Ke Xue: Shinichi and I are childhood friends.

Chapter 1236: A Cell Phone

Metropolitan Police Department.

People walked quickly in the corridor from time to time, and the working atmosphere was very tense.

Takagi Wataru was walking forward hurriedly, holding a few freshly printed documents.

He suddenly noticed that Sato Miwako was walking towards him.

She was holding a slightly yellowed envelope in her hand, with a thoughtful expression on her face.

Takagi Wataru stopped and raised his hand to greet him: "Officer Sato, are you holding any important documents?"

Sato Miwako paused, glanced at Takagi Wataru, then looked down at the envelope in her hand. Then she raised her head and said to Takagi Wataru in a serious tone, "This is in Officer Date's locker."

After hearing this, Takagi Wataru's eyes widened in surprise. "Officer Date's locker? It's been a year, and the things in it are still there?"

He couldn't help but feel surprised when he recalled the death of Officer Ida.

Sato Miwako nodded and explained, "To be precise, there was an envelope inside the package sent to Officer Date. There was a note on the envelope asking us to hand the contents over to a police officer in Nagano Prefecture."

“This envelope has remained unattended since Officer Ida died in a traffic accident a year ago.

What’s worse is that the writing on the envelope cover is blurred by water.”

Gao Mushi frowned slightly and asked in confusion: "Can you still recognize the sender's name on the envelope? If we can see who sent it, maybe we can find him and ask him who the envelope is supposed to be given to?"

Sato Miwako sighed helplessly, shrugged, and said, "There's no signature on the envelope at all. There's just a simple circle drawn in the lower left corner on the back of the envelope."

As she said this, she turned the envelope over and showed the symbol to Takagi Wataru.

Takagi Wataru leaned in closer and took a closer look, and sure enough, as she said, there was only a circle drawn on the back of the envelope.

Takagi Shigeru sighed with emotion: "I didn't expect that something like this would be left in the locker for a year without anyone taking care of it..."

Sato Miwako simply sighed lightly, a hint of helplessness in her eyes. "That's right, because no one wants to touch these personal belongings left behind. In fact, many of the things in there are no longer useful and can be thrown away directly, such as the group photos from the police academy days."

Takagi Wataru finally understood and nodded: "These photos are full of memories."

He understood very well that Ida Hang was his former boss and had taken good care of him.

Those photos carry so many memories of the past that I really can't bear to throw them away.

But he vaguely felt that Sato Miwako didn't seem to have much affection for those photos from her time in the police academy.

I couldn't help but ask tentatively: "Officer Sato, didn't you have any good memories during your time at the police academy?"

Upon hearing this, Sato Miwako tilted her head and glanced at him, her eyes drooping as she spoke, "Needless to say? Officer Date and his ilk, who were a year ahead of us, were incredibly mischievous back in the academy and caused a lot of trouble. As a result, our class was supervised much more harshly, and we suffered terribly."

"Don't even mention good memories, they're more like nightmares!"

She became more and more excited as she spoke, and then suddenly thought of something and said sarcastically, "Come to think of it, Matsuda is from the same class as Officer Date."

When Takagi Wataru heard this, he remembered other people's comments about Matsuda Jinpei, and he could imagine how bad that class was.

But he suddenly thought of something, so he asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Speaking of which, Officer Sato, why do you call Senior Date "Officer", but Officer Matsuda just calls him "Matsuda"? "

Sato Miwako snorted, "Because I became a police officer earlier than Matsuda. In this respect, I am her senior!"

Takagi Wataru suddenly realized.

The two of them chatted and unknowingly arrived at the door of the reception room.

After pushing the door open, I found Zhu Fu Gaoming already sitting there waiting.

Sato Miwako stepped forward and handed the envelope in her hand to Morobushi Takaaki: "This is the envelope we talked about on the phone before. Is your name written on it?"

Although I have seen photos, I have only just received the real thing.

Zhu Fu Gaoming took the envelope, checked it carefully, and finally nodded: "Yes, it's my name."

After hearing this, Sato Miwako finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she wasn't mistaken, she said, "Then please check what's inside."

Zhu Fu Gaoming remained calm as usual, nodded slightly, and then slowly opened the envelope.

Then he pulled out a cell phone.

What is surprising is that there is a noticeable small hole in the center of the phone body, which penetrates the entire body.

Zhu Fu Gaoming's eyes suddenly became sharp.

With his keen observation skills gained from long-term experience in handling cases, he could tell at a glance that the small hole was a bullet hole left by a bullet that pierced the phone.

He turned the phone over and saw a black mark on the other side of the bullet hole, which was undoubtedly blood.

And below the bullet hole, there is an H that was deliberately carved out.

Zhu Fu Gaoming's eyes flashed with a complicated look, and he muttered to himself in a trance: "I remember there was a saying that goes like this: life is mortal, and life is short."

"Huh?" Sato Miwako and Takagi Wataru were a little confused when they heard him suddenly say such profound words.

Zhu Fu Gaoming exhaled softly, quickly composed himself, and explained, "This is what a famous military strategist from ancient times said. It says that everyone will eventually die, and no matter how long or short their life is, they cannot escape this fate."

His tone was calm and composed, yet a subtle sadness lingered deep within. "This is actually my brother's phone. He once told me he'd resigned from the police force. Now it seems he was secretly dispatched by the Ministry of Public Security to carry out an undercover mission, but unfortunately died in the line of duty."

The bullet hole on the phone is where the bullet penetrated it, and the black stain is the blood that flowed at that time."

He silently called his brother's name in his heart: "Is that so, Jingguang..."

Miwako Sato and Wataru Takagi looked at each other in surprise. They didn't expect that this phone had such a history.

Miwako Sato opened her mouth, wanting to say something comforting.

However, surprisingly, Zhufu Gaoming behaved calmer than the two had imagined.

He solemnly put away the phone, said thank you, and left the Metropolitan Police Department accompanied by Takagi Shigeru.

On the way to the station, Zhu Fu Gaoming seemed extremely calm on the surface, but in fact his mind was already full of thoughts, and countless memories with his brother flooded into his mind like a tide.

Among them, one scene particularly emerged in his mind clearly.

At that time, his younger brother ran up to him excitedly and said, "Brother Gao Ming, I made a new friend in Tokyo! His name is Ling!"

Standing next to his younger brother Jingguang was a little boy with golden hair and wheat-colored skin.

Zhu Fu Gaoming involuntarily took out the envelope and turned it over.

There was a haphazardly drawn circle on the back of the envelope.

Zhu Fu Gaoming showed a thoughtful expression.

This circle is not a very standard circle, it is more like a slightly elongated oval.

This symbol is the number 0, right?

is it him?