Chapter 32 Section VI

Kusanagi thought that no one would come at this time, it was already past eleven o'clock at night, and it turned out that there were still people on the campus of Teito University, there were people running in sportswear, and young women transporting things with carts, If you look closely, it is a big speaker. It is estimated that there will be band rehearsals later. University is another world no matter what era, Kusanagi thought of his youth. Yu Chuan was still in the 13th Research Laboratory of the Physics Department. When Kusanagi called, Yu Chuan told him to come when he was not busy.

"I don't want to disturb your work, but there is one thing I am very concerned about." As he said, Yu Chuan put the mug containing instant coffee on the table. "It's really rare for you to take the initiative to intervene in the case! I heard from Neihai that you are also a member of the troupe's fan club. This is the first time I heard that you like drama." "Everything is possible, let's not talk about this, I heard that you are now suspicious of Ms. Atsuko Kanbara?" Kusanagi, who was drinking coffee, almost choked, "Do you know her?"

"It's nothing, right? She's a member of the troupe, and I'm from the fan club. She came to me last night and asked me if I knew about the police's investigation, because I said before that there are people I know in the Metropolitan Police Department." Kusanagi looked at Yukawa's calm face, "You agreed?" "I told her it was impossible. Even if I heard something from you, I didn't intend to tell her. I called you here because after talking with her, I had an idea." Kusanagi put down the mug and straightened up, "What did she tell you?"

"That's what I said just now. She said she wanted to inquire about the police's investigation. I guess she was suspected. I heard that she had a relationship with Mr. Komai before." "As a fan club member, don't you know that?" "I'm not a core member who knows even this, but what? Do you still doubt her?" Kusanagi scratched his nose with his fingers, "You really didn't tell her?" Tang Chuan was slightly surprised, "Don't you believe it?" "No." Kusanagi shrugged with a wry smile. If he doubted this man, he would be a fool. "Then I will make it clear that now we think Atsuko Kamihara is very suspicious, but there is no conclusive evidence and we have not arrested her. The situation That's it."

"What are the grounds for suspicion? Motive?" "Not only that, but there are several pieces of evidence." Kusanagi talked about the general situation so far, the way of calling is unnatural, there is a possibility of tampering on the phone, there are photos of fireworks, other troupe members have alibi after 8 o'clock, and so on. "I see," Tang Chuan pushed his gold-rimmed glasses with his fingers, "Is the reason for calling and deleting the address book? It is indeed very suspicious, but there is no conclusive evidence." "Today I also ran for a day to find conclusive evidence, but there was no gain, and no witnesses were found. The taxi she took was also random. If she can't prove that the person who called Ms. Anbe was not the victim, she will have Alibi."

"This proof is very difficult." "The only thing that is strong is the estimated time of death. The autopsy results show that it is possible that he died a little earlier before calling Ms. Anbe, but this is also an estimated time." Yu Chuan nodded and clasped his hands, "If Ms. Kanbara is the murderer, why did you use a prop knife?" "This is also our biggest question. Why do we deliberately choose things that are known to be committed by insiders?" "When people make incomprehensible actions, there are only two reasons, one is that there is no other choice, and the other is that there are benefits that others cannot see."

"There should be no benefit, and I don't think there are other options. It's not that difficult to prepare a murder weapon that makes people unable to see the way. The murderer is wearing gloves to commit the crime. It is obviously a planned crime. How can it be unprepared?" What about the murder weapon?" "Gloves..." Yu Chuan let go of his hands, "The victim was stabbed in the chest, right?" "yes." "Is there any trace of resistance?" Kusanagi shook his head, "I can't tell." Tang Chuan stood up with a puzzled expression, and took out a ballpoint pen from the chest pocket of his white coat, "What's going on? Is the victim blindfolded?"

"Blindfolded? Why?" Holding the ballpoint pen, Yukawa stabbed at Kusanagi's chest with the tip of the pen, "Take out the hidden knife and attack from the front—is it impossible? The victim may not be able to escape the sudden attack, but when do you wear gloves? If you wear gloves, the victim will keep paying attention to the murderer's hand, so there is no chance to get the knife out?" "Didn't it look for an opportunity behind the victim to put on the gloves and then pull out the knife?" "If that's the case, why don't you attack from behind? That way, you don't have to worry about the other party's resistance."

"It was probably planned in this way, but the victim suddenly turned around when things came to an end." "If that's the case, the killer puts on gloves and pulls out a knife without knowing when the victim will turn around, and the risk is too high! I wouldn't be wearing gloves." "Although you said so, there is no way to leave marks with gloves. The murderer has a different idea from you, right? I guess he doesn't have the confidence to remove all the fingerprints on the knife." "This is the point! What is the motivation for keeping the knife? Even if you have to use a prop knife, it's over if you take the knife away. I don't think the murderer forgot. He must be very aware of the consequences of using a prop knife."

"This..." Although Kusanagi wanted to answer, he fell silent—Yukawa had a point. Yu Chuan put the ballpoint pen back in his pocket and walked slowly, "That means there is a reason to do this, but why don't you take the knife with you?" "I didn't think about it at all! It's not easy to get the bullet back from the body if you kill it with a gun. It's easy if you use a knife. It's fine to pull it out after stabbing it. There is no reason to insert it there." "Is it inserted there all the time?" Tang Chuan still walked around with his head down.

"Indeed, it cannot be considered that the murderer was negligent. It is easy to find the suspect by leaving the murder weapon there. This is common sense that children know." Tang Chuan stopped suddenly and raised his head slowly, "What if it's the other way around?" "Reverse? What do you mean?" "This will benefit the murderer. You just said that there is no benefit. Is that true? What would happen if there were no knives at the scene? How would your investigation proceed?" Kusanagi shrugged, "Is there any need to talk about it? If there is no murder weapon, we can only look for it first!" "That's it!" Tang Chuan raised his index finger, "The murderer just wants to avoid this situation." "What's the meaning?" But Yu Chuan didn't answer, and started walking up and down again. "Hey, Yukawa!" Kusanagi called him. Tang Chuan stopped in his tracks, "You said you have photos of fireworks, do you bring them with you now?" "I'm bringing it!" Kusanagi took out three photos from the inside of the suit and put them on the console. Tang Chuan took three photos and looked at them carefully. They were the eyes of scientists. "There is a date and time on it. Is it possible that this is processed?" "The forensics class said it probably wasn't." Tang Chuan nodded, looked at the photo again, raised his head after thinking for a while, "I have a request, can you agree?" "what?" "I want to go and see the scene, the room where Mr. Komai was killed." "why?" "I have something to confirm, but if ordinary people can't enter, then you can do as I said." Kusanagi sighed and stood up, "Don't waste time, I'll arrange it right away!" He said and took out his phone. An hour later, the two arrived at Komai Ryosuke's house. Yukawa looked at the glass-vaulted ceiling and muttered, "As expected." "What's going on? Tell me quickly!" "Don't worry, I'll check right away." Yukawa walked up the steps of the loft, holding a map of Tokyo and a compass in his hand. After walking up, Tang Chuan looked at the window on the north side, and then looked at the east side. There was no moon in the sky at this time. Tang Chuan looked around the room and then went down the stairs, his eyes stopped in one direction, "What is that ladder for? Did the police put it here?" "No, it was there from the beginning, and I also find it very strange why it is placed here." Yukawa approached the ladder, looked up at the ceiling again, and started smiling. "What's going on? You are so strange, what did you find?" Yukawa turned to Kusanagi with a smile, "Isn't this funny? I was thinking that such a simple trick would fool all the policemen in the world!" "What did you say?" "There is something you need to investigate," Tang Chuan said, "How much does it cost to set off fireworks?"