehead was stained with sweat from running.

But how did he die?

Conan Edogawa ran in quickly. He looked at the blood on the ground and shook his head at Hinata Sou. "The person is already dead, and the death time is very short, maybe only a few minutes."

After all, judging from their speed, no matter how fast Nakayama Riku runs, he won't be much faster than them.

In other words, perhaps, when he died, Hinata Hajime and Edogawa Conan just happened to arrive downstairs.

Just a little bit.

Hinata Hajime squatted down and saw the cell phone that Nakayama Riku had dropped on the ground. Just as his fingers touched the phone, a voice came from the phone.

This voice made Hinata Hajime's eyes widen, and those sad memories quickly flooded back to his mind, making Hinata Hajime almost return to the Jabalvog Island of the past.

"A body has been found!" a stuffed bear on the phone sent out this alert.

Hinata Hajime gripped his phone so tightly that he even felt himself gritting his teeth.

"A body has been found!" the teddy bear was still cheering.

Hinata Hajime closed the software and watched the page on his phone spinning in circles. His bad mood was obvious in his green eyes.

He said, "... Monochrome Bear."

"Black and white bear?" Conan Edogawa next to him repeated strangely.

"No, it's okay." Hinata Hajime smiled to cover up the situation. "Conan, let's call the police first. Look around before the police come. I always feel that this case is not that simple."

"Oh, okay."

Conan Edogawa called the police, and after that he looked at Hinata Hajime who was standing there looking at Riku Nakayama's body.

The Hinata Hajime standing there at this time was the usually very kind one. Edogawa Conan was sure of his judgment. However, after that strange voice rang out, Hinata Hajime's expression changed instantly. He became infinitely close to his cold self, and even his gentle green eyes were filled with disgust.

That strange sound couldn't be anything ordinary.

Maybe Hinata Hajime didn't come here just for a casual vacation.

Conan Edogawa thought of this possibility.

Perhaps, Hinata Sakusaku came to Tokyo, or even to Beika-cho, as a policeman, not for a so-called paid vacation, but to investigate some cases that did not exist in the open. Those cases might not be closely related, but they might all be related to the sound just now.

Black and white bear?

Is there a criminal organization with such a name?

[It can't be any other incident, after all, even this has appeared.] Hinata Hajime murmured as he looked at the corpse, a faint red light appearing in his green eyes, [Monochrome Bear, Enoshima Junko, super high school level despair, it really can never be cleared up.]

[Calm down.] Kamizuru said, [Don't act on impulse.]

[I know.] Hinata Sou slowly smiled, [I will never feel despair about this again.]