Chapter 3620 3632 [Taking the Blame] Requesting Monthly Tickets ()
In any case, since it is very likely related to Uzo, this case deserves to be treated with utmost care, even if it means a few more tire blowouts.
Thinking this, Amuro Tooru stopped trying to move away and comforted himself: Anyway, he didn't drive today, so even if his tires blew out, they wouldn't be able to—and with such a large group of police cars around, surely not all of them would be unable to drive.
After muttering to himself for a moment, Amuro Tooru refocused his attention on the case. He glanced at the wanted poster in Inspector Megure's hand and asked Jiang Xia, "Do you have a grudge against this person?"
Jiang Xia looked at the photo and shook his head: "Never seen it before."
Officer Sato was a little puzzled: "Then why did he send you these things? Is he another one trying to challenge your detective skills? ...These guys really don't learn their lesson."
"Naive." Amuro Tooru glanced at her and sighed inwardly. "This is not a challenge. This is probably just a task that Uzo assigned to that bomber... I wonder if the final target is Jiang Xia or me behind Jiang Xia."
Inspector Megure had no idea about this elusive Usagi, so he shared the same question as Inspector Sato, but...
The inspector, who had just returned from his vacation, smiled smugly and turned around to call out, "Chiba, bring Mr. Tomonaga over here!"
Perhaps it was a lucky start, but today's bombing went exceptionally smoothly—theoretically, such a seemingly random explosion that didn't hit anyone is very difficult to investigate, but it's only been a short time. He not only found the bomber, but also relevant witnesses.
Upon hearing his words, Jiang Xia and Amuro Tooru turned their heads and saw a broad-faced man with bandages wrapped around his head and his right arm in a sling across his chest.
The portly Officer Chiba led the ragged witness over and looked at Jiang Xia: "Mr. Jiang Xia, may I see the sample picture book you received?"
Jiang Xia handed over the sample, and Officer Chiba glanced at it curiously before showing it to the witness he had brought: "Editor Asanaga, take a look, is this it?"
“That’s right.” Editor Asahide glanced at it a few times and said excitedly, “Three days ago, that wanted criminal Hirukawa broke into my office, shouting that it was his brother’s keepsake and stole it.”
Amuro Tooru glanced at him.
Editor Asaga raised his only intact left hand and pointed to his bandaged head: "I thought about stopping him, but that bastard was simply lawless. In order to steal the picture book samples, he actually beat me up, leaving me with these injuries."
Officer Sato looked at him blankly: "You are...?"
Officer Chiba then realized he had forgotten to mention it, so he patted the picture book sample in his hand and introduced it:
"The author of this picture book, Kenichi Imai, and the bomb-wielding villain, Takuji Hirukawa, are actually half-brothers."
"And the editor Tomonaga who was hit by Hirukawa was Mr. Imai's editor before his death."
Jiang Xia heard a keyword he liked: "Before death?"
Officer Chiba nodded: "Five years ago, Hirukawa committed a bombing and fled overseas. During his time on the run, his younger brother, Kenichi Imai, unfortunately passed away from illness."
When asked about the passing of his son, editor Asahide sighed, “Imai’s picture book caused a sensation as soon as it arrived at our editorial department. Everyone thought he would definitely win the newcomer picture book competition.”
“Our editorial department also had high hopes for him, but just then, his brother became a wanted criminal who fled overseas.”
"Soon after, someone leaked the news that Imai and Hirukawa were brothers. The rumors in our circle immediately spread. Many people criticized Imai, saying that he was not qualified to create children's picture books because he had a criminal brother."
"Imai was forced to give up his qualification for the competition, and not long after, he fell seriously ill and unfortunately passed away."
Officer Sato looked regretful: "What his brother did has nothing to do with him."
Officer Chiba: "After Imai's death, those who sympathized with him gained the upper hand, and everyone was speculating about who had leaked the information."
"Later, a rumor spread that the person who revealed that Hirukawa and Imai were brothers was a very skilled private detective."
A very skilled private investigator?
Upon hearing this, the group instinctively looked at Jiang Xia.
But he quickly shook his head.
Jiang Xia doesn't seem like that kind of person, and five years ago, he was just a junior high school student, completely innocent.
"Displaced anger." Officer Sato looked at the picture book sent to Jiang Xia, slammed his hand on the police car angrily, "This is shameless displaced anger!"
As she spoke, she suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Amuro Tooru: "Speaking of which, this picture book was sent to Amuro Detective Agency. Could it be that five years ago..."
Amuro Tooru: "..." Five years ago, five years ago I was busy infiltrating the organization as an undercover agent, I didn't have time to care about my brothers or bomb criminals.
He glanced speechlessly at his foolish junior policeman: "It wasn't me either."
Officer Chiba: "The internet didn't say who the private investigator was. Later, everyone thought that he was just the real culprit... or a target put forward by the person who actually spread the news."
—It's obvious why a private investigator would care about these things. It must be that Imai's competitors didn't want him to be shortlisted, so they found out and deliberately spread this information.
Inspector Megure nodded: "I think it's the same as what Sato said. Hirukawa was probably angry about his brother's death, but didn't know who to take revenge on, so he simply chose the most famous detective and sent these things to Brother Enatsu."
Jiang Xia didn't seem to mind at all; on the contrary, he was in a good mood. He pointed to the picture book in Officer Chiba's hand and asked Editor Asahide, "Were the missing pages in this sample torn out while we were in the editorial department, or did they fall out later?"
"Missing page?" Editor Asagaya was stunned, his expression changing drastically. He flipped through the picture book in Officer Chiba's hands and sure enough, he found a page that had been torn off as if chewed by a dog.
"Who did such a despicable thing!" Editor Asanaga exclaimed angrily. "Because of Imai's passing, we postponed the publication plan, but we kept this proof in excellent condition... It must have been Hirukawa! Stealing his belongings just to tear them up? What an unreasonable and despicable wanted criminal!"
Jiang Xia looked at him: "This picture book itself is made up of several riddles. The bomber used these riddles to plant the bombs—the answer to the riddle is the location of the bomb, so all the answers in the picture book were torn out by the criminal."
"Conversely, if you know the answer to the riddle, you can guess the location of the bomb—since you are Mr. Imai's editor, you should have read this picture book, right? What are the answers to these riddles?"
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