Okiya Subaru experienced the value of a "Great Detective" this vividly for the first time—a good detective who solved cases cleanly and efficiently was practically a blessing for background characters like them.
"Found the killer?" The police clearly shared Okiya Subaru's joy. Before Sato Miwako could ask, Inspector Megure, who was in charge of coordination, had already perked up and leaned closer. "Who is it?"
"Let's find the evidence first." Jiang Xia glanced at Okiya Subaru out of the corner of his eye, remembered his gun, and silently helped the police fast-forward the investigation. "First, why was the killer able to quickly locate the victim and murder her after the power went out? When people suddenly go from a brightly lit environment into darkness, their eyes cannot adjust immediately, making it impossible to see their surroundings clearly.
"But if they covered one eye beforehand and kept that eye in darkness, then when the classroom suddenly went dark, the killer could briefly gain 'night vision' that no one else had."
"Covering one eye..."
At that keyword, everyone in the classroom instinctively turned to look at the victim's daughter-in-law.
—A bandage lay across Uemori Kaoru's left eye, perfectly covering it.
"N-No, it wasn't me!" Uemori Kaoru instinctively stepped back. "I only wore this bandage because I hurt my eye."
"Hurt? But before class, I remember you said you were wearing it because you had a stye." Upon hearing that, Aunt Yashiro suddenly perked up, transforming from a "suspect" into the interrogator.
She pushed up the reading glasses on her nose, a cold gleam flashing across the lenses. "Even if your eye really was injured, it wasn't serious enough to make you lose your vision. You could have used that 'injury' as inspiration for murder—I'm guessing Uemori Michi's useless son was the