Stay away from Conan.

"So, wise detective, about what happened 20 years ago, do you need to know the follow-up now?"

When it was close to noon, apart from still feeling a little weak, Takato's body was basically unaffected, and he saw Mitarai Zongxu who came to visit him.

Faced with such a frank question from the other party, Gao Yuan didn't say much, and just nodded.

Immediately, Mitarai Zongxu took out a file and put it in front of Gao Yuan——

"Last night, when talking about what happened after Xiaocai ran away from home, I mentioned an incident that happened in Muroran Port 20 years ago, right? And the turning point of the matter was also at that time..."

Seeming helpless, Mitarai Zongxu explained:

"At that time, we found out that Xiaocai had applied for a visa to go abroad, and was going to take a passenger ship to the United States at Muroran Port. So, after getting the news, before the passenger ship sailed, I made arrangements with my brother. I want to drive to Muroran to find Xiaocai's whereabouts. However, no one thought that at that time, a huge typhoon hit Muroran, but my car broke down halfway, and I couldn't make it in time. to Muroran Port."

Speaking of this, Mitarai Zongxu paused for a moment, then sighed:

"Originally, because of the typhoon, it was impossible for the passenger ship to go to sea at that time anyway, so when I was stranded on the road, I didn't feel much urgency about the vehicle breaking down. Xiao Cai's itinerary will definitely be postponed because of this typhoon. Therefore, when I can't get in touch with the outside world, I can only be trapped in the car and do nothing.

"It wasn't until the next day, after the impact of the typhoon subsided, that I finally met other passers-by, and then I took their car and arrived in the urban area. Then I contacted my brother, and then , It was at that time that I learned that there was an explosion in Muroran Port last night..."

And when he heard this, Gao Yuan had already opened the file that was handed over by Mitarai Zongxu, and saw that it was all kinds of clippings from newspapers, about Muroran 20 years ago. The news of the Hong Kong bombing tragedy——

"On the night of the typhoon, there was a sudden explosion in the waiting hall of Muroran Port... It is reported that after the police arrived at the scene, it was confirmed that dozens of people were killed at the scene, and their identities have yet to be determined..."

"Currently, the police have blocked the port of Muroran Port..."

"The cause of the explosion has not yet been ascertained, and the police have not announced the details of the explosion..."

According to the sequence, Gao Yuan roughly read the content of these news, only to see the above news, at the beginning, it was still reporting the death of people in the explosion in the waiting hall, but later, after the police intervened more and more deeply, it reported On the contrary, less and less information came out. Basically, details such as the identity of the deceased and the cause of the explosion were not disclosed in the subsequent reports within a few days of the incident.

Instead, it took about four or five days to see the list of missing persons announced by the police on the news.

Among them, the name "Mitarai Sai" is impressively listed.

Of course, under Gao Yuan's deliberate search, names like "Nagase Ringo" or "Hanada Xiaozhi" never appeared in this list.

In this regard, when Mitarai Zongxu saw that Gao Yuan had climbed to that list, Mitarai Zongxu continued:

"That's right, because the incident involved too much, the media's coverage of the incident was restricted, so the specific details of the incident were not disclosed in the newspaper..."

Reluctantly, Mitarai Zongxu closed his eyes, as if recalling that time, when he saw the list of missing persons, the dignified atmosphere inside Mitarai's house was still fresh in his memory——

"As you can see, although the cause of the incident was not reported in detail on the news, in fact, after the police questioned those passengers who had to check in to a nearby hotel because of the typhoon's delay , I still figured out that the people who stayed in the waiting hall of Muroran Port that night were also passengers who were also stranded in the port because of the typhoon."

Mitarai Zongxu continued to explain:

"Because the weather forecast misjudged the timing of the typhoon's landfall at that time, all the passengers on the passenger ship at that time thought that the passenger ship could leave the port on time, thus avoiding the typhoon. Because of this, all passengers arrived indoors at that time. Lan port, but encountered a typhoon unexpectedly, so everyone had to stay near the port. As a result, the hotel rooms near the port were quickly filled with people. As a result, those passengers who did not stay in the hotel, We can only stay in the waiting hall of the port..."

Silently listening to Mitarai Zongxu's narration, Gao Yuan understood that this was the incident about the "tragedy 20 years ago" that he had heard from Nakagawa Moemi through his wise and enlightened police——

However, what I know are the details of the events that happened in the ship hall at that time...

"That is to say, among the passengers staying at the hotel at that time, there was no check-in record of Ms. Cai, so Ms. Cai, who was sure to board the ship and go abroad, was identified as one of the victims of the explosion in the waiting hall?"

As it was analyzed through Mitarai Zongxu and the news in his hand, Gao Yuan actually already understood what was going on and asked Mitarai Zongxu.

"Probably so."

Nodding his head, Mitarai Zongxu responded, then his expression changed, and he said solemnly:

"However, we didn't know the more specific situation until after the police came to the door——

"It turns out that according to the police's detailed investigation, all the passengers who died in the waiting hall, including the staff of the waiting hall, had been killed with sharp weapons long before the explosion, and what's more, they were cut off Killed by limbs, the murderer's method can be described as extremely vicious!"

--"really……"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan nodded silently in his heart——

This really fits with what I know.

So, Gao Yuan started to ask thoughtfully:
"The police came to the door? Is it because something was found at the scene? Or is it a routine questioning of the family members based on the list of missing persons?"

"Both."

Nodding his head, Mitarai Zongxu responded:
"At that time, the police found a pair of severed limbs of a young woman at the scene, and searched the scene but could not find where the body was... and according to the list of missing persons, it is likely that the limbs were... ...belongs to Xiaocai..."

——At that time, the young woman whose limbs were cut off, according to what I knew, should be the "Louis" 20 years ago, whose stage name was "Nagase Ringo" and whose real name was "Hanada Xiaozhi" , the actress who is pregnant with the illegitimate daughter of Mr. Nishikawa Taijo...

After her limbs were cut off, she was rescued by "Countar" Asami Taro who rushed to the scene later, but the severed limbs...

Because of the calculation of the gender and age of the body, did the police link it with Mitarai Sai on the missing list?
"Back then, 'DNA' testing was not as common as it is now. Because of the inspection of severed limbs, gender, age, and even blood type can all be matched, so at that time, we really thought that Xiaocai was buried in that tragedy It's..."

While Gao Yuan was thinking, Mitarai Zongxu said helplessly...