Fortunately, Kudo Shinichi's habitual remark did not arouse much suspicion and was instead taken as sarcasm.
Blue veins bulged on Satoru Oba's forehead as Killing Intent surged from him. "What are you being so snide about, punk?! Who said I was holding a gun in my right hand at the time? That's slander!"
"Exactly." Tatsumi Sakurako had also returned. She said rationally, "Besides, Mr. Oba didn't have any time to commit the crime. Before that, he was with the other two club members the whole time, and afterward, he was inseparable from me."
Jiang Xia stepped closer. "What did you all do after leaving here?"
Tatsumi Sakurako touched the lustrous Pearl Necklace around her neck. "Because Mr. Oba gave me this Necklace, I went to the restroom to put it on and touch up my lipstick. It took about two or three minutes—Mr. Oba didn't come in during that time, but he leaned against the door outside and talked to me the whole time. He really had no time to go back to the elevator and kill anyone."
Jiang Xia nodded. Just then, an officer jogged over to him. "Mr. Jiang Xia, we found a handgun fitted with a Silencer and an empty magazine in the building's underground garbage collection area."
Every floor of this building had a trash chute. As long as garbage was tossed into the corresponding opening, it would automatically slide down to the underground collection area.
Jiang Xia looked at Satoru Oba, who was quietly radiating Killing Intent. "As I recall, the trash chute entrance is right near the restroom. If you wanted to, you could easily have thrown your gun in while talking."
"So what? Plenty of people passed by the restroom tonight. Compared to that, I simply had no time to kill anyone in