Chapter 5 chapter Five

The next night, Uncle Keisuke came to Chizuru's house again.Based on the reasoning of the secret room collectors, the police investigated Principal Yoshizo Makino and Mr. Hashizume.The principal had no alibi when Mr. Junzuka was killed, and after repeated questioning, he finally confessed his crime.Mr. Hashizume also confessed after hearing the principal's confession.Teacher Hashizume probably realized that since the principal has admitted his crime, his actions are meaningless. According to the confession obtained, Mr. Kimizuka discovered and threatened the principal's collection of kickbacks from the business units.The principal, who couldn't stand the endless threats, made up his mind to get rid of Mr. Kimizuka.The principal, who had military experience in the Russo-Japanese War, decided to use a gun and bought the latest Browning pistol. Because of the sound of the gun, he also considered killing people in a place where no one would know when the gun was fired. In that way, he was worried about being found out by the other party.Although the music room is a place where Mr. Kimizuka is not suspicious and can commit murder, no matter how quiet the night is, the sound of murderous gunshots will also spread to the duty room and the back room.For this reason, the principal exercised his power to implement sound insulation projects for the music room, so that the gunshots could not reach the duty room and the back room.On the day of the incident, after chatting with Mr. Junzuka, he learned that Mr. Junzuka would practice the piano until very late, and the principal who had left the school secretly returned.Use a glass cutter to cut a hole outside the window in the corridor in front of the music room, reach in and unscrew the lock to open the window.Of course, it was impossible for the principal with a disabled right foot to enter from there, so he unlocked the front porch and sneaked into the school building to the music room.

After Mr. Junzuka answered the door, the principal entered the music room and locked the door at the same time to prevent the spread of gunshots.When the other party asked, what's the matter so late, the principal replied because there was a gift for you, and then quickly took out his pistol and fired two shots. Thinking that Mr. Kimizuka was dead, the principal left the music room and walked as fast as possible from the corridor to the front entrance with his disabled feet. On the way, he ran into Mr. Hashizume who was returning from the back room to the duty room.The principal hurriedly wanted to take the gun, but was easily stopped by the young English teacher, and the gun was also taken away.The headmaster admitted frankly that "I killed Kimizuka", after hearing this, Mr. Hashizume stood dumbfounded.At this time, when they heard someone knocking on the window of the duty room, the two were shocked. At that time, they didn't know that Qianhe was knocking.Mr. Hashizume said to the principal, "I will keep you, hurry up" and went to the duty room.Hearing Mr. Hashizume yelling "Hey, who's knocking on the window?", the principal had already fled from the front entrance.

The irony is that the pocket watch in the chest pocket of Mr. Junzuka's shirt is one of the gifts that the principal gave to Mr. Junzuka.It was this pocket watch that made the principal's criminal plan develop in an unexpected direction. The principal and teacher were arrested, and Liuyuan High School for Girls was a sensation.As Mr. Hashizume worried, the parents have already started to withdraw their daughter from school.Chizuru was also persuaded by her mother to transfer to another girls' school because it was known that your school had a bad influence, but Chizuru flatly refused and insisted on continuing to study at Liuyuan Higher Girls' School.With his father's permission, Chizuru was able to continue school.Chizuru thinks, if he also joins the ranks of dropouts, the closure of the school that Mr. Hashizume is worried about will be closer to reality; although Mr. Hashizume's actions are unforgivable, try to prevent the closure of the school he is worried about from becoming a reality. , this can be regarded as the minimum respect for Mr. Hashizume who has a good impression.

"Later, did you meet a Chamber of Secrets collector?" Hearing Qianhe's question, my uncle shook his head: "No, I haven't seen him since then. I wanted to tell him that the reasoning was correct, and thank you at the same time." Last night, after hearing the reasoning of the secret room collector, Uncle Keisuke rushed back to the Kyoto Prefectural Police Department to report.Chizuru left the living room to change tea.When she returned to the living room with the new tea, Qianhe found that the secret room collector had disappeared.The mother who has been by the entrance said that no one came out of the entrance.If you go out from the kitchen entrance, Qianzuru, who is boiling water in the kitchen, will not miss it.Even so, the Chamber of Secrets collector disappeared like smoke.Qianhe wanted to know how he disappeared, but she couldn't figure it out anyway.Only his disappearance cannot be clearly explained in detective novels-I don't know why I feel this way.

Although he only had contact with the Chamber of Secrets collector for a short time, his image has been deeply imprinted in Qianhe's mind.Because no matter what, he is a real detective.Qianhe had a flash of thought, hoping that a few years later, decades later, one day he could meet him again and listen to his reasoning.