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"Ohba Satoru's cell phone?"

Seeing that Gao Yuan was the first to ask this question, Officer Megure was somewhat surprised and replied:
"Speaking of his cell phone, indeed, we did not find his cell phone after our investigation... Brother Mingzhi, how did you know that?"

Inspector Megure was obviously very confused about this matter. After all, there was no reason why Gao Yuan suddenly asked about the cell phone.

At the same time, in response to another question asked by Gao Yuan, Inspector Megure also answered casually:
"As for the suspect's face? Well, at least Miss Tatsumi Sakurako said she didn't see it. She only saw his back as he left."

In this way, although we know that the current evidence cannot point to Miyano Shiho 100%, it is obvious that the difficulties encountered in this matter have not decreased.

So, facing the questioning of Inspector Megure, Gao Yuan first explained the matter of the "cell phone" -

"The deceased died on the floor where this video game company is located, right? And the place where Miss Tatsumi Sakurako saw the suspect was also on this floor... Logically speaking, who would go to the floor where this video game company is located at this time?"

So, after a brief explanation like this, Inspector Megure couldn't help but look thoughtful, as if he understood something. Then Gao Yuan saw this and further explained:
"He came to this floor of the video game company specifically, and chose to shoot Ohba Satoru... This matter may not be that simple. Maybe the deceased and the murderer knew each other, and maybe they made an appointment with Ohba Satoru to meet here!"

This explanation was spoken casually and did not come from Gao Yuan's heart. He just followed this logic to explain it to Inspector Megure. After all, if Ōba Satoru's death was related to Vermouth's plan to "frame Miyano Shiho", then what we see now may not necessarily be a direction worth investigating.

However, I couldn't tell this to Inspector Megure, so I could only analyze the situation based on clues from the situation at the scene, and thus came to the conclusion that "the murderer and the deceased might know each other."

So, in response to this explanation, Inspector Megure nodded slightly, and couldn't help but agree with this conjecture, and said:

"That makes sense. So, if the murderer and the deceased actually knew each other and had arranged to meet here, then the deceased's phone is likely to be the key proof that they had been in contact. In this case, the murderer took the deceased's phone away afterwards to prevent us, the police, from finding the murderer's identity through the deceased's phone?"

In this way, through Gao Yuan's analysis, Inspector Megure completed the logic that Gao Yuan did not elaborate on.

Therefore, thinking of this, Officer Megure couldn't help but ponder for a moment, then called a police officer, told him to try to retrieve the call records of Ohba Satoru's mobile phone number, maybe he could find out something.

Afterwards, Gao Yuan and Officer Megure came to the elevator at the back door of the video game company. This was the place where Ohba Satoru died.

Based on the bloodstains on the ground and the white lines drawn at the scene after the body was moved away, Gao Yuan could see that just as mentioned before, the deceased Ohba Satoru died by falling from inside the elevator to outside.

His upper body fell outside the elevator, while his lower body was still inside.

This death directly made the elevator unable to operate, so Tatsumi Sakurako came up from another elevator nearby...

Thinking of this, Sakurako Tatsumi first waited at the entrance of the video game company until her father left, and then went to the company to look for Ohba Satoru. However, after discovering that he was not in the company, she thought that Ohba Satoru left from the elevator at the back door. Naturally, Sakurako Tatsumi also took the elevator at the back door to go downstairs.

Later, when she received a text message from Ohba Satoru asking her to meet at the company, Tatsumi Sakurako, who had gone down the elevator at the back door, naturally took the elevator back up. As a result, when the elevator reached the floor and opened the door, she happened to see the so-called "brown-haired woman" leaving, and thus concluded that she was the murderer...

So judging from this, from Gao Yuan's perspective, it is obvious that the other party was waiting for Tatsumi Sakurako to reach the corresponding floor and only chose to leave after being witnessed by the other party.

Therefore, from this perspective, the text message that Tatsumi Sakurako received, asking her to come up, should have been the murderer's way of luring her over to be a witness. Otherwise, it would be impossible for anyone to come over at this time period given the crime being committed on this floor.

However, if you think about it this way, the other party deliberately chose Ooba Satoru as the victim, and also knew that Tatsumi Sakurako would come back after seeing the text message, which shows that the other party does understand the relationship between Ooba Satoru and them.

Therefore, it seems very likely that this incident was designed. If it was just a coincidence...

Unless Vermouth herself knew the secret of this matter and took advantage of it, it would be difficult to explain why the dress she "gave to Miyano Shiho" was exactly the same style worn by the murderer that Tatsumi Sakurako witnessed.

Therefore, if we assume that Vermouth was the one behind this matter, why did Vermouth specifically choose Ohba Satoru and others to set up this plan?
Does she understand Ohba Satoru?

For a moment, Gao Yuan couldn't help but feel heavy-hearted when thinking about this——

Could it be that there is some hidden story behind Ohba Satoru that I don't know about?

In this regard, when Gao Yuan was thinking about this, Officer Megure couldn't help but say:

"But, brother Mingzhi, to be honest, although there are still many doubts about this incident, we already know the suspect's appearance. I think it won't take long for us to find the suspect in this building. It seems...

"Maybe I don't need your help."

Seeing that it was getting late, he couldn't help but kindly persuade Gao Yuan. After all, Gao Yuan was not a police officer, so there was no need for him to insist at this time. Moreover, from what he saw at the moment, the murderer must still be in the building. A careful search should allow them to find any trace of him.

However, in response to Inspector Megure's suggestion, Gao Yuan couldn't help but say:
"Although the police have blocked the entrances and exits of the building, and it's already early in the morning, there aren't as many people to check as during the day... But, Officer Megure, don't you think this building is too big? I'm afraid your investigation won't be that easy to find the murderer.

"Besides, I always feel that this murderer is a little strange!"

Gao Yuan said this, although he felt that there was no need to continue with the police investigation, and helping Miyano Shiho leave might also be an option, but...

At present, there are still too many doubts about the death of Ohba Satoru. If we can't figure out the general situation behind this matter, it will be very inconvenient to take action later. Therefore, it is better to use the power of the police to investigate more...

……

"Indeed, judging from the photos, the location where Sulli was photographed was in the elevator here, but..." Just as the police were investigating the floor of the video game company, in the other elevator at the back door of the video game company, which was still in operation, Amuro Toru, who was wearing the uniform of the hotel staff here, observed the structure of the elevator and was basically sure that it was the same elevator in the photo, but...

There is no way to check the other elevator now to fully confirm that the location in the photo is indeed the elevator next door, which is temporarily out of service.

After all, according to the intelligence, the murdered peripheral member of the organization died in that elevator, and now, that elevator is being investigated by the police, so even I can't investigate that elevator at the moment. I can only roughly judge the situation through the elevator adjacent to it and confirm that the location of the elevator shown in the photo is the elevator in this Rice Flower Central Building.

So, after basically confirming this, Toru Amuro couldn't help but feel a little solemn about the current situation -

After all, according to the photos that Vermouth sent to her, Shirley is indeed in this building, but she has now become a suspect on the police's side, which means that the police are also looking for her. Therefore, no matter what the facts are, once the police find her, they will definitely ask her to cooperate with the police investigation, which will make things troublesome.

and so……

It would be best to get her out of this building before the police find her...

However, it is not easy to do this alone, at least Vermouth...

Forget it, let’s meet up with Vermouth first. She should have been here a long time ago and must have got more clues. What’s more—

I still have a lot of doubts that I need to ask her!

Therefore, thinking of this, Toru Amuro took out his mobile phone and sent an email to Vermouth, saying that he had arrived at the Beika Central Building and was ready to contact her to see how to deal with Shirley's affairs under the current circumstances.

Not long after that, Toru Amuro received a reply from Vermouth, and then the two met in the hotel staff locker room.

At this time, both of them were wearing hotel staff uniforms and met here as staff. Vermouth also disguised her face and appeared next to Toru Amuro as a man.

So, after Amuro Toru confirmed through the voice that the other party was the disguised identity of Vermouth, he couldn't help but start asking Vermouth some questions -

"By the way, how did you get in touch with an outside member and learn from him that he had met Shirley? Logically speaking, even if the outside member knew Shirley and chose to report the information, he shouldn't report it directly to you, right?"

In this way, Amuro Toru asked such a sharp question without hesitation after confirming that it was Vermouth, as if he was full of distrust for this information -

After all, judging from the organizational structure and intelligence coordination, Vermouth should not be the earliest recipient of this intelligence.

But it just so happens that the murdered peripheral member of the organization named Ohba Satoru directly reported the news of Shirley's appearance here to Vermouth, which is a bit intriguing.

Now that Ohba Satoru is dead, it is impossible to give any explanation, so naturally, the explanation can only be given by Vermouth.

Apparently, Vermouth was not surprised that Toru Amuro asked these questions. After all, Bourbon was a mysterious figure famous for gathering intelligence. If he just believed such important news casually, that would not be the way Bourbon should be.

So, in response to Toru Amuro's question, Vermouth simply replied casually:
"This is very simple... You should know about the Kiel incident. Before, I had already made some progress in investigating Kiel's whereabouts, but I needed some help for the subsequent investigation, so I contacted some suitable peripheral members and asked them to complete some of the subsequent investigations for me... And it just so happened that this Ohba Satoru was among the people I contacted.

"Originally, I was ready to assign him a mission, but he naturally used my contact information to report to me the important information that he had met the organization's traitor Shirley here.

"So, because of this coincidence, I became the first person to obtain this information...

"Why? Do you think there's a problem?"

Vermouth said this calmly and as a matter of course. To Toru Amuro, this was indeed a reasonable explanation, but -

"Regarding Gil's whereabouts? I know something about this. Because there are doubts about Gin and his men, they were recently sent overseas by Rum... However, you said that you have found some intelligence and need some help. This matter...

"I'm very interested!"

Although he basically believed what Vermouth said, Toru Amuro still showed an attitude of not trusting Vermouth, and instead talked about another thing that Vermouth mentioned to explain this matter.

In response, Vermouth simply said:
"Of course, Rum is also concerned about this matter... But, what's more important right now is to find Shirley, right? Besides, maybe Keel's disappearance is related to Shirley, so..."

At this point, Vermouth signaled to Toru Amuro that the current focus should still be on Shirley, not Kir.

After hearing this, Amuro Toru did not comment, and then asked:
"So...how much do you know about the details of this outsider member who witnessed Shirley and was killed?"

"Well..."

Finally, she came to the point, and Vermouth began her story:

"According to what that member reported to me, he ran into Sulli by chance in the elevator. But because it happened so suddenly, he didn't immediately realize that the person he met was Sulli. By the time he remembered, Sulli had already gotten off the elevator.

"So, taking advantage of this opportunity, he used his mobile phone to take a photo of Shirley's back as she got off the elevator, and noted the floor she got off the elevator on. He did not choose to immediately follow Shirley's next move, but first reported the situation to me. When I arrived here, I found out that he had been killed.

"And according to the testimony of the witnesses, the murderer should be Shirley!" (End of this chapter)