Chapter 11: Three Classic Choices
【Broken Wine】
[The investigation has made significant progress. At least we can confirm that this is a missing person case. Ask the animals that still remember it to get more information (0/3)]
I still remember Hiroyuki Matae's three animals, whose names were Yoshiko Enjo, Osamu Tsukida, and Mika Ohtsuki.
Yoshiko Enjo is a dairy cow.
She walked upright on her two hind legs, with her pair of strong front legs impatiently wrapped in front of her. Her big cow eyes glared fiercely at the three little animals, her face full of impatience for being disturbed in the early morning.
Even if she rushed over the next second and attacked with her head that had no horns but could still crush them into pieces, the players would not find it strange at all.
Yes, players.
This sudden visual impact, after players are accustomed to the dog-like and pleasing-looking Scotland and the squirrel Rika Tanita who jumps around without any discord, directly pulls players out of the immersive role-playing game.
It's really weird!
But he was obviously the only one who would be surprised by such a thing and lose his temper no matter how many times he watched it.
A miserable fluff maniac stuck in the uncanny valley.
Yoshiko Enjo looked at the black cat detective who looked a little stupid. She didn't trust foreign animals, so she only asked Rika Yada:
"You suddenly come here now, is Jiang almost dying?"
A drop of cold sweat rolled down Gu Tianlixiang's forehead, and she quickly said, "No, no, Grandma Jiang's condition is still stable. We just found some new clues and wanted to confirm it as soon as possible."
"Alright." Hearing that it was excusable, Yuan Tiao Ryoko's anger subsided a little, but her words were still unpleasant. "Let's talk here. If you go in, you will disturb my daughter. If you want to ask, just ask. Let me make it clear that I am not very familiar with Youjiang, so I don't know much."
Rika Tanida whispered to the players: "Aunt Yuan Tiao and Grandma Youjiang don't get along very well, but she has helped Grandma Youjiang a lot over the years."
The player nodded, looked at the cute white Samoyed a few more times to wash his eyes, and then put himself into the black cat detective state.
Even though he always skips the plot, it doesn't mean he doesn't like to play seriously. It all depends on his mood at the moment.
Detective Black Cat thought for a moment, and the first question he asked was about Yoshiko Enjo: "Did you get to know Grandma Youjiang after she moved here?"
Yuanjo Ryoko stood up straight in surprise, "How did you know? That was more than 30 years ago, and many animals didn't know she was moved here."
"The distance between Yujiang Haozhi's elementary school and junior high school is quite far. The junior high school and high school are nearby. Yujiang's grandmother probably moved here when he was in junior high school to make it more convenient for him to go to school." said the Black Cat Detective.
Yoshiko Enjo nodded, "It seems you have some talent. Youjiang Haozhi's grades are not very good, and he is only good at swimming. In order to improve his grades, Youjiang transferred him to a more strict school and moved to a new house to accompany him to study. He paid a lot for his studies, but it was useless."
"What do you think of the relationship between Grandma Youjiang and her son?"
"Very good!" Yuanjo Ryoko nodded without hesitation, "Jiang Haozhi is very sensible. He is a good boy and a very filial child."
"When was the last time you saw Jiang Haozhi?"
"I don't remember. I saw him coming home quite often, and it was only after some time that I heard that he was missing."
The black cat detective nodded. "Okay, I'm done asking questions. You can continue to rest. I won't disturb you anymore."
The cow couldn't help but roll her eyes, but still said, "After so many years, even if we find the truth, we probably won't be able to find the animal. Why not find a dolphin to pretend to be You Jiang Haozhi, at least to make You Jiang happy before he leaves."
She waved her hoof, said nothing more, turned around and slammed the door.
Tsukida Osamu is a ram.
His eyesight seemed to be not very good. He wore a pair of glasses specially made for animals, with the legs of the glasses hanging from the base of two horns that bent forward.
Compared to Yoshiko Enjo, his temper seems particularly mild.
Not only was he not the least bit unhappy about having his sleep disturbed by the uninvited guests, he even kindly invited them to sit in the living room and poured them some water.
According to Rika Yada, Tsukida Osamu was the one who had the best relationship with Matae among the three neighbors. Matae had gone crazy looking for her son before, and Yoshiko Enjo had even scolded Matae's grandmother, but Tsukida Osamu was the only one who kept helping to look for him.
The black cat detective asked, "When did you move here?"
"This has always been my old house. I watched Hiroyuki grow up." Tsukida Osamu couldn't help but sigh. "When he was in high school, he had a conflict with his classmates at school. He didn't dare to tell Youjiang, so he came to me for advice."
As soon as he started to reminisce, he couldn't help but talk nonstop, "Haozhi was a good kid, but he didn't like studying and he didn't dare tell his mother, so he always came to me to learn painting in private.
The portrait of Rika was painted by me later. There are also many portraits and works of Hiroyuki here.
In fact, it was not difficult to guess that Haozhi ran away from home. He had been secretly saving money during that time. I thought he wanted to buy a birthday present for Youjiang, but I didn’t expect to hear the news that he was missing later. "
Tsukida Osamu tapped the floor with his cane, sad and angry. "It's so dangerous outside the Forest Castle. He is so ignorant!"
Rika Tanida was stunned. "You never told me this before!"
Tsukida Osamu sighed helplessly, "You were funded by Youjiang, and you only wanted to help Youjiang find Haozhi. Besides, this is just an ominous guess, and Youjiang will think that she forced Haozhi away. How can I bear to tell you and Youjiang.
But You Jiang is in this situation now, so it is better for you to give up and find a way to make You Jiang's wish come true before he leaves, so that he will have no regrets. "
Black Cat Detective: "When was the last time you saw Jiang Haozhi?"
Tsukida Osamu has been asked this question many times, and he answered quickly: "He came to my place and borrowed a picture book the day before he disappeared, and the next night, Yae was looking for him."
Detective Black Cat closed his notebook and said, "That's all I wanted to ask."
The last one is Big Horned Mika. Unlike her last name, she is not an animal with horns, but a big goose.
Um.
Although it is not large compared to the size of a Scottish owl, it is larger than a squirrel and a black cat.
It is clear that Mika Ohkado has a quick temper.
She didn't even need Black Cat Detective to interrogate her; she just blurted out the words.
"My family and Youjiang's family are distant relatives. My husband introduced her to this house. We used to have a good relationship, but after she lost her son and caused my husband to lose his job, she was still obsessed with finding her son, so we didn't have much contact anymore."
Black Cat Detective: "Can you tell me more about your husband losing his job?"
Ohkami Mika is still a little angry when she thinks about this incident, "She searched the whole city for her son but couldn't find him, so she thought he might have left the city.
But it was okay near the Forest City. To go further out, she had to get a travel document with a stamp, and she couldn't get this document.
My husband happened to be in charge of receiving and sending mail and documents for Mori City. In order to help her, he secretly took her out, but he was discovered and almost went to court.
Fortunately, I just lost my job in the end.
If it were just that, I wouldn’t dislike her so much, but I heard that she was still trying to find a way to leave the city, and was defrauded of a lot of money, it’s really…”
Ohkame snorted coldly and complained, "Perhaps in her eyes, there is only her son, and she can't see the people who help her."
"When was the last time you saw Jiang Haozhi?"
"Before he disappeared, her son was studying at school and would come back every night. The last time she saw him was when he came back before he disappeared. He didn't go to school the next day and the teacher didn't come to look for him. Jiang thought he went to school and didn't realize he was missing until he didn't come back at night.
By the way, I don’t remember those weird animals and Jiang Haozhi’s story. They must have happened at that time. Otherwise, the school is so strict that it is impossible not to look for students who don’t come to school.”
Detective Black Cat wrote down thoughtfully, "Excuse me, do you remember when you, Yoshiko Enjo, Osamu Tsukida, and Grandma Matae moved in?"
Ohkameka flapped her wings, looking a little proud, "You're right to ask me this question.
Even though Tsukida Osamu is the oldest, I am the one who has lived here the longest.
Yoshiko Enjo was the first to move in, followed by Yujiang.
As for Tsukida, his house is an old one, but he has many houses and he didn’t come here often. It was only later that more people came to live here.
"Okay, thank you, we won't bother you anymore."
The three of them returned to Grandma Youjiang's house.
Rika Yada only realized halfway through that Mr. Scotland did not refute the speculation that "Matie Hiroyuki was murdered", even though he had just met Matie Hiroyuki recently.
But the detective and Mr. Scotland seemed to know everything about this matter. Only she felt creepy and squeezed silently next to the black cat detective in search of security.
Detective Black Cat took Miss Squirrel, whose thinking was so slow that she had circled around Blue Star, aside and asked the two people who had accompanied her throughout the whole process:
"Who do you think is the most suspicious?"