After listening to Kōyū's explanation, Takagi nodded and asked, "You mean, he once appeared in front of you disguised as a staff member?"
Kōyū looked up and asked, "Well, Officer Takagi, do you remember what Mr. Sonoda did when he first arrived here?"
"When Mr. Sonoda first came here..."
As a police officer, Takagi possessed considerable observation and memory skills. In no time, he recalled the scene, his eyes widened, and he tapped his palm, saying, "Mr. Sonoda's first reaction upon arriving here was to check his watch."
"Yes, this is very unusual."
When a man learned that his wife had died, the first thing he did upon arriving at the scene was not to check on her condition, but to glance at his watch.
So, he has to time his visit to see his deceased wife precisely, and then he has to go back to his own business once the time is up?
This is so suspicious that even if Guangyou thought about it, he couldn't come up with a good reason to explain it.
"If he was really posing as a staff member, then this can be explained."
Kōyū pinched his chin, looked at Sonoda Satoshi who still had a stern face, and said in a voice that only Takagi could hear, "He deliberately timed his arrival to make us think that he really dropped what he was doing and rushed over immediately."
"Yes, that's true."
At that moment, Takagi suddenly thought of a question and asked Kōyū, "If that's the case, the staff at the haunted house should have seen him, right?"
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