Chapter 10 The Smell of the Dead
Got twenty points.
Hinata found that Matsuda Jinpei was very interesting. His curly hair and sunglasses gave others a not-so-good first impression. However, after getting along with him for a while, he could quickly determine that this guy was definitely very good.
After all, not everyone would patiently repeat three times to strangers, wildly hinting not to be poked, and there are very few such people even among police officers.
After receiving the expected reply, Matsuda Jinpei lowered his head and pressed the phone, his hand speed was so fast that it almost left an afterimage. He finished pressing the phone and said relaxedly: "Okay, let me tell Hagi that you woke up."
‘Hagi’? In the previous memory fragment, Curly Hair called ‘Hagihara’.
After putting away the phone, Matsuda put his chin on his hand and asked doubtfully: "By the way, did anyone come to see you just now?"
Um?
Hinata followed his gaze rationally and looked at the fresh bouquet on the bedside table.
He was also confused for a moment, "Didn't you put it there?"
I don’t know what kind of flowers the bouquet is, but they are so delicate and beautiful that they are fresh at first glance. They were just delivered and there is a small sign hanging underneath.
"No, but I really should give you a bunch... Let me see the cards?" Matsuda Jinpei said thoughtfully. After receiving permission, he walked closer, took the cards and took a look.
"Wish you good luck, Kudo?"
Hearing the signature at the end, Hinata knew who sent the flowers.
He explained: "It should be Mr. Kudo Yusaku. I encountered them solving crimes before when I was in school."
But having said that, Hinata was still a little surprised that Kudo actually sent flowers.
In fact, they didn't have any interactions at all, right? They just met briefly that night. At that time, Hinata only communicated with Kudo Shinichi.
"I see." Matsuda Jinpei glanced at him and found that his face was still as calm as ever, not even as emotional as when he frowned and bit the spoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Kudo are quite famous. Basically every high school student has liked them to some extent. Even if they don't like them, they will inevitably get excited when they meet celebrities.
But now is not the time to explore this.
Matsuda Jinpei looked at the bottle, confirmed that there wasn't much left, then took out a new bottle and replaced it.
He said easily: "The bottle just now is glucose, and this bottle contains hypnotic drugs. I guess it won't be long before you fall asleep."
"I'm going out to buy something. Is there anything you want me to bring for you?"
Does that mean he will come back?
Hinata raised her head reasonably, looked at the curly-haired man, and then expressed her question: "Will you come back?"
Shouldn't you go to work? Even if you take leave, under normal circumstances you should go home and take a rest, or go out to play with friends.
He actually continues to come to the hospital and takes care of someone he doesn't even know.
Very strange.
"You feel a little underage, okay?" Matsuda Jinpei saw the subtext, twisted the key ring in his hand, and replied lazily, "I was the one who rescued you after all, so I have to take some responsibility."
"I will remember to buy you some candies. Protests are useless."
As he spoke, he stepped out of the door, the keys still flying randomly in his hand.
When he was about to reach the door, Matsuda Jinpei paused again, turned around, thought seriously for a moment, and said seriously: "It's like picking up a cat, you have to be responsible..."
"Ah, I finally remembered why you look so familiar. You are really a cat. Your eyes look like those of a cat. You are also a cat with black fur and green eyes. That kind of cat is super hard to catch and likes to scratch people."
Hinata is reasonable: "..."
If you really want to say it, the fluffy and curly hair is obviously more like a cat.
He sighed.
Matsuda Jinpei waved his hand and closed the door coolly.
A few seconds later, he opened the door more gracefully, and the other party suddenly said: "Let me confirm, you don't know what that lady wants to do. She drank sleeping pills without knowing it, instead of accompanying her family on the road, right?
?”
Does this question still need to be confirmed?
Hinata looked at him reasonably for a few seconds and found that his face was not pretending to be serious, but that he was asking seriously, so he was silent for a moment and replied helplessly: "Yes, I don't know."
*
After walking downstairs quickly, Matsuda Jinpei glanced at the hall and easily found where his friend was.
——I was chatting happily with the nurse at the front desk, and both of them were laughing.
He: "..." I had expected it, tsk.
He walked over quickly and patted Hagiwara Kenji on the shoulder.
Hagiwara Kenji had just finished saying goodbye to the nurse, and turned around with a smile, "What happened up there?"
Not long ago, Hagiwara Kenji had just finished his meal, arrived at the hospital, and wanted to go to the ward when he received a message from Matsuda Jinpei.
[Wait for me downstairs, don't come up.]
If he was critically ill or something like that, he wouldn't be talking like this. Then it was probably an accident.
They went to the convenience store together, and Matsuda Jinpei said as they walked: "The child has woken up, but I feel a little suspicious."
"...I suspect that he may not know anything..."
Hagihara Kenji glanced at him subconsciously.
He continued: "When I told the child, he only showed a little expression when I told him that his mother was not rescued in time. His expression at other times was just like when I handed him a lunch box, and he calmly took it and said thank you.
It’s the same time.”
For a minor who had just been rescued, it was too strange, especially when he learned that his mother had passed away, his reaction was very cold, and he almost said, "Oh, what does that have to do with me?"
It made it look like the child was just passing by instead of being rescued in a hurry.
"In that case, I just came over from Hinata's house and actually inquired about something." Hagiwara Kenji was also lost in thought, "Neighbors said that more than ten years ago, Hinata's house suddenly had a large number of people.
Give birth to a child."
"It is said that she was weak before and was recuperating in other places. She was not taken home until she got better. However, some neighbors said that they never saw Mrs. Hinata pregnant with a child."
Also, at that time, Mrs. Hinata had just gotten married, and she never had any relatives or friends come to her house. She never went out to socialize. She most likely eloped and married Mr. Hinata, as the neighbors said.
Some neighbors also heard gunshots coming from Hinata's house several times. People in black clothes hurriedly came in and out and moved away a large rectangular object wrapped in a black plastic bag, which looked a bit like a human.
object.
Before Hagiwara Kenji left, a neighbor hesitated and said one more thing.
She once saw Mrs. Hinata shut the child in the closet and lock it, but then Mrs. Hinata closed the curtains and she could not see inside.
There are all kinds of things, they are all said by neighbors, but the authenticity is not sure.
Hagiwara Kenji said it in pieces, then he paused and laughed again, "But if Jinpei-chan feels that the child knows something, I actually just learned a clue."
"I found a shopping bag in the grass near Hinata's house. It contained alcohol bandages and wound medicine, as well as a few sandwiches and candies. Looking at the receipt time, I bought it last night. The child also bought ice cream at that time.
.”
"People who decide to leave shouldn't buy these things, right?"
This is quite...
But Matsuda Jinpei still insisted on one thing, "His eyes are definitely those that have seen death."
It felt like I had seen a loved one die with my own eyes, or maybe I had died myself, but it was not like I was saved from the brink of death this time.
But before this time, because he had been rescued from near death, the child had a very obvious smell compared to normal people.
Chapter completed!