Chapter 23 Chapter 5 The Facts Telled by Photos

After receiving a call from Kinoshita Criminal Police, a large number of patrol officers arrived.The doctor is here too, but I'm afraid there's nothing for them to do. Amnesiac Saeki Makoto was also shot in the heart and died on the spot.Not only that, the bullet was fired from a place one meter away. Of course, there is no need for the doctor to tell, everyone knows that place.Except for Fei Sazi's fingerprints, no other fingerprints were found on the pistol. With the help of the patrol police who came to support, they questioned the people present in the Cabaret, and even conducted a strict physical examination, including Tianyuntang.The police officer believed that this was not a hint from the Temple of Fortune, which would have occurred to anyone on such an occasion.

hateful!Nothing came out.Although it was found that someone was holding suspicious items, it was just a sideshow, and no evidence related to the case was found. "It deserves it!" Waiting Li police officer muttered in his heart. "Did the murderer come in through the back door and escape through the back door in the dark?" But... No matter what, the police officer is still obsessed with the rationality of the Tianyuntang hypothesis. The murderer is inside.Where he could see... the police officer gradually became restless.He asked Fei Shazi sharply: "So, you heard gunshots from behind you?"

"Well, I stood at the entrance of the stage and looked into the hall. Then, the lights suddenly went out, and after a short while, there was a gunshot from behind me." On the second floor of the Cabaret, there are offices, proprietress' room, actor's dressing room, etc.Fei Sazi sat on the sofa in the dressing room and finally regained her composure. "So, what was around you at that time...?" "I don't know, I don't remember what happened before the lights were turned off. My attention was all on the hall. After the lights were turned on, the bodyguard Mr. Kamada Goro stood behind me, and the proprietress was in the box directly in front... Yes, two or three steps away are the landlady's guests."

"The proprietress' customer is probably Shigesuke Hioke, the branch manager of the bank." "what?" "Don't you know he's the branch manager of the bank?" "Someone told me, but I forgot..." "So, does this person come here often?" "Well, maybe I like this tavern." "Did you know about the attack on that bank last year?" "Well, it was very popular at the time—I heard that it is because of this that Mr. Criminal Police has been monitoring here recently." "Who said that?" "Mr. Kamada..."

"Kamada...? Ah, the bodyguard, right? By the way, Eguchi-kun." The police officer suddenly changed his tone and asked, "Do you really know the person who was killed?" "Who said that?" "Boss lady." "Ah, lady boss...?" "Yes, when you entered the hall and saw the man, you were quite surprised. It was an extraordinary surprise. You must know him—that's what the proprietress said." Fei Shazi bit her lip, raised her pale face, and said, "No. The proprietress is wrong. I just think his appearance is strange, maybe a little surprised, but it's not a big surprise—"

"wrong?" "Ok." There was a wonderful power in the words of the police officer Wait Li, and Fei Sazi suddenly felt uneasy.She looked tentatively at the police officer, then hurriedly turned her gaze back to the dressing table. There was Hisako's handbag on it, and the handbag was opened, throwing everything in front of Shizuko.Seeing this, the blood on Fei Shazi's face receded like an ebbing tide. "Ahaha, Mr. Eguchi, is it this business card holder that you are worried about?" When Fei Sazi saw the lovely light red business card holder, her face was distorted by the horror of despair.

"You said you didn't know the person who was killed tonight. But in your card case you have a business card that says Makoto Saeki. Makoto Saeki—is the name of the victim tonight. More than that. There is also a card in the case Photo. Eguchi-kun, who are the people in the photo?" The photo taken by the criminal police shows a young man and woman standing under a tree. The woman is indeed Fei Sazi, and the man... "It's Makoto Saeki. Eguchi-kun, if it's just a business card, you can pretend that someone else put it in, but this photo - the photo you took with Saeki - Eguchi-kun, you still have to say you don't know it Saeki?"

At this time, in the corner of the hall downstairs, Tianyuntang was pestering detective Arai to chatter endlessly. "In short, Mr. Criminal Police, the question is, in the darkness, how can you shoot so accurately and hit the target? Could it be that you killed the wrong person?" "Kill the wrong person? No, uncle, it's impossible. The victim is an important police witness and is very valuable." "That said, it's even more problematic. Regardless of whether you killed the wrong person or not, isn't it strange that you hit the heart with such precision?"

"Maybe the murderer, like a cat, can see in the dark." "Speaking of it, Mr. Detective, the victim said strange things before he died. What's the matter with the cat..." "Well, 'There's something in the dark. Oh, it's the cat! The cat! The cat's attacking me!' Seems to say, Uncle." "It's strange. It's pitch black. How does he know there's a cat? Can the man who was killed see things in the dark?" "It's really strange, uncle. You can tell the fortune, hahaha." The criminal policeman laughed, but Tianyuntang didn't.The eyes under the silver-rimmed glasses blinked earnestly, and he said, "Anyway, Mr. Criminal Police, the question is, why did the murderer turn off the light? The murderer certainly did not take advantage of the darkness by accident. Did he turn it off by himself, or did his accomplice turn it off?" What about it? Anyway, before the murder, the lights were turned off according to the murderer's wishes. Then, the murderer has full confidence and can snipe the opponent in the dark. Then..."

Tianyuntang wanted to keep talking, but when he saw the person coming in from the main entrance, he suddenly stopped talking.The criminal police also turned their heads away. It was the operator of the Cabaret, Terada Jinzo. Jinzo Terada was wearing a well-fitting and elegant suit, with his coat in his left hand.He is about fifty years old, with slightly white silky sideburns combed neatly, his chin is clean-shaven, and his face is sharp and angular.Maybe a little too thin, but it gives people a strong sense of iron wire. Terada pushed the officer away and walked into the hall.He looked around with sharp but questioning eyes, and said, "What's going on? Why did the music stop? Why didn't the show go on? Why is everyone crying like a vigil?"

The proprietress Xue Zhi and the bodyguard Kamada Goro greeted her. "Boss, it's terrible, someone was killed here just now." "What, what, what? Kill, kill?" Terada Jinzo yelled exaggeratedly, but his expression was a little unnatural.At this moment, police officer Waituli also took Eguchi Fei Sako down from the second floor.