Not long after, the police obtained a floor plan of the entire maze from the staff of the Mirror House, and marked the approximate locations of the six people in the museum at the time of the crime.
"Staff are guarding the entrance and exit, and any guests coming or going will be notified." Miwako Sato handed the information to Jiang Xia in a familiar manner:
"According to their testimony, from the time the buzzer alarm sounded, that is, from the time the deceased was attacked to the time the body was discovered, no one else entered or left the building."
"In addition, according to the testimonies of enthusiastic people nearby, neither of the two staff members have left their posts."
Xun Zheng Wan was chattering angrily at the murderer, and he listened very attentively, uncharacteristically.
When he heard this, he actually understood what it meant: "So the murderer is among the five of us?"
Miwako Sato did not expect that this man would become a detective after only two days of knowing Jiang Xia, so she nodded appreciatively.
Then he saw Tatsuma Seimaru's eyes turned to Jiang Xia, and whispered: "It's not me, nor those three lovely ladies. Isn't the murderer obvious?"
Curacao: "..." You are quite good at reasoning.
Miwako Sato: "..." I didn't expect that Jiang Xia would one day be suspected of being the murderer.
No one takes this seriously, but as a police officer, he cannot let go of any clues: "Why are you so sure that the murderer is not the three companions of the deceased?"
Xun Zhengmaru is not sure, but: "I believe they are not!"
Miwako Sato: "..." Sure enough, not everyone is suitable to be a detective.
Jiang Xia seemed to have the same idea. Because the next moment he turned to Maya Hashimoto and pushed out this person who was trying hard to reduce his presence: "What do you think?"
Maya Hashimoto doesn't want to see anything.
But after all, he was ordered to come undercover as a detective. When Jiang Xia asked, he could only stand up and stare at the floor plan posted on the wall.
This kind of schematic diagram with a maze may be confusing to people who don't have a strong sense of space after just two glances. However, Maya Hashimoto seems to be adaptable.
Like a poor student who was put on the blackboard by his teacher to solve a big problem, he racked his brains and decided to write as far up as he could and answer whatever he could think of.
His eyes fell on a lying stick figure: "Is this the position of the corpse?"
Jiang Xia nodded.
Maya Hashimoto: "This seems to be a dead end. The only entrance here is right next to the exit of the entire mirror house. The ones closest to here are...well, it's you and Tatsuma Seimaru."
Fortunately, Jiang Xia doesn't kill anyone, otherwise it would sound a bit suspicious.
Jiang Xia didn't seem to care about this and calmly motioned for him to continue.
Maya Hashimoto could only say: "The place where you and Makimura Zhumi collided was the only way to the place where the deceased was. Everyone else had to pass you if they wanted to get there. During that time..."
Jiang Xia: "No one else passed by me during that time."
Maya Hashimoto: "..." What did you admit? Wouldn't it make you more suspicious?
Next to him, Xun Zhengmaru also heard the problem, and his sharp eyes shot at Jiang Xia: "So you are really the murderer?"
Jiang Xia, however, did not rush to defend himself as he imagined. Instead, he calmly said, "I have a solid alibi."
Xun Zhengmaru frowned: "What proof?"
Jiang Xia looked at him.
Xun Zhengmaru was stunned for two seconds, and suddenly came to his senses - the alarm sounded, and when the deceased was attacked, Jiang Xia happened to be standing next to him, and he really had no time to attack.
The so-called "solid alibi" turned out to be himself!
Xun Zhengmaru: "..." Damn it, I really want to help this detective prove it, can you deny it?
Jiang Xia seemed to be able to read minds: "You can deny it, but then you won't have an alibi."
"..." Xun Zhengmaru wiped his face silently, "I prove that we were indeed standing together at that time, supervising each other, and had no chance to attack that beautiful lady."
Sato Miwako looked at the positions of other people on the map: "But in this case, no one would have the time to commit the crime - could it be that our investigation direction was wrong? The attacker killed the deceased and then threw the person from the top of the mirror to another place.
One side? I remember seeing similar cases before."
Jiang Xia: "The gap between the mirror and the ceiling is not big, so it's difficult to squeeze a person in - but it's still idle. Let's investigate the condition of the ceiling around the corpse. You might be able to gain something unexpected."
A police officer from the forensics department passing by: "..." What does idle mean is idle! They are very busy, okay? They are still collecting evidence for the last case.
However, after taking a look at Jiang Xia and remembering how much this detective had shortened their identification time, the young police officer sighed: What else can be done? Let’s check.
…
While the police officers were busy collecting evidence, Jiangxia was certainly not idle either.
The police found three friends of the deceased, asked them in turn about their relationship with the deceased, and once again verified their respective locations at the time of the incident - after all, there was no surveillance inside the mirror room, and the locations marked on the map were provided by each of them.
Yes, I can't guarantee that one of them has lied.
The first person to be asked was the little cannonball who bumped into Tatsumasamaru in panic. Faced with the sudden death of his friend, Akimi Makimura burst into tears: "Me, Madoka and I have known each other since high school.
, my friend for nearly ten years, how could I kill her? It’s too much for you to say that!”
She raised her head with tears in her eyes, only to find that everyone in the audience, from the detective to the police, was calm and untouched by the long friendship between her and the deceased. It was as if it was normal for people who had known each other for ten years to suddenly turn against each other.
Makimura Zhumi: "..."
She had no choice but to wipe her tears and talk about something: "If you ask me, you might as well ask Meijia. I remember that Meijia's boyfriend was snatched away by her. She has always complained about Xiao Yuan because of this."
police:"……"
As expected, backstabbing between friends is the most real thing, so soon, they went to find Hanawa Mika, the mature woman who was lining up in front of Jiang Xia and the others.
"Me? How could I do such a thing?" Hanawa Mika helplessly shook her head, "There was indeed some unpleasantness between Madoka and I, but the boyfriend incident has been a long time ago - to be honest, that person and I
I didn’t have much affection for my ex, and not long after that, I made a new boyfriend, and this matter has already ended for me.”
After Hanawa Mika finished speaking, she held her chin in her hands and thought for a while. She always felt that if the police knew about this past incident, it must be one of her friends who was causing trouble.
…I don’t know which “friend” it is.
It seems possible for anyone.
If that's the case, then I have something to say.
A faint light flashed in Hanawa Mika's eyes, and she tapped her fingertips on the table: "Instead of checking me, why not ask Wana."