SWDnovel Chapter 830: Hibiki Eri "Wins" Again
Chapter 830: Hibiki Eri "Wins" Again
Chapter 830: Hibiki Eri "Wins" Again
After hearing this, Kujo Reiko thought about it for a while, then opened her eyes wide and said, "You mean Mr. Tsukano and Ms. Hara."
Aoki Matsu nodded. "That's right! According to what Mr. Tsukano said, after hearing Ms. Hara's scream, he found the victim lying on the ground, so he asked Ms. Hara to call an ambulance. In the meantime, Mr. Tsukano was alone in the study and had the time and opportunity to act.
As for Ms. Yuan, she said that she went to the study after hearing the noise, and then saw the victim lying on the ground, so she screamed in fear. But if she was lying, she might have done it before Mr. Tsukano came to the study. In that case..."
"The testimonies of Mr. Tsukano and Ms. Hara are no longer completely credible." Reiko Kujo said seriously.
Because if these two people also had economic transactions such as IOUs with the victim, then they would also have reasons to kill.
And to some extent, one is his wife's younger brother and the other is the nanny, they are more likely to know the secret of the picture frame in the study than Iwamatsu Toshio, an outsider.
Once the IOU incident happened and they knew the secret of the picture frame, they could take their IOUs away with them after killing someone without anyone knowing.
Of course, it is also possible that the two men saw that Ishigaki Tadashi was dead and wanted to avoid paying back the money, so they took the opportunity to take away their IOUs.
"That's right. Especially just now, when we asked Ms. Yuan about the vase, she was obviously a little unnatural and nervous. There must be something hidden." Qing Musong said: "Kujo-san, when the police investigated the scene before, did they notice whether there was a vase here?"
"There is no vase here, I can be sure, and there are no vase fragments either," said Reiko Kujo.
Qing Musong heard this and said, "There are two possibilities. The first is as Ms. Yuan said, but this can't explain why she suddenly became nervous. In fact, I have always wondered, what use would there be even if there was a vase there?"
Upon hearing this, Kujo Reiko said, "The victim did not have any injuries from being beaten with a blunt object, so the possibility of attacking the victim with a vase is ruled out."
"Then what other use do you think the vase has?" Aoki Matsu looked at Kujo Reiko and asked.
Kujo Reiko frowned when she heard this.
The most common use of vases at a murder scene is as a blunt instrument to beat people, but this is obviously not the case in this case.
What is rare is that as part of a trap, Aoki Matsu has solved several such cases.
and then?
What does a vase have to do with a murder?
After thinking for a while, Kujo Reiko couldn't think of anything, so she looked at Aoki Matsu and asked, "Inspector Aoki, have you thought of it?"
Qing Musong laughed when he heard this and said, "The most important functions of a vase are, first, decoration, and second, flower arrangement. To arrange flowers, you need to put water in the vase.
Let's assume that what Iwamatsu Toshio said is correct, then there are only two possible outcomes: there is a murderer that we haven't noticed yet, or one of Mr. Tsukano and Ms. Hara is the murderer. If it is the latter, you didn't find the murder weapon at the scene..."
"You mean the murderer put the murder weapon in the vase, and then hid the vase somewhere else before we arrived at the scene, so we didn't find it." Reiko Kujo said immediately after hearing this.
Qing Musong looked at her and said with a smile: "This is just my guess, I can't be sure if it is correct."
But since it was discovered that Tsukano Hiroshi and Hara Yukie might have tampered with the picture frame, they are naturally suspects of murder. Hypothetically speaking, what would they do if they were the murderer is also a way of analyzing the case.
Upon hearing this, Kujo Reiko said, "I will have someone monitor them, and send someone else to investigate the financial situation of the two to see if they have borrowed money from the victim."
Seeing that Kujo Reiko was so understanding, Aoki Matsu didn't say anything else.
***
The next day, Eri Kisaki came to Tokyo Detention Center to meet Toshio Iwamatsu.
After hearing what Kisaki Eri said, Iwamatsu Toshio immediately looked like something was wrong. "What! There's my IOU behind that painting!"
Seeing this, Kisaki Eri took the initiative to speak and asked forcefully, "Let me first ask you why you hid it! Did you borrow money from Mr. Ishigaki?"
"Ah!" When asked by Kisaki Eri, Iwamatsu Toshio immediately became timid and stammered, "Ah, that." Then, under Kisaki Eri's strong gaze, Iwamatsu Toshio avoided Kisaki Eri's gaze and said somewhat unnaturally: "I just borrowed money from that guy, and the store that served as collateral for the loan was almost robbed. But if I say this kind of thing, won't it make people think that I did it? So..."
Hearing this, Hibiki Eri said angrily, "The prosecutor believes that this discovery is sufficient evidence to prove your motive for killing the victim!"
"No!" When Iwamatsu Toshio heard what Kiyori said, he quickly retorted, "I just went to get my IOU back."
"Have you really never touched that painting?" Kisaki Eri frowned and looked at Iwamatsu Toshio seriously and asked.
"Yes!" Iwamatsu Toshio replied, "The IOU is actually on the back of the painting. I just found out about it now. Please believe me."
"Now it's not a question of whether I believe it or not, but whether the jury can accept your statement." Kisaki Eri said with a pessimistic look on her face.
When Iwamatsu Toshio heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he looked as if something terrible had happened. It was obvious that he knew that the jury would not easily believe what he said.
"Anyway, before the next court session, I will think about a way to rescue the situation and then discuss it with you." After saying this, Kisaki Eri picked up her handbag and left.
After taking two steps, he stopped again, turned to look at Iwamatsu Toshio and asked, "By the way, did you see a vase in the room?"
"Eh!?" Iwamatsu Toshio was stunned when he heard that, then raised his eyebrows and said, "Huaving, you ask that..."
Iwamatsu Toshio thought for a moment and said, "I saw a vase! I remember when I saw Ishigaki lying on the ground, I subconsciously went forward to check. When I found that he was dead, I panicked and prepared to run away. Unexpectedly, I made a mistake in my panic, slipped, and fell backwards. When I fell to the ground, a vase fell from the side and hit me on the head, and then rolled towards the door room."
Hearing this, Hibiki's eyes softened: "Originally, there was."
After walking out of the Tokyo Detention Center, Kisaki Eri called Aoki Matsu and told him what happened.
After Aoki Matsu hung up the phone with Kisaki Eri, he called Kujo Reiko and told her about it.
"I see." Kujo Reiko responded, and then said, "By the way, Inspector Aoki, the murder weapon was found early this morning. It was found in the lake of Mizushima-cho Sanchome Park when someone was cleaning the drain. After forensics, it was determined to be the murder weapon used by the murderer in this case."
Qing Musong couldn't help but complain when he heard this: "This is too coincidental. And the route doesn't seem to be consistent with Mr. Yansong's escape route."
Yesterday everyone was still wondering why the murder weapon couldn't be found, but today it appeared. It's hard not to feel...
"That's right. The people who were monitoring Mr. Tsukano saw him wandering there last night. But we didn't expect that he would throw the murder weapon just now, and there was no camera to record it." Reiko Kujo said regretfully.
Qing Musong was also a little surprised when he heard this. This kind of operation was indeed not something that an ordinary person could think of.
If Aoki Matsu was the murderer, he would have run to the outskirts of the city and thrown away the murder weapon instead of keeping it.
"The murderer is Mr. Tsukano!" said Aoki Matsu.
Kujo Reiko replied, "It should be him. We found out that Mr. Tsukano embezzled the victim's company's public funds. The victim seems to have known about this. The victim wants Mr. Tsukano to use his family's land as collateral."
"He also has enough motive to kill." Aoki Matsu said.
"That's right, the question now is, there is no evidence that he committed murder?" said Reiko Kujo.
Motive is one thing, evidence is another.
Qing Musong thought for a moment and said, "If Mr. Tsukano is the murderer, then he should have put the murder weapon in the vase. Now that we have found the murder weapon, it means that Mr. Tsukano took the murder weapon out of the vase afterwards. In this case, there may be Mr. Tsukano's fingerprints on the vase."
But it's just a possibility, it's also possible that people were just being cautious and wore gloves.
But now I can’t find any other evidence, so I have to check it out. What if it really exists?
As for the Ke Xue cases, except for that one case, there must be evidence in all other cases.
"I understand. I will send someone to look for the vase immediately." said Reiko Kujo.
Upon hearing this, Qing Musong said, "I still think that Ms. Yuan has a problem with the vase. You might as well ask her again."
"Okay, I got it." Reiko Kujo replied and hung up the phone.
Aoki Matsu did not personally investigate this case, but just kept paying close attention to it.
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Afterwards, Kujo Reiko went to blast Hara Yukie, and Hara Yukie, who couldn't endure the psychological pressure, was blasted out.
Strictly speaking, she did not steal the vase, but she concealed some things because of selfish motives.
The vase was indeed in the study when the murder happened. She had cleaned the study that day and had deliberately wiped the vase.
But she saw the vase again the day after the murder, at the garbage collection area next to the Ishigaki family's house. That day, she planned to go to the Ishigaki family's house to clean it in the morning as usual, but she didn't expect that the police had sealed it and she couldn't go in.
As a result, I turned around and saw the vase placed in the garbage recycling area. There was a piece of paper posted on it saying that yesterday was not the time to throw away non-combustible garbage, and the owner of the vase should pay attention to the garbage throwing time and throw it away again.
Hara Yukie didn't know why the vase was thrown in such a place. She had heard that the vase was worth some money. Thinking that Ishigaki Tadashi had died and she would not have any salary this month, Hara Yukie became greedy and took the vase home.
She did not steal items directly from the villa, but only picked up items from the garbage collection area, so strictly speaking it was not theft. However, this made the police's investigation more difficult.
Reiko Kujo had the vase carefully examined, and then found Tsukano Hiroshi's fingerprints stained with Ishigaki Tadashi's blood inside the vase.
This fingerprint is the ironclad evidence that Tsukano Hiroshi is the murderer!
In the end, the case ended when Reiko Kujo changed the charge against Toshio Iwamatsu from murder to burglary, and also charged Tsukano Hiroshi with murder.
Originally, Kujo Reiko solved the case with the help of Aoki Matsu, and her contribution was greater than that of Kisaki Eri. However, due to the revision of the charges, and the reports of the media, it was Kisaki Eri who won again.
It was also thanks to Kujo Reiko that although she seemed to have a strong desire to win against Kisaki Eri, she actually cared more about finding the truth, otherwise her defense would have been broken.
However, the news media that reported that Kisaki Eri had won again were all second-rate. The first-rate news media would not dare to blindly speak ill of the prosecutor, and their reporting focus was on Kobayashi Sumiko.
It was because Kobayashi Sumiko discovered that the paintings in the study were hung upside down that she was able to find out the truth.
Kobayashi Sumiko was very happy about this. When she was happy, Shiratori Jinsaburo was also happy.
Because of this, Shiratori Renzaburo specially invited Aoki Matsu to dinner.
Aoki Matsu didn't refuse because Shiratori Renzaburo was going on a date after get off work, so they made the date at noon.
No drinking, just some small talk.
As we were chatting, we talked about White Valentine's Day which is coming soon on March 3th.
According to Japanese custom, on White Valentine's Day, boyfriends are required to give gifts to their girlfriends.
Shiratori Renzaburo has already prepared something for Kobayashi Sumiko. In addition to the necessary white chocolate, there are also various other gifts, with the main point being - quantity wins.
He is worthy of being a young master, he is different from others.
As for Aoki Matsu, he hasn’t bought it yet.
This cannot be blamed on Aoki Matsu. The timeline of the science world always jumps. It has skipped several Valentine's Days and White Valentine's Days before, and sometimes even the New Year and Christmas.
However, after listening to what Shiratori Renzaburo said today, Aoki Matsu knew that March 3th would definitely not be skipped, and he also had to prepare a gift for Shinname Kaori.
Shinna Kaori usually lives a very stylish life, in other words, she is a bit petty bourgeoisie, but she has enough capital to support her life. So the gift given by Aoki Matsu cannot be cheap, otherwise it will seem perfunctory.
After thinking about it, Aoki Matsu went to the luxury brand store in the department store after get off work and bought an LV bag to give to Shinna Xiang Houli.
If your financial situation allows and you don’t know what to give your significant other, you can never go wrong with an LV bag – it cures all problems.
Then he went to the food area and picked up a piece of white chocolate. When he was about to leave to pay, Qing Musong noticed the billboard next to him - If you love her, give her Valentine's chocolate cookies.
It is a heart-shaped cookie coated with white chocolate and sprinkled with chopped strawberries.
I don’t know if it tastes good, but it looks good anyway.
Aoki Matsu walked over and took a box.
There is no rule that boyfriends can only give their girlfriends one gift on White Valentine's Day.
Shiratori Renzaburo is prepared to win by quantity, so Aoki Matsu should have no problem sending three.