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From a very young age, the boy realized that his eyes were special, very special.

Not only does he have vision far superior to that of ordinary people, he can also clearly see the "lines" on objects and the movement trajectory of objects.

If an ordinary person faced this situation, throwing the flower would basically have no effect. If he was lucky, at most he could hit the opponent in the face, but he couldn't even provide any obstruction.

But the boy was different. The violet branch he threw accurately pierced the eye socket of Mr. Poplar who was running.

"Ugh!"

In an instant, a shrill scream was heard, and the figure of Mr. Poplar who was rushing towards Xiao Wuhuan stopped subconsciously, covering his eyes and screaming.

The next moment, the boy rushed forward without any hesitation and kicked him hard in the abdomen, kicking him directly out of Xiaofu's face, flying back several meters and hitting the ground.

It was not until this time that the other two detectives finally seemed to react. They rushed forward, snatched the dagger from the man's hand, and controlled him.

"Ah! It hurts! It hurts!"

"Don't move! Be honest!"

This rapid change happened in just a few seconds, and it was only then that everyone seemed to finally react to what had just happened and began to talk about it.

"I never thought that Mr. Poplar was the murderer?"

"Indeed, he had been pursuing the heroine before, but he was rejected by her many times..."

"Could it be that last night..."

Amid the discussion of the crowd, the boy turned his head to look at Xiao Wuwan who was still a little dazed beside him, and Hatoyama Keiko, who was not far away, also stood up and walked over.

"Isn't that scary, little Karasuma?" she asked with a smile.

"No, no..." Xiao Wuhuan was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook her head, but judging from her still somewhat pale face, her words were not very credible.

She had never expected that the murderer would be so vicious. Once his identity was revealed, he immediately rushed towards her.

This also surprised Keiko Hatoyama a little.

Although she was not directly involved in the reasoning, just by hearing the boy's description, she had already figured out the information about the violet flower in advance.

Keiko Hatoyama is not a person who likes to be in the spotlight. The reason why she did not take the initiative to speak was because this was the boy's case, and she did not want to "steal the show" before the boy took the initiative to ask.

The murderer's final impulse did surprise her, but the murderer obviously underestimated the boy's strength. The boy was fully capable of handling an accident of this magnitude.

"Thank you, wooden man..."

As if she had finally come to her senses, Xiao Wuwan thanked the boy earnestly. Maybe it was because it was the first time she said such words of thanks to a boy, the expression on her face was a little nervous and embarrassed.

"Yeah." The boy just responded calmly as usual.

This matter should have just passed like this, however, perhaps due to a woman's natural intuition, Keiko Hatoyama inadvertently noticed Kokarasuma's eyes at this moment.

Or rather, she noticed the look in Kokarasuma's eyes when he looked at the boy.

There seemed to be a pool of water in her eyes.

This made Keiko Hatoyama stunned.

It was a look that contained admiration and respect, but also a hint of other emotions.

As a woman, Keiko Hatoyama knows this kind of look all too well.

This kind of look can never be said to be liking or loving, but it is a necessary prerequisite for both.

If I have to find a word to describe it, it would be "care".

I already care about you a little bit.

This is an emotion that has just begun and can be easily blown out like a tiny flame.

This kind of look was not only seen in Kogumaru's eyes. Keiko Hatoyama had also seen it in the eyes of many other women when looking at boys in the past, but she never cared about it.

Because she knew very well that she was the only competitor in the boys' track, and she had already won from the beginning.

If it were in the past, Hatoyama Keiko would even take a second look at this look, but for some reason that day, she remembered it deeply...

"Sister Keiko?"

The boy had gone to assist the two detectives in taking the final statement. At this time, Kogumaru seemed to have finally noticed that Keiko Hatoyama was a little distracted, and called her in confusion.

Her eyes were very clear at this moment, without any trace of the strange emotion from before.

I'm afraid even she herself didn't notice what kind of look she gave the boy just now.

"Kawasuma-chan." Keiko Hatoyama also looked at her and suddenly smiled and said:

"What kind of person do you think Xiaoqing is?"

Yes.

For Keiko Hatoyama, the change began from this day.

Chapter 621: The Corpse Praying Like the Virgin Mary

Kokarasuma's answer was confusing.

She first talked about the boy's indifference to others and talked about his shortcomings. Then she turned back to Keiko Hatoyama and said that the boy was very good to her. Finally, she expressed her gratitude to the boy for saving her just now in a very embarrassed manner, and said that the boy was actually a very good person...

What stands out is the inconsistency, but Kogumaru himself is completely unaware of it.

This kind of contradiction, which the individual himself is not aware of, often arises from his/her insufficient understanding of his/her own hidden emotions.

Keiko Hatoyama listened quietly, just smiled and raised her hand to touch her head, and finally said nothing.

After the boy finished taking the statement and came back, the incident was officially over.

Everything was just as the boy had deduced. Mr. Poplar, the murderer who had always been in love with the deceased, went to the deceased's room last night and confessed his love to her again, but was once again rejected by the deceased.

That night, Mr. Poplar, who had been rejected many times by the deceased, lost his mind in anger and hit the deceased hard on the head with an ashtray in the room.

Mr. Poplar finally calmed down after the deceased slowly fell to the ground. In extreme fear, he did not even deal with the scene and fled back to his house in a panic.

The next day, with the arrival of the police and the boy's lightning-fast reasoning, Mr. Poplar, knowing that he could not hide the truth, became more and more frightened. After his identity was exposed by Kougamaru, he once again lost his mind and tried to hold Kougamaru hostage with a dagger that had been hidden in his pocket, in an attempt to confront the police and escape from the scene.

Of course, in the end, the boy easily knocked her down...

For the boy and Keiko Hatoyama, this was just a small episode in life. They had seen too many similar cases in the past few years, and they were not even enough to cause any waves in their lives.

After the case, everyone's life returned to normal. The boy still maintained his life between the crime scene and the university, and Kogumaru would often come to the university to find them.

The peaceful life accumulated slowly, and finally half a year later came the event that triggered a qualitative change.

"When was the time of death?"

It was one morning half a year after the incident on the set. In a cemetery with several police cars parked outside and a cordon prohibiting approaching, the boy half-crouched next to a strangely shaped corpse and asked the detective next to him.

Half a year passed, and Tokyo once again entered a period of freezing cold. The boy was wearing a black windbreaker and thick gloves.

"Preliminary speculation is that it was around two or three in the morning last night. Due to the temperature, the exact time of death may be biased," replied the criminal police officer nearby.

The boy did not respond to the voice, but continued to carefully observe the strange corpse in front of him.

The reason why it is weird is that when the body was discovered, it was not in the prone or lying position as people generally imagine.

It is kneeling.

She kneels like the Virgin Mary praying to God.

The corpse's legs were put together, and the knees and calves were tightly wrapped with black ropes, fixed in a kneeling position.

His arms were also pressed tightly together from the elbows to the wrists, and his hands were clasped together and also wrapped with black ropes, keeping the posture of Christian prayer and tied tightly to his chest.

The only difference from the "praying" posture is that the head of the corpse is not lowered, but is raised high by the pull of the black thin rope, which is very strange.

The murderer made full use of the tombstones around, using them as fulcrums, and used black thin ropes to repeatedly tie and pull the deceased's body from various angles, eventually forming this weird posture of "holding the head high, kneeling down to pray".

I have to say, this is quite technical.

The deceased was a female. Judging from her facial features and physical development, she was probably in her teens and should be a high school student.

The reason why "physical development condition" is added is because the deceased is naked and everything is visible.

There was only one obvious fatal wound on the body, which was the long wound on the deceased's neck.

Based on the existing clues, it is speculated that the deceased was brought here by the murderer around two or three in the morning last night. He was first tied up like this, and then his throat was cut with a sharp weapon, and he died from excessive blood loss.

The reason why we are sure that the person was tied up first and then killed is that where the blood of the deceased flowed down, there were corresponding traces of coagulated blood on the black ropes, so this was confirmed.

At the same time, the deceased should not have any struggle during the entire process of death.

The reason is very simple, because the deceased is naked, if he had any struggle before death, it would be directly reflected on the deceased's skin.

However, the fact is that at all the places where the black ropes were used to tie the deceased, there was only a deep and thin mark left on his skin, and no other marks.

This shows that the deceased was most likely unconscious when the murderer completed this series of arrangements and was eventually killed.

"Who was the first person to discover the body?"

After getting a general understanding of the situation at the scene, the boy asked.

At the same time, he changed his angle slightly and looked at the name on the tombstone facing the deceased's body.

Due to the drop in temperature and the fact that the body was naked and outdoors, the temperature of the corpse dropped extremely quickly. Within just three or four hours, the temperature of the corpse was close to the surrounding temperature and felt extremely cold.

The blood that flowed from the wound in the throat of the deceased had already spread on the ground around it and solidified into a large, almost black "carpet".

Fortunately, it is winter now, so the stench of blood is not too obvious.

"It was the gravekeeper of this cemetery. He was the first person to discover the body, and he was also the one who reported the case to the Metropolitan Police Department." A detective replied.

"Bring him to see me, I have some questions to ask him." The boy said, half squatting behind the corpse and observing carefully.

"Yes." A criminal police officer turned and left.

But the boy seemed to have sensed something at this moment, and looked upwards as the corpse raised its head forward.

Behind the cemetery, in the direction the face of the corpse was facing, was a mountain with dense forests.

"Wooden man?!"

Just as the boy was about to think further about whether there was any connection between the two, a familiar voice suddenly sounded behind him.

The boy looked back and saw two young girls in school uniforms outside the police cordon, one of whom he happened to know.

It was Kogumaru.