Chapter 17: Miki's reminder

"Please hold up your sign and face forward!"

With a prompt on the radio, the real and false suspects who participated in the suspect identification process raised the numbered plates in their hands to their chests according to the instructions. Behind the glass across from them, the first witness to the body, Hiroshi Honda, a cleaning worker near the Imperial Palace Plaza, was trying to find the person who appeared next to Hamada from among the eight suspects with similar appearances.

"Alright, Mr. Honda, you can start now, and if you are sure who is the suspect who appeared at the scene, please tell us her number!"

Lin Xiuyi carefully explained to Honda Hong, and then stood behind Honda Hong, waiting for the other party's answer. But to his surprise, Hiroshi Honda pointed in the direction where Keiko was almost without thinking.

"It's her, the number four over there, I'm pretty sure she killed that man!"

"No. 4 is it? I see, thank you for your cooperation Mr. Honda, now you can go back and rest first!"

"Oh, is it over so soon, in fact, I still have some important information that I forgot to tell you just now, it's already so late anyway, just let me have a supper here, and then I'll tell you everything I know in one go!"

Lin Xiuyi politely kept a smile on his face, but in his heart he wished that this guy who wanted to eat and drink in the Metropolitan Police Department would be kicked out as soon as possible. How can Hiroshi Honda's careful thinking be hidden from Lin Xiuyi's magic eyes!"

"Mr. Honda, it's late tonight, and I'm really sorry for delaying your precious rest, and I'll be back in touch if we have any questions in the future!"

As soon as Lin Xiu said that, he sent Honda Hiroshi out, and then he handed over this difficult guy to Urashima to deal with, and he walked to the office of the special search department without looking back.

Witnesses easily recognized Jingzi, which was not good news. This also means that the witnesses did see Keiko appear next to Hamada's body. To make matters worse, eyewitness testimony also described Keiko as cleaning up the scene at the time. This is even more conclusive, and Jingzi is the murderer of Hamada Daichi. If Keiko can't come up with a reasonable explanation for what she did at the scene, then she will likely be found to be the real murderer by the court. But would Keiko really tell what she was doing at the time? Based on Lin Xiuyi's understanding of Keiko, he didn't think Keiko would tell the police what she was doing at the time.

"Police, it's getting late today, do you want to go and take a break?"

When Miki returned to the office, she saw Lin Shuichi sitting by the window looking at Tokyo at night in a daze, and immediately reminded him.

"Oh, Miki! It's really not early, forget it, let's get here today, the official investigation will start tomorrow. ”

"Hey, police department! Actually...... I have a question I don't know when to ask?"

Hearing Miki's words, Lin Xiuyi couldn't help but raise his head again. Looking at Miki with some confusion, I don't know what she wants to say to herself.

"Police Department, do you not think of Miss Keiko as a suspect from the bottom of your heart?"

"Huh?"

"Police, in fact, when I was stationed in the station, I already wanted to remind you! I remember you once warned me never to have a preconceived notion of a case. However, your current investigation is aimed at eliminating Miss Keiko's suspicions. So, are you preconceived to do this? Without sufficient evidence, you have already ruled out Miss Keiko's suspicion. But what if the murderer is really Miss Keiko?"

Lin Xiuyi was very surprised that Jingzi, who had always been obedient, would actually say this. This made Lin Xiuyi a little annoyed and angry for a while, and instinctively wanted to reprimand Meiji for a few words. But when the words came to his mouth, Lin Xiuyi still swallowed them back. Because there's nothing wrong with what Miki said.

Just like Miki said, Lin Xiuyi had indeed ruled out Jingzi's suspicion in his heart. But if you think about it, this kind of exclusion is not supported by solid evidence, and in the final analysis, it is just Lin Xiuyi's wishful thinking.

Out of worry, Miki was excited and said offensive words to Lin Xiuyi. The room fell into silence for a while, and after a long time, Lin Xiuyi barely squeezed out a smile, and then said to Miki:

"I see! So...... Let's stop here today! From tomorrow onwards, I'll treat Keiko like a normal suspect as usual!"

As soon as Lin Xiuyi finished saying this, he casually picked up the coat hanging on the hanger, nodded to Miki, and then walked straight to the name tag next to the office door, turning his name to the side where he went out. Then he left the office without a word.

Miki saw Lin Xiuyi's heavy back, and she naturally felt uncomfortable. She now regretted that she had said such an excessive word to the police department so impulsively just now.

"My lord, Mr. Honda just told me a lot of valuable information...... Me!"

When Urashima ran back to the special search department in high spirits, he only saw Miki's figure. Urashima, who had an excited smile on his face, couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. So he asked Miki about Lin Xiuyi's whereabouts.

"Sister Miki, where did the police department go?"

Miki heard Urashima's voice and subconsciously raised her head. replied to Urashima.

"The police department said, let's have a good rest today, and the official investigation will start tomorrow!"

Next, to unravel the truth behind the murder of the councillor and let the murderer confess his crime in the face of irrefutable evidence, it is all up to us to search the special search department! Sister Miji, are you leaving so soon? Good night!"

Miki didn't wait for Urashima to finish speaking, she also packed her things and left the office, and before leaving, she didn't forget to turn over her name tag to the side of the outing.

Seeing that the entire office was empty, Urashima, who had thought that he would do it all night tonight, couldn't help but be a little disappointed. However, the Police Department is the Metropolitan Police Department's leading criminal investigation expert. Since he is so relieved, then there should be no problem!

Urashima thought of this, and immediately put on his coat as well, and flipped the name tag to the side of the outing, as Miki did. Then he turned off the lights in his office and walked towards the elevator in a slightly lost state.