Chapter 141: Will-O-Wisp in the Surveillance Screen

Chapter 141: Will-O-Wisp in the Surveillance Screen

Unfortunately, Himuro Ikki refused to communicate, locked himself tightly in the room, and refused to see anyone.

The two had no choice but to temporarily give up the idea of ​​getting clues from Himuro Ichisho.

"Officer Shiratori, could you please find someone to investigate the details of the car accident that year?" Youya said.

He still felt that Himuro Kazusei had clues to solve the case.

Shiratori Renzaburo nodded and ran to make a phone call.

Yuya returned to the screen and continued to watch the video over and over again.

At this time, Yuko Hiraki came over with two cups of coffee.

"Kamiya-kun, have some hot coffee to warm yourself up. I see you've been sitting here for quite some time." Hiraki Yuko placed the coffee in front of Yuya.

You was stunned for a moment and looked at the time. Then he realized that it was already noon and he suddenly felt hungry.

"When is lunch?" Youya asked casually as he took a sip of hot coffee.

"Who has the heart to eat lunch now?" Hiragaki Yuko sighed, "Mr. Takamoto is clamoring to leave, but the way down the mountain is blocked by snow, how can he leave!"

"Mr. Takamoto?" Youya asked doubtfully.

"He's the sound engineer of our crew." explained Yuko Hiraki.

"I know," Yuya certainly remembered. He had a photographic memory, so remembering a person was not a problem. "What I want to ask is, why was he in such a hurry to leave?"

"I don't know either," Hiragaki Yuko shrugged. "He seemed very scared since last night, and then he wanted to leave, and finally the director stopped him by force."

Yuya frowned slightly. He didn't have a deep impression of the sound engineer, Daisuke Takamoto. He didn't talk much, but he worked very seriously.

It's normal for an introvert like this to be scared, right?

But his intuition told Youya that there might be some secret hidden in it.

"Ms. Yuko, when did you join the crew?"

Just watching the video was boring, so Youya found a random topic to talk about.

Hiragaki Yuko smiled and said, "About 5 or 6 years ago. I had just graduated and couldn't find a job anywhere. I was at a loss when I met Mr. Jiuci. I joined the crew at his invitation and have been his assistant ever since."

At this point, Hiraki Yuko's expression looked a little unnatural, but she immediately took a sip of coffee to cover it up.

Yuya noticed it keenly, looked at Hiraki Yuko's still pretty face, and vaguely guessed something.

"Come to think of it, Mr. Takamoto was already here when I joined the crew," Hiraki Yuko said suddenly.

"Oh? Besides Mr. Takamoto, are there other people in the crew?" Out of detective instinct, You did not miss the opportunity to obtain any information, even if the information might not be helpful in solving the case.

Hiragaki Yuko nodded and said, "Yes, but except for the director, everyone else has been killed."

"Killed?" Yuya's heart skipped a beat. "Are you talking about Miss Kaori and Mr. Minamikawa?"

Hiragaki Yuko nodded: "Yes."

Yuya was silent.

Is this a coincidence, or is there some unknown connection?

Yuya suddenly thought of something and asked, "I remember Ms. Kaori is 26 years old this year? According to you, she joined the crew when she was 15 years old and still in high school?"

Hiragaki Yuko nodded and said, "Yes, Ms. Kaori entered the entertainment industry very early, and most of the directors she worked with were Mr. Jiuji."

"Is that so? That's pretty impressive..." Youye responded blankly. This kind of situation is actually very common, so he was not too surprised.

I sipped my coffee and looked at the screen through the mist.

Suddenly, Youya noticed a hint of red in his sight, and he pressed the pause button hard.

"What, what happened?" Hiragaki Yuko was startled and asked anxiously, shrinking her body.

You didn't have time to answer her. He quickly operated the instrument, his eyes fixed on the picture on the screen.

The screen shows the scene after Kaori Mitsuka was killed.

Kaori Mitsuka collapsed on the ground, the bed was in a mess, and a large amount of snowflakes blew into the house through the broken glass.

Hiragaki Yuko came over curiously.

Yuya moved the picture forward a little, and then began to slow down the video, his eyes fixed on the window.

"It turns out I wasn't seeing things." Youye murmured.

"Yuya-kun, what did you find?" Shiratori Renzaburo came back and saw Yuya's look and felt that he might have found some clues.

Yuya waved his hand and pointed at the screen, "Officer Shiratori, look here."

Shiratori Renzaburo moved a little closer, squinted his eyes and looked carefully, and after a while he said, "What is burning here?"

"Do you think it could be the will-o'-the-wisp that the old man mentioned?" Youye guessed.

There are many possible causes for so-called will-o'-the-wisp, the most common of which is the chemical reaction between the gases produced by the decomposition of organisms and the oxygen in the air.

Simply put, phosphine will decompose in the organism. This is a very flammable substance. When it reacts with oxygen in the air, it will form the so-called ghost fire, which is the most common phosphorus fire.

Shiratori Renzaburo couldn't help but look at Youya, frowning slightly: "What do you mean..."

Youye thought about it, took out the simple map given by the director, gestured for a while, and finally drew a line on it.

"This is the direction of the will-o'-the-wisp seen on the surveillance camera," Youya said, pointing to a line extending from the main building, and then pointed to the memorial stone and said, "The old man said he saw the will-o'-the-wisp at the memorial stone."

"But he was a little confused at the time, and his expression might not be clear, so I guess..." Yuya took a pen and started drawing a line from the memorial tablet, all the way until it intersected with the line leading out of the main building.

Then he pointed to the intersection of the two lines and said, "I suspect that he saw the will-o'-the-wisp at the memorial, not that the will-o'-the-wisp was at the memorial. The real location of the will-o'-the-wisp is here!"

Shiratori Renzaburo took a closer look and found that the intersection of the two lines happened to be a broken wall, and from the map, the distance between the two sides of the broken wall was very close.

"Let's go and take a look!" Shiratori Renzaburo said without hesitation.

Yuya nodded, drank the coffee in one gulp, and then stuffed the cup into Hiragaki Yuko's hand: "Thank you for the coffee, Ms. Yuko!"

Then he ran out quickly with Shiratori Renzaburo.

In the room, Hiragaki Yuko stared blankly in the direction where the two people disappeared, then looked at the cup in her hand with a slightly dazed expression.