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"Please provide the patient's name, address, and phone number,"
Koshimizu, who was standing nearby, said, "We need to confirm this."
"We already know about Koshimizu,"
Inspector Megure glanced at Matsuda.
"Speaking of which, you know that little witness too."
"I know?"
Matsuda paused for a moment, then realized what was happening.
"Inspector, you're not talking about those kids who keep running into the Metropolitan Police Department, are you?"
“Yes, the young patient Dr. Sawaki mentioned is the girl named Yoshida Ayumi,” Megure nodded and said.
Although Ayumi is a witness in this case, this is a death scene, so it's obviously inconvenient for her to come here.
Matsuda then dialed Ayumi's number directly to ask her where she had gone and what she had done that afternoon.
When Ayumi heard that it was Matsuda on the phone, she immediately and obediently recounted her entire experience of seeing the dentist that afternoon.
"You fell asleep twice in the clinic?" Matsuda confirmed.
“Yes,” Ayumi thought for a moment, “I don’t know what’s wrong, I’ve been very sleepy all afternoon.”
"When did you wake up in the middle of the night, around what time?" Matsuda asked.
"It should be 7:30, right? By the way, Officer Matsuda, I remember that's when Kamen Rider starts airing," Ayumi said confidently.
7:30? Isn't that the time the deceased died?
"What a coincidence!" Matsuda thought to himself.
“Senior, it takes about fifty minutes to get from the hospital where Dr. Sawaki works to this apartment, even by car.”
Koshimizu held a map of Tokyo and roughly estimated the time.
"If what this little girl said is true, then Dr. Zemu really didn't have time to commit the crime."
For some reason, this case gave Matsuda a sense of familiarity. It was as if he had seen it somewhere before.
Right, isn't this feeling similar to that case of the antique collector who was cheated on and ended up turning into a zombie and being murdered?
The modus operandi of that case was exactly the same as that of the young Justice Bao I watched in my previous life. Could this case be the same?
Matsuda carefully considered the known details of the case.
The prime suspect is Ayumi, who provided an alibi for her, but Ayumi fell asleep twice during the encounter.
Did you fall asleep twice?
Matsuda's heart skipped a beat; he finally remembered what that sense of déjà vu was all about.
Matsuda recalled that in the Xiangguo Temple case in the TV series "Young Justice Bao," there was a murderer who prepared two identical rooms in advance.
He found a witness, had him fall asleep in the first room, and then moved him to a second room with the same layout.
Then he went out to commit the crime. After killing the person, the murderer returned to the second room and deliberately woke up the witness.
So that the witnesses would believe that the murderer was still in the first room at the time of the victim's death.
After the witness confirmed this, the murderer put the witness back into a deep sleep and then took the opportunity to bring him back to the first room where it all started.
With this series of actions, the murderer would have witnesses to prove that he was not at the scene of the victim's death at the time of the incident.
Thinking about it carefully, isn't Ayumi's experience exactly the same as that witness's?
He fell into a coma twice, and the time he was awake in between was exactly the time he was able to testify for Dr. Sawaki.
If that's the case, then checking the room should be enough.
Having made up his mind, Matsuda immediately asked.
"Dr. Zeki, I'd like to come to your apartment to do a check-up and confirm a few things, is that alright?"
"Matsuda, that's not a crime scene, what's there to investigate?" Megure asked, puzzled.
Matsuda ignored him and continued to wait for Sawaki Yoko's reply.
"...Since Officer Matsuda suspects me, then please investigate."
Yoko Sawaki remained calm and led the way, opening the door to her apartment.
"Please come in."
At the entrance of Dr. Sawaki's apartment, Matsuda called Koshimizu over and whispered a few words to her.
After Koshimizu left, Matsuda entered Sawaki's apartment.
"Excuse me,"
After a polite remark, Matsuda barged into the house without any ceremony and made Tomi take pictures of Sawaki's apartment.
Matsuda himself examined the traces in the room and quickly noticed that the dust under the sofa and coffee table was a bit off, as if both had been moved.
Just as Matsuda was about to ask Sawaki a question, his gaze suddenly fell on the playing cards on the coffee table.
The sign was printed with an image of Kamen Rider, which is the most popular tokusatsu show among kids these days.
"Does this deck of cards belong to Dr. Zeki?"
While asking questions, Matsuda took out the cards and checked them one by one.
“That’s right, that’s an extra deck of cards I bought before. The other one is at the hospital, and I kept this one in my room so I can play with it occasionally,” Ze Mu Yezi replied.
"Really?"
By this time, Matsuda had quickly finished checking all the playing cards.
To his surprise, there was one more card than expected.
Matsuda checked again carefully and quickly found two identical aces of hearts.
"Inspector, I need to confirm something,"
After saying goodbye to Megure, Matsuda left the house and then called Ayumi's house.
This time, he specifically inquired about the Kamen Rider playing cards.
Sure enough, I learned from Ayumi that when she had her tooth pulled yesterday,
Because he was worried about the pain, he once carried a Kamen Rider Ace of Hearts card with him as a talisman.
After she finished getting her tooth pulled, she remembered the incident while watching Kamen Rider at 7:30 and put the Ace of Hearts back.
it is as expected……
Matsuda recalled the case in Young Justice Bao, where a witness accidentally knocked over an inkstone, leaving Bao Zheng with evidence to uncover the truth.
And it was because of Ayumi's unintentional act that the most crucial evidence was left behind in this case.
Indeed, the net of heaven is vast, its meshes are wide, yet nothing escapes it...
As Matsuda was inwardly marveling at this, his phone rang.
He opened it and saw that it was a photo of a hospital room sent by Yue Shui.
Although there are slight differences in the placement of items, whether it's the furniture or the decorations in the room,
They're basically the same as the apartments in Zemu.
Having confirmed everything, Matsuda returned to his room.
"Miss Zemu, do you know what I just did outside?"
Under Yoko Sawaki's puzzled gaze, Matsuda recounted everything he had just discovered, as well as Ayumi's response.
"You said before that you were the only one who used this deck for divination. If that's true, how come you didn't notice that there are two identical Aces of Hearts?"
"In addition, one of the two aces of hearts definitely has Ayumi's fingerprints on it. The forensic department can confirm this as soon as they check it, and that is the evidence that Ayumi was here."
Chapter 116 The Tragedy of Society, Personal Revenge
"Ms. Zeki, is there anything else you'd like to say?"
Under Matsuda's persistent questioning and presented evidence, Yoko Sawaki remained silent for a while before suddenly revealing a bitter smile.
"If the police 26 years ago had been as capable as Officer Matsuda, the man who killed my brother wouldn't have been at large for so long."
"You killed your brother?"
Matsuda and Megure exchanged a glance; there was indeed more to this case than met the eye.
"Yes, I did kill Nakamoto Katsuhiko, but I did it all to avenge my brother!"
Yoko Sawaki confessed to the murder.
"Twenty-six years ago, this guy kidnapped my brother in Yamanashi Prefecture, extorted money from our family, and instead of returning him, he cruelly murdered him!"
“I saw him take my brother away with my own eyes, but the court believed that I was only seven years old at the time and my testimony was not credible. In the end, due to insufficient evidence, they let this monster go!”
As Sawaki Yoko said this, she suddenly laughed.
"Perhaps it was my brother's spirit in heaven that caused this guy to move next door to me. When I saw his face, I immediately remembered what happened back then, and then I planned this murder..."
Dr. Sawaki Yoko confessed.
None of the people present were happy.
Matsuda had lost count of how many cases he had encountered where the law failed to punish the wicked, leaving the victims to take revenge themselves.
Even if one sympathizes with Sawaki Yoko, the fact that she committed murder is undeniable.
Whether she will receive a lighter sentence because of what happened 26 years ago is the prosecutor's office's job.
This is no longer something that detectives like Matsuda can decide.
……
The case of Yoko Sawaki cast a pall over the office for several days.
That day, Matsuda was slacking off in his office when he suddenly received a notification from Rena Mizunashi that filming for the Detective Koshien tournament was ready.
Besides Koshimizu, the other three detectives have also arrived at the private island one after another. Once Matsuda and Koshimizu arrive, the filming of Detective Koshien can officially begin.