Chapter 37: The Vanishing Clogs

"Hundreds of millions of dollars of work? It's a fake ...... to say that you don't want to be impressed."

When Koichi Asai heard Lin Xiuyi suddenly say this. There was a sudden hint of anger and helplessness in his heart, he wanted to say something, but unfortunately the katana in Morris's hand made Mr. Asai unable to express his true thoughts in his heart, so the only thing he could do was to stare at Lin Xiuyi with his angry eyes.

"Oh...... So, Officer Lin, what do you mean is that you're willing to work with us?"

Ms. Gu Ze pretended to be surprised and said, although she wanted to dismantle Lin Xiu immediately.

"It's not impossible to cooperate...... We don't know each other well, at least, I don't know what you're like. ”

Lin Xiuyi asked Ms. Gu Ze cautiously, and at the same time, he also stopped what he was doing.

"Looks like you're trying to get some clues from me, do you really think we're three-year-olds?"

Ms. Guze didn't fall for Shuichi Hayashi, and she quickly chose to shut up. Although she was full of confidence in Morris's killing of Lin Xiuyi, as long as the painting was not in hand, Ms. Guze never dared to act rashly.

Of course, you didn't have the intention of killing Mr. Kikuchi Takashi, I'm afraid your real purpose is to make the innocent Kikuchi family really believe that the work of "Love Letter" is cursed, so that they can dispose of it at a low price!"

Lin Xiuyi's sudden words immediately made Ms. Gu Ze a little surprised, and then she immediately felt a sense of fear, she didn't understand how Lin Xiuyi knew about this kind of thing, that case successfully deceived the eyes of the police in the form of an accident!

"Officer Lin, what you were talking about just now, why can't I understand it?"

Ms. Gu Ze flatly denied it to Lin Xiuyi.

"Although all this is my speculation, I think the truth of the facts should not be much different. Among the three accidents associated with the curse of "Love Letters", the only one that made me see a hint was the unfortunate accident of Mr. Kikuchi Takashi. Although I don't think you meant to kill that man......"

Lin Xiuyi's words made the atmosphere at the scene suddenly become a little silent. He stretched out his hands, took a few steps down, and then stood in front of a painting on the stairs, imitating the scene from that time.

"I suppose Mr. Kikuchi fell down the stairs from a position like this! I don't know whether a beautiful woman who claimed to be a descendant of a French nobleman, fell in love with the son of a Japanese diplomat, and then they became engaged, whether it was sincere or for some other purpose. But there was one thing that got me interested. That is, when Mr. Kikuchi rolled down the stairs and died, he was wearing a traditional set of small sleeves, and he also had a foot bag on his feet for wearing clogs. But there were only two ordinary slippers left at the scene, which is really very concerning......"

"Believe me, I've tried a footbag and slipper combo and I don't think it's comfortable, in fact, if the slippers are the right size, then the feet with the footbag can't wear the slippers properly. Because I always feel very uncomfortable when I walk. Then the question arises, where are the geta that the heirs of the Kikuchi family were supposed to wear? Who replaced the clogs that were supposed to appear on the scene with ordinary slippers?"

"Did you do it yourself pretending to be a descendant of a French nobleman? Of course it can't be, you were abroad at the time, and it is impossible to replace the pair of clogs at the scene anyway. So, someone must have done this for you. But the man didn't do it to help you hide the crime, but to hide the problematic clogs for some other purpose. ”

"Because you were abroad at the time of the incident, the police quickly ruled out your suspicion, perhaps out of fear, you hid abroad and refused to return to China under various excuses. After that, you change your name and return to Japan under a new identity to continue trying to find the whereabouts of the painting. ”

Hearing Lin Xiuyi's words, Ms. Gu Ze just smiled and didn't pay much attention to it. He had no interest in the non-existent assumptions made up by the reasoning-loving policeman in front of her. But one thing is right, she did give Kikuchi Takashi a pair of clogs that have been used for hand and foot. And the purpose at that time was naturally to make Kikuchi Takashi really believe that the painting was cursed. However, she knew that she didn't have any accomplices to help her, and the policeman said that someone had replaced the clogs with slippers, which was ridiculous!

"The story is well told, Officer Lin! But it's all just your brain! I don't know what clogs or anything like that!"

"Yes, Ms. Furuzawa, I think if you don't admit it, the arrow in Mr. Shibata's hand will probably be shot in your chest. "After all, it was Mr. Shibata who helped you take those clogs from the scene, although he did it out of his desire to avenge Mr. Kikuchi, please come out, Mr. Shibata, what you want to investigate is now clear......"

Lin Xiuyi suddenly shouted at the empty room, which immediately frightened Ms. Guze and Mr. Morris.

"I didn't expect Officer Lin, I didn't expect you to see through my plan a long time ago!"

As an old voice came from the shadows, everyone present turned their eyes to the direction from which the voice came. Mr. Morris protected Ms. Furuzawa and forced Mr. Asai to stand up with a knife, blocking in front of him.

Lin Xiuyi looked at the stairs opposite him, a man in small sleeves raised his bow and slowly walked out of the dark corner. His arrows were always pointed at the two men standing downstairs. There was a look of hatred in his eyes.

"Mr. Shibata, please don't be impulsive, the truth about Mr. Kikuchi's murder is about to be clarified, and I just hope you don't act irrationally. ”

Lin Xiuyi hurriedly spoke out and persuaded him.