Chapter 68: Script-Based Case Solving
The short advertisement ended quickly and the live broadcast continued.
After a while, a 4-minute commercial was inserted.
The host left the studio using the excuse of having a stomachache and going to the bathroom.
He had long wanted to kill Suwa - because Suwa wanted to replace him with a beautiful celebrity to host the show in order to increase the ratings.
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The host walked out of the studio and as soon as he was out of the staff's sight, he ran to the warehouse on the seventh floor.
On the way, he took out the cell phone and gun he had hidden in advance, called Suwa, and lied to him that he was going to jump off the building.
Suwa was on the fourth floor at this time.
After receiving the call, he opened the up-and-down window in shock, leaned out and looked up.
The black muzzle of a gun came into view - upstairs, the host was holding a gun, smiled at him sinisterly, and pulled the trigger hard.
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The bullet pierced Suwa's temple. The body slid down helplessly, pressing down the lower half of the window, and the up-and-down rotating window closed again.
Before the window was completely closed, the host let go and threw the gun into the house.
——In this way, it looks like "someone broke into the room where Suwa was, forced him to the window with a gun, and then shot him dead."
The four-minute advertising time was not enough for the host to travel back and forth from the ninth floor where the studio was located to the fourth floor where Suwa was located.
In other words, the alibi is in hand.
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The host sneered, packed up the props, and rushed back to the studio.
He returned to his seat as if nothing had happened and nodded apologetically to the others.
The host did not delay the live broadcast, and his temporary colleagues certainly did not say anything.
Only the young detective glanced down at his calves.
The host felt guilty, and after Jiang Xia looked away, he secretly lowered his head and looked at his trouser legs.
Fortunately, it looks clean and there is no strange stuff on it.
Only then did he feel relieved, put on a smile and continued hosting the show.
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After the live broadcast ended, more people came to look for the producer.
Suwa's body was soon found.
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Inspector Megure led the team to the scene and saw Jiang Xia in the crowd at a glance.
His expression suddenly became complicated.
"..."Brother Jiang Xia's bad luck has lasted too long.
Moreover, the frequency with which Jiang Xia encounters cases, especially those where the criminals use fancy tactics, seems to be much higher than that of Kudo's brother.
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There are many people in the building, but very few of them are not suspects, which makes the difficulty of solving the case increase sharply.
Fortunately, the time of the crime was relatively clear - during the live broadcast, the host asked the staff to look for Suwa, and Suwa was still alive at that time, so the time of the crime was limited to within 40 minutes.
Inspector Megure stroked his chin and pondered for a moment out of politeness.
A minute later, he gave up thinking: "Brother Jiang Xia, what do you think?"
Jiang Xia did not disappoint him.
The new brother's reasoning was as concise as ever: "The murderer should be Mr. Matsuo."
As he spoke, as if he was afraid that someone didn't know who "Mr. Matsuo" was, Jiang Xia pointed to the door considerately and said, "The host."
host:"……"
He was stunned for a second, then furiously said, "How could I kill my friend?!" As he spoke, tears started to flow.
...Regardless of his professional ability, at least his acting skills are very good.
However, several police officers who had seen Jiang Xia's reasoning became alert and secretly surrounded the host.
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The host found that the emotional card didn't work, so he had to start talking about the evidence.
He looked at Jiang Xia: "When Suwa was murdered, I was in the studio the whole time. Weren't you sitting next to me?"
Jiang Xia nodded: "But you were away for four minutes during the commercial break."
"That can't be me!" The host really couldn't understand why Jiang Xia would target him. Logically speaking, someone like Jiang Xia who always stayed by his side and witnessed his movements would be the easiest to be deceived.
This is also one of the reasons why the host will take action today.
1. This program invites all famous detectives. Only this time, the one who came was Jiang Xia, who had solved very few cases cumulatively and was suspected to have come in through Kinoshita Yoko's connections. He felt that it would be easiest to fool Jiang Xia.
However, things were completely different from what he thought.
——Other detectives at least talked about evidence, but Jiang Xia never hesitated from the very beginning, as if he was very sure that the murderer was him... What went wrong? !
The host looked at the approaching police and became anxious. He explained, "Four minutes is not enough! From the 9th floor studio to here, it would take at least six minutes to go back and forth even if we take the shortest route!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the room suddenly became quiet.
After a moment, Kinoshita Yoko whispered, "How do you know so much? Have you tested it yourself?"
host:"……"
His heart skipped a beat.
But he was a comedian, and he was very quick to smooth things over: "Once I was seven minutes late for a meeting, and I ran while looking at my watch. When I arrived, I just caught up, so I knew the time very well..."
Inspector Megure hummed and nodded.
...This reason is barely acceptable.
In order to confirm the round trip time, he looked at Jiang Xia and took out a stopwatch: "Why don't you go and try it?"
(End of this chapter)
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