Tachibana Ryozo looked at everyone in the club classroom warily. He took out a stack of paper documents from his pocket. After meeting Sosuke Takagi, he had been struggling with whether to tell them the purpose of his coming to Teitan High School.
After a psychological struggle, he finally decided to seek help. After all, his original intention of coming here was to find his daughter.
Fujiwara Yu reached out and took the paper document. It reported that a 17-year-old female high school student had gone missing on her way home from school. The girl's name was Chihiro Aoyama, and she had disappeared in July 1993.
The report also noted that her father had gone to work in another city alone. Despite extensive investigations, police were unable to find any leads, forcing the investigation to a halt. Because it was a missing person case, it wasn't classified as an unsolved mystery. After all, the police at the time suggested the child might have run away and refused to return, potentially living well elsewhere.
Fujiwara Yu roughly guessed why Tachibana Ryozo wanted to show him the news report. He thought that his daughter was last missing at school, and since she hadn't appeared for such a long time, she must have passed away.
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"So you are Chihiro Aoyama's father? Then your last name is fake."
"That's right. I put a lot of effort into forging my name and resume. I've been lurking in the school for eight years, searching for my daughter day and night." Tachibana Ryozo clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. "But the police at the time insisted that Chihiro ran away from home to leave me. They didn't conduct a serious investigation. Chihiro never left the school!"
"Police investigations rely on evidence. Mr. Qingshan, can you tell me what your daughter was doing before she disappeared?"
"She was originally a member of the mystery research club, and before her disappearance, she was investigating the 'Seven Curses of Teitan High School.' So, considering today's murder, I have every right to suspect that my daughter, like Makabe Makoto, may have uncovered some unspeakable secret that led to her being silenced by the murderer."
Aoyama Ryozo's expression turned painful as he spoke of this. He couldn't imagine what his daughter had become after ten years. She must be very lonely, and she must be blaming herself and him for being powerless.
There are seven curses at Teitan High School, six of which are now known, and the seventh curse is the reason for silencing.
It turned out that the body in the wall belonged to his daughter. It was not a good idea to let the person continue to lie in that narrow space.
Fujiwara Yu understood the meaning of the code from the beginning. He only needed to use a word processor to romanize it. A little calculation in his mind was enough to come up with the sentence "There are skeletons hidden in the wall."
He hadn't alerted the perpetrator because he had no definitive evidence pointing to Deba Yuichiro as the murderer. But now that he knew the name of the skeleton, he could easily identify the perpetrator by process of elimination, with a high probability of getting the murderer to confess.
"I know where your daughter is, but... please be mentally prepared, Mr. Qingshan."
"What? Where is my daughter?" Aoyama Ryozo said excitedly.
He had waited too long for this day. For the past eight years, he had nightmares every day, dreaming of his daughter standing by his bed, staring at him with resentful eyes, which tortured his spirit over and over again. He even felt that if he didn't find his daughter soon, his spirit would be on the verge of collapse.
Fujiwara Yuu's gaze fell on Aoyama Ryozo, lingered for a few seconds, then moved away and said in a deep voice:
"Come with me, I plan to use this incident to make the murderer confess."
The two of them walked back into the office, and at this moment Kenzo Mashiba called. Fujiwara Yu made a "quiet" gesture and walked out first to answer the phone.
Back inside, Aoyama Ryozo sullenly surveyed the people before him. He knew he wasn't the murderer. So, the only person left who could have killed his daughter was... this person? Could he be the murderer?
"Inspector Takashi, I found something interesting at Yuichiro Toba's desk. It's an invitation from Raven Biopharmaceuticals, Inc., hoping he can come to the research institute to develop new drugs." Mashiba Kenzo flipped through the documents on his desk and said with a smile, "Inspector, how can a Chinese language teacher understand drug development?"
Raven Bioproducts Co., Ltd.? Isn't this the research institute where Miyano Shiho works?
The organization actually invited him. It seems that Yuichiro Deba is not just an ordinary Chinese teacher. He must have had a certain influence in the field of drug research and development. So the reason for his murder is related to his previous work.
Fujiwara Yuu vaguely guessed a possibility and asked:
"Brother Zhen Chai, is there anything else besides this?"
"The rest of the stuff is worthless, but I just had Yuji check Deba Yuichiro's background, and he was really shocked. Did you know? He's actually a researcher at Takahata Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and that company is quite impressive."
"Oh? Is there something serious going on?"
"When Takahata Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. was developing a new drug, several people who were participating in the experiment suddenly disappeared. The police searched but found no clues. There were also rumors among the people that they had disappeared," explained Kenzo Mashiba.
The subjects of the experiment disappeared? Could it be related to human experiments... Wait a minute, if that's the case, no wonder Aoyama Chihiro was silenced, no wonder someone deliberately sent a threatening letter to the principal, and even spread the so-called "Seven Curses" throughout Teitan High School. All of this was done to prevent the demolition of the old teaching building.
"Brother Zhen Chai, there's no need to investigate further. I know what's going on."
"Huh? So soon?"
"Well, go wait for me in the car. I'll go to the hospital with you later."
After hanging up the phone, Fujiwara Yuu was completely confident he could get the other party to confess. He opened the door to the club room and, feeling everyone's gaze on him, he calmly asked:
"So, did you guys figure out the code?"
"No, I'm not interested in this kind of thing at all. I just want to go home and sleep quickly." Suzuki Sonoko yawned. She missed her bed very much. She should not have come here if she had known. She was even treated as a criminal suspect. She was so unlucky.
Sakuragi Ruriko looked at Takashi Sosuke with a smile, and she crossed her arms over her chest and said:
"Officer Takashi, you already knew the code, didn't you? Did you wait so long to reveal it so you could absolutely indict the murderer?"
Fujiwara Yuu still admired Sakuragi Ruriko's observation skills. He thought that if he gave her some more information, she would be able to understand the meaning of the secret code. He played with the five-yen coin in his left hand, and his eyes finally fixed on someone. He smiled and asked back:
"Yeah, I don't like doing things I'm not sure of, right? Mr. Deba Yuichiro?"
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