Chapter 1968 1976 [Backstab Expert]
Qing Shuiyang tried hard to recall the whereabouts of the deceased: "He might have gone to the convenience store to buy some snacks to go with the wine. We didn't prepare any snacks for the party, and this place happened to be very close to the convenience store, so we decided to buy and drink immediately, so we didn't care that the deceased was gone."
Jiang Xia asked the homeowner, "Are you sure the deceased received a call from Mr. Kusaka before he left?"
The owner nodded, "Yes, we have always agreed not to look at our phones when we drink. Kusaka is also aware of this habit, so he called from a landline. The voice that came in at around 9 o'clock was indeed his."
As the first person to discover the body, Kusaka Masamitsu had been targeted many times tonight. He was sweating profusely and looked at Jiang Xia again: "I really didn't do it!"
Hashimoto Maya looked at him doubtfully: "..." If he really had not committed any crime, then holding on to Jiang Xia's thigh would indeed be the best way to get rid of Uzo's persecution.
But in my impression, many real murderers would specifically ask Jiang Xia for help to escape the crime, thinking that "deceiving Jiang Xia means deceiving everyone, once and for all" - human courage is infinite, as long as they are not caught, everyone will think they are the son of destiny. And I am afraid that only when you stand in front of Jiang Xia and are caught by him as the real murderer, you can find that this good-tempered detective is actually so oppressive that he is terribly oppressive, and in some moments he is not worse than his devil boss.
Thinking of this, Hashimoto Maya's thoughts paused and she looked at Jiang Xia quietly.
"I think I'm overthinking it." Looking at the five-good young man who was patiently comforting the suspect and enthusiastically helping the police solve the case, Hashimoto Maya retracted her gaze, forced herself to let go of her hanging heart, and held it tightly, "How could Jiang Xia be the same as that thing? As for the sense of oppression I feel... I am an outlaw with blood on my hands. I feel nervous when facing Jiang Xia. Isn't this normal? This is completely different from the feeling when facing Uzo."
As if frightened by something unexpected, the iced black tea that was boiling next to him suddenly stopped.
“…”
Jiang Xia had become accustomed to Hashimoto Maya's intermittent efforts. Among all the hard workers, this new brother was definitely considered diligent, so he magnanimously pretended not to notice and concentrated on solving the case.
On the other side, Maori Kogoro still believed in his first instinct. He asked Kusaka Masami suspiciously: "I remember you said that you and the deceased had an appointment to meet downstairs - if you didn't call him, how did you make an appointment with him?"
"I didn't make the appointment with him, he made the appointment with me!" Kusaka Masamitsu wiped the sweat from his forehead, "And we didn't make the appointment over the phone, he left a note in my locker, asking me to meet here at 10 o'clock tonight."
Maori Kogoro: "Where is the note?"
Kusaka Masami: “I just threw it away…”
Kogoro Mori's eyes suddenly became more suspicious.
Jiang Xia also came over to join in the fun: "Why did he ask you out so late?"
Kusaka Masayuki froze and stammered, "This..."
Qing Shuiyang slapped his head and suddenly remembered something: "Oh, right! I remember you said that the deceased stole your money!"
The matter was exposed by him, and Kusaka Masami had no choice but to grit his teeth and say, "Yes, he stole the tuition I was supposed to pay."
"Very good! All the evidence is complete, it looks like the case can be closed." Maori Kogoro snapped his fingers and snorted coldly: The real murderer has been looking for Jiang Xia for help. Did he think that he could get away with the crime by deceiving innocent high school students with his pitiful appearance? And he was found out by him, a reliable senior in the detective world!
It was time to show off the detective skills of an adult. Maori Kogoro straightened his tie and raised his head proudly. "You held a grudge against him for stealing your tuition fees, so when you heard that he would come to the party tonight for a drink, you immediately seized this opportunity. You called him to ask him out at around 9 pm, and then the deceased showed up at around 10 pm. You took advantage of his drunkenness and inability to resist and smashed his head with a blunt object!"
"It really wasn't me!" Kusaka Masaaki panicked, but soon he thought of a way to deal with it. "As for motives, they have them too, and more than me!"
As he said this, he waved his hand and pointed at the sturdy man who looked very upright: "I heard that Ikuta borrowed a lot of money from you and has been in arrears. This is your motive for killing him!"
The strong man sobered up and said: "I have been staying in the house the whole time, I have never left!"
Qing Shuiyang nodded. This person who was the first to run to the scene seemed to not only like to eat melons, but also like to talk about them. At first glance, he was a good helper for the detective.
He had no intention of covering up for his friend. He had just revealed Kusaka Masami's motives, and now he stabbed the strong man in the back: "You did stay here most of the time, but you also went out for a short while - I remember it was around 10 o'clock, just when Ikuta left."
Maori Kogoro was stunned: "It's a little after ten o'clock, isn't that when the deceased met his death?"
This time it was the strong man's turn to break out in a cold sweat: "But I was only out for two or three minutes! The room was too stuffy, I went out to get some fresh air, that's all."
Everyone was looking at him, and the pressure on Kusaka Masamitsu suddenly eased.
Finding this tactic of attacking Wei to save Zhao very useful, he continued to work hard, pointing to the owner of the house, and said to Jiang Xia and the police: "And Takeno! Aren't we all members of the mountaineering club? Half a year ago in the winter, we planned to challenge a snowy mountain, but unfortunately we encountered a blizzard, and that bastard Ikuta got lost along with one of our girls.
"At that time, Ikuta saw that her leg was injured, so he left her alone. Later, he was lucky enough to meet the rescue team, but the girl died unfortunately - the dead woman at that time was Takeno's lover!"
"!"
This motive sounded the most powerful, and a group of people immediately looked at the owner of the house and asked him for confirmation: "Is that so?"
"That's right." Takeno still felt sad when he mentioned that incident. "Until now, I still feel upset about it. When I see Ikuta, I want to beat him up. But emotions are emotions, and reason is reason. I am a senior mountaineering enthusiast. I know that in that situation, I can only sacrifice my companions with great pain. Ikuta has no obligation to die with her. Besides, I rarely eat snacks when I drink, so I don't need to go to the convenience store to buy those things. I didn't leave the room at all tonight."
Jiang Xia nodded after listening to this, then looked at the backstab expert next to him.
Qing Shuiyang racked his brains but could not find any memory of the owner going out: "I can testify that Takeno did not go out tonight."
But perhaps because he felt that this was too brief and not satisfying enough, he gave a little extra information: "The only times he left the table, he was either going to the bathroom or moving the wine... Oh, by the way, around 9:00 to 10:00, he went to the next room to finish a report that was due tomorrow."
(End of this chapter)
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