Chapter 141 Birds and Light

Keeping vigil is not an easy task. Drowsiness is secondary, and boredom is the first. In the darkness, Matsuda Jinpei moved slightly. In order not to be noticed by people who might come outside, he and Morobushi Jingguang hid in two corners of the kitchen that were not visible from the window. They could not check the time and could only wait quietly for the "prey" to come.

Because the wires in the corner of the kitchen were cut, there was a small hole for air leakage at the small door that could be opened. The cold wind outside the door and the overly warm temperature inside the room neutralized each other, which made it easier for him to suppress his sleepiness. They drank the coffee made by the boss's wife before keeping vigil, and now they are still energetic.

When Morofushi Kagemitsu heard a slight rustling sound coming from his friend's position, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. He inexplicably felt a sense of helplessness as if they were all connected. People outside couldn't hear what was happening inside, so he simply spoke in a low voice, "Matsuda, you haven't been in a good mood these days."

"Huh? Is that so?" Matsuda Jinpei responded. He felt that his friend whom he hadn't seen for a long time had been waiting for him to speak, so he spoke, "The psychological evaluation report of that guy is about to come out." "

Shugo?" Morofushi Kagemitsu was stunned for a moment, "It's almost time..."

Thinking back to this, Matsuda Jinpei grabbed a handful of hair a little irritably. He wanted to smoke for no reason. Even if he couldn't light it now, it would be good to put it in his mouth and chew it. The man subconsciously put his hand in his pocket, and when he found that he didn't touch the familiar box, he remembered that he had made an agreement with someone before, and estimated that there would never be such a thing in his pocket again.

Maybe because squatting was too boring, he could only think of all kinds of things to pass the time. The man looked at his empty hands in the dark, and thought of Kasugawa Shugo crying in front of them, which was completely different from the look of looking for a fight in the corridor before taking pictures of Amuro Toru.

At that time, he should have pressed the issue and asked more questions, but... what else could he ask? He had already compromised and went to see a doctor about his psychological problems. The source of the scars on his body had been revealed by the undercover police officer before the cruise ship, and the recording was delivered to him word for word. He had not concealed his childhood experiences or other things during his time in the police academy. He still remembered the scene where the guy casually said on the street that his father was a hired mercenary.

But he always felt that something was still being hidden...

Before Matsuda Jinpei could figure out the matter, he felt movement on the snow outside. The two looked out from the small door, and after confirming that he was indeed hooked, Morobushi Kagemitsu called the people sleeping upstairs.

The two men who came were wearing black combat suits, hats and goggles. They walked carefully on the snow and opened the freezer that had to be temporarily placed in the snow to keep the food fresh after the power lines were cut. They took out all the large and small packages of fish and meat and placed them on the snow.

"How can we move these things? Why don't they come?" The man walking in front cursed and said in a dissatisfied tone.

"They are not our people. They will definitely not want to come after seeing the others being captured. Anyway, we will take the things and leave..." said another person, taking down the partition that looked like the bottom of the freezer. Unexpectedly, there was nothing underneath. "What's going on? Why is it empty underneath?"

"Uncle, are you looking for this?"

A childish voice pretending to be puzzled came from upstairs. The two looked up in a daze and saw that the window on the side of the second floor was wide open. The boy with glasses was held in the arms of a gentle-looking black-haired man, facing the window, and the thing in the boy's hand was shining in the moonlight.

It was a gold bar.

"Damn, we've fallen into a trap!" The man in front reacted instantly, immediately pulling his companions beside him and running into the woods, "Let's go!"

"Don't even think about leaving

now that you're here." A few minutes later, the two robbers with bruised faces were tied up in the living room. The man who tried to shoot with a gun was knocked unconscious by a punch from Amuro Toru, and has not woken up yet.

Kasugawa Shugo, who had just been beaten by the gorilla's iron fist last night, felt a toothache when he saw it.

Matsuda Jinpei unceremoniously pulled off the goggles of the two men, revealing their faces that were bruised and purple. Toyokawa Norika next to him suddenly exclaimed.

"Does Ms. Toyokawa know him?"

"I've seen them on wanted lists before..." Toyokawa Norika pointed to a few bags of gold bars that they had taken out of the freezer a long time ago, "I just confirmed that these are indeed the gold bars that were lost from the store that was robbed."

"It's similar to what we guessed, but we still have to listen to what these two guys say."

Matsuda Jinpei raised his eyebrows, looked at the man lying on the ground, and showed an especially sly smile, "Are you a little more awake?"

After saying that, the man moved his wrist, squatted beside the other party, and his tone was full of threats, "Are you going to say it yourself, or..."

Looking at this scene, Hagiwara Kenji couldn't help but whispered beside him, "Little Jinpei really looks like a **..."

Hey... Why do you, a policeman, look scarier than the man on the ground. Edogawa Conan complained in his heart, and then remembered the gangster look of Kasugawa Shugo who tortured him to confess on the ship.

Could it be that this drug-hunting police officer learned it from Officer Matsuda?

The only person who was awake didn't know that the guys around him were all policemen. He just felt that the black curly-haired man in front of him was very strong in pinning him to the ground, and his smile was very charming. The dark-skinned and blond man next to him looked very ferocious when he knocked his companion unconscious with one punch. Could he be a tourist?

Surrounded by a group of people, the unlucky thief subconsciously avoided Matsuda Jinpei's sight, and tremblingly cast his eyes around, but saw a chestnut-haired man slightly behind the dark-skinned and blond man, who smiled at him with his round eyes.

Although the man had a harmless face, his eyes were very scary. His open collar revealed a fierce scar running vertically across his throat. When he saw him looking over, the chestnut-haired man twitched the corners of his mouth and sneered, but there was no emotion in his eyes. The warm yellow light from his head shone down, and the shadows cast by his curly hair covered his round eyes. He raised his arms, clenched his hands into fists, pointed his thumbs at his neck, and drew a line suggestively.

The man was instantly startled, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you!"

Edogawa Conan looked at Kasugawa Shugo, who had put away his previous look, and then looked at Matsuda Jinpei, who would soon be promoted to the position of boss, and couldn't help but reveal his half-moon eyes. Okiya Subaru also pushed his glasses and looked away.

Is this the Japanese police now?

"We came here a month ago and live in a wooden house halfway up the mountain. It was originally built by hunters in the village to deal with emergencies, and it has been abandoned for a long time." The man on the ground stammered, "More than a month ago, we robbed the gold shop next to the mall, but several of our accomplices were caught on the spot. There were police everywhere outside, so we could only hide in the electrical appliance exhibition area in the mall with the stolen gold bars, and then..."

"Then you hid the stolen goods in the freezer." Date Kou continued.

"Yes... At that time, we couldn't escape with the stolen goods. No one wanted to throw away the gold bars that we had stolen with great effort. One of our accomplices said that he had used this freezer to transport illegal drugs before. Because of the design, a simple secret compartment can be made with a spare board. Gold bars are not like jewelry. As long as we put them in the right place, there will be no shaking sound when moving the freezer. Ordinary people can't find them at all." The robber hurriedly added, fearing that the gang members in front of him would punch him again.

Kasugawa Shugo frowned because of the word illegal drugs.

"Then we hid the gold bars in the freezers, marked them, changed our clothes and pretended to be trapped customers in the mall and left. But we didn't expect..."

"We didn't expect that those who were caught would quickly provide the police with your portrait information."

"That's right..." The fact that the whole process of the incident was guessed by the people in front of him made the man sweat coldly, and he didn't dare to miss any details. "We had to hide first, and after the wanted order came out, we asked the few people who were not painted to go back to the mall to check. Who would have thought that those freezers had been sold! We chased them all the way here, and asked a few accomplices to pretend to be customers and stay here for a day to confirm that the freezers here were indeed the ones we left behind. The kitchen here is locked at night and open during the day. There was no chance to do it, so I could only install a wiretap.

Originally, I wanted to transport the gold bars away when no one was in the hotel, but we never got there, and everyone got anxious, so we came up with this idea."

The man said dry-mouthed, "Two days ago, I and three other people were resting in the cabin, and the other companions went to observe the situation first, and they were... caught by this big brother and handed over to the police."

For a moment, everyone's eyes followed the robber's line of sight, shining like a searchlight on the chestnut-haired man standing behind.

Kasugawa Shugo shook his hair. Because there were other people in the hotel who didn't know his identity, he could only smile in front of everyone, "Lucky, lucky, I saw someone next to me when I was driving. I thought they were travelers who needed help. I didn't expect that they looked familiar. I just saw their wanted warrants not long ago, so I called the police... Speaking of which, the police here are really fast, haha..."

The man's face turned even paler when he heard this.

Sure enough, that group of people was dealt with in advance by this brutal man with a scar on his neck. Now he can pretend that he just met them by chance. He is really unfathomable!

Thinking of this, his speech speed increased a lot, "We stayed in the cabin afterwards, and the other two went out for a walk yesterday afternoon. In the evening, we heard the eavesdropping device saying that you put the freezer outside, so we decided to take action tonight... That's what happened."

"So that's how it is... Thanks to Mr. Kasugawa for meeting them on the road, otherwise who knows what would happen now." Toyokawa Norika turned around and thanked the chestnut-haired man earnestly, but her face still showed some doubt, "But... since you just wanted to take the stolen goods, why did you send me a threatening letter?"

"...... Threatening letter? I didn't..." The man was about to deny it, but he turned around and met Matsuda Jinpei's dark eyes, "No, no! I really don't know about this! I really didn't see it. You said I just wanted to secretly take back the stolen gold bars, why would I send a threatening letter..."

"Threatening letter?" Satake Chiki, who had been standing next to Toyokawa Norika, was stunned. He pushed his dull glasses and asked, "What threatening letter."

"I don't think this is a threatening letter." Hearing this, Hagiwara Kenji took out the envelope that Toyokawa Norika had given her before from his arms, "Judging from the shape and position, this should be an envelope that was torn into pieces and discarded by someone, and it was just blown into the gap of the carpet by the wind. As for the surname on it that is the same as your ex-husband..."

"That letter was sent to me by my family."

Toyokawa Norika was stunned, and turned to look at Asakawa Nami who spoke at this time.

"This is my original surname." Asakawa Nami pursed her lips, and the letter, "Sorry, actually... Norika, your ex-husband who is now in prison is my brother. I went abroad with my mother when I was young, and I didn't hear about him doing such a thing until I returned to China after graduation. No matter what, he is my relative, and this matter is related to me, so... I wanted to understand your situation and see if I could help. I was afraid that this matter was too abrupt and would disturb you, so I changed my mother's surname and came here to apply for a clerk."

"Nami..."

"......I originally wanted to leave after seeing the situation, but I'm really happy working here, so I wanted to stay. However, my family thought it was inappropriate for me to do such a job after graduating from a prestigious university, so they wrote these letters to me. I think this is the letter that I tore up and threw away after reading it that day...I'm really sorry, I didn't expect to cause you such trouble."

"It seems that he did a good thing." Toyokawa Norika smiled and came over, holding the arm of Asakawa Nami who lowered her head. "Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to make such a good friend."

"No matter what the reason for acquaintance, as long as the feelings are real, it's fine." Mouri Ran smiled. She took her hand and looked at the two people who were arm in arm.

"Hey, did you hear that? You're already in your twenties, but you're being taught a lesson by a little girl, right?" Toyokawa Norika said to the person next to her with a smile, and the latter's originally nervous expression gradually faded and he smiled.

"By the way, Ms. Toyokawa, this is what Kiri asked me to give you." Tsukiyama Asari thought about it, picked up the box that Asuka Kiri had put down before going to rest from the table next to him, and handed it to her.

Recognizing that the box was the one that contained the scary wood carving, Toyokawa Norika took it hesitantly. After opening the lid, she saw that the originally messy and mottled paint inside had been cleaned up, and even the paint on the wood carving had been repainted. The paint on the paper was not easy to clean, so the boy used a pen to trace the words that were originally covered by the paint.

The woman looked at the words on the paper and didn't react for a long time.

"I guess someone must have wanted to give Miss Toyokawa a gift, so he carved a small wooden sculpture and put it at the door as soon as the paint dried, hoping that Miss Toyokawa would find it when she went to the door." Tsukiyama Asari smiled, his eyebrows curved into a soft arc, "As a result, it snowed that day and there were many guests. When Miss Toyokawa found the gift, the snow had already wet all the paint on the wooden sculpture. The wooden sculpture, which was a bit strange to begin with, became... like this now."

"Then, the person whose eyebrows were responded to probably thought he was rejected, so he was embarrassed to get along with Miss Toyokawa as before."

"It turns out to be like this..." Toyokawa Norika looked at the restored wood sculpture that looked a bit adorable, and her ears blushed. She whispered, then raised her head and looked at the clerk who was already blushing and speechless, "Are you stupid? When you found that there was no response, didn't you come to me and ask?"

Satake Chiki, whose face had been flushed since the beginning, coughed several times and said, "I... Everyone has worked hard today. I'll go prepare some midnight snacks for everyone."

"Stop!"

Toyokawa Norika grabbed the guy who was about to run away, and even with her ears red, she still asked angrily, "Why didn't you tell me yourself, and didn't you leave before?"

"Before..."

"Yes." The woman put her curly long hair behind her and looked away awkwardly. Her fingers with red nail polish did not forget to poke the other's shoulders vigorously, "I said that I love to spend money, have a bad temper, and have a lot of shortcomings... I said this to make you respond to me, but you just left, and then ran away as soon as you got off work. What have you been doing?"

Even a smart and capable female boss will feel panic when facing her next relationship after experiencing so many things. She finally mustered up the courage to tell her shortcomings to the person she likes, but who knew that the other person ran away the next day.

"I'm really sorry!" Satake Chiki lowered his head quickly. The usually speechless man stammered, "I, I actually took a part-time job..."

Unexpectedly, Toyokawa Norika's eyes suddenly turned into small eyes, "Huh? Part-time job?"

"Yes, it's because... I'm a little embarrassed to say it out loud. Actually, I always feel that I'm not worthy of Miss Toyokawa. I've been working everywhere since I graduated, and I haven't saved much money. I thought... I could do more part-time jobs, hoping that one day I'll be able to promise Miss Toyokawa's parents that I will give you a better life, treat you well, and ask them to marry... their daughter to me." The man blushed, but did not avoid looking away. "In fact, what Miss Toyokawa said that day was not a shortcoming. In my opinion, you are a very good person, very brave and kind. You will give candy to the children who come to the hotel, and you will also..."

"Alright, alright! No need to say that!" Toyokawa Norika immediately covered his mouth, her face flushed like the other person, "Are you a fool? You actually went out to work..."

She pouted, then quickly kissed the other person on the side of the cheek. Before Satake Chiki could react, she shook the wooden sculpture in her hand and said with a smile, "And this wooden sculpture, you don't know how scary it looked before, it's understandable that I thought it was a threatening letter."

"Ms. Toyokawa..." The man completely lost the ability to speak, his face flushed as if smoke could come out of it immediately.

"Wow..." Suzuki Sonoko tugged at Mouri Ran's clothes, "Did you see it? Did you see it? Did you? Speaking of your..."

"Sonoko!" The long-haired girl interrupted her quickly.

The man lying on the ground felt that he was totally out of place here. He tried to get himself up a little and whispered, "Excuse me, do I have to lie here forever? Uh, no, I, I mean... if they call the police to arrest me, they have to wait until the mountain is closed, I..."

"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about you." Hagiwara Kenji squatted down and huddled together with Matsuda Jinpei, and said with a smile, "Where are the other two people? They are the accomplices you just mentioned. I think you know their names and identities."

"Actually... I don't know them." The man said awkwardly, "Although they said they came together, they didn't seem to be interested in the stolen goods in the freezer. It seemed that they just came here to help. Tonight, they asked the two of us to come and get something, saying that they had other things to do..." "

Other things?"

"Yeah, I heard them say that someone asked them to get something from the hotel... and they would be paid later." The man thought hard and told them all the information he knew in front of several people. "I don't know who is on the other end of the phone, but they said something when they were drinking yesterday... a weird guy in black clothes..."

What? !

The boy who was originally standing beside Ran Mouri, whose face was red because of Suzuki Sonoko's teasing, suddenly changed color. He walked over and grabbed the other's clothes and said anxiously, "What man in black clothes! Can you tell me more details!"

Suemitsu Sosuke sighed when he saw him getting angry when he encountered something related to the organization, and was about to go back to continue training him, but the next second, he and Tsukiyama Asari on the side changed color.

"Xiao Kiri!" Now he connected the signal with the vest who finally regained some consciousness. From Asuka Kiri's perspective, he finally reacted to something. Tsukiyama Asari turned around and ran upstairs.

Not knowing what happened, the others could tell from his expression that something was wrong. They ran up to the third floor with Tsukiyama Asari and broke open the bedroom door, only to see the wide open window. The bed was already empty, and the slippers provided by the hotel were placed messily beside the bed, with half a shoe print on them.

Edogawa Conan climbed up to the window sill and looked outside, gritted his teeth and said "Damn it". The two people who came were obviously well prepared. There were actually several footprints on the snow outside in different directions. It was impossible to tell which direction they left from.

Tsukiyama Asari looked out the window with a gloomy face and said, "Separately search."

They hadn't seen each other for a while and their house was robbed!

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