Jiang Xia looked at Otosaka Jinichi, who was dressed in a hospital uniform. "But on the way to the hospital, the badly injured Mr. Koumoto refused your kindness—he was already suffering from a terminal illness, and now he'd been seriously wounded on top of that. Compared to his own life, he cared more about the lives of those enemies."
"Culprits usually keep their plans tightly under wraps, but now that he was about to die, he naturally had no need to keep hiding anything. So before he died, Mr. Koumoto told you his story, including the bloody revenge plan he was carrying out."
Cold sweat slowly slid down from Otosaka Jinichi's temple. He couldn't help glancing toward the parking lot in the distance—if what happened yesterday hadn't been a complete accident, he would almost have suspected that this detective had installed surveillance on his car in advance.
The police looked at his expression and vaguely understood: they had seen that look on many culprits' faces many times before—it seemed Jiang Xia had been right again.
Jiang Xia continued as if telling a story. "After hearing this plan, you felt sympathy, but also developed other ideas."
Inspector Megure was rather moved and couldn't help cutting in. "He decided to fulfill Mr. Koumoto's last wish and help him take revenge?"
Unexpectedly, Jiang Xia shook his head. "'Helping Mr. Koumoto take revenge' probably made up only a very small part of it. Compared to that, Mr. Otosaka heard another key point in the avenger's words—those four people who had cheated him were all doing very well now, and each one was richer than the last."
"And among them, Mr. Fuyuki's wealth was the most enviable."
"So after thinking it over, Mr. Otosaka planned to use the name of 'Koumoto the avenger' to extort