Chapter 388 "Jiang Xia Observation Notes" Ask for monthly ticket (〃)
When Boss Tiantu panicked and subconsciously tried to take back the telephone line, Jiang Xia raised his hand and pressed his shoulder, pushing him back to his original position.
Then he took the bundle of telephone wires to the phone, plugged it in, and called the police.
Huiyuan Ai kept looking back every few steps, curious about what Jiang Xia could do: "..."
You are worthy of it.
She held the anesthetic needle in her pocket and found that Boss Tiantu and the others didn't seem to have any intention of resisting. Then she tiptoed to the guest room to do what Jiang Xia had just told her to do.
…
Everything happened smoothly and naturally, as if it was supposed to be this way.
By the time others came to their senses, Jiang Xia had already read out the address to the police on the other end of the phone based on the business card on the front desk. He also briefly talked about the corpse at the foot of the mountain and then hung up.
There was a slight click as the receiver and the body of the device made contact.
Several people in the hall moved slightly and came back to their senses.
Then he looked at the suspicious Tiantu boss at the same time: "Did you kill him? Did you also forge the suicide note?!"
"I, I..." Boss Tiantu didn't expect things to turn out this way. He covered his pockets that were emptied before he could react and said weakly, "No..."
"He was the one who sent the invitation letter, and he was also the one who isolated us from the outside world."
As Jiang Xia spoke, he lowered his eyes and fiddled with his phone, turning on the recording function - this would save him a lot of energy when taking notes later.
Seeing the recording symbol start to work, he put down his phone and fast-forwarded the video concisely:
"Boss Tiantu did this because he probably accidentally discovered Mr. Kono's remains and the death messages. But he was unable to successfully decipher the information about the murderer, so he had to invite all the guests who were staying here on the day Mr. Kono disappeared."
Upon hearing this, Boss Tiantu breathed a sigh of relief and sat back in his chair.
He looked at the detective with gratitude for not labeling him as the murderer to make up for his mistakes: "Yes, I originally hoped that the murderer would come out to confess or show abnormality after seeing the bones and the death message... I didn't expect that after waiting for half a night, I only waited for Mr. Nikawa to leave a suicide note and commit suicide.
"Now that someone has died, I dare not say that I sent the invitation letter... Alas, if I had known this would happen, I should have notified the police immediately when I found the skeleton..."
It turned out to be a misunderstanding, so Erchuan Zhaoshu still committed suicide... The team that had just headed to the top of the cliff relaxed.
Yuanshan and Ye were still very vigilant.
When they went to the mountains to look for people separately just now, she and Jiang Xia were in the same group, so she also saw the death message left by Erchuan Zhao and knew that this was not suicide.
And if Boss Tiantu is not the murderer...
She turned to look at Nonomiya Etsuko and Mikami Heihachi.
As usual, another process of elimination seems to be needed here.
However, according to the reports she had read, Jiang Xia did not seem to have this habit. He mentioned Boss Tiantu just now because too many people thought that the boss was the murderer...
Sure enough, one second later, Toyama Kazuha heard the answer.
"The person who attacked Hajime Nigawa and pushed him off the cliff should be his boss, the editor-in-chief of Space Sunday, Mr. Mikami."
Jiang Xia skipped the necessary steps and looked at Mikami Heihachi, who looked unhappy after being suddenly called out:
“From the order of the names in the registration book a year ago, your name was written after Mr. Kono, so he might have just heard someone calling you ‘Mikami’ but didn’t know how to write it. ‘Mikami’ is a more common surname than ‘Gokami’, so the death message left by Mr. Kono after he fell off the cliff was to let the person who found him use four long and two short cigarettes to spell out the surname ‘Mikami’ and then find you.
"When it was Mr. Futakawa's death note, it became 'five long and two short' - although the murderer was the same person, if it was still referred to as four long and two short, others might think that the strange length of cigarettes and cigarette boxes around Mr. Futakawa was because he was trying to decipher Mr. Kono's note, and therefore ignored the information.
"So he added a cigarette to the pack, five long and two short, to spell out the 'Heihachi' in Mikami Heihachi's name.
"The two death messages actually point to the same person."
As Jiang Xia spoke, he looked at Mikami Heihachi and saw that he had his lips tightly pursed and his face was gloomy.
...Very good. Based on experience and the current situation, the editor-in-chief is not far from self-destructing on the spot.
Jiang Xia secretly added the final fuel to the fire: "Mr. Erchuan fell in front of us and died on the spot, so he secretly left the death message on the top of the cliff. There are traces of blunt force trauma on the back of his head - so he should not have been pushed down directly, but was beaten first, and then while the murderer was writing the suicide note on his mobile phone, a cigarette was added to the cigarette box.
"By the way, judging from the wound on Mr. Erchuan's head, the murder weapon is rather thin in shape. If we estimate its size..."
Jiang Xia suddenly raised his hand and pointed at the huge suitcase in the corner of the room: "——It can be hidden in the barrel of your telescope."
Mikami Heihachi was startled and turned his head sharply.
He saw his bag - the bag that should have been in his room but suddenly appeared in the hall.
...and a little mixed-race girl who was standing nearby and panting because she had just struggled to carry the bag.
Just now, Haibara Ai only heard Jiang Xia asking her to help get the bag, and she didn't hear that there was a weapon inside.
After she arrived and heard Jiang Xia say "hide", she suddenly realized that there were dangerous things in the bag.
Haibara Ai's eyes changed slightly, and she subconsciously grabbed the strap of the bag again, trying to drag the bag away with force and hide it secretly.
But before that, she suddenly thought of something and turned to look at Jiang Xia.
Jiang Xia shook his head slightly. Everyone else was so attracted by Mikami Heihachi and Bao that they didn't see this scene.
Huiyuan Ai: “…”
She vaguely understood something, let go of her hand, and no longer cared about the bag.
Then he silently added an item to his "Jiangxia Observation Notes".
——Suspected of liking fishing enforcement.
…
After Huihara Ai retreated far away.
Jiang Xia looked at the bag containing the murder weapon, then looked at Mikami Heihachi, who was gradually exuding murderous aura, and smiled provocatively:
"Your expression is really ugly. Could it be that I was right? If you want to prove your innocence, then open the tube and let us see what's inside.
"Also, you should know that even if you wiped off the blood, the police would still be able to detect the bloodstains left on Mr. Erchuan when you attacked him."
"Heh, wipe off the blood?" The veins on Yu Shangping's forehead throbbed violently. He repeated Jiang Xia's words, and his tone suddenly became gloomy and mocking:
“I won’t wipe it off—that ungrateful bastard Erchuan’s blood is still all over it.
"I kindly let him be the editor-in-chief, but just now, after he deciphered the death message left by Kono, he threatened me and asked me to pay 50 million, otherwise he would tell everyone that I had killed someone... Humph, a year ago, I just taught that ungrateful Kono a lesson. How can a lesson be considered murder..."
Nonomiya Etsuko stared at the murderer in shock, not understanding why he suddenly said such a thing: "...Ungrateful? What do you mean?!"
Mikami Heihachi glanced at her sideways and said, "A year ago, after Kono knew that I was the editor-in-chief of an astronomy magazine, he wanted me to help him confirm whether the comet he had discovered was a new one. A comet can be named after three people. After I helped him confirm it, I just asked him to add my name to the three people, but he actually refused..."
"A new comet?" Nonomiya Etsuko suddenly remembered something and her face turned pale.
...A year ago, Masao Kouno suddenly said shyly that he would introduce the treasure he had been looking for to Etsuko Nonomiya and Mr. Amado in the evening.
At that time, Masao Kono's tone was ambiguous, his eyes were full of expectation, and his face was red because of excitement, and it seemed that he mentioned the goddess. Nonomiya Etsuko mistakenly thought that he had a woman outside and now he wanted to introduce his "true love" to her... This was also the reason for the quarrel between the two a year ago.
And that quarrel was also the last time they met.
Etsuko Nonomiya covered her face, slid down against the wall and cried bitterly.
Mikami Heihachi knocked out a crowd without realizing it. He listened to the low crying in the background, and while others looked at Nonomiya Etsuko in confusion, he squatted down and opened his bag.
Toyama Kazuha heard the zipper sound and turned to look. Most of the bag was blocked by Mikami Heihachi's back, and he could only vaguely see him taking out a black iron rod: "...Is this the iron rod you used to kill people?"
"Yeah, but uncle's iron rod..." Mikami Heihachi stretched out his hand and fiddled with the props in the bag together to form a rifle.
He held the gun, raised his head with a fierce smile, and continued with malicious words: "This is not an ordinary iron b...."
Woo——
A baton swept upward from the bottom and hit his wrist.
The rifle spun in the air, hit the roof, and landed on the ground with a clatter, finally sliding to the feet of Haibara Ai.
Haibara Ai looked down and thought for a moment. She stretched out her foot and secretly kicked the gun under the sofa to ensure that no one could get it first - she knew that Jiang Xia didn't seem to have a gun, so she had to make sure that others didn't have weapons of the same level, so that it would be easier for Jiang Xia to control the situation.
Everything happened too fast, and Mikami Heihachi was still holding the air in his arms, which was knocked off balance, and he was unable to recover immediately.
Jiang Xia held the phone in his left hand, stopped the ongoing recording and saved it.
Then he put the phone back into his pocket, and when Mikami Heihachi was finally awakened by the severe pain in his wrist and let out a scream, he swung the baton again and hit him casually.
At the same time, Mikami Heihachi, who instinctively stepped back to avoid the attack, tripped him and knocked him down.
This position is more comfortable to play, and it feels like playing golf...
Mikami Heihachi was hit on the head with a stick, and golden stars exploded in front of his eyes.
He fell to the ground dizzy and struggled to get up. When he looked up, he vaguely saw a figure walking towards him.
Jiang Xia held the baton and looked down at him.
...It's still a long way from here to the police station. While waiting for the police to come, I need some entertainment to kill time.
I haven't encountered any good murderous auras in the past week. Although I met Kayoshi Rinori in the sleeper this morning, Gin was right next to me and the crew arrived quickly. If he started beating people, it would go against the organization's requirement for him to "pretend to be a good detective with a positive image"... Now it's a rare opportunity to have some fun, so I can't waste it.
Rob stood nearby, watching Mikami Heihachi tumbling on the ground. His expression changed from shock to relief, back to shock, and finally his face gradually turned pale.
At first, he thought Jiang Xia wanted to incapacitate the gunman with the gun - in that case, there was nothing wrong with beating him a few times, and it could even be considered as getting rid of harm to the people.
But gradually, he felt that this eradication process seemed to take a long time...
Robert slowly breathed a sigh of relief and stared at the floor in front of him - even Mikami Heihachi had begun to beg for mercy, why didn't Jiang Xia stop... It's been so long, isn't he tired... Are all the high school detectives here so violent?
As a murderer, Rob couldn't help but think more than others.
If now, Jiang Xia suddenly discovered that he was actually the murderer...
Rob instinctively grabbed the stun gun hidden in his pocket, trying to find a sense of security.
But soon, he looked at the extended baton in Jiang Xia's hand, and felt that the stun gun, a prop that could only be held in the hand, might not be able to reach Jiang Xia's body at all.
Unless he tries to get close to her first, and then electrocutes her when Jiang Xia is not prepared... Unfortunately, after what happened just now when he agreed to let Mikami Heihachi take the truck, Jiang Xia probably won't be so naive as to expose her back to him again...
After a moment, Robert loosened his hands from his pockets and slowly turned his head. He glanced through the open door of the hotel at the dark forest outside, his eyes slightly filled with longing.
...Just now, when Yuanshan Heye asked him "Can we go watch the stars together?", he really shouldn't have agreed to bring her over, and bring Jiang Xia along - if not, he could have just stepped on the gas and headed straight to the airport right now...
Foreign friends fell into deep reflection.
At the same time, he could not help but secretly hope that it was okay, his plan was perfect, and unlike Mikami Heihachi, he did not leave any loopholes like the "blood-stained weapon". It was not a big problem.
……perhaps.
…
One hour later.
The police from Tottori Prefecture finally arrived.
Several police cars stopped in front of the hotel.
The first person to jump out of the car was not a policeman, but a dark-skinned male high school student.
Several police cars from Spider Mansion were assigned here. When Hattori Heiji heard that it was Jiang Xia who reported the case, he immediately got in a car and followed.
——He didn't expect that there was not only the suspicious Rob on Jiangxia's side, but also another murderer.
Although he had great confidence in Jiang Xia's fighting ability, Hattori Heiji was still a little worried.
When he arrived at the door of the hotel, he rushed in while loudly asking, "Are you okay?!"
Then he was attacked head-on by an unknown object.
——A humanoid creature crawled over the ground, mistook Hattori Heiji who got off the police car for a policeman, and hugged his legs tightly.
(End of this chapter)
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