Chapter 15 Snow Sasa Kaori Chapter 5

Suruga Naoyuki was also a little panicked by my statement.It's no wonder that even I hesitated for a long time before making a judgment, and it would be more appropriate to tell the truth about the theft of the capsule. For a while, everyone stared at the capsule on the table, but no one said anything.It seems that even Kaga didn't expect the appearance of this capsule. "Is this really something that was brought from Junko Namioka's room?" Kaga finally asked. "No mistake." I replied, "If you doubt it, how about taking it to the forensics class to test it? Or, Mr. Kaga, you can take it on the spot."

"I haven't lived enough yet." Kaga said with a smile, and rewrapped the capsule with a napkin, "Can I keep this?" "Please, I have no intention of using it." "Aren't you going to use it?" Kaga took out a small plastic bag from his suit pocket, and put the neatly folded tissues into it. "Then why?" "what why?" "Why would you want to steal this pill? I'm sure you'd know the ingredients had been substituted as soon as you saw it." I looked up at the ceiling and sighed. "There's no reason."

"No reason?" "Hmm, somehow thought of stealing one. As you said, I did realize right away that the ingredients in the pill had been replaced. Since there was a bottle of white powder lying around, admittedly, I guess It's probably poison in there." "After knowing this, you still stole it?" "yes." "I don't understand. There is no purpose. Would you think of stealing a capsule that is likely to contain poison?" "Others will not understand. I am this kind of woman. If I disturb the police search, I apologize here. I am really sorry. But if I return it to you like this, you will be fine, right?"

"You don't have to return everything!" Suruga said from the side. "What do you mean?" "I mean, you didn't necessarily just steal one. You said there were eight in the bottle, but can you prove it? Maybe there were nine or ten. How do you prove that you didn't steal two?" More than grains?" I looked at Suruga Naoyuki, he seemed to guess that he couldn't get rid of the suspicion, and planned to strike first. "Everything I'm saying is true, and I'm trying to prove it as much as I can. Because I stole a capsule, I handed it over honestly. But what about you, Suruga-san? You also have something to hand over, don't you? "

"what?" "I remember clearly, before the two of us left Junko Namioka's room, you wiped off all the fingerprints on the bottle, right? That's when I saw that the number of capsules inside was reduced to six. No see Where did that one go?" At this time, Suruga should have no time to continue smoking leisurely, and he stubbed out the cigarette he had barely smoked in the ashtray, which just proved this point.His expression was distorted, and mixed with a look of confusion and embarrassment. "How is it, Mr. Suruga?" Kaga asked, "Is what Ms. Yukisa said just now true?"

From the slight trembling of his legs, it could be seen that Suruga was hesitating.He must be making a choice between bowing his head and pleading guilty, or hiding the truth. After a while, he could see that his whole body was relaxed, he was ready to admit it, I had a hunch, maybe it was because he realized that he couldn't continue to hide it. "As she said," Suruga's tone was a bit stiff, "I took the capsule, just one." "Where is that capsule now?" "Throw it away. When I knew that Hotaka died of poisoning, I guessed that this matter would inevitably be suspected on my own head, so I disposed of it."

"Where did you leave it?" "Throw it away in a garbage bag along with the organic waste." Hearing this sentence, I burst out laughing.Suruga showed a surprised expression, I looked at him and said: "The subtext of your words seems to be, if you have the ability, go find it." Suruga's mouth tilted to one side, "I'm just telling the truth." "It can't be proved." "Yeah, just like you can't prove you didn't steal more than two capsules." "You," I continued after taking a deep breath, "have a motive."

Suruga's eyes turned up, and it could be seen that his face was starting to stiffen. "What are you talking about!" "Did you cry in front of Namioka Junko's body? It looked very sad and remorseful. The woman I loved was forced to commit suicide, and I was forced to dispose of her body. I must hate Hodaka very much. Woolen cloth." "Even so, I'm not so simple-minded that I want to kill him immediately!" "I didn't say you are simple-minded. What I mean is that it's only natural for you to want to kill him in this situation." "I didn't kill Hotaka!" Suruga glared at me.

"Then why did you steal the capsule?" Kaga asked sharply. Suruga turned his head, the movable jaw showed that he was clenching his teeth. At this moment, Miwako, who had been silent all this time, spoke up, "Can I ask something first?" All eyes were focused in her direction. "What's the problem?" Immediately, Miwako turned her gaze towards me, the gaze was extremely sincere, and I was a little flustered. "I want to ask Miss Yukisa," she said. "What's up?" "Before the wedding, I taught you a medicine jar, right? It's the box containing rhinitis capsules."

"Well, but, in fact, it turned out that the medicine jar was not mine but Ms. Nishiguchi." I replied, feeling uneasy.What exactly is Miwako trying to say? "I heard you say that you gave it to Suruga-san... is that true?" "It's true, so he had ample time to sneak the capsule. What's the problem?" "I've been listening to what you said just now, and I find it very strange." "What's so strange?" "I was thinking," Miwako covered her cheeks with her hands, and then said with a thoughtful expression, "Miss Yukisa, you know that Mr. Suruga stole the poison capsule, right? And you also know that Mr. Suruga killed Makoto." Motive, if that’s the case, why did you give the medicine jar to Mr. Suruga for safekeeping? Don’t you think it’s a very dangerous thing?”

That's because... I couldn't speak for a while. The moment I saw those capsules that had obviously been tampered with in Junko Namioka's room, I felt a killing intent.As long as Hodaka Makoto subdue it, this is a perfect crime.Because the police will definitely think that this is a love murder carefully planned by Namioka Junko. But if Suruga Naoyuki hadn't turned back at that time, I would have had a hard time thinking about how to mix the capsules into Hotaka's rhinitis medicine.Where to poison, when to poison, how to conceal people's eyes and ears, and the timing of getting in - it is estimated that I will rack my brains and spend a lot of hard work. However, Suruga's behavior made me change my plan 180 degrees.When I learned that he had also stolen the capsules, I had another completely different idea in my head. There is no need to think about any complicated methods at all, as long as everything is left to this man to do, I thought about it. The purpose of Suruga stealing the capsule must be to kill Hotaka.That's what I said, but I can't wait and see what happens.Although Suruga is a man with strong mobility, it is hard to guarantee that he will not back down in times of crisis.Besides, he might not have the chance to get into the poison capsule.The crucial rhinitis medicine bottle was in Miwako's hand, and it was unlikely that Suruga would have the chance to get close to the bride's carry-on on the wedding day.After thinking it over and over again, I made it clear what my mission is, which is to create a chance for him to mix poison capsules.I was one of the few people who was with the bride all the way that day, so it was no big deal.The fact that the murderer was Suruga Naoyuki was unshakable.Even if the police finally found out the truth of the case, he was the only one who was arrested.Those investigators would never be able to detect the intervention of a third party behind the establishment of his crime. Not only that, even Suruga himself, who directly attacked, would never dream that he was being manipulated by anyone. And then just then— When Miwako handed me the medicine jar and told me to pass this on to Hotaka Makoto, I felt like God was on my side.Such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is hard to come by. In order to explain to the police later that I had no chance of getting into the capsule, I asked Eri Nishiguchi, who was traveling with me, to hold the medicine jar.Of course, it was precisely because of this purpose that I took her to the wedding venue. I started looking for Suruga, but if I handed over the medicine jar directly to Hotaka, I would lose all my success. Just when I came out of Miwako's lounge, I found him among the crowd hoping to witness the bride's beauty as soon as possible.Approaching and talking to him as if nothing had happened, he didn't look at the bride, his focus was on Lin Guihong. After chatting for a while, I told Eri Nishiguchi to hand over the medicine jar to Suruga. "Please answer!" To me who was silent, Miwako urged again: "Since you know that Mr. Suruga stole the poison capsule, why did you turn a blind eye to this and hand over the medicine jar to him?" "I thought imagining was quite different from acting," I replied. "It never occurred to me that he would actually mix poison capsules in, that's all." "But haven't you considered what happens in case? Obviously...you even saw Mr. Suruga crying." "I was negligent for a while, I reflect on myself. I don't know how to express my apology." I apologized to Miwako. "I see, that's what happened!" Suruga nodded sharply and said, "At that time, I felt strange, if I had to hand over the medicine pot to Hotaka, wouldn't it be over if I went to the groom's lounge? You specially handed over the medicine jar to me, so it turned out that you were trying to let me pour poison into it!" "Please don't make wild guesses. However, I can understand your feeling that you are talking about it as if you have fallen into some kind of trap in order to mitigate your crime." "How many times have I told you that I didn't kill him!" Suruga tapped his fist on the table, then looked up at Kaga, "At that time, after I took the medicine jar she gave me, I immediately handed it over to me. A hotel waiter next to me asked him to hand it over to the groom." Then he said to me, "You should have seen it too!" For his words, I chose silence.In fact, what Suruga said was true, he immediately handed the medicine pot to the waiter, there was no time to poison.But as far as I am concerned, I have no obligation to defend him. "In short, all I want to say is the above." I said to the Kaga detective. "If I need to go to the police station, I will be there anytime, but then I will just repeat what I just said." "Of course, I will definitely trouble you to come to the office at that time." Kaga smiled meaningfully. "And in your case," Kaga looked at Suruga with sharp eyes, "the way of handling it will be a little different, I hope you are mentally prepared. After all, you don't have the stolen capsule on hand, and the murderer we want to arrest , who committed the murder a week ago with the same poison as this one. If you want to clear yourself of the crime, you must clearly prove where the capsule went." "As I said just now, I threw it away." "Mr. Suruga, you are not a fool, you should be very clear that we cannot believe what you say." "Even if you say that, it's true and I can't help it!" "You haven't answered the question I just asked." "The question just now?" "Why did you steal the capsule, that's the question. Could it be that you, like Ms. Yukisa, thought of stealing for no reason? Or would you also claim to be that kind of man?" Kaga looked at me with some sarcasm Said in a tone. Perhaps because he couldn't answer, Suruga bit his lip tightly and remained silent. Unexpectedly, at this time, people who had not participated in the discussion before raised their hands, "Can I say something?" "What's the matter?" Kaga looked at the speaker—Kamibayashi Takahiro.Kamibayashi faced Suruga with a straight face and said, "That...you did it, right?" "What do you mean?" Suruga made a moan-like sound. "It's the anonymous threatening letter. You were the one who stuffed the letter into my room, right?" "What are you talking about, I don't understand at all! Do you have some misunderstanding?" Suruga's smile was obviously forced.The cramp-like expression clearly showed that Shen Lin's words just now were on point. "What was in that threatening letter!" I asked him. Shenlin lowered his eyes, his expression seemed to be lost. "Brother!" Kamibayashi Miwako screamed. "Mr. Kamibayashi," said Kaga, "please answer by all means!" Shen Lin Guihong seemed to have finally made up his mind and raised his head. "On the morning of the wedding, a letter was slipped into my room. I opened it, and it was a threatening letter. It was extremely... despicable." "Did you bring that letter?" Kaga asked. Shenlin shook his head, "I burned it immediately because the content was too unpleasant." "Can you tell me?" "I won't disclose the specific content. In a nutshell, it means that he knows a certain secret about me and my sister. If you don't want it to be made public, just do as he said—" Shenlin spoke with a painful expression, I looked back at Miwako, she was standing there with her hands covering her mouth. What is "a certain secret"?I immediately thought of the answer.That should refer to the relationship between the two of them beyond brother and sister, and the number of people who noticed this was very limited.I looked at Suruga, his face was expressionless. "Specifically, what did he ask you to do in the letter?" Kaga asked. "In the envelope," replied Kamibayashi, "it contained a plastic bag, which contained a white capsule. Mix this into the rhinitis medicine that Hotaka has been taking!—that's the instruction in the letter." Gadden, there was a sound from behind, and looking back, Meihezi was kneeling on the ground, covering her face with her hands. This is not difficult to understand, in fact, I was really surprised.He never even dreamed that he would hide such a trick.I tried to instigate Suruga to kill, and I gave him a perfect opportunity.Suruga, however, tries to manipulate people in a completely different way. "Mr. Suruga," Kaga said to Suruga, "is it you who wrote the threatening letter?" "...I don't know at all." "There is no one else but you!" Shenlin said, "Miwako and I shared two rooms that day, both of which were reserved in my name. No one else should know which room is mine. The only person who knows is you , Hodaka, and Miss Yukisa." "It's a very simple method of elimination." I said. Having said this, Suruga remained silent, leaving a trail of sweat on his temple. Unexpectedly, Shen Lin Guihong suddenly laughed in a low voice, the voice was creepy.I was startled and looked back at him, thinking he was out of his mind. But that was not the case, and he immediately returned to his serious expression. "Mr. Suruga, you don't seem to want to tell the truth. You must think that if you tell the truth, you will become an accomplice to the murder? But after you see this, maybe you will be willing to speak and will be very grateful to me. " Hearing what he said, Suruga looked very surprised.I also stared at Shenlin, what exactly is he planning to do?Totally confused. Shenlin took out his wallet from his trouser pocket, and took out a plastic bag from it.When I saw it, I couldn't help crying out. "This is the capsule that was enclosed in the envelope." Inside the plastic bag was a white capsule.