"..."

"loose…"

"...Matsuda..."

Matsuda Jinpei heard a familiar female voice calling him.

Consciousness gradually became clear, and all the memories before coma flooded into the brain in an instant, as if being pushed back to the surface from the deep sea at once, and in the next second, Matsuda Jinhei opened his eyes.

What catches the eye is no longer the snow field, but the white ceiling inside.

"..."

Matsuda Jinpei didn't react for a while, he glanced to the side, and looked at Miwako Sato next to him - she was the one who had been calling him just now.

Seeing him wake up, Miwako Sato was pleasantly surprised: "That's great Matsuda, I thought you were still feeling unwell, and I was wondering if I should send you to the hospital for a checkup..."

Matsuda Jinhei sat up and found himself lying on a bed. He looked around and made sure that he was in a completely unfamiliar environment, not the control room inside the reservoir, nor the hotel where they stayed last night.

He pressed his temples, feeling his head still groggy. His usually dexterous right hand is wrapped with a bandage, and the laceration on the palm has already been professionally treated, and it will not affect the flexibility of his hand after recovery.

"Where is this? How did I pass out?"

"This is the rest room inside the Niigata Prefectural Police Station. Since you were just lethargic and had no other injuries except your palm, the local police arrived and sent you here."

Miwako Sato explained to him, and suddenly sighed at this point.

"The doctor said that you were too nervous along the way, and you relaxed instantly after you escaped danger, and your mood fluctuated too much, which caused you to pass out... I was too careless, and I fell into the trap left by that guy and didn't follow you , if the two of us chase together, you may not almost fall."

Matsuda Jinpei interrupted her: "I'm not that fragile."

"I also don't think you are that fragile, but the doctor checked you when you were in a coma. You only have injuries on your hands, and there are no signs of being beaten elsewhere. They have also drawn blood for laboratory tests. There is no trace in your body. Any drug ingredients..."

The subtext is—if he was not knocked out or injected with drugs, then he could only pass out by himself.

Matsuda Jinhei frowned, and Miwako Sato raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "By the way, all the bombs on the reservoir have been dismantled while you were unconscious, and the village is safe and sound."

Hearing these words, Matsuda Jinping's tense body relaxed a little.

"Matsuda, this time you have to thank Mr. Yamao, he was the one who pulled you up, and then guarded you until the police came, and pointed out to the police where the bomb on the reservoir was."

…you?

Jinpei Matsuda noticed Miwako Sato's words: "The one I caught..."

Before he could finish speaking, the door of the lounge was opened, and two local policemen from Niigata Prefecture walked in.

Matsuda Jinpei saw that they were holding evidence bags and transcripts of criminal cases that he was familiar with. As the police of the Metropolitan Police Department, when the local police were not there, they had to leave a record of the criminals who caught major criminal cases in the area.

The older one nodded to Miwako Sato, and she immediately gave up her seat, and he thanked him and sat on the chair next to Matsuda Jinpei.

"Officer Matsuda, how do you feel physically?"

Matsuda Jinpei stretched his neck: "No serious problem... By the way, how is the prisoner?"

He asked the interrupted question again.

"..."

The two local county policemen looked at each other with hesitant expressions.

Matsuda Jinpei realized something was wrong, and immediately turned to look at Miwako Sato.

The policewoman who woke up before him was silent for a moment. She raised her hand and patted him on the shoulder, and said in a helpless tone: "The prisoner we met in the control room fell into the reservoir. An hour ago, his body was recovered from the water."

Matsuda Zhenping was stunned.

"Officer Matsuda, you don't have to pay attention to this kind of person." The county policeman sitting next to him also said, "We checked the surveillance at the outer gate of the reservoir, and saw that you shot him in a lawful and reasonable manner, and he jumped over the guardrail by himself. Attempting to escape. You were as good as you could have been in reaching out to him, and it wasn't your fault that he broke free because he didn't want to be caught by the police."

"..."

No, not at all.

At that time, that guy was holding on to his hand, afraid that he would throw him down on purpose, how could he break free by himself? !

"I heard a gunshot when I fell, did you do an autopsy on him?"

"We did find a bullet in his leg. According to the inspection, it was shot from your gun, Officer Matsuda. There are no other gunshot wounds."

"But-"

The older county policeman stood up, patted Matsuda Jinpei on the shoulder, and interrupted his questioning: "Maybe you heard it wrong? There was a lot of wind on the reservoir, and you were under high mental pressure at that time. There might be auditory hallucinations."

Matsuda Jinpei's fists were clenched tightly. Miwako Sato noticed this scene and patted him on the back quietly, implying that he should not casually clash with the two local policemen in front of him.

"..." Matsuda Jinping let go of his hand, and asked calmly, "What about the second prisoner?"

Another young county policeman held the evidence bag tightly. His voice was dry, as if he was trying to suppress his fear of something.

"The second prisoner also died, he...he was..."

The old county policeman couldn't see his submissive and timid appearance, and took over the conversation: "He may have been attacked by a wild bear. We found his severed hand in an empty bear cave... After DNA After identification, it is confirmed that it is Keisuke Yamao."

"We asked the villagers of Beizhize Village, and they said that there are indeed wild bears on the mountains near the reservoir, and they are usually blocked by protective nets, so there was no news of reservoir employees or villagers being attacked in the past. This time, the criminals ran there somehow. The bear will wake up when it hears movement during hibernation, and the prisoner probably broke into the bear cave by accident."

The elderly county policeman sighed after speaking.

He stayed in the small place just to be safe, and he didn't expect such a bad thing to happen. Fortunately, this bear cannibalism was just an accident, and the one who died was a criminal.

By dawn tomorrow, the police and local hunters will go into the mountains to hunt bears. Beasts that have eaten people cannot stay, because they have tasted the sweetness once, and they are very likely to take the initiative to attack humans.

…

After Matsuda Jinpei finished his notes, the two county policemen left the room.

After the door was closed, Matsuda Jinping got out of bed. He saw that there was no no-smoking sign posted in the lounge, so he took out the cigarette case from his pocket.

Because his right hand was wrapped with a bandage, his movements were a little stiff, and his hand shook a few times before he lit the cigarette.

"Do you still want to smoke at this time?"

Miwako Sato saw that his hand was still twitching due to the injury, and felt the veins on his forehead throbbing.

Matsuda Jinpei smiled at her, avoiding the topic of smoking: "Where is Yosuke Yamao now?"

"Mr. Yamao came to the police station with us. He provided the DNA test and took notes before returning to the village. Before he left, he came to the lounge to take a look at you... Is there any problem?" Miwako Sato asked strangely.

"No problem, I just asked."

Matsuda breathed out a puff of smoke slowly, and turned to look out the window.

In winter, it gets dark earlier than in other seasons. The time shown on the clock is only 5:30, and it is completely dark outside. Because of the snow, even the moonlight was very thin, and there was almost no light in the entire night sky.

The two prisoners in this case all died before the police arrested them.

Moreover, according to the county police's description, the cause of death of the two people was that one fell over the guardrail and fell to death, and the other was that they broke into the bear cave and were attacked, all of which could be attributed to accidents.

—The murderer was not found, and there was no need to find the murderer's...accident.

Just now the county police showed him the remains inspection report, the time of death of Yamao Keisuke was very close to when he entered the reservoir, and the bear cave was far away from the reservoir, Yamao Yosuke who rescued him did not have that time, so...

Matsuda Jinpei thought of Gray Crowe and Momo Kagemitsu who left the hotel first.

Could this incident be theirs...

This conjecture made Matsuda Zhenping feel heavy in his heart, his Adam's apple moved up and down, but he couldn't speak at this moment.

He has always been fearless, and he doesn't want to continue thinking about it at all.

"Matsuda, I contacted Police Officer Megure. He said that there will be a blizzard in Niigata Prefecture around 7 o'clock. The Shinkansen is currently out of service. Let's go back to... Matsuda tomorrow? Did you listen to me?" Miwako Sato said Most of the time, I realized that Matsuda Jinpei didn't seem to listen at all.

"You decide." Matsuda Jinhei walked to the window, "The case is closed anyway, you can go back anytime."

Sato Miwako walked over together, and she stood beside him, looking out together.

"Are you worried?" she asked.

Matsuda leaned on the window frame, staring at the heavy snow outside: "That guy...why did he hold me back then?"

It's not that he has nothing to say, but that he is really curious.

Yamao Yosuke, he is a member of the criminal organization that Furutani and Momobu sneaked into, so Matsuda Jinpei, who usually has a bad temper, was quite unfriendly to him in the hotel.

Matsuda Jinhei guessed that he and Sato's coma were most likely caused by him, and Nakata Joji's fall was very likely to be related to him, but this is even more strange.

From the perspective of the criminal organization, Yosuke Yamao left him alone, letting him go off on his own when the time came was the best revenge, and no evidence could be found afterwards.

Why did he go to save him?

"Buzz..."

A sudden vibration in his arms interrupted Matsuda Jinpei's thoughts. He took out his mobile phone, and it was a call from a colleague from the Metropolitan Police Department.

"Hey, is that Matsuda? I have already found the information of the person you asked me to investigate this morning..."

——

It was snowing lightly, and a row of street lights lit up the streets of Mihua Town.

A black Porsche 356a was parked quietly on the side of a certain road in 6-chome for an unknown amount of time. A thin layer of white snow had accumulated on the car.

There is a villa on the other side of the wall, and from them they can see the light of the second floor.

The radio in the car was on, and it was broadcasting news from Niigata Prefecture.

"This afternoon, the reservoir in Niigata County was bombed by unknown persons. Two policemen from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department successfully stopped the gangster. The gangster died in the process of fleeing."

Vodka sat in the driver's seat, holding the steering wheel in his hands and honestly said nothing. Gin beside him was talking to another person.

"Such a simple task of recovery and extermination has taken so long to complete..."

After listening to the other party's report, Gin took out a cigarette from his pocket and stuffed it into his mouth, picked up the cigarette lighter in the car and lit it, his tone was extremely cold.

"Apero, is it because your relatives are involved in the case that you have inexplicable sympathy?"

"It's not my fault, is it? Qin Jiu, you added a new mission to me temporarily. If there is no such sudden mission, I can solve it as early as the first day when the bomb was stolen."

"I will never show mercy to a betrayer, and you know that."

The tone of the number one blasting expert in the organization was extremely frivolous.

…

At this time, the snow in Shinkitanosawa Village is heavier than that in Mihua Town.

Apero, who had gone to the Niigata Prefectural Police Station to complete the record, did not return to the hotel room immediately. He leaned against the railing of the terrace outside the hotel.

Such blizzards reminded Apero of his childhood, when he was excluded by his peers because of his natural red hair, and even once led by Hikawa Shogo, a group of people tricked him away from the village—stripping off his coat , tied his hands and feet, buried him in the snow to make a living snowman, and then pushed him down in the snow.

Children's bullying is so bad, and sometimes it has no bottom line than adults. At that time, he really thought he was going to die.

Because of his disappearance and the fact that he had been bullied before, his grandmother immediately called the police. After the village police arrived, they realized that the matter was serious, and immediately called those people to question him, trying to find out his whereabouts.

But they lied. Hikawa said that he went to Liyuan Fuyumi's house to read, and Liyuan said he did, so they didn't see him.

In the end it was Xijie...his cousin who saved him.

—He punched the glacier several times, and did what the police could not do. He managed to find out where he was buried, insisted on rushing there with the police, and dug him out of the snow.

He still remembered that when he dug his fingertips all torn, but when he opened his eyes to look at him, he still showed a bright smile and wiped off the snow on his face.

That was the most beautiful smile Apero had ever seen, and he could always remember that scene.

The strong wind blew snow particles onto his face, and Apero felt his cheeks were icy cold, and snow water slid down his face.

As much as he likes that smile~lightnovelpub.net~, he hates him for using and betraying him.

The hurt of those closest to you is the deepest, most painful, and most hated—the betrayer is always more hateful than the person who simply stands on the opposite side.

Perhaps it was because of this similar experience to Angostella that Gin asked him to observe Angostella and the subordinates he had brought on a mission.

After all, this bottle of bitter wine, which looks as special as him, will belong to that gentleman...

Qin Jiu on the opposite side snorted coldly, and went straight to the real mission he gave him.

"Has Scotch whiskey been acting suspiciously?"

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I won't write a certain plot in a few more chapters [Pain Mask]...

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