Chapter 39 11. Suspects

This morning, at almost the same time, Reiko was in the center of the maze, Jiro was on the merry-go-round, and Broken Branch fell from the flying boat and died tragically.The murder weapon used to kill Reiko was the same as that used to kill Tomomitsu. Erlang was killed with a single shot, and Zazhi was killed when the rope of the ladder broke when getting off the flying boat. No, not "maybe", and everyone will soon know that this is an indisputable fact. After the police and investigators came to conduct an autopsy and move the deceased into the room, the flying boat made an emergency landing on the ground at the suggestion of Mujima Criminal Police to check the cracks in the rope ladder.

After the huge silver airship let go of the air, it spread flat on the ground like a jellyfish. "Sure enough. Please see, such a cut is definitely not a natural break, but cut by a sharp blade." Everyone moved closer and took a closer look. That's right, it was indeed a trace of cutting with a knife. "But the broken branch can't cut the rope ladder by itself, so it can be deduced that the murderer must be on the flying boat. However, the kitchen lady who was frightened by the boy's words and ran out to check, said that after the broken branch fell, there was no one on it. And I rushed to At that time, it was only two or three minutes before the broken branch fell, and no one was seen at the scene. Then, when, by whom, and how was the rope cut off?" Ono Raizo, who had lost his girlfriend, looked pale and questioned in confusion.

"I'm also thinking hard about this point." Detective Kijima replied meaningfully, as if he had realized something. The group then returned to a room in the mansion to be questioned by prosecutors.It would be too lengthy to record in detail, so here we only focus on the key points. First, everyone investigated San Gu's diary according to his last words. Tonight I met Miss Lizi with a pale face at the foot of the mountain, and I was concerned about what was going on with her.She asked me not to tell others, and then asked me to remember that if she died unfortunately, the murderer would be Brother Rang, and I must report to the criminal police at that time.How strange.

The diary reads like this, followed by Erlang's thoughts on the crime: No one seems to have noticed, but the kind of short knife stuck in Zhimanzi's chest made Ci Ge have many of them.From the very beginning, I suspected Brother Rangci, who had a criminal record, and it turned out to be him.After listening to Miss Lizi's words tonight, I feel that my thoughts are becoming more and more credible.Should I tell everyone about this?But Sister Lizi won't let me leak the secret, I don't want to go against her words.Ah, what should I do? Just painting on Reiko's corpse in the center of the maze, Yumoto has serious suspicions, and now his diary has confirmed that he can't quibble.

At this point in the development of the incident, everyone is convinced that Rang Ci is the murderer.Although the motive is unclear, and it seems unreal that a person has to commit three murders in different places far apart at the same time (one is a high-altitude flying ship, the other is a complicated maze), but For one thing, everyone agrees that Rangci is the prime suspect. Rangci was summoned by the prosecutor and questioned severely, but he insisted that he knew nothing. Immediately afterwards, the prosecutor interrogated Jiliangemon, Kinoshita Ayuko, Ono Raizo, Ushisa Sosuke, etc., but still did not get any clues.

After investigation, it was found that at the time of the incident, Jiliangemon was staying in the box of the Ferris wheel as usual, and Ayuko and Leizo were sleeping soundly in their rooms in the garden. There were witnesses and there was nothing suspicious about it. place. The rickety Sousuke always gets up early.As usual, he got up at five o'clock and then patrolled the park.However, there are many mountains and rivers in the park, and the area is too large, so when the crime happened, no one saw where he was and what he was doing.In other words, his alibi is difficult to establish.

In addition, it is worth noting that K, who was in charge of setting off the fireworks, was also interrogated by the prosecutor. "You said that fireworks were set off at six o'clock in the morning, but it was early in the morning. Is it necessary?" the prosecutor asked. "Uh, this is my job. It's my duty to keep setting off daytime fireworks from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm every day." K replied in his forties, wearing dirty work clothes. "Is this what the headmaster told you?" "I ordered it." Kitagawa Jiliangemon answered, "You know, this is an amusement park like no other in the world, and it's no surprise that the fireworks are brilliant in the morning. We love the 'bang, crackle' very much The boisterous sound of the explosion, and the rain of balloons when it exploded."

The prosecutor turned to K with a wry smile, and continued to ask: "Around six o'clock this morning, did you see any suspicious people? Your pyrotechnic tube should be placed behind the maze, right?" "No one passed by the place where I work. Don't say anything suspicious, I didn't even see a person all morning." "Aren't there screams coming from the maze?" "Oh, I didn't hear any unusual noises either. Maybe it happened to be overwhelmed by the explosion of fireworks, so it didn't reach my ears." After questioning K, who was in charge of the fireworks, the interrogation was almost over.In the end, no facts were found to deny that Yumoto Rangji was the murderer.

A dozen short knives hidden next to the underground blood pool hell, and Erlang's diary were seized by the police as evidence.Of course, as the only suspect, Yumoto Rangji was immediately arrested.