Chapter 17 Section 4

Yusaku returns to the police station and finds Oda sitting at the table in the conference room looking into something.There are thick books piled on the table, among which are foreign language books. "You're quite laid back." Oda satirized Yusaku displeasedly as soon as he saw Yusaku. Yong Zuo pretended not to hear, and asked, "What are these books?" "I took it from Guasheng Naoaki's study. The day before Sugai Masaki was killed, he said that he wanted to see Guasheng's collection of books and went into the library, so I am investigating what he wants to see. This is really boring. A job that hurts your shoulders." Oda moved his shoulders deliberately, as if to say: I'm working so hard because you're lazy.

"Is anyone else looking for clues? Mr. West seems to have gone out too." "He went to Zhenxian Temple. It seems that he found a crossbow." "Oh? Finally..." No murder weapon was found at the scene of the murder, and everyone believed that the murderer had disposed of it. "I want to take a break, I will leave this place to you." Oda stood up and left the conference room without waiting for Yuu to react.His meaning seems to be: let you also taste the taste of that boring book. Yong Zuo had no choice but to pull out his chair and sit down, and picked up a book at random, which was "Warning of Scientific Civilization".Yusaku felt that the title of the book was very modern, but it was written more than forty years ago. He realized again that people always revolve around the same problems.

Yusaku stops flipping through the book and thinks of Misako.It was still the very familiar Misako he had seen tens of minutes ago.The attitude of the two was blunt at first, but gradually returned to the past during the conversation.In front of her, Yusaku felt as if he had returned to the past, and his heart was very warm. When Yusaku had doubts about Akihiko's alibi, he immediately thought of going to see Misako.He really thought that he might find some clues by asking her face to face, but he couldn't deny that he was affected by that complicated mood—Yong Zuo wanted to see how she would react when she knew that he suspected her husband was the murderer as a married woman .

She will definitely protect her husband.She should marry him because of Akihiko, it is impossible not to protect him.Yusaku wanted to confirm this with his own eyes, this behavior was almost like deliberately pressing a sore molar. However, Misako's reaction was unexpected. "How could I protect my husband..." "My life has always been manipulated by an invisible rope of fate..." She was like a rubber band that was stretched to the limit and then loosened. She began to talk about why she married Akihiko Kuwao, why she stayed at Kuwao's house, and the evolution of things that Yusaku couldn't figure out anyway.

She used the phrase "the rope of fate" to mean that she had felt the existence of that power since her father was admitted to the red brick hospital. Even if that's the case, why is she the only one affected by that power? What's so special about her? As unbelievable as her claims are, Yusaku can't pretend not to see her serious eyes. After a while, Oda came back.He looked at the books in front of Yusaku, and said dissatisfiedly, "What are you doing, you barely moved." "This work is tiring. Besides, it's not something that laymen like us are capable of doing. How about asking the president's secretary Suto?"

"As long as that Suto encounters something he doesn't understand, he will immediately raise his hand and surrender." Oda finished speaking angrily, and sat down on the chair rudely. Before long, the West returned.He seemed to have traveled a lot, with a tired look on his face. "How?" Oda asked while offering Xixi some tea. Xi Xi gulped down the cup of bland, lukewarm tea and said: "There is a bamboo forest about 300 meters south of Zhenxian Temple, right? The crossbow was discarded there, said to be packed in a black plastic bag. The discoverer was a nearby elementary school student. His mother found him peeling bamboo to make I was going to use that bow to shoot an arrow, so I snatched it out of his hand. It would be bad if he used it to shoot indiscriminately and hurt people, and then we would be in trouble. The crossbow still has such a hidden danger. It is dangerous, and more manpower should be mobilized to search at that time."

"Is that indeed the crossbow stolen from Naoaki Guasheng's study?" Yuzuku asked. "Absolutely, it was confirmed just now." "Only found the crossbow? There should be two arrows, the murderer only used one, there should be another one." Oda said. "Only the bow. We searched around there and didn't find the other arrow." That's why the West looks tired. "That's worrying. It's dangerous for someone who doesn't know to touch that poisoned arrow." "That's right. After all, it's impossible for the murderer to keep the arrow with him all the time. However, the possibility that the arrow is not a poisonous arrow has increased."

"how do I say this?" "Actually, we found another arrow in Gua Sheng Zhiming's study today." "More than two?" Yong Zuo asked. West nods. "The arrow was placed at the bottom of the previous wooden cabinet. After investigation by the forensic personnel, the arrow was not filled with poison." "Not poisonous?" Oda looked surprised, then nodded immediately, "Oh, so that's the case, only that one has been tampered with." "No, it doesn't seem to be." Xi said, "We asked the person who gave the arrow to Mr. Zhiming, and he said that he didn't intend to bring back the poisoned arrow, but I don't know if it was out of good intentions or a joke from the local friends. A real poisonous arrow was mixed into the arrow. I heard that he only found out about it after he returned to Japan and opened the suitcase. However, Naoaki thought the arrow was very interesting, so he took it away.”

"Later, there was a little misunderstanding, and I thought that all arrows are poisonous." "it seems that." "So one of the two arrows that the murderer stole was poisonous, and the other wasn't, right? And the one that hit Sugai happened to be a poisonous arrow." Oda picked up the red and black ballpoint pens beside him, and made a red pen stabbing arrow. The movement of your own chest. "I don't know if it's a coincidence. Perhaps the murderer noticed the difference between the two arrows before committing the crime." After finishing speaking, Xixi took the black pen from Oda's hand and turned it neatly with his fingertips. "The question is how the murderer will deal with the remaining arrows." An arrow. I think he probably hid it somewhere else. If he had to throw it away, he'd throw it away with the crossbow. There must be some reason why he didn't."

"The murderer may also plan to deal with the arrows later, huh? If someone monitors all the people involved..." As soon as Oda finished speaking, the western thief smiled and poked his chest with his finger. "I have already sent it. As soon as I learned that the other arrow was missing, I sent someone to watch at the place of great importance." "Ah. As expected of..." Oda seemed to want to compliment Nishi, but Hiroshi said "but", stretched out his palm to Oda's eyelid, and interrupted him. "According to my intuition, I don't think it is necessary to send people around to watch. The point is," Xi continued in a low voice, "the Guasheng family. Just monitor the people of the Guasheng family."

"What?" Oda asked. "Petals." "petal?" "See you. However, I am still asking someone to investigate this matter." At this time, a criminal policeman came, saying that someone had called for Xixi.He picked up the microphone and talked for two or three minutes, then returned to Yusaku and the others. "This call came at the right time, you go to Xu Bei's house now!" "What happened?" "Now you can enter Sugai Masaki's study. I want you to investigate his diaries, memos, and things he is interested in recently." "I want to hear about the petals first," Oda said. Xixi blinked mischievously, and said, "I'll keep it a secret for now, and I'll tell you later."