Taichi Tomizawa said, "Actually, I haven't had any inspiration for writing novels lately. To relax, I often go play Pachinko. I went last night too, and then I heard the match broadcast on the radio in the parlor—I normally live in Osaka, and there was no television broadcast of that match there, so I could only listen to it on the radio.
"Besides, at the time of the murder yesterday, I even left a message on the landline—according to what Tomomi said, I couldn't possibly have been beating my dad and making a phone call at the same time, could I?"
"..."
Inspector Yokomizo was gradually convinced.
Then he grew puzzled. "So who is lying? How about all three of you come back to the Police Station with me first? We'll investigate this slowly."
The three brothers froze, then immediately panicked. How could he just pack them all up and take them away because he could not find the murderer? Did this cop even know how to solve a case?!
Yuzo Tomizawa suddenly remembered something. He darted around the police officer and rushed over to Jiang Xia. "I saw you solve a case at a party I attended before. You can definitely find the real murderer, right?!"
Jiang Xia said, "..." A party from before? He had no recollection of it at all.
But he had already heard everything he needed to hear. It was time to solve the case. He looked at this returning customer who might have received his business card twice and nodded. "The murderer should be your big brother."
Inspector Yokomizo said, "!"
There were not many detectives in Shizuoka Prefecture. He had nearly forgotten that there was an option where poking a detective would make the answer drop right out.
Fortunately, it was not too