Chapter 69 Section VI

Iseki Kazuhiko's face became paler, but he didn't agree with what Yabe said. "I admire your imagination." Iseki said in a dry voice. "As expected of a criminal police officer, not only the method of crime, but also the motive is cleverly fabricated, which is really admirable, but that motive is purely your imagination. "Do you have evidence to prove that Tsuneo Goto is my pseudonym? Didn't Tsuneo Goto commit suicide a week ago? I am still alive to prove that Tsuneo Goto is not my pseudonym." "Goto Tsuneo did commit suicide. Since his whole body was charred, the people nearby believed that the deceased was Goto Tsuneo, but I don't think so.

"The charred body was not Tsuneo Goto, but Fuutarou Egami who came to Sendai to track down you. Fuutarou Egami knew that you continued to paint under the pseudonym Tsuneo Goto, so he was murdered. Because of this Once the matter is publicized, it will be a fatal injury to you, so you kill him to silence it. "Then you have the fictional character Tsuneo Goto commit suicide in order to dispose of Fuutarou Egami's body. "Without knowing it, I have been looking forward to discovering unidentified corpses. Now that I think about it, it's really funny." "What a beautiful imagination." Iseki roared in a sharp voice, "I didn't meet Egami Fuutarou in Sendai, can you provide evidence to prove that Goto Tsuneo is me?"

"I have witnesses to prove that Fuutarou Egami is investigating your affairs in Sendai. I think if you put on glasses and a fedora hat and meet people who have met Tsuneo Goto, these people will definitely testify that you are Tsuneo Goto." "You think I'm the murderer of Fuutarou Egami based on this alone?" Iseki said with a sneer. "I know your conspiracy. Even though you are talking nonsense, you have no evidence to prove that I killed the Tajima couple. The modus operandi and motive you mentioned are indeed very interesting, but they are purely your imagination. Yes, not even a single proof.

"You must be well aware that I cannot be arrested without evidence. "That's why you want to arrest me for killing Egami Fuutarou in order to save the face of the police, isn't it?" "Unfortunately, it's not right." Yabe looked at Iseki with a smile, and Iseki looked embarrassed, and he touched his forehead with his hand as if he had lost his composure. "I have evidence, very unfavorable evidence for you..." "What evidence?" "The first is that on the day of the incident, you brought the wine, so Tajima Mariko drank it without suspicion, and the second is this Mr. Ijuin." Yabe pointed to Ijuin Shinkichi who was silently listening to their conversation and said: "He met Kohei Tajima and Mariko on the day of the incident."

"yes." After Yijuin nodded, he looked at Iseki.Yabe was a little uneasy because he wasn't sure that Ijuin would perform well. "That day, when I heard the rumors that the Tajima and his wife were getting divorced, I forcibly asked to meet them, because it was a piece of news that would make me famous. Mariko Tajima kicked me out and refused to meet me. Yukihei Shima accepted my interview. When I arrived at Tajima’s house, it was already twelve o’clock in the middle of the night. I only rang the bell because I saw that the light was still on in the studio. Soon, Kohei Tajima appeared at the entrance with a tired face. Remember his hands were stained red with red paint.

"I said I wanted to talk to him for a while, but he said that there was a painting that had to be finished by tomorrow, and he didn't have time to talk to me, so he told me to go back." "..." Jingguan listened with suspicion.Yabe could see that he was embarrassed inside. "Because I'm going back, I won't be able to write news." Yijiyuan began to talk nonsense, but his tone didn't change at all, maybe he was used to nonsense. "I forcibly entered Tajima's house and saw the portrait in the studio. The red paint on my face had almost disappeared. I looked at the portrait while talking to Kohei Tajima.

"He said he has no intention of divorcing his wife and has entrusted a friend to persuade his wife not to divorce him." "What color is the portrait's clothes?" Jingguan asked suddenly. "Oh?" Ijuin asked back. "If you've seen that portrait, you should remember the color of the clothes. What color is it? Please answer me." Iseki asked in an aggressive tone, and Yabe felt a little embarrassed, because he hadn't seen "Portrait of the Muse" either. Of course, Ijuin has never seen it before, so I probably don't know what color it is.

Although Yabe felt very troubled, but surprisingly, Ijuin said calmly: "I think it's lavender. Since I only talk to Tajima Kohei, I don't have much impression..." Iseki fell silent. It seems that he probably guessed it right, but what puzzled Yabe was, how could Ijuin come up with the color of lavender? "You have other mortal wounds." The reason why Yabe hastily interrupted the conversation was that he wanted to take advantage of the victory and pursue the attack, and the other was that he was afraid that Iseki would ask about the portrait again.