At the mention of that unique film title, the young brown-haired man's rebuttal caught in his throat.
A moment later, he said in a fluster, "That incident really was infuriating... but if we're talking about motives, weren't you the same?! I remember you were even angrier than I was back then—I was afraid you'd rush up and beat him up!"
"..." Center-Parted Hair Staff and the colorist remembered how they had acted at the time and fell silent guiltily.
The police looked from one to another in confusion. What was going on? Did the three of them not only have identical room door keys, but identical motives as well?
Noticing the argument among the three suspects, Jiang Xia turned away from the window and smiled. "Don't rush. Take it slow. What exactly was 'that incident'? Come to think of it, I remember that the late Mr. Furumura became a salesman after making a mistake while working as a technician—was that mistake related to the film you're talking about?"
Center-Parted Hair Staff sighed. "That film was extremely important. Everyone at the institute took it seriously, and Furumura was the one responsible for inspecting its negative.
"Furumura was usually careless with little things, and that was one thing. But nobody expected him to be so careless over something this important.
"When he inspected the negative, he failed to notice the scratches on it at all. He carelessly passed it through and put the negative into the Film Developer.
"And then... that precious negative snapped just like that."
The colorist also got a headache at the mention of it. "Because of that, he caused us considerable losses—the cost of filming all those scenes went entirely to waste."
Center-Parted Hair Staff nodded indignantly. As someone in the same profession, he clearly understood the reasons