Sugino Takashi, who was sitting in front of Takashi Sosuke, still maintained his gentlemanly demeanor. He leaned back in his chair and, instead of answering directly, took the initiative and asked:
"Officer Takashi, do you mind if your girlfriend has an ex-boyfriend? You can't guarantee that a person will only have one relationship in their lifetime... Maiko and I are very much in love, and I don't care who she dated before."
In the past, Sugino Takashi always gave people the impression of a polite young man, but now the Sugino Takashi sitting in front of him gave people a sense of strangeness, as if his previous appearance was all a disguise, and this rather aggressive appearance was his true face.
Fujiwara Yuu raised an eyebrow, finding the other party's question quite interesting, but he chose not to answer. He knew very well that the interrogation process should not allow the interrogated party to control the rhythm, so he pretended not to hear and continued to ask:
"So you know about it. Can I ask you about the case of Saegusa Saetsuki? As the victim's childhood sweetheart, you should know her very well, right?"
The change in topic made Sugino Takashi adjust his posture. He maintained his previous style, carefully considering his answers before answering. His answers were similar to Uchida Ami's, consisting of nothing more than compliments that offered no value to the case.
He deliberately portrayed his relationship with Saegusa Saegusa as just ordinary childhood sweethearts, as if he was hiding something important. It seemed that these people all intended to hide the little secrets in their hearts.
Fujiwara Yuu didn't mind digging into the suspect's secrets. He folded his hands, his eyes gleaming, and said bluntly:
"Mr. Sugino, as your childhood friend... were you aware that Miss Saegusa had a crush on a boy before she died?"
As soon as these words came out, Sugino Takashi quickly placed his hands on the table on his knees, staring at the table and shaking his head.
Fujiwara Yu narrowed his eyes. He realized that the other party wanted to hide his emotional fluctuations, but this hiding method was really a bit low-level and would easily attract his attention.
It seems that Sugino Takashi knows that Saegusa Saegusa has a crush on Maekawa Keiryo. The relationship between these childhood sweethearts is much closer than Sugino Takashi described.
So...did Sugino Takashi have feelings for Saegusa Saegusa at that time? This is unknown.
Fujiwara Yuu didn't rush to ask the next question. He deliberately slowed down the pace of the interrogation to give Sugino Takashi time to think. After his shoulders visibly relaxed, he asked:
"Mr. Sugino, why did you lie?"
"Lie? What did I lie about?"
"According to your previous testimony, Miss Nakayama was the first to fall asleep after consuming the red wine laced with sleeping pills, and you were the one who grappled with the murderer. However, when I examined Miss Nakayama's body, I discovered numerous wounds on her body that could only have been caused by resistance, indicating that she had put up a fierce fight against the murderer."
Sugino Takashi was slightly startled, his hands clenched into fists on his knees. He suddenly jumped up from his seat, pounded his hands hard on the table, and said with a sad and angry expression:
"Are you trying to say I'm lying and that I'm a murderer?! Are you kidding me? Why would I kill my own fiancée? Maiko and I are getting married next month!!"
"Then could you explain the contradiction, Mr. Sugino? You have to know that corpses cannot lie. Only living people can lie." Fujiwara Yu looked straight at Sugino Takashi. The other party's angry and embarrassed look was exactly what he wanted to achieve. Only by making calm people become uncalm could he find a breakthrough.
Sugino Takashi closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He sat back in his chair, as if he hadn't been the one who had been furious the previous second. He raised his hand to tug at his tie, lowered his head and replied:
"I'm sorry, I was rude just now. I just can't accept that Officer Ying Si treats me as a murderer."
Fujiwara Yuu played with the ballpoint pen in his hand, a faint smile on his lips as he said:
"I don't regard you as a murderer. I just want to know what happened at that time."
"Well, Officer Takashi, you have a lover too, so you'll definitely understand me." Sugino Takashi's eyes were sincere as he recalled what happened that night. He said with a downcast expression, "I drank quite a bit of wine at the time, and I passed out before I could even fight the murderer. Maiko drank less than I did, so she probably woke up after the murderer took her away. I'm not lying."
"How do you explain the bloodstains on the carpet? Wasn't that left by Miss Nakayama when she was fighting with the murderer?" Fujiwara Yu put down the ballpoint pen in his hand and asked coldly.
Upon hearing this, Sugino Takashi quickly took off his jacket and rolled up his shirt sleeves. His forearm was wrapped in a bandage, which was also oozing with blood. He explained as he removed the bandage:
"It was only when I was looking for Maiko that I noticed a slight pain in my forearm. It turned out I had been cut by a knife or something. So I think the bloodstains on the carpet were mine. I think I got the injury when I was fighting with the murderer."
Fujiwara Yu's face changed involuntarily. He didn't expect that Sugino Takashi had already noticed the flaw in his words. So his previous emotional fluctuations were all acting. He was waiting for him to bring up this matter on his own initiative so as to show this wound and break all the previous contradictions.
Haha, I was really tricked by this guy. It seems that Sugino Takashi had already realized that I would suspect him.
I had wanted to check if he had any scars on his body, but now the scratches from his fingernails must have been torn apart by his knife. If I want to get any useful information, I have to ask the scientific research institute to intervene... But now I can't even call the police, let alone ask the scientific research institute to investigate.
Fujiwara Yuu clicked his back teeth, looked at Sugino Takashi who was obviously relaxed in front of him, and said unhappily:
"Mr. Sugino, it would be safer to disinfect the wound thoroughly. I have no other questions for now. You can let Mr. Takenaka in."
"Okay." Sugino Takashi stood up and said hypocritically, "Officer Takashi, you must catch the murderer who killed Maiko and Maekawa."
Fujiwara Yuu slowly stood up, looked directly into the other person's eyes, and spoke word by word:
"I will definitely catch him even without Mr. Sugino's reminder."
The moment the door closed, the smile on Fujiwara Yu's face disappeared. It seemed that he had to start from other places. Without finding evidence, there was no way to convict Sugino Takashi.
Is it possible to use emotional appeals to get Sugino Takashi to confess? That would be too difficult.
Oh, that's so annoying.
The door was pushed open again, and Takenaka Yuto walked in with little expression on his face. He sat calmly in his seat, but the words he spoke surprised Fujiwara Yuu.
"Officer Ying Si, I know who the murderer is, and I also guess why the murderer killed them."
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