In the Maori Detective Agency, the atmosphere in the space dyed red by the setting sun was stagnant. After all, the policemen present were not ordinary people. After such an obvious reminder, they already understood what he meant.

Mouri Kogoro's voice continued.

“In order to clear Jiro Watanabe’s suspicion, Watanabe Jiro’s associates fabricated the victim’s time of death by forging the victim’s eating time.

"According to the surveillance records of Officer Furukawa and the Second Search Section, at 12:30 that day, the Jiuji Police Department went to the bathroom once, entered the office with a lunch at 14:30, ordered desserts for everyone at 17:30, and then brought some of it himself.

Office, leave the office at 18:35.

"In this timeline, there is a very obvious key point that is subconsciously ignored by everyone - no one saw the Jiuji Police Department actually 'eating' those things.

"When we saw her bring a lunch box into the office at 14:30, we assumed that she had eaten the beef lunch box at that time. Similarly, when she entered the office at 17:30 with a dessert, we assumed that she had eaten it at that time.

Desserts.

"But in fact, when Jiuji Police Department went to the bathroom at 12:30, he went to the break room to get a lunch box, took it to the bathroom to eat, and at 14:30, in full view of everyone, he entered the office with an empty lunch box.

"Similarly, at 15:30, she ate the desserts she bought the day before in the office, and then at 17:30, she ordered the same desserts from the menu for everyone and brought them into the office.

"As a result, the meal schedule of Police Department Jiuji on the day of the murder was pushed back by a full two hours. Coupled with the false testimony of the supermarket proprietress, the real time of death was pushed back from seven o'clock to eight-thirty.

It's a piece of cake.

"Yes, this is the real cleverness of the 'mastermind' in this case."

Mouri Kogoro's voice became slightly solemn, bringing an end to this murder case involving many people.

"——No one would have thought that the victim and the murderer were 'accomplices'. The ultimate 'mastermind' of this case was none other than the victim, Yoshiko Kuji."

Watanabe Jiro knew what Furukawa Kumisa was going to say since she told this "story".

He spoke several times to interrupt—or to defend the protagonist in the story—but in the end he swallowed his words.

Until I heard the sentence "falling into the abyss", I finally couldn't hold it back and rushed out an argument.

"No! Yongzi is doing it for Yongto's illness!"

After saying that, he seemed to realize his impulsive gaffe, and cold sweat rolled down his forehead, falling with the ticking of the muscles on his face.

He simply broke the pot and said everything he wanted to say in one breath: "She is not doing it for money and status, she is just, she is just... for Yongren's illness..."

When he said this, his throat rolled slightly, as if he knew he couldn't explain it clearly, so he stopped explaining and just asked excitedly: "Is it wrong for a mother to want to save her child?!"

Furukawa Kumisa did not give in, raised his eyebrows, and asked back with sharp eyes: "Are those people who died because of Yoshiko Kushi's betrayal of the organization at fault?"

Watanabe Jiro was discouraged under her fierce gaze, all his words were stuck in his throat, and he could no longer make any sound.

"It is true that a mother wants to save her child. But human life has never been something that can be quantified and compared in this way.

"What is wrong is not her desire to save the child. What is wrong is her behavior of putting something like 'life' that cannot be compared and measured on both ends of the scale."

Furukawa Kumisa's eyes turned completely cold: "Watanabe Jiro, after all these years, you still don't understand Kushi Yoshiko. If she were here, she would never say something like 'she is not wrong'.

"——She never denies her mistakes, but for the sake of her children, she is willing to fall into the realm of Shura in a clear and rational manner."

Watanabe Jiro buried his head in the palms of his hands and was unable to say another word.

"Kuji Yoshiko deliberately forced you to kill her. She knew that day was Yuuto's birthday, and you would stay with Yuuto all night. She faked the time of her own death by fabricating the timeline of eating, and she made you

I went to your home and pretended to kill you, but you killed me instead.

"The desserts I bought the day before, the perjury from the supermarket proprietress, and the gloves in her pocket to avoid leaving fingerprints...

"She cannot commit suicide, let alone die in the hands of the organization - otherwise all traces of her will be cleared away by the organization before the police arrive."

Furukawa Kumisa looked at Watanabe Jiro, as if he was not afraid of provoking him again, calmed down for a moment, and spoke again.

"Tetsuya Ehara is dead."

Watanabe Jiro was shocked and suddenly looked up at Furukawa Kumisa.

Furukawa Kumisa did not ignore the shock and anger in his eyes: "Ehara Tetsuya also died, just last night."

In the dark and small bathroom, the trembling man handed the USB flash drive in his hand to the public security policeman in front of him, and then laughed at himself under the other's surprised gaze.

"This police officer... I know that Rongzi and I are both people who have rebelled. You must be suspicious of us, but please trust us once. This information is really important to you. Please be sure to hand it over.

In Shangfeng’s hand.”

Furukawa Kumisa held the cold USB flash drive in her hand. She looked at Tetsuya Ehara and said in a deep voice: "You could have handed the thing to the police yourself."

Tetsuya Ehara had a reason why he had to pass things through her. What was it?

Before Tetsuya Ehara could speak, suddenly, footsteps came from the bathroom door.

Pat, pat, the steady and determined footsteps were slowly approaching them.

Tetsuya Ehara froze, as if he knew he was in danger. He held her hand and squeezed the USB drive tightly in their interlocked hands.

"I can't leave - police officer, you still don't know the strength of the organization behind us, I can't leave."

Furukawa Kumisa: ...Should I say it or not, I am the person sent by the "organization" behind you.

"Rongzi left the day before yesterday. I was still abroad at that time, but I have suffered no less than five 'accidents' in the past two days - their hands can even reach abroad.

"I rushed here as soon as I got off the plane today, but so far there hasn't been any problem. Since they didn't set an ambush on my way here, they must have set up an ambush in the hotel!"

Furukawa Kumisa: ...Yes, that's right.

"I can escape on the first day of the Lunar New Year, but not on the fifteenth. They won't stop until they kill me. I can't leave."

After saying this, the trembling man slowly calmed down, and his hands stopped shaking.

"Officer, you must send this information back. You can't die here like me."

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the bathroom, and they began to open the stall doors one by one to check.

Bourbon's familiar voice came over and over again like a reminder - "Become a young lady?"

When Furukawa Kumisa heard the voice of Bourbon, his mind froze and he immediately summoned the system in his heart.

"System, save Tetsuya Ehara."

The system responded quickly: "Does the host want to use the methods from the previous worlds?"

"That's right, hurry up..."

Just when Furukawa Kumisa was distracted talking to the system, a silver light suddenly flashed in front of her eyes. Before she could react, the silver light carried a quick and icy coolness, and with a "puff" sound, it penetrated hard.

It hit Tetsuya Ehara's chest.

Furukawa Kumisa was shocked and angry: "What are you doing——"

She subconsciously stretched out her hand to hold the wound on Tetsuya Ehara's chest, but she saw that this frightened and cowardly man burst out with unexpected strength at this moment, and with another "Puff", he used his last strength to remove the wound on his chest.

The dagger was drawn out.

A knife pierced his heart, and the murder weapon was immediately pulled out. There was no blockage, and blood from the wound spattered all over the wall - Tetsuya Ehara's life force passed away in an instant.

"Let's just say... you just... just... came in and... saw..."

——I didn’t even have the energy to finish the last sentence.

Furukawa Kumisa knew what Tetsuya Ehara meant, and he asked her to pretend to be a passerby who accidentally entered the scene to avoid the other party's eyes and ears.

——He didn’t even know that she was in the same group as that person outside.

He came here with the intention of dying, and the only thing he wanted was to send out that important piece of information before he died.

"System, save him!"

"Host, Bourbon has arrived at the door."

Bourbon's soft and polite voice was still echoing outside - "Furukawa Kumisa?"

"...Host, we don't have time."

"Host, this is already the fifth world. You can go home in 45 o'clock."

Furukawa Kumisa calmed down, and finally picked up the murder weapon that fell beside him as Bourbon's footsteps gradually approached.

She took one last look at the languid corpse by the wall, took a deep breath, opened the compartment door, and walked out.

"Let's go, Bourbon."

…

With a "clang" sound, a dagger with a leather sheath was placed on the table in front of Watanabe Jiro.

Watanabe Jiro raised his head: "This is..."

The expression on Furukawa Kumisa's face remained unchanged: "Relic."

Watanabe Jiro stared blankly at the dagger on the table. He didn't ask who it belonged to, but just reached out and picked it up.

Furukawa Kumisa looked at his actions and suddenly spoke, asking a seemingly unrelated question: "The boss lady who perjured herself for Yoshiko Kushi... what are your plans?"

Watanabe Jiro was stunned for a moment, and then realized the intention of her question: "No, I don't want to..."

"I know you didn't want to do anything to her."

Watanabe Jiro doesn't look like the type to kill anyone. It was obvious that Yoshiko Kuji forced him to kill her before.

Furukawa Kumisa interrupted him, and finally changed the subject: "But you have to attack her - just pretending."
To be continued...