"..."
Hearing that, Kujo Reiko's expression turned strange. She felt that analogy was simply too absurd and abstract.
But upon thinking it over carefully, that really was how it was.
Why would someone's wife come looking for me instead of going to save her husband?
Am I his wife, or are you his wife?
What does this have to do with me?
Every last bit of it reeked of something being wrong!
Kujo Reiko suddenly noticed this blind spot. The issue no longer seemed abstract at all, but rather straightforward and easy to understand.
At that moment, Fujino looked toward the open section of the balcony window. He glanced around both sides and noticed that the sheer curtain on the balcony was half drawn. He asked Kujo Reiko, "This window's sheer curtain was closed when you arrived, right?"
"That's right. It was closed." Kujo Reiko replied after giving it some thought.
Fujino pondered for a moment. "Then that makes it even stranger."
"What's strange about it?" Sato Miwako asked when she did not understand.
Fujino gestured toward the curtain. "If he opened the window himself, then the balcony's sheer curtain should have been pulled open. How could he pull up the indoor curtain while standing on the balcony?"
Then his tone turned peculiar as he joked, "Unless he used a Shadow Clone—one clone opened the window and went outside, while another pulled the curtain shut before he went and killed himself?"
"If he could use Shadow Clones, why would he kill himself...?"
"That would be impossible without two people!" Sato Miwako immediately understood. "So you're saying the key point proving Takeuchi didn't commit suicide is right here?"
"At the very least, this tells us he didn't commit suicide." After responding, Fujino continued in a grave tone, "Someone else must have