Rest 14

Rest 14

"I'm sorry, Hiroki," Fang Shusuke apologized to the child on the other end of the phone, "The commissioned detective is only available these few days," his words were full of adult sadness, "but we have already made some progress in the investigation, and if everything goes well, we should be able to get a result tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"Let's meet again then."

It turns out that flags cannot be set up randomly. As it was already late and Mrs. Komatsu was still busy with funeral affairs, the group agreed to continue the investigation the next day.

Then, the male owner of the Komatsu family, Komatsu Masao, who had been on a business trip, finally returned home. It was still early in the morning when he arrived home, and this day was also the day the detectives had agreed to meet.

He called an ambulance and a police car, saying that his wife, lying in bed, had no breathing or pulse.

Professionals who arrived at the scene later determined that Mrs. Komatsu had been dead for at least eight hours, which was from 11:00 last night to one or two in the morning, when the children were basically asleep.

The cause of death was a severe blow to the head. Forensic personnel detected luminol reaction and impact marks near the stairs on the first floor. It was speculated that there was an argument with the criminals on the second floor, and he was pushed down the stairs and hit the floor heavily, causing craniocerebral trauma. Therefore, it seemed that there was not much bleeding and he almost died on the spot.

Hattori Heiji and the others agreed to meet at eight o'clock.

Detectives arrived at the scene along with a police car.

"How could it be..." Toyama Kazuha covered her mouth in shock. It was still Officer Megure who received them. Thanks to the good foundation laid by Kudo Shinichi, even Hattori Heiji, a not-so-familiar high school detective, was able to join the search. The three children in the family were still being questioned, so they were placed in the living room with Komatsu Masao for a simple inquiry. "Mrs. Komatsu was fine the day before yesterday..."

"I also want to know what happened..." This was the first time the detectives met Komatsu Masao. The gray suit he wore looked a little wrinkled. It was said that he had been on a plane all night. His round-framed glasses covered his tired eyes, and his hair was already showing signs of thinning. "Why...Mideko and mom..." Rather than sadness, his face was more confused, as if he hadn't reacted yet. "What on earth happened in this family?"

Officer Megure gave the family member a sympathetic look - he had a solid alibi. Komatsu Masao was out of town during the time when Ms. Chizhi and Mrs. Komatsu died. "I'm sorry, I need to ask you some questions to solve the case," the fat officer cleared his throat twice, giving the dazed man some time to come back to his senses, and then asked slowly, "Can you tell me again what happened when you found the body?"

"I came home around seven o'clock," Komatsu Masao responded mechanically, his voice sounding like a wandering soul, "I kept my voice down because I thought the children might not be awake yet. Miyoko should have been in the kitchen making breakfast at this time, but I didn't see her there. I thought she was too tired recently because of her mother's affairs, so I planned to go back to her room to see if she was there..."

"The lights were off in the room. I saw her lying there covered with a blanket. I thought she was still asleep, but the sun was about to set and it was time for her to go to the tutoring class, so I tried to wake her up, but I found out..."

Komatsu Masao suddenly covered his face with his hands, and fear was revealed through his fingers. That was the instinct of humans when they saw the death of their own kind. "She's dead."

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