The sight of Jiang Xia made Inspector Megure quietly let out a sigh of relief. They still had to work overtime, but luckily, with Brother Jiang Xia here, it looked like the process would not drag on for too long.
The police were already very practiced at handling murder scenes.
Before long, evidence had been collected from every area.
Officer Takagi hugged his notebook and, for the first time in a while, reported to Jiang Xia, "The murder weapon was this vase filled with water and flowers. According to your description, the vase's original position was on top of the shoe cabinet in the entrance hall.
"There were no signs of a struggle at the crime scene, and the deceased was killed in one blow—in other words, after entering, the culprit must have casually grabbed the vase placed in the entrance hall.
"Then he entered the audio-visual room next to it, used the sound of the movie as cover, secretly walked up behind the deceased, smashed her to death with the vase, and finally fled at top speed."
As he spoke, Officer Takagi looked again at the certificate found on the deceased, as well as the related information they had subsequently uncovered. "The deceased was Izuki Eiko, forty-six years old this year. She owned many properties, but her recent fixed residence was in this apartment building."
Jiang Xia nodded. "This Mrs. Izuki seemed to have a lending business as well."
As he spoke, he pointed at Hoda Hideo beside him. "My client today seems to have borrowed quite a lot of money from her."
"Oh?" Hearing this, Inspector Megure's gaze instantly sharpened. He stared at Hoda Hideo. "Tell us in detail. What exactly was your relationship with Mrs. Izuki?"
"...Wait." Hoda Hideo's expression looked rather ugly. He looked at Jiang