Chapter 10 Jiang Haozhi's Room Again

To investigate a case, you must first obtain sufficient information.

Scotland's purpose in joining the investigation is unclear, but it will not provide any useful clues at this time.

The client, Rika Yada, believed that the missing person did not exist and initiated the request simply to help Grandma Matae.

"Next, I want to meet those animals and Grandma Youjiang who knew the missing person. Then I want to go to Grandma Youjiang's house to take a look - she must have kept her son's room."

"Yes, yes," Rika Yada replied quickly, "I have the key to her house. We can go there now. As for visiting other animals..."

Her face was gloomy. She really didn't want to repeat the tragic process of trying to persuade the player to come to Scotland but failing. But she couldn't bear to disturb the rest of several old men and women at this point.

Scotland looked at the sky outside in confusion, and Samoyed's thick and soft ears tilted back in confusion. He raised his paw and spoke out what Toshika Yada was thinking:

"How about we take a break first? They should still be sleeping at this time."

Detective Black Cat nodded in approval and said, "What does it matter? It's just a conversation. I'm not forcing them to continue sleeping."

Rika Tanida: “…”

Scotland, who is not familiar with the style of Black Cat Detective: "..."

He looked at Toshika Yada with a questioning look: So all the detectives out there are like this?

Rika Yada shook her head desperately: No! I don't know why Detective Jouno suddenly changed!

Hisashi Jouno joined the group chat: Please respect the time of the famous detective Baogui.

Out of normal animal mentality, the cat, the dog and the squirrel finally reached a consensus and went to Grandma Youjiang's house to investigate first.

"Grandma Youjiang has always lived alone. She seems to have been married and divorced when she was young. I don't know the details. But now, the only people who are familiar with Grandma Youjiang are her old neighbors."

"In the past, Grandma Jiang was still within the normal range in her search for her son, but her mental condition started to deteriorate from the year before last. She even ignored her own life and went around buying clues with money, and was defrauded of a lot of money."

Toshika Yada and Detective Black Cat arrived at a mushroom house with an old and faded appearance.

A small piece of land at the gate has been abandoned and overgrown with weeds, and the whole place is filled with a desolate atmosphere.

But after opening the door and entering, the room was tidy and clean. Grandma Jiang had been in the hospital for some time, so it was obvious that it was Rika Yada who cleaned the room.

The squirrel hopped ahead.

The black cat nimbly climbed up the wooden steps to the second floor.

Samoyed walked at the end, his blue eyes thoughtfully looking at this ordinary looking home. He had a vague feeling that this random assignment might bring him some unexpected surprises.

This house is not big, but Jiang Haozhi's room is very spacious.

All the supplies inside were properly stored and cleaned from time to time, as if Jiang Hao would be back in a second.

This place is full of traces of Jiang Haozhi's life.

The textbooks and report cards with my name on them from high school, the old clothes of different ages stored in a treasured storage box, and the award-winning photo and trophy of the little dolphin winning the swimming competition on the desk.

Rika Tanida had never been here before, and Grandma Jiang regarded this place as a forbidden area that only she could clean.

At this moment, she looked at all this in surprise, and no longer had any doubt that Jiang Haozhi existed.

"These items date back to his senior year of high school." Detective Black Cat put the heavy bag back on the chair. "It's been thirty years now."

Scotland pondered, "Forest City doesn't allow animals to leave at will. It was even more strictly controlled a few decades ago. He couldn't have left Forest City at that time. And Grandma Jiang must have known about this, so she kept looking for him in Forest City."

"Is it strict?" Detective Black Cat didn't ask why Scotland came to this conclusion about the Forest City, which seemed very loose and didn't even have city walls.

He replied without making any comment, and then continued, "So, is it possible that an animal in Forest City could have been hiding for thirty years without being discovered? Under the premise that he has no intention of coming back to find his loving mother."

Scotland and Rika Yada both shook their heads.

The Forest City is not small, but not too big either. It is an animal city that produces and sells its own animals.

It is very difficult to live here without being discovered by other animals.

Not to mention that if Jiang Haozhi ran away from home because he was angry, but the items in this room show that the mother and son have a good relationship. How could the son really abandon his mother?

Detective Black Cat put a bracket after "Missing Case" in his notes and wrote "Murdered?", explaining in a calm tone:

"Existence is easy to prove. Even if the animals around them have lost their memories, the objects that have memories still exist.

His birth certificate, his school record, his school records, his medical records...

But what's abnormal is that he has been forgotten so completely that except for the few animals that still remember him, other animals think he never existed.

Is that right, Ms. Tanida?"

"Yes." Rika Yada responded with some nervousness for some reason.

"Let's ignore the reasons that may cause amnesia for now. There are no clues for this part. Assuming Jiang Haozhi is already dead, and excluding the possibility of being killed randomly, the most likely person to have harmed him is an animal that remembered him?"

Rika Yada met those golden eyes that were so pure and clear that they could make animals feel cold, and suddenly she felt a deep chill. The hair on her back stood up and her tail curled up into a ball.

She heard herself say in a harsh voice: "Yes."

This kind of amnesia already existed when Grandma Youjiang started looking for her missing son.

Therefore, if Jiang Haozhi died after disappearing, excluding those highly accidental possibilities, it would be the animals that remembered him that would kill him.

But those animals have been Grandma Jiang’s friends for many years.

They watched as Grandma Youjiang searched desperately, and even found that she had mental problems. They comforted Grandma Youjiang again and again, and were willing to accept the detectives' questions and assist in their investigation.

Is there a murderer hiding here?

Scotland broke the silence, "I know a lot of animals. If you need to retrieve files related to Jiang Haozhi, I can go there."

"No, these are all to prove his existence, but there is no need to prove it now. Scotland, go to Forest City and investigate all the animal murders from fifty years ago to the present day whose murderers have not been arrested."

"Although it seems like a big project, there are actually very few cases like the Forest City case."

Detective Black Cat used his pen to prop up his deerstalker hat and assigned the task naturally: "Excuse me, Mr. Scotland."

Scotland looked at Jyouno Hisaji deeply, then smiled as gently as usual, "Okay, leave it to me."

I don't know if the detective did it on purpose, but he is the only one in this room who can check so many files.

No matter what his identity is.