Chapter 27 Section 3

When the two left UR Electric and returned to the task force, only West was on the phone. After he finished speaking, the two sat side by side at his desk, and Oda reported the results of his investigation at UR Electric.West's expression was a little gloomy. "Honestly speaking, I find it very inexplicable." Xixi tapped the table with his index finger, "Supposing Masaaki Sugai is considering investing in some new business field, is it because of this that he wants to obtain the information stored in the Guasheng's safe? I don’t know much about the business, but what use is that kind of information that’s hundreds of years old?”

"Hmm... I don't know either." Oda shrank his neck. West sighed heavily and stood up from his chair. "You went to Xu Bei's house a few days ago. I want to investigate the information Xu Bei Zhengqing took from Gua Sheng's house again. I asked them to go there just now. There is no reply yet, and it seems that they have not found it." "I think Xu Bei must have brought the things back to the president's office, so I negotiated with the full-time director Nakazato today, hoping that he would let us check the president's office, but he said it was a confidential place and refused. However, they said they would To investigate."

Hearing Oda's report, a complex smile appeared on Nishi's face. "Even if it's really in the president's office, UR Electric will not let us see it easily. It should be very important." "They might say: 'There is information, but we don't want to release it to the world.'" "That's right. The content of those materials has nothing to do with the murder, so we can't force them." The West seems to have somewhat given up. "I mentioned it before," Yusaku took a step forward, "on the day Sugai was killed, Akihiko Kawao went to Sugai's house. Is it possible that he found that folder at that time and went to retrieve it?"

Nishi stared at a certain point in the sky, and then turned his gaze to Yusaku. "Kabu Akihiko knew that Sugai had stolen the information? Or did he just find that document when he went to Sugai's house?" "I don't know which situation it is." Although Yusaku said so, he believed it should be the former. "Yeah." Xixi frowned, "Actually, I sent someone to ask Mr. Akihiko early this morning. He said he didn't know what information Sugai took away. It seems that he hasn't opened the safe for a long time." "It's really hard to believe."

"He said it was an antique safe, and he didn't usually use it. Even if we don't believe his statement, there is no evidence to expose him." "I want to search his house." Oda was speechless: "Nonsense! Why do you insist that the thing is at Akihiko Guasheng's house?" "Besides," Xixi also said, "this is different from finding the murder weapon. Even if you find that document, it may not be helpful to the investigation." "I am very clear about this, the problem is..." Yuzaku actually wanted to say, "When you are going around in circles, the real murderer has long since escaped without a trace", but he endured it.

"By the way, what's going on with Hongchang?" Oda asked. "Still fighting hard." The western words were halfway through, and his face darkened. "Hongchang doesn't intend to change his confession. We asked Yuanzi again this morning, and she is the same." "These two children are quite stubborn." "People in the task force overwhelmingly believe that Yuanzi should be telling the truth." "Only Hongchang is lying?" "From the current situation, this is the case, but according to the news recently received, what he said may not be all lies."

West picked up the report on the table and handed it to Oda.Yusaku who was originally sitting at the corner of the conference table also came to them. "How the murderer handles the crossbow is a problem. Assuming that Hongchang is the murderer, he didn't use a crossbow when he actually committed the crime. Yuanzi hid the bow somewhere in Guasheng's house, and the time to throw away the crossbow should be in the middle of the night. This is because we After the murder and early the next morning, a large police force was dispatched to Gua Sheng’s house, and they should have had no chance to discard the crossbow.”

"Hmm... But, if they just dropped the crossbow in the middle of the night, what's the problem?" Oda asked with a look of surprise. "I can't say there is any problem, but...it is said that the police from the nearby police station patrolled quite frequently that night. Although no one was watching all the time, they thought that if there was a car leaving the gate of Guasheng's house and coming back, they could not be unaware .” "I think this statement is reasonable." Yong Zuo emphasized his tone.If Hongchang's claim that he was the murderer was not overthrown first, there would be no need to proceed with this case.

"What is the result of the forensics regarding the insertion of the arrow?" Oda asked. "There is not much difference between the two, but the result is negative." Xi said, "The first is the depth of insertion. The forensic personnel believe that it is not easy to insert an arrow into the body of the deceased by hand. The depth is not impossible. However, the skin around the wound seems to have lifted slightly from the force of the arrow." "What do you mean by turning over...?" "Arrows will rotate and shoot into the body like an electric drill." West compared his arm to an arrow, and turned his wrist forward. "It is said that this is the characteristic of arrows shot with a crossbow. To improve the hit rate, the arrow It spins and flies. There are three feathers on the end of the arrow, just to do that."

"Then the arrow was fired from a crossbow..." "The forensic personnel seem to think so." West threw the document on the table and sighed heavily. Yong Zuo secretly rejoiced, he was right, it seems that it was not Hong Chang who killed Su Gai. At this time, Oda asked further: "Assuming that the arrow is shot with a crossbow, did the forensic personnel mention anything about the angle and distance of the shot?" Bravery shuddered.Oda clearly believes that Hongchang is one of the murderers, but at this time he speaks in a tone that seems to support the opinion of the forensic personnel.

"No, they don't know about it. Is that a problem?" Oda folded his arms slowly, looked out of the window, and said, "No, I don't mean anything in particular."