"ah--"
Just as Bai Heqing 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 Oirumiko.
"Detective Shirakawa! Detective Mary! Are you here?!"
As soon as the two entered the hall, they saw Kitakami Kazuhiko anxiously shouting to them in the corridor on the second floor above:
"No! Master Guiyang was killed in his room! Come with me quickly!"
[Ah, something happened as expected. 】
"knew."
With a calm expression and a nod, Shirakawa Qingchao whispered to Mary next to him: "Mary, go take a look in the underground cave and pay attention to your safety."
"Okay, you too."
Mary nodded in agreement. Shirakawa quickly went upstairs and followed Kitakami Kazuhiko to Takahiro Tone's bedroom. Mary walked to the secret door leading to the underground cave, took out a piece of wire from her pocket and easily opened the lock on the door. , walked straight in.
"..."
"elder brother!!"
"Don't be impulsive, Second Young Master, you can't just touch the corpse now."
In Takahiro Tone's room, most of the people in the annex have arrived, except for the old housekeeper Kurahashi Motoaki and the Feng Shui master Mei Ling.
Passing by the grief-stricken second young master Tone Kosuke, Shirakawa Kiyo stepped forward and looked at Takahiro Tone, who was lying on the bed in the room.
At this time, Takahiro Tone was wearing pajamas, with a knife stuck in his chest. He was lying quietly on the bed, with a calm face and no look of pain.
[He was killed while unconscious. 】
"Who discovered the body first?"
After asking, Shirakawa Qing stepped forward and skillfully inspected Takahiro Tone's body.
The fatal injury was caused by the knife that penetrated the chest. Apart from this, no other wounds were found, and there was no sign of poisoning.
The face of the deceased was calm and there was no expression of pain on his face. It was obvious that Takahiro Tone was unconscious when he was killed by the murderer.
Were you attacked in your sleep?
"Yes, it's me."
Orimumiko, who was sitting on the sofa next to her, looked pale and raised her hands tremblingly.
"I came to call the eldest young master for dinner this morning, but there was no response from anyone in the room, so I opened the door and came in, and then, then..."
"Damn it! Who killed my brother?! Could it be the same murderer before?!" Kosuke Tone roared.
"I'm afraid that's not necessarily the case..." Beside him, Kevin raised his hand to touch his chin and said meaningfully.
"What do you mean? Do you know who the murderer is?" Tone Kosuke turned to look at him.
"That's not the case. I just feel that this killing is a little different from the previous two. When Mr. Yang and Clyde were killed before, the murderer used a lot of tricks. This time it was so direct. People are really not used to killing people..." Kevin explained.
"Is there a second murderer among us?" Kitakami Kazuhiko looked a little ugly when he heard this.
"Who knows... Speaking of which, there are not many people here today. Where are Sister Mei Ling and the old housekeeper? It seems that I haven't seen them since morning?"
"I don't think I saw this either. Could it be that they also..."
While these people were talking, Bai Heqing looked at the half glass of red wine on the table beside him, picked it up and took a closer look.
[There are stains on the rim of the wine glass. This glass of red wine has been drunk after it was poured out. 】
"Oh? Detective Bai He is also interested in drinking?" At this time, Kevin noticed his actions and asked with a smile.
"I only drink it occasionally."
Standing up, Bai Heqing handed the glass of red wine to Kevin, smiled and asked, "Would you like a little drink, Mr. Kevin?"
"Isn't it bad to drink now?" Kevin looked at him with some confusion.
"It's better to say it's just right. I suspect that someone has given sleeping pills to this glass of wine. If Mr. Kevin is willing, he can help me test the authenticity."
"Hahaha! So you want to test the medicine on me?" Kevin suddenly laughed when he heard this, "Detective Baihe, are you doubting me?"
"Just kidding, I do have my doubts, but it's not you."
Replied with a smile, Bai Heqing scanned everyone in the room.
"Aren't Miss Mei Ling and Butler Cangqiao not here?"
"Well, I haven't seen them since this morning." Kitakami Kazuhiko replied.
"Is that so... Let's go to their room to look for it together first."
After leaving these words, Shirakawa Qing left and went directly to Kurahashi Motoaki's room.
The door was not closed, so he pushed it gently and walked in.
The old housekeeper's room was extremely clean and tidy, almost spotless.
There is an exquisite small box placed on the table in the middle of the room. The box contains several beautiful silver knives and forks. Shirakawa Qing recognized it with just one glance. The table knives in the box were the same ones inserted into Takahiro Tone's chest. are the same model.
As it happened, there was indeed an empty space in the box, and a table knife that was supposed to be placed there was missing.
Withdrawing his gaze, Bai Heqing turned his gaze to the desk in the corner of the room.
On the desk was a document paper pressed by a pen. Bai Heqing picked it up and took a look. It seemed to be written by Kurahashi Motoaki.
A brief summary of the above content is Kurahashi Motoaki’s suicide note of confession.
He admitted that he was the murderer of Yang Douxin and Clyde. His motive was because he realized that these two people might be harmful to Kitakami Kazuhiko, who was also the heir to the inheritance. In order to protect his former little master, he decided to take action first. Strong, eradicate these two people in advance.
He was also the one who killed Takahiro Tone. His motive was the same as when he killed Yang Douxin and Clyde. He noticed Takahiro Tone's intention to kill Kazuhiko Kitakami, so he decided to take action first.
At the end of the suicide note, Kurahashi Motoaki stated that he knew that he had committed a heinous crime and had no reason to continue living. Therefore, feeling that Kitakami Kazuhiko was safe, he decided to commit suicide so that no one would have to look for him.
"Shirakawa!"
At this moment, Mary's voice sounded from behind Bai Heqing.
"I took a look. There is no one in the underground cave, but the water level is higher than yesterday. The control system of the Water Tower has indeed been tampered with."
"Well, I know... take a look at this." Nodding, Bai Heqing handed her the suicide note of Kurahashi Motoaki in his hand.
"Is this a suicide note? Motoaki Kurahashi is the murderer?"
Mary quickly scanned the contents with a confused tone.
"I feel like it's fake."
"That's what I thought too. There is another murderer... Let's go and meet the others first and show them this suicide note."
"What about the situation in the underground cave?" Mary asked.
"Don't worry, it will take some time for the water level to rise. Before then, it will be enough for us to catch this new murderer.
Although I really don't want to take care of him, if we don't get rid of him first, he will probably attack us later. "
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(End of chapter)
