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"Wow, that's awesome! Karasuma-san!" Akina, her good friend, immediately praised excitedly.
"No, this isn't actually just my credit... That's right!"
Quickly pulling himself down from the cloud, Xiao Wuwan looked at the boy again and asked:
"Wooden Man, didn't you also meet Xingzi's parents this morning? Did they say anything?"
Perhaps feeling that he had built a close relationship with the previous reasoning, Kogumaru actually began to take the initiative to inquire about the progress of the investigation into the case.
What she was referring to was that before the boy drove her away this morning, he notified Xingzi's parents to rush to the cemetery to perform an autopsy.
The boy glanced at her, was silent for a moment, and then said:
“I simply asked about the deceased this morning, and their answers were roughly the same as the information you collected at school.
The deceased student Xingzi was usually a loner and didn’t have many close friends. But after returning home from school yesterday, she told her parents that she was going to spend the night at the home of a friend she met at another school. She then left home and never came back.
This is also the reason why Kyoko’s parents did not report the case even though she had been dead for a whole night.
"Then did they tell us who this 'friend from another school' that Kyoko mentioned is?" Kokarasuma asked hastily.
There was a conflict in the intelligence between the two sides.
From what Kokarasuma found out, the rumor that "Anzu-san knows someone from another school" was a pure rumor, spread unintentionally by the classmates she had bullied in the past.
However, what the boy learned from Xingzi's parents was that Xingzi had left home last night under the pretext of "staying over at a friend's house from another school" and was eventually brutally murdered.
"No, they don't know either." The boy replied, "Because the deceased was a loner, after hearing that she had a friend who could stay overnight, the parents did not ask or stop her and allowed her to go to her friend's house that night."
"What irresponsible parents..."
After complaining quietly, Xiao Wuwan asked tentatively: "Then, then should we go and ask Kyoko's parents again?"
Her tone was somewhat eager.
Chapter 627 Failure to Penetrate Enemy Armor
"What irresponsible parents..."
After complaining quietly, Xiao Wuwan asked tentatively: "Then, then should we go and ask Kyoko's parents again?"
The tone sounded somewhat eager.
At the same time, she didn't say "you" but "we".
It was obvious that she showed great interest in the case and tried every means to get involved in the boy's investigation.
The boy turned his head and looked at her, neither agreeing nor refusing explicitly, but just replied calmly.
"Your afternoon class is almost up."
The meaning of this sentence couldn't be more obvious.
"Don't, don't say that!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Wuhuan moved a little closer to the boy and started talking nonstop, preparing to "reason" with the boy.
"Look, wooden man, I helped you collect the information in the school this time, didn't I? Doesn't this mean that I saved you a lot of time and energy needed for the investigation? Then I helped you deduce the results that can be obtained from this information. Although you may have already deduced this result, this at least proves that I have the ability to help, doesn't it? There is an old saying by Big Rabbit that goes, three good men make a gang, and three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang. Although I am indeed not as good as you, with my help, wooden man, you can definitely solve the case faster, right? And I promise that I will never run around, I will definitely follow you closely and will never cause any trouble. If you are worried..."
The boy had never noticed before that Karasuma-chan could be so talkative.
The words came out of her mouth like a string of cannonballs, then poured into the boy's head through his ears, messing up his thoughts, and finally poured out of the other ear.
This was truly a wonderful feeling the boy had never experienced before. He knew every word that Karasuma said and understood every sentence.
But these words seemed to be in a hurry to be reincarnated, passing through his mind in a flash, and he was unable to retain a single word.
He seemed to be listening, but he didn't seem to understand anything...
"How is it? Do you understand now, wooden man?"
Finally, Xiao Wuhuan stopped and looked at the boy expectantly.
[Understand? Understand what? ]
But the boy in front of her felt that not only his ears were empty, but also his head was empty.
But fortunately, his sharp brain helped him quickly pull out his scattered thoughts.
Yes, although he didn't understand what Xiao Wuwan said just now, he still remembered Xiao Wuwan's purpose.
She strongly wanted to participate in the investigation of this case.
[Of course, this is impossible because it might be dangerous. ]
Thinking of this, the boy wanted to refuse, but when he looked at the expectant and nervous expression of Xiao Wuhuan in front of him, he suddenly hesitated.
If he refused, would Xiao Wuwan launch her previous mental attack again?
The boy thought about this question seriously.
Finally he concluded that it was very likely.
So the boy decided to launch a "roundabout attack".
"You have classes this afternoon." Instead of answering directly, the boy spoke.
"It's okay! The school courses are very simple! It's just half a day's class, so if you miss it, you miss it!" Xiao Wuhuan said, patting his chest.
【The opponent is immune to this attack. 】
She seemed greatly encouraged by the fact that the boy did not refuse directly.
"Will your teacher agree to your leave?" the boy asked again.
"They'll agree."
A standard villain grin suddenly appeared on Kougamaru's face.
【Failed to penetrate the enemy's armor.】
Don't forget, her last name is Karasuma.
Then, the boy turned his attention to Akina, his good friend who was standing next to Karasuma.
At this moment, as if they had telepathy, Akina suddenly realized what the boy wanted to convey. She nervously pulled on Karasuma's sleeve and whispered:
"Karasuma-san, why don't we leave this matter to the police? We..."
"Don't worry, Akina! Although I can't beat the wooden man, I still have the ability to help! Don't you trust me?"
"That's true, Karasuma-san is also a very capable person..."
[The opponent is immune to this control effect. ]
"it is good."
After three failed attempts, the boy finally sighed slightly.
"Since you are so interested, you can join me in this investigation. But remember, you must join me. Don't think about doing anything dangerous on your own."
It is better to guide than to block. The boy is not unaware of Xiao Wuwan's strong interest in "detective solving cases" in the past six months. Every time she catches him, she must want to join in.
The boy doesn't want the people around him to get involved in these dangerous cases, but he sometimes worries that if she is always isolated like this, will little Karasuma, who has been suppressed like this, suddenly do something risky one day, and then... encounter some sudden disaster?
Just like his mother did three years ago...
This is not impossible. Although little Karasuma is a member of the Karasuma family, to be honest, the head of the Karasuma family... Although the boy doesn't know much about him and has only met him a few times, he can vaguely sense that the father doesn't seem to care much about his daughter.
It is said that the head of the Karasuma family has been away on business trips most of the time since returning to Japan, leaving the huge Karasuma mansion to little Karasuma to live alone, and not caring about it.
No wonder Karasuma-chan would come over to look for the boy and Keiko whenever he had time.
Is he really not afraid that his lively, energetic and adventurous daughter might encounter an accident outside one day...
The boy put his thoughts away and stopped thinking about these things.
After all, this is someone else's family affair and he doesn't want to worry too much about it.
But Kogumaru and Keiko have a very good relationship, and Keiko herself cares about her very much, so the boy is willing to take better care of these girls in normal times.
Since Xiao Karasuma wants to play the detective game so much, he might as well take her with him this time. The boy is confident that as long as Xiao Karasuma stays by his side and doesn't run around, she won't encounter any danger.
At the same time, according to the boy's understanding, the interests of girls of this age always come and go quickly.
After Xiao Wuwan follows him to the crime scene a few more times and goes through the boring investigation process a few more times, he will naturally lose his yearning and interest in this "detective solving game".
"Let's go. Next I have to find the deceased's parents to inquire about further circumstances."
Having made up his mind, the boy finally stood up and said to Kokarasuma.
Chapter 628: What are you doing, wooden man? !
Getting in the police car, the boy and Kokarasuma rushed to the home of the deceased classmate Anzi in the afternoon.
This is a very ordinary old-style house. The house is next to other houses and is surrounded by a one-meter-high wooden wall. In front of the door is a narrow road that is barely wide enough for a car to pass through.
The boy opened the car door, walked down, and knocked on the door.
"coming."
The door was opened a crack, and an elderly lady appeared inside.
The aunt was dressed in ordinary clothes and had some wrinkles on her face. She looked to be in her forties and looked quite similar to the deceased classmate Anzi. She must be the deceased's mother.
Her eyes were red and swollen, as if she had just cried.
When the aunt saw the people standing at the door for the first time, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but when she saw the boy, an expression of realization suddenly appeared on her face. She quickly opened the door and welcomed everyone in.
"Hello, Officer Shirakawa."
Perhaps because of the boy's obvious leadership position among the criminal police, almost every family member of the person involved in the case who met the boy for the first time would regard the boy as a criminal police.
Although the boy is not like that now, he has never corrected him.
"Hello, Mrs. Muraki."
Muraki is the surname of the family of the deceased classmate Anzi.
With a slight nod, the boy followed Mrs. Muraki into the house.
Behind him, Kokarasuma hurried to catch up, and of the remaining two detectives, one also followed in, while the other stayed at the door.
"Husband—it's Police Officer Baihe here—"