Chapter 10 Section 10

Kusanagi called Wakayama Hiromi, and she said she was in Daikanyama, where there was a quilting classroom opened by Ayane. He got into the car driven by Kishitani, and the two headed to Daikanyama together.Among the row upon row of luxurious buildings, they found the white building covered with tiles.The gate is a manual lock type which is rare nowadays.The two took the elevator to the third floor.Outside the door of Room 305, there is a door plate with the words "Xinghuang Hut". He rang the doorbell, and the door opened, Hiromi Wakayama poked her head out with an uneasy expression. "I'm really sorry to disturb you during your busy schedule." Kusanagi said as he walked into the room.Just as he was about to explain why he came, he quickly stopped because he saw Mashiba Ayane in the room.

"Excuse me, have you found anything?" Ayane came over and asked. "Are you here too?" "We are discussing what to do in the future. Speaking of which, what do you want Hiromi to do? I don't think she has anything to tell you." Her voice sounded low and calm, but it was clear that she was blaming Kusanagi.He even cringed a little under the glare of her melancholy eyes. "The situation has made some progress," he turned to Wakayama Hiromi and said, "Please come with us to the Metropolitan Police Department." Wakayama Hiromi opened his eyes wide and blinked again and again.

"What's going on?" Lingyin asked, "Why do you have to take her to the police station?" "I can't tell you this yet, Miss Ruoshan, please come with us. It's okay, we didn't come with a patrol car." Wakayama Hiromi first looked at Ayane with timid eyes, then turned to Kusanagi and nodded, "Okay, but you'll be back soon, right?" "Just get it done." "Then I'll go get ready." Wakayama Hiromi disappeared into the back room for a while, and after a while, she came back with her coat and bag. During this period, Kusanagi didn't dare to look at Ayane, because he felt her eyes were still staring at him.

Wakayama Hiromi walked out of the room as if urged by Kishitani, and just as he was about to leave with him, Ayane grabbed his arm and said, "Please wait!" Her hand was unexpectedly strong. "Are you suspicious of Hiromi? How is this possible?" Kusanagi felt overwhelmed, Kishitani and the others were still waiting for him outside the door. "Let's go first." After finishing speaking, Kusanagi closed the door and turned to look. "Ah... sorry." She let go of her hand and said, "But she is absolutely impossible to be a murderer. If you suspect her, you may be very wrong."

"We need to examine all possibilities." Ayane shook her head resolutely and said, "The possibility of this is zero. She can't kill my husband. Shouldn't the police be very clear about this?" "How to say?" "Don't you also know the relationship between her and my husband?" Kusanagi was caught off guard, and said in a slightly embarrassed way: "You really already know?" "I already talked to Hiromi about this a few days ago. I pressed her about the relationship between her and my husband, and she honestly admitted it."

Then Ayane told him in detail about the content of the conversation at that time. Although the conversation made Kusanagi gasp, what shocked him even more was that even though the window paper had been pierced, the two of them could still sit together today. The fact that work is discussed in the room.Although it may also be because her husband is dead, they still cannot understand their psychology. "I went back to Riho this time not only because my husband broke up with me, but also because I felt that I couldn't stay at home any longer. I lied to you before, and I'm really sorry." Ayane bowed her head and apologized. , "Under such circumstances, the child has no reason to kill my husband. Please don't doubt her, okay?"

Seeing her pleading so sincerely, Kusanagi was puzzled, he really didn't understand why she would be so sincere in protecting this woman who stole her husband. "I also understand what you said. However, we can't judge things based on subjective feelings alone. We must analyze things objectively based on physical evidence." "Physical evidence? Are you saying that you have evidence to prove that Hiromi is the murderer?" Ayane's gaze became sharp. Kusanagi sighed, pondered for a moment, and finally made a judgment. Even if they told her why they suspected Wakayama Hiromi, it would not hinder future searches.

"Now we have found out how the murderer poisoned it." Kusanagi has already detected the poisonous substance from the kettle of Mashiba's house, and it is not sure whether anyone other than Hiromi Wakayama has been to Mashiba on the day of the incident. The family situation told Ayane. "From that kettle... is it?" "It can't be said that the evidence is solid, but since Miss Ruoshan was the only one who could poison her at that time, then it is impossible for us not to doubt her." "But..." Ayane seemed to be unable to think of anything else to say.

"I still have something to do, so I'm leaving." Kusanagi nodded and walked out of the room. As soon as they brought Wakayama Hiromi back to the Metropolitan Police Department, Mamiya immediately started questioning her in the interrogation room.Under normal circumstances, they should go to the Meguro Bureau where the search headquarters is located for interrogation, but Mamiya suggested that they should go to the Metropolitan Police Department for questioning.It seems that he seems to have concluded in his heart that the possibility of Hiromi Wakayama's confession is very high.Once she confessed, she immediately applied for an arrest warrant, and then took her to the Meguro Bureau.In this way, it can be said that the scene of arresting the murderer was shown to the media.

While Kusanagi was sitting in his seat waiting for the interrogation, Kaoru Utsumi came back from the outside.As soon as she entered the door, she yelled that Hiromi Wakayama was not the murderer. After hearing the basis of her determination, Kusanagi couldn't sit still, not because her basis was worthless to listen to, on the contrary, if it was really Hiromi Wakayama's poison, then after she found the body, it was impossible for her to leave it The argument that the kettle doesn't matter is indeed persuasive. "—According to you, besides her, who else poisoned the kettle? Let me state first that it is impossible for Mashiba Ayane to do it."

"I don't know who it is, I can only say that it was someone who entered Mashiba's house after Wakayama Hiromi left on Sunday morning." Kusanagi shook his head: "No one has ever been to her house, Zhen Chai Yixiao stayed at home all the time that day." "Maybe it's just that we haven't discovered it yet. All in all, interrogating Hiromi Wakayama is meaningless. Not only is it meaningless, but it may become a violation of her human rights." Her tone was tougher than ever before, making Kusanagi dumbfounded for a while, Just then, the cell phone in his arms rang.After looking at the phone as if he had found a savior, he froze for a moment. The call was from Mashiba Ayane. "I am very sorry to disturb you while you are working. There are some things that I think I must tell you..." "What's the matter?" Kusanagi gripped the phone tightly. "As for the discovery of the poison in the kettle, I don't think it necessarily means that someone poisoned the kettle." Kusanagi also took it for granted that it was a begging call to put Hiromi Wakayama back as soon as possible, which made him very confused. "why?" "Perhaps I should have told you earlier that my husband was very health-conscious during his lifetime and rarely drank tap water. When cooking, he used water filtered by a water purifier, and he only drank bottled water for raw water. He uses bottled water to make his coffee, so I think when he makes his own coffee, he must use bottled water." He understood what she was trying to say. "You mean the poison might have been in the bottled water?" Kaoru Utsumi who was beside him seemed to hear Kusanagi's voice, and raised an eyebrow on one side. "I think there should be such a possibility, so it's unreasonable for you to suspect just one person. If you want to poison the bottled water, other people should also have a chance." "You are right..." "For example," Mashiba Ayane continued, "it's possible for me, too."