"Huh... Then, what's the motive?"

Listening to the choked words of the two detectives, Sousuke Araki greedily sucked out the cigarette from the corner of his mouth and rubbed the cigarette **** in the ashtray in front of him: "I have any reason to kill a man. My immediate boss who has high morals, has high expectations for me, and even just gave me a 'promotion and salary increase'?"

"So, you don't deny the fact that you entered and exited the outdated president's office, right?"

"Ok."

Seeing Sosuke Araki nodding to confirm, one of the detectives showed a photo on the laptop screen.

"Then, regarding the "Bamboo Tori Picture Scroll", a national treasure worth billions of yen that was originally stored in President Tokimoto's office, it was nowhere to be seen when the body of President Tokinimoto was found. Is there anything you want to say?"

"The "Bamboo Painting Scroll" is gone?!"

In the photo, it is a sturdy picture scroll that Sosuke Araki is very familiar with, with the words "Tokyo National Museum Collection" written on the bottom.

"By the way, when I left the office, that thing was still on the shelf... Wait, isn't this the popular plot of murder and treasure hunting in Long Kingdom Xiuxian novels..."

"Besides, why didn't anyone tell me from the beginning to the end that that thing was worth billions of yen...I was carrying this kind of thing that I couldn't even pay for, and jumped up and down for several nights? ! 』

Hearing that the valuable "Bamboo Picture Scroll", which was related to Mochizuki Ayano's awakening, disappeared without a trace, and fine beads of sweat began to pour out from Sousuke Araki's forehead.

"Next, can you please explain, where did the 10,000,000 yen unconsecutive bills come from in the suitcase you brought back to the association?"

A black suitcase full of "Fukuzawa Yukichi" appeared on the computer screen.

"Then, that money is... ahem, because of some kind of confidentiality agreement, I have no right to tell you the details. If you want to know more, you can ask Guangzhi yourself..."

Seeing this thing, Araki Sosuke suddenly felt as if someone had seized his life, his whole face wrinkled pitifully: "In short, that's the hard-earned money I made at the expense of emptying my body, you can't confiscate it!"

"Sorry, the vice president of the association you mentioned just now, Hiroshi Changda, who was also the first person to discover the body, was in an unknown and unreachable state two hours after you were taken away from the association by us, and there were surveillance cameras. After he disguised himself and took the subway to leave..."

"Because of this suspected act of 'fleeing in fear of crime', he is now suspected by the police as an accomplice in assisting you in murdering and selling stolen goods!"

"What, this Mediterranean Sea, the whereabouts are unknown at a critical time? ! There are accomplices or something, how come I don’t know…”

The explosive news, like a barrage of cannons, made Sousuke Araki's chin no time to close, and the whole person also turned into a gray and white stone statue.

"Combining with your 10 million yen of unknown origin, it cannot be ruled out that the two of you have a gang that steals and sells that national treasure-level grudge, which is found by Chairman Shiben and then murdered and silenced..."

The tone of the two detectives who launched the righteous words to correct like the famous detectives suddenly weakened: "Of course, all the above are reasoning based on conventional cases... Considering the victims, suspects and stolen items Supernatural factors, temporarily can not make judgments."

"Tsk, if you have something to say earlier, I thought I lost my memory after drinking and almost bowed my head to confess..."

"I still can't accept it until now. Shiben's body obviously looks much tougher than mine, but he actually said that it's gone... Besides, the phone call after that was obviously him..."

"telephone?"

"nothing……"

Having said this, Sousuke Araki's voice suddenly became smaller, and he rubbed his frowning brows before speaking, as if he wanted to drive the hangover headache out of his brain: "By the way, if I knew that the broken picture scroll was so valuable , I carried it to Yokohama early in the morning and sold it, there is no need to wait until I hand it back to the association before going to 'kill and seize treasure'..."

"Also, no murderer would be so stupid as to stay downstairs at the crime scene to sleep?!"

"It is precisely because the case is so suspicious and complicated that we did not file any charges, but only released you on bail pending trial and assisting the investigation in the name of the previous two misdemeanors."

The two detectives did not deny the question raised by Sousuke Araki.

"The ninth lesson promised everyone in the Spirit Eliminator Association that we will find out the real culprit of this president at the time of the killing, and not wrong any good person. So, tell us what you know..."

They loosened their ties, stuffed cigarettes into their mouths, and didn't forget to hand Sousuke Araki a cigarette to light him.

"Ah, thank you... This time, the old man Shiben really left me with a big problem."

In the rising smoke, Sousuke Araki, who lowered his head, had a complicated look in his eyes of different gold and black: "I have something to say..."

"Some truths are destined to be carefully buried in the bottom of my heart, because the moment the answer is revealed, it is also the beginning of ashes."

"boom!"

The door of the interrogation room was pushed open, and Takeshi Iwata, whose face was as low as water, walked in in a hurry.

"Even if the ashes are wiped out, the murderer will not be allowed to go unpunished! Go down and leave it to me..."

"However, according to regulations, the interrogation must be conducted by two people..."

"This case is already in a state of 'over-standard', so there's no need to pay attention to those dead rules."

After waving the two detectives back, Takeshi Iwata sat down opposite Sousuke Araki and lit a cigarette for himself: "We will omit this routine which will only waste time and will not help find the real murderer. Ask about the process'."

"President Shiben's body has been sent for an autopsy~lightnovelpub.net~ It is estimated that the results will be available within three days."

His deep dark circles under his eyes and his tightly locked brows were filled with endless sadness and exhaustion.

"According to preliminary evidence collection by the CSI team, no resentment was detected on the scene or on President Shiben's body."

From the opening of "Yoshihara Yanshang" Shenyin until now, in the face of one after another of emergencies, he has not slept for more than three hours in a row.

"The surveillance in the corridor did not capture any images of anyone taking the "Bamboo Tori Picture Scroll"..."

"After cross-examination by the information team and Hou Haijun, there is no trace of tampering in the surveillance video."

"Anyway, Araki-kun, the current evidence is very unfavorable to you."

It doesn't look like he's interrogating a criminal at all, but Takeshi Iwata directly revealed the entire case at hand.

"Involving the unnatural death of a national treasure-level slayer and the theft of national treasure-level resentments, the Ministry of the Interior has already requested the establishment of a joint case handling team and a separate case supervision on behalf of the royal family. When the task force intervenes, neither the association nor the ninth class can protect it. is you!"

His pair of tiger eyes always stared straight at Sousuke Araki: "Our only chance is to take advantage of the moment to review all the clues and follow the vine to find the real murderer and the "Bamboo Picture Scroll"!"

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