If he was simply asked for money, then the motive for murder might not be strong enough.
But what if you are being plotted against and then humiliated by the other party?
It is only too normal that this kind of humiliation and desperate pressure would make a person instantly consumed by anger and lead him to kill.
If after this, Yuichi Minamida had been waiting in the office for Katsugorō Kitamura to return to the office and then ambushed and killed him, that would be completely logical.
but...
That’s right, there must be a “but” at this point. After all, if there wasn’t this “but”, the case would have been solved long ago, and there wouldn’t be all this hustle and bustle for them now.
After Miwako Sato questioned Minami Yuichi about this matter, she did not expect that the other party would first admit that Katsugoro Kitamura had indeed returned to the office after dealing with the factory machine failure.
This takes about half an hour.
However, according to him, he simply resumed negotiations with Kitamura Katsugorō after that.
He kept begging him until around six in the evening, when Kitamura Katsugoro finally lost his patience and kicked him out.
When the police asked who could prove this, the other party shook his head calmly and said that no one could prove it.
This means that everything is just his one-sided statement.
The situation is now at a stalemate again.
Although the evidence of the situation is complete and factors such as time and motive can be used to identify Minamida Yuichi as the suspect, there is no physical evidence that can be conclusive.
Such a stalemate is naturally not allowed by the Metropolitan Police Department. After all, the other party has not been formally arrested yet, but can only be regarded as voluntarily cooperating with the investigation. After all, all they have now are circumstantial evidence.
Therefore, if no evidence can be found to apply for an arrest warrant within this period of time, then Yuichi Minami must be released.
Letting a major suspect go is something they absolutely will not allow.
However, with the investigation of the forensic department, an autopsy report actually helped to prove Minami Yuichi's innocence, which is why Takagi returned here again today.
Regarding this point, Takagi had already discussed this key problem with Tang Ze when they were in the car.
The problem lies in the height difference between the victims, Kitamura Katsugoro and Minamida Yuichi.
The victim, Katsugorō Kitamura, was 166 cm tall.
Yuichi Minami's height is 186 cm.
In other words, Yuichi Minamida was twenty centimeters taller than the victim Katsugorō Kitamura.
And here lies the key problem.
Generally speaking, if a tall person wants to use a weapon such as a dagger to assassinate someone shorter than him, the angle of the knife should generally be from top to bottom.
On the contrary, if a shorter person tries to stab someone taller than him, the angle of the knife will be from top to bottom.
However, after examining the body, the forensic department discovered that the angle of the knife wound that pierced the victim Katsugorō Kitamura's chest was from bottom to top!
The emergence of this situation immediately reversed the situation, which meant that all their previous conclusions were overturned in an instant.
It is impossible for Yuichi Minamida, who is taller than the victim Katsugorō Kitamura, to have committed this crime.
In addition, the forensic personnel estimated the murderer's height by comparing the angles of the wounds and found that the criminal's height should be around 110 cm.
He is only 110 cm tall. If he is not a primary school student, he must be some special person suffering from dwarfism.
Of course, both of these are unlikely, after all, there was no such person around the deceased Kitamura Katsugoro.
The contradiction between the evidence and the reasoning naturally gave the criminals a headache.
However, Takagi had solved many difficult cases with Karasawa and learned a lot, so he quickly put forward various possibilities.
First of all, if there are high and low places, and the deceased is standing on a high place, and Kitamura Katsugorō kills the deceased from below, it is still entirely possible to complete this method.
This speculation is good, but the reality is somewhat cruel.
Because the crime scene was a bungalow, there were no high or low points such as stairs. At the same time, after inspection, there were signs that Kitamura Katsugorō's body had been moved.
Of course, excluding this possibility, it is also possible that Yuichi Minamida took advantage of Kitamura Katsugorō's inattention, squatted down and attacked the opponent, thus creating a wound from bottom to top.
This is also possible and does not require geographical advantages.
However, this was ultimately rejected as well.
Because the wounds on the deceased's body indicated that Kitamura Katsugorō was stabbed in the heart, which made it unlikely that he was assassinated by a sneak attack.
And don't forget that Yuichi Minami's right foot is injured and fixed with plaster. With his limited mobility, the failure rate of his frontal attack on the opponent is too high.
Regarding the foot injury, they also found the Beika Hospital where Minami Yuichi was treated and confirmed with his attending physician that his right foot was indeed injured.
In addition, the deceased Kitamura Katsugorō also studied judo and had a high level, and even won the tenth championship in a certain competition.
His skills also ensured that he would not be easily threatened by Minami Yuichi and forced to obey Minami Yuichi's orders and go to a higher place.
Although Kitamura Katsugorō is much shorter than him, he is much stronger than Minamida Yuichi in terms of physique.
They proposed various ideas, which were eventually eliminated. In the end, Takagi and others discovered that the information about the "height difference" found on the corpse turned out to be favorable information for the suspect.
In fact, after listening to Takagi's description of the case in the car, he had basically determined that the criminal was Yuichi Minami.
After all, there wasn't even a situation where one had to choose from three, and the suspect was directly identified. What else is there to say?
Not only that, there is also such an obvious "trick" to escape punishment, it's just as if the four big words "I am a criminal" are written on his face.
But just like the difficulties faced by Takagi and others, sometimes knowing something doesn't mean you can do it.
The other party is confident in his tricks, so Tang Ze has to find a way to break his tactics.
Thinking of this, Tang Ze looked around the crime scene, then looked at Gao Mu and said, "By the way, Detective Gao Mu, do you have any photos of the scene? I want to see what the body looked like at the scene."
"Oh, I have them here." As a dedicated man, Takagi nodded after hearing what Tang Ze said, and then took out three photos from the inside pocket of his suit.
Two of these three photos are personal ID photos of Katsugorō Kitamura and Yuichi Minami, which were obviously brought by Takagi for questioning.
The third photo is the crime scene photo.
However, when Tang Ze took the photo and saw Kitamura Katsugorō's body, his eyes couldn't help but freeze.
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