"That does make a certain amount of sense."
Mori Kogoro was quick to voice his support for Tangze's theory.
"Though there's no conclusive evidence yet, if the goal was merely to get into the wedding venue, there'd be no need to go to such lengths. This is a public place, and plenty of people hold events in the halls here. At most, the police can restrict access to Hall 3. If the culprit intended to attack the newlyweds, breaking into a home, obtaining the guest list, killing a guest today just to blend in at the scene—there are too many complications in that plan. Too much could go wrong."
The more complicated a plan was, the more likely one failed link would trigger a chain of failures.
And this was no ordinary suspect. This was a vicious criminal with six lives on his hands. Saying he lacked criminal experience would be laughable, even in Beika Town.
"Silencing someone? So the culprit really is at the scene?" Hitoshi Shiratori spoke ambiguously, but his gaze had already settled on the groom, Masateru Taira.
There was no other reason for it. As everyone analyzed the case, the groom's role in it was becoming increasingly suspicious.
Since the fleeing robber had left behind a threat to remember this grudge, everyone naturally assumed that, when the threatening letter arrived, he intended to attack or even kill Masateru Taira, the man who had stopped his crime.
But if Masateru Taira himself had played a role in this case, then those words took on a different meaning.
Could it be that the two men had fallen out, and the other person, having been harmed by Masateru Taira, had decided to expose his identity at the wedding?
Reiko Yuto was undeniably a rich young lady. Her parents had