Chapter 44 Section 4

"The key to solving the incident is what Mei said." What I heard from her when I came back from Y Island—that is, after Miss Shizuko went out, the door was opened twice. "Really?" Miss Shizuko showed a look of surprise, but it seemed that she was hopeless in some way. "I thought Miss Yumi couldn't see, so she probably wouldn't notice... Sure enough, if you do this kind of thing, there will still be a flaw somewhere!" "I tried to think about the person who left the hotel after you." I said, "According to Yumi, it wasn't there when the door was opened for the first time, but when she opened the door for the second time, she smelled smoke. Also That is to say, the first one to go out is a non-smoker, and the second one is a smoker. Let’s talk about the smokers first-President Yamamori, Mr. Ishikura and Mr. Kanai. It is very clear that President Yamamori and Mr. Ishikura are in the mahjong room, and after the two of them are excluded, only Mr. Kanai Saburo is left."

Miss Shizuko was silent, and I took her silence as an answer. "The problem is that there are no smokers. Everyone must be with someone else. It should be that there is no chance to sneak away. Then did someone commit perjury? I confirmed everyone's confessions one by one. Among them Someone's testimony made me a little bit concerned, doubting its veracity." Ms. Shizuko still kept her lips tightly shut, as if she wanted to see the ins and outs clearly, her gaze was always on my face. "That testimony is my own testimony." As I slowly digested the things in my head, I said: "It was around ten o'clock when I went to bed with Dongzi-I have always believed in this sentence. But In fact, there is no evidence worth believing. The only thing I can be sure of is that when I went to bed, I saw the alarm clock pointing to ten o'clock!"

Ms. Shizuko thought about the meaning of my words, and it didn't take long for her to gasp as if she had thought of something. "Miss Dongzi tampered with that alarm clock?" I nod. "I realized it was a possibility. Since I don't usually wear a watch, the only way I know the time is the alarm clock in my room. Just turning that alarm clock up or down can easily confuse my sense of time." Yes. And Dongzi also had the opportunity to tamper with the alarm clock. When she returned to the room, I was just taking a shower, and then plunged into work again. It can be said that she forgot that the time had passed in an instant. If she took advantage of that If we set the alarm clock forward by about thirty minutes, our bed time will not be ten o'clock, but around half past nine."

In addition, I also thought that I am used to living an irregular life, only that day I really wanted to sleep, and the time to fall asleep was unimaginably early.Before that, Dongzi invited me to drink orange juice, I am afraid that sleeping pills were also mixed in that glass of juice! I took a breath here, swallowed my saliva and continued: "But there is a problem. When the alarm clock hand pointed to 9:40, Toko looked out the window and said, 'Miss Shizuko is out'. If the alarm clock is set forward about If it takes thirty minutes, then it should actually happen around ten past nine. But because you left the hotel at nine forty past nine, my guess is contradictory. To resolve this contradiction Only one, Dongzi, she already knew that you would leave the hotel at that time. So, why would she know such a thing? Also, why did she set the alarm clock fast? The point of 'setting the alarm clock fast' reminds me It’s like the old-fashioned way of producing alibi in detective novels. So, it’s necessary for her to use this little trick to create an alibi?”

Miss Zhijinzi did not speak, because she knew the truth. "There is only one thing I can think of. Dongzi made an appointment with you outside the hotel at 9:40, and then planned to use this opportunity to kill you. The manipulation of the alarm clock is like I just said, to create an alibi. " I tried to reason about Fuyuko's plan. When she was playing pinball in the living room, she whispered to Miss Shizuko—the content was roughly like this—I have something to tell you, and I will wait for you behind the hotel around nine forty. After the appointment was made, Dongzi hurried back to the room to fiddle with it, and set the alarm clock forward by 30 minutes.Then when the pointer pointed to 9:40, she said that she saw Miss Shizuko.

Make me drink juice mixed with sleeping pills. Go to bed when the alarm clock hits ten (actually half past nine).I fell asleep. Dongzi sneaked out of bed, turned back the alarm clock, and left the hotel while being careful not to let others see.Yumi should be in the living room at this time, but Toko probably thinks it's okay! After killing Miss Shizuko, I tiptoed back into the room.Then wake me up for her alibi after ten o'clock.At this time, I should actually have slept for more than 30 minutes, but I would have the illusion that I only slept for a while. Soon after, Miss Zhijinzi's body will be found, and the next development of the matter will probably be similar to this time!In other words, to confirm the alibi of all personnel.At that time, Dongzi should have said so—always with me.And I will also testify for her.

It would be even more beneficial to Toko if someone saw Miss Shizuko leaving the hotel at 9:40.Because she also saw it at the same time, this can prove that the alarm clock time has not been adjusted. If her plan worked out—I might still be swirling in the vortex of mystery! "But Dongzi's plan failed." I said: "Mr. Kanai, who knew you were going to meet Dongzi, also went to the place where you agreed to meet, and then appeared in time when Dongzi was about to kill you. In the end, it was Dongzi fell off a cliff." "Just like you said." Ms. Shizuko replied: "I can't comment on the alarm clock. When we heard that you proved that Ms. Hagio was still in the room at ten o'clock, we were all shocked. .And...Miss Toko wants to kill me, it is also true."

Although this was the answer I expected, there was still a sense of desperation that made me trance. Because somewhere in my heart, I secretly hope that Ms. Shizuko can deny my statement, but unfortunately this faint expectation has completely disappeared. "Let's talk about why this happened!" I tried to calm down, "Is Fuyuko Takemoto Yukihiro's girlfriend?" "..." "I already know!" I took out the ball of paper from my purse—it was the thing I found when I went to clean Dongzi's house a few days ago. After peeling off the ball of paper, I showed Miss Shizuko what was inside.

"Do you remember?" I asked.Miss Shizuko shook her head. "This is the only thing that was taken away from Mr. Yukihiro Takemoto's trip last year. It was taken away from Mr. Takemoto's room by Fuyuko without authorization." Miss Shizuko's eyes widened. It was a portable wine bottle covered with rust.