After briefly losing focus, the dedicated Inspector Otaki quickly turned his attention back to the case at hand.
After listening to Jiang Xia recount what had happened, he surveyed the many people present. "So when the gunshot rang out across the river, everyone was on this side?"
The group all nodded in unison.
"I see." Inspector Otaki took notes as he quietly breathed a sigh of relief. If so, the people in front of him could be ruled out as suspects for now.
He looked across the river and selected half his subordinates. "You lot, come with me to the crime scene on the other side."
"The newlyweds are both dead?"
Looking at the bride's body lying quietly in the villa, Hattori Heiji sighed. "And they didn't even die together. They died separately, one here and one there... That's too tragic."
Inspector Otaki: "..." What kind of thing was that to say? Would it have been less tragic if they had died together?
Young people's thoughts were always so erratic and hard to fathom. He shook his head and sighed. "This room is a little small. There's no room if everyone squeezes in. Go take a look outside first."
They had already examined everything worth seeing in the room, so the three Detectives did not linger and headed outside the villa.
Hattori Heiji glanced at Jiang Xia, hesitating over whether to tell him about the shooting. Just then, Jiang Xia's gaze shifted and landed somewhere.
"?" Hattori Heiji followed his line of sight and suddenly noticed a faint glint in the flower bed.
"Hm?" He walked closer in confusion. When he saw what was in the flower bed, he cried out in surprise. "A gun? Uncle Otaki, get over here! There's a gun!"
Jiang Xia, who had been about