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Chapter 1684 Kusuda's Footprints

"What happened? It seemed like there was a mess outside just now."

At this time, after the police arrived and checked the lounge where the deceased was, the door of another lounge next to that lounge was opened, and Akira Asuki and Yui Osuga poked their heads out. Osuga Yui asked first:

"This way, Ah Xian won't be able to rest well at all!"

No matter how good the soundproofing of the lounge is, it is not a special soundproof room after all. The commotion of so many people outside and the movement of the police still attracted the attention of Asabuki Akira and Osuga Yui in the lounge.

Thus, facing the puzzled Asabuki Akira, Ohsuga Shuhei spoke cautiously:

"Someone died in the lounge next to you. It was that Kusuda!"

"Kusuda...ah, is that the annoying guy who calls himself a reporter?"

After hearing the name, Asakabuki Xian seemed to think about it carefully, frowned, and replied.

And Osuga Shuhei nodded with a heavy face:

"Yeah, that's right."

"But who did it..."

Hearing this, Chao Chuxian asked in confusion.

"We still don't know who the criminal is... But, there is only one thing we can say for sure. Judging from the situation at the scene, you, the members of the symphony orchestra, are the main suspects in this case."

At this time, Inspector Megure, who had finally arrived here, stepped into the backstage and looked around. It seemed that he had roughly learned what had happened from the police officers, so he spoke first.

Then, Inspector Megure's gaze slowly fell down——

"Oh! Brother Akechi! You are here too!"

Among the crowd, Inspector Megure saw Gao Yuan, so he came over to greet him enthusiastically, as if he suddenly had absolute confidence in the investigation of this incident.

"Officer Megure, you've been working hard. How are things going now?"

Gao Yuan responded naturally to this and asked about the robbery that happened during the day on the bus.

"The matter has been basically resolved. All the criminals have been arrested, and no one was seriously injured. It's a blessing in disguise. The rest, Shiratori is handling..."

Inspector Megure replied, and at the same time, he couldn't help but sigh helplessly about the current events here, as if he was lamenting why there were so many disasters every day.

Then, Inspector Megure noticed Shirozuka Hisui who was beside Takato. Since she was also someone he knew, Inspector Megure nodded slightly at her and then walked towards the scene of the crime.

However, Osuga Shuhei still saw the police inspector who arrived at the scene greeting Gao Yuan and Shirozuka Hisui. For a moment, he seemed to feel that the detective hired by Miss Shirozuka was also unusual. Perhaps, this matter could be easily figured out - "Oh, this is terrible..."

Osuga Hidehei felt depressed in his heart. He didn't expect that such a thing would happen during his first performance in the theater.

At this moment, at the scene, the body on the ground had been moved away by the police officers investigating the scene, and replaced by a human silhouette taped with white tape, and a pool of black at the end, which should be blood. It looked like this was the first scene of the murder.

Afterwards, Inspector Megure learned more details and information about the man's identity from the police officers at the scene.

  After learning that the other party was a reporter who specialized in reporting various scandals, especially the recent report on the band scandal, Officer Megure couldn't help but express his opinion:

"It seems that the victim, Kusuda, was hated by many people. It seems that the motive for murder is very sufficient..."

Inspector Megure stroked his chin and analyzed:

"Could it be that... Kusuda came to the concert to find further materials, and then encountered someone who hated him because of his bad report, and they had a conflict, and he was killed..."

"But even if that's the case, why would Kusuda appear here backstage? After all, Kusuda had a conflict with the band before, so it shouldn't be possible for him to be allowed backstage, right?"

  At this point, Gao Yuan on the side couldn't help but interrupt and turned to look at Osuga Shuhei, Osuga Yui, and Asabuki Ken who were present:

"Right?"

  Seeing that no one objected, Gao Yuan then said to Officer Megure:

"And, Officer Megure, the possibility that the victim was killed accidentally during a conflict as you said is basically impossible. Because the murder weapon seems to have been prepared a long time ago."

As he said this, Gao Yuan told Inspector Megure about how the murderer used a handkerchief to prevent blood from splattering.

Therefore, after basically concluding that this incident was a premeditated murder, Inspector Megure prepared to start the investigation in this direction -

Of course, the members and staff of the symphony orchestra were gathered by the police for questioning.

For Gao Yuan, the first question to be determined now is actually how Kusuda Rikuu got backstage. Therefore, Kusuda Rikuu's footprints after arriving at the theater are the first point of investigation.

In this regard, Shirozuka Hisui had the same idea, but because she had been prepared in advance, Shirozuka Hisui knew the complete schedule of today's concert -

The theater begins to receive guests at 6:30 pm, the performance officially begins at 7 pm, and ends at 9 pm.

"Before the reception of guests begins at 6:30, non-relevant staff should not be able to enter the theater. The main entrance is closed, and the staff passage is not available to outsiders. I have confirmed this."

Shirozuka Hisui said this to Gao Yuan.

"That is to say, if Kusuda Rikuu had no chance of entering the theater before 6:30, he should have entered like a normal guest, using the admission ticket at the door, right? Unfortunately, there is no surveillance at the entrance..."

  Gao Yuan analyzed and said this, and suddenly seemed to think of something:

"In that case...why don't we go take a look? We signed the sign-in book when we entered, right? If I remember correctly, when you mentioned the 'pre-festival eve', Kusuda Rikuu also signed his name in the sign-in book there. Maybe with his personality, he will sign here too!"

Shirozuka Hisui nodded at this. Then, when everyone else was left backstage by the police for questioning, Gao Yuan, relying on his familiarity with the police, successfully got a police officer to take him and Shirozuka Hisui away from the backstage first. He found the staff member from the orchestra's office who was not on the suspect list but was only on duty outside the band and who had received him and others at the door at the time. After explaining the situation to her, he asked her to take out today's sign-in book to see if Kusuda Rikuu's name was recorded on it.

Because he was accompanied by a police officer, the staff member took out three sign-in books that had been used tonight, and on the second page of the last sign-in book, which had only been used for about five pages, he saw the name "Kusuda Rikuu"...