Chapter 821 Corpse in the Forest
The team led by Chiyoko searched in the woods for a long time, calling Erheng's name over and over, but they never got a response and didn't see any figure.
Just when everyone was getting anxious, a man with a shotgun suddenly appeared.
"It looks like that guy got there first again."
Suzuki Sonoko asked suspiciously: "Who are you?"
"Me?" In the darkness, Itakura Hajime showed a sinister smile, "My name is Itakura Hajime, but I'm just a guest living in Fukito Villa."
On the other side, Yuya and Conan, led by Saburo, searched for Niyoko Yoshiki in another direction in the wind and snow.
Suddenly, Sanlang barked a few times in a certain direction and ran forward quickly.
Yuya and Conan hurriedly chased after him, but before they had run a few steps, they saw a shocking scene - the Erheng Jiagui that everyone was looking for was leaning against a tree root with blood all over his head.
Yuya ran over to check and shook his head at Conan: "He's dead. It looks like he was beaten to death."
"What is this?" Conan pointed at Niyoko Yoshiki's chest.
Youye looked down and saw something on the protruding clothes of Erheng Jiagui. He picked it up and shone the flashlight on it and found that it was a heart-shaped chocolate with the words to Jiagui written on it in cream.
At the same time, next to the corpse, there was a thick branch covered in blood.
At this moment, Saburo's roar also attracted Miyano Shiho and others.
"Jiagui, are you okay?" Gan Liyazi wanted to come over but was stopped by Youye.
"Don't come over here!" Youya shouted, "When we found Mr. Erheng, he was already dead."
"What, what?" Gan Liya's face turned pale. "How could this happen?"
Yuya picked up the branch and said, "There is blood on this branch. Combined with the blood on Mr. Erheng's head, I suspect he was beaten to death. This is a murder case. All of you stay where you are and don't move around randomly, so as not to disrupt the scene."
"Murder?" Gan Liya's face was full of horror.
"How is this possible?" Fenchuan Hyouka couldn't believe it.
At this time, Itakura Hajime asked with a dissatisfied look on his face: "Who are you? You look like you are giving orders. Are you a policeman?"
Youya glanced at him. It was a face he had never seen before. Did he meet him while looking for someone?
He said, "My name is Yuya Kamiya, and I'm a detective."
"Detective?" Everyone was surprised.
Granny Chiyoko widened her eyes in surprise: "Kamiya? Could it be that famous high school detective?"
Itakura Hajime was also surprised. He then looked at Yuya carefully and found that this face was indeed familiar, as if he had often seen it in the news in the newspaper.
Chiyoko's grandmother asked anxiously, "Do you know who the murderer is?"
Yuya paused and said, "Not so fast... The body is completely frozen in such low temperature. There is no way to determine the time of death before the autopsy. And because of the heavy snow, besides Conan, I and Saburo's footprints, not only Mr. Niyoko's, but even the murderer's footprints are covered up."
Yuya looked at the head of the corpse and continued, "The blood on his face showed signs of being wiped, and there are also these goggles..."
Chiyoko asked anxiously, "What's wrong with the goggles?"
Yuya shone the flashlight into the goggles and said, "You can see that the left eye is wearing a contact lens, but the right eye is not. This means that the goggles were adjusted by the murderer after the fact."
"Although we don't know why the murderer did this, we can assume that Mr. Erheng was killed after dark. If he was in the woods during the day, he would definitely wear goggles to protect his eyes, and he would only take them off after the sun went down."
"I see. You are indeed a famous detective." Grandma Chiyo said with admiration.
Yuya smiled faintly, "It's just basic observation."
"Also," Youya picked up the chocolate he had just found, "This is the chocolate I just found in the corpse's arms, with the words to Jiagui written on it."
"Huh?" Fenchuan Hyouka was surprised. "Isn't this the chocolate that Ako made today?"
Gan Liyazi shouted in shock: "Why is my chocolate here?!"
Itakura Hajime sneered, "You were the one who put the chocolate on the corpse, weren't you?"
Mao Lilan immediately retorted: "It can't be Miss Ako's. When we left the cabin, the chocolate was still in the kitchen. And she has been with us ever since. How could she have the chance to put chocolate on the body?"
Yuya pondered and said, "Then it must have been placed there by the murderer. The body has also been tampered with. Maybe he wants to frame Miss Ako for the crime?"
He stood up and said to everyone, "Anyway, let's go back to the cabin first, and we'll talk about other things after the police arrive."
"Unfortunately, the police won't be able to come in a short time." Sakumi Yuzo suddenly appeared.
"Oh, isn't this Brother Shumi? How did you know we were here?" Itakura Hajime came forward enthusiastically.
Sakumi Yuzo said, "I heard a dog barking over here, so I came over to check it out."
Yuya asked, "What do you mean the police can't come?"
Sakumi Yuzo explained, "The tunnel leading from the mountain to the cabin was completely buried by an avalanche. If we want to make it passable, it will probably take a day, right?"
After saying that, he whispered something with Itakura Hajime. Yuya narrowed his eyes and through their lip reading he figured out that the two were talking about something about the tape.
Are you referring to the videotape? Could it be the footage that Niyoko Yoshiki filmed today?
Hearing that the police couldn't come, everyone showed uneasy expressions.
Fenchuan Hyouka's face looked very grim: "So, we can only stay in that wooden house tonight? Together with the murderer who killed Mr. Niyoko?"
Itakura Hajime sneered: "I don't think it has much impact. It's more exciting this way."
Sakumi Yuzo also taunted: "If you don't want to join us, then just sit here with the murdered guy for one night."
After saying this, the two of them left, and before leaving, they did not forget to make a sarcasm that they would come to visit the people who had turned into frozen snow girls the next morning.
Yuya groaned, "There's nothing we can do. Let's go back to the cabin."
Gan Liya looked at Erheng Jiagui's body and said, "What about Jiagui? Are we just going to leave him here?"
Yuya shook his head regretfully: "It's better to leave it like this until the police come to investigate this place."