The Advent of the Infinite King

Having said that, she took a deep breath, and then continued: "Looking at the balcony again, my husband is already dead."

Officer Meguro said: "So, your husband was killed while you were in the toilet."

"Yes."

"Sorry, how long did you stay in the toilet after you went into it?"

"I think..." Takako Imoto thought for a while, and then said, "It's only about two minutes."

"In other words, your husband was killed at around [-]:[-]. During the time you were in the toilet, did you hear any sounds or human voices?"

Takako Imoto shook his head and said, "No."

"By the way, Auntie." Xie Chen said suddenly, "When you came in, were there any shoes on the floor of the entrance?"

"En?" Takako Imoto said, "There is only one pair of my husband's shoes."

Officer Meguro said: "I see, and then Mr. Dohashi, what time did you come to this building?"

Tetsuo Dohashi replied: "Five o'clock, it should be earlier, because I have an appointment with Imoto to meet at five o'clock."

The administrator said at this time: "The correct time is four fifty-eight."

Tetsuo Dohashi said: "I will come here today, just like my wife said, to ask him to lend me money again, but..."

He bowed his head and said, "He said he didn't want to help me, and he didn't have any reason to help me. Then I went to the roof alone because I wanted to commit suicide."

"Suicide?" Officer Mu Mu asked in surprise.

"But, I didn't have the courage. I stood there blankly for a while, and then I heard the screams of my wife from the opposite direction on the roof, so I rushed into the house to have a look..."

Police officer Megure said: "Mr. Imoto is already dead on the balcony, right?" "Yes." Tetsuo Dohashi said.

Officer Megure nodded and looked at Norio Terasawa, "Mr. Terasawa, you are next."

Norio Terasawa was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said: "I was not in this building at all when the incident happened, so it shouldn't matter."

Officer Meguro said, "But just to be on the safe side, can you tell me when you left the building?"

Norio Terasawa said, "It should be around five o'clock."

The administrator said: "The correct time is [-]:[-], and I didn't come back until [-]:[-], but..."

"what?"

"I remember Mr. Terasawa said he was going to practice golf, why did he come back so early?"

Norio Terasawa said: "I changed my mind on the way, because I used to have the problem of being indecisive."

Officer Megure turned his head to Kogoro Mori and asked, "Brother Mouri, what do you think?"

Mori Kogoro thought for a while, then stepped forward and said, "Let's start with Mr. Terasawa, because he didn't stay in this building when Mr. Imoto was killed, so he is not the murderer."

Norio Terasawa breathed a sigh of relief, and silently took a step back.

Mori Kogoro continued: "The problem lies in the wife and Mr. Dohashi. It is the two of you. First of all, the wife. You said that after you came out of the toilet, you found your husband's body."

He faced Takako Jingmoto and said, "Or you didn't actually go into the toilet. It's also possible that you killed your husband, pretended to be the discoverer, and screamed."

"What did you say?" Takako Imoto's face suddenly changed.

Mori Kogoro ignored her, and turned to look at Tetsuo Dohashi, "Then there is Mr. Dohashi, although you said that after being rejected by Mr. Imoto, you wanted to commit suicide on the roof."

"However, in fact, you may be in the president's office, or stay on the balcony with Mr. Imoto. This is not impossible. From here, you can only see part of the balcony."

"It's also possible that you hid in the president's office or on the balcony when your wife came in, killed the victim while your wife was in the toilet, and then went to the roof."

Tetsuo Dohashi hurriedly shouted: "No, I was already on the roof when my wife entered the house. My wife also said that there is only a pair of Mr. Imoto's shoes in the entrance."

Mori Kogoro said: "Actually, it may be that my wife misremembered for a while, or, what evidence do you have to prove that you were on the roof at that time."

Tetsuo Dohashi said, "Evidence... no, because no one else was on the roof."

He said as if he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, I heard the voice at that time."

"sound?"

"Yes." Tetsuo Dohashi said, "I heard the metallic sound of ding coming from this balcony."

Officer Meguro asked, "Did you hear any other voices next?"

"Yes, I also heard a second ding."

"That's right." Xie Chen said suddenly, "Could that sound be the sound of banging on the railing?"

"kindness?"

Xie Chen pointed to the railing of the balcony and said, "Look, there are not two new traces here."

Officer Megure and Mori Kogoro walked quickly to the railing, "It looks like they were hit by something hard from below."

Xie Chen picked up the metal pen on the desk, walked to the balcony, tapped on the railing, and made a ding.

"That's it." Tetsuo Dohashi said, "That's the sound."

Officer Mu Mu looked at the traces after the beating and said, "Even the traces are very similar."

Mori Kogoro said: "But the trace over there is left because it was knocked from below."