Meng Shaoyuan likes challenges.
This murder was perfectly designed.
A typical locked room murder.
How did the murderer do it?
In particular, why kill a Japanese spy leader?
Was it done by the resistance?
If so, just kill it, why make it so complicated?
What is their purpose?
"During the process of breaking down the door, no guests came out?" Meng Shaoyuan asked.
The manager of the hotel hurriedly said: "Due to the enemy's bombing, there were very few guests in the hotel. When Lord Jiang Cheng broke in, it was meal time. The guests were all dining on the first floor, so there was no one on this floor."
"Bring me the guest list."
As soon as Meng Shaoyuan gave the order, the manager immediately brought the list.
There are guests in 317 next door and 316 opposite.
There is a couple living in 317, Tomisakaji and Tomisaka Sachiko.
There is a young couple living in 316, Songmu Dongyan and Yamagishi Goro.
"Where are they?"
"The Tomisaka couple has been temporarily controlled, and Matsuki and Yamagishi don't seem to be in the hotel."
"Find them." Meng Shaoyuan looked around the hotel: "Make a room on the first floor."
What fun.
Meng Shaoyuan never thought that he could encounter such an interesting thing in Manila.
…
Komura Kenji still has a strong ability to do things, and he quickly obtained information about the deceased Hase Yosuke.
Hase Yosuke, 40 years old, head of the Naga secret service.
Previously, he served in the army and had a nickname:
Thirty people were killed.
It is said that when he captured Singapore, he beheaded thirty people in one go.
After being injured, he was appointed as the head of the Naga secret service, where he remains today.
The friend he wanted to visit in Manila was Fujisawa Ryoi of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Investigation Bureau.
"I have sent someone to ask for Fujisawa. I believe he will arrive soon." Komura Kenji said in a low voice.
Before Meng Shaoyuan could answer, news came that Songmu Dongyan and Yamagishi Goro had been found.
"Your Excellency, Chief of Agency, they are just returning to the hotel."
"Okay." Meng Shaoyuan stood up: "Invite them all in."
…
The Tomisaka couple, Matsuki Togan and Yamagishi Goro were a little restless.
It's so terrible that a human life actually happened here.
Tomisaka and his wife are about fifty years old, but Matsuki Togan and Yamagishi Goro are still young people.
"A guest died, and he was a very distinguished guest." Meng Shaoyuan said: "I don't doubt that you are related to this death, it's just because you all live on the third floor and are neighbors of the deceased, so I I’ll have to check with you guys.”
Tomisakaji said nervously: "Sir, what do you want to check with us?"
"Don't be nervous, just ask a simple question." Meng Shaoyuan said easily: "Now, the situation is very tense. You see, there are almost no guests in the hotel, but you are still living here. You can tell me the purpose of your coming to Manila. ?"
"We are here to find a way to apply for a boarding permit." Tomisakaji said with a bitter look on his face: "As you said, the situation is tense now, and the only way to leave here is the 'Awa Maru'. We are from Naga Come here, we sold everything we had in Naga just to go back to Japan.”
Are you from Nagar too?
Meng Shaoyuan's eyes fell on Songmu Dongyan and Yamagishi Goro: "What about you?"
"Same." Songmu Dongyan sounded a little frustrated: "We also want to return to China, but we found that it is too difficult to obtain a boarding permit."
Goro Yamagishi added: "We were transferred from Taiwan to the Philippines last year to work for the bank. We had been working in Cebu before. Later, the bank was bombed by American planes, and the president and many colleagues died. We We were really scared and we just wanted to go back to Japan.”
The purpose of coming to Manila is the same.
This is not surprising, many Japanese bridge decks in Manila come from outside for the boarding permit.
"Eight hours, no, nine hours ago, where were you and what were you doing?" Meng Shaoyuan looked at the time.
"That was around nine o'clock in the morning?" Tomisakaji said first: "My wife and I were at the Manila office of the Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
“We went to the Manila branch of Zhengjin Bank.”
Songmu Dongyan also said: "There were friends who came from Taiwan with us there. We wanted to try to get a boarding permit, but we were disappointed. Even they themselves could not get the permit."
There should be alibi evidence.
Meng Shaoyuan continued to ask: "Do you know the guests from 315?"
"I don't know him," Fusakaji said, "I've never even met that gentleman."
"I saw him once, ah, I happened to see him when he went out with this gentleman that day." Yamagishi Goro looked at Echeng Taisho.
Jiangcheng Dazheng nodded to Meng Shaoyuan.
"Where were you after the discovery of fate?"
"My wife and I were dining at the restaurant."
"We left the hotel very early." Songmu Dongyan sighed: "We still don't give up, hoping to find another way to get a boarding permit."
"Okay, I believe what you said." Meng Shaoyuan pondered for a moment: "I will send someone to your room to take a look, okay?"
"sure."
"Also, after all, a death occurred." Meng Shaoyuan tried his best to keep his tone calmer: "And the person who died was an important person, so I hope you don't leave the hotel before the death is solved."
"Yes, Your Excellency." Yamagishi Goro said cautiously: "We also hope to break the case as soon as possible, and I also want to leave here as soon as possible, Your Excellency."
…
"Nothing was found in their rooms."
After checking their room, Takamura Kenji came back and said.
Meng Shaoyuan nodded: "What do you think?"
"None of them look like murderers." Kenji Takamura expressed his opinion: "If there must be a suspect, it would probably be the Tomisaka couple. They live next door to Yosuke Hase, and they are both from Nagano .”
Speaking of this, Komura Kenji immediately shook his head: "Impossible. Judging from their appearance and bodies, even if the Tomisaka couple worked together, they probably wouldn't be able to kill Hase Yosuke."
"Yes, I think so too." Echeng Taisho confirmed the other party's thoughts: "Hase-dono is very strong, and the Tomisaka couple cannot be their opponents. Moreover, although they are also from Naka, I have never seen them before. Saw them."
"Matsuki Togan and Yamagishi Goro are not suspected either." Meng Shaoyuan said to himself: "They are from Cebu and have no intersection with Hase Yosuke, and they have no motive to kill Hase Yosuke."
It can only explain one thing, the murderer is not them.
"There is also a possibility that the murderer may not be in this hotel at all, but sneaked in from outside to kill!"
