Chapter 13481348【Professional counterpart】

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 “Taeko Umegaki?!”

　　——This is the name of the assistant lady. Her family lived in a shrine, and she was the first person to be suspected because of the "blood letter before death" called "stone lion".

  “…” So things come around again?

Otaki Police Department touched his chin and whispered: "Then I guessed it right from the beginning."

As soon as I finished speaking, I suddenly felt that it was a bit embarrassing to make such a wild guess, so I coughed twice and pretended that I was just clearing my throat.

 Kinoshita Yoko was startled for a moment and looked at Jiang Xia: "But I remember that when we went out, the person pretending to be the dead passed by Taeko... How could the murderer be her?"

Beside him, the assistant's expression changed, and he suddenly said: "Actually, I killed Anxi and then disguised myself as him. I want to surrender!"

"The person pretending to be the dead person is indeed you, but it is not the person you killed." Without any interesting spoilers, Jiang Xia glanced at Vodka regretfully, then looked back at the assistant director who was about to surrender, and fast-forwarded the reasoning dryly , "There is blood splattered everywhere here, and it is difficult to clean the murderer's body. But your clothes are still the same ones you wore in the afternoon and have not been changed - the crew has time to change clothes, and there is no one with an alibi, only Dougaki Miss. The blood-stained clothes should still be hidden in the shrine."

Vodka touched his chin silently: It's so complicated, so one person killed the person, and the other person found out and pretended to be the dead person to help the real murderer get away with the crime, and by the way, the third person was blamed? The three people went around in circles, each with their own suspicions... Is it because these are the crew members, usually related to "acting" and "stage", so Uzo paid attention to professional counterparts and added so many scenes to them?

 Vodka: “…” Huh? Wait, on the other hand, according to the principle of this professional counterpart, a cold-blooded killer like himself who walks in the darkness all year round will definitely not die in an ordinary daily murder case?

 …Wrong.

 Although there is no evidence. But before Uzo was not an official member, the codename member "Tequila" whom he "encountered" was unfortunately involved in a social animal murder case and died without incident.

 And it was because of that case that Jiang Xia came into their sight... Tsk, what kind of evidence do you need? You can tell with a hat that this is the person Uzuo killed. It's a pity that no one in the organization is coming to settle this old score. Perhaps they think that exchanging Tequila for Uzo is a very good deal. Or maybe poor Tequila was forgotten after his death. After all, a dead person cannot bring value to the organization.

Vodka remembers his former colleague while rationally learning from his experience: in short, this shows that Uzo does not mind wasting some precious materials when he wants to achieve certain goals.

 In other words, I cannot take it lightly. Any ordinary murder case may be a life and death crisis.

 …

 While Vodka was engaging in useless reasoning.

Beside him, several eyes looked at him silently: Mr. Yamada is really a serious person. He must be reviewing Jiang Xia's reasoning process and accepting his teachings.

Suzuki Sonoko thought of this and couldn't help but patted Vodka's arm in emotion.

 “?!” Vodka was startled and looked at her suddenly.

"Come on! Keep working hard, and you can be as good as Jiang Xia!" Suzuki Sonoko clenched her fists, as if to cheer him up.

But after finishing speaking, she suddenly remembered something and hesitated to change her words: "But to be honest, it is a bit difficult to become like Jiang Xia, but even if you can't compare, you can at least learn a little bit."

A vein in Vodka's forehead jumped: "..." Little girl, can she speak?

And he actually dared to tap a killer on the shoulder without saying hello. It was because Uzo had pushed him back twice when he instinctively drew his gun, so this time he simply gave up on drawing his gun, otherwise he would have... As he thought about it, a murderous aura erupted from Vodka.

But soon, thinking of Uzo who was eyeing him next to him, and the police officers who gradually became Uzo's lackeys, he suppressed the murderous intention in his heart.

 Jiangxia: “…”

 …Next time when murderous intent emerges from vodka, take out a stick and knock him unconscious. Can you extend the murderous intent a little longer?

He couldn't help but start thinking about this new and meaningful topic.

 …

Next to him, after all the truth was exposed, Taeko Mamegaki lost the power to conceal herself.

She sighed, with some hatred in her eyes: "I did kill the person, but if he hadn't blackmailed me, I wouldn't have done such a thing."

"Blackmail you?" Nazhi Jingo was startled, and then he showed a look of relief that he saw a fellow sufferer, "You too..."

“I didn’t hook up with a married woman like you!” Taeko Mamegaki immediately interrupted him with disgust, drawing a clear line with this actor who was about to lose his reputation.

 After that, he continued what he wanted to say:

“When I was in high school, my parents passed away in a car accident, and I had a very rebellious time. At that time, I skipped school every day, didn’t go to school, and only hung out with some shabby friends..."

　　Vodka: “…” This experience seems to sound more and more familiar to me.

He couldn't help but take a peek at Jiang Xia.

Jiang Xia noticed his gaze: "?"

“!” Vodka quickly withdrew his gaze, pretending that he had no idea at all just now.

Taeko Mamegaki didn't notice his little move and was still immersed in her own memories.

She looked at the deceased on the ground and said sadly: "He was one of the 'social friends' I made at that time."

She suddenly turned to the priest next to her: "Grandpa, do you still remember? During that time, a set of expensive sacrificial tools from our shrine was stolen, which caused quite a commotion and has not been recovered to this day."

 The old God Lord was startled, and suddenly had a bad premonition: "Remember, could it be that you..."

Taeko Mamegaki's tears suddenly flowed down: "It's all my fault! When I was chatting with them, I accidentally talked about the things at home and mentioned that set of utensils. Who would have thought that they would start thinking about it..."

The old god’s beard trembled: “Why didn’t you tell me earlier!”

Taeko Mamegaki cried louder: "I thought about what I wanted to say! But when I finally made up my mind to tell you and the police the truth, Mr. Sugiyama, who managed the warehouse, suddenly committed suicide. He felt that the missing props belonged to him. Responsibility. When I saw his hanging body in the warehouse, I was too scared to speak.

"After that, I severed ties with that group of 'friends' and worked hard to be a good person and go to school every day. I wanted to hide this sad past somewhere where no one knows, live a good life in the future, and I want to marry Yuta and create a beautiful family together. Who knows..."

 (End of this chapter)