Jiang Xia said, "The continuously emitted exhaust rapidly raised the carbon monoxide concentration inside the car. Before President Teraizumi could wake from the drug-induced stupor, he had already begun suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning.
"A little after nine, when we called to look for him, the sudden ring tone caused President Teraizumi, still half-asleep, to answer the phone.
"The mist was thick at the time, and it was already dark outside. On top of that, the entire car was covered by a black car cover, leaving very little light inside. That was why, after answering the call, President Teraizumi said something like, 'Why is it so dark?'
"After that, the murderer only needed to find an opportunity to remove the car cover, and everything would look like an accident.
"But no plan could be carried out perfectly according to the original script. In today's murder, several things happened that the murderer had never expected."
"The first was that, while on patrol, the security guard noticed that 'black car' in the parking lot."
He looked at the sharp-eared guard. "Today's patrol wasn't part of your usual schedule, was it?"
The guard nodded admiringly. "We kept waiting for the president this morning, but he never showed up. Manager Kuroiwa told me to check whether that Dino was in the parking lot. If it was, then the president might have returned to the hotel early to rest."
Jiang Xia nodded and looked at the pale-faced receptionist. "The second thing outside the script was Ran's scream. When the guard spoke to her in the parking lot, she thought she'd run into a Ghost, and her scream drew everyone over there—at that time, you should have been hiding in the mist, quietly removing the car cover from the Ferrari.
"Because of that sudden incident, you