Chapter 21 The Footsteps of the Dolls in Scene 10

Kyosuke walked out of the room and was about to visit Dr. Sawamura's room when he suddenly stopped as if remembering something. "Mr. Gao Chuan, to be honest, I can't go to Mr. Sawamura's room yet. I want to go to the place where the dolls are placed in the basement first. Can you go there earlier?" "I don't mind. Even if you don't say that, I want to guide you like this." As he spoke, the Gaochuan Police Department gestured to a police officer standing under the steps, asking him to open the entrance to the basement and walk down the steps by himself .

"Here...it is said that the doll is placed near here." Kyosuke stood among the cluttered tools, and immediately concentrated on looking at the open space. "It's strange that ordinary people have that kind of model doll. What is the reason?" "I really don't know the point about this right now. Ms. Zizi, who is currently living in a mental hospital, seems to be very keen on Western tailoring when she was a sober student. Because of her frail body, she generally lives in this villa. I bought it. During this period, she made an indescribably strange foreign dress for the first time.——This is also the direct cause of illness."

Kyousuke nodded sympathetically, then looked at the dark and narrow passage that stretched straight from the corner of the room. "This basement existed when the building was built. Was this passage dug hastily because of the February 26 incident?" "Yes. As far as our current common sense is concerned, not to mention the Duke of Saiyuanji, I am afraid that Viscount Ayanokōji next to him did not notice that there would be a rebellion. ——Although this is only hindsight, anyway, the politicians of that era probably Everyone should be alert to this kind of thing. Whether to do it or not is another matter. In any case, there were incidents of armed forces attacking the prime minister's mansion with machine guns. The Viscount built a secret passage, and maybe he did something big for himself. It's full of satisfaction."

"What a good example. Those so-called politicians are probably complacent masters." Kyousuke and the police department started walking down the tunnel side by side.On the way, there is a short path that crosses the dark path at right angles, and there is a narrow step at the intersection. "here it is……?" "From here is near the viscount's living room. Mr. Mihiko, who is in charge now, comes here several times a year, and no one will use this to leave." "So, no one stepped here last night?" Kyousuke said meaningfully while carefully looking at the steps across.

The tunnel continues from here, and then becomes an upward step. "This is...?" "It's the storage room near the back door... It's the same as Kira Ueno's house. If someone comes in, they will disguise themselves as servants or something here, and then escape." "To be superfluous, if you see yourself, you are really serious." Kyousuke smiled half a smile, "Those past events seem to be impossible to reproduce now. How did that puppet escape from here? What about the one who committed suicide on the railway? Finding out the footprints of the doll is a top priority.”

"so……" "For such a big thing, it is difficult to get the Western-style building where everyone is. Therefore, the prisoner who stole the doll first entered the tunnel from the Western-style building to get the doll... However, he came just after dark With so many guests, it is quite difficult to escape from the tunnel. The key to the storage room is...?" "It's a small purse lock, locked from the outside, of course." "If that's the case, the prisoner doesn't have to think about it, and getting the key from inside will be a problem. First hide the doll somewhere, and take the key to the storage room from outside in the middle of the night, and take it to the railway from there , This is a common-sense view. It’s just that during the few hours after dinner, when the doll was found missing and the ‘Galaxy’ passed here, where the doll was hidden is also a question.”

"Is it still from here?" "After the doll was lost, everyone probably looked for it carefully at home... that's the only way to think about it. Therefore, the criminal who stole the doll is at least someone who knows the situation at home." The police closed their eyes, and the faces of the guests emerged. "By the way, Mr. Kazumi, Mr. Matsushita said that Ms. Kako who was killed may have known the actions of the prisoner all night last night. It is said that she set a trap. What is this trap?" "I just thought of this question too. Trap... Trap... The trap that the prisoner will definitely fall for... Maybe the prisoner has thought about it several times in his mind. Not only did the prisoner not fall into the trap, but he fought back violently... Accept it In this counterattack, both Miss Jiazi and the puppet met the same fate."

Kyousuke said sad words, looked down at the tunnel again and said, "Mr. Gao Chuan, let's go, Mr. Sawamura is getting impatient." Kyousuke walked out after finishing speaking.