Chapter 13: Testimony

Although he only has the memory of being trained in the police academy, he has read many reasoning works, so it can be regarded as a little help in this field...

Not to mention how much these two can help, but at least they won't let Senichi lose the chain.

It's not too late. Since Police Officer Megure has handed over the case to himself and Miwako Sato, then naturally he has to do his best.

Not only for himself, but also for the victim.

After making up his mind, Senichi and Miwako Sato went to meet the first discoverer, Ryoka Hasegawa.

I forgot who said it. At the scene of the crime, the first person who discovered the scene is highly suspicious, or maybe is the criminal, so Senichi carried out the questioning work very seriously.

Ryoka Hasegawa, she is a white-collar worker who lives in the same apartment building as the victim Kiriko Asamiya, and she is about the same age as her.

When Senichi and Miwako Sato saw her, the short-haired woman looked very distressed. It's no wonder, after all, she saw her friend's dead body.

According to her, she and Kiriko Asamiya were drinking friends, but last night, she sent messages to the deceased and never got any response, so this morning, she went to the deceased's room.

"When I went to find her, I found that the door of her house was open. I felt it was strange."

Ryoka Hasegawa seemed to recall the previous scene, and explained with a pale face:

"Because Kiriko is more cautious than ordinary people, so it is absolutely impossible that she forgot to close the door."

So, thinking that the other party should be Ryoka Hasegawa who was at home, she went into the room to have a look. It turned out that the other party's body was found on the bedroom floor, and she immediately called the police.

After the questioning, Senichi nodded, "Thank you for your cooperation, it's done, you have my condolences."

"Please catch the Criminal, please." Ryoka Hasegawa bowed to the two, and then walked towards the room.

"I didn't get any important clues." After the other party left, Miwako Sato shook her head, and immediately looked at her partner, "Senichi-kun, what do you think?"

"No, during the previous conversation, I didn't find anything unnatural in the other party's speech." Senichi shook his head slightly.

"Then let's move on to the next house." Said Miwako Sato, and knocked on the door of the next resident.

This is an outdoor investigation. If you want to collect testimony, you need to go door to door and ask if you can collect any useful clues.

However, after several houses in a row, they didn't get any response. Because residents came back in the middle of the night from work after overtime, which made Senichi complain about the social animal culture of Japan.

But there's no other way. Door to door investigating relies on luck.

"Da da!"

Senichi came to the next floor and knocked on the door of the resident as usual. Peeking out from behind the door was a messy afro head with a pair of glasses on his face.

After expressing his intention from coming here, he did not expect this college student named Yasuo Gusen to give an important testimony.

"I was going to the convenience store at the time, but when I was about to go out, I heard a sound of running down the stairs with great momentum."

Yasuo Gusen said gossiping: "I didn't think much about it at the time, but if I think about it now, could this be the sound of the criminal's footsteps after he escaped?"

This is good information. If the prisoner really escaped at that time, there might be witnesses.

By the way, this apartment is actually very old. The staircase is an old iron spiral staircase, connecting each floor of the apartment.

It is a very common type of apartment in Japanese dramas. There are no units in a building, and all the doors open to the open-air corridor uniformly. There are many households living on the first floor.

After talking about this with Miwako Sato, the two went downstairs to ask the manager of the apartment.

To say that the person who usually pays the most attention to these things is the apartment manager.

The apartment manager is a part-time landlord, a middle-aged man in his forties.

"Stranger? Didn't see it." Hearing the inquiry from the two, Saburo Kawara thought for a while and said, "Oh yes, although I didn't see the stranger, I saw Miss Asamiya."

"When? Can you tell us more specifically?" Hearing this, Senichi's expression lifted.

Although no information on the criminal was obtained, it would be important information if they could know the whereabouts of the deceased.

"When I came to get the evening paper at the mailbox yesterday, I happened to pass by Miss Asamiya who was coming home." Saburo Kawara recalled: "She seemed to come back from the station alone and passed in front of me. "

"When did that happen?" Miwako Sato asked.

"It happened to be the end of the show I like, around 6 o'clock in the evening." Saburo Kawara scratched his head and said.

Hearing this, the eyes of Senichi and Miwako Sato sharpened instantly.

The whereabouts of the deceased are consistent with the presumed time of death, which is a very important piece of witness information.

Because if this is the case, Then the deceased was probably killed by the criminal and moved the body to the inside of the room after meeting the manager.

"Then what was Miss Asamiya's expression at that time?" Senichi continued to ask.

"Well, it's really weird." After being reminded by Senichi, Saburo Kawara really remembered something.

"At that time, I just picked up the newspaper and saw Ms. Asamiya running back in a hurry. As usual, I said "Welcome back" to say hello."

Saburo Kawara frowned and recalled: "Miss Asamiya stopped for a while and then replied "Hello" and hurried upstairs. Normally, she would take the initiative to greet me, but now that I think about it, it's a little strange."

"That is to say, at that time, Miss Asamiya might have been involved in some case."

Miwako Sato frowned and said, "But this way, it is ruled out that the deceased was moved to the bedroom after being killed outside."

"So, what did you do after you met Miss Asamiya?" Senichi continued to ask, in order to ensure that the testimony was safe.

Because the other party's testimony is related to whether the deceased was in the house at the time of the murder, Senichi couldn't help but treat it with caution.

"I went back to my room directly, ah yes, the owner of the vegetable shop opposite should have seen it too." Saburo Kawara pointed to the opposite side and said.

According to Saburo Kawara, the two went to the vegetable shop opposite the apartment to verify, and obtained the testimony that Saburo Kawara had indeed returned to his room.

Because it was facing the apartment, the owner of the vegetable shop also witnessed the scene where Miss Asamiya hurried upstairs.

In other words, the deceased was indeed killed in the room! !