Chapter 15: Unavoidable Tragedy

Chapter 15: Unavoidable Tragedy

Chapter 15: Unavoidable Tragedy

"You didn't leave anything behind, did you? You are not allowed to go anywhere else today. Just go home. Do you understand?"

Hase Keita nodded obediently.

At this time, Megure Juzo and Takagi walked up to them, showed their ID cards and revealed their identities to them.

"Ms. Hase, I have something to ask you about the serial arson case."

Takagi squatted down, looked at Hase Keita, showed a kind and friendly smile, and his tone was very gentle.

"Little boy, have you poured acetone recently?"

Hase Keita denied it: "No."

"Have you played with fire recently?"

Before he could answer, a man got out of the car and yelled at them, "What are you doing?"

Hase Ikumi whispered something to her child and motioned for him to wait in the car.

After he left, Hase Ikumi looked at Takagi and said angrily, "Our Keita goes to cram school right after school and comes home very late at night. How can he have time to play with fire?"

Megure Jusan was very calm and collected. "Then, if the crime was committed between three and four o'clock after school when I went to the cram school."

When Hase Ikumi heard this, she became visibly excited.

"What do you mean by committing a crime? He's still a child!"

Hase Kunihiro handed Megure Juzo a business card.

After taking it, I found out that the other party was a lawyer from Hejiu Law Firm.

"Do you have a warrant for your arrest?"

This is a question that strikes the soul.

Megure Jusan coughed lightly, "No. We just took him back to do a simple investigation."

"If you bother my son again, I'll see you in court."

After saying that, the Hase couple left, leaving only Megure Jusan and Takagi standing there.

Gao Mu hesitated for a moment, then asked cautiously: "Inspector Megure, was it really done by a child?"

An elementary school student set fire to his house? Speaking of this, he thought he was hallucinating.

Megure Jusan sighed slightly and repeated what Qinghai Chuantang had said before.

"His hand was burned when he poured acetone into a plastic bottle with his bare hands. His bangs were also burned a little by the fire. People who don't use lighters often tend to make that kind of mistake."

Qinghai Chuantang watched the vehicle go away, tapping his fingers on the steering wheel, deep in thought.

The school closing time for Chengchuan Primary School is 2:30 in the afternoon, so just arrive at 2 o'clock.

As for the reason why Hase Keita set the fire?
Qinghai Chuantang guessed that it might be because of everyone's reaction when the fire broke out, which was interesting and lively, if it was for children.

Although he is just an elementary school student, he is quite scary, even scarier than a certain elementary school student who has been the God of Death for thousands of years.

Danger.

Qinghai Chuantang has given it such a label.

At 13:50 p.m., Qinghai Chuantang drove to the location of Chengchuan Primary School, but found that the campus was empty.

This made her feel a little strange.

After asking, Qinghai Chuantang learned that the fire alarm suddenly sounded today, so school was dismissed early.

This also means that Hase Keita had enough time to commit the crime.

But how do you find places where there are trucks?
After all, it's not a rare thing.

In the end, Qinghai Chuantang contacted the police and explained the situation, hoping that they could check the surveillance footage at the intersection and find Hase Keita's whereabouts as soon as possible.

She herself returned to the vicinity of Hase Pharmacy and happened to see Hase Ikumi getting into the car while talking on the phone. Obviously, she already knew where her child would go.

Qinghai Chuantang followed silently.

When she arrived at an apartment, she stopped, talking on the phone while running towards somewhere in a hurry.

Qinghai Chuantang hurriedly followed.

When she looked up inadvertently, she saw a Molotov cocktail falling from a high altitude, about to hit a woman who was on the phone.

"Run—"

But the woman had no time to react.

The bottle fell to the ground and shattered. The flames spread along with the alcohol. Her body was also surrounded by flames and she screamed in pain.

Qinghai Chuantang hurried over, took off his coat, and put out the flames on the other person's body.

A little girl in a pink coat heard the noise and turned around immediately, only to see her mother almost engulfed in flames.

"mom!"

The box in his hand fell to the ground, and the strawberries scattered all over the floor.

She wanted to rush forward, but was stopped by someone.

"Don't go over there, it's too dangerous!"

As he spoke, the other person held her in his arms and covered her eyes with his hands, not wanting her to see such a painful scene.

"That person should still be upstairs. I'm going to find him now!"

As she said that, Sera Junzhen ran into the apartment.

"Mommy mommy--"

The little girl cried and called for her mother, and at the same time struggled, trying to run to her mother's side.

The strawberries under her feet were crushed to pieces by her.

The fire on Mao Shiozawa's body was finally put out. With the help of Sonoko, the ambulance arrived in time and put her on the ambulance bed.

Along with them came people from the Metropolitan Police Department.

Yuzu Shiozawa cried and called for her mother. No matter how Xiaolan comforted her, she didn't stop. But no matter who it was, they wouldn't be able to stay calm in such a situation, especially since Yuzu Shiozawa was only an eighteen-year-old child.

"Let me go, let me go, I'm just here to play with Yuzu!"

"Huita——"

When Hase Ikumi saw her son coming out, she immediately ran over and asked nervously, "Are you okay, Keita? Why is your hand blistered? Is it burned? Are you injured anywhere else?"

Megure Jusan came up to the group, showed his ID, and said, "Ms. Hase, we must take Keita away for investigation now."

"why?"

Hase Ikumi protected Keita by her side, her face full of vigilance.

"Because he dropped Molotov cocktails from it."

The one who spoke was Sera Masumi, because she happened to see it.

Hase Ikumi sneered, "Is there any evidence to prove that my son did it?"

Sera Masumi asked back, "Then why did his hand get burned?"

Hase Ikumi did not answer her question, but took Keita away directly.

For Megure Juzo, this behavior has really made him angry.

"Didn't you see that person? Don't you feel any guilt at all?"

Yuzu's crying was like a spell, repeating endlessly in his mind, and he felt extremely heartbroken.

She was so young, but she experienced such a scene.

"Can't you see that Keita is frightened?"

She was signaling to the other person not to speak loudly so as not to scare her child.

Megure Jusan pointed at the child held by Xiaolan and said, "Where is that child? She saw her mother being burned by fire with her own eyes. Do you know what kind of torture she is going through now? Why are you only thinking about your own child?"

He even had the urge to take action, as he felt that the other party was being rude and unreasonable.

A car stopped nearby.

Seeing this, Hase Ikumi seemed to have more confidence: "If you have any questions, go talk to my husband!"

After saying that, she left with Keita and got into the car.

Takagi opened his arms and blocked their way.

No matter how the other party honked the horn, he remained unmoved and there was no fear on his face.

"get off!"

Megure Jusan shouted loudly.

Hase Xunguang got out of the car angrily and yelled at Takagi: "Are you crazy?"

Megure Jusan came up to him and said seriously, "Keita is a criminal in the act. We must take him for investigation. Please cooperate with us."

"Investigate?" Hase Kunihiro seemed to find it funny. "What right do the police have? My Keita is not yet old enough to be a juvenile offender. He doesn't need to bear any criminal responsibility. Don't you know that?"

Teenagers under the age of 14 who violate "penalties and laws" are called: juveniles in conflict with the law.

Japan's Juvenile Protection Law stipulates that teenagers under the age of 14 do not have criminal responsibility and are exempt from criminal punishment, and can only receive education and counseling.

As a policeman, he is naturally very clear about these things.

Megure Jusan secretly clenched his fists, but his expression remained calm: "We are just taking him to assist in the investigation."

This is a roundabout tactic, but the other party doesn't buy it at all.

"As a guardian, I don't agree to take him to assist in the investigation. Besides, my child has been frightened. Let's do the investigation tomorrow. If you have the ability, then take him away."

Megure Jusan was silent for a moment, waved to Takagi, and took a few steps back.

"Inspector Megure! But, but!"

Megure Jusan sighed helplessly: "Takagi, let them go."

Seeing this situation, Sera Masumi became anxious: "It will be too late tomorrow! If we let them leave, he will definitely give the children an excuse in advance!"

"Then what do you think we should do?"

Faced with such a question, Sera Junzhen also fell silent.

Everyone stepped aside and let the other car leave. Looking at it going away, they felt helpless.

"Mommy mommy"

The girl was still calling for her mother, her voice already a little hoarse.

Yuzu has no other relatives or guardians, so she can be sent to a temporary residence center and let the staff there take care of her. But if the treatment takes a long time, she can only be sent to an orphanage.

Afterwards, Qinghai Chuantang came to Chengchuan Hospital and asked the doctor, and the reply he got was: Although he survived, his face and airway suffered severe burns of more than 3rd degree.

"How long will the treatment take?"

"If you consider facial reconstructive surgery, it will probably be a lifelong thing."

For an ordinary family, this is the end of the road.

"Yuzu is still so young, there is no one else to take care of her. Maybe I can ask my mother, she might know some solutions."

Eri Kisaki remains an undefeated legend in the legal world. If it were any other case, she would probably give you a 100% chance of winning.

But this time.
Qinghai Chuantang sighed softly.

"He's only eight years old now. Should we send him to jail or prosecute him? At this age, he won't even be sent to juvenile detention."

"Are we just going to leave it like this?"

Xiaolan became a little excited.

(End of this chapter)