Chapter 2811-2823 [Dark Chess]

The man in the suit wiped the sweat from his forehead, his half bald head shining: "My name is Tetsuo Dohashi, and I'm currently in the business of imported groceries. My name is Imoto... I'm the deceased's former boss, and I'm also the matchmaker between him and his wife. I came here today for some business matters."

"I see." Inspector Megure looked at the suspicious guy meaningfully and made a few notes in the notebook.

Then he turned to the last person besides the doorman: "What about you?"

"I just saw someone else in the building when I was going home, so I asked a few more questions. What does this have to do with me?" The mustache man muttered. Seeing that Inspector Megure was still staring at him, he had no choice but to say, "My name is Norio Terasawa. I'm a resident of this building. I live on the 5th floor."

Jiang Xia helped Inspector Megure gather the three people together: "You and the deceased are the only two residents in this building. You should have had some interactions with each other. What is your relationship like?"

"What is the relationship between us?" The mustache man snorted coldly and pointed downstairs. "I used to run a fishing tackle shop, but now my shop has been taken away by that dead guy. Jing Ben is the best at exploiting loopholes in the law. He is a hateful gangster who knows the law. Not only me, but I'm afraid that the others present have also been cheated by him."

He looked at the man in the suit and the woman in the skirt; their eyes flickered and they turned their heads away uncomfortably.

Inspector Megure understood and felt that everything had returned to his familiar territory: "In other words, you two both have a grudge against him?"

“…”

The two looked at each other, and finally, the man in the suit spoke first: "Didn't I just say that I'm Jingben's matchmaker? To be honest, I'm not a very good matchmaker - Mr. Jingben and his wife are getting divorced, and they are arguing fiercely over the property... But now that Mr. Jingben is dead, the division of the property is much simpler. She just needs to take the inheritance directly."

"You?!" Mrs. Imoto didn't expect this guy to speak first, and it turned out that he was not trying to confess himself, but to expose her secrets.

She immediately stood up and slammed the table, saying, "You want to say that I have a motive to kill? Oh, you are right, I do hate him, but don't you hate yourself too? Don't think I don't know that your company is about to go bankrupt, and in order to keep it alive, you have come to my husband to borrow money many times.

"Unfortunately, my husband was so hard-hearted that he completely ignored your kindness in promoting him and rejected you every time. It must have been very hard for him to humble himself to his former subordinate. So you got angry and picked up a flower pot and killed that ungrateful person!"

"You think too much." The man in the suit shook his head like a rattle, "How could I do something illegal like that?"

The woman in the skirt looked at him like this, rolled up her sleeves and walked forward angrily: "You won't break the law, but do you think I will?"

"Hey, stop making noise." Inspector Megure quickly walked between them and blocked the two of them. He asked the security guard on the other side, "Is there a surveillance camera downstairs? Has anyone been to this building today?"

"We had surveillance cameras installed before, but they haven't been used for a long time." The security guard sighed, and then proudly pointed to his head, "But with me as a human surveillance camera, it won't be a big problem! I remember very clearly - except for the deceased Mr. Imoto, only Mrs. Imoto, Mr. Tsuchihashi, and Mr. Terasawa entered and left today."

"Yes." Inspector Megure nodded as expected and looked at the other three people in the room. "You all have grudges against the deceased, and you have all been to this building. It seems that what I thought before was right. The murderer is among you three."

Vermouth: “…” It would be fine if it happened once or twice, but every time it’s always this standard and deliberate 3-choice-1… Doesn’t this slow-witted policeman feel that something is wrong?

...Yes, considering the stupid behavior of these guys on a daily basis, they might not only not find it strange, but have actually adapted to Uzo's rhythm and think that this is the normal way to solve a case.

"It seems that my previous plan was correct." Vermouth sighed silently, "The members of Tokyo are no longer trustworthy. Only Calvados, a guy who has been wandering outside for many years, may have the opportunity to become an unexpected chess piece and make my plan succeed."

A member of the organization pushed his glasses up on his nose and began to plan abducting the fake elementary school student.

Meanwhile, the naive policeman next to them knew nothing about this and was still conscientiously concentrating on solving the case.

Inspector Megure looked at the first person who discovered the body and asked Mrs. Imoto: "Tell me in detail how you discovered the body."

Recalling what happened just now, Mrs. Jingben was still frightened. She fell back to her seat and recalled carefully: "I came to this building at about 5 pm."

"It was 5:05 to be exact." The security guard pulled out a booklet from somewhere and turned to the last page. He said proudly, "I always keep detailed records of the entry and exit of people in this building - I didn't expect to use it today."

Vermouth: “…” You should say you “finally” used it today.

Inspector Megure was quite satisfied with the situation and smiled with relief: "You are really a great help. I will continue asking questions and you can help check."

Then he turned to Mrs. Jingben and said, "Go on."

Mrs. Jingben nodded and glared at the man in the suit: "As early as 10 days ago, I separated from my husband and don't live here normally. Just like what this guy just said, the reason I came here today is to discuss the division of property during the divorce with my husband.

"After I got here, I saw my husband doing Tai Chi on the balcony. He usually pays attention to health preservation and doesn't like to be disturbed when he is doing things, so I didn't say anything, put down my bag and went to the bathroom."

"After I came out of the bathroom, I went to the balcony and saw..." She sighed and covered her face in pain, "I saw my husband lying on the ground, dead."

Inspector Megure: "So your husband died while you were in the bathroom? How long did you stay in the bathroom?"

Mrs. Jingben thought for a moment and said, "It will only take two minutes."

Inspector Megure thought thoughtfully: "In other words, your husband was killed around 5:08 - did you hear any strange noises while you were in the bathroom?"

Mrs. Imoto shook her head.

This was the end of the questioning, but before turning to the next person, Inspector Megure looked at his brother Jiang Xia who was involved in this case.

Jiang Xia noticed his gaze, came back to his senses and asked, "How many pairs of shoes were there in the entrance when you entered the house?"

"The shoes at the entrance?" Mrs. Jingben really didn't notice it, but she also changed into slippers at the entrance before entering the house. After all, it wasn't long after all, so she remembered it after thinking about it carefully, "Oh, I remember, there was only one pair of shoes, my husband's leather shoes."

(End of this chapter)