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"So that means Grandma Wenjiang was watching TV before she went out?"
Although she didn't know why Aragaki Yu asked the question, Ueto Aya confirmed it, "I think that's how it is, because the newspaper was turned to the page with the TV program."
"You've only drunk half of your tea, haven't you?"
Aragaki Yu remembered that Ueto Aya had mentioned this on the way.
"Ah."
Upon hearing this, Yuu Aragaki lowered his head and thought for a moment before speculating, "That means Grandma Koda probably suddenly remembered something while watching TV, which is why she went out. And it must have been something very important, which is why she didn't even close the door. Do you know which channel she was watching?"
Aya Ueto immediately replied, "I know, because I happened to glance at the TV while I was waiting for my grandma. It was Hijiri TV."
"Nikko TV?"
When Ai Haibara saw Yuu Aragaki looking at her, she immediately understood what he meant. After giving Yuu an annoyed look, Ai Haibara also took out her phone and started searching for the program schedule of Nichiuri TV. "Oh, I found it. At that time, Nichiuri TV is broadcasting the casebook of high school detective Yuki."
"Wow, it really is!" Aya Ueto bent down and leaned close to Ai Haibara, looking at her phone screen in surprise. "I didn't even know it was being replayed!"
"Speaking of which, I remember that drama was also filmed in Beika Town, right?" Yuu Aragaki recalled the plot of the High School Girl Detective Koyuki's Case Files and quickly thought of a place that might be related to this incident.
“Hmm!” Aya Ueto thought for a moment and quickly named a few places, “such as Beika Station, Beika Park, and the Shunichi Setara Memorial Hall, etc.”
"The Junichi Seto Memorial Hall?"
Ai Haibara didn't know anything about the show because she hadn't watched it.
However, she was still a little surprised when she heard Aya Ueto mention the filming location. "The Junichi Shitagara Memorial Hall, isn't that the house of that musician who passed away about ten years ago, and the place that his pianist wife turned into a memorial hall?"
"I think it must be that old villa."
Aya Ueto was already aware of this during filming.
Then, Aya Ueto immediately remembered something else. Although she didn't know if it would help the investigation, she still said it, "I remember the female lead I played was knocked unconscious by the criminals in that place and then locked in the basement of that mansion."
Chapter 705 Aya Ueto and Grandma Fumie
"So, could it be that the old lady is confusing the TV show with reality?"
As Ai Haibara spoke, she looked away as if she remembered something, "Like Alzheimer's disease or something like that."
"But Grandma is usually in very good health, and she won't forget even the smallest things."
Upon hearing Ai Haibara's words, Aya Ueto was initially flustered, but immediately denied the possibility.
"No matter what, let's go check out the location of that villa first. I think Grandma Wenjiang's disappearance must be related to that TV series in some way."
Although he also felt that Ai Haibara's speculation was unlikely, Yuu Aragaki decided that everyone should go and see for themselves first.
"it is good!"
……
Twenty minutes later, the three of them took a taxi to the vicinity of the Le Junyi Memorial Hall.
Subsequently, Aragaki Yu and others learned from the person in charge of the memorial hall that they had indeed seen Grandma Koda Fumie come to this place not long ago.
However, Grandma Wenjiang had already left about ten minutes earlier.
However, contrary to Ai Haibara's expectations, Grandma Fumie did not rush to find the basement of the house. Instead, she looked at the second-floor window for a long time, and then, after obtaining permission from the person in charge, went to the second-floor room to take a look.
"It doesn't look like they're here to rescue people."
Although they misunderstood Grandma Wenjiang's motives for coming here, the three of them had at least found a clue.
“Since Grandma left just ten minutes ago, she might still be around here. Do you know which way she went?” Aya Ueto asked the person in charge.
"To the other side."
The person in charge thought for a moment and pointed to the gate of the courtyard.
"Then I'll go look for it first!"
Before she could say anything more, a worried Aya Ueto took off running in the direction the person in charge had indicated.
How did she look when she left?
Instead of leaving immediately, Aragaki Yu continued to ask the person in charge about the situation at the time.
The person in charge vividly remembers this incident because their attention was focused on the strange visitor at the time. "She had an expression as if she had seen something unbelievable. Although I called out to her, she didn't respond and I just left."
"I see." Aragaki Yu nodded.
Meanwhile, Ai Haibara, who was originally preparing to chase after Aya Ueto, gave up the idea of following Akihiro Ueto to find the old lady after seeing Yu Aragaki's thoughtful expression, and chose to continue to stay by Yu Aragaki's side.
"Thank you, but could you please let us go and take a look at the room that old lady visited?"
The person in charge had no objection to Aragaki Yu's request.
This is a large room, and judging from the layout of the piano and other furniture, this is the music room of the mansion.
Looking out from the windows around the room, one is surrounded by a lush forest, giving one a sense of tranquility and peace.
However, when Aragaki Yu looked in the direction the old lady had left, he noticed that in the distance of the forest, he could vaguely see the old ward building of Beika Hospital.
"Mihana Hospital?"
At this moment, Aragaki Yu suddenly recalled the matter of Ayako, the daughter of Fumie's grandmother, that Ueto Aya had just mentioned, and his brows furrowed slightly.
"What's wrong? Did you find something?" Ai Haibara, who had been keeping an eye on Yuu Aragaki, naturally noticed the change in his expression.
“I think I probably already know where Grandma Wenjiang went.”
Yuu Aragaki glanced at Ai Haibara, but a sudden sense of foreboding made him even more worried.
"Let's go, I think we need to pick up the pace!"
Without waiting for Ai Haibara's reply, Yu Aragaki hurriedly rushed out of the room.
"Xiao Cai, over here!"
After running a few steps, Aragaki Yu and Haibara Ai reunited with Ueto Aya, who was searching for Grandma Fumie in the woods.
"Hey, I, I said... what, what exactly is going on?" Ai Haibara asked breathlessly as she ran, finally managing to catch up with Yu Aragaki.
Aya Ueto also looked at Yuu Aragaki with a puzzled expression, wondering what he had discovered.
"Go this way!"
On the fork in the path through the woods, Aragaki Yu slowed his pace slightly to get his bearings, and then took a moment to explain to Haibara Ai, "The hospital where Grandma Fumie's daughter was hospitalized back then was probably Beika Hospital. I think hearing Mozart's music coming from the Sherato House from the second-floor ward was her daughter's only solace back then!"
No sooner had these words been spoken than the little tengu and the snow woman, who had been sent by Aragaki Yu to search for Grandma Fumie near the old inpatient building of Beika Hospital, flew back.
Meanwhile, Yuu Aragaki subtly changed direction and, led by the little tengu and the snow woman, ran towards where Grandma Fumie was.
"The Shitara Residence, which I saw from the second floor of the hospital room, appeared in a TV drama starring Aya, and was seen by Grandma Fumie. She was shocked and extremely restless, so she rushed out of her house and headed towards Beika Town."
After confirming Grandma Wenjiang's location, Aragaki Yu also confirmed his own speculation.
"Then, she saw the old ward building of Beika Hospital from the window of the Shiraku Residence. She must have been in disbelief at what she was seeing, after all, the building from forty years ago had been preserved intact."
"After leaving the Shele residence, Grandma Wenjiang went to the hospital. Then, the unforgettable pain of losing her daughter suddenly overwhelmed her. She still believed that her daughter's death was her fault, and she was probably..."
"Wait a minute!" Before Aragaki Yu could finish speaking, Ueto Aya, who had already guessed the rest of his words, exclaimed incredulously, "You mean Grandma Fumie might not understand..."
“That’s right!” Aragaki Yu nodded, looking at the outline of the old ward building of Beika Hospital that could be seen in the distance. “Xiao Cai, now you are the only one who can save Grandma Wenjiang!”
……
"grandmother!"
Just as Aya Ueto had predicted, by the lake in front of the old ward building of Beika Hospital, she found Grandma Fumie, who was already forcing her to walk into the lake.
"what?!"
Upon hearing that familiar voice, Grandma Wenjiang opened her eyes in disbelief and slowly turned around to look.
"Ling...zi..."
In an instant, Aya Ueto and Ayako's figures overlapped in Grandma Fumie's eyes.
"Grandma...Mommy, even though I've only lived for seventeen years, I'm so happy to be your daughter!"
Recalling Aya Ueto's instructions, she didn't hesitate to play Ayako's role, running towards Grandma Fumie with a smile and leaning into her arms.
"Ayako..."
Chapter 706 The Older, the More Demonic
"I didn't expect that you could deduce so much just by going to the second floor of Shirafu and seeing the old inpatient building of Mika Hospital."
After comforting Grandma Fumie Koda, Aya Ueto finally breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Yuu Aragaki and Ai Haibara, who had been hiding in the corner, walking towards her, she quickly helped Grandma Fumie to greet them.
Yuu Aragaki led Ai Haibara to stand in front of Aya Ueto. After nodding to Grandma Fumie, he smiled and replied, "It's alright. I just substituted the reasoning formula into the decryption equation!"
Upon hearing Aragaki Yu's reply, which borrowed a line from her own drama, Ueto Aya was taken aback at first. After exchanging a glance with Aragaki Yu, she finally couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle softly.
Seeing the unusually harmonious scene between the two, Ai Haibara didn't think anything of it. However, Fumie Koda, who had never met Yu Aragaki and knew nothing about his identity, immediately misunderstood the relationship between the two.
She couldn't help but scrutinize the handsome young man in front of her, a hint of suspicion flashing in her eyes at first, then immediately turning into a mixture of relief and gossip, "Xiao Cai, this young man, could he be your boyfriend?"
Aya Ueto: "Huh!?"
Ai Haibara: "!!!"