I’M Really Helpless In Tokyo

"Huh... So, what's the motive?"

Listening to the choked words of the two agents, Araki Sosuke greedily inhaled the cigarette from the corner of his mouth, and rubbed the cigarette butt in the ashtray in front of him unhurriedly: "I have any reason to kill one. The boss who is highly respected, has high hopes for me, and even just'promoted and raised' for me?"

"That said, you don't deny going in and out of the office of the outdated president, do you?"

"Um."

Seeing Sosuke Araki nodded to confirm, one of the agents showed a photo on the laptop screen.

"Then, for the billion-yen-worth national treasure "Emaki Taketori" that was originally stored in the office of President Shiben, it was nowhere to be seen when the body of President Shiben was found, you Is there anything you want to say?"

"The "Taketori Scroll" is gone?!"

In the photo, there is a stout scroll that Araki Sosuke is very familiar with, and the small characters "Tokyo National Museum Collection" are written underneath.

"In other words, when I left the office, the thing was placed on the bookshelf...Wait, isn't this the popular murder and treasure plot in Long Guoxiu's novels..."

"Also, why hasn't anyone told me from start to finish that the thing is worth billions of yen... It made me jump up and down for a few nights with such a thing that I couldn't afford to lose?" ! 』

Hearing that the valuable "Taketori Scroll", which was related to Mochizuki Ayano's awakening, disappeared without a trace, fine beads of sweat began to gush out from Araki Sosuke's forehead.

"Next, can you please explain, you brought back to the association's suitcase, where did the ten million yen non-serial banknotes come from?"

A black suitcase full of "Fukuzawa Yukichi" appeared on the computer screen.

"Then, the money is... ahem, because of some confidentiality agreement, I don't have the right to tell you the details. If you want to know, please ask Guangzhi..."

Seeing this thing, Araki Zongsuke suddenly felt as if he had been grasped at the root of his life, his whole face wrinkled pitifully: "Anyway, that is the hard-earned money I earned at the expense of hollowing out my body. You can't confiscate it!"

"Sorry, the vice president of the association you mentioned earlier, and the first person to find the body, two hours after you were taken away from the association, you were in an unknown and unreachable state. There was a surveillance camera. After he disguised himself, he took the subway and left..."

"Because of this suspected move of'fear of crime', he is now suspected by the police as an accomplice in assisting you in the murder and expropriation!"

"What, this Mediterranean Sea, whereabouts is unknown at a critical time? ! There are accomplices or something, why don’t I know..."

With the burst of news like a gun, Araki Sosuke had no time to close his chin, and the whole person turned into a gray stone statue.

"Combined with your 10 million yen of unknown origin, it does not rule out the suspicion that you two gangs stealing and selling that national treasure-level resentment were discovered by President Shiben and then killed..."

The two detectives who initiated righteous corrections like detectives suddenly weakened their tone: "Of course, all of the above are reasoning based on conventional cases...considering the victims, suspects, and stolen items. Supernatural factors, for the time being, we can't make rash judgments."

"Tsk, if I have something to say earlier, I thought that I lost my memory after drinking and almost bowed my head to confess my guilt..."

"I haven't been able to accept it yet. Shiben's body obviously looks tougher than mine. He actually said that if he didn't, he was gone... and, after the phone call, it was obviously him..."

"telephone?"

"nothing……"

Speaking of this, Araki Sosuke’s voice suddenly became smaller, and he hesitantly rubbed his frowning brows, as if he wanted to drive the hangover headache out of his brain: "By the way, if I knew that the broken picture scroll is so valuable , I went to Yokohama to sell it early in the morning, so I don’t have to wait for it to be returned to the Association before going to'kill for treasure'..."

"Moreover, no murderer would be stupid enough to stay downstairs at the crime scene to sleep, right?!"

"It is precisely because of the doubts and complexity of the case that we did not file a case for accusation. We only released you on bail pending trial and assisted in the investigation in the name of the previous two misdemeanors."

The two detectives did not deny the doubt raised by Araki Sosuke.

"Lesson 9 promised to everyone in the Spirit Slayers Association that we will find out the true culprit of the president at the time of the killing and will not wrong any good person. So, let us know what you know..."

They loosened their tie, stuffed a cigarette into their mouth, and did not forget to pass a cigarette to Sousuke Araki to light him up.

"Ah, thanks... This time, the old man Shiben really left me with a big problem."

In the rising smoke, Araki Sosuke, who bowed his head, had a complicated expression in his golden and black eyes: "There is something to say..."

"Some truths are destined to be carefully buried deep in my heart, because the moment the answer is revealed, it is also the beginning of disappearance."

"boom!"

The door of the interrogation room was pushed aside, and Takeshi Iwata, with a low-looking face, walked in violently.

"Even if the ashes are wiped out, the murderer can't get away with it! Go down and leave it to me..."

"However, according to the regulations, two people must be interrogated..."

"This case is already in a state of'extra-specification', so there is no need to pay attention to those deadly rules."

After shaking off the two agents, Iwata sat down opposite Araki Sosuke, and lit himself a cigarette: "We will omit this routine that only wastes time and does not help to find the real murderer. Inquire about the process'."

"The body of President Shiben has been sent for an autopsy. It is estimated that there will be results within three days."

His deep dark circles and frowning brows were filled with endless sadness and exhaustion.

"After preliminary evidence collected by the CSI team, no grievances were detected at the scene or on the body of President Shiben."

From the opening of "Yoshihara Yanshang" to the present, in the face of a flood of emergencies, he did not sleep continuously for more than three hours.

"The surveillance in the corridor did not capture any image of anyone taking away the "Take Tori Scroll"..."

"After cross-checking by the information team and Hou Haijun, the surveillance video showed no signs of tampering."

"In short, Araki-kun, the current evidence is very unfavorable to you."

It didn't seem like he was interrogating a prisoner, Iwata directly revealed the whole case at hand.

"Involving the unnatural death of the National Treasure Spirit Eliminator and the theft of the National Treasure Class grievances, the Ministry of the Interior has requested the establishment of a joint case team and single case supervision on behalf of the royal family. When the task force intervenes, neither the association nor the ninth lesson will be able to protect it. is you!"

His pair of tiger eyes always looked directly at Sosuke Araki with shining eyes: "Our only chance is to look back at all the clues now and follow the vines to find out the real murderer and "Bamboo Drawing Scroll"!"

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