Chapter 33 5. Kijima Detective

No matter how complicated the maze is, as long as you keep going around, you will always find the exit.Ono Raizo and Hitomi Orie escaped from the killing maze not long after, and informed everyone what happened in the maze. Although the place is far away from the hustle and bustle, the murder case cannot be left alone, so some of them immediately rushed to the police station to report the case.After a while, the court and the police station sent people to start routine investigations. The following facts were found after initial inspection: First of all, there is absolutely no sign of the murderer sneaking in from the outside.

The only entrance to the amusement park is the small river.Although it is a small river, it is quite deep. Without a small boat, it is impossible for people to wade in.Surrounding the small river and both sides of the gate are mostly steep cliffs and dense towering trees. Moreover, there are guard posts in the park. It is really hard to imagine who can leave quietly.It can be inferred from this that the murderer must be someone from the garden.If it wasn't a friend invited by the master, it would be among dozens of servants. Secondly, none of the people in the garden seemed to be suspected of murder.

Needless to say, the crowd was severely questioned.However, apart from Ono Raizo, Hitomi Orie, and the victim Tomomitsu, no one else entered the maze at that time. Everyone claimed to be in different places, and their alibi was impenetrable. Third, there were no recognizable footprints left at the scene, and there were no other items left behind except the dagger, and not even a single fingerprint could be found on the handle of the murder weapon. Finally, the short knife with a round handle, double-edged blades, no guard, and a strange shape. It is almost the same thickness from the hilt to the blade, so it must be a foreign product.

At present, only the above facts are known. Even if the person who came back is a detective, it will be difficult to pry the truth from the mouths of the many people in the garden. When Renjian Zhezhi was being interrogated, he wanted to say that the murderer was a very short man, but he stopped suddenly.She remembered that there were two obviously short people in the garden.One is Mitani Jiro, who is now sixteen years old, and the other is the slender and poor Sosuke.Considering that what she said might cause the two of them to be suspected, she didn't dare to mention it casually. However, from this day on, there is one more person in the garden.On the request of the director of the park, Hariemon Kitagawa, a criminal policeman moved in that day.

There is a luxurious western-style canteen in the center of the park. Not to mention brunch, everyone always eats dinner together, but the atmosphere that night was extremely weird. Seats are usually a table for the master and his friends, and a table for servants.The people sitting around the two long dining tables did not gossip like usual, the audience was silent, watching each other secretly. The villain who killed Tomomanko not long ago was sitting at this dining table as if nothing had happened.It could be the guy sitting next to him licking his fork, or it could be the guy across the way cutting meat with a shiny knife.Thinking of this, I don't know if it was a psychological effect, but the faces of all the people present looked extremely pale, and they all looked like bloodthirsty murderers.

At this time, a strange man beside the owner, Jiliangemon, was busy using a fork.He pretended to be concentrating on his meal, but occasionally raised his eyelids to quietly observe the expressions of his fellow guests.This suspicious guy is the well-known Kijima detective in the local area. During the banquet, he lowered his head and lowered his voice from time to time, whispering to Jiliangemon.Others couldn't hear a word of the conversation, which made them even more uneasy. Detective Kijima was thirty-four or fifteen years old, and he didn't have a beard. He wore a dirty suit jacket directly over his shirt, and looked like a worker.

"Three people saw you on the Ferris wheel with their own eyes." Detective Kijima said, counting his fingers under the table. "Ayuko Kinoshita and Reiko Harada were sitting on the merry-go-round," Jiraemon said. "Ono Raizo and Hitomi Orie are the discoverers of this murder case." The detective asked following Ji Liangemon's words. They spoke one by one about the friends who came to the park, but all of them were alibi, because each had at least one witness with them. After investigation, all the servants stayed at their posts, and nothing suspicious was found.

"However, there are still exceptions. Yumoto Joji claimed to be in the body cavity of a large whale, Mitani Jiro was walking in the forest, and the park supervisor Ushisa Sosuke was wandering around on a mountain, but no witnesses were found. In other words, They have no witnesses." The policeman emphasized meaningfully. "Hey, it means these three people..." Jiraemon looked at each other in shock. "No, I'm just reiterating the facts and not suspecting anyone." The detective explained, aiming at the servant's dining table.Following his line of sight, the ugly dwarf Baicha Zongsuke was hunched over, eating as if he was licking the plate.

"Oh, although he looks ugly, he has a straightforward personality. He is my most trusted employee." Jiliangemon showed a look of intercession and whispered, the detective's eyes were still suspicious, and he couldn't help looking at the monster who couldn't tell whether it was a child or an old man. Then, the criminal police turned to Yumoto who was at the opposite corner at the same table to make way.Unexpectedly, Tang Ben seemed to have a premonition, and gave him a vicious look back, showing the expression of "how dare you doubt me". "That person has a criminal record." The detective reminded Ji Liangemon in a low voice.

"Well, but he would never kill." Jiliangemon unconsciously defended the opponent.In fact, although Tang Ben has a criminal record, he cannot be the murderer. Soon, the suffocating and embarrassing dinner finally came to an end, and the detective Kijima finally found no doubts.Although everyone looked pale and serious, they did not panic. No, there was actually one person who was restless, but because he was still a child, the criminal police did not suspect him.However, Mitani Erlang's appearance is really not quite right. During the banquet, he felt like sitting on pins and needles, he had no appetite, and he didn't touch the plate. He only watched the expressions of the people around him secretly with a pale face and trembling.

What is going on?This boy could not be the one who stabbed the dagger into Tomotsuko's back.