I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

Inspector Megure felt that he had grasped some key information just in the last second, but was told that it was not the case in the next second. He couldn't help feeling a little discouraged.

But just as he was about to continue asking for the next person's testimony, Serabelle next to him finally couldn't bear it anymore, strode forward, and picked up the unfinished coffee cup on the coffee table next to the sofa with her hands wearing disposable gloves.

"Don't bother. Send this cup of coffee for testing. I think the decisive evidence should be in it."

Chapter 76 The murderer is you! (Chapter )

Decisive evidence.

This is something that is only needed when the reasoning is complete, the criminal is basically confirmed, and the only thing left is the final blow to leave the criminal speechless and unable to refute.

Having been a police inspector for so many years, Megure naturally understood this truth. Hearing what Serabelle said, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and his words were incoherent for a while.

"Could it be that, Brother Sera, you already know who the criminal is?"

"Almost, you could say that."

Serabelle looked around at everyone in the auditorium.

"Call the rest of the people in the mansion, and then we can officially begin."

This was obviously a premeditated murder, and in order to solve the case we must uncover the criminal's modus operandi.

Hearing that Serabelle had already deduced the method of committing the crime, Takagi took the initiative to run out without Inspector Megure saying anything.

After a while, the remaining people in the mansion were also called to the audio-visual room. There were two maids and the silent gardener Kozo Doi, whom Yukiko and others met in the flower bed in the front yard when they first arrived at Fujieda's house.

Inspector Megure coughed lightly in a serious manner and said, "Okay, now that everyone is here, let's sit down and talk slowly."

Originally, there was only a single sofa in the audio-visual room, where Fujieda Kan'ao had sat before. However, considering that everyone would gather together and it would take a long time, Takagi brought back two more chairs when he went out to call people, and also asked the maids to move in two sofas that could accommodate multiple people.

In terms of the number of seats alone, there are enough for one person.

Princess Yukiko, Eri, Ran and others soon took their seats. Fujieda Shigeru and Fujieda Soka also sat down on another multi-person sofa. Even the silent Doi Kozo sat down on a single dining chair.

But when it was Butler Ueki's turn, he waved his hand and said, "No, I'm more comfortable standing here and listening."

After looking at the two maids behind him who were also standing and not sitting down, Inspector Megure didn't say anything, just thinking that they were used to this.

Then he turned to Serabelle.

"Brother Sera, let's start now."

"Not urgent."

Ignoring the expectant look of her brother, the fruit ability user, Serabell turned her gaze to the two maids who had just arrived.

"Ladies, let me ask you a question. What were you doing at the time of the incident? The exact time was about 2:45 in the afternoon."

"Two forty-five..."

"do what……"

The two maids looked at each other, and one of them spoke.

"Of course I was busy preparing ingredients for dinner. I was busy until just now. To be honest, we didn't even hear the gunshots you mentioned in the kitchen. Then we were called here by the policeman."

"Hey, brother Sera, you're asking about the alibi again..." Inspector Megure was puzzled.

Serabelle ignored all this and just gestured to Takagi: "Officer Takagi, please check the status of the food in the kitchen."

"learn!"

Gao Mu ran out happily.

After a while, he ran back happily and took some pictures with his mobile phone.

"Indeed, just as the two maids said, they were probably preparing ingredients for dinner at that time."

"Well, that's fine."

Serabelle spread her hands.

"To summarize briefly, at the time of the crime, the two maids were preparing ingredients for dinner, and except for Butler Ueki and Gardener Doi, the rest of the people rushed to the door of the audio-visual room as soon as they heard the gunshots, and heard the gunshots through the door. By the way, it was mentioned that Gardener Doi was trimming flowers in the yard at the time of the crime, and Butler Ueki went back to his room to get the key to the audio-visual room. Please, who is the criminal?"

"Is it the gardener Doi?" Inspector Megure blurted out without thinking.

"...I told you he was trimming the plants." Serabel held her forehead with her hand.

"Oh oh."

Inspector Megure nodded awkwardly, and was about to subconsciously move his gaze to Butler Ueki, but he stopped, hissed, and turned to look at the broken window.

"That's not right. Logically speaking, if the bullet came in from the window, then the person in the yard should be the most suspicious, right? And brother Sera, how do you know that he must have been carefully trimming the flowers at the time?"

"There's surveillance footage. He was really pruning the plants seriously at that time..."

"Oh, so that's how it is."

A simple, crude but irrefutable reason.

Xiaolan asked, "It seems that when we arrived, Mr. Doi was trimming the flowers in the garden. It's been almost two hours, right?"

"I think it's because tomorrow is the late young lady's birthday."

As soon as she finished speaking, the other of the two maids, who looked a little older, clasped her hands across her chest and said dejectedly.

"Doi-san also checked repeatedly to avoid any accidents."

"I see……"

Xiaolan has a strong ability to empathize, and she couldn't help but feel a little sad when she heard this.

But then she realized another serious problem.

"But if the criminal is not Mr. Doi, then the only one left is..."

The answer was about to come out, but Serabelle changed the subject.

"In fact, there is a small detail that I know you probably all overlooked. When we saw Mr. Kan's body fall to the ground through the screen in the monitoring room, there were still no bullet holes on his body, but he was lying on the ground motionless. This can also be verified through the surveillance video... Inspector Megure, you should understand what I mean, right?"

"That is to say..."

Inspector Megure immediately understood what he meant and quickly turned his head to the half cup of coffee on the coffee table.

Serabelle continued, "Well, I don't think there's any poison in there that can kill someone in a short period of time. If that's the case, it will definitely be discovered during the autopsy. At most, it's probably a drug that can make people faint and lose their ability to move."

"For example, isopropyl alcohol," continued Kisaki. "It's a drug prescribed to patients who are prone to blackouts. It's used to induce blackouts and to find out the cause of the disease. And if used properly, it can also be used to treat asthma. Is that right, butler Ueki who suffers from asthma?"

"Oh~"

Now that the logic of cause and effect has been sorted out, Inspector Megure exclaimed with a look of sudden enlightenment.

But he soon realized that something seemed to be missing.

"Uh...wait a minute, but even if this is the case, it doesn't prove that Butler Ueki must have killed the person, right?"

"Of course there is a way to prove it. After all, for a person with asthma to run out of the house from the south side to the northwest side of the audio-visual room window, shoot, and then run back in such a short time, the time must have been very tight. There should be no extra time to deal with the tools used in the crime."

Serabelle pouted as if she had expected him to ask this.

"Come to think of it, I just noticed it, Butler Ueki, your right ankle seems to be swollen."

"Right ankle?"

Officer Takagi stepped forward cautiously, said sorry, and then lifted Butler Ueki's right trouser leg slightly up.

At the latter's right ankle, a pistol was quietly inserted into his trouser leg with the barrel pointing downwards.

The skin against the gun barrel had already been burned to a blackened color due to the high temperature from the continuous firing.

Chapter 77: Severely punish gold diggers!

"This, this is..."

There was no need for any more words at this point. Takagi carefully took out the pistol that was stuck in the sock of Butler Ueki, and when his eyes fell upon the burned part of the latter's ankle, he couldn't help but gasp.

"What a severe burn! Are you going to just endure it?"

This is something completely inconceivable to ordinary people, just like when people hold a very hot bowl or eat very hot food, they will subconsciously let go and spit it out. This is the body's own instinctive protection mechanism.

It is simply impossible in reality for someone to be stabbed in the chest with a sword and still have a gentle expression, a smile on his face, and say the last lines before dying peacefully like in the movies.

But this seemingly elegant old man endured the pain, and even until the half hour when they arrived, he looked calm and let the hot gun barrel stick to his skin until it slowly cooled down.

What a strong willpower this is.

"It's ok."

The calm voice of an elderly man responded to him.

Butler Ueki just stood there motionless. No matter his trouser legs were lifted up or his gun was taken away, he remained completely unmoved, as solid as a piece of dead wood. But his words were powerful.

"If I can preserve the garden that the young lady loved when she was alive, my minor injury is nothing."

"patio?"

Inspector Megure was stunned for a moment.

He is the kind of person who puts work first. Even though it is still broad daylight outside, he did not pay much attention to the scenery along the way on his way in from the gate. Now that he thinks carefully, this family does have a very beautiful courtyard.

"I watched the young lady and the young master grow up. The young lady has loved flowers and plants since she was a child. She is gentle and kind, and she is also very considerate of us servants. Although it may be presumptuous to say this, to me the young lady is like my daughter."

Butler Ueki slowly revealed his confession bit by bit.

"Even after the eldest lady passed away, every time I walked into the courtyard, I still felt as if she was still sitting on the swing, admiring the flowers and plants around her. So I would never allow the courtyard that the eldest lady once loved the most to be trampled on by others. In order to protect it, I can do whatever it takes."

There are thousands of reasons for committing a crime, but the end result is the same.

Inspector Megure has been a detective for more than 20 years and his ears are already numb from hearing these kinds of arguments, but he did not show any impatience and just did his job impartially.

"That means you, Mr. Ueki, admitted to the crimes of sending threatening letters and murder, right?"

"Yes."

Without making any excuses for his crime, the old man nodded and stretched out his hands to let Takagi beside him handcuff him.

At this moment, Fujieda Soka, who had been panicked because of the shooting of Fujieda Mikio not long ago, suddenly came back to life.

Amid everyone's puzzled gazes, she stood up from the sofa with a beaming smile on her face, her face covered with all kinds of high-end cosmetics glowing with an unprecedented glow.

"Oh, yeah, now that Kanxiong is dead, should all of his estate be inherited by me, his wife?"

"This……"

The purpose of these words was too obvious. Not only the kind-hearted Xiaolan, but even Takagi, who had already entered society, couldn't help but curl his lips when hearing such words.

Hey, no matter how much you worship money, there has to be a limit. They say the dead are the greatest. Your husband just died and his body is still at the crime scene and hasn't been taken away. Now you're thinking about inheriting the estate. Can you at least put on an act?

"If we talk about it from the letter of the law, it is correct."

Kisaki Eri smiled and took out a letter of authorization from her body and spread it in front of Fujieda Soka.

"But before that, Ms. Suhua, please settle the commission fee first. Just transfer it directly to the account of Maori Detective Agency."

"Eh--?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Fujieda Moka immediately made a dissatisfied sound in a long tone.

The reason for her dissatisfaction was naturally because she found out that she still had to pay.

Hibiki Eri also saw what she was thinking and smiled politely: "We have indeed completed the contents of the commission. According to the agreement, what we have to do is to find the person who sent the threatening letter, but it does not include protecting Mr. Kan'o. If Miss Suhua refuses to fulfill her obligations, I will also use legal means to sue her."

Legal means...

Prosecution...

These two words, which sound very professional and scary, immediately scared a big-breasted, brainless, gold-digger girl.

After being stunned for a while, Fujieda Moka waved her hands irritably: "Oh... forget it, forget it, I know I will pay it. As long as I have Kan's money, 10 million or something is not a big deal..."

"Oh, I have another point to add to this."

For some reason, Kisaki Eri smiled even more happily.

"As for what I just said, 'It is correct from a legal point of view.' It means that if Miss Suhua is truly the legal wife of Mr. Fujieda Kan'o, then you can indeed inherit all the inheritance."

"……Eh?"

For a moment, Fujieda Moka was stunned.

She suddenly had a bad feeling.