Chapter 44

Xiaozhi?

It’s Xiaozhi!

Xingchuan and Ming never imagined that the mysterious hacker that Yida Kou had been searching for for so long and couldn't find actually got a clue from the director of the welfare home.

Of course, it was just a nickname, and the possibility of a duplicate name could not be ruled out. But Xingchuan Heming's intuition told him that the "Xiaozhi" mentioned by the dean's aunt and the "Xiaozhi" who sent him a murder notice were the same person!

Why did the dean say that she had been asking her to keep an eye on whether Xiaozhi had returned?

Could it be that I actually know the other person?

Besides, why did I do that in the past?

It's not possible that I was a prophet who had already expected the other party to send a warning letter before I was poisoned, right?

Moreover, since that Xiaozhi is indeed someone he knows, then the previous warning letter was really to remind him to be careful of being ambushed?

Xingchuan and Ming shook their heads and put aside their previous wild thoughts.

He held up the phone, wanting to ask the director aunt directly, but when the words came to his lips, Xingchuan Heming swallowed them back in time.

No, now is not the time.

He was not sure whether it was appropriate for the dean to discuss this topic now, and he was not even sure whether anyone was eavesdropping on him.

He still remembered what the little detective had been gesturing behind him for a long time. Who knew if there were any eavesdropping devices installed nearby?

Xingchuan Heming took a deep breath and decided that after arriving at the welfare home, he would have a good talk with the director.

He maintained his usual smile and said to the dean on the other end of the phone in an expectant tone:

"Then, Aunt Director, I will definitely be there on time on Saturday. In order to give everyone in the orphanage a surprise, please keep the fact that Kogoro Mori is also coming a secret for the time being. When we arrive, we can suddenly announce it and let Detective Mori spend the weekend with everyone. This can be regarded as a gift from me to everyone after a long separation. What do you think?"

The reason for hiding the news about Maori Kogoro was to avoid alerting the enemy. After all, Maori Kogoro was too famous. If someone with ulterior motives knew about it in advance, it would be difficult for him to find the clues he wanted.

The headmistress was obviously very interested in Xingchuan and Ming's proposal, and she agreed repeatedly:

"Okay, then I'll gather everyone here on Saturday, and we'll have a good time. Our welfare home hasn't been so lively for a long time."

After hanging up the phone, Xingchuan and Ming lowered their heads and silently sorted out their thoughts. The current situation is really becoming more and more complicated.

There is a poisoner hiding in the dark who has been watching him, and his spy, Ryo Nagata, who was wearing a hooded vest next to him, is also missing. According to his own speculation, there is a high possibility that there is some connection between Ryo Nagata's disappearance and the poisoner's crime.

According to the hooded vest, Nagata Ryo must be related to the welfare home, and it is not ruled out that he is an insider of the welfare home. Only in this way can the other party obtain his intelligence.

And now, the director aunt has revealed that Xiaozhi, who knew in advance that someone was going to poison him and sent a murder warning letter, is actually related to the welfare home.

How did all this end up being related to the orphanage?

It seems that this trip to the welfare home might bring me more benefits than I planned!

And the hacker "Xiaozhi" who has been unable to find any clues has also received the news, right?

When Hoshikawa Kazuaki got the information about "Nagata Ryo" from the hooded vest, he did not tell Date Kou about this clue because he could not explain the source of the information.

But this time is different. He got the news about the hacker "Xiaozhi" through a very normal channel, so he can definitely call Yi Dahang to go with him on this trip to the welfare home.

Hoshikawa and Ming planned to tell him about this when they got off work in the evening. And with Date Kou's many years of experience as a criminal police officer, he might be able to find out more from the welfare home than he did.

Hoshikawa Kazuaki flipped through the address book on his phone again and found Kenji Hagiwara's name among the contacts.

Judging from the call records, the frequency of contact between myself and Hagiwara is not very high. It seems that the relationship between me and him is far from as good as that with Date Kou.

I had originally thought of inviting Hagiwara Kenji to come along on this trip to the orphanage, and also invite Amuro Toru, who always likes to go to crime scenes with Maori Kogoro, and Date Kou, who I brought along to investigate cases, so that it could be considered a small gathering for the police academy team. It's fun just thinking about it.

What a pity. Since the relationship is not that good anymore, it seems that I can’t find any excuse to call for help now.

Just as Xingchuan and Ming were lost in thought, the wind chime at the door rang again.

Hoshikawa Kazuaki immediately stood up like a waiter and smiled toward the store door:

"Welcome, what can I order?"

"Why, it's been such a short time since we last met, Xingchuan, have you forgotten me so quickly?"

The man was tall, with rare reddish-brown hair and a "川" pattern between his eyebrows. He looked like a very serious and responsible person, but at this moment he gave Xingchuan and Ming a relaxed smile.

Xingchuan Heming quickly dug out a corresponding image from his poor memories, and immediately relaxed his brows, saying with a little surprise:

"Officer Nishihara? Why are you here?"

Xingchuan Heming immediately and skillfully prepared a cup of special coffee for the visitor. After years of interacting with him, he had already figured out the taste preferences of this police officer.

"I happened to be on vacation today. Then I heard from a colleague in the Investigation Division that you, Xingchuan, were implicated in a case some time ago, and it's best not to go out alone recently, and it's best to have someone accompany you to and from get off work. It just so happens that the colleague in the Investigation Division has been working overtime recently, so I took the initiative to ask for leave, and I'll be the one to pick you up and drop you off at get off work these days."

Officer Nishihara spoke slowly but calmly, giving people a sense of responsibility. He took the coffee from Xingchuan and Mingshen, thanked them earnestly, and then sat down at the bar.

The full name of this police officer is Nishihara Tadahiko, and he is a police officer of the Special Crime Investigation Department. He met Hoshikawa Kazuaki by chance, and he took good care of him afterwards. Even Hoshikawa Kazuaki's current fighting skills and the police grappling techniques that were praised by Date Kou before were taught to him by Nishihara Tadahiko.

If they had met Officer Nishihara at any other time, Xingchuan and Ming would have been very surprised. But when they heard the other party's intention of appearing here, Xingchuan and Ming's smiles immediately fell.

"So Brother Ida really asked a busy man like you to pick me up from get off work. There's really no need to be so nervous. It's ok that Brother Ida doesn't know my skills, but don't you know them? How could I possibly be in danger?"

Nishihara Tadahiko didn't directly refute, but out of habit wanted to reach out and pat Hoshikawa Kazuaki on the head, but under Hoshikawa Kazuaki's warning glare, he patted his shoulder instead, and then said with a relaxed smile:

"Whether it's dangerous or not, we haven't seen each other for a while. It's not bad to just treat it as a rare gathering and relaxation among friends."

After hearing this, the awkward feeling that Xingchuan and Ming had before, about being picked up and dropped off at school like elementary school students, instantly disappeared.

Feeling relieved, he no longer refused, but asked:

"Officer Nishihara is so busy, how can he have time to spend with me every day?"

Nishihara Tadahiko looked up at him and said with a smile:

"I'm not as busy as you say. I work and leave work just like other colleagues. It's just that I can't spare any time, so I'm investigating other cases privately. Anyway, it's not something that can be resolved in a day or two. I can still spare the time to accompany you to get off work and leave work for a few days."

Seeing this, Xingchuan and Ming didn't say anything more.

Since he met Nishihara Tadahiko more than three years ago, he knew that the reason this man chose to become a policeman was because he wanted to find his younger brother who was kidnapped when he was a child.

He chose to join the Special Crime Investigation Department because it was a special department that dealt with kidnapping, kidnapping and hijacking. In order to stay there, he even refused the police's invitation.

Over the years, he has been tracking down the trafficking gang in his spare time, and he has heard that he has made some progress. However, the longer such old cases are, the harder it is to solve them, so he doesn't know when he will be able to get what he wants.

The two were chatting casually when suddenly a cell phone notification sounded. Xingchuan and Ming were stunned for a moment before they realized that it was an email notification on their cell phones.

He took a look and saw an unfamiliar number. However, the strange thing was that when Xingchuan and Ming were about to take a closer look, the unfamiliar mobile phone number flashed for a moment and then disappeared.

Huh? What's going on?

Xingchuan and Ming could see clearly that the new email was still there, but the corresponding mobile phone number had disappeared. It looked like the email was sent from a dead number.

This operation of simply revoking a mobile phone number is much more difficult than sending an email directly from an empty number, right? Who would do this?

However, Xingchuan Heming suddenly had an idea. He flipped forward and found the dozens of murder notices he had received before, and they all showed empty numbers.

He thought for a moment, could it be that this email and the previous ones were sent by the same person, Xiaozhi? What did he send this time?

If it weren't for my electronic nemesis physique, I could have almost avoided the poisoning incident with the previous murder warning letter. The things sent this time are probably just as important.

Xingchuan and Ming felt nervous and quickly opened the email.

"Be careful of those around you, there are crows"

Xingchuan and Ming's pupils dilated instantly, their hands shook, and they almost dropped the phone.

What does the other party mean this time? Is it that someone from the organization is coming to contact me again, or has he discovered that there are people from the organization among the people I know?

If it was the latter, then the other party was right. Whether it was his good colleague Toru Amuro or the hooded vest he had just come into contact with, they were actually consistent with the other party's reminder this time.

Hoshikawa Kazuaki stroked his phone with his fingers, thinking about the source of the other party's information.

The content of the email was very concise and seemed to have been edited in a hurry. There was not even time to use the deliberately second-rate words to conceal the intention as in the last time, which shows how urgent the other party's situation is.

Maybe he just got the news and revealed it to me in a panic.

At this time, Xingchuan and Ming seemed to believe that the other party was indeed reminding them to be careful last time.

How did the other party get the news?

Hoshikawa and Ming thought about how Toru Amuro suddenly asked for leave today, and how Hood left in a hurry last night, and how Xiaozhi also hurriedly told him the news today.

The times of the three of them are very close.

Xingchuan and Mingyi were a little amused for a moment.

Could it be that the other party was threatened by one of these two people? And then he was surprised that the person who threatened him actually knew him, so he told him to be careful about the people around him?

Xingchuan and Ming felt that their guess was still very reliable, and at the same time, they were also moved by Xiaozhi's actions. At least the other party really cared about them.

But he was also more curious. What was the relationship between Xiaozhi and himself? Why did the headmaster say that before?

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Tonight's update is posted early. I really can't wait until the early morning (sleepy smile)