Jiang Xia thought for a moment. "So according to you, Phantom set off from my side, passed Kariya Hayato in the middle, then ran to the other end and encountered Mr. Matsuzaki. After that, he doubled back and suddenly jumped into the sea right in front of Kariya Hayato?"
"..."
That route did sound extremely strange. If even Matsuzaki Masahiko could scare Phantom into turning back the way he came, then Kariya Hayato, who was even more intimidating by temperament, had no reason to be treated like thin air.
And if Phantom had already successfully gotten past Kariya Hayato, then there was even less reason for him to turn back after encountering Matsuzaki Masahiko, only to end up trapped between them and jump into the sea to kill himself.
As things stood, it looked as though he had deliberately wanted to jump into the sea in front of everyone.
The short-haired girl still felt something was off. "But everyone saw that room on the fourth floor with their own eyes. Someone broke in, stayed there with a suitcase, and even wrote terrifying bloody words on the wall."
"Whether you looked at the sheets and bedding or the restroom, there were actually very few signs that anyone had lived in that room," Jiang Xia said. "And the suitcase in the room was one size smaller than a large suitcase—just small enough to fit inside another suitcase and be transported onto this island without anyone noticing. Phantom wasn't a real person. He was merely a fictional murderer created to take the blame."
Seeing the others fall silent, Jiang Xia smoothly continued pushing the investigation forward. "The old theater and the lavishly decorated hotel were among this island's few selling points. To make it easier to sell, the previous owner took a large