Chapter 7 Chapter 6 One enters the court

Knowing that another student from Tianchuan Middle School was killed in his home, Minagawa Muneichi whispered, "Another person has disappeared." When we arrived at the scene, a preliminary search had already begun.Asaoka Kazuko's body is not ugly, except for the marks of being attacked on the back of the head, there are no other wounds, but careful observation reveals the needle holes left by the injection near the neck. As expected, the murderer injected the cyanic acid solution into the victim. Kazuko's neck, unconscious after the attack, was killed in the same way as the older woman Brent in the play.The presumed time of death is around 8:30 p.m. today.

Jiagu Ziyan said, "Did you get killed here?" Minagawa replied, "Probably so." If it was killed outside, the body should not be deliberately moved to the deceased's home.The murderer no longer uses telephones and other methods to trick the victim out, but arrives at the victim's home in person. "Where are the parents?" "I got in touch just now, and they should have arrived immediately. They opened a restaurant in Qingshan District." "So, who informed the police?" "It's the victim's younger brother. He found the body when he returned home from cram school, and he is currently being questioned in the next room."

After hearing this, Minagawa went to the next room, and saw a pale, trembling teenager who looked like a middle school student. Minagawa replaced the police officer in the question and asked the boy, "When did you go out?" The boy replied, "Seven o'clock." "Then your sister has been alone at home since seven o'clock." "That's right. By the way, a classmate of my sister's named Sha Chuan called just now and said that my sister was still alive at eight o'clock, but in the middle of the conversation, the doorbell rang. My sister said that someone seemed to be coming. Called, then hung up, but finally waited for an hour and still no contact."

The boy just said these things in a disorganized manner. "The doorbell rang, is someone here?" "It seems like that." Minagawa remembered that the person named Sunagawa was probably Sunagawa Mutsuki from the same drama group, and he needed to meet with her to confirm the details. "There is no sign of forced entry. The murderer may have been greeted by the victim." "Then, it's someone I know." But it is not a new discovery. It has long been known that the murderer in a series of cases is someone who the victim knows or is close to, and this case only reaffirms this point.

"But I don't understand why the victims didn't take precautions even though the cases continued to happen one after another. They should have known that the murderer was someone they knew and might be related to the school. Why were they allowed to enter the house without any precautions?" "Maybe it's a person who feels safe to the victim." The boy said suddenly, "By the way, when I came back, there were bees in the living room." "bee?" "Yes, the bees. They weren't there when we were out. They just flew out of the open window before the police arrived."

"However, bees will not break in randomly at night. This is probably the murderer's action. The fifth little black man was stabbed to death by bees. He must have been caught during the day and then released on purpose." "What is the murderer thinking?" Minagawa continued to ask the boy, "Did you notice anything else?" After thinking about it, the boy said, "Speaking of which, that cigarette..." "cigarette?" "It's a cigarette butt, in the ashtray on the table in the living room. The ashtray was clean before I went out. Although I thought it might be my sister who smoked secretly, but maybe..."

"Do you want to say it might be the murderer's?" "Ok." Minagawa left the room and returned to the living room.Looking at the ashtray on the table, there is indeed a cigarette butt near the end. The brand is "Lick", which seems to be smoked by men. "This time the murderer left something behind, probably because he was careless and forgot to take away the cigarettes he smoked here." Minagawa took out a handkerchief to wrap up the cigarette butt.According to the attached saliva, the murderer's blood type may be detected. That night, Noriko Xiangsaka was awakened by the ringing of the phone from her regular light sleep.Looking at the clock, the green hour hand painted with luminous paint indicates 2:30 midnight.

—At this hour, who is it? Late-night phone calls always feel ominous.Not only does sleep get in the way, but phones ringing late at night are often a sign of misfortune. Dianzi walked out of the living room in her nightgown, picked up the phone and said, "I'm Xiang Saka." "It's Eshima. I'm sorry it's so late." "Eshima? What's the matter?" "Did you know about Kazuko Asaoka?" "Oh, I already know." "I've been thinking about this incident all the time, as if I've learned something, so I hope to talk to someone. Although I know it's not appropriate, but first I thought of calling the teacher." Although Xiaoxue's tone was not panicked, but But it seems to suppress the excitement.

Dianzi asked calmly, "What do you understand?" "murderer." "murderer…………" "The murderer of this incident is also the murderer of Nishida Rika, Matsuki Harumi, Sakuma Misa and Kawai Rie. Now I want to explain my reasoning, can you?" "But, where did you call? Won't you wake up your family so late?" "Don't worry, they're on the second floor and the phone is on the first floor. It's fine to speak softly. Teacher, is it convenient for you?" "It's not inconvenient, but let's talk slowly tomorrow..."

"It may be too late. Next time the target is me, and next time it may be the teacher. You are playing Dr. Armstrong." "Oh, all right then." "First of all, what I noticed was that on the day of the school celebration, Matsuki Harumi should have passed the murderer when she came to the drama room, but she didn't say anything. Wouldn't that person be considered the murderer, or was she trying to Is it concealed for the murderer, or there is a third reason. Then, why did the murderer deliberately move the bodies of Matsuki and Sakuma near their house..."

Xiaoxue continued to talk, while Dianzi silently listened to the phone receiver. After finishing everything, Xiaoxue asked Dianzi, "Is my reasoning not perfect?" "No, except for a few places, your reasoning is very reasonable. And why the murderer needs to imitate Christie's drama, your reasoning can also be understood. Then, the murderer is—" Dianzi said the man's name. "Is it?" "Well. Indeed, if the murderer is really that person, even though there are still a few doubts, the rest are completely understandable." "I think so too, but the problem is evidence. There is only reasoning but no evidence, and it can only be regarded as a hypothesis." "Oh, so not even talking to the police." "But I can't be in a hurry. I think there must be some way. Let me think about it too. I'll contact you when I think of something." "Ok." The phone rang, an hour later.Dianzi's voice came from the receiver that Xiaoxue picked up. "Xiaoxue? It's me, Xiang Saka. We've figured out a way, let's find the evidence." "how to do?" "It's dangerous to trick him, but do you have the guts?" "However dangerous it is, it's better than doing nothing." "Then, use my family's villa in Kawaguchiko, and the two of us will go there tomorrow?" "it is good." "Let me tell him to go to Biezhuang. I will use your reasoning just now to threaten him." "Threats?" "Well, I said that I have obtained the evidence that he is the murderer. If I don't want to let the police know, I will go to Biezhuang to negotiate. If he is really the murderer, I should go. At that time, I will tell the reasoning and put The conversation was recorded, and if he was the murderer, he would definitely not let me live, because he thought I was the only one, and he might show his true colors, or try to kill me on the spot, and then you, who were hiding somewhere, would show up. This What's the plan? Even though it's a bit dangerous, isn't it a matter of course?" Xiaoxue asked a little uneasy: "But the opponent is a man, can the two of us handle it?" "No problem. I will use my dad's shotgun for you to use. If you hold a shotgun, the other party will not dare to shoot." "But I don't know how to use a shotgun." "It's not asking you to actually shoot, it's just a threat. How? Do you want to do it? Actually, I can't think of a sure way to be safe." "Okay, let's do it." Xiaoxue said decisively. "Then, meet at Shinjuku Station at 7:00 tomorrow morning, and let me contact him." "understood." Thursday, July 23, at seven o'clock in the morning. When Ejima Koyuki arrived at the meeting point at Shinjuku Station, Noriko Mukasaka had already arrived, sitting on a bench and waiting, with a travel bag beside her. "Did you sleep well?" Xiaoxue shook her head and said, "Not at all." Dianzi also said, "Me too." "Have you talked to the other party?" "Well, he agreed immediately, and that feeling shows that your reasoning is correct. We agreed to arrive at ten o'clock in the morning. We will arrive at Biezhuang at nine o'clock, which is a good time." "Let's go, then. By the way, is this a shotgun?" Dianzi looked at the travel bag: "I borrowed it from my dad, of course I have already obtained the permit." The two entered the waiting platform while talking. At the same time, Takashiro Yasuyuki was packing his travel backpack, and his mother Judai asked, "Where are you going?" "It's going to Lake Kawaguchi. A college classmate has a villa there and invited me to go." "Is it the call from last night? It's so late, it's really nonsense, and even I woke up." "Yeah." Gao Cheng thought to Saka Dianzi that it was really too nonsense to say such words. "How long will it be?" "All day." "Senior, here comes the blood type test based on the saliva left on the cigarette butt." Kagu Shihiko took the report sent from the supervision department and said to Minagawa Zongichi who was drinking tea, "The blood type is B type, because the victim It is Type A, and the cigarette butt must have been left by the murderer." "That brand of cigarettes seems to belong to someone related in my memory, who is it..." Minagawa pressed his forehead and said in a low voice. "Xiaoxue, we've arrived, get up." Shaking by Noriko Mukasaka who was sitting next door, Eshima Koyuki opened her eyes slightly.I looked at my watch, it was eight twenty-five.The train has started entering the platform at Otsuki Station. "Ah, I remembered." Minagawa shouted suddenly. Kako looked at Minagawa and asked, "What?" "The guy who smokes that brand of cigarettes." "who is it?" "The teacher who teaches mathematics, Mr. Gaocheng." "Is he the murderer?" "It's not yet certain that that guy is the murderer, because there may be other people smoking that brand of cigarettes." "But he's always suspicious. Go and investigate his alibi yesterday." Gaocheng Yasuyuki pulled out the drawer and took out a black object from a box.It's a pistol. Although it's just a toy, its appearance is very real. If you don't look carefully, you won't realize it's a toy at all.Although it is not intended to be used, it may be used in an emergency, so it is better to put it in the backpack just in case. "Is Teacher Gao Cheng on vacation today?" Minagawa said in the teacher's room of Tianchuan Middle School.According to other teachers, Takashiro has not returned to school, but in the ashtray on Takashiro's desk, he found two cigarette butts, which are indeed of that brand, and the appearance after smoking is also the same as that left at Asaoka Kazuko's house Similar, maybe it was a subconscious habit, Minagawa immediately wrapped the cigarette butt in a handkerchief and took it away. "Then I'm leaving." After Gao Cheng told his mother, he drove his own car and left. At this time, his mother was holding the handset of the phone that had just rang. "Then we have come to visit now." As soon as Minagawa put the handset of the public phone outside the office, Kako immediately asked, "How is it?" "Takashiro's mother said that he just left for Kawaguchiko, and it seems that he studied at the Bessou Village in college, but Takashiro was not at home between 8pm and 9pm last night." "Is there no alibi?" "I need to go to his home to investigate in detail. You should send this cigarette butt to the supervision department as soon as possible." "yes." "This is it." Noriko Mukasaka, who came by taxi from the station, said to a detached building.After opening the door and entering, Dianzi immediately put the travel bag on the ground, and opened all the curtains, so that the sunlight shines through the windows into the room. The clock on the wall showed nine thirty in the morning. Dianzi sat on the chair and said, "It's so hot, I'm sweating all over my body." Xiaoxue was still carrying her backpack, looking around the living room, and then said to the life-like bear statue on the side: "It feels oppressive, I bought it from Hokkaido." Dianzi smiled and said, "Oh, we should make a plan before he arrives." Xiaoxue nodded and said, "Yes." "First, when the doorbell rings, you go to that room and hide." Dianzi pointed to the room next to the living room and said, "Also, take this." Dianzi took out the shotgun from the travel bag and loaded it . Xiaoxue asked in surprise: "Do you really want to load the bullet?" "It's just in case, if the scaring doesn't work, you have to force it. Don't worry, it's a legitimate defense. If he doesn't resist, no one will bleed." Dianzi said calmly, "Then I told him the reasoning, Of course the entire conversation will also be recorded." Noriko took out a miniature tape recorder from the travel bag. "Based on his reaction, I will state the terms of the deal and ask for an amount that he can't pay. At that time, he should try to kill me, and I will immediately yell, so you suddenly come out and point a shotgun at him, After subduing him, I called the police station and waited here for the police to arrive." "By uniform, do you mean to tie him up?" "That's it. Understand?" "Ok." After about ten minutes, Xiaoxue seemed to hear the sound of a car parked outside, and looked at the clock, it was still some time before ten o'clock. "It seems to have arrived." Dianzi looked at his watch and said, "It's so early." At this time, the doorbell rang.The two looked at each other and Dianzi said, "Are you ready? Don't forget what you just said." "yes." Dianzi handed Xiaoxue the shotgun and pushed her to the next room. "Don't cough, if he finds out that I'm not the only one, all previous efforts will be wasted." "clear." The doorbell rang again. Not long after Xiaoxue closed the door of the room, she heard Dianzi's voice coming from outside the door. "Have you come yet?" After the door closed, Xiaoxue felt someone entered the living room. "I was taken aback by the phone call yesterday. You would never have dreamed of doing something like that." It was a male voice—it was his. Minagawa Zongichi asked Takashiro's mother Juandai, "Did you say he went to a friend's villa in a hurry this morning?" "Yeah, the phone call from my friend last night was past three o'clock in the morning. What a nonsense." "Is there any explanation about where the Biezhuang is?" "I just said it was near Lake Kawaguchi." "So do you know his friend's contact number?" "I don't know, I haven't heard of it. How is Kang Zhi?" Juan Dai seemed a little uneasy. "You said that Mr. Gaocheng was not at home between eight and nine o'clock yesterday afternoon, so where did you go?" "After I came back from school, I said I went out on a date with a friend, and when I came home after ten o'clock, I said I was angry because the friend missed the appointment." "Who are the so-called friends?" "But I didn't say that, I'm already an adult, and as a mother, I don't want to interfere too much." "What is Mr. Gaocheng's blood type?" "Say what?" "It's about blood type." "It's Type B." "Is there a fax machine?" "pass……?" "Can you show me Mr. Gaocheng's room?" "What... what happened? What did Kang Zhi do? Could it be related to those cases..." "Just to take a look. Where?" "Right here." Minagawa followed Juanyo into Takashiro's room. There was no fax machine in there, only a personal computer.Minagawa immediately recorded the model number. He said: "What do you want to say? I have something to do at night, so I can't delay too long." Xiaoxue kept her ears close to the door, and heard the sound of him sitting on the sofa. "Thirty minutes is enough, do you need coffee?" Dianzi's voice didn't look like she was scared at all. "It's a very comfortable villa. Are you alone here?" "Well, because it's not something that can be made public, it would be bad if there were other people around. But don't take it lightly, I'm here with a shotgun. If you do anything unusual, I'll smash your head. Dianzi's voice came from a distance, probably in the kitchen. "You don't need a shotgun, just discuss it peacefully." "How much can you take out?" "How many?" "The amount of exchange. You killed five young and promising girls. If you are arrested, you will definitely be sentenced to death. If you want me to keep it secret, no matter how much I want, it's not too much." "Properly speaking, it is not appropriate to describe them as young and promising." "Whatever it is, how about 100 million yuan?" "One hundred million?" His voice raised a lot. "How can a poor teacher like me handle that amount?" "Isn't it okay to sell the house you live in now?" "Before discussing the amount, I first need to know what the evidence you mentioned is, is it really worth 100 million yuan?" "Then, let me tell you everything I know. Please listen carefully, Mr. Matsuki."