Chapter 4 Section 4

After sending Okazaki away, the two went to report the situation to Mamiya. "That is to say, after seeing off the people from the furniture store, the victim made an appointment with other people?" Mamiya said, crossing his arms. "In this way, the mystery of the platter will be solved." Kusanagi said to Kaoru in a low voice. "Judging from this situation, the first thing that is certain is that the assailant must have a deep relationship with the victim." Mamiya waved his raised index finger, "What is suspicious is that this man died a full day after the incident. , has not come to us so far. It is estimated that he will be related to this case in some form."

"One thing I don't understand. What time did the victim make an appointment with the next guest?" Kaoru said, looking at her boss and then at her senior. "At that time, the sales in the furniture store left around 8:40, so the customer probably came around 9 o'clock." "Kaoru glanced back at Kusanagi who answered. "Assuming this is the case, the time between the murderer entering the house and the incident happening is only about ten minutes." "Ten minutes is enough to commit a murder, isn't it?" "That being said, the murder weapon is a pot."

"so what?" "I said from time to time that this murder was not premeditated?" Hearing this, Jiangong couldn't help but "Oh": "So that's the case, that's what happened." "What are you doing, why are you doing the same thing, Chief?" "All in all, let Utsumi finish what he has to say first—you go on." "Assuming that the murder was not premeditated, but merely a tragic act of the spur of the moment, there must have been a cause for it. I presume it was because, in the short ten minutes following the murderer's visit, Something happened that gave him the urge to kill."

Mamiya smiled and looked up at Kusanagi: "What to do, detective Kusanagi, this young female detective has a very sharp point of view." "Then the murderer entered the house at a little earlier than nine o'clock, say, at eight forty-five." "It's a bit embarrassing to make an appointment with someone at this time!" "It depends on personal preference, right?" "That's true." "Inner Sea," Mamiya said, looking at her sharply, "do you have anything else to say?" Kaoru lowered her head and pursed her lips without saying a word.She did want to say a few more words, but whether her own feelings could be confirmed as they understood.

"If you have anything to say, just say it. If you don't say it, how will we know?" Hearing Mamiya's words, Kaoru raised his head, let out a breath, and said, "The goods are delivered by home delivery." "goods?" "Jiandao Qianxia once received a delivery from home, and it was placed on the shoe cabinet in the entrance. The time to sign for it should have been yesterday evening." "It seems that you are holding on to that box," Cao Sha said, "I also asked the furniture seller just now, why do you care so much about that thing?"

"Why haven't I heard of any home delivery? What's going on?" Mamiya asked Kusanagi. "Appears to be ordered by the deceased himself over the phone." "What's in it?" "It's not confirmed yet..." "It's underwear." Kaoru's words made the two men "Hey" at the same time. "You didn't open it without permission, did you?" Kusanagi asked. "No, but I know that the box usually contains underwear, or something like that." "How do you know?" This time it was Gamiya's turn to ask.

After hesitating for a moment, Kaoru regretted it, so she managed to put on a calm expression and continued: "The name of a company is printed on the box, and that company is a famous underwear manufacturer. Recently, this company is also Rely on mail order to improve performance." Although she still hesitated, she added, "I think all women should know about it." There was a hint of confusion on the faces of the seniors and the boss.Especially Kusanagi, it seemed that he planned to make a third-rate joke, but he held back in front of Kaoru. "Really...underwear." Mamiya seemed to want to comment, "Is there any problem with this?"

"Judging from the situation at the time, it is estimated that the victim left the cardboard box on the shoe cabinet after signing for the goods." "How to say?" "If there are really guests coming, I don't think she would do this." "why?" "As for why..." Xun couldn't help frowning, "I told you, it's underwear. She probably wouldn't want others to see it." "That's true, but it's still new, and the box hasn't even been opened, so there's no need to care too much about it——right?" Mamiya asked Kusanagi for advice.

"I think so too. And only you will know what's inside, most people don't know at all, let alone men." Kaoru was a little anxious, but decided to continue explaining to them patiently: "Generally speaking, she should think that men may also know. Regardless of whether the underwear is new or not, whether the box has been opened or not, generally she would not want others to know about it. Knowing about the underwear she was wearing. If there were any guests coming, she would definitely hide the box. Even if she forgot at the time, she should have noticed it before going to the entrance to open the door."

Kusanagi and Mamiya looked at each other with incomprehensible expressions.It is estimated that it is precisely because they are facing female psychological problems that they are not sure to raise strong objections. "But having said that, the cardboard box was indeed placed there, you wouldn't say that the box was put by the murderer, would you?" Cao Sha said. "I didn't say that." "Then what exactly do you mean?" "I was thinking maybe she didn't feel the need to hide at all at the time." "What do you mean?" Mamiya asked.

"As I said just now, under normal circumstances, she should have hidden the box before the guests come. And if the visitor is a man, then you should be more careful. But she didn't do that, So I guess that's because it's just not necessary." "Why isn't it necessary? Didn't a customer come here before, the furniture seller?" "right." "In that case, isn't it necessary?" "Under normal circumstances, it is necessary, but there is a situation where even if someone comes, there is no need to hide underwear." "what's the situation?" "In the case that the guest is her boyfriend." Kaoru continued, "If Okazaki Hikaru is also Ejima Chinatsu's boyfriend, then I don't think she would put away that cardboard box on purpose. " "Duo Lai Mi Pisa Kiba Store" is not far from Shenchuan Police Station, just a few minutes' walk away. It is not difficult to find out the person who delivered the pizza at the time of the incident. It was a young man named Reiji Mitsui. "Yes, I remember it was him. I was getting off the motorcycle when he bumped into me. He wanted to leave without even saying an apology, so I called him and complained to him. Immediately afterwards, the jumping incident happened." Mitsui looked at Okazaki's photo and said unequivocally. "Did you make a mistake?" Kusanagi asked again. "That's right. After all, that incident happened at that time, so I was very impressed." "Thank you for your cooperation, this information is very helpful to us." Kusanagi put the photo back in his breast pocket, and at the same time looked at Kaoru, that look seemed to say "How about it, are you satisfied?" "How did he look then?" Kaoru asked Mitsui. "Like?" "Did he look anything special at the time?" "Well—I don't remember too well." Mitsui frowned, tilted his head and thought for a while, then seemed to suddenly remember something, and said, "By the way, he was holding an umbrella at that time." "umbrella?" "The rain had stopped at that time, but he was still holding an umbrella, so he couldn't see ahead and bumped into others." Mitsui said with a pout.