Chapter 38 Section 7

The first time Oda felt that Matsumura Kenji was suspicious was when he and Yusaku met him in the reception room of UR Electric Corporation.Oda was very concerned about what Matsumura said casually at that time. When Oda and Matsumura started a debate about the murder, Matsumura said: "Even so, it is impossible to deceive President Chinosugai... You police should still consider who shot the arrow at the president's back from behind the grave. " The emphasis is on the words "behind the grave". "When I heard these words, I thought, this man probably didn't watch the news. The news was broadcast several times, saying: 'Footprints were found at the scene, so the murderer may have targeted Masaki Sugai from outside the cemetery wall.' However, It is unlikely that the managing director is not aware of the circumstances of the murder case in which the president was killed. Why would he say such a thing? Is it simply a misremembering? At that time, it suddenly occurred to me that maybe this man was telling the truth. I wondered if he would It was for some reason that I knew the truth, and I accidentally missed it. Later, the bureau received a secret letter, which surprised me even more, because the footprints we originally believed the murderer left at the place where the arrow was shot may be just the murderer hiding the cross. The bow was left behind. If so, the place where the arrow was shot may not be right. Considering the accuracy, as Matsumura said, of course aim at Masaaki Sugai from behind the adjacent grave. It is impossible for people who have nothing to do with the murder to know the truth, so I suspect this man is the murderer."

At the investigation meeting that night, Oda proudly reported.When he heard this inference for the first time a few days ago, Yusaku didn't expect it to be true to him. In short, it was this inference that led the police to focus their investigation on Songcun's alibi and his relationship with Chengjiang. The criminal policeman who invited Kenji Matsumura to the police station said that he hardly resisted and obediently obeyed, presumably he was already mentally prepared for such a day.Before leaving the company with the criminal police, he only called his neighbor and asked him to take care of his cat.

"It would be great if you can adopt it. If not, please contact the health center...Yes, I am sorry to cause you trouble...Yes, everything will be troublesome to you." He seemed to be explaining to the other party that he had to leave home for a while.Kenji Matsumura is a widow, with no wife, children, or brothers. After Songcun entered the interrogation room, he confessed all of them without hesitation, which disappointed the interrogator. The criminal policeman in charge of the interrogation said: "He recruited him before I questioned him." Matsumura said he had two motives for the murder.One is that he cannot bear the fact that UR Electric, which was established by the Guasheng family, has become Sugai's pocket, and the other is that he is the only one in the Guasheng faction who has not rebelled, and he will definitely be persecuted by Xugai.In order to prevent Xu Bei from doing that, he had to act first.

"Also," Matsumura said with a smile, "that man is a lunatic, and a lunatic cannot be allowed to take power." The criminal police asked: "Where is he crazy?" Matsumura raised his chest and replied: "He should only go crazy in the future, so I want to prevent him from hurting innocent people." West's boss, Konno Police, believes that based on this answer, Matsumura may need to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. The process of Songcun's crime was almost the same as the task force thought. He was trying to kill Sugai Masaki, but he noticed that many people gathered in Guasheng's house that day, so he thought of using the Guasheng's crossbow as a murder weapon.He thought that in this way, the police would probably not suspect him.Fortunately, Chengjiang, who has been acquainted with him for many years, works as a servant in Guasheng's house, and Songcun decides to persuade her to take the crossbow out of the house.

Regarding this point, Songcun claimed: "She has no responsibility." He only told Chengjiang that he wanted to show the crossbow to an antique dealer he knew, and hoped that Chengjiang would secretly take it out for her.But when she knew that the murder happened, she should have known that Songcun did it.Regarding this point, Matsumura believed that she did not report because of her close relationship with each other and believed that he would surrender sooner or later. However, the criminal police who interrogated Chengjiang heard a completely different confession.She said that after hearing about Matsumura's purpose, she decided to help.Because of this, when she knew that Hongchang had been arrested, she would feel bad.

"When I thought of Mr. Matsumura, I felt that I couldn't tell the police, so I was in great pain. But after hearing what the police said about Mr. Hongchang, I had no choice but to speak up." It has not been decided at this stage whose confession to accept.Song Cun said that Chengjiang knew he was going to commit a crime, but he still tricked her into bringing out the crossbow. These words were indeed unnatural.On the other hand, it was impossible for Chengjiang to readily agree to help Songcun after hearing Songcun's motive for the murder. Regarding the secret letter, Matsumura said he wrote it.He said that it was to save Hongchang that he wanted to write the truth to the extent that the police would not see through it.To be on the safe side, the police asked Songcun to recite the contents of the secret letter. Although there were discrepancies in a few details, it should be possible to determine that it was written by Songcun himself.

"I have caused you trouble for the police." Kenji Matsumura confessed everything. After apologizing, he asked the interrogator a question, "Mr. Police, should I be sentenced to death?" The interrogator replied: "Probably not." Matsumura smiled and said, "Really? Then, I have a second life." The interrogator reported to everyone afterwards that Matsumura looked like a child about to attend the entrance ceremony.