"Ahh

As soon as Shirakawa Kiyoshi and Mary returned to the annex, they heard a piercing scream from inside the building.

Listening to this voice, it seems to be the housekeeper Sumiko Oiri.

"Detective White River! Detective Mary! You're here?! ”

As soon as the two of them entered the hall, they saw that in the corridor on the second floor above, Kita-Uehiko was shouting to them anxiously:

"Oh no! Young Master Guiyang was killed in his room! Come with me! ”

[Ah, something happened. 】

"Got it."

Nodding his head calmly, Mary beside Baihe Qingqing said in a low voice: "Mary, you go to the underground cavern to take a look and pay attention to safety." ”

"Okay, too."

Mary nodded in agreement, and Shirakawa Kiyoshi quickly went upstairs and followed Kita-Uehiko to Takahiro Tone's bedroom, while Mary walked to the secret door that led to the underground cavity, took out a wire from her pocket and easily picked the lock on the door, and walked straight in.

“……”

"Brother!!"

"Don't be impulsive, Second Young Master, you can't touch the corpse casually now."

In Tone Guiyang's room, most of the people in the annex have already arrived, except for the old housekeeper Akira Kurahashimoto and the feng shui master Mei Ling.

Bypassing the grief-stricken Second Young Master Tone Kosuke, Shirakawa Kiyoshi stepped forward and looked at Tone Takayo who was lying on the bed in the room.

At this time, Tone Guiyang was wearing pajamas, with a knife in his chest, and the whole person was lying quietly on the bed, his face was calm, without the slightest look of pain.

[He was killed while he was unconscious. 】

"Who found the body first?"

After opening his mouth to ask, Bai Heqing stepped forward and skillfully examined the body of Tone Guiyang.

The fatal wound was the result of the knife that had been locked through the chest, and no other wounds were found, and there was no sign of poisoning.

The deceased's face was calm, without any painful look on his face, and it was obvious that Tone Guiyang should have been in a state of unconsciousness when he was killed by the murderer.

Was it attacked in his sleep?

"Yes, it's me."

Sumiko Okuiri, who was sitting on the sofa next to her, turned pale and raised her hand tremblingly.

"I came to call the eldest young master to dinner this morning, because no one in the room responded, so I opened the door and came in, and then, and then ......"

"Damn! Who the hell killed my brother?! Could it be the same murderer from before?! Tone growled.

"I'm afraid this is not necessarily......" beside him, Kevin raised his hand and touched his chin, and said meaningfully.

"What do you mean? Do you know who the killer is? Kosuke Tone turned to look at him.

"It's not really, I just feel that this time the killing is a little different from the previous two times, when Mr. Yang and Clyde were killed before, the murderers played a lot of tricks, and this time such a direct killing, it is really a little unaccustomed...... Kevin explained.

"Is there a second murderer among us?" When Kitaichirohiko heard this, his face was a little ugly.

"Who knows...... Having said that, there are a few people here today, what about Sister Mei Ling and the old housekeeper? Looks like I haven't seen them since the morning? ”

"I don't seem to see this, don't they ...... too?"

While these people were talking, Bai Heqing looked at the half glass of red wine on the table next to him, picked it up and took a closer look.

[There is a stain on the rim of the glass, and this glass of red wine has been drunk since it was poured.] 】

"Oh? Does Detective White River also have an interest in drinking? At this time, Kevin, who was witnessing, noticed his movements and asked with a smile.

"I only drink it occasionally."

Standing up, Bai Heqing handed the glass of red wine in his hand to Kevin, and asked with a smile, "Mr. Kevin, do you want to drink a little?" ”

"Isn't it good to drink right now?" Kevin looked at him with some confusion.

"It's just right, I suspect that someone has put sleeping pills in this glass, and if Mr. Kevin wants to, he can help me try the truth."

"Hahaha! You want to test me? When Kevin heard this, he immediately laughed, "Detective White River shouldn't be suspicious of me, right?" ”

"Just kidding, I do have doubters, but it's not you."

Replying with a smile, Bai Heqing swept through the people in the room.

"Aren't Miss Mei Ling and Steward Kurahashi here?"

"Well, I haven't seen them since this morning." Kita-Kamihiko replied.

"Is that so...... Let's go to their rooms and have a look. ”

Dropping this sentence, Shirakawa Kiyoshi left straight away and went directly to Kurahashi Motoaki's room.

The door didn't close, and he pushed it and walked in.

The old butler's room was extremely clean and tidy, almost spotless.

On the table in the middle of the room was a small delicate box, which contained several beautiful silver knives and forks, and he recognized it at a glance at Shirakawa Kiyoshi that the table knife in the box was the same model as the one inserted in Tone Kiyo's chest.

And coincidentally, there was indeed an empty space in the box, and a dinner knife that was supposed to be placed in it was missing.

Retracting his gaze, Bai Heqing turned his gaze to the desk in the corner of the room.

On the desk, there was a file paper pressed by a fountain pen, and Shirakawa Kiyoshi picked it up and looked at it, it seemed to be written by Akira Kurahashi.

To summarize the above briefly, it is the confession suicide note of Akira Kurahashi.

He confessed that he was the murderer of Yang Douxin and Clyde, and the motive was because he sensed that these two people might be unfavorable to Kita, who was also the heir to the inheritance, and in order to protect the former little master, he decided to strike first and eliminate these two people in advance.

He was also the one who killed Tone Takakhiro, and the motive was the same as when he killed Yang Douxin and Clyde, and he sensed Tone's killing intent towards Kita-Uehiko, so he also decided to preemptively take action.

At the end of the suicide note, Kurahashi Motoaki said that he knew that he had committed a great crime and had no reason to continue to live, so he decided to commit suicide when he felt that Kita-Uehiko was safe, so that everyone did not have to come to look for him.

"White River!"

At this moment, Mary's voice sounded behind Bai Heqing.

"I've been to see it, and there's no one in the underground cavern, but the water level is a little higher than yesterday, and the control system of the Water Tower has indeed been moved."

"Well, I see...... Check it out. Nodding, Shirakawa Kiyoshi handed her the suicide note in his hand.

"Is this a suicide note? Akira Kurahashi is the murderer? ”

Mary quickly scanned the above content, her tone confused.

"I feel like it's fake."

"I think so too, the murderer is someone else...... Let's go, let's go and meet the others first, and show them this suicide note. ”

"What about the caverns underground?" Mary asked.

"Don't worry, it will take some time for the water to rise, and before that, it's enough for us to get this new murderer out.

I don't want to care about it, but if we don't get rid of him first, he's likely to attack us later. ”

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(End of chapter)