Over the course of the day, Mrs. Yamazaki had gone from furious upon learning that the Tea Ceremony Master intended to pass his position to his son, to ecstatic at inheriting his estate after his death, to stunned when the lawyer suddenly produced a long-prepared will that returned the inheritance to the son...
After such wild emotional swings, Mrs. Yamazaki was already in a daze.
So, still riding the momentum from the previous case, she charged all the way here. Only after standing before the Mayor did she belatedly realize a problem—who was supposed to kill him?
"At President Kusaka's place, I found two presidents who hated him as much as I did. At The Organization, the factory manager had offended his wife and those employees under him who wanted cooperation. As for that old Aonoki, there wasn't a single person in his family who didn't hate him."
"But now..."
Mrs. Yamazaki looked around and suddenly realized that, apart from Jiang Xia's group, the only people present were herself, her Villa manager, and her secretary.
"While that does make three suspects, aside from me, Nakamura and Aihara have no reason to kill him. There's no conflict of interest between them at all."
The more President Yamazaki thought about it, the stranger it seemed. Don't tell me I have to do it myself? No, that won't do. If I go to Prison, everything will be over.
But then again, how exactly was the Mayor supposed to die?
"Compared to that, I seem to be the one in danger." Yamazaki Yumi shuddered. After carefully analyzing the situation, she gradually relaxed. "No, I'm not in danger either. I'm not like Aonoki—I've actually treated the people around me rather well. My relationship with the Mayor is only cooperation, not some deep-seated grudge. As for