An Invitation to Nanao Koshimizu

Who is this man who told him to get off the bus? He's a man who has personally killed people and will set the entire Tokyo ablaze in the future!

He can't just surrender here. As long as he takes care of this cop and finds a place to hide for a while, he can still continue to carry out his plan!

Thinking of this, the man with bloodshot eyes suppressed his anger and got out of the car. Just as Jiang Hang was about to search him, he quickly pulled out a dagger from his pocket, intending to stab the other man.

Three days ago, he used this dagger to ambush and kill a shouting man from behind. As a symbol of honor, he carried the dagger with him again for this operation.

And now, he was going to use this dagger to end the life of the despicable Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department consultant in front of him once again!

Although it's a frontal attack, after killing someone for the first time, he had practiced the way and angle of his knife many times at home with old bedding. This time, he would be very careful and wouldn't let blood splatter on his face again!

Go to hell!

With the deepest malice, the man holding the dagger plunged it fiercely into Jiang Hang's chest.

However, at that very moment, an immense force that he could not break free from precisely seized the hand holding the dagger, rendering him completely unable to move forward even half a step.

Jiang Hang looked at the arsonist, whose face was filled with shock and panic, and gradually increased the pressure on his hand until the man cried out in pain and dropped the dagger to the ground.

"You're the arsonist who's been setting fires all over Tokyo lately, aren't you? Doing shady things in the shadows, killing people when they're caught. That's the only way you can satisfy your dark desires."

Jiang Hang's words struck at the most sensitive spot for the other party. His face turned red as he tried to break free from Jiang Hang's hold, but even with all his strength, he couldn't escape from Jiang Hang's grasp.

The man was so enraged that he tried to kick and bite Jiang Hang to cause him even the slightest harm. However, just as he was about to bite Jiang Hang's arm, Jiang Hang grabbed his own arm and punched him in the forehead.

He tried to kick Jiang Hang, but as soon as he raised his foot, Jiang Hang kicked his other foot, causing him to lose his balance and fall heavily to the ground.

Jiang Hang then grabbed his hand and twisted it backward, causing his body to flip over on the ground. He was pinned to the ground by one of Jiang Hang's hands and couldn't get up at all.

After doing all this, Jiang Hang greeted Natsuki Kosimizu, who was staring in disbelief in the distance, indicating that he could come over.

"Go and find a nearby store to borrow a fire extinguisher. Remember, it has to be a dry powder or foam fire extinguisher, otherwise it might not be able to put out. While the fire is still small, it should be able to be extinguished with a fire extinguisher. If it's any later, it might be too late."

Although Natsuki Kosimizu had never seen such a scene before, she knew that putting out the fire was the highest priority, so she immediately went to inquire at the nearby shops that were still open.

While Natsuki Kosimizu went to borrow a fire extinguisher, Jiang Hang was even able to take out his phone with his other hand and call Takagi Wataru Miike Sato, who were currently patrolling somewhere, asking them to come and claim the credit.

Fortunately, Takagi Wataru and the others were just three blocks away and arrived in no time.

When they arrived, Natsuki Kosimizu was already rushing into the alley with a dry powder fire extinguisher.

Takagi Wataru behind to deal with the arsonist and contact the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, while Miike Sato rushed ahead to help Natsuki Kosimizu put out the fire.

About ten minutes later, Miike Sato emerged from the alley with a slightly disheveled Natsuki Kosimizu. Judging from their expressions, they had probably put out the fire.

Seeing his meticulously planned arson scheme so easily dealt with by the police, the criminal was seething with hatred, but dared not show the slightest anger towards Jiang Hang.

Because if he showed even the slightest unusual expression, Jiang Hang would intensify the pain, leaving him only with the pain in his head and unable to think of anything else.

It wasn't until the police arrived that the criminal was finally freed from Jiang Hang's clutches. But one can imagine that even years later, this guy will still remember the pain in his wrist whenever he thinks about what happened today.

"This time, it's all thanks to Jiang Hang's help again. Otherwise, if this criminal had continued to commit crimes, who knows where he would have ended up striking?" Takagi Wataru sincerely expressed his gratitude to Jiang Hang.

Besides helping with the case, Takagi Wataru also wanted to thank Jiang Hang for secretly connecting him with Miike Sato.

Because Jiang Hang had drunk some alcohol that night, Takagi Wataru offered to drive Jiang Hang and the others to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to give statements.

In the car, he enthusiastically told Jiang Hang about his conversation with Miike Sato during their patrol that evening:

During his patrol in Yotsuya tonight, he learned that Miike Sato's father, Masayoshi Sato, who was also a policeman, had died in the line of duty in the streets near Yotsuya, and that it would be the anniversary of her father's death in a few days.

He also learned about the last case Miike Sato's father accepted before his death, now known as "Shuushirou Case".

"Officer Sato also told me that she would grant any wish of anyone who could solve the case. I wonder if I will have the chance to uncover the truth of what happened back then for Officer Sato."

As Takagi Wataru drove, he talked about Miike Sato. Even Natsuki Kosimizu, who was meeting Takagi Wataru for the first time, could sense the officer's feelings for that Officer Sato.

Natsuki Kosimizu secretly memorized the name of the case.

Jiang Hang, the foreigner, was slightly taken aback after hearing Takagi Wataru's explanation of the case.

"What was the name of that case again? I didn't quite catch it," Jiang Hang asked Takagi Wataru casually.

"Shuushirou Case," Takagi Wataru carefully repeated the name of the case this time.

"It sounds like a person's name, but I don't think many people would have a name like that," said Natsuki Kosimizu.

Takagi Wataru nodded in agreement. "This is what Miike Sato said, that the eyewitness heard her father shout at the escaped prisoner at the end. However, at the time, the police investigated all the names related to 'Shuushirou Case' and eventually found several Shuushirou Case, but none of them were near Yotsuya at the time."

Jiang Hang hadn't thought much of it at first, but Takagi Wataru's explanation made him ponder for a while.

Jiang Hang's reaction seemed like a magic pill to Takagi Wataru. He even subconsciously stepped on the brakes on the side of the road, wanting to ask Jiang Hang if he had thought of something.

Even Natsuki Kosimizu was somewhat concerned.

It's just a matter of a name. Does Jiang Hang really think he can know the truth of the case just by hearing a name?

To be honest, Jiang Hang also thought it was quite outrageous.

The suicide case that occurred three years ago at the Spider Mansion was mainly due to the foreign youth, Rob, who was rescued by Takeda Misa. Before leaving, Robert said "shine," which Takeda Misa, who was communicating with him in Romanized English, misunderstood as meaning "go to die," thus falling into despair and choosing to commit suicide.

But in this case, it seems the tables have turned.

Takagi Wataru, Natsuki Kosimizu, and even a group of elite Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department from that year were all worried about the whereabouts of this so-called "Shuushirou Case," but Jiang Hang, a foreigner whose native language is not Japanese, may have subconsciously understood the whole truth.

Jiang Hang initially thought he had misheard because the so-called truth sounded too simple.

Thinking this, Jiang Hang rubbed his forehead and then asked Takagi Wataru and Natsuki Kosimizu questions in the form of rhetorical questions.

"Do you think it's possible that when Officer Sato's father shouted 'Shuushirou Case Shirou,' it wasn't actually a person's name, but rather he was shouting 'Turn yourself in!' at the criminal?"

Chapter 458: Chapter 454: Extending an Invitation to Natsuki Kosimizu

The case of Shuushirou Case was actually not too complicated.

It was a bank robbery case. The suspect left no clues. There was only a short surveillance video of less than ten seconds showing the suspect holding a gun and wearing a raincoat and hat.

At the time, the person in charge of the case was Miike Sato's father, Masayoshi Sato.

Afterwards, Officer Sato somehow identified the suspect and successfully arrested him on a rainy day.

Just as he was leading the criminal into the police car and crossing the street, the appearance of a truck gave the suspect an opportunity. He broke free from Officer Sato's restraints, pushed Officer Sato in front of the truck, and then turned and fled in the rain.

In the end, before he died, Officer Sato kept calling out "Shuushirou Case" in the direction the suspect had fled until he was exhausted. He passed away after his Miike Sato, rushed to the hospital after being notified and had a brief last meeting with him.

For so many years, all the police have been trying to find that Shuushirou Case, but Jiang Hang's speculation that completely changes the nature of the entire case in just a few words can only be described as quite bold.

Perhaps because Jiang Hang's explanation was too simple and clear, after hearing Jiang Hang's question, not only Takagi Wataru there with his mouth open for a long time, not knowing what to say, but even Natsuki Kosimizu couldn't help but show a confused expression on her face.

It took Takagi Wataru quite a while to suddenly realize what was happening.

"Is it really that simple?" he asked incredulously.

This problem, which had plagued the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department for nearly twenty years, was solved by Jiang Hang in an unexpected way.

"It's possible that you fell into a misunderstanding during the investigation, thinking that Officer Sato called out the other person's name before he died, and that the witnesses didn't hear clearly either, which led to this misunderstanding," Jiang Hang explained. "It's also because you weren't speaking clearly while driving, so I directly heard it as a 'go to surrender' case."

Although he was given a multilingual gift by the system when he transmigrated to this world, Jiang Hang had no accent problems when using these languages, and his language proficiency was no less than that of his native language.

However, even after using Chinese for twenty years, Jiang Hang still often quickly goes through what the other person is saying in his mind in Chinese before speaking to them.

The name "Shiro" in "Shuushirou Case Shirou" is a common Japan name. As a given name, it means Shiro or Shirou. As a word, it also means white. However, in that context, it was indeed easier to associate it with a personal name.

But in Jiang Hang's case, he thought he hadn't heard Takagi Wataru's words clearly, so he automatically started searching his mind for words that sounded similar to "Shuushirou Case" (a character from a novel). Ultimately, because he was now a detective, he subconsciously thought of the phrase "go and turn yourself in."

The more he thought about it, the more reasonable his idea seemed compared to that of the so-called "Shuushirou Case."

"So I checked with you again and realized that you've probably been investigating in the wrong direction all along," Jiang Hang explained his reasoning.

Sometimes, when people believe a direction is the right path and invest too much energy in it, they subconsciously ignore other possibilities.

For many years, everyone involved in this case has been searching for the so-called "Shuushirou Case". After nearly twenty years, Shuushirou Case has become a symbol of the case. No one would think too much about this "name" anymore. Even if someone thought that Shuushirou Case might have other meanings, it would be difficult to escape the category of a name.

Furthermore, the police officer in charge of the case passed away, and few new officers came into contact with this old case that had been defined as a cold case. Although Miike Sato had been investigating the case, she was also influenced by the police officers around her since childhood, which led to the lack of new breakthroughs in the case.

"Although I find it hard to accept, if that's really the truth, then the police have probably been investigating in the wrong direction all these years," Takagi Wataru muttered to himself. He then looked at Jiang Hang, as if wondering if Jiang Hang could find out the truth from twenty years ago since he was able to unravel the secret of the Shuushirou Case so quickly.

"To be honest, I don't really have any special ideas, because whether it's turning himself in or Shuushirou Case, it means that Officer Sato must know the criminal," Jiang Hang said, squinting in the passenger seat, trying to recall the events of twenty years ago and reconstruct the situation in his mind.

"However, if we go by my opinion, if Officer Sato was still shouting for the other person to turn themselves in before he died, then that person must have been someone who was quite close to Officer Sato. If they were just ordinary acquaintances and Officer Sato didn't know what kind of person they were, he wouldn't have been shouting for them to turn themselves in at that time."

Natsuki Kosimizu added from the side, "But Officer Sato ultimately trusted the wrong person. That criminal has absolutely no intention of turning himself in; he's probably already left Japan with the money from the bank robbery from back then."

In response, Takagi Wataru added, "That cannot be confirmed yet, because the money that was stolen back then has not appeared on the market until now. Even if the murderer took the money abroad, there should have been some activity after so many years."

"That would basically narrow down the suspects further," Jiang Hang said confidently. "A person who committed a crime was approached by his former friend who wanted to arrest him, but ended up killing his friend in the ensuing argument. And his friend kept urging him to turn himself in until his last breath."

"Although the prisoner never turned himself in, he was tormented by his conscience and refused to use the money."

A normal robber wouldn't tolerate a policeman's dying words of "go turn yourself in" for so many years. Under such circumstances, the only suspects would be those who had close relationships with Masayoshi Sato during his lifetime.

Jiang Hang seemed to have thought of something again, and reminded Takagi Wataru: "Didn't you just say that in two days it will be the anniversary of Miike Sato's father's death? Perhaps that prisoner will come to pay his respects then. I think this might be an opportunity."

"Whether or not to tell Miike Sato about this beforehand is your business."

Jiang Hang offered his opinion: the murderer's identity was already quite obvious to him. If he could meet with Masayoshi Sato's close friend, he could basically pinpoint who the culprit was.

However, since this matter concerns Miike Sato fulfilling someone's wish, and Jiang Hang has no intention of pursuing her, there's no need for him to rush over and make his presence known at this time.

So let's leave this to Takagi Wataru. If he can miss this opportunity with so many clues in front of him, then Takagi Wataru should just give up on being a police officer.

Takagi Wataru naturally knew that he couldn't rely on Jiang Hang's help for everything; he also had to prove his abilities to Miike Sato.

Therefore, he said with a serious expression that after finishing the interrogation of the arsonist today, he would carefully review the case file of the Shuushirou Case to see if he could find any new clues directly from the file.

Without needing to consider the name "Shuushirou Case," and only needing to consider those closely related to Masayoshi Sato, those previously useless clues might now become the most crucial evidence.

Spending two consecutive nights at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department before leaving is practically a necessary step for any great detective.

Although Jiang Hang had a good relationship with Inspector Megure, and it wouldn't matter if the record was done the next day or in another place, Jiang Hang rarely used this privilege in order to ensure the timeliness and accuracy of case information.

In addition, with Mikoto Misumi present last night and Natsuki Kosimizu present today, Jiang Hang felt embarrassed to use his exclusive privilege as a detective and special advisor in front of the two girls.

After finishing the recording, Jiang Hang didn't bother Takagi Wataru was still working overtime, to drive them. Anyway, his car was parked in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's parking lot and wouldn't be stolen. He could just come back and drive it back tomorrow.

As for Natsuki Kosimizu, while waiting for a taxi, she suddenly asked Jiang Hang a question.

"When you were facing that arsonist, did you really not feel nervous at all?"

Jiang Hang shrugged. "I don't have any particular feelings, because I knew from the beginning that the other party couldn't hurt me."

He stretched out his hand to Natsuki Kosimizu: "If I wear special gloves, I can catch even a bullet."

Natsuki Kosimizu didn't really believe in this kind of fantastical thing, but she didn't refute it either.

She doesn't actually dislike people like that.

When she saw Jiang Hang easily subdue the arsonist and then instruct her to put out the fire, she even felt a little bit of excitement.

However, after the case was closed, her rationality regained its dominant position.

"Haven't you ever encountered a case that even you felt helpless about?"

Jiang Hang pondered for a moment.

Since his debut, he has indeed had a smooth journey without encountering any difficulties or setbacks. In the beginning, he relied on the advantages of the plot to quickly pass through the cases, and later, as his basic abilities improved, he was able to solve cases efficiently with his professional knowledge and extraordinary skills.

If we're talking about setbacks, then in the eyes of outsiders, the only one is the case of Yusuke Sakata, which is the only case in which he failed to arrest the perpetrator and allowed him to escape.

This record can remain for a while, since he won't easily sacrifice his reputation unless Jiang Hang takes a liking to someone.

"As it stands, I haven't encountered one yet. After all, there aren't many people who can fake it in front of me," Jiang Hang said meaningfully.

Natsuki Kosimizu's body stiffened slightly, but then she felt that she wasn't pretending, so her plan shouldn't be discovered by Jiang Hang.

But the next moment, Jiang Hang's words sent a chill down her spine.

"Actually, after we met for the first time a few days ago, I went back and did some simple research on you."

"Investigate me?" Natsuki Kosimizu tried her best to keep a calm expression, although she knew that these pretenses would obviously not work in front of Jiang Hang.

Jiang Hang didn't hide anything. "After all, I want to recruit you into my firm to work for me, so it's not strange that I want to know a little about your past beforehand."

Seeing that Natsuki Kosimizu was still trying to maintain her composure, Jiang Hang said something even more hurtful than the weather itself on this late autumn night.

"The Lavender Room Murder Case —is it because of this case that you don't have much of a liking for those so-called 'famous detectives'?"

Upon hearing the words "Lavender Chamber, "Natsuki Kosimizu couldn't help but feel a pang of regret. This was the most regrettable case of her life so far.

Even when she was young, she had already demonstrated her mental agility and was much smarter than most of her peers.

After starting school, her grades were always good. Starting from junior high school, because she was quick-witted, if anything happened in class, her friends would ask her what to do.

Later, by chance, she began to assist the police in solving cases.