Jiang Xia said, "While Mr. Honda wasn't paying attention, President Ogata grabbed an ornament from the room and smashed it into the back of his head, intending to kill him and silence him.
"But President Ogata overestimated his own strength and underestimated Mr. Honda's ability to take a hit."
As he said this, Jiang Xia couldn't help glancing at the nearby wall, where spiderweb-like cracks remained from when Honda Ryohei had been kicked into it by Mouri Ran.
"So President Ogata's blow not only failed to kill Mr. Honda, it didn't even completely rob him of his ability to move.
"Mr. Honda hadn't expected his former accomplice to suddenly attack him. Injured, he scrambled to his feet and fled the office. In the process, he accidentally knocked over the sofa behind him.
"When President Ogata saw his target escape alive, he panicked even more than Mr. Honda did. He hastily tossed aside the ornament and ran after him, accidentally knocking the coffee table crooked along the way—that was why the room ended up in such a mess.
"One chased while the other fled, and they eventually reached the rooftop terrace. After a struggle, President Ogata finally managed to push Mr. Honda off the building.
"Wait, President Ogata pushed Mr. Honda off the building?" Inspector Yassa was bewildered. "But President Ogata is the one who fell, isn't he? Did you get that backward?"
Jiang Xia shook his head, then suddenly raised a hand and pointed at Professor Agasa and the others, who were watching the drama unfold.
"My friends have excellent observation skills, and they wouldn't lie about a case. Do you remember them saying that, more than ten minutes before the fall, they saw someone on the roof push another person down?
"That was what they saw. This building isn't