Officer Takagi glanced at the victim lying in the middle of the road and sighed. "Judging by the bleeding, she likely suffered a violent blow to the head and died from her injuries."
Inspector Megure leaned over and looked at the report in his hand.
Though something about their positions felt oddly wrong, that was not important. What mattered was solving the case quickly, bringing justice to the victim, and getting off work as soon as possible.
Inspector Megure quickly cast those details aside and asked thoughtfully, "So the victim fell to her death from the mountain?"
"That should be the case." A Forensics Department officer beside him nodded, then hesitated. "But..."
Following his gaze, Jiang Xia looked at the body on the ground and spoke for him. "But the victim bled so much, while the place where she is lying is very clean. This probably was not the primary scene of her death."
"Yes, exactly!" The Forensics Department officer was delighted that someone had so precisely summed it up. "That's why I keep feeling that something is off."
"I see..." Hearing that there might be hidden circumstances, Inspector Megure could not help getting a headache. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "Roughly when did she die?"
Forensics Department officer: "Probably between five and six in the evening."
"Five to six?" Professor Agasa cried out in surprise.
Only then did Inspector Megure notice his old acquaintance. Muttering, "You're here too," he pressed, "What's wrong with that time?"
Professor Agasa checked his watch, puzzled. "We only started heading up this road at dusk, when it was getting dark. We didn't encounter anyone along the way—by then it was already past six. If Miss Taimei had fallen to her death on the mountain road before six, we should have seen her