Inspector Megure was convinced by Mouri Ran's reasoning. "I didn't expect Mr. Hashimoto to be such a gentleman... Hmm, forget it. Let's keep watching for now."
The paused surveillance footage started playing again, but there did not seem to be much left after that—the front desk discovered the body, and immediately after, everyone was startled by his scream and rushed over one after another.
Inspector Megure lowered his head and glanced at the notes in his notebook, then concluded, "In other words, these four guests who went into the surveillance blind spot, plus Mr. Hashimoto and the front desk clerk—you are the suspects in this case."
Hashimoto Maya was overwhelmed with regret and secretly slapped himself. "..." Serves you right for running around, for hiding from that kid's singing! You haven't checked in near Jiang Xia for too long, so you've forgotten every last survival tip you'd summed up, huh?
"Wait." Just then, Jiang Xia gave his assessment of Inspector Megure's suspect list. "There's one too many."
Hashimoto Maya: "!" It had to be Jiang Xia! He knew Jiang Xia would not let an innocent person...
Jiang Xia said, "Not long after the front desk clerk went to the scene, we followed him over, and by then the deceased's blood had already dried somewhat. He had clearly been dead for a while—so this gentleman can be cleared of suspicion."
Hashimoto Maya: "..." You... Forget it, forget it. He just didn't fish me out on the first try—given Jiang Xia's ability, as long as he performs normally, sooner or later he'll send me over to the innocent people's table too. Not a big problem.
Having already experienced many cases, he took a deep breath and tried hard to calm himself down.
Beside him, Officer Takagi, who had experienced even more cases