Chapter 2359 2371 [Preference] Ask for monthly ticket (`)
Jiang Xia looked around at the murderous aura around him and said slowly, "We just arrived here, and on the first night of dinner, we heard the news on the radio that 'the villa vandal escaped and came to the vicinity of the resort'.
"The next morning, Mr. Kurata, who liked to act alone, was killed in a miserable way. At the same time, the suspension bridge leading to the outside world was destroyed. These two things reinforced our impression that the villa vandal outside had escaped into the resort and was killing people in the village.
"That night, Mr. Xiangshan, who wanted to escape alone, was brutally murdered. The murderer destroyed the furniture in the living room, moved Mr. Xiangshan back to the living room and hid him in the refrigerator, leaving the body in a very bloody way... All these actions were to strengthen the brutal character of the 'villa vandal' and make others believe that the murderer was the terrible killer who had been appearing in the news recently.
"But unfortunately, due to lack of experience, this insider who tried to disguise himself as a 'villa vandal' did not take the food from the refrigerator, and was not even interested in the contents of Mr. Xiangshan's expensive suitcase. It was precisely because of this fatal mistake that we realized that the murderer might not be an outsider, but one of us.
"Also, Painter Kobayashi was attacked by the murderer tonight, but luckily he did not die on the spot. On the one hand, it was because Mr. Yamada and Mr. Shinde stayed in the warehouse for too long, causing the murderer to misjudge the time they would leave and be caught by them on the spot, so he had no time to kill people in peace. On the other hand, it was because the murderer's target was not only Mr. Kobayashi, but also another thing."
Jiang Xia pointed to the window: "That's the radio against the wall."
"From the marks left at the scene where Mr. Kobayashi was attacked, it seems that the murderer was hindered by the environment. When he first chopped, his axe hit the window frame, and when he pulled the axe back, the murderer 'panic' and broke the radio placed nearby."
"Radio?" Suzuki Sonoko thought for a while and then remembered that not long ago when everyone was watching Painter Kobayashi lying in a pool of blood, there seemed to be something knocked over in the chaos by the window.
"Why did the murderer chop this?" She scratched her headband in confusion, and suddenly realized something, "That's right! The murderer wanted to disguise himself as a fugitive 'villa vandal'. He must have been worried that the radio would carry news about the real vandal, which would expose his trick, so he killed the innocent radio!"
Yuanshan Heye touched his chin, feeling that it made some sense, but also seemed to be wrong: "But since the murderer secretly installed a bug in the house, he should know that we have long suspected whether he is really a villa vandal. There is no need to destroy the radio specifically... Hmm? Speaking of which, I remember that when the living room was destroyed after Mr. Xiangshan's death, the radio was already smashed. Why did he destroy it again when he killed Mr. Kobayashi?"
Jiang Xia: "Because the radio that was broken when Mr. Xiangshan died was repaired by Mr. Kobayashi."
Vodka: “…”
...This guy is so bold! He even dared to carry back the tools that had already been used. If he wasn't the one to be chopped, then who would be?
But he didn't die... Tsk, could it be that Uzo admired his artistic paintings of death so he let him live?
"People with skills are really popular everywhere." Vodka thought about how he survived many life-threatening situations to survive until now, and he couldn't help but feel sour in his heart, "I should have learned some art earlier... But, hum, to be fair, I have more skills than that painter who can only draw corpses. It's just that Uzo doesn't know how to appreciate it."
Next to him, his innocent colleague was unaware of this unfair assessment and continued to concentrate on solving the case.
Jiang Xia: "This afternoon when Hattori and I went to get flour, we ran into Mr. Kobayashi who was tinkering with a radio. At that time he said he knew who the murderer was. Now it seems that the reason he knew this was because he repaired the radio when he was bored, and then heard a very crucial message from the radio."
"Key news?" Suzuki Sonoko was still a little confused. "Has the man who destroyed the villa outside really been caught? This would prove that he is definitely not an outsider..."
Jiang Xia shook his head: "The news on the radio that 'the police discovered the real identity of the villa vandal and he is being wanted' was false from the beginning - the news we heard was actually fake news made in advance by the murderer.
"Mr. Kobayashi repaired the radio and originally intended to listen to the latest news. But after turning it on, he only heard the 'Emergency News' that had been broadcast once a few days ago. It was because of this that he knew who the murderer was, and then attracted the murderer's pursuit."
"It's really scary." Mrs. Xiangshan was frightened. When she was bored these days, she also thought that it would be great if the radio could still be used. But now she thought, "...It's a good thing I don't know how to repair the radio."
After a pause, she suddenly remembered something.
Mrs. Xiangshan looked at Jiang Xia, and then looked at Hattori Heiji: "Come to think of it, why do you keep calling him Hattori? Isn't his last name Shumura?"
Jiang Xia: “…”
Hattori Heiji struggled to hold down the struggling masked man, and said angrily: "Can you be serious? Isn't this the point now?"
Mrs. Xiangshan whispered, "Of course, the murderer has been caught, so the most important thing next is the membership voucher quota, right? You have no worries about food and clothing, so of course you don't know how important this kind of thing is to a housewife. Besides, it's not just me. Didn't the murderer kill many people because of this? In comparison, I just said a few more words..."
Jiang Xia: "It is indeed important, but the murderer's motive for murder was not because of this membership voucher quota - do you remember the question we asked you before?"
Mrs. Xiangshan thought for a moment and asked, "Why are you afraid of water?"
Jiang Xia nodded: "Except for those of us who came here for others, all the other experiencers have experienced the Japanese shipwreck incident three years ago."
"?!" Mrs. Xiangshan was shocked. She turned around and looked at the tour guide and the old doctor. "You also took that ship?"
The two nodded. The old doctor understood and looked painful: "Is this why the murderer killed so many people?"
"Ah? Is that so?" Mrs. Xiangshan was stunned, and then a question mark appeared on her forehead. "Because we have been on that ship, they want to kill us? - Could it be that the murderer is the sea god there, and because he did not receive enough sacrifices at that time, he is now chasing us to take our lives?"
(End of this chapter)
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