Inspector Megure watched Jiang Xia flip through the camera, his old face reddening: After finally having a flash of insight for once, it had turned out to be the wrong one.
But they still had to find the killer. Since it wasn't the college student, then...
Inspector Megure suddenly spotted a photograph in the camera. His eyes lit up, and he abruptly turned to the old curator. "This photo caught you leaving. What were you doing when you left your seat?"
The old curator leaned closer and took a couple of looks, then remembered. "Oh, I was going outside to check the air conditioning. The cold air seemed stronger than usual today. I was afraid the audience might freeze, so I wanted to inspect it."
Sensing the police's suspicion, he voluntarily walked to the door he had used earlier and pointed it out to everyone. "Look, if you go out through this door, the door at the end on the left is the air-conditioning Control Room."
Indeed, it seemed somewhat difficult to circle around from here and sneak behind the victim to murder him.
Jiang Xia looked at the first two people Inspector Megure had ruled out. "You found the body in the projection room? Could you take us there?"
The projectionist nodded, led them out and around to a stairwell, then opened the door. "Just go up from here."
The group followed him upstairs. At the stairway landing, there was a small window in the wall.
When Jiang Xia reached the landing, he stopped and looked toward the building opposite. It was a mall, and directly across from them seemed to be a café. A few customers inside were leisurely drinking tea.
The instant Jiang Xia looked over, a figure seemed to streak swiftly across the corner of his