Chapter 2501-2513 [The Psychologist is Gone]
"Is that so..." Inspector Megure thought about it, and an idea suddenly occurred to him. He decided to start following the process. "Anyway, there is only one entrance and exit of the restaurant, which means that the murderer must be among these guests. Why not confirm their alibi first." - If at the end of the investigation, only one person is not present, then the murderer will be confirmed on the spot.
As he said this, he looked at Professor Iwama and Lecturer Arai standing beside him and asked, "What were you two doing at 7:50 when the deceased died?"
Professor Iwama: "I have been in my own box, Box 3 over there."
He pointed back in the direction of his own box, then suddenly remembered something and looked at Jiang Xia and Amuro Toru: "I remember that time, my contact lenses happened to be lost, and I carefully searched for a while, and accidentally knocked over the dinner plate on the way, causing some noise."
Amuro Toru nodded, and recalled the scene at that time: when he stuck his head out, he happened to see the window of Professor Iwama's box snap shut. In other words, he happened to become a witness to Professor Iwama's alibi.
……happen?
Amuro Toru: “…” Oh no, the bad feeling is growing stronger.
Beside him, Inspector Megure failed to notice the complicated look of the detective agency boss. Seeing that Professor Iwama had an alibi, he looked at the deceased's other companion, Lecturer Arai: "What about you?"
Lecturer Arai felt his pocket and said, "I wasn't in the store at the time. I went out to buy cigarettes for the professor. Look, here's my receipt."
The receptionist confirmed this: "We happened to not have the cigarettes this gentleman needed in our store, so I pointed out the location of a nearby convenience store for him. This pack of cigarettes should have been bought at that convenience store."
Instructor Arai: "That convenience store was far away. It took me more than ten minutes to walk there. I didn't have time to commit the crime."
Jiang Xia glanced at the receipt in his hand and saw the information printed on it: the checkout time was 7:52 this evening, which was exactly the same as the estimated time of death of the deceased.
Inspector Megure took the piece of evidence and put it away. At the same time, he began to have a headache: the acquaintances of the two deceased had alibis, so was he going to have to look for a needle in a haystack among the remaining guests?
...Fortunately, there are only seven or eight private rooms in total, and this sea area is not too large.
He sighed and said to Officer Gao Mu, "Assign some personnel and ask for the alibis of other people."
After everyone left, Inspector Megure couldn't help but reach out and poke Jiang Xia next to him: Detective brother, is there really no faster way?
When Jiang Xia was touched by him, he turned his gaze away from his colleagues.
The absent-minded detective cleared his throat and whispered to the front desk, "Where does your food delivery boat usually stop? I want to take a look."
"Hmm? Oh, okay!" The receptionist did not refuse the young man who seemed to be the police chief. She took Jiang Xia into the employee passage, passed by the curious onlookers, and came to a door next door.
"This is the dock where the food delivery boat docks." The receptionist used the key to open the locked door. "Because the chefs will deliver the food directly from the window adjacent to the stream, this door is usually locked to prevent guests from entering by mistake."
When I entered the house, I saw five food delivery boats quietly parked inside. The boats were of different sizes, the smallest was less than half a meter long, and the largest was more than one meter long.
Jiang Xia stopped in front of the largest boat. The food on the boat had been taken away, revealing the wooden deck below. Between the gap between two wooden boards, there was a small pool of black, sticky liquid.
Jiang Xia stared at it and asked the receptionist next to him, "Which private room did this ship deliver food to just now?"
The receptionist recalled: "The three professors' private room used this ship. They ordered a lot of food, and when they made the reservation, they asked us to use the big ship to deliver all the food. So we used this ship to deliver the food at 7:30, and then sent whiskey as a drink."
Beside him, Inspector Megure watched this scene and asked Jiang Xia in a low voice: "Brother Jiang Xia, did you find anything?"
Jiang Xia thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to Box No. 3 first."
When Toru Amuro, who had just followed over, heard this, his heart skipped a beat: Box 3 was the box where the psychologist he was looking for was just now, and it was right next to them.
Jiang Xia suddenly wanted to go there to check, could it be...
He took a deep breath and followed Jiang Xia to Box No. 3, wanting to see the situation with his own eyes.
…
Since the main guest of the banquet was absent, most of the food in Box 3 had not been eaten. Professor Iwama and Lecturer Arai only had some side dishes while waiting for someone.
Toru Amuro's eyes fell on the small table where the stall was set up, and he saw that there were only two pieces of disposable chopstick wrapping paper, one of which was missing.
The expensive puffer fish caviar on the plate was also a little messy. In addition, there was a little wetness in the corner of the window, and two very inconspicuous holes were nailed in the window frame.
Toru Amuro: "..."
His heart finally settled down: the doctor was useless this time.
At this moment, Amuro Toru suddenly realized something. He looked up and found Jiang Xia standing in front of the window looking at him, as if he was waiting for something patiently.
“…”
After staring at each other in silence for a moment, Toru Amuro felt that he understood. He nodded to Jiang Xia with great seriousness: What should be done? He was not the kind of outlaw who would let a murderer act as a psychologist for his employees.
Beside him, Vodka watched this scene quietly: "..." Although he didn't know what these two guys were talking about, Bourbon's look was really funny.
He quietly turned around to hide his smile, unsportsmanlikely building his happiness on the misfortune of his ally.
…
The person who sent the doctor had already taken the initiative to ask to end the case, and Jiang Xia couldn't delay any more time and continue to sip coffee.
He turned to the long-awaited Inspector Megure and said the line that made the police feel +100: "I think I know who the murderer is."
Inspector Megure suddenly felt relieved: "Who is it?"
Jiang Xia pointed to the artificial stream flowing gently in the distance and said, "He is a person with unique advantages. The largest food delivery boat of this restaurant is more than one meter long. Although the motor and sensor are installed inside the boat, there is still enough space left for the delivery of meals.
“The murderer took advantage of this to travel between his own box and the crime scene by boat, successfully eliminating the people he wanted to kill.
"That is to say, the case proceeded like this. The murderer made a reservation at this restaurant and asked the restaurant to 'deliver all meals and drinks using the largest possible vessel'.
"Of course, a high-end hotel that puts service first would not refuse. So they delivered all the meals at 7:30 according to the customer's request, and then sent whiskey and ice cubes a little later."
(End of this chapter)
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