As he spoke, Inspector Megure moved closer.
Jiang Xia turned and saw that the inspector, who was quite skilled at asking for help, had somehow brought over a loose-leaf binder and eagerly handed it to him.
"Here, take a look. These are the relevant materials we've collected. If you can find the killer, we can lure them out, pin them down, and arrest them. Then we won't have to worry about a third Murder Case."
Jiang Xia: "..."
He checked the time and saw that there was still a while before the opening.
So, like a dedicated Detective, he took the binder and casually flipped it open.
The first victim's profile was inside, with a photograph pasted in the upper left corner. He was a balding middle-aged man with low brows, wide-set eyes, and greasy nostrils. For some reason, he gave off a gloomy, sleazy impression.
Jiang Xia quickly remembered. "Councilman Oki?"
Some time ago, when he had come to tour this building with Mouri Kogoro, Councilman Oki had drunkenly run over and shaken his hand. Jiang Xia remembered that the man's wife kept a clever border collie that often got lost and then waited to be picked up outside the Detective Agency. It was much cuter than its male owner.
"That's right. Oki Iwamatsu, a councilman from Nishitama City."
Sato Miwako pointed toward the building diagonally above them.
"The body was found five days ago in a hotel suite on the 67th Floor of Building B. The estimated time of death was between ten that night and midnight. The murder weapon was likely a Knife, but nothing matching it was found at the scene.
"Also, beside the victim's hand was an overturned expensive sake cup. It had split down the middle into two halves. At first, we thought it