Chapter 3608 3620 [Very Knowledgeable]
"Fallen down again?"
Sato Miwako has focused most of her skills on racing and physical strength, but among the police, she is considered to be quick-witted.
Upon hearing Ayumi Yoshida's words, the policewoman quickly grasped the key point: "So, you fell asleep twice after the tooth extraction?"
Yoshida Ayumi nodded, then remembered that the person on the other end of the phone couldn't see her, so she quickly added "Mmm." Then she continued, "When I woke up, Kamen Rider had already finished airing, so Sawaki-nee drove me home. We got home around 8 o'clock."
Officer Sato looked at the key times recorded in his notebook and nodded: "I understand."
After hanging up the phone, she looked at the timeline she had compiled and muttered to Jiang Xia, "It takes about 15 minutes to drive from Zemu Dental Hospital to this apartment building, so it would take half an hour round trip. If you add the time it would take to go upstairs and kill him, it would take more than 40 minutes in total."
"Ayumi had her tooth pulled around 7 p.m., saw Dr. Sawaki before the Kamen Rider show started at 7:30 p.m., took a nap, and woke up again before 8 p.m...."
“Each gap was exactly less than half an hour. Although Ms. Sawaki and Ayumi’s time together was intermittent, it can indeed be considered an alibi.”
Jiang Xia nodded: "But this is too much of a coincidence, so much so that it's like a tailor-made alibi—compared to that, Ms. Shirai's alibi is still more convincing."
Curaçao: "..." If you're going to talk, just talk. Why did you call me?
As Jiang Xia spoke, a group of police officers actually glanced at her in unison, then looked away again and continued listening to Jiang Xia's reasoning.
Feeling the gazes that gathered around him for a moment, Curaçao silently broke out in goosebumps on his arm.
Jiang Xia continued, "Children generally have poor memories and little experience, making them easily manipulated and misled. Rather than focusing on Keimi's testimony, let's investigate the motive first—didn't you compile a list of President Nakamoto's enemies before his death? Are there any people with the surname 'Sawaki' on that list?"
He paused, then added, "Or a profession related to medicine."
"..." Curaçao understood: it seemed that the other people with the surname Zemu were the real motive for the murder.
As for the later item "professions related to doctors"... it feels like Uzo just made it up after giving the correct answer, so as not to make the answer seem too abrupt. It's like the test setter randomly added three distractor options after deciding on the answer to a multiple-choice question.
Just as this thought crossed my mind, a few minutes later, a junior police officer excitedly ran over with the documents.
“Mr. Jiang Xia, it’s the same as what you said!” He showed Jiang Xia the old news in his hand:
"26 years ago, a kidnapping and murder case occurred in a village in Yamanashi Prefecture—the most important suspect at the time was none other than today's deceased, President Nakamoto!"
"The victim of that kidnapping was named 'Sawaki,' a boy who was only 9 years old. In the end, due to insufficient evidence, President Nakamoto was not prosecuted and was released without charge."
“The little boy who died had a sister who was two years younger than him. I just looked it up, and her name is ‘Sawaki Yoko,’ which is exactly the same as the dentist who lives in this apartment building.”
Upon hearing this, Sato Miwako's gaze sharpened. She said to the junior officer beside her, "Send two people to bring Miss Sawaki here immediately."
Upon hearing this, Curaçao, who had his back to everyone, adjusted his glasses and silently curled the corners of his lips: "Heh, I knew it."
A sense of pride, as if he had seen through everything, was vaguely rising within him, but suddenly, he remembered the price behind this "seeing through"—countless unexpected encounters and his own fragmented mission objectives…
A former model worker in the organization fell into a brief silence.
Behind her.
As Eri listened to the progress of the case, she secretly glanced at "Attorney Shirai".
Since Jiang Xia said so, although there is no evidence yet, the murderer should be a sure thing, it is that Dr. Ze Mu.
A case from 26 years ago, a familiar motive, and Ms. Sawaki being a resident of this apartment building—it all seems premeditated… It appears that this murder case really has nothing to do with Ms. Shirai.
So why did she refuse to keep the appointment or refuse to go, but instead kept postponing it?
Eri Kisaki couldn't figure it out and decided to continue observing. She watched Curaçao's retreating figure, adjusted her glasses, and a fleeting glint of light flashed across the gold-rimmed frames.
Curaçao, recalling her painful past: "!"
here we go again!
Who's watching me?!
...
"To avenge my brother?"
A few minutes later, Dr. Sawaki, dressed in casual clothes, appeared in the corridor.
She glanced at the body lying in the entryway and said helplessly, "When I was a child, my brother and I did have a good relationship, but I was only 7 years old at the time, and 26 years have passed since then—I had no idea that I was living in the same apartment building as my enemy, let alone seeking revenge."
"Besides, I've been working at the clinic all day, and I didn't finish until after 8 p.m., after dropping off a client. I simply didn't have time to come here and kill someone. You can't suspect me of being his murderer just because I have a grudge against this Mr. Nakamoto."
Sonoko Suzuki was worried that after the Jodie teacher incident was over, there were no new cases to solve—excluding Kaito Kid, whose mystery was already arrogantly laid out on the surface, so all she had to do was enjoy the process, there was nothing to solve.
Therefore, when the police were explaining the clues, she listened attentively and even leaned over to listen to the entire phone call that Jiang Xia made to Yoshida Ayumi.
At that moment, the high school girl had a sudden realization and felt that she understood. She cleared her throat and said to Dr. Sawaki seriously, "Speaking of alibis—your alibi is actually not complete!"
Dr. Ze Mu raised an eyebrow and stood up straight: "What do you mean?"
Just as Suzuki Sonoko realized this, she felt as cool as Jiang Xia. She imitated her classmate and said seriously, "The time you woke Ayumi up and told her to watch Kamen Rider wasn't actually 7:30 when Kamen Rider started airing, but 8:00!"
Dr. Zeki sighed.
Sonoko Suzuki's mind was buzzing: "So, in other words, after Ayumi has her tooth pulled and falls asleep around 7 p.m., you leave her in the lounge, set up the recording equipment, and prepare to record the upcoming episode of 'Kamen Rider'."
"After setting the time, you drove from the clinic to the apartment, killed President Nakamoto, and then returned to the clinic."
"Leaving around 7 and returning before 8, 50 minutes is more than enough. By then, Kamen Rider has already finished airing. So you set the clock in the room to 7:30, put the videotape into the TV to replay it, and then woke Ayumi up."
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