Everyone present was left speechless for a moment, feeling that this senior superintendent-ranked leader was truly rather shameless, and simply decided to ignore him.
Compared to the others, Fujino turned his head and asked the old auntie, Kanaoka Fumie, "Does this Mr. Kanamaru make any excessive demands on his debtors for being unable to repay the interest?"
"Well..." Kanaoka Fumie pondered for a moment. "There probably would be. After all, when I couldn't pay the interest, he directly had me come over to clean the rooms here."
"Then, what about harassment or anything like that?"
"I'm not too sure about that."
Lowering her gaze in thought, Kanaoka Fumie continued, "However, considering the fact that he's still single to this day and doesn't have any family, it's not entirely out of the question."
"It's just that, for a guy like him, his eyes probably only hold money."
"I see."
Hearing this, Fujino nodded, turned his head, and asked Ishigami beside them, "Speaking of which, Mr. Ishigami, besides Miss Murai, have you seen anyone else enter here?"
"After all, you were right across the street at the coffee shop."
"Well."
Hearing this, Ishigami thought about it for a moment and said, "I'm not too certain either. After all, the cash register doesn't have a view of that side."
"Is that so?" he continued to ask. "Then how did you happen to see Miss Murai?"
At this, Ishigami froze for a second, then went on, "I was just reading a newspaper inside the shop when my peripheral vision was caught by hers. I was just curious why a girl like her would also be taking out a loan from Mr. Kanamaru."
"After that, I wanted to take a couple more looks at her, so I watched."
As he spoke, seemingly to prove himself,