The good news brought by Usho Tsuda was indeed good. From his visit and investigation, he learned that the eldest sister Chiho Yamazaki had a more cheerful personality and was more mature than her two younger sisters. She would interact with neighbors and would even visit them on certain holidays.
Because the neighbors all knew that their parents had passed away in an accident ten years ago, they often lent a helping hand as neighbors, and over time the relationship between the neighbors became very harmonious.
And we can learn a very important piece of news from the neighbors, that is, Chiho Yamazaki, as the eldest sister in the family, especially dotes on her two younger sisters. She has played the role of a parent since her parents passed away. After graduating from high school, she did not choose to go to Waseda University. She directly gave up the opportunity to go to university and chose to enter the society, just to earn tuition for her two younger sisters.
She couldn't support three people's studies by working part-time, but she could support two people's studies by working multiple part-time jobs.
When Fujiwara Yu heard this, he couldn't help but recall the body of Yamazaki Chiho. She was obviously more than 1.7 meters tall, but weighed only more than 90 kilograms. It can be seen that she had developed the "habit" of giving all the good things to her two younger sisters. When choosing a room, she even took the initiative to live in the smallest guest bedroom.
"As for the bad news, there are no suspicious people on the entire street. The three sisters have very simple social relationships, and no one has any enemies with them." Tsuda Usho shrugged his shoulders. He had asked for all the information he could.
As Takagi Wataru digested the information he had just received, he couldn't help but ask:
"So do they have romantic partners? I mean, Chiho Yamazaki."
"It's impossible for Yamazaki Chiho to fall in love. Her time is completely filled with three different part-time jobs. She only stays at home for three meals a day, showering and sleeping. How can she have time for love?" Tsuda Usho directly rejected this possibility. He felt a little sorry for Yamazaki Chiho when he said this. A girl who is younger than him really devoted her whole life to her two younger sisters, and in the end she encountered such a thing. It's really pitiful.
However, after saying this, Tsuda Usho suddenly thought of something and exclaimed:
"No, Yamazaki Chiho is indeed not in a relationship, but her sisters all have partners. Earlier, a neighbor came to the house to deliver something and heard the two sisters excitedly talking about their boyfriends! Inspector, we can follow up on this line!"
Fujiwara Yuu's expression became a little strange. He was not excited by this information.
"You mean... Kurusu Amagi and Hayami Junji?"
"Huh?" Tsuda Usho wondered how Takashi knew the name since he hadn't said it yet.
Takagi Wataru picked up the round badge of Suten Castle in his left hand and the round badge of Hayami Junji in his right hand, and said with a wry smile:
"Well, actually, their boyfriends are all non-existent game characters, so they can't do anything about it."
Tsuda Usho looked at the two badges and didn't know what to say for a moment. He had never thought that someone's boyfriend would be a character in the game. This would be beyond the scope of the exam.
After seeing Tsuda Usho's expression, Fujiwara Yu knew that this person also didn't understand some of the professional terms of the two-dimensional world. The feeling of being an "old antique" was refreshing, as he was not the only one.
He squatted down and continued to observe the water stains that looked like mucus. After following the water stains all the way down, he finally found a strange object behind the stairs.
A small turtle the size of a fist, judging by its condition, was already dead.
And the time of death may be consistent with that of the Yamazaki family.
"Little bee!"
Hearing Yonehara Sakurako's sudden cry, Tsuda Usho, who had been stung by a bee as a child, hid behind Takagi Wataru. He poked his head out and asked cautiously:
"Where are the bees?"
"Ah, no, the turtle's name is Little Bee, and it's Miss Yamazaki Chiho's pet." Sakurako Yonehara realized that the nickname she blurted out caused the police to misunderstand her, so she hurriedly explained.
Hearing that there were no bees, Tsuda Usho quickly walked out from behind Takagi Wataru and coughed twice to ease his embarrassment.
Takagi Shigeru laughed secretly with his back turned. He didn't expect that the tall and strong Tsuda would be afraid of bees.
Fujiwara Yu stared at the little turtle seriously for a while. He thought that the mucus left on the stairs was produced by it. Was there a possibility that Yamazaki Aki's death was an accident?
Realizing this possibility, he immediately checked the soles of Yamazaki Aki's feet, and sure enough, there was a small amount of mucus on them. This also proved that she had stepped on the little turtle at the time, causing her to lose balance and fall down the stairs.
This also explains why she landed on the back of her head.
But the death of Aki Yamazaki was an accident, so what was the truth behind the deaths of the other two victims?
Fujiwara Yu had a vague guess, but he wasn't quite sure. If it was true as he thought, the reason for the murder was too absurd, and what Yamazaki Chiho had done for her sisters... was it too unworthy.
To confirm his guess, he stood up, picked up the photo frame on the corner table, took out the photo of Yamazaki Aki, and handed it to Takagi Wataru:
"Takagi, take Yamazaki Aki's photo with you and go to the nearby pharmacy to ask her if she has any blood pressure medication. As a stay-at-home girl, she probably won't go too far."
"Hey? It's Yamazaki Aki, not Yamazaki Ancai?" Takagi Shigeru blinked in confusion, but he didn't ask any more questions. He took the photo and hurried to a nearby pharmacy.
Although Tsuda Usho wasn't at the scene, it wasn't hard to tell from Takashi Sosuke's words that the inspector suspected Yamazaki Aki of being the murderer. But this was a family massacre, so wait... what did the inspector mean?
Fujiwara Yuu did think that Yamazaki Aki was the murderer, but he didn't want that to be the truth of the case. He pinched the bridge of his nose with a headache, and as if thinking of something, he turned his head to look at Yonehara Sakurako and asked:
"Ms. Yonehara, may I ask if you heard any arguments between the three sisters while you were cleaning here?"
"Yes." Yonehara Sakurako nodded. She recalled, "Two weeks ago, during lunch, I was cleaning the living room. The soundproofing in this house isn't very good, and I heard Yamazaki Aki and Yamazaki Chiho arguing from the stairs. It seemed like Ms. Aki hadn't been attending school at all, and had been using her tuition money to buy her favorite game character merchandise."
Fujiwara Yuu thought back to the shock he'd felt upon entering Yamazaki Aki's room. It was completely surrounded by character accessories, a far more exaggerated sight than Yamazaki Yasu's room. He roughly guessed what the two were arguing about and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Did Ms. Chiho say at that time that she didn't want to give her living expenses?"
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