Chapter 52: Stopped Footsteps

Shaking his head helplessly, Senichi didn't understand why Officer Takagi was accompanied by a waiter until now.

He is completely entangled with the other party.

It seems that Natsumi-san also has a certain right to speak in this restaurant, otherwise the other party will not be so difficult.

After all, it has already been paid for. If no one eats it, you can throw it away, or you can just eat it yourself.

But the other party didn't do that, but carried out Natsumi-san's order, and there was no other explanation except that she had the right to speak in this hotel.

"If Natsumi-san doesn't want to eat, why not let Yoichi-san and Yuichi-san eat it?" Senichi refused again, looking at the waiter with a polite smile.

"Sorry, the two gentlemen are not in the mood... They both declined..."

The long-haired woman showed a polite yet awkward smile, "This time the food is more expensive, it would be too wasteful if you didn't eat it..."

After some questioning, Senichi found that, as he had guessed, although the two hadn't officially married yet, the restaurant was owned by Kirishin Saburo and had already been given to Natsumi-san as a wedding gift.

After hearing the news, Senichi ruled out Natsumi-san's suspicion in his heart, and at the same time understood why the criminal committed the crime.

The marriage proposal ceremony alone gave away such a large amount of property. If the two get married and have children, it is not impossible for them to be kicked out of the house.

I'm afraid the other party was stimulated by this aspect, which intensified his murderous thoughts, and finally made him commit such a crime.

"Okay, let's go eat."

After learning the news, Senichi agreed. No matter how much he persisted, it would only be the waiter in front of him. It was really unnecessary.

And the brain has been running for such a long time, and the exhaustion really made Senichi a little hungry.

As for this big meal, Senichi was still looking forward to it. The two of them sat down at a table by the window under the guidance of the waiter.

And this meal did not disappoint Senichi. Expensive French dishes such as foie gras and Parisian lobster were continuously served on the table, which greatly satisfied Senichi's appetite.

"Wow~ This meal is really extravagant." Takagi enjoyed the night view outside while eating, "Plus you can see the beautiful night view of Tokyo at a glance, so it's no wonder the asking price is so expensive."

"Indeed, I remember that the night view here is also one of the many selling points. The atmosphere is very suitable for a couple's date. No wonder Natsumi-san and Kirishin-san decided to have dinner here." Hearing this, Senichi couldn't help agreeing, and turned his head to look at the night view outside the window.

In the dark night, countless lights lit up the city, as if the sky was full of stars dotted in the darkness.

The skyscrapers lined up outside the window are all reduced to model size, and the vehicles and pedestrians on the street are so small, but the huge number makes them integrated into the whole picture as a whole.

But looking at the magnificent night scene outside the window, a flash of inspiration flashed in Senichi's mind, and the next moment he took out the notebook that recorded the clues of the case from his arms and quickly flipped through it.

"Wait...Could it be..."

"Senichi-kun, what's the matter?" Takagi couldn't help cheering up when he saw Senichi's actions, "Did you find something?"

"So that's it...so that's the thing!! That's why the murderer..." Senichi showed a clear look, "I already know the true face of the murderer!!

And why the murderer scattered sunflowers on the escape stairs, I also fully understand the meaning of this move! ! "

Takagi set color and said excitedly: "Senichi-kun!! So you..."

"Well, I've got the last piece of the puzzle!" Senichi showed a smile at the corner of his hand, "The puzzle has been solved!"

......

"You already know who the murderer is?"

"Who is the murderer, who killed Saburo!?"

When Senichi summoned three relevant persons to inform the news,

The faces of Natsumi and the three of them immediately changed, and they asked questions one after another.

"Please also do as Senichi-kun say." Takagi bowed slightly, "Please cooperate with us."

"Then, let's go." Seeing the three of them gathered together, Senichi set off first, "Go to the scene on the 26th floor where Kirishin-san was killed last night!"

Everyone stepped into the elevator with their own thoughts, watched the elevator keep beating and finally arrived at the 26th floor.

Senichi walked out of the elevator door first, came to the door of the room where Saburo Kirishin lived before his death, and began to tell his reasoning:

"On the night of the incident, Kirishin-san lived alone in room 2608 on the 26th floor.

Before the incident, he should have been writing the manuscript until around 2 o'clock in the middle of the night. The murderer must have known this in advance, so he took the opportunity to call Kirishin-san out of the room, planning to kill him with a knife. "

Senichi took out his pen as he spoke, and asked Officer Takagi to come over to cooperate with his actions, while continuing to reason: "After the attack, Kirishin-san and the murderer had a fight nearby, and Kirishin-san bit off the murderer's hair , while there was also hair residue on his hands indicating this.

After that, the two people who were fighting moved towards the escape door, and just when Kirishin-san was about to open the escape door and escape, the murderer stabbed him from behind. "

As Senichi spoke, he stabbed Takagi on the back of the neck with a pen, and then signaled Officer Takagi to flee to the escape door.

"Kirishin-san, who was injured, ran downstairs desperately, but he still couldn't escape to the 25th floor. Instead, he only went down one floor and fell on the platform between the stairs." (Note 1)

Senichi paused when he said this, looked at the three of them and said, "From here on, the murderer's actions become unnatural."

"Unnatural?" Natsumi Sayuri's expressions became suspicious.

"Yes, it's unnatural." Senichi nodded and chuckled lightly, "The murderer didn't chase after Kirishin-san, who hadn't died yet, but left the crime scene!"

"Eh? Why?" Takagi was puzzled when he heard the words and said: "How do you know?"

"I judged based on the fact that the murderer's hair was bitten off by Kirishin-san and became important evidence."

Senichi explained: "Generally speaking, after some build up, the murderer will clean up the important evidence at the crime scene no matter how flustered he is.

Another point is that the door handle on the inside of the escape door was wiped clean, leaving no fingerprints of anyone, but the victim's fingerprints were left on the door handle of the outside car!

This shows that the murderer is aware of cleaning up the criminal evidence. "

Senichi pushed open the escape door, "That is to say, the criminal may want to chase and kill Kirishin-san, but when the criminal opened the escape door and was about to chase after him...

But the criminal stopped in his tracks, and retreated to the inner side of the escape door. After wiping off his fingerprints on the inner doorknob, he left the scene! "