Chapter 35 Section IX

Tamiya looked out the window, waiting for the report from his subordinates, when suddenly something caught his attention.Next to the opposite building, someone climbed onto the platform.It's fine if the windows are closed, otherwise it's dangerous. The man standing on the stage got off the stage with something similar to a mirror frame.It appeared that he was removing the frame of the picture hanging from the window. Looking at him, one thing came to Tamiya's mind. "Hey." He greeted Nishioka, "Although it is difficult to push the person standing on the ground out of the window, if the person by the window is standing on a chair or something, it will be easy Did you push the opponent down?"

"Huh?" Listening to Nishioka's answer, it seemed that he hadn't reacted for a while. "Assuming the other party is standing on it." Tamiya dragged the chair to the window. "In this way, things will become a breeze." Nishioka said, "But who would climb on the chair by the window?" "Not necessarily. Isn't it common for people to hang photo frames or stickers between the window and the ceiling? At this time, you have to find something by the window to stand on." Nishioka frowned, pressed his fingers to his temples, and imagined the situation Tamiya said in his mind.

"You mean, maybe Abe wanted to put stickers there at that time?" "That's right. And the paper said 'Be careful not to smoke too much.'" "Why did you post those words?" "The other day I found in the trash can, there was a piece of paper inside with these words written on it. It is estimated that Anbe climbed onto the chair that day to post this. The murderer approached slowly at this time. Seeing that Anbu was not paying attention, he opened the window. After that..." Tamiya stretched his hands forward. "Push it out with all the strength in your body. Abe on the chair suddenly lost his balance and fell towards the window. Because of the momentum, he hit his head on the window frame."

"I see." Nishioka nodded again and again, "This is indeed a way." "It's just that this method can only be successful if it is carried out by someone Anbu trusts. If it doesn't exist and is close to you, then Anbu should be on guard." "I understand. In other words, that person should be someone who wouldn't make him suspicious even if he appeared next to Anbu, right?" "That's right." Tamiya continued, "In this case, the only remaining question is the motive." "Regarding this point, I thought of a certain possibility just now. Perhaps, the miscarriage of Yukiko Nakamachi has something to do with Abe and Sano."

Nishioka's words sounded like words. "What kind of relationship?" "No, I haven't figured out the actual situation yet. But the key lies in what Yukiko Nakamachi thinks in her heart. I read some news in the newspaper recently, so I suddenly thought of it." "You are really selling this pass." Tamiya smiled bitterly, "What are you talking about?" "Didn't you just point out the instructions yourself?" Nishioka pointed to the window, "It's about the stickers."