Chapter 84 Blood-stained Clothes (Ch 84)

Wangyue had a dream that night and took a bath the next day.

After all, he is still an ordinary person, and this kind of thing is inevitable. He hasn’t had it for a long time since he crossed over, but when the container is full, the water will naturally overflow. At least this proves that he is healthy.

After getting dressed, he opened the door and stood in the corridor to look at the scenery, and then he found that his guess yesterday was wrong. Oh, not that guess, but another guess – the sky did not clear up, and it was still snowing.

“Why does the snow keep falling?” Wangyue felt the chill in the air and couldn’t help but miss summer. Of course, if it were summer, he would probably miss winter, just like he looked forward to holidays on school days and looked forward to school on holidays.

Thinking of the crisis Xiaolan had gone through yesterday, Mochizuki felt that as a classmate, he should go to comfort her, so he set off to the Maori office. As a result, he saw a police car parked downstairs of the office from a distance, and Inspector Megure got out of the car.

“Inspector Megure.” Mochizuki walked over and greeted him.

Megure was about to go upstairs when he heard the voice and turned around to see, “Huh? Mochizuki, are you here to visit Xiaolan?”

“Well, I heard that she is fine now, but was she kidnapped yesterday?” Because Kogoro did not explain clearly on the phone, Mochizuki did not reveal that he already knew it.

“Maybe. This is a very strange thing. I was just planning to find out more about it.”

Mochizuki followed the police upstairs, and it was Xiaolan who opened the door. “Inspector Megure…ah! Mochizuki-kun…you’re here too!”

Xiaolan looked at Wangyue somewhat embarrassedly, for she was afraid that Wangyue might have figured out something from the doctor’s half sentence yesterday.

But seeing that Wangyue’s behavior was no different from usual, Xiaolan was relieved. It seemed that he didn’t guess, or didn’t hear that half sentence at all.

In fact, after Wangyue saw Xiaolan, he couldn’t help but recall the dream from last night. Fortunately, he had a strong will, so he didn’t show any abnormality, “Xiaolan, are you okay?”

“Well, I’m fine.” Xiaolan also returned to normal and thanked with a smile, “Thank you for your concern.” Xiaolan naturally never dreamed that she would appear in Wangyue’s dream last night, and that was her image after the secret was guessed.

Mochizuki looked around and found that Conan was nowhere to be seen, which meant that Conan was still with her mother. It would be best if he never came back… For some reason, Mochizuki felt a little conflicted.

Thinking about it this way, my previous reminder to Xiaolan to beware of Conan was indeed correct. After listening to me, Xiaolan will definitely not be defenseless against Conan like in the original book.

Everyone sat down and began to discuss Xiaolan’s experience yesterday.

“So, Xiaolan was indeed taken away by someone.” Inspector Megure fell into deep thought, “But why did the other party release Xiaolan later? Wait, could it be that the criminals were not trying to kill for money?”

Although Inspector Megure’s reasoning ability is not good, he is an old detective with rich experience, so he thought of that aspect just like Kogoro. It is not surprising that the criminal has improper thoughts about Xiaolan, a girl as beautiful as her.

“No, not really.” Kogoro didn’t want any rumors to spread that would damage Xiaolan’s reputation, so he hurriedly explained, “I also suspected this possibility, so I immediately asked a female doctor to check it out, and the result was fine.”

“That’s strange.” Inspector Megure frowned. He had been investigating cases for many years, but he had never seen such a strange criminal. He kidnapped someone, did nothing, and then let the person go. What was he trying to do? Wasn’t he mentally ill?

“It was that female doctor who said something very confusing. What about Xiaolan is already in high school but she hasn’t…” Kogoro muttered in confusion.

Xiaolan was immediately flustered when she heard this, “Ah! Dad, don’t! Don’t say that!”

Everyone looked at Xiaolan, and Kogoro asked, “Lan, what does this mean?” Kogoro’s reasoning ability is not bad, but he never thought about it that way. He just kept screening some terrible things in his mind.

“It’s really nothing! Dad, don’t ask anymore, and Inspector Megure, don’t be curious. This has nothing to do with the case!” Xiaolan tried her best to stop others from investigating the matter. Although Kogoro and Megure were confused, they could only give up.

Just as Xiaolan said, this should have nothing to do with the case.

Xiaolan secretly glanced at Wangyue again, and seeing that Wangyue also had a puzzled expression on his face, she breathed a sigh of relief again.

In fact, Mochizuki was pretending to be stupid. Now that he saw Xiaolan’s performance, he was almost certain that his reasoning was correct.

Damn! Why do the scenes in my dreams keep popping up automatically… Wangyue couldn’t help but knock his head.

“What’s wrong?” Inspector Megure was quite puzzled when he saw Mochizuki knocking his head.

“Ah, nothing, maybe it’s the cold wind that’s causing my head to hurt.” (To read exciting novels, go to Faloo Novel Network!)

The few of them discussed the case for a while, and Kogoro said, “By the way, there is a clue that may help solve the case.”

“What clues?” Megure asked hurriedly, and Mochizuki was also a little curious.

Kogoro ordered, “Lan, bring that dress here.”

Xiaolan hurriedly went to get a bag, which contained the light grey coat she wore yesterday. She took out the coat and pointed to the side of the coat, “Inspector Megure, look, there is a drop of blood on my clothes, which was not there during the day. My father said it might be the kidnapper’s blood…”

Wangyue’s heart skipped a beat.

Last night, he beheaded Ichiro Uzumoto and the female gangster with a sickle, and blood splattered high. But Xiaolan was lying far away at the time… I didn’t expect that she would get a drop of blood from such a distance?

Alas… When I saw Xiaolan being kidnapped, I was so angry that I became careless.

It’s normal for a man to make mistakes for the woman he loves… Mochizuki was not panicked at all. After all, even if the police investigated the whole process of the case, they would not be able to find out that he did it, and they could not even find out the existence of the god of death.

“Okay, this is indeed a very important clue. I will take the clothes away and hand them over to the forensics department.”

…

Inspector Megure left, but on the way back to the Metropolitan Police Department, he received a call from the Fire Investigation Division. The caller informed him that a fire broke out in a farm machinery warehouse in Sekoda District last night, and the fire was not extinguished until the morning. When the firefighters checked the scene, they found two bodies.

Because the murder case was handled by the Violent Criminal Investigation Department, they contacted Megure.

“Corpse? Okay, I’ll be there right away.” Megure changed his route and instead of going to the Metropolitan Police Department, he drove directly to Sekoda District.

Not long after, he arrived at the farm machinery warehouse. The police had already set up a cordon at the scene, and many people were watching nearby. The roof of the warehouse had collapsed, leaving only the walls.

The police officers in the Metropolitan Police Department are basically acquaintances, so Megure didn’t even have to take out his police ID and was released directly.

“Megure, you’re here?” The speaker was a tall, square-faced man with a beard on his chin. He was Inspector Yuminaga, who was in charge of fires and was considered Megure’s senior.
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