Kosuke Nishiyama also realized that it was a little strange that his girlfriend Kanami Konno didn't come out after hearing such a huge movement after hearing Takashi Onizawa's question, and the anxiety on his face was unyielding, and the pace under his feet continued to increase.

After arriving at the guest room near the back door, he hurriedly knocked on the door and shouted, "Kanami! Kanami! Are you resting inside?! ”

Ritsu Sasashima, who followed closely, frowned tightly, he always felt that things were not so simple, just when he was about to raise his foot and kick the door, Kosuke Nishiyama stumbled and walked forward, only to find that the door was not locked, not even closed.

Ritsu Sasashima reached out and grabbed Nishiyama's arm directly, pulling him out and scolding him coldly: "Everyone stand outside and don't come in, Mr. Ishida, please call the police!" ”

"Okay, okay!"

Hearing what Akazawa said, everyone's faces changed, because they understood what the shallow meaning of calling the police was, which meant that the maid Kanami Konno was likely to have an accident in her room.

Ritsu Sasashima took out the white gloves from his coat pocket and carefully entered the scene after putting them on. Standing in the doorway, you can't see where Kanami Konno is, but the smell of blood in the air means that she is not in a good situation.

When Ritsu Sasashima leaned down to lift her head, she saw the blood stains on her face, and the symptoms of edema, erosion and bleeding appeared from the conjunctival congestion of the eyes and the mucous membranes of the mouth and nose, which seemed to be arsenic trioxide poisoning.

He looked around him, where there was a half-eaten chocolate cake on the bedside table, and a large amount of chocolate was scattered on the floor...... If arsenic trioxide is in the cake, what does it mean to have these chocolates?

And the blood stains on her face obviously have traces of wiping, just like the murderer gently wiped his face with a handkerchief, worried that her appearance when she died was too penetrating, is it necessary for the murderer to risk being discovered?

"Mr. Onizawa, am I, my girlfriend, in there?" Kosuke Nishiyama's voice sounded a little shaky, his fists clenched tightly enough to give him the strength to stand, his reddish eyes looking like he was already holding back tears.

Hearing Nishiyama's question, Ritsu Sasashima had no choice but to get up and walk to the bedroom door, shook his head with regret, and sighed, "I'm sorry, there are no vital signs anymore." ”

"How so...... She's fine just now!! ”

Kosuke Nishiyama covered his cheeks in pain, he tried to rush in but was stopped by Ritsu Sasashima, not ruthlessly, but he had not yet collected evidence at the scene, and there was no way to let unrelated people enter the scene of the crime, which is what a police officer should do.

If the forcible destruction of the scene leads to the destruction of useful evidence, then it will be even more difficult to solve the case without the help of forensic classes.

"Mr. Onizawa, is Miss Konno really dead?" The housekeeper Ishida Shigeru who came back after the call was a little incredulous, he didn't understand why this happened, and at the same time he felt a little scared in his heart, could it be that this murderer was someone close to them.

"Well, that's why Ishida bothered Mr. Ishida to make another trip to call Mr. Takuya and Miss Nao, who lived in the villa next door." Sashima Ritsu paused, then looked at Hakuba and added, "Hakuba, you go with Mr. Ishida, and from now on, no one can be left alone." ”

"Okay."

Ritsu Sasashima noticed the expectant eyes of Heiji Hattori and others, and he knew that these high school detectives couldn't hold back their desire to investigate the scene, so he had to cough dryly and said, "Hattori, I'm still bothering you to help me keep an eye on the scene, don't let others in, I'll take Mr. Nishiyama and them to the living room first." ”

"No problem, we've got it!"

"Then the rest of you are still bothering to move to the living room, I want to ask about everyone's alibi, and by the way, there is something I want to ask you."

"Okay."

Ritsu Sasashima sat on the single sofa in the living room and looked at the people who were not looking good with their heads lowered, it was obvious that there was a murder in the villa that they didn't want to see, not to mention that the deceased was Kanami Konno who got along day and night, she was only twenty-four years old this year.

He had no intention of beating around the bush, and retracted his kind smile and said with a serious expression: "Then I'll start with Mr. Nishiyama, who lives closest to the scene of the crime, I remember you said that the victim was your girlfriend, right?" ”

“…… Well, Kanami and I were together last summer, and she recently said that she was going to prepare me a gift for my first anniversary, and I'm still looking forward to it, who knew that would happen. Kosuke Nishiyama raised his head to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Mr. Onizawa, please catch the murderer!" Please! ”

"I will, and I ask you to mourn."

Ritsu Sasashima didn't expect this to happen when he landed on the island by chance, and he was now a little worried about whether it was really his bad luck that would be transferred to someone else, right?

But soon he felt that this kind of thing was impossible, and he preferred that the murderer knew his identity clearly, and deliberately demonstrated his carefully planned murder plan in front of him, in order to provoke.

It's just that he doesn't quite understand the murderer's methods, and he can't find the motive for the murder at all, and the scene looks like it's carefully arranged, and he can't tell whether it's a love kill or a vendetta at all - he even thinks that the murderer treats the victim very gently, so gentle that it seems that killing her is the best arrangement.

"The victim, Miss Konno, went back to her room at 8 p.m. to rest, judging from the fact that the body had not yet formed a corpse, the time of the crime should have been between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m."

Ritsu Sasashima paused slightly at this point, and after carefully observing the expressions of the people present, he said, "So according to the usual practice, Mr. Nishiyama would like to ask you where you were during the hour between nine and ten o'clock in the evening?" What are you doing? ”

Kosuke Nishiyama took a deep breath to control his emotions and said slowly, "Actually, I went to Kanami's room after eight o'clock, and I saw her eating chocolate cake. At that time, I also reminded her to remember to brush her teeth after eating the cake, otherwise she would have a toothache like last time and she would not be able to sleep. ”

"When I left her room, I went straight back to my bedroom to wash, and I went to bed at about half past nine, because I have the habit of setting an alarm, so I will look at what time it is before going to bed."

There is no alibi that others can prove, so Kosuke Nishiyama's suspicion cannot be ruled out. Ritsu Sasashima didn't continue to ask after hearing this, but suddenly changed the subject and said, "Does she like to eat chocolate?" ”

"Huh?"