Tokyo people don't talk about Wude

Chapter 351 348. Shadow of the Christmas Tree (3)

"Good afternoon, it's Xiao Jing. What, Jiuzhou classmate is missing?!"

At noon on Christmas Day, Suzuki Yuhito received a call from Xiaojing.

[Just now, the owner of the coffee shop where Cheng Ge works contacted me and said that he didn't show up at the store this morning, because one of the emergency contacts he filled in was me.] Xiao Jing was very worried, with a flustered and expectant tone:
[I immediately went to knock on his doorbell, but no one answered and the phone call was unreachable. I asked the apartment manager to use a master key to open his house, but there was no one inside and no signs that he had returned home.]

[So I inferred that Cheng might not have gone home last night, and I wondered if he might have gone to your place. I remembered that you two were very close classmates, so I contacted you as soon as possible.]

"Sorry, I don't know either. Kyushu didn't tell me where he was going to spend the night last night." Suzuki Yujin scratched his head and said hesitantly:
"I'll ask other people for you and see if they have any clues."

After hanging up the phone with Xiaojing, Suzuki Yujin immediately called his friends one by one, including Karasawa and Takatsuki, as well as junior schoolmates Mizuhashi and senior schoolmates Yagawa.

Unfortunately, their answers were all "I don't know". But after learning that Kyushu Makoto was missing last night, they were all extremely anxious.

"How could this happen?" Suzuki Yujin hung up the last call in frustration and bit his nails in panic:
"Brother Jiuzhou is really missing? This is impossible, right?"

Looking through the phenomenon to the essence, there are only a few possibilities for "disappearance" in Wano Country.

Lost, wandering, suicide, kidnapping, homicide.

It was impossible for him to get lost. With Kyushu's intelligence, it was very unlikely that he would get lost in Tokyo. Even if he lost his phone, he could just find a public phone or go directly to the police station, and he would not disappear without a trace.

The possibility of wandering is not high. There are many wanderers in Wano Country, but most of them are poor people who are unhappy with their lives or even in debt. For those people, wandering is their last resort to escape from real life.

Although Brother Jiuzhou's life is not very lucky, he has never given in. He has climbed to where he is now with his passion. How could such a person go wandering for no reason?
Similarly, suicide is also impossible. If Brother Jiuzhou wanted to commit suicide, he should have ended his life long ago. However, with his current personality, he would never do such a cowardly act.

I’m not telling you that Brother Jiuzhou tried to commit suicide during the May Day holiday this year, but failed, and his personality changed drastically as a result.

However, for those who have attempted suicide once and survived intact, the probability of wanting to commit suicide again will be reduced. Not to mention that after Brother Jiuzhou attempted suicide once, his attitude towards life has obviously become much more positive.

Excluding these three situations, the only things that happened to Brother Jiuzhou were kidnapping and homicide.

Could it be that Brother Jiuzhou has offended someone in the past?
Suzuki Yuhito felt a panic in his heart and was extremely frightened.

This guess is very likely. Given Big Brother Jiuzhou's character, he might have really offended someone.

But if this is true, with the abilities of Suzuki Yuhito and his gang, is there really a way to find Big Brother Kyushu?

"Anyway, now is not the time to panic. The more times like this, the more we cannot escape." Suzuki Yujin forced himself to remain calm, picked up his phone and called his friends one by one:
"Anyway, let's get everyone together to discuss this first!"

An hour later, Suzuki Yuhito came to the cafe where he had been last night.

Originally, he and Hanami were going to have a Christmas date today, but he felt that it was more important to solve the disappearance of Kyushu's elder brother first, so he called to apologize to Hanami.

Hanami is a very reasonable girl. She forgave Suzuki Yuhito for breaking his promise and expressed her willingness to help her boyfriend in this matter. However, Suzuki Yuhito declined her kindness out of dignity.

The coffee shop still has a lot of customers today, but there are big problems in its operation.

There were originally only two employees on duty in the store, and one of them was absent without reason, causing Hanai Uosuke to be extremely busy and look like he would go crazy at any time.

Even with the female store manager coming to help, the situation was still too much to handle as a long line had already formed in front of the counter.

When Suzuki Yujin walked into the store, he heard a customer in the middle of the queue cursed "It's so slow" and walked out of the store with an annoyed look on his face. Then several other customers were instigated and turned around and left the line.

"Oh, it's so hard." Suzuki Yuhito sighed and found a table in the corner to sit down.

At this point, Suzuki Yujin's heart was finally at peace. He was very sure that Kyushu Makoto was really missing.

Soon, other people also came after hearing the news.

Karasawa Takashige, Takatsuki Genji, Mizuhashi Eiji, Yagawa Sakifumi and Xiao Jing arrived one after another. Everyone was very anxious, especially Mizuhashi Eiji, whose eyes were obviously covered with a layer of mist, and she was so anxious that she was about to cry.

Suzuki Yuji told everyone his speculation that Kyushu Makoto had been kidnapped or murdered.

This idea was unanimously agreed by everyone, because as friends of Kyushu Makoto, they really didn't think that Kyushu Makoto would disappear of his own will.

"But, if they were really kidnapped or..." Tang Zeguijiang paused, not daring to say the word "murder": "Then what should we do? The other side must be some kind of underworld organization! This is not something we can deal with!"

"Then let's call the police!" Xiao Jing held on to the table with all her strength, her pretty face slightly grim: "When something like this happens, we can only ask the police for help! If we delay any further, there will be no hope!"

"I'm sorry, I don't want to pour cold water on you, but calling the police now probably won't work." Yachuan Sakifumi held his forehead and said dejectedly, "In our country, we can only file a case after a person has been missing for 48 hours. Unless we can find solid evidence that Kyushu-kun was kidnapped, the police won't do anything." "Why is this happening? Do we have to wait another day?" Xiaojing's nails were almost embedded in the wooden table: "This won't work. Since he's missing, we must act quickly."

"Senior, where did you go?" Mizuhashi Eiji covered her face and choked with sobs.

"Hey, Tang Ze." Takatsuki Genji crossed his arms and crossed his legs towards Tang Ze Takasho: "Didn't you have that business card yesterday?"

"Oh! Business card!" Tang Zeguijiang was reminded and hurriedly took out the business card from his wallet.

[Yushin Detective Agency], these words were written in large letters on the business card, along with the agency’s contact number.

"Yes, this Mr. Xi Shen is both a lawyer and a detective, and he has a good relationship with Brother Jiuzhou." Tang Zegui tightly grasped the business card, as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw:

"He must have a way to find Brother Jiuzhou!"

After saying that, Tang Zeguijiang took a deep breath and made the call.

[What? Brother Jiuzhou is missing?! ]

Xi Shenjian was obviously extremely shocked when he heard this, and there was a "bang" sound from the other end of the phone, maybe he fell off the chair.

After asking some more questions, Xi Shen Jian ordered: [Are you in the coffee shop now? Very good, stay there first, I'll be there soon! ]

Half an hour later, Xi Shenjian drove over. He looked more anxious than everyone imagined, his hair was messy and he had no time to take care of it.

He quickly recognized these boys and girls and chatted with them for a while in person.

Afterwards, Xi Shenjian found the female store manager and chatted with her for more than ten minutes.

After the chat, Xi Shenjian returned to the boys and girls' table again, took out a notebook and a pen, and quickly wrote something on it:
"According to what you said, Brother Jiuzhou should not have gone home last night. But according to the store manager, they packed up the store and left around 1 a.m., and she never saw Brother Jiuzhou again."

"In other words, Jiuzhou has been missing since 1 a.m. until now. If we take the kidnapping hypothesis as the premise, he was attacked during this time period."

Suzuki Yujin asked anxiously: "But, was he really kidnapped?!"

"I don't know, this is just my guess." Xi Shenjian shook his head: "As you said, I don't believe that someone like Brother Jiuzhou would disappear for no reason."

"I originally wanted to collect footprints at the entrance of the coffee shop to see if I could find where Kyushu went. But it has been snowing these days, and the footprints will soon be covered and washed away. In addition, there are many people coming in and out of the coffee shop. Even if Kyushu's footprints are still there, the police will not be able to find them at all."

"Is there no hope?" Tang Zeguijiang stood up anxiously.

"This situation is really troublesome." Xi Shenjian held his forehead:

"The store manager said that there are no cameras at the entrance of the coffee shop or on the nearby streets, whether public or private. Of course, I will personally investigate this matter. But the current situation is that it is difficult for us to easily find the route that Jiuzhou brother took after leaving the coffee shop."

"How could this happen?" Mizuhashi Eiji covered her mouth with her hands: "Senior, everything was fine last night. We wished each other well and agreed to go out together during the Spring Festival."

"If only I had gone home with Cheng last night instead of going home alone." Xiao Jing lowered his head and clenched his trousers with both hands: "It's all my fault."

"Calm down, everyone!" Yachuan Sakifumi gently patted Mizuhashi's shoulder and glanced at Xiaojing suggestively:
"Look at it in a positive light. Jiuzhou-kun might just have encountered some urgent matter and couldn't be contacted. We can look for him, but don't be so pessimistic!"

"Yes, that's right!" Suzuki Yujin also smiled to ease the atmosphere:

"Brother Jiuzhou is a [Superman], how could he be kidnapped so easily? Maybe he was just doing something righteous on his way home and got himself involved in a crime. He is drinking barley tea and chatting with the police in the police station!"

The two men knew that the most taboo thing at the moment was to make random guesses and blame themselves for no reason. Otherwise, it would only cause meaningless panic and block the investigation.

"I hope so. I hope so." Mizuhashi Eiji then calmed down a little.

"In the next few days, I will use my own methods to find Brother Jiuzhou." Xi Shenjian closed the notebook and said, "I also want to think from an optimistic perspective. I hope nothing bad will happen!"

"Thank you so much, Mr. Xi Shen!" Tang Zeguijiang bowed to him.

Yachuan Sakifumi asked, "How will the compensation be calculated?"

"It's okay. Brother Jiuzhou is also my friend. This is what I should do. During my investigation, please inform me as soon as you find any clues." Xi Shenjian waved his hand and hurriedly left the cafe.

(End of this chapter)