Repeatedly listening to the recording, Shuichi Akai tried to extract more important relevant information from the conversation.
He mainly focused his attention on the latter half, especially when the other party said that Akemi's behavior outside was different from her behavior at home.
For some reason, his intuition was telling him that there was a problem with this part of the content.
A big problem.
It was as if a stone was stuck in his heart, not affecting his normal life, but very uncomfortable.
Looking at the time, it was already past one o'clock.
Shuichi Akai got out of bed, grabbed his coat, and left the hotel.
He went to Akemi's residence again, wanting to conduct another investigation.
The streets at one o'clock were very deserted.
Apart from the drunkards lying on both sides of the road, there wasn't a single passerby.
In this atmosphere, people would feel a kind of inexplicable fear.
However, Shuichi Akai was used to this kind of atmosphere.
He was walking while still thinking about the content of the recording.
Outside, Akemi behaved very generously, speaking eloquently.
At home, she acted gentle and considerate.
It was a little strange.
Based on Shuichi Akai's understanding of Akemi, she didn't seem like the type to talk eloquently; even if she did speak, it would mostly be meaningless chatter, not something that could be classified as eloquent.
These two completely different behaviors were impossible to reconcile.
It caused Akai Shuichi a great deal of confusion.
He couldn't fathom what kind of mood Akemi was in when she went to chat up Lin Yi.
Chatting up her friend's boyfriend…
No matter how Akai Shuichi looked at it, it didn't seem like something Akemi would do.
Could it be… that it really was like what that kid said, that Akemi wanted to find a scapegoat for herself?
Just as Akai Shuichi was lost in thought, his phone rang.
He took out his phone and saw that it was a private detective providing feedback on the new information he had found.
Akai Shuichi opened the message and found that it was information about Lin Yi.
The information above showed that Lin Yi and Akemi had been drinking together in an izakaya for some time, and they had also gotten into a conflict with two other customers who were drinking.
According to the drinkers nearby, Lin Yi was a ruthless character. When he left the izakaya and returned to get his painting tube, he even smashed the drunks with a bottle.
Seeing this, Akai Shuichi frowned. He didn't expect this high school student named Lin Yi to be so heavy-handed.
Hmm?
Wait a minute.
Akai Shuichi suddenly caught something.
He remembered that the high school student had said that he bought some paintings and wanted Akemi to appreciate them, but Akemi called him to her house.
But here, he had clearly already met with Akemi at the izakaya with the paintings.
It doesn't add up!
It doesn't add up at all!
Akai Shuichi immediately realized that the high school student was not honest and had lied to him! He must be hiding something!
Just as he was thinking this, Akai Shuichi suddenly felt something crawling up his spine, and a chill ran through his body.
He slowly turned his head and saw a figure slowly approaching him in the distance, and his pupils couldn't help but shrink!
He looked at the man with glasses, his throat bobbed, and he subconsciously said, "Lin Yi…"
Lin Yi smiled as he walked towards Akai Shuichi. He said with a smile, "Officer Sera… I didn't expect to meet you here. I just remembered something I forgot to tell you."
Meeting in the middle of the night, Akai Shuichi didn't believe it was a coincidence. It was probably that the other party had been following him.
And he didn't realize it until just now…
Thinking of this, Akai Shuichi smelled a dangerous aura emanating from the other person.
This made Akai Shuichi become extremely cautious, and he subconsciously took two steps back.
He looked warily at the hand the other person had behind his back, his body slightly lowered, and said, "What's the matter?"
"What you owe me, it's time to pay it back."
After saying this, Lin Yi quickly took out a pistol and pulled the trigger at Akai Shuichi.
Upon hearing the other party's words, Akai Shuichi immediately knew it was bad and quickly dived into a nearby alley.
Two "biubiu" sounds were heard.
Obviously, the other party's pistol had a silencer attached.
Akai Shuichi felt a pain in his shoulder, which caused him to stagger as he ran, causing him to fall directly to the ground. Akai Shuichi rolled over, gritted his teeth, pushed himself up, and continued running into the alley, while not forgetting to knock over the debris on the left and right to slow down the other party's pursuit.
Akai Shuichi endured the pain in his shoulder and skillfully weaved through the alleys.
When he first sneaked into Akemi's apartment, he had prepared for an ambush, so he had familiarized himself with the surrounding alleys before sneaking in.
However, what he didn't expect was that the first sneak-in went smoothly, but the second sneak-in encountered trouble.
However, when Akai Shuichi turned to the left, he found that the road was a bit unfamiliar, which made him slow down.
The route he had memorized back then had been more than twenty days ago, and it had long been blurred.
He still remembered the beginning, but the further he went, the more blurred it became.
Listening to the sound of pursuit coming from behind, Akai Shuichi could only grit his teeth and randomly choose a direction to run.
However, his luck was not very good, and he ran directly into a dead end.
"Damn it."
Akai Shuichi cursed. When he wanted to turn around, he heard Lin Yi's footsteps approaching.
He nervously looked around, searching for a hiding place.
There was no need to think about that pile of debris; he would be discovered with a slight inspection.
The drainpipe? It was indeed possible to try to climb up, but his arm was already injured, so he definitely couldn't climb very high and would definitely become the other person's target.
Choosing to climb the drainpipe was not as good as trying to ambush the other person at the corner.
Just as Akai Shuichi was anxiously searching for his hiding place, he suddenly saw the drain outlet leaning against the wall.
He hurriedly went over, picked up the drain cover, then messed up the debris. After he crawled into the drain outlet with half of his body, he used the debris to cover the entrance, and then he went into the drain outlet and put the drain cover back on.
After doing all this, Akai Shuichi did not leave along the sewer, but held his breath, ignored the stench, and waited quietly.
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