Chapter 25 Chapter 25 At first you said she rejected you...
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"Left evidence against me? Then please tell me, detective, because I am also very curious about what the evidence against me is." Kazama Mari looked very calm, as if she had never thought that the other party would say such a thing, as if she really did nothing.
"Well, the Metropolitan Police Department received a report that the evidence was stained with the victim's blood," Kamonohashi said. "Also, that evidence smelled of low-quality perfume. Even more coincidentally, the Metropolitan Police Department tracked down the vendor who sold the perfume."
"Oh, so what then?" Kazama Mari asked with her arms folded, not looking panicked at all.
"The other party said that he had seen you before, and that you had bought perfume from him around the time of the deceased's death. It was this kind of perfume with a pungent and inferior smell."
Kazama Jasmine shook her head. "What a shame! That person must have lied. I didn't buy any perfume."
"But, you didn't know the deceased at all, Ms. Kazama?" Isshiki Totsumaru said, "Police investigations with residents revealed that you and the victim were roommates for quite some time."
"Yes, I'm very grateful to her. After all, she was the one who took me home when I was homeless." Kazama Mari continued, "But unfortunately, although I was very nice to her, she was actually quite cold to me. I'm not the kind of woman who would ask for trouble. After she rejected me, wasn't it natural for me to look for a new house on my own...?"
Isshiki Totomaru: "Ah... this..."
He was about to say something when he was pulled aside by Kamonohashi Ron, "Dudu, I kind of want to drink black honey."
"At a time like this?!"
"After all, the twenty bottles of black honey puree in reserve have been completely consumed."
"Why do you have so much in reserve? No, the problem is that you can actually drink all of it!" Although Isshiki Totumaru complained like this, he still pulled Kamohashi Ron away and soon asked in a low voice: "So..."
"I'm sure you've all noticed the flaws in Ms. Kazama's testimony," Kamonohashi said. "After all, it's even more obvious than the black honey in the convenience store."
"That's true, but what kind of a lame metaphor is that..."
"I think she probably had no idea that she had submitted a manuscript to a certain emotional anchor, and that the anchor had even read it out during the live broadcast."
"Lun, are you saying that Miss Kazama has a dual personality? She submitted an article to you with one personality, and now another personality appears..."
"You better try a little harder, Dudu," said Kamohashi Ron. "This kind of reasoning will probably get you called an idiot by Blue's strict teachers."
"Is it that outrageous?!"
"I can only say that the possibility cannot be ruled out, but the probability is basically zero."
"That's the same as ruling out the possibility!"
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Since this possibility was ruled out, it was basically because Miss Kazama had no idea that anyone had submitted a manuscript to the journal. Meanwhile, Kamonohashi Lun was pondering another question: "It's strange, there's blood on that manuscript. The Metropolitan Police Department should have verified it, right?"
"Well...it's actually the victim's blood." Isshiki Todumaru said, "The police's initial guess is that the murderer made a mistake and the blood stains were on the letter."
"The murderer's mistake?" Kamohashi Ron looked at Kazama Marie in the distance, who seemed completely unconcerned about these things. "Hmm... In your opinion, if the murderer was really Miss Kazama, would she make such an outrageous mistake? Even the ordinary testimony just now, her answers were almost flawless, right?"
"But the latter part of her testimony doesn't match the emotional manuscript she gave you..." Isshiki Dudumaru said, "Could it be that she said that on purpose to exonerate herself?"
"I don't think so." Kamohashi Ron said, "Maybe she really thinks so."
“Is that so…?”
"But she's too meticulous and focuses on physical evidence. Without conclusive evidence to arrest her, she simply won't accept that line of reasoning... Besides, if there's no conclusive evidence, she'll get away with it even if we send it to the police. She's a detective after all." Kamohashi Ron suddenly looked somewhat relaxed as he said, "Although it's true that you can't find any traces of something you didn't do, on the other hand, if you can't find any traces of something you did do, wouldn't that be a big problem?"
"Ah...what did you do?"
"Weren't there any fingerprints found on the computer or keyboard?" Kamonohashi Ron reminded him. "But according to that communications expert who sells low-quality perfume, the victim ordered his perfume online three days ago. Assuming it was really purchased by the victim and has nothing to do with the murderer, why would they wipe off the fingerprints?"
"Lun, you mean..."
"Sometimes, contradictions in language are the path to enlightenment." Kamohashi Ron lifted his hair, revealing his beautiful blue eyes. "You should understand, Toto."
...I totally don't understand.
The only thing that is clear is that Lun seems to have understood what is going on in this case.
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"Look, officer, if you're sure I'm alright, can I go now?" Nora Makoto said. "After all, the police investigation is pretty slow. I don't have any clear alibi, but I was definitely at home at the time... There's a kyudo dojo near my house, and those people were practicing kyudo at the time you mentioned... So, can that be considered an alibi?"
"I want to ask too. It will probably take some time for the police to come up with the results of their investigation anyway," said Mari Kazama.
"Mr. Nora can leave now. I hope we don't meet again next time." Isshiki Totomaru said, "As for Ms. Kazama... I'm sorry, you have to stay."
"Why?"
"Because after the police investigation, it is highly likely that the murderer was a woman. Moreover, Ms. Kazama, you were once this person's roommate, and you have sufficient motive for murder, which is enough for the police to suspect you."
"That's just a suspicion, right? What about physical evidence? I'm afraid there isn't any," said Kazama Jasmine. "After all, only things that have happened will leave evidence. Witnesses can lie, but physical evidence won't."
"Ms. Kazama, I'm a little concerned about something." Kamohashi Ron suddenly spoke up, "Why are you so sure that the Metropolitan Police Department has no physical evidence against you in this case?"
"Because if you didn't do it, you didn't do it. There won't be any evidence left, right?"
"Yes, assuming you really didn't do it and you don't have any enemies," Kamonohashi said. "But if someone wanted to frame you, they would leave physical evidence. You spoke as if you were sure no one would frame you."
"After all, I don't have any enemies, so it's normal that I don't think others would frame me." said Kazama Mari.
"It doesn't necessarily mean he's an enemy. It's possible the real murderer wants to frame you. Or, are you trying to argue that the traces of you found on the important evidence aren't a frame-up by the real murderer? In that case, wouldn't that make you the real murderer?"
"Any trace of me?"
"The perfume you purchased online three days ago had similar ingredients found on the deceased at the scene."
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"Oh, I thought it was something else. Didn't I tell you that I didn't buy any perfume?" Kazama Jasmine continued, crossing her arms. "The police probably don't have any proof that I bought any perfume. After all, I never did."
"So you haven't used that computer either?" Kamohashi Ron continued to ask.
"Of course. And why would I use that computer if I had nothing to do? It's my roommate's, the victim's, computer, and he set up a rather troublesome password there. Even if I wanted to buy or use something, I could just use my own computer..."
"If that's the case, why are your fingerprints left on it?" Kamohashi Ron continued to ask.
"That's impossible!" Kazama Jasmine panicked for a moment, then regained her composure. "My roommate is a very clean person. She wipes the keyboard, screen, and mouse of that computer carefully every day. There's no way any fingerprints would be left there."
What a flawless statement... Isshiki Todomaru looked at Kamonohashi Ron. If that's the case, is Ron really okay?
"Then, Ms. Kazama, could you please tell me when she usually wipes her computer?" Kamohashi Ron said, "You're not telling me that she wipes it after every use, are you? It's a pity, but if she did... the wear on the keyboard wouldn't be that severe."
"Every, I just wipe it once every morning."
"About what time." Kamohashi Ron said.
"That's the time she woke up in the morning... Any questions?" Kazama Marie said, "My roommate was murdered right after she got up and cleaned her computer. Isn't that very likely?"
"I'm very sorry, Ms. Kazama," Kamohashi said. "If you claim that you didn't buy the perfume... then it means your roommate bought it, which means she used the computer before her death, but there are no fingerprints of hers on the computer."
"So what..."
"It was the victim's own computer. Are you going to argue that she wiped off her fingerprints after buying the perfume? What's the point?" Kamohashi continued. "I can only think of the murderer wiping off fingerprints on the computer to cover up theirs. But then a new question arises - the murderer simply killed someone. Did she do anything to the computer that would warrant wiping off her fingerprints?"
"Buy perfume to cover up the pungent smell of the corpse and the smell of blood." Isshiki Todumaru added appropriately, "Miss Kazama, do you mean to say that your roommate committed suicide..."
"It's normal for her to commit suicide after being rejected!" Kazama Mari couldn't help but retort, and at this time she saw the slightly raised corners of Kamohashi Ron's mouth, and suddenly understood something... She seemed to have said the wrong thing.
"At first, you told us that she rejected your confession, Miss Kazama."
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