The Metropolitan Police Department had long been well-versed in handling cases like this.
Whether on airplanes, cruise ships, or high-rise buildings.
They always had mature investigative experience to tackle them head-on.
All one could say was that handling too many murder cases had its advantages.
Juzo Megure held the highest rank and had the most investigative experience, so he naturally became the overall commander. Shiratori held the same rank and served as deputy commander. Sato Miwako was an assistant inspector, while Fujino was basically a Temp Worker among them. The latter two thus naturally became team members in this luxurious front-line unit.
But actual investigations did not have that many rules.
They were all cops working the streets. Who was going to throw their rank around?
After examining the crime scene and searching for evidence, Juzo Megure requisitioned a conference room aboard the Aphrodite and turned it into a temporary operations room.
"We found the chairman's fingerprints on the fan."
"Also, near the loading entrance of the underground dock, we found blood left behind by the chairman. Based on the blood type information currently available, that blood also belongs to the chairman."
Uncle Tome from the Forensic Science Division gave his report. Beside him, Sato Miwako continued, "In addition, it appears that the dock's loading entrance was opened before. Based on the current evidence, the culprit seems to have first murdered President Yashiro Kie, then murdered Chairman Yashiro Entaro and pushed his body into the sea."
"That does seem to be the case."
Juzo Megure nodded in agreement. "The two victims were killed very close together in time, and there were no signs that President Kie's door had been forced open. It looks like the murderer used a key to open it..."
Muttering as he organized the clues, he