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"A photographer kept getting close to photograph that child and the fire behind her. The little girl looked terrified. I told the photographer not to shoot her like that, but he wouldn't listen. Instead, he moved even closer, saying he wanted to record the truth. So I had no choice..."
Halfway through, Secretary Nishino suddenly realized something was wrong.
He cleared his throat and chose his words tactfully. "Ahem, I had no choice but to increase the intensity of my persuasion a little."
Inspector Megure had dealt with all sorts of Riddlers for years and was not fooled at all. He asked alertly, "What kind of intensity is 'a little'?"
"..." Secretary Nishino hesitated for a moment before muttering quietly, "It was nothing. I just gave him a light punch. After he got up off the ground, he quickly packed his things and ran away. I never saw him again after that. I didn't expect to run into him in Osaka this time."
As he spoke, he sighed again. He had racked his brains to recall his interactions with the victim in order to prove he was not the murderer, but now that he had remembered them, why did he sound increasingly like one instead?
However, the elementary school student beside him suddenly laughed. "Haha, you really did have a grudge against each other."
Secretary Nishino: "?"
Jiang Xia came back to himself, glanced at Secretary Nishino's fist, and gave the case a slight push forward. "After you hit him, you considered the matter settled. But the photographer probably kept holding a grudge—before boarding, he wasn't wearing that Necklace. After coming aboard, he deliberately put it on and flaunted it in front of everyone.
"Once everyone knew the Ring belonged to him and was valuable, the Photographer would take