"So," Officer Megure glanced at his watch, "please tell me. Did you enter the lounge about thirty minutes ago, that is, around 2:45? What is the entry order?"
"About this. Officer Memu, you can send someone to check the surveillance camera installed in the corridor. Although the angle may be a bit off, it should be able to capture the entrance to the lounge." Bai Yu raised his hand and said.
"Really!" Officer Megure called a police officer, "Takei, go and adjust the surveillance."
"Yes!" A tall man quickly walked out of the lounge.
Soon the policeman named Takei copied the surveillance video and took it back to the lounge and played it on the closed-circuit television in the lounge.
The surveillance angle was just as Bai Yu said, it was very biased, but it could barely capture the entrance to the lounge.
With a clear time period and using double speed, the police quickly confirmed the list of everyone who had entered and exited the lounge, as well as the order and time of entry and exit.
They are, 2:40: Xiaolan, Yuanzi, Bai Yu, and Conan entered the lounge. About two minutes later, at 2:42, Miss Xia Zhu entered the lounge carrying a plastic bag containing canned lemon tea.
They came out a few minutes later. After that, at 2:44, Manager Matsumoto entered the lounge. At 2:46, the four of Bai Yu came out of the lounge. At 2:48, Manager Matsumoto came out of the lounge.
In less than 30 seconds after Manager Matsumoto disappeared from the surveillance video, a young man with long hair entered the lounge, holding a bouquet of flowers in his hand.
According to his self-introduction, this long-haired man’s name is Umemiya Xingyi, and he is Xiaolan’s freshman classmate.
Mei Gong also didn't stay long before he came out of the lounge.
At 2:51, the groom came to the door of the lounge surrounded by a large group of people and entered the lounge alone. Three minutes later, at 2:54, the groom came out of the lounge and left with the waiting people.
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After watching the video, Officer Megure thought for a moment and said, "Based on the time of entry and exit, the people who can be initially excluded are Mr. Umemiya and Mr. Takasugi."
"I'm just telling you, how could I poison you?" Ume Gongyuki breathed a sigh of relief.
Toshihiko Takasugi, dressed like a groom, stood in the corner and said nothing.
"According to your testimonies, Xiaolan and her party have not touched the victim's lemon tea can, which can temporarily rule out suspicion. Miss Xia Zhu once stopped the victim from drinking lemon tea directly and put the straw prepared in advance
The lemon tea can." Officer Memu continued, while focusing his attention on Miss Xia Zhu. Obviously, he was already very suspicious of Xia Zhu.
Facing the very intimidating and suspicious gaze of Officer Mu Mu, Xia Zhu began to panic unconsciously.
"No, wait a minute. Why did I harm Sayuri? I prepared a straw for her, just because I was afraid that her lipstick and makeup would be stained!" Xia Zhu explained almost incoherently.
"Ah! I remember sister Xia Zhu was not the groom's former girlfriend?" Conan gave Xia Zhu a fatal blow with an innocent look.
"Really?" Officer Megure looked at the groom Takasugi today.
Takasugi Toshihiko nodded without saying more.
"Then this is the motive for the murder." Officer Mu Mu whispered to himself. In his eyes, Xia Zhu's panic had turned into the suspect's fear and guilt.
Just when he was about to order Xia Zhu to be taken away, Bai Yu suddenly interrupted him.
"Officer Memu, you seem to have forgotten the time. According to the surveillance video, the time Miss Xia Zhu entered the lounge was 2:42. And she came out half a minute later."
"If she completed the poisoning in this half-minute by inserting a straw, then based on the capsule melting time given by the witness, there should be no unmelted fragments in the remaining drink."
"So what does Mr. Bai mean?"
"What I mean is that if Mr. Matsumoto had not attacked his most beloved daughter, then all the suspects in the whole incident would not have been the murderers."