Fujiwara Yu and Takenaka Yuto placed Nakayama Maiko's body in an empty room on the first floor. In order to prevent the body from decaying faster, they also turned on the air conditioner and adjusted it to cooling mode.
He asked Yuto Takenaka to gather at the restaurant first, while he stayed next to Maiko Nakayama's body, ready to examine the cause of death.
Although the rain has washed away some traces, as long as a crime is committed there will always be loopholes.
The fatal chest wound was the same as Maekawa Keiryo's; both were killed instantly by an arrow piercing their hearts. However, unlike Maekawa Keiryo, Nakayama Maiko had numerous defensive wounds... These were scars from her fierce struggle with the killer, and they became more apparent after her death.
Fujiwara Yu recalled the messy bedroom and vaguely sensed something was wrong. Even if the bedroom had very good sound insulation, it wouldn't have been turned upside down like that. Could it be that Yamaguchi Jun, who lived in the next room, didn't notice anything at all?
Just as he stood up and prepared to go back to the restaurant, he suddenly noticed something wrong: Nakayama Maiko's fingernails were surprisingly clean. If his memory served him right, he remembered that her fingernails were red, probably because she had a manicure.
Why did the murderer remove Maiko Nakayama's nail polish? Was he scratched by her nails?
It seems that I have to pay special attention to whether there are any scratches on their bodies.
When Fujiwara Yu returned to the restaurant, he found Sugino Takashi still lying on the table with a dejected look on his face. His trembling shoulders showed that he was still sobbing softly. He probably couldn't accept the death of his fiancée for a while.
As for the others, having witnessed the deaths of their two companions, their emotions could not be very high, and they were also worried that the murderer would choose to kill everyone.
Fujiwara Yuu's gaze swept across everyone's bodies. After noticing any scratches on the exposed skin, he slowly spoke:
"Qian Hai, go make everyone some coffee. I'm going to interrogate everyone one-on-one. Please cooperate."
"Yeah, okay."
"Then please follow me, Mr. Asano. Is it okay for me to use your room as an interrogation room?"
"No problem, it's my honor to help."
After the two of them entered the bedroom and closed the door, Asano Kensaku looked at Takashi Sosuke with a worried look on his face. He knew that it might not be nice for him to say these words now, but the salary he had not yet received was very important to him, so he had to bite the bullet and speak:
"Um, Officer Takashi, now that Mr. Maekawa is dead, is there any way I can get the remaining money?"
"Do you still think Mr. Maekawa is your employer?"
"Huh? Isn't it?" Asano Kensaku widened his eyes in surprise and asked in confusion.
Fujiwara Yu first called Asano Kensaku because he wanted to clarify the connection between Maekawa Keiryo and the real inviter. Thinking of the fake death prank, he asked:
"I want to know how you cooperated with Maekawa to pull off the fake death prank. Did he come directly to you?"
"No." Asano Kensaku shook his head. He stood up and took out an envelope from the desk drawer. He explained, "I received a letter from Mr. Maekawa that was slipped under the crack of my bedroom door. He asked me to keep my identity secret and not to interact with him to avoid being discovered."
Just by letter?
Fujiwara Yu opened the letter and read the contents. It was indeed consistent with what Asano Kensaku had said, and the signature was also Keiryo Maekawa. However, this letter was very strange. It was printed out, not handwritten.
Then can we make a bold guess that Keiichiro Maekawa also received the same letter, which also requested confidentiality, and the signature was not anyone else, but Kensaku Asano who was fooled by the real inviter?
Both parties mistakenly believed that the other party was the real inviter, so they would naturally obey everything arranged by the other party... The murderer's methods were really clever.
And now that Keisuke Maekawa is dead, there is no evidence to prove his wrongdoing. As long as Kensaku Asano makes the letter public, everyone will think that the inviter is Keisuke Maekawa. If unreliable police are to handle this case, they will think of it as a random murder. They are really cunning.
Fujiwara Yu's eyes fell on the long-sleeved shirt worn by Asano Kensaku. Although he did not include Asano in the list of suspects, out of caution he chose to let him lift up the long sleeves and carefully check if there were any scratches on his arms.
After confirming that there were no scratches on Kensaku Asano's body, he felt that there was no need to continue chatting. Kensaku Asano had no connection with these people and was just a worker used by the murderer.
He raised his eyes to look at Asano Kensaku, who had a somewhat silly expression, and smiled:
"Mr. Asano, please call Mr. Yamaguchi in for me. Also... please keep our conversation confidential."
"Okay, I will definitely cooperate with you, officer~" Asano Kensaku realized that the murderer should be the real inviter. Thinking of this, he didn't dare to take the remaining salary. He decided to find a way to leave this damn place and find two reliable part-time jobs.
Within two minutes, Jun Yamaguchi walked in from outside, still reeking of alcohol and holding a can of beer in his hand. Obviously, this guy did not drink the coffee brewed by Akemi Miyano, but chose to use alcohol to empty his brain.
He obviously couldn't hold his liquor very well, perhaps because he hadn't sobered up yet. He looked at Takagi Sosuke with a dazed look in his eyes and said with a smile:
"Officer Ying Si, why did you ask me to come here? I have nothing to do with those guys~"
"Really? Just because they're colleagues doesn't count?" Fujiwara Yu looked at Yamaguchi Jun helplessly. He wasn't good at dealing with drunks, so he patiently asked, "During the time that Nakayama Maiko was dead, didn't you hear any strange noises coming from their room?"
"Ha! I couldn't hear anything even if I wanted to. I fell asleep in a daze as soon as I returned to the room. If you hadn't knocked on the door and come in, I would probably still be sleeping soundly now!" Jun Yamaguchi took a sip of beer and said happily.
Fell asleep? Another sleeping pill?
No, if I fell asleep the moment I entered the room, could it be that hypnotic gas was released in the room in advance?
Fujiwara Yuu's gaze fell on Yamaguchi Jun's arm. The sleeveless T-shirt he was wearing made it easier for him to observe. However, there were no scratches on his body, so it seemed he could be ruled out as a suspect for now... Furthermore, he had always believed that the more likely suspects were the two classmates. Whether this man in front of him knew Sazuki Saegusa, the victim from ten years prior, was still a question.
Fujiwara Yuu couldn't help but frown. It seemed that Yamaguchi Jun couldn't get any useful information from him. The murderer deliberately let him sleep so that he could commit the crime in the room. He looked at the burping Yamaguchi Jun with disdain, dispelled the foul air, and said:
"Okay, you can go out now. By the way, please call Ms. Uchida in for me."
"Hey, no problem!"
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