Chapter 1906-1914 [Jiang Xia is the murderer] Ask for monthly votesヽ(〃〃)~
Sato Miwako didn't know why Fuwa Narumi suddenly brought this up, but since she was asked by a much higher-ranking police officer, she answered truthfully, "It should have been just after midnight. The card sent by the 'Red Bearded Santa Claus' said he would show up at midnight, but he was a little late."
Fuba Mingmei exhaled a puff of smoke: "Have you forgotten that this hotel has a high level of security? The door lock data is updated every day. After midnight, all magnetic cards from the previous day will become invalid. You must replace new cards to open and close the door."
Jiang Xia thought for a moment and said, "Are you trying to say that only people with new cards have the opportunity to commit crimes?"
Izuka Saburo, who was eavesdropping from a distance, said: “?!”
His gaze suddenly froze, and after two seconds, he slowly moved his eyes downwards and looked into his pocket: “…” New card… The new card was right on him!
Just now, after he changed the card and was about to go back to his room, he encountered "that thing". Then he immediately found a surveillance camera, sat down, and never moved again.
...Looking back now, it’s a good thing that he was sitting under the surveillance camera around 12 o’clock. Otherwise, if he had taken a step away, he would be the suspected murderer, and the Inozuka family would really be extinct!
A cold sweat of fear ran down his face, and Izuka Saburo felt relieved in his heart.
However, before they could celebrate for too long, on the other side, Naruto Fuwa seemed to accept Jiang Xia's question.
She turned to look at the inn manager: "The new card should still be with you."
The hotel manager had a good memory. He thought for a moment and shook his head, "I have a very deep impression of that room. If I remember correctly, the new card had been taken away by Mr. Inozuka from Room 315 before midnight."
"Took it away?" Narumi Fuwa pondered, "Then where is Mr. Inozuka now? Oh, and since he also lives in Room 315, why didn't I see him just now?"
Izuka Saburo: "..." Don't look at me, don't look at me, don't look at me...
The innkeeper raised his hand and pointed over there: "Mr. Inozuka went upstairs and then ran back quickly. After that, he sat there and never left."
As Izuka Saburo was praying, a group of people turned their heads and looked at him from afar.
Izuka Saburo: “…”
Under his blank gaze, Jiang Xia walked over and said, "Mr. Zhuzhong? Why have you been sitting here?"
Fuwa Narumi followed, looking suspicious: "You really have been sitting here without moving?"
Izuka Saburo nodded resolutely.
The hotel manager remembered something: "There happens to be a surveillance camera here. If necessary, I can go and check it out?"
Jiang Xia responded: "Then I'll trouble you."
Soon, the surveillance footage was called up.
Then, a group of people saw the strange appearance of Izuka Saburo on the screen——
This person was normal when he took the card, but after leaving the screen for a while, he suddenly rushed back as if he had seen a ghost.
He wandered around stealthily for a while, looked up at the surveillance camera, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind. He ran to move a single sofa to a different angle and sat on it.
The sofa was right in the middle of the surveillance video, and just as the manager said, he never moved it again.
“…”
Indeed, around midnight when the crime occurred, Saburo Izuka had a solid alibi, and he could not be the "red-bearded Santa Claus" standing by the window.
but……
"Your behavior is really weird. Are you trying to find an alibi for yourself?" Officer Buba said sharply. "You knew a murder would happen here, didn't you? - Tell me, are you an accomplice or an instigator? How much do you know about this case?"
Hashimoto Maya: “…” This kid’s reaction is quite quick, and his series of actions are amazing - except that his alibi was too deliberate, other aspects are exemplary. Among those who encounter Uzo for the first time, he can be considered a gifted person.
But unfortunately, I couldn't escape.
For a moment, Maya Hashimoto felt a sense of sympathy for him.
But suddenly she remembered that it was Saburo Izuka who suggested coming to this theater, thinking that Usa was too busy with the troupe to take care of the three of them, and Hashimoto Maya's mood suddenly became complicated again.
Hashimoto Maya: "..." If it weren't for Izuka Saburo's insistence, he really wouldn't have taken the initiative to run to a hellhole like the theater troupe. If he hadn't run to this hellhole, he wouldn't have encountered this case. If he hadn't encountered this case... Well, if it was another case, it wouldn't seem to prevent Uzo from making him a suspect.
Hashimoto Maya: “…”
So why should we make things difficult for a small peripheral member like him?
Maya Hashimoto leaned back in her chair, and the light in her eyes had disappeared.
Saburo Izuka didn't expect that after all the twists and turns, although he escaped the suspicion of "murder", he could not escape the label of "colluding with the murderer".
Fuwa Narumi reorganized her thoughts and said to Sato Miwako, "Regardless of his weird behavior, at least during this period, the new card is indeed not on the 'Red Bearded Santa Claus'. In other words, the 'Red Bearded Santa Claus' only has an old card that can be used before midnight.
"When we arrived, the door was locked again, so the 'red-bearded Santa Claus' had locked the door before midnight and never entered or left the room again. But you and Jiang Xia saw Santa Claus at the window of Room 315 after midnight.
“So the criminal process is already very clear - Hashimoto Maya first disposed of the room card outside, then returned to the room to kill his companions and locked the door from the inside.
"Then he changed into the costume of 'Santa Claus with a red beard' and called Jiang Xia to ask him to look up at the window. When Jiang Xia saw him, he quietly took off his costume, fell to the ground, and pretended that he was attacked by the 'Santa Claus with a red beard' who broke into the room - but he forgot that the room card here would be changed at midnight, resulting in his plan being full of loopholes and I discovered it."
The process is very smooth.
Jiang Xia glanced at Hashimoto Maya, then looked at his feet, as if thinking.
However, at this moment, Naruto Fuwa suddenly looked at him.
Then he gave a malicious smile: "Of course, what I said is just one situation. In fact, there is another possibility for this case."
Jiang Xia: “Hmm?”
Narumi Fuwa: "As long as 'Red Bearded Santa Claus' holds the new card, he can enter and leave the room even after midnight."
Suzuki Sonoko felt that there was something wrong with the way she looked at Jiang Xia, and she said vigilantly, "Didn't they say that the new card has always been with Mr. Inozuka, and Mr. Inozuka has been sitting in the hall without moving?"
Narumi Fuwa: "But during that time, there was someone who had close contact with him - when Jiang Xia went downstairs, he went to look for Saburo Izuka. At that time, he was standing between Saburo Izuka and the surveillance camera, with his back to the screen. That gap was enough for them to do something - such as exchanging a new room card."
(End of this chapter)
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