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"What do you mean?"
Matsuda astutely grasped the key point.
"Did President Tatsumi disagree with or not know about your relationship with Mr. Oba before?"
“That’s right, Mr. Oba said he would tell my father at a suitable time.”
As Sakurako spoke, she began to sob again.
So, regarding the testimony of Tatsumi Sakurako, this daughter,
To a large extent, it was just a single thought of Osamu's?
Matsuda, Koshimizu, and Kudo all immediately fixed their gazes on Oba.
As expected of Matsuda-senpai, he managed to coax the suspect out with just a few words.
Yue Shui made no attempt to hide her admiration.
"Hmm, was the lighting this bright from the beginning?"
At this point, Matsuda began to pay attention to his surroundings.
"No, it was after we received the report that we asked our staff to turn on the lights."
Megure chimed in from the side.
"Inspector, we have found a pistol with a silencer and an empty magazine."
A uniformed police officer ran over and reported it.
"what?"
The fact that they found the murder weapon so quickly surprised Megure.
"Where was it found?"
"It was found in the building's garbage collection area, and it appears the killer disposed of it via a garbage chute on one of the building's floors," the officer replied.
This means there's a high probability the murderer didn't have a chance to take the murder weapon with them.
No, judging by the usual pattern in the world of famous detectives,
The murderer must have been someone close to the victim, someone who had absolutely no chance of escaping.
Thinking of this, Matsuda looked up and asked,
"Is there a garbage chute on this floor? If so, where is it?"
Chapter 282 Daring to steal credit from a woman! Aren't you afraid of writing a long essay about it?!
“Yes, it’s near the restroom,” one of the company’s employees said.
"Miss Sakurako, did you and Mr. Oba go near the restroom?" Matsuda turned to Sakurako and asked.
“I went to the restroom to get the necklace he gave me. It was only two or three minutes, and of course he didn’t go in, but we were talking the whole time,” Sakurako replied.
"So, for two or three minutes you don't know what he's doing? Ah, maybe it's not just two or three minutes; many things can be done in an instant," Matsuda said meaningfully.
"What do you mean? Are you doubting me?" Oba couldn't help but rush over and yell at Matsuda, "I've been with her the whole time, and I've never left this floor."
After saying that, he put his arm around Sakura's shoulder and continued speaking.
"If you suspect I'm the murderer, you can check me for any signs of gunpowder."
"Then we'll have to trouble you to cooperate with our inspection," Yue Shui said, stepping forward.
"Sure, no problem, you won't find anything out anyway."
After speaking firmly, Oba went downstairs with the two police officers.
"Excuse me......"
As soon as Oba left, Shinichi Kudo went up to his girlfriend.
"Did you kiss Mr. Oba? Right in front of the elevator."
How did you know? Did you see it?
Sakurako was surprised, and a little shy.
Having gotten used to doing things secretly, I've come to regard them as my own little secrets, so it's inevitably a bit embarrassing to have them discovered now.
"No, that's not it,"
Shinichi Kudo said with a smile,
"My mom said that girls only reapply lipstick in two situations: after a meal or after a kiss. So, how did he kiss you?"
"He had his hand on my shoulder, like this..."
Sakura put Shinichi Kudo's hand on her shoulder, but Shinichi Kudo hugged her back.
"you......"
Shinichi Kudo is reconstructing the scene with thoughts no one knows.
But his thoughts were interrupted by a hand that suddenly reached out.
"What are you doing! How can you be so rude to a woman?"
Koshimizu appeared just in time, pushed Shinichi Kudo aside, and then hugged Sakurako.
"I'll handle this. When you two were kissing, were you facing away from the elevator?"
"Yes, it is."
When the somewhat handsome Yue Shui suddenly got so close, even though she knew she was the same sex, the feeling of unfamiliarity still made Yingzi a little flustered.
"Ahem, what are you doing?"
Matsuda happened to turn around and see this scene, and was immediately choked and coughed twice.
"I was just doing some research, Matsuda-senpai."
Only then did Koshimizu release Sakurako.
"By the way, Miss Sakura, were your earrings also a gift from Mr. Oba?"
“No, I bought it on a whim before coming to the venue tonight,” Sakurako replied.
It seems he's the murderer!
Both Koshimizu and Kudo wore confident smiles at the same time.
"Evidence, evidence!"
Matsuda muttered a reminder from the side.
"Senior, do you have any clues?"
Koshimizu's eyes lit up; it seemed that Matsuda was even happier to have found the evidence first than she had deduced it herself.
"A very good technique, but unfortunately, details determine success or failure."
Matsuda patted Koshimizu on the shoulder.
"If we follow in his footsteps and take another walk, we are bound to make a discovery."
Follow in his footsteps?
Kudo glanced at Sakurako as she walked away and asked the club members beside him, "Do you know what Mr. Oba did tonight?"
"I don't know. No, if I had to say, I'd say I'm our company's mascot."
The commune member next to him replied,
"Our company's 20th anniversary party tonight specially invited someone to appear in a mascot costume, and to everyone's surprise, it turned out that the person in the costume was actually the manager, Oba."
Just as Kudo was investigating the mascot, Koshimizu walked up to Matsuda.
"Senior, it's been so long since I've seen you. Have you missed me?"
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Matsuda was almost choked by her question and quickly turned to look at Sato.
He breathed a sigh of relief after seeing that she hadn't noticed what was happening.
"Don't worry, senior,"
Koshimizu leaned close to Matsuda's ear and let out a smug, mischievous laugh.
"I won't tell Miwako-neechan about that."
"This time, I will definitely prove to my senior that I am more suitable for you than Miwako-neechan..."
Just as Matsuda was beginning to struggle against Koshimizu's direct attacks,
Fortunately, the police officer who was taking Oba for testing arrived in time and helped him out of the predicament.
"Officer Matsuda, Inspector Megure, no gunpowder residue was found on Mr. Oba."
"Really? In that case..."
Megure looked at Matsuda with a questioning gaze. "You're not mistaken, are you?"
"rest assured,"
Matsuda gestured for Megure to look to the side, where Shinichi Kudo was standing up from beside the mascot with a confident smile.
"Have you found any evidence?"
“Of course.” Kudo laughed provocatively.
"Then let's go up."
Matsuda took two steps, then stepped back, reached out and patted Koshimizu on the shoulder.
"You'll explain to the others in a bit."
"Me? As a newcomer, wouldn't that be inappropriate?" Yue Shui replied somewhat insecurely.
"What are you worried about? Young people should be full of energy. Did you ever see the faces of these policemen when you were a detective?"
Matsuda chuckled.