Chapter 274 Nineteen Villains

In response to Matsuda Jinpei's question, Akae Nazuki was stunned for a moment, and then began to think very seriously.

I feel like a lot of people have asked him this question... Ha, does he hate sweet curry so much that the word "dislike" is written all over his face?

He knew that Jinpei Matsuda was just bringing up a random topic because he hadn't recovered from that memory yet, but the 22-year-old curly-haired guy was still good at killing the conversation! How could you ask someone such a question at a murder scene, idiot?

However, on the surface, he and Jinpei Matsuda were still just friends who had just met for a short time, so even though the two of them were actually very familiar with each other, they still had to pretend.

"…spicy." So Akae Nazuki deliberately hesitated for a few seconds, then answered the question in a subtle tone, and cast a suspicious look at Matsuda Jinpei, "I think this has nothing to do with the case, right?"

Matsuda Jinpei was not choked at all. He nodded calmly. It was hard for others to tell that he was actually shocked by the amount of information in his mind. His face was stiff. "It really doesn't matter. I'm just curious... Well, I want to know more about you. Is that not okay?"

He has even started to imitate Kenji Hagiwara's tone and talk nonsense.

The young man, still standing in a pool of blood, stared at his expression silently, then took a half step back very deliberately, and his eyes turned alert.

"Matsuda-kun, this store is just a family business, and Kenji-kun and I were just joking before."

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The boy sighed: "Anyway, you're a good person."

Hagiwara Kenji, who had just arrived and heard these words, was stunned. The anxiety on his face was replaced by laughter in a second. He had no choice but to cover his mouth and turn his head away from them under the death gaze of his childhood sweethearts, only his shoulders were still shaking.

Matsuda Jinpei was about to jump up like a furious lion cat, his stubborn natural curly hair trembled in the air: "What the hell! I didn't mean that... Tsk, you did it on purpose again?"

When he asked this, the boy opposite him looked innocent and calm again: "Why 'again'? What's wrong with me?"

The two looked at each other for a few seconds, then turned away at the same time, tacitly choosing to end the topic. Only their thoughts overlapped at this moment.

[When I look at this face, I really can't say anything harsh. ]

Fortunately, other people also arrived here at this time, and the atmosphere froze briefly for a few seconds before warming up again.

"Lord Akae, that lord asked me to bring this to you!" The female manager who had been seen in the box before unexpectedly ran ahead of Furiya Rei and the others. She was holding a white paper bag in her hand, and she rushed to the pool of blood and spoke to the young man with her head lowered.

The female manager with short brown hair seemed to have run too fast, so she stopped and tried to calm her breathing, but there was not much sweat on her face. After noticing his gaze, the female manager subconsciously glanced over.

Through the red glasses, Kenji Hagiwara couldn't see the other person's eyes clearly, but he could still tell that his expression was unfriendly.

Strange, has he ever offended this lady manager?

Kenji Hagiwara couldn't help but glance to the side, his thoughts wandering for a while: It seemed that if he hadn't been ahead of them, the other party might have arrived faster than him... Wow, the pressure of competition in the workplace in Hakata is really great.

Seeing that the serious-looking Furuya Rei and Date Kou also followed over, the only one missing was Morobushi Kagemitsu. After a little thought, Akae Nazuki guessed that the colleague should have taken the initiative to stay with Kaito.

Indeed, if he rushed over after hearing the gunshots, it would be very bad whether he left the child in the store or brought him here without knowing what happened. However, he was able to react immediately when a suspected crime occurred and was so careful, which is worthy of Hiro's age.

"Logically, we should protect the scene now."

The boy standing closest to the body just walked out of the pool of blood, took the paper bag from the female manager, sat down on a stone bench nearby, and looked up at the other four people. He seemed to have calmed down. "But the police from Hakata will be here soon. Before that, I will pretend that I didn't see it. I guess you don't want to be excluded from the case?"

Although it is true that they came to Hakata for fun, they encountered this kind of case. It is obviously impossible for these reserve police officers to just leave and not get involved. However, due to various historical issues and rules, the Hakata police will not easily allow them to access information about this case in the future. If they want to investigate, they can only do so now.

Besides, this is Hakata.

Chi Jiang Na Yue thought about it and added a little in her mind: [But if you have to say it, this is still an industry under the name of the organization. If I specifically ask them to participate in the investigation of the case, the police will not stop it. ]

[Book]: [After all, they are the privileged class.]

Chijiang Nayue did not refute it and felt very at ease about it.

The privilege depends on where, when and for what matter. In Hakata, under the current circumstances, without the privilege, this case will only end in a hasty manner.

Before Matsuda Jinpei arrived, the short time that Akae Nazuki spent observing the corpse was enough for him to read all the information, so while the others were carefully investigating without damaging the scene, he sat on a stone bench... and changed his shoes.

Jinpei Matsuda saw it from a distance, and instantly thought of the strange behavior and message the boy sent out when he was standing in a pool of blood.

...Could it be that this person just asked the manager to send a new pair of shoes because he felt that his shoes were too dirty after stepping on blood? Is he a germaphobe?

Chi Jiang Na Yue pretended not to feel his gaze: What kind of cleanliness obsession? This is called destroying evidence. No, I just love cleanliness!

His eyes passed over the body nonchalantly, lingering on the exposed arms and neck for a few seconds, then moved away in disgust.

There were needle holes from injections, the skin on his arms was red, swollen and rotten, only a few front teeth were left in his half-open mouth, his face was pale and too thin, and half of the non-medical syringe in his pocket was sticking out. Although there was nothing in it now, the people present could tell what it was used for when considering the condition of the deceased.

This guy took turns taking these two drugs. He must be afraid that he wouldn't die fast enough.

Obviously, Furuya Rei had come to the same conclusion as Akae Nazuki. He subconsciously looked at the bored boy sitting on the stone bench, and the words he had said in the private room echoed in his ears, especially...

[…Recently, he is also trying to get involved in the drug business.]

"This guy didn't buy the goods from Xiaozhu." Akajenna said suddenly. He could see what Furuya Ling was thinking, so he explained a little, "The buyer that the traitor is looking for is not in this area. Human trafficking is not easy to be discovered here, but being involved in the drug business and not being involved are two different things."

If that traitor had dared to do those things to Adam, Sharon would have discovered his betrayal at the very beginning.

Having his thoughts seen through, Furiya Rei blinked and suddenly asked a question that had nothing to do with the case at hand: "Do you know who he is buying drugs from?"

He was referring to the traitor Manager Xiaozhu who had already been dealt with by Sharon.

"There's no need to know." Chi Jiang Na Yue said lightly, "He no longer has the opportunity to do this, and he hasn't received the previous goods yet, so there's no need to know."

Of course, what he didn't say is that the person who had contact with the traitor has probably been 'accidentally' captured by the Hakata police, right?

The amount of information contained in this sentence makes it hard not to ask further questions. Unfortunately, when Furuya Rei wanted to ask something, the sound of sirens was heard from the alley.

The police arrived.

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When Jinpei Matsuda's gaze unconsciously fell on Akae Nazuki for the umpteenth time, a hand reached out from the side and covered his eyes, blocking his vision.

"Focus a little, Xiaozhenping." Hagiwara Kenji reminded helplessly, "Your sight is too obvious, Xiaonanyue will be troubled."

Jinpei Matsuda pushed his childhood friend's hand away and signaled him with his eyes to look in that direction.

The black-haired boy they were talking about was talking to Officer Takeda who had come to take charge of the case. He didn’t look troubled at all. In fact, Officer Takeda was sweating profusely…

Hagiwara Kenji was silent: "I didn't expect it to be someone I know... Xiao Nayue isn't that scary, is she? Is Officer Takeda really cold?"

Matsuda Jinpei still didn't say anything, and looked at Yu Kunran with contempt as if to say 'what's wrong with you?'

There's no hope. This guy's filter for Chi Jiang Na Yue is so thick that there's no hope at all. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a cold sweat coming out of his body!

Hagiwara Kenji felt guilty for half a second: "Don't change the subject, it's Xiao Zhenping. Why is he always looking at Xiao Nayue? You don't suspect him of being the murderer, do you?"

...This guy Hagi told the same 'cold joke' as Akae Nayue did.

Matsuda Jinpei's mouth twitched, and he rolled his eyes at Yu Xunran: "How is that possible? I was thinking about something else."

From the moment he saw the corpse until now, no matter where Akae Nazuki went, what he was doing or who he was talking to, Matsuda Jinpei kept staring at her, with no intention of hiding his gaze. However, the boy he was staring at kept pretending that he felt nothing and perfectly chose to ignore him.

Matsuda Jinpei didn't care about this, after all, he was just observing Akae Nazuki's expression.

"Expressions?" Hagiwara Kenji was puzzled. "Why do you suddenly want to observe this?"

If you were to ask why, it was probably because Jinpei Matsuda discovered that Akae had lied before that month - he would not tell Hagi this reason under such circumstances.

Therefore, Matsuda Jinpei decisively chose to change the topic.

"Let's not talk about that for now." He narrowed his eyes and said firmly in a low voice, "Hagi, you and the squad leader already knew about that guy's matter, right?"

It was when he was sorting out those fragments of memory that Jinpei Matsuda suddenly remembered the recent disagreements and private communications between his childhood friend and the class monitor, as well as the strange familiarity of these two people when facing Akae Nazuki, and most importantly, the strange reaction of Kenji Hagiwara when he first met Akae Nazuki.

That was definitely not the emotion he would have towards someone he had only met once.

Hagiwara Kenji exclaimed, and suddenly realized: "What? Xiao Zhenping also remembered it."

Matsuda Jinpei was silent and took a deep breath.

"Take away that 'young Jinpei' look from your face," Matsuda Jinpei said grimly. "I really want to punch you in the face right now, Hagi."

Hagiwara Kenji was confused: "Wait? Why are you hitting me?!"

At the other end of the alley, the inhuman Akae Nazuki was multitasking, communicating with the police officer in front of him while listening to the two men's hushed conversation, so he couldn't help but agree with Matsuda Jinpei's remarks in his heart.

After watching that memory at the same time as Jinpei Matsuda, he also wanted to punch Kenji Hagiwara.