Coroner Coroner

"I came just to ask:"

"When was the last time you saw Saori Kadowaki? Is there anything wrong with her?"

Junhui Shimabukuro thought for a while, and quickly answered Lin Shinichi's question in detail.

The answers are of no value.

Like Kuroe Naoko and Ebihara Sumi, the last time Shimabukuro saw Saori Kadowaki was three days ago.

And they all said that everything was normal for Saori Kadowaki at that time - if there was anything abnormal, it could only be her superstitious state of "fear of mermaid revenge".

"Mr. Lin, that's all I know..."

"If I can't help you, why don't you wait here?"

Junhui Shimabukuro took the initiative to pay attention to the management officer of the idol forest:

"The Mermaid Festival is about to begin."

"Saori's father will come to participate in the festival every year, and you can ask him when the time comes."

After all, the old drunkard was Saori's father. According to the investigation procedure, Lin Xinyi must ask him later.

Therefore, this suggestion of Junhui Shimabukuro is also considered effective.

but…

"Miss Shimabukuro."

"Such a big incident happened on the island, and it was your best friend who was killed."

"Wait for this festival, will it still be held as usual?"

Lin Xinyi asked with some concern.

"Hmm..." Shimabukuro restrained her sadness, and replied with some helplessness: "The Mermaid Festival is the most important event on our American Island every year."

"So many distinguished guests came for this festival, it is impossible to temporarily suspend it."

"So, I can only temporarily forget about Saori and continue to preside over the festival."

"Mr. Lin..."

She paused slightly, and said with some embarrassment:

"If you have no other questions, I'll go and get busy with the preparations for the festival first."

"When the festival is over, I will try my best to cooperate with your investigation and find out the murderer for Saori!"

"Okay." Lin Xin nodded in agreement.

But he didn't just let Miss Miko leave, but asked another question immediately:

"However, I have one more question."

"Miss Shimabukuro Mitsuie..."

"I heard that three years ago, an unidentified woman was burned to death in the warehouse of your shrine?"

As soon as these words came out, the air suddenly fell into dead silence.

The expressions of Naoko Kuroe and Sumi Ebihara on the side became a little unnatural.

Junhui Shimabukuro still looked as usual.

She was just slightly taken aback, recalling it, and replied after a short while: "Well, there is such a thing."

"At that time, this incident was quite a big deal, and it was considered a sensational news across the country."

"Everyone said that the one who died in the fire was a 'mermaid' without legs."

"But according to the Fukui prefectural police, it should be just an ordinary middle-aged woman."

"Because the identity has not been found out, and the scene has been burned to a white ground, there are no valuable clues at all. Even if the identity of the deceased is found, it is estimated that there is no condition to solve this case."

"So the police simply concluded that 'unknown tourists burglarized and accidentally caused a fire', and directly closed the case."

"What?" Lin Xinyi frowned: "The identity of the deceased was not found out, and the case was closed directly?"

"What do the Fukui prefectural police do?"

"It's bullshit!"

He directly criticized with some dissatisfaction:

The case itself is difficult, so it's not your fault if you can't find it.

If you can't find out, you can put it in the backlog first. Later, when criminal investigation technology improves, or new clues appear, there may be hope of solving old cases.

What is direct settlement?

This means that the investigation will never be reopened, forever cutting off the possibility of the truth reappearing in the world.

The Fukui County Police closed the case in such a perfunctory manner, obviously for the purpose of hitting the KPI at the end of the year and for the good data of the detection rate.

The excuse used is still an unfounded "accident".

How could this not make Lin Xinyi angry.

He hated this kind of colleagues who abused the word "accident" the most.

"It's not the police officers' fault."

Junhui Shimabukuro looked indifferent.

He even spoke for the Fukui prefectural police:

"The fire burned the scene to nothing but ashes, and the body was burned to nothing but bones."

"I don't think the police can find anything even if they try to track it down."

"They did their best."

"This kind of homicide on the scene of fire is a difficult problem in the criminal investigation circle."

Shimabukuro Junhui commented in a very professional tone.

And she seemed to think of something again.

He couldn't help casting his admiring and yearning eyes on Lin Xinyi quietly:

"Mr. Lin, speaking of it..."

"You seem to have solved it before, this kind of old fire murder case that can't be solved at all!"

This Miss Fan knew him better than Lin Xinyi himself.

Lin Xinyi recalled it for a long time before he remembered the case that Junhui Shimabukuro was talking about:

"You mean...the case on Moon Shadow Island?"

"Well, that's right!" Shimabukuro nodded vigorously: "That's one of my favorite stories."

"You found evidence from the distant past, and helped the victim's son to avenge the bloody revenge that has been suppressed for more than ten years... What a great thing!"

The story of Naomi Asai also appeared in newspapers after the Tsukage Island case.

However, outsiders don't know that he has been lurking on the island for two years to plan to kill people. They only think that he is secretly collecting criminal evidence of his enemies there.

Therefore, the case of Moon Shadow Island has a certain legendary nature.

The son who endured humiliation and revenge, and the detective who presided over justice, the two joined hands to defeat the almost impossible evil.

Junhui Shimabukuro is particularly fond of this story:

"I think only you, Mr. Lin, have the ability to solve such an almost impossible case?"

"Then this time..." As she spoke, her tone became more complicated: "This time you came to investigate the murder case at the fire scene three years ago, could it be..."

"Could it be that some clues have been discovered that can create the same miracle as last time on Moon Shadow Island?"

"No." Lin Xinyi shook his head helplessly: "You also said that the incident on Moon Shadow Island was just a 'miracle'."

"It's hard to reproduce things like miracles."

It was pure luck that he was able to solve the case on Moon Shadow Island.

Fortunately, the deceased Aso Keiji left a suicide note stained with blood in secret before he was burned to death in the fire.

The suicide note was kept in the safe again, but fortunately it was not destroyed by the fire.

Later, the safe was taken home by the old policeman on the island, and it was carefully kept for more than ten years without being discarded or damaged.

All of this was so accidental, as if it was destined by God.

Without this "profound providence", even Lin Xinyi would not have been able to solve such an old fire case.

It is almost impossible for him to replicate the miracle that he did on Moon Shadow Island here.

It's not bad to be able to solve Kadowaki Saori's case, but as for the fire murder case three years ago...

It can only be said to follow the fate, look at luck, and do your best.

"Is that so..."

Junhui Shimabukuro was deeply moved.

"Light... there is always a place it can't shine."

Her voice gradually murmured, making it hard to hear clearly.

Chapter 503 I Know You When You Turn to Ashes

The deepness on Miss Miko's face flashed away.

When she looked up again, everyone saw a gentle and cheerful young girl again.

"Then, Mr. Lin."

"I have to prepare for the evening ceremony, so I won't be here for more company."

Shimabukuro Junhui used her smiling face as if nothing had happened, and said goodbye to Hayashi Shinichi and others very politely.

And Lin Xinyi and the others didn't intend to keep her anymore.