Chapter 3304 3316 [I don’t want to drink tea anymore]
Seeing the camera's frozen frame, everyone staring at the screen was stunned.
Although I couldn't quite understand what was going on because the video was fast-forwarding, the small screen in front of me clearly showed another person in addition to the dead person lying against the wall.
——He was a guy wearing the uniform of the Imperial Capital Wrestling Association, a black and white wolf mask, and holding a dagger. His face and dagger were splattered with blood. As soon as this classic outfit appeared, the same name suddenly came to everyone's mind.
——"Wolf-Faced Warrior".
…that is, the deceased’s opponent in tonight’s finals, Okami Keiharu.
"This..." The wrestlers were stunned and exclaimed in surprise, "How is this possible?!"
…
As the two detectives studied the camera.
Wrestling venue.
Surrounded by his teammates, the wolf-faced warrior walked in the spotlight with his head held high, moving steadily towards the fighting stage.
As he appeared, the audience seats started to boil over, and people from all directions began to shout his name: "Wolf-faced War God! Wolf-faced War God!"
The "Wolf-Faced Warrior" smiled and raised his hands to the audience, showing his muscles.
Then he jumped onto the railing in one step and walked steadily onto the stage.
It took a long time for the audience's enthusiasm to subside.
Then they belatedly remembered something and looked towards another entrance: the Wolf-Faced Warrior had already come on stage, so should his opponent, the equally popular Nagase Hyouta, also be here?
Having said that, shouldn't both of them normally appear on stage at the same time, or the one with less popularity should go on stage first? Why was it the other way around this time, making the Wolf-Faced Warrior wait on the stage for so long?
One minute passed, two minutes passed...
Ten minutes later, the audience could no longer remain silent. They gradually began to whisper, and then quickly developed into loud questions and doubts.
After a long commotion, the host finally came onto the stage, wiping his sweat and looking a little embarrassed.
"Dear audience, I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting for so long." He opened his mouth and brought bad news, "The challenger for today's middleweight championship, Nagase Hyouta, will be unable to participate in the competition due to some unexpected incidents."
"So, I'm very sorry, today's middleweight championship will be suspended. Later we will..."
The compensation measures he announced were drowned out by the angry shouts of the audience.
…
The sounds from the game were heard far away along the corridor.
Backstage at the venue, next to another restroom, Mao Lilan's ears twitched slightly, and she vaguely felt that the atmosphere over there seemed to be something wrong.
——Based on her previous experience of participating in and watching fighting matches, even if the "Wolf-Faced Warrior" was unfortunately defeated by Nagase Bōta, the scene would not be filled with one-sided curses. At least there would be cheers from Nagase Bōta's fans.
"Did something happen?" She walked along the long corridor and looked back in the direction of the competition venue, feeling a little worried.
Next to her, Judy, who had just walked out of the bathroom, knew exactly what was going on: probably the news of Nagase Houta's death had finally reached the scene.
After she had just made an excuse to leave the scene, but was forced to follow by two high school girls and Vermouth, Judy gradually realized that something was wrong.
——I seemed to be too anxious just now. When I overheard that something happened here, I ran directly to the place where the murder happened. If someone later reported her behavior to the police, then...
Judy seemed to see a familiar future. She had already had enough tea from the Metropolitan Police Department.
Thinking of this, she had to force herself to remain patient, pretending that she really came to the toilet, and went to the bathroom with others.
Fortunately, on the way, Judy received a message from Shuichi Akai - this reliable teammate had already sent someone to the backstage to check the status of the bug.
"I don't know if they have successfully found the bug, or in other words, found the person who activated the bug." Judy sighed in her heart, "It would be best if they could catch Uzo directly, but..."
Reason told her that there was little hope.
…
When the competition venue was in chaos because Nagase Baotai was unable to play.
On the other side, the police finally arrived at the scene, hurried to the backstage, and set up a cordon.
After a busy period, Officer Takagi started his work skillfully. He said to Jiang Xia: "The deceased is Nagase Baota, 25 years old, a professional wrestler of the Imperial Capital Wrestling Association."
"He was stabbed once in the back, chest and abdomen, and the last stab in the chest was his main fatal injury."
On the other side, Inspector Megure, who had been maintaining order for a while and arrived a little later, heard this and asked in confusion: "How do you know that the knife in the chest was the last one? The three knives must have been struck very close to each other."
Officer Gao Mu then realized that when he was reporting, he actually forgot to check whether his immediate superior was there. Feeling guilty, he quickly explained, "I saw it from the videotape that Jiang Xia gave me!"
"Video tape?" Inspector Megure looked around the corner in confusion, "Is there a surveillance camera installed in this room? Why can't I see it?"
"It's not a surveillance camera, it's a camera hidden in the bag." A tall and strong contestant with squinty eyes walked over upon hearing this. It was the senior Kiba who had examined the corpse with Jiang Xia before.
He explained to the police: "Nichimi TV has the broadcasting rights of our Teito Wrestling Association, so some reporters will secretly place cameras in the players' rooms, hoping to capture the so-called 'real picture'.
"The camera in this room should be used to secretly film Nagase - every time we compete in this Toudou Kokugikan, Nagase likes to stay in this lounge alone to warm up."
Inspector Megure was not interested in the source of the camera, but only in the camera. He breathed a sigh of relief and said cheerfully, "It's easy with the video. Where is the video tape? Play it for me to see - since the sequence of the murderer's knife-drawing was captured, the murderer's appearance must have been captured as well. We can just find the person based on the footage."
As he spoke, he saw Jiang Xia next to him and felt a little regretful: there were two answers in front of him, but he only used one, which always felt a bit wasteful...
At this time, Jiang Xia noticed his gaze and turned around.
Seeing Inspector Megure's conflicted expression, he smiled and said, "Let's finish watching the video first before thinking about anything else."
"Oh, okay." Inspector Megure came back to his senses, took the camera and looked at the small screen on it.
When he saw the murderer, he was stunned for a moment, and his heart skipped a beat: "What is this guy holding on his head!"
"That's a wolf mask." Jiang Xia walked up to him and looked at the camera. "It's the one that the 'Wolf-Faced Warrior' has been using."
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