Chapter 2360 2372 [The True Identity of the Murderer]
Jiang Xia's thoughts were distracted for a moment by the sea god in her words. But he quickly came back to his senses and refocused on the case, taking out his notebook:
"You probably understand the reason why the murderer killed people after listening to this. According to the current list, the full name of the deceased Mr. Koyama is Koyama Saburo, Mrs. Koyama is Koyama Seiko, the reporter is Shumura Shinsuke, and his assistant is Kawanishi Sayuri. In addition, the man who was killed on the first night is Kurata Soichi, the painter Kobayashi Seiji... and the teacher Kaibu Shigeru who asked me to come here on his behalf.
"All of these people have the initials 'S.K.'"
Several people who were experiencing the resort used pseudonyms to spell out their names in confusion: "It really is..."
"Hmm? Wait a minute." Suzuki Sonoko suddenly realized a problem. She thought of her deceased acquaintance, "Senior Tono is also a participant, but his initials are 'E.T'... Does he have another name?"
Jiang Xia shook his head: "His initials don't match those of the others because he wasn't originally among the victims - he is the real murderer who caused this series of murders."
“…”
"???"
After hearing the detective's conclusion, everyone habitually showed an expression of sudden enlightenment, but then they came to their senses and felt something was wrong: "The murderer is that Yuan Ye? But isn't he dead? His body is still buried by the lake, and it was already a little swollen when it was found!"
Jiang Xia pointed at the man on the ground who was still trying to knock Hattori Heiji over and said, "Whether it is him or not, you will know after you lift up his mask."
"!" The man on the ground was still struggling, but when he heard this, he immediately stopped and buried his face in the ground.
"It's already like this, and you're still holding on to the hope of escaping by chance. You're such an optimistic guy..." Hattori Heiji simply sat on his back, freed his hands, and took off his mask.
The pale mask was thrown aside. Jiang Xia turned on the flashlight, and the beam illuminated a young face.
——It was indeed Tono Eiji, the tragic hero who sailed alone out to the lake to seek help, and then returned to the isolated island in the form of a corpse.
Everyone looked at this living person and thought of the dead body before. They were stunned: "How is this possible?!"
Vodka stroked his chin and looked at him, then at Vermouth: "..." Is it a disguise? Or twins?
Jiang Xia picked up the mask on the ground and put it on the table: "It was indeed Mr. Tono who left by boat, but the body that came back by boat was no longer him - judging from the general shape and time, the body lying in the boat with a destroyed face was probably the teacher Kaibe who asked me to participate in this vacation experience on his behalf.
"After the vacation experience began, Mr. Tono learned from our casual conversation when we arrived that Mr. Kaifu was still nearby, so he contacted him by phone before cutting the phone line and made an appointment with him in some way - for a rich and powerful heir to a consortium who might have leverage over the other party, this was not a difficult task.
"In Senior Toono's plan, the boat hidden by the lake would allow him to leave the island after killing everyone on it. But he didn't expect that Painter Kobayashi had a strong desire to explore. He accidentally discovered the boat while wandering around and drew it. The worst thing was that the painting was seen by everyone else.
"The people invited by Senior Toono are more or less afraid of water because they experienced the shipwreck that year. Even if there is a boat, they dare not leave by boat. But the problem is that some people who were not originally on his invitation list have also sneaked in - that is, us."
At this point, Jiang Xia looked down at Tono Eiji who was surrounded by murderous intent: "Disguised as an outsider who was destroying the villa, he trapped a group of people who were afraid of water and boats on an isolated island, and then slowly killed them one by one, and finally left leisurely by boat...
"It sounds like a beautiful 'no one survived' story. But unfortunately, people in real life are not as controllable as characters in novels. They have their own ideas and sudden actions that they can't even predict. For example, Mr. Kaibu and the reporter didn't go to the island at all. Instead, it was me, Hattori and the others who appeared here."
Vodka: “…” Haha.
Jiang Xia glanced at him, then looked at Tono Eiji: "In order to deal with these sudden changes, you had no choice but to use your identity as the heir of the investment company, pretend to be guilty about the current situation, and bravely leave by boat on the grounds of taking responsibility.
"This will naturally destroy the ship and prevent others from escaping. Secondly, it will fill in another loophole in your plan - you went to the place we agreed on before and killed Mr. Kaibu.
"You and Mr. Kaibu are similar in stature, and even your hairstyle happens to be the same simple hairstyle you had when you first left school. After killing him, you can just change the corpse into your own clothes and destroy his face, and then send the corpse back to the island to create the illusion that you are dead.
"As early as when you heard that Mr. Kaibu didn't come, you had already planned to use him to fake your own death and get away with it. That's why you deliberately mutilated the bodies beyond recognition in the first two murders, paving the way for the disfigurement in the third murder."
"No wonder." Mrs. Xiangshan remembered something she cared about. "No wonder the corpse didn't wear that famous watch. I thought the watch was stolen by the murderer, but now it seems that you were reluctant to give it to him, so..."
"You're not willing to give it to him? Humph, do you think I'm you? Money is all you think about." Senior Toono sneered, "But you're right. Even if it's for revenge, I'm not willing to give that watch to someone else. It's not because the watch is valuable, but because... it's something Keiko left behind."
"…Keiko?"
When Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko heard this female name, they couldn't help but look at each other, and they realized that there might be some ups and downs in the story behind it.
However, before Senior Toono could start to speak, there was a sudden "bang" sound next to him.
Everyone looked back in surprise and saw that the old doctor's knees went weak and he collapsed to the ground for some reason.
"Keiko...it's true." The old doctor wiped his face, his pale hair seemed to droop down. He looked at Tono Eiji with mixed feelings, "Did you do what you did today because of Miss Koizumi Keiko?"
Toono Eiji was stunned at first, then he burst into anger: "It's you? It's you!!"
Everyone looked at the angry Tono Eiji, then looked at the guilty old doctor, and said, "Wait, what do you mean by you are not yours...what are you talking about? Who is that Koizumi Keiko?"
(End of this chapter)
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