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Chapter 209: Not Trusted (12)

Akikawa Sosuke followed Sera Masumi to a coffee shop where there were not many people.

"I'd like an iced Americano, medium, no sugar, no milk."

Masumi Sera said to the waitress who came over to take your order.

Her coffee drinking habit comes from her older brother Shuichi Akai.

Shuichi Akai prefers canned coffee without any ingredients, so Masumi Sera also developed the same habit.

"Iced latte, thank you."

Akikawa Sosuke also ordered food, and then heard Sera Masumi ask across from him:
"Mr. Akikawa, would you like to order a cake? You're welcome."

"No, I can't eat much."

"Oh, sorry, I forgot about that."

The current complexion of Akikawa Sousuke is much better than that of the car accident, so Sera Masumi subconsciously thinks that Akikawa Sousuke is no different from a normal person.

When she heard Akikawa Sosuke say this, she remembered that Akikawa Sosuke suffered from liver failure and had serious eating problems.

Masumi Sera felt apologetic and quickly apologized to Akikawa Sosuke.

At the same time, I also had new doubts in my mind:

'Since Qiuchuan was not imprisoned by his mother when he was young, where did his illness come from?'

'Is he the type who has poor physical fitness and is weak and sickly?'

She originally thought that Akikawa Sosuke's illness was caused by the time he was imprisoned by his mother Akikawa Ryoko when he was a child.

Now it seems that this is not the case.

After a while, a waiter came over with a tray of coffee.

She placed two cups of coffee in front of Masumi Sera and Sosuke Akikawa respectively, then bowed slightly and left.

Seeing the clerk leave, Sera Masumi asked directly:
"Since Mr. Akikawa has come with me, that means Mr. Akikawa agrees with my reasoning, right?"

The corners of Sera Masumi's lips curled up slightly, and he felt a little proud in his heart.

She knew that she was most likely the only person who knew Akikawa Sosuke's secret.

Masumi Sera stared at Akikawa Sosuke opposite her with her deep green eyes, and was very curious about Akikawa Sosuke's reaction.

"So, Mr. Sera wants to send me to jail?"

Then Sera Masumi saw Akikawa Sosuke pick up the plastic cup on the table and asked her back.

After saying this, Akikawa Sosuke put the straw into his mouth and started drinking coffee.

His words were equivalent to approving Sera Masumi's reasoning, but what he said made Sera Masumi's heart skip a beat.

She didn't expect that Akikawa Sosuke would give her such a cold response.

'What kind of image do I have in his mind?'

Sera Masumi thought to himself.

"No...Mr. Akikawa, why would you have such an idea?"

Akikawa Sosuke's reaction was completely different from what she had expected, and it completely disrupted the words that Sera Masumi had prepared in her mind.

A look of surprise appeared on Sera Masumi's face, and he responded slowly.

"I already said I'm here to thank Mr. Akikawa."

"If Mr. Akikawa hadn't saved me, I would have been captured."

"But during the car accident, Officer Nakajima also said he was here to help me."

When Masumi Sera heard the words that Akikawa Sosuke whispered, she felt her heart sink.

She finally understood.
Akikawa Sosuke was still wary of himself because of the car accident.

At that time, a detective named Takuto Nakajima kept trying to induce Akikawa Sorasuke to confess, claiming that he wanted to help him.

In the end, he even tried to force Akikawa Sosuke to confess.

Obviously, in Akikawa Sosuke's eyes at this moment, there is no difference between himself and Nakajima Takuto.

"Even though he didn't trust me, did Akikawa still choose to save me?"

Masumi Sera thought to himself in great shock.

Her thanks to Akikawa Sosuke just now were from the bottom of her heart. She was really grateful to Akikawa Sosuke because he saved her and drove away Vermouth and others.

now.

After she learned about Akikawa Sosuke's strong distrust of her, the enthusiasm in her heart seemed to be poured with a basin of ice water, cooling down instantly.

Shiliang Zhenchun felt a little tight in his chest and hurriedly explained:

"No, no, no, I'm not deceiving Mr. Akikawa now."

"I suspected Mr. Akikawa at first because all the evidence at the scene pointed to Mr. Akikawa as the murderer."

"You should understand this, Mr. Akikawa, right?"

"I saw the three insurance policies that Mr. Akikawa bought for himself at his home, so I confirmed that Mr. Akikawa was not the real murderer."

"I have been investigating the car accident for more than half a month, and I have confirmed that the real culprit is Chianti."

"Who is this Chianti?"

Akikawa Sosuke suddenly asked softly.

"She is a core member of a transnational criminal organization. I don't know the details."

"I only know that the people targeted by that organization are either extremely capable in a certain field, or politicians from various countries, or defected members of the organization."

Sera Masumi began to explain.

But she soon realized something was wrong.

"Wait, Mr. Akikawa, don't you know the identity of Ms. Ryoko's murderer?"

"do not know."

“This is weird”

Sera Masumi said with a frown.

"It is clear that Chianti covered almost all of her facial features when she was at Kosen-an, and she was wearing a motorcycle helmet that completely covered her cheeks when she was on the national highway."

"Mr. Akikawa, you did not mention Chianti's appearance in your original confession. It is reasonable to say that you have never seen Chianti."

"Then how could you be sure that she was the murderer of Ms. Ryoko when you were in Kosen-an?"

Masumi Sera feels that Akikawa Sousuke is lying to her.

Although Chianti revealed the fact that he would be found by them even if he escaped for more than ten years when he was on the phone.

But based on this alone, Akikawa Sosuke should not be able to confirm that Chianti is the murderer.

In addition, there was also a woman named Vermouth who could change her appearance in the room.

Then it would be even more difficult for Akikawa Sosuke to identify the real culprit.

This is one of the reasons why Masumi Sera came to see Sosuke Akikawa today.

She thought that since Akikawa Sosuke was able to recognize Chianti at a glance, he must be in possession of some secrets of the organization but had been hiding them.

Masumi Sera wanted to take this opportunity to be open and honest with each other, gain the trust of Sosuke Akikawa, and obtain some information about the organization from him.

"It's easy."

Akikawa Sosuke said calmly.

"Mr. Shiliang, after you came out of the monitoring room that day, you came directly to ask about me and my mother being hunted. I guessed that you must have seen the murderer in the surveillance video."

"The murderer of Mr. Kawasaki is the one who made a deal with Mr. Koizumi."

"I just need to know this. Even if I don't know what the real murderer looks like, I can confirm the identity of the real murderer."

"One of the two women who sneaked into Guquanan that night was able to disguise herself, and the other was wearing a mask."

"Even in this situation, Mr. Sera, you still directly confirmed that the real murderer of my mother was among them."

"In other words, the real murderer has characteristics that allow you, Mr. Sera, to recognize her identity even if she is disguised or masked."

"Then of course, the real murderer is the masked woman with a conspicuous tattoo on her left eye."

Under the gaze of Sera Masumi's slightly widened eyes, Akikawa Sousuke slowly explained the reasons why he identified the real murderer.

"This doesn't require any special clues or evidence. I just need to observe your reaction, Mr. Sera. That's enough."

(End of this chapter)