"Xiwei Police Department, an old woman nearby provided information that a high school student often takes a little girl to play in the small park recently in the evening, but I am not sure if he came last night."

Nishio Mahiru was left to lead the police in investigating and questioning nearby residents in search of clues.

Soon a police officer came through the walkie-talkie and provided a clue to Nishio Maryu.

High school student? Little girl?

Could it be Higashino Hirosawa and Xiao Chiwa?

After Nishio Mahiru arrived at the crime scene, he discovered that it was very close to where Higashino Hirosawa lived.

The searchers would spend some time and sooner or later they would ask Higashino Hirosawa.

"I understand, you continue the investigation." Nishio Masuru replied.

"If you have any questions, please contact me and I'll find someone to ask about the situation."

Nishio Maru checked the time and felt that Higashino Hirosawa had not gone to school yet, so he informed the detective next to him and drove towards Higashino Hirosawa's residence.

The small park is just over ten minutes' walk from Higashino Hirosawa's residence and less than three minutes' drive.

…

Toot!

Higashino Hirosawa got up early, washed himself, and was cooking porridge.

Hearing the knock on the door, Higashino Hirosawa thought about it, turned around and put away the drawings of Hunter, Slam Dunk and other comics, leaving only the Dragon Ball ones.

Although he experienced a big battle last night, Higashino Hirosawa still drew comics until late at night before going to bed.

"coming."

After cleaning up, Higashino Hiroyawa went to open the door.

"West End Police Department?"

Hiroyuki Higashino was very surprised when he saw the person coming.

He thought it was another policeman coming to question him.

"Where's Chiwa?"

Nishio Mahyu was not polite to Higashino Hirosawa, so he took off his shoes and walked inside to find Chiwa-chan.

"still sleeping."

There was nothing shameful in the house, so Higashino Hirosawa didn't stop her.

The rental house was just a short distance away, and after walking two steps, Nishio Shinryu saw Chiwa-chan sleeping soundly on the tatami.

"Come out and ask you something."

After taking a few glances and feeling satisfied, Nishio Mahiru did not disturb Chiwa-chan, called Higashino Hirosawa, turned around and walked out the door.

"What's the matter?" Higashino Hirosawa asked knowingly.

"Someone said they saw you taking Chiwa-chan to a nearby small park to play at night recently?"

"It's evening." Higashino Hirosawa corrected.

"Did you go last night?" Nishio Marumei and Higashino Hirosawa exchanged words.

"went."

Higashino Hirosawa nodded.

It was still dark when I went there, so someone might have seen me, so I can’t say I didn’t go.

"Then did you find anyone suspicious in the small park last night? Have you seen this person?"

Nishio Masuru took out a photo of Shio Taniguchi.

"I haven't seen him before, I don't know him. After it got dark last night and before it started to rain, Xiao Qianhe and I left the park."

Higashino Hirosawa shook his head.

When he rushed back last night, he carefully paid attention to his surroundings and made sure that there was no one in his field of vision.

But he couldn't confirm what was going on at the rental house when he was away, so he deliberately didn't say the specific time he would return to the rental house.

If the neighbor's words reveal that he did not come back before it rained last night, Higashino Hirosawa could also say that it rained on the way back, and he and Xiao Qianhe found a place to take shelter from the rain.

He had considered various scenarios last night, and now his answer was watertight.

"Did something happen over there in the little park?"

"A murder occurred, I can't tell you the details."

Regarding Higashino Hirosawa's answer, Nishio Mahyu had no doubts.

Higashino Hirosawa is so thin and weak... Hey, this guy seems to be a little stronger?

Only then did Nishio Mahyu notice that Higashino Hirosawa seemed to have grown stronger.

But she still didn't doubt Higashino Hirosawa's thoughts at all.

How could Shio Taniguchi's perverted body be subdued by a high school boy with a child?

"That's it, I won't disturb you anymore. The police may come to question you later, so just answer honestly."

After Nishio Mahyu recorded Higashino Hirosawa's words, he waved his hand and left in a hurry.

When she left, Higashino Hirosawa had a thought in his mind and threw a spiritual mark on Nishio Mahyu.

In this way, he can know the general situation of the case at any time.

If something unexpected happened, he would be able to respond in time.

"dad."

While Higashino Hirosawa was drying porridge, Chiwa-chan woke up rubbing her eyes.

After she woke up, she immediately looked for Higashino Hirosawa and was relieved to see Higashino Hirosawa there.

"Chiwa, good morning, dad is right here."

Higashino Hirosawa went over, gently picked up Chiwa-chan and let her sit on his arms.

Chiwa-chan's expression suddenly became much calmer.

"Qianhe, do you still remember what happened last night?"

Higashino Hiroyuki looked at Xiaoqianhe's big black eyes and said.

Xiao Qianhe was so frightened last night that he felt a little distraught when he came back, so he fell asleep without crying.

Higashino Hirosawa didn't know what a child of this age was thinking, but he knew it was best to guide her to talk things out instead of keeping them in her heart.

"Bad guy!"

Chiwa-chan shouted.

"Yes, those are bad guys, but Qianhe, don't be afraid, dad will fight off the bad guys!"

"Beat the bad guy!"

Eyes are the windows to the soul, especially children, who can most intuitively feel emotions from people's eyes.

Qianhe's big black eyes looked at Higashino Hirosawa's confident eyes, and she suddenly felt much calmer.

"Yes, beat the bad guys! But, Qianhe, make an agreement with dad not to tell others what happened last night, okay? This is a secret between dad and Qianhe."

Higashino Hirosawa rubbed Xiaoqianhe's cute little face, and then whispered to her.

"secret!"

Xiao Qianhe's eyes lit up.

…

At the crime scene, Nishio Maru didn't make much progress. He just confirmed that after get off work last night, Kumashi Taniguchi got off the bus nearby, and then for some reason, he didn't go home, but went to that small place. Park, where someone was killed.

Because of the rain, there are no traces on the road or in the park.

Only a few people saw him walking to the park holding an umbrella.

Another discovery was that after the death of Shio Taniguchi last night, someone said they saw a black car passing by on the park road. However, because it was night and rainy, they could not see the license plate clearly, or even the model of the car.

Can't even recognize it.

Basically, there is no point in identifying it, because the vehicle appeared after Shio Taniguchi died.

Nishio Maryu didn't find anything here, but he made a major discovery in the investigation of Taniguchi Shio.

After the detectives from the search headquarters broke into Shio Taniguchi's residence, they found a large amount of various investigative information related to the three victims in Shio Taniguchi's bedroom. Even the lottery winnings of Yoshiko Hashimoto's parents may have been forged by Shio Taniguchi.

Based on these alone, it is still impossible to determine whether Shio Taniguchi is the murderer.

But in the refrigerator at Shio Taniguchi's residence, search members found key evidence.

There are still three parts of frozen blood remaining in the heart tissue!

After a quick preliminary comparison, it was initially confirmed that it matched the blood of the three victims.
To be continued...