Chapter 33 Don't grind strange things in the middle of the night
It was already very late today. Bai Shi pulled up the curtains of the shop and signaled the little man to sit casually while receiving the rewards for the first three tasks, which would make the task less.
He gave a total of 150,000 yen and a [[N] Memories fragment] of Yutian Luren. This fragment looked much more mottled than the piece that Butterfly Ninja gave him. Shiraishi looked at it for a moment and put it in his backpack.
The money did not appear in Shiraishi's pocket again. From the moment he got the bank passbook, the reward amount was directly recorded into the card.
After receiving the reward, Shiraishi took a look at the much shrinking taskbar. Then he looked at the little boy who had been peeking at him.
The mission brought by this cafe will not officially begin tomorrow, but this does not prevent the collection of some information in advance.
Shiraishi asked the little boy what he needed to do.
"It's my dad's business." The child recalled:
"After I died, my dad became very unhappy, his face was very scary every day. I thought about comforting him, but he couldn't see me and sent away all the toys I like in batches.
"I heard that others said that he didn't want to think of me through those things..."
Speaking of this, the little boy was a little sad and raised his hand to wipe his face. Unfortunately, he didn't wipe his tears, but instead he touched the moustache on his mouth on his sleeve.
Shiraishi pulled a tissue and handed it to him. The child said thank you and reached out to pick it up. However, when Shiraishi let go, the paper passed through the little hand and fell on the table.
The two of them stared at the paper, a little embarrassed for a moment.
Finally, the little boy who had experienced many similar situations came back to his senses first. He patted his sleeves casually, and then the thoughts that had been broken before:
"Recently, Dad, he suddenly became very strange.
"The day before yesterday, when I woke up, I found him no longer in bed, so I went to find him. I thought he would run to my room like before, but I didn't expect that in the end, I found him in the kitchen.
"He is sharpening the knife! Such a long knife!" The child opened his hands and gestured.
"The soul still needs to sleep." After Shiraishi said, he suddenly realized that the point was wrong, so he cleared his throat again and said seriously, "What about?"
“Then he polished for a while, wrapped his knife in a thick newspaper, put it in his bag, and went back to the room to continue sleeping.
"I thought this would be over, but yesterday, I woke up in the middle of the night and saw him sharpening his knife again.
"Fortunately my mother had moved to live with her grandmother, otherwise she would have quarreled again if she saw her..."
The child hugged his head in sorrow. After a moment, he suddenly remembered the TV series he had watched before and guessed:
"Does my dad want to commit suicide, but he can't make up his mind. Brother, can you help him?"
"..." Although I can understand what you mean, why does this sound like asking me to help him commit suicide... Shiraishi nodded.
Help must be helped, after all, it is a task. But based on all aspects, this father really doesn’t seem to want to commit suicide, but it’s more like he wants to kill someone.
Shiraishi asked the little boy's name, origin and residence.
The child said that his name is Tomoya Okino. He died of illness a long time ago. He couldn't tell how long it took. After all, when he didn't need to go to school or work, people's memory of dates would become very blurred.
He could not explain clearly the residence, and he said that he was following an inexplicable fragrance and searching through the walls. As for how to go back, he really had no impression.
Shiraishi was a little disappointed, but for a child who died early and wandered around for a while, it was understandable that he had a poor memory. He could not expect everyone to be like Conan.
Fortunately, I can still find my name and approximate age. Tomorrow morning, I will go to the police station to check it out before the mission begins. It is rare that Professor Hirota has an acquaintance and there is no need to waste it.
Speaking of the police station, it seems that the case in Shanjiang's house can be investigated by the way...
I don’t know if Tomoto Ogino has no place to go or is bound by contract and can’t run away. He stayed in the store and sat at the table in a daze.
Butterfly Ninja doesn't seem to need to sleep, she hides behind the bar and doesn't know what she is fiddling with, and she doesn't look sleepy at all.
Shiraishi asked, and after learning that they could sleep, but not sleep had no effect on their bodies, he didn't say anything more, yawned, turned around and entered his room.
The next day, Shiraishi got up early and went to the police station to find Mr. Hirota's friend, saying that the unsolved case of Sugie's house five years ago was very valuable for research and hoped to learn more.
In other worlds, such information cannot be leaked to outsiders.
But in this world where cases are mainly solved and detectives are not so strict rules. With the help of the old police officer, Shiraishi successfully saw the information from that year.
It can only be said that it is a unsolved case, and there is not much valuable information on it.
Back then, the police used this case as a case of robbery and murder investigation, and found several suspects. However, when checking for absenteeism, they found that the gangsters were detained for a group fight, and there was ironclad evidence of their absence.
Later, the police also suspected Mrs. Sugijiang and her son, but by then, the two had already left.
After writing down a few key messages, Shiraishi put the information back and returned to the old policeman's office.
At this time, the other party had already helped him find information about Tomoya Ogino.
"In the past twenty years, there have been 32 'Ogino Tomoya' nationwide. If the household registration is limited to Tokyo, the age is under 8 years old and has passed away..."
The old policeman sighed and clicked on the record above:
"This child died of appendicitis two years ago. He was only five years old when he died. The death certificate was opened by Mihua General Hospital, so there should be no problem."
After saying that, the old policeman looked at Shiraishi strangely: "Why are you suddenly interested in this child? Is something wrong?"
"That's right. When I was going to visit the grave a few days ago, I accidentally tripped on the steps and fell right in front of the child's grave. So I wondered if he had encountered any unjust case and wanted to ask people passing by to help me get the wronged."
Chapter completed!