Women only affect the speed of my reasoning!

Shizuka Hiratsuka's eyes fell on the lake. She seemed calm, but she did not fold her arms around her chest as usual.

"How long have they been in the water?" she asked.

"Almost... 3 minutes."

Yuigahama Yui, who was spraying mosquito repellent on herself next to her, looked at her phone and said.

Yukinoshita Yukino tucked her hair that was blown by the lake breeze behind her ears, and said softly: "Don't worry, normal people can move underwater for about 1 minute at a breath. If they don't spit out their breath in the water every time, If it's inside, the air in the plastic bag they brought down is enough for them to change it four or five times, and 3 minutes is still a safe time."

"Of course you are not in a hurry!" Miura Yuko glanced at her dissatisfiedly, "What if something happens to them underwater, then..."

"Come up."

Ignoring the call of the golden retriever cat, Yukinoshita Yukino suddenly raised her delicate chin towards the lake.

Miura Yuko quickly looked in the direction.

On the originally calm lake, a series of bubbles emerged from the water without warning, just like tap water after boiling.

Half a second later, a head suddenly emerged from the water and broke through the water. The originally neat and energetic short blond hair was wet by the lake water and became limp, looking very embarrassed.

In the eyes of Miura Yuko with great joy, Hayama Hayato stormed ashore in a way that was no longer the elegant and standard freestyle of the past, but more like a dog paddle. Then he hurriedly threw himself down in the grass and began to vomit on the spot. .

"vomit--!"

"F-Hayato!? Hayato, are you okay?"

The volume of violent vomiting that completely surpassed that of Laoba made Miura Yuko immediately realize that something was wrong. She hurriedly got closer to investigate the situation, but she didn't know what to do, so she could only move around like an ant on a hot pot.

Soon, the sound of water started again, and Qin Ushu successfully landed ashore.

He was just like Hayama Hayato who had just landed a few seconds ago. His hair was all soaked and hanging down, and a large amount of lake water washed down his body.

It's just that compared to Hayama Hayato who started vomiting when he got ashore, Qin Ushu behaved much more calmly.

He walked ashore step by step, holding a survival knife in one hand and a rope in the other hand. There seemed to be something tied to the other end of the rope.

Looking at Hayama Hayato who was lying on the ground and almost vomiting stomach acid, Qin Ushu shrugged.

"He's fine. He just suffered [-] points of mental critical damage. He'll be fine when he goes back, takes a shower, rinses his mouth, and has a good sleep."

"Also...I'm getting ready to drag the body up. Please give way a little bit."

"Oh, oh!"

Miura Yuko, who had no fondness for corpses at first, dared to stay where she was after hearing this. She hurriedly supported Hayama Hayato, who was still bent over and retching on the ground, and walked back.

"Okay, everyone, step back!"

Hiratsuka Shizuka also played the role that a people's teacher should have at this moment. She waved her arms widely to signal everyone to retreat, leaving space for a certain high school detective... and the body that was dragged ashore. .

Qin Sanshu stood on the shore and kept pulling the rope backwards like a boatman. As he moved, the sound of friction came from far to near from the dense aquatic plants growing on the shore of the lake.

When he was cutting the diving rope, he deliberately cut the rope longer so that when he came ashore, the body could still be soaked in the water and be pulled ashore when needed.

Well, it can’t be said to be pulled ashore, it’s just “parked” on the shore. After all, if it were to be dragged ashore forcefully, the looseness of the body that had been soaked in the water for ten days and a half would probably end. It's like rubbing soft tofu with a grinding wheel. It can grind away a bunch of minced meat wherever you drag it.

The breeze blew by, bringing with it the smell of rotten fish.

Fortunately, the shore of the lake is open enough. If it were in an indoor space, it is estimated that no one can stay in the entire room by now.

After finishing all this, Qin Mianshu shook off the water drops on his hands, took out his mobile phone from the backpack he brought, and calmly dialed a very commonly used phone number.

"Hey, Megure Police Department, what a coincidence, I'm currently traveling in Chiba Village."

"Qianye Village? Oh, what's going on over there?"

At the same time, on the other side of the phone, Police Department Memu, who had just had dinner in the department and was working the night shift, was leisurely leaning on his office chair and enjoying a cup of fragrant coffee.

After receiving a call from Qin Sanshu, he immediately put aside all his slack attitude and put on a serious attitude.

It's not out of any frivolous reasons like respect, but he also knows that usually when this brat calls, it basically means that a murder case has occurred.

And...his performance will also increase.

"Oh, that's it. My classmates and I just found a drowned corpse in the Corpse Lake near Qianye Village. Police Department, do you want to come over and take a look?"

"……I knew it."

After a short period of silence, Police Chief Megure sighed.

Then there was a sound of someone getting up and putting on a coat.

"Tell me, Brother Xian Shu, what's the general situation at your place now?"

"The general situation is that the body has been fished out from the bottom of the lake."

Qin Sanshu glanced at the pale and swollen body lying face down among the dense water plants on the shore.

"There were purple traces on the ankles of the corpse, and there was a diving rope tied to it. In addition, the geographical location where we found the corpse was quite special. We can basically conclude that it was a homicide. And because there is a local corpse recovery service and the legend of water monkeys, I I think it is very likely that it is produced and sold by ourselves.”

"Qianye Village... Corpse Sinking Lake... Corpse collector... committed suicide..."

Mu Mu can sit in the position of the police department, and he still has the ability. As Qin Xianshu listed these keywords one by one, he quickly figured out the way.

"I understand. Brother Xian Shu, please send me your location. We'll be there in 10 minutes."

After hanging up the phone, Qin Ushu looked back at everyone with surprise written all over their faces.

"what happened?"

"Since you planned to call the police to solve the problem from the beginning, why did you have to go into the water yourself?" Hiratsuka Shizuka's mouth twitched, "Wouldn't it be more convenient and faster to just let the police solve everything?"

"That's too troublesome." Qin Ushu rolled his eyes.

"If the police arrive at the scene, it means that the development of the matter is no longer completely under my control. If the police are really given full authority to handle it, they can probably sit on the lake shore to discuss just how to get into the water. In the whole day, if we had this time, it would be better for Hayama and I to cut through the mess quickly and finish in a few minutes."

"Well, if things are like this now, the police only need to come and go through the process to take over the body and arrest the person directly. Things will become much simpler all of a sudden, right?"

Qin Xianshu shrugged and said.

"..."

Hiratsuka Shizu wanted to refute, but after thinking about it for a while, she suddenly discovered...

It seems like this is really the case?

Chapter 81 Who is she?Why in your room?

After receiving the alarm call from Qin Xianshu, the Mumu Police Department immediately summoned troops to dispatch the police. The trip that originally took at least an hour and a half was compressed to less than an hour.

And when they arrived at Chiba Village with police lights flashing all the way, and walked over the mountains and ridges to the shore of the Corpse Lake, through the deep twilight, they saw a certain high school detective who was always handsome and unrestrained in the newspaper headlines, naked and alone. Sitting cross-legged by the lake, wearing only a pair of boxer swimming trunks, with a backpack on hand, one hand holding the rope, the other hand supporting his cheek, looking at the lake and silently thinking about life.

In front of him, on the water two or three meters away, a swollen drowned corpse was lying flat and floating quietly.

The scene that should have made people feel weird and terrifying actually revealed an inexplicable Zen feeling at this moment.

"Umbrella...brother Umbrella Shu?"

Ignoring the slight trembling of the hand holding the flashlight, the police officer Memu coughed lightly and reminded him.

Hearing the sound coming from behind, Qin Ushu, who was sitting cross-legged, finally had a reaction.

He looked back following the sound and saw that it was the Mumu Police Department who had finally arrived. He immediately put down the hand dragging his cheek and stood up from the ground with a slight push.

"It's so slow, police department. I almost fell asleep."

"It's already very fast. Do you know how far away the Metropolitan Police Department is from here." The corner of the police officer's mouth twitched slightly.

He stepped forward and glanced at the floating corpse on the other end of the rope held by Qin Xianshu. He suddenly showed a serious look and waved behind him, and two personnel from the forensics department strode forward.

He casually handed the rope to the forensic personnel who came up, Qin Ushu stretched his waist and said.

"Okay, I'll leave the rest to the police department. I'll go back and take a shower first. I smell like river mud."

"Oh, okay..."

Qin Sanshu had already roughly explained the general situation of the incident on the phone before coming, so Mu Mu was relatively clear about it, so he nodded and was about to agree.

At this time, someone came up from behind, crossed the Megure Police Department and came to the high school detective.

It was Miwako Sato who came with the Megure Police Department.

"Long time no see, I'll send you an umbrella back to Shu, how about it?" The short-haired policewoman was good-natured.

"It's been a long time since I saw Miwako-san... But there's no need to send me off. I can just walk back by myself. It's not like I don't know the way..."

Qin Ushu was about to refuse, but was interrupted by Miwako Sato with a smile.

"But you don't have a flashlight, right? It's very dangerous to walk on a mountain road at night without a flashlight, and you're not even wearing any clothes. Should I take you back, sister?"

"..."

This is true. Before that, considering Hayama Hayato's poor condition, Qin Ushu asked Miura Yuko and others to accompany Hayama Hayato back in advance, leaving him alone to wait for the arrival of the Megure Police Department and others. Before leaving, he Tobe Sho's waterproof flashlight was also brought back by Miura Yuiko.

But if we really talk about lighting equipment...

Qin Xianshu thought for a moment, took out his mobile phone from his backpack, and turned on the flashlight function.

In an instant, a bright light shined from the camera flash, which also illuminated the stiff smiling face of the beautiful policewoman.

Why doesn't this brat play his cards according to the routine?

Seeing that his subordinates were in a deadlock, Mumu, the boss, finally gave a rare assist and coughed lightly.

"Then Sato, please send Brother Ushu back home. Slow down on the road and pay attention to safety."

"learn!"

Miwako Sato saluted decently upon hearing the sound, and then showed a playful smile at the high school detective.

"Okay, can we go with the umbrella?"

Qin Sanshu: "..."

Since even the Memu Police Department said so, he really had nothing to refuse.

Let's go... then let's go.

"By the way, didn't you say before, Xian Shu, that you were traveling with your classmates?"

As soon as she left the corpse lake, Sato Miwako quickly became more talkative.

She held a flashlight in one hand and grabbed Qin Sanshu's arm with the other hand, euphemistically saying it was for safety's sake.

But judging from the strength and position of her grip, Qin Mianshu didn't feel that she was only interested in wine.

"Well, that's right." Qin Xianshu replied, "But they all went back first, what's wrong?"

Is it "them"...?

Miwako Sato quickly understood and then raised her lips.

"No, nothing~"

"Just tell me what you want to ask?" Qin Sanshu glanced sideways at her.

What responded to him was the policewoman's sweeter smile.

"As I said, it's nothing, I'm just asking."

"...If you say yes, then it is."

Following the way we came, we returned to Chiba Village. On the field in front of the B&B, four or five police cars were parked neatly, their red and blue police lights flashing wildly, and they were surrounded by residents who were watching aggressively.

"What a grand display." Qin Sanshu exclaimed, "The owner of this farmhouse will probably be scared to death by you."

Sato Miwako shrugged: "I can't help it. What you said on the phone, Terusame Shu, sounds like a gang crime. Since it is a gang crime, of course you have to bring more people with you to be on the safe side, but I have already explained it to the boss here. It’s passed, so it’s not a big problem.”

It's okay, anyway, even if the problem is big, it has nothing to do with me.

Qin Xianshu said in his heart.

The guest room was reserved in the afternoon, which to some extent avoided the dilemma of running naked to the front desk to reserve a room.

While no one was paying attention in the hall, the two of them quickly went upstairs.

Opening the guest room door with the key, Qin Sanshu walked into the room first.

"come in."

"Um……"

It was just an ordinary guest room. Miwako Sato looked left and right and suddenly said something.

"What about your classmates, Xian Shu, do they live next door here?"