Chapter 10: The First Witness
It's about one o'clock at night, and there are still about seven hours left before the train arrives in Aomori City, and if he's lucky, Lin Shuichi still has a good chance of finding the real culprit, after all, the real murderer is hidden in the ten boxes in the second half of the train, as well as among the staff on the train. And the first thing Lin Xiuyi had to do was to ask the testimony of the first eyewitness at the scene.
In most cases, the first witness to the crime scene can often provide a lot of valuable information, and in many cases, the first witness is the murderer himself. Although it sounds ridiculous, most of the perpetrators are actually very stupid, such as the case that happened today, and there are only a dozen suspects in total. And the murderer actually thought that he could get away with it, and he was really not a smart guy.
Hayashi Shuichi, led by Megumi Ohno, went to the rest area located in the second half of the train. This place was temporarily requisitioned by Lin Xiuyi, and Sakurako, who was taken away by Megumi Ohno just now, was sitting on the sofa in the lounge at the moment, although she looked a lot calmer than just now, but it seemed that she had not completely gotten out of her fear.
"How's he doing, has he been hurt in any way?" Lin Xiuyi asked Captain Ohno in a whisper.
"Probably just being overly frightened, we checked Ms. Zei's condition a little, and there should be no physical injuries. However, further checks are not something our flight attendants can do. Megumi Ohno replied to Lin Shuichi seriously.
Lin Xiuyi nodded to Megumi Ohno, who stood at the door of the lounge with great interest. Lin Xiu glanced at Sakurako who was sitting on the sofa, he walked in front of Sakurako without hurrying, and the flight attendant who was taking care of him saw Lin Xiuyi's arrival, and immediately stopped what he was doing, said goodbye to the two and left.
"You...... It's okay!" Lin Xiuyi asked Sakurako with a little concern.
Sakurako raised her head slowly, carefully examined Lin Xiuyi's face with her eyes, and after about a minute, she asked Lin Xiuyi in a trembling voice, "Eri-chan...... Eri-chan she ......"
"I'm sorry...... Your friend has been killed!" Lin Xiuyi said to Sakurako with a sigh.
Two lines of tears slipped down Sakurako's beautiful face, giving Lin Xiuyi a feeling of pity for me. He made up his mind, then took out his police account from his jacket pocket and showed it to the other party. Then he asked Sakurako kindly, "If you can, can you tell me how you found Miss Erika, don't worry, you can tell me anything when you think of it!"
"You...... Are you ...... Police!" Seeing Lin Xiuyi show her ID, Sakurako was even more frightened, and at this moment she suddenly realized that she still had a human life on her back. What's going on, why was Erika killed at this time, and who did it? What to do if the police suspect you?
The more she thought of this, the more confused Sakurako's thoughts became, and the more frightened she became, and soon she began to subconsciously dodge Lin Xiuyi's gaze. But the more Sakurako was like this, the more Lin Xiuyi could feel that Sakurako was wrong.
"Ms. Takudai, what's wrong with you?" Lin Xiuyi looked at Sakurako, who had suddenly become abnormal, and suddenly felt very strange. That's a big reaction!
"......Ahh It's okay, it's just that I may have been scared stupid just now, and now my mind is blank, Mr. Officer, can you let me take a good rest before answering your question?"
Lin Xiuyi looked at Sakura in front of him, who was like a Sichuan opera changing face, and suddenly felt very strange, what happened to this woman, could it be that the murderer was her, but did she have so much strength to strangle her female companion? Lin Xiuyi was very suspicious of this.
Lin Xiuyi stared at Takumi's eyes, and Sakurako lowered her head, adjusted her emotions, and bravely met Lin Xiuichi's eyes. Lin Xiu looked at Sakurako condescendingly, and didn't speak for about half a minute.
"Officer, if I can, can I go back to my box and rest for a while, this is where I play the piano with Eri-chan during the day, and I always can't help but think about the things during the day when I stay here, so ......" Sakurako Takudai asked Lin Shuichi calmly despite being extremely nervous.
"What the hell is going on with this woman, she still had an expression that was almost scared to death just now, why did she suddenly change her face, is she really related to the death of her female partner?"
Lin Xiu thought about it again and again, and decided to let Sakurako go for the time being, let her go back first, and see what she wanted to do. Anyway, there were only a few suspects on the train, and Lin Xiuyi wasn't worried about what tricks Sakurako would come up with.
"In that case, then I won't disturb you to rest, Miss Sakurako, you can go back to your box and rest first, but I still say the same thing, if you think of anything, anything, please feel free to tell me......" Lin Xiuyi straightened up again, and then said to Sakurako. Anyway, there were only a few suspects on the train, and Lin Xiuyi was absolutely confident that he could dig out the real murderer from these suspects before the train arrived at Aomori Station.
"Thank you so much, officer! I'm sorry, then I'll take my leave!" Sakurako got up from her chair after speaking, she smiled at Lin Xiu, and then cautiously walked towards the door of the rest area.
Three steps!
Two steps!
One-step!
……
Just as Sakurako had already stepped out of the door of the rest area with one foot, an annoying voice suddenly stopped her.
"Miss Takuju!"
This call almost frightened Sakurako, she staggered a little and held on to the doorknob, then took a deep breath covertly, and then turned to look at Lin Xiuyi, and asked in a voice as calm as possible.
"Anything else, officer?"
"I'd like to ask you one last question! At dinner, I saw you eating with Miss Erika, who was killed, and a man, is that man your companion?"
"Do you mean Mr. Yasuyuki Minamida? No, we just met today?" Sakurako breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that it was about that nasty follower.
"And what about Miss Erika, did she and Mr. Nanda know each other before?" Hayashi continued to ask.
"They, of course, don't know each other anymore!, officer?" replied Sakurako without hesitation.
"No, Ms. Takujui, thank you for your cooperation!"