Seeing the family members' expressions shift as though they had been frightened, Inspector Otaki continued, "Speaking of malice—please think carefully. Have the groom or bride made any enemies recently?"
"Also..."
He suddenly looked at the bride's younger brother, who was sitting alone in the corner. "Mr. Ito, according to our investigation, it seems you borrowed several million in total from multiple financial institutions?"
The bride's younger brother froze. "Th-this..."
Inspector Otaki asked, "Is that true?"
"It is," the bride's younger brother said through gritted teeth. "But I didn't kill anyone! My sister was my last remaining family in this world. How could I kill her over a few million!"
Inspector Otaki gave him a suspicious look, then nodded. "Don't worry. We'll investigate thoroughly and won't wrong any innocent person."
The family members could not provide many useful clues, so the police could only continue their investigation.
Fortunately, the household had decent security awareness, and the manor had quite a few Cameras installed. The police quickly pulled up footage from the relevant locations and began examining it carefully.
Jiang Xia also went over to take a look. "This is the Camera at the entrance?"
Inspector Otaki responded, "It's the Camera installed on the inner side of the main gate. It faces outside and can capture that Flower Bed where the gun fell. In theory, it should also have recorded whoever discarded the weapon."
Hattori Heiji sensed something wrong. "In theory? What about in reality?"
"In reality, there wasn't a single person in sight!" the bald police officer sighed heavily. "Although it was nighttime and dark then, if someone had really come close, I definitely would've been able to make out such a large shadow. But..."
"...Sigh. It looks like that gun must have fallen from upstairs, while the gunman himself