The suspects began fighting among themselves again.
Inspector Megure stood to one side without saying a word, quietly scribbling furiously with his pen. People who knew each other's secrets exposing one another was far faster than questioning them one by one.
For instance, in less than two minutes, they had already uncovered two-thirds of the motives.
Just as he was thinking that, Minamisawa Naoyoshi suddenly joined in. He turned to the pretty female employee. "Didn't you also curse the company president behind his back, wishing for him to die soon? If we're talking about people who wanted to kill him, you're definitely one of them!"
While the three argued in a tangled mess, the officers from the Forensics Department finished their work nearby.
They compared notes on their respective areas, and their expressions changed slightly.
Inspector Megure noticed at once. "What is it?"
"Um..." A forensic officer hesitated. "There were no traces of poison anywhere else in the room, including the restroom and kitchen."
—That was different from what Jiang Xia had just inferred!
Inspector Megure froze for a moment as well. "Cyanide should be difficult to wipe away completely in such a short time..." He pondered it. "Could the murder weapon with the poison on it have been hidden on someone's person, which is why we couldn't find it in the room?"
Thinking this, he cut off the three people who were still arguing. "Hold it. Please hand over everything you have on you for inspection."
The three of them said, "Huh?"
Though they were reluctant, surrounded by police on all sides, the three could only cooperate and empty their pockets.
Minamisawa Naoyoshi's belongings were perfectly ordinary: a Wristwatch, wallet, keys, a train ticket, a notebook, and a soaking-wet handkerchief.
Remembering the poison that might have been wiped