Chapter 571: Where have all the tool people gone?

"But after I went there, his room was locked, and no one answered the door. After knocking a few times, I heard a cell phone ringtone ringing in his room... But it wasn't Mr. Biarasaka's cell phone ringtone, it was more like Miss Utagura's. I felt strange, so I stepped on a stool and took a look through the open transom..."

 While talking, they had already arrived at the door of Hirasaka Reiki's study.

Hakashi Kazuo stopped talking and pointed to the stool he had just placed at the door: "That's it."

Jiang Xia looked at the stool, frowned and nodded.

 After a second, he found that no one stood up to look inside. He was slightly startled, came to his senses, and walked over.

 …When solving a case, there are no other detectives or police officers actively rushing to the front. I am really not used to it.

 Speaking of which, it seems that no one has called the police since the discovery of Akiko Utagura's body...these people's awareness is too low.

Just now, Jiang Xia originally wanted to repay it himself.

But then I thought about it, Vodka looked like he couldn't withstand the investigation, and according to the information I got from Toru Amuro, part of the road here seemed to have collapsed. Although it was difficult for the police to come, it was also difficult for Vodka to escape. ...Jiang Xia hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to pretend that she had forgotten it.

 …It’s not that he likes the murderous taste of vanilla ice cream. But the ghosts looked very pleased with it.

 In addition, similar to people like Tequila and Pisk, Vodka also looks like he will not die after death. It is better to help him stay a little longer and let him live and shine...

As his thoughts were spinning, Jiang Xia had already stepped on the stool at the door of Hirasaka Reiki's study.

The transom above the door was opened diagonally, and through the gap of more than ten centimeters wide, one could see the sofa and coffee table in the study.

At this time, Reiki Hirasaka was lying on the sofa in an inconspicuous manner, with his head tilted to one side, and a blood-like crimson liquid hanging from the corner of his mouth.

On the coffee table next to him, there was a bottle of red wine and a broken goblet. The wine inside poured out and spilled all over the table.

　　… indeed he looked “as if he were dead”.

Jiang Xia confirmed the scene, borrowed someone else's mobile phone to take a few photos, then jumped off the stool and gave an unskilled command: "Pry open the door and take a look."

 …

 The study door was finally forced open.

As the door opened with a bang, the wind from the door blew up fancy shreds of paper all over the floor.

 A group of people who were about to rush into the room were startled by this sight and stopped one after another.

In Hirasaka Reiki's study, on the ground between the door and the sofa, a large piece of torn poster scraps were scattered. The various fragments were mixed and overlapped, covering the ground leading to the sofa, like a piece of paper. Luxurious carpet made of pieces.

 The air was stagnant for a moment.

The next second, Vodka Duang punched the door frame and blurted out: "Damn it!"

 Half a second later, he whispered again: "The murderer of..."

Hachawa Koji was startled by the movement.

He frowned and turned around, seeing Vodka's sad and angry eyes. After being startled, the sudden condemnation of "Yamada Yutaka" in his heart suddenly disappeared, and he sighed as if he understood it - the feeling of a friend being killed. , It’s really uncomfortable... Speaking of which, Mr. Yamada and Mr. Hirasaka have such a good relationship? How come he had never heard that these two were friends.

　　Hachawa Hiroshi was confused for a moment, and soon figured it out on his own - it may be that Mr. Yamada himself is jealous of evil, and saw two people being killed in a row, so he felt powerless and angry.

 …Anyway, he is a good person. Hachigawa Hiroshi then patted Vodka on the shoulder with understanding, saying that he had the same idea.

 …

 When two strong men felt the same sorrow for different reasons.

Jiang Xia carefully walked around the poster fragments at the door, walked to the sofa, and checked the condition of Hirasaka Reiki.

 After a moment, under the watchful eyes of a group of people, he shook his head regretfully, hinting tactfully that the man was hopeless.

 After that, Jiang Xia stood up and looked at the corner of the sofa.

There was a piece of string thrown there, and a mobile phone with a rose-red shell dropped next to it—this should be the murder weapon used to kill Utagura Akiko. The mobile phone is also Utagura Akiko’s mobile phone.

All this looks like after Reiki Hirasaka killed Akiko Utagura in the meditation room, he arranged it into a secret room, then returned to his room, drank red wine and committed suicide, and before committing suicide , using Utagura Akiko’s mobile phone to send the text message “I have been resurrected” to everyone.

 …

It was only now, after seeing the second body and the murder weapon scattered next to it, that someone finally thought of calling the police.

—Yachawa Koji finally showed a bit of the style that a Tokyoite should have, and his reaction was slightly faster than the others.

 He stared at the body of Hirasaka Reiki for a moment, then took out his mobile phone and started dialing.

Jiang Xia looked at him and thought of the unchecked vodka. He hesitated for a moment but did not stop him.

 …The detective won’t let anyone call the police, it sounds very suspicious no matter what.

In addition, if you think about it carefully, even if the police arrive, as long as the case is solved quickly enough and the police can immediately identify the murderer, other passers-by will not attract too much attention, and it will be easy for them to fish in troubled waters through routine inquiries.

Furthermore, calling the police seems to have other benefits—let the police know what is going on here early, so that they can find a way to come over earlier and take over the aftermath. In this way, Jiang Xia can set off early to see the scenery elsewhere.

Thinking of this, Jiang Xia looked around the scene while listening to Hachikawa Hiroshi describing what happened in the villa tonight through intermittent signals.

After calling the police, a group of people at the door gradually accepted the fact that "someone died" and gradually recovered.

Jiang Xia discovered their movements and was planning to remind everyone at the door not to enter the house and protect the scene like other detectives.

 But when he looked over there, he was suddenly startled and found that there was an extra person in the crowd at some point.

Toru Amuro is back.

And at this time, he had already blended into the crowd as if nothing had happened.

According to Tohru Amuro's statement, he had been sleeping deeply before, and then he gradually woke up from the noise and came to check. After all, he was just a guest passing by tonight, and he didn't have Utagura Akiko's contact information. Naturally, he didn't receive the message from "Kira" using Utagura Akiko's mobile phone. It was actually quite reasonable that he found out later than others.

At the same time Jiang Xia walked towards the door, the foggy dog ​​that was following Toru Amuro flapped its wings and flew back.

 It brought Jiang Xia the situation when Amuro Toru went out.

—The "lost" effect on Yuya Kazami seems to have ended. After Toru Amuro arrived, he successfully found this subordinate under the tree and rushed back immediately. He spent an extremely busy night.

 (End of this chapter)