Chapter 58 Section Eleven

(Now) Everyone gathered in the living room.No, perhaps it should be said that they were called together.The Kishidas and their two sons, Masami and I, were all sitting on the sofa, while Takano and Oda stood by the wall. "Please tell me the truth." Gao Ye's eyes slid across everyone's faces one by one.Sosuke closed his eyes, his wife and Takao lowered their heads. "Miss Yukiko Ando visited this house that day, right?" I couldn't help but glanced at the policeman, his words were full of confidence.I kept guessing where his self-confidence came from, but I had no idea.

Detective Takano and I looked at each other.I felt like I was smiling. "Mr. Kishida," Takano stood in front of Sosuke, "you once told Ando that although you had an appointment with Ms. Yukiko, you didn't actually meet—is that true?" "it is true." Although Sosuke's tone was decisive, the clenched fists on his knees seemed so unnatural even in my eyes. However, the policeman didn't say anything, but walked up to his wife. "Madam, you said that you don't know Ms. Ando Yukiko, will you not change your words?" The wife's thin throat moved up and down, and she could be seen swallowing.Then she said, "Yes, it won't change"—with a sense of pathos in the words.Jing is some pampered and timid people who can't even act well in a play.

The criminal police stood in front of Long Fu, and Long Fu shrank his neck like a turtle, his face was pale, and his ears were red. The criminal policeman didn't say anything to this son who made people feel distressed just looking at it, and returned to his original position.He scanned the crowd again with his eyes, and reached into the underwear pocket of his suit.He took out a small plastic bag. "The face and fingerprints of the corpse are all destroyed. It is probably because they do not want people to know the identity of the deceased. If so, then the clothes on the corpse should also be stripped off. It is not acceptable to give up halfway."

The criminal police did not pay special attention to me, but my heart still skipped a beat. "The victim was wearing shoes, and this thing was in the shoes. It seemed to be the leaves of a plant. Because the place where the body was found was Shuli, it was not surprising that there were one or two leaves in the shoes, but after investigating the leaves, We found that the plant itself is not to be underestimated." Gao Ye coughed dryly, and several people were shocked. leaves... I gasped.I understood where that leaf came from.That's why the detective said that... I tried my best not to bite my lip.

"It's a bell-flower leaf." Takano spoke in a tone that sounded like he was debunking magic tricks.After that, like a magician, he waited for everyone's reaction.After a while, Sosuke let out an "ah", showing blatant surprise. Takano smiled in satisfaction. "That's right, it's the kind of bell flower that your family used to fence the fence. When I visited a few days ago, I secretly picked a leaf. After comparison, I found that the two leaves are likely to be in the same place. grew up in an environment." Having said that, he stopped again to see everyone's reaction.Seeing that everyone was silent, he spoke again.

"Of course, bell flowers can be seen everywhere. But the conditions are so matched, but it can't be said to be purely coincidental, right?" Heavy silence struck again.In my mind, the quietly sinking boat surfaced again.What exactly went wrong? Perhaps seeing the effect of the cards he played, Takano calmly stuffed the plastic bag back into his pocket.For a moment, a thought flashed through my mind: Could it be that he made up the matter about Bell Flower?But I realized right away that it was too late to start yelling now. Takano packed the plastic bag, and then took out two pieces of paper.It seems to be two photos, he took the photos and walked up to me.

"After listening to what you said, I confirmed that Yukiko Ando has indeed been here." "My words?" I opened my eyes wide.This is impossible. "Your expression is saying, this is impossible, isn't it?" The criminal policeman smiled and curled his lower lip, "Did I let you see the photo just now? And you immediately replied that Ando also let you see this photo before. But I only glanced at it a few weeks ago, thanks to you I can still remember it so clearly." "I'm pretty confident in my memory." "But you just glanced at the photo, can you remember exactly what the person in the photo looks like?"

"It's not just the looks. I only remembered it after seeing the whole picture. Like the composition, the background." "If you just look at the appearance, maybe you won't recognize it?" "That's right." "That's weird." Kono said loudly.After that, he handed a photo in his hand to me. "Is this the photo I showed you just now?" I nodded, it was that photo. "You really are lying." The policeman suddenly said loudly.His voice was so loud that I was speechless for a moment, and the criminal police took the opportunity to continue: "Actually, this photo is not the one that Ando showed you at that time. This is the one that Ando showed you at that time."

He shakes the second photo in his other hand.When I saw that photo, blood rushed to my forehead. The second photo is completely different from the previous one.Although the people in the photos are all Yukiko Ando, ​​one is smiling and the other is not.In addition, the color tone and background are completely different. "You saw another photo and said it was the one Ando showed you at the time. Why did you say that? The reason is that the person in the photo is the same person. You said that you can't tell it just by looking at it Yes, but you said it was the same photo based on your appearance. In fact, you are very familiar with Yukiko Ando's appearance, but you want to pretend that you don't know her. Do you have to lie like this?"

Looking at the two photos, and the face of the criminal policeman sandwiched between them, I don't know how to answer.No, I don't want to answer anymore.My head is hot, but somewhere in it, a calm part has realized that I have fallen into the other party's trap.I heard the phone call from my wife, and the criminal police said that the photo was Ando's, so I thought the criminal police took out the one that Ando showed me before. Seeing that I don't answer, the criminal policeman took a step away and said to everyone. "Obviously, Miss Yukiko Ando visited this home once, and she disappeared after that. Her body was found a few weeks later. That is to say, something happened to her here. So what is it What? We can only speculate from the worst-case scenario—"

He paused, waiting for us to speak.Seeing that everyone's lips were tightly shut, he spoke in a dark tone that was completely different from before. "There is something in this world called the luminol reaction. It uses a luminol solution mixed with hydrogen peroxide water to catalyze light. It can be used when it is difficult to identify bloodstains and investigate bloodstains on a large scale. With this method, even if someone dilutes the blood to 10,000 to 20,000 times, it can be easily detected. Even if it is completely invisible to the naked eye, for example, after scrubbing with a cooking broom, it can still be detected Here comes the blood." After hearing his words, everyone's hair stood on end.Perhaps it was because of seeing the reaction of everyone, Detective Takano continued. "Understood? If we are serious, we can even find out which room the person was killed in." As the last sentence, this sentence has a strong deterrent effect.Someone uttered a whimper, breaking the silence in the room.It's Mrs. Tokieda. "It was me, I killed her." I was taken aback and turned to look at her. Chuangjie and the two sons were also quite surprised.It is impossible for Takano to be unaware of this, he took his wife's hand and asked her to stand up.After that, he entrusted his wife to Detective Oda, and looked at the rest of them again. "The truth will come out soon," he said. "Just compare the wife's confession with the others. We're not stupid enough to catch a scapegoat." Takano winked at Oda, and Oda took his wife to leave the room.In an instant, someone cried like a flood.There is no need to look at it at all, it is Takao. "Yes, it was me... I killed it." Long Fu threw himself on the table, crying loudly.The bitter expressions of Sosuke and the others seemed to indicate that this was the truth. "Longfu, what nonsense are you talking about!" The wife shouted loudly, but Oda stopped her. Takano stood in front of Takao, looked down and asked, "You killed Ms. Yukiko Ando, ​​right?" Takao buried his face in his arms and nodded. "I, I... I didn't want to kill her..." I looked at Masami who was beside me, and Masami happened to turn her head to look at me. It sucks - we exchange our thoughts with our eyes.