Chapter 536: The Psychologist Doesn’t Want to Be Whipped Again

Tadokoro Toshiya was stunned and quickly retorted:

"I volunteered to write for you. I wasn't coerced by the teacher like you and your wife were. Besides, the teacher is my benefactor. My sister has had serious kidney problems since she was a child. Her parents wanted to let her fend for herself. It was Teacher Torakura who paid for her treatment, so she was able to survive..."

Next to him, Toru Amuro crossed his arms, watching the blame-shifting game, wondering who the murderer was.

At this moment, his cell phone suddenly vibrated.

The roads were blocked due to snow, but the signal was not completely blocked, so emails could still be sent.

Toru Amuro took two steps to the side and checked his phone.

——Because the road was blocked, the public security subordinates were unable to come to Mr. Fūya at this time and could only wait outside.

Having a devilish boss, they didn't dare to slack off just because their boss was away. Since they had nothing to do anyway, they simply checked all the information they could.

Then suddenly there was an incredible discovery.

The email reads:

[In "Dracula's Villa", there is a person who is actually related to Jiang Xia.]

Seeing this, Amuro Toru snorted inwardly. It was more than just one person - besides himself, there were also Suzuki Sonoko and Suzuki Ayako whom he met on the road, and Torakura Etsuko whom he met in the villa, and even the detective neighbor Gunda Ikumi who was accidentally invited by Torakura Daisuke...

At least half of the people in this villa are related to Jiang Xia.

I originally thought that my subordinates were just using the known information to pretend that they were working seriously.

But looking down, Toru Amuro's eyes gradually became solemn - this time, his subordinates did not perfunctorily respond, but had already incorporated Torakura Etsuko's intelligence into their minds and limited the investigators to the permanent residents of "Dracula Villa" -

[Tadokoro Toshihiko, a student of Torakura Daisuke, has a younger sister named Tadokoro Kaori. Five years ago, Tadokoro Kaori began to receive treatment at Yakushino Hospital in Tokyo, with the attending doctor named Nino Yasu. According to the medical records, Tadokoro Kaori's condition is not complicated. As long as the treatment is appropriate and there is sufficient financial support, she can recover in one to two years.

[However, six months after receiving treatment, when Daisuke Torakura went to Tokyo for a book signing event, he came into contact with Dr. Nino. After that, Kaori Tadokoro's treatment plan changed and became extremely conservative.

[The final result was that a year ago, Kaori Tadokoro passed away. Half a month later, her attending physician, Nino Yasushi, died of "suicide" - until a while ago, when Fudo Kyosuke was arrested, he confessed that Nino Yasushi was killed by him and then disguised as suicide.]

Toru Amuro read through it quickly, his eyes fixed on a few very familiar words, unable to move away.

...Yakushino Hospital.

...Kyosuke Futo.

Ever since Jiang Xia tried to sneak into his office to work, Toru Amuro has conducted a lot of investigations for safety reasons.

When he saw these words, he instantly understood the connection between Kaori Tadokoro and Jiang Xia.

——A year ago, Jiang Xia was hospitalized in this hospital when he witnessed his parents being crushed into pieces by a car accident and attempted suicide. And later, his attending physician, Fudo Kyosuke, was the murderer who killed Tadokoro Kaori's attending physician.

A while ago, Kyosuke Fudo was arrested - he shot and killed a policeman in the street, and then when he was fleeing the scene, he was caught on the spot by Jiang Xia who happened to pass by.

...From the information in the attachment, Kaori Tadokoro seems to be a gentle and lovely girl.

After her death, her attending physician, Torakura Daisuke, also died unexpectedly... If she had met Jiang Xia by chance while wandering around the hospital during her lifetime, and the two had formed some kind of bond that was difficult for outsiders to detect, then Jiang Xia's motive would be sufficient...

Speaking of which, why hasn’t Jiang Xia solved the case today?

Judging from the current situation, the editors-in-chief are Toshiya Tadokoro, Shuichi Hamura, and Doi.

Among these three suspects, the most suspicious one is Toshiya Tadokoro.

——In order to treat Kaori Tadokoro, he gave up the opportunity to make a name for himself and came to work as a shadow writer for Daisuke Torakura. He even took on the housework of the Torakura family and lived like a servant.

Now, it has been a year since Kaori Tadokoro passed away. It is hard to imagine that a brother like Toshiya Tadokoro did not notice the abnormality.

But when explaining the motive just now, Tansho Shunya did not mention this point, and only said that Torakura Daisuke was a benefactor. In this way, he concealed the possible motive for murder.

...There was no explosion or car accident today that would cause Jiang Xia to fall into PTSD where he couldn't think.

Although Jiang Xia occasionally got distracted, it seemed to be just a normal distraction late at night, the kind that would return to normal if pushed.

With such normal thinking, Jiang Xia has been dragging his feet until now and hasn't spoken. Is it because he really can't find all the clues, or... he doesn't actually want to find the real murderer?

If it is the latter, then the reason why Jiang Xia doesn't want to find out the real murderer is that he simply can't bear to expose his sick friend's brother, or is it that he actually planned this matter himself?

Thinking of this, Amuro Toru's eyes became slightly serious.

...The only consolation is that I kept an eye on Jiang Xia the whole day today, so at least Jiang Xia himself definitely didn't have the time to commit the crime.

…

Maybe he had just been infected by the melodramatic stories of forced marriage.

After reading the email sent by his subordinates, Toru Amuro's mind flashed through a series of scenes in an instant.

He thought of the small courtyard of the inpatient department of Yakushino Hospital, which had a beautiful view and was very suitable as the background for a romantic story; he thought of the two young people who met in the falling leaves - one wanted to live, but her physical condition made it difficult for her to survive, and the other had nothing wrong with her body, but wanted to die... Even if it was placed in a story, this seemed to be a sad encounter.

After that, there was Kaori Tadokoro, whose face was covered with a white cloth, and the two "murderers" who indirectly caused her death and are now in hell, dying miserably...

There is also Fudo Kyosuke - he was Jiang Xia's attending physician for a while. When psychologists comfort patients, they are inevitably influenced by the patients, so the probability of psychological problems in this group is not low... If Jiang Xia is really the "Uzo" in the organization, then this series of coincidences that make people unable to think it is a coincidence, can it really be a coincidence...

Toru Amuro was troubled by his own thoughts and began to rub the dice in his pocket again.

After a minute, he slowly sorted out his thoughts, put away his phone, and returned to the crowd who were blaming each other.

Then he asked Jiang Xia in a low voice as if nothing had happened, trying to fish for clues: "Still can't find any clues related to the murderer? I don't have any ideas either... The criminal this time is really cunning."

Jiang Xia turned around and looked at him, a little surprised.

Then, like a top student explaining a problem to a poor student, he whispered, "The murderer should be Mr. Tansho."

"……?"

This is not quite the same as the script that Toru Amuro had in mind.

He was stunned: "...You know the murderer, why don't you solve the case?"

Jiang Xia was also startled: "Didn't you ask me to be more restrained..."

"?" Amuro Toru was puzzled, "When did I...?!"

……etc.

He actually said this.

(End of this chapter)