Detective: I'm Sato Miwako's Informant

Suddenly, his gaze shifted downwards, and he slowly crouched down, lying prone on the floor, staring intently at the gap where the wooden wall met the floor.

This action was observed by Miwako Sato.

The police behind her also saw it.

Their expressions remained unchanged; they were all waiting for Shiraishi Xiu.

Chapter 0017: Do Me a Favor

"Huh...huh..."

Bai Shixiu didn't dare to breathe loudly.

His gaze was fixed on the scene before him: the gap between the wooden wall and the floor, roughly the same width as the door.

At the edge of the gap, there is a thin line as long as the width of the door; that is a layer of dust.

There were none under the wooden walls on either side, only under the wooden wall in front of me.

Seeing this, Bai Shixiu understood immediately. He reached out and pushed the wooden wall with all his might, but it remained unmoved. This puzzled him greatly, and the hope that had just risen in his heart was frozen in mid-air.

After a while, he had no choice but to ask for help from outside the field.

Looking at the group of police officers at the door, he extended his handcuffed hand and beckoned to Sato Miwako with his finger.

Sato Miwako's face darkened slightly. Suddenly, she felt the gazes of many colleagues behind her, and an unnatural look flashed across her face.

Seeing the anxious looks on Shiraishi Xiu's face inside the room, he gritted his teeth and went in anyway.

As soon as she entered and came to his side, she gritted her teeth and whispered, "What exactly do you want? If you keep making trouble, I'll have to take you away."

"Uh... don't be angry, don't be angry."

Shiraishi Osamu hurriedly comforted the mother tyrannosaurus, who was practically breathing fire. She was the only one who could trust him now, and it would be troublesome if she got angry and ran away.

"Speak up, what exactly do you want!" Sato Miwako was in a bad mood, so her tone was also very unpleasant.

Shiraishi Xiu pointed to the wooden wall in front of him: "Is anyone in that room across the street? And what's that man's name?"

"Nobody's here."

Sato Miwako rolled her eyes in annoyance, remained silent for a moment, and then continued:

"His name is Tomokazu Otani, and he's in the front of the manga cafe right now. Why are you asking about him?"

"Can I go to his room and take a look?"

Osamu Shiraishi stared intently at Miwako Sato.

Miwako Sato was also staring at Osamu Shiraishi.

In their eyes, you are in me, and I am in you.

Sato Miwako asked, "Do you really have to go?"

Shiraishi Osamu said seriously, "I need to find evidence to prove that I am not the murderer. I don't think you believe I am the murderer, right?"

Miwako Sato remained silent.

She silently turned and walked out.

A smile flashed in Shiraishi Xiu's eyes as he followed her out to the next room.

As soon as he entered, a smell made him instinctively cover his nose.

It smells absolutely awful.

Miwako Sato might not understand what this tastes like, but Osamu Shiraishi knows it very well.

He often smelled this scent when he was playing games with Wu Guniang in another world.

Suppressing his contempt, Shiraishi Xiu approached the wooden wall. There were two nails on the wall and two towels hanging on it, but these were not his concerns.

He reached out and pushed it, his expression changed, but it didn't budge.

"How is this possible..."

A look of disbelief flashed in Shiraishi Xiu's eyes, and he hurriedly searched the room to see if there were any traps or mechanisms.

But after searching for a long time, I still found nothing.

Just as Sato Miwako was about to speak, Shiraishi Osamu's body trembled, and he instantly turned around to stare at the two nails on the wooden wall with towels hanging on them.

They came back.

"Huh...huh..."

Shiraishi Xiu reached out his trembling hand and touched the two nails, as if he were caressing his lover, holding one in each hand.

Just a slight lift.

A soft, rustling sound, so faint that neither Shiraishi Osamu nor Sato Miwako, who was also in the room, heard it, nor did they notice the wooden wall rising up.

The surface shifted slightly.

"Haha...hahahaha..."

Shiraishi Osamu laughed and let go of his hand, wishing he could slap himself twice.

He never imagined that the wooden wall was lifted up; he always thought it was inlaid. He was incredibly stupid.

However, this is not conclusive evidence.

He needs other evidence.

Shiraishi Osamu thought again of Tanaka Megumi's broken fingernail on her left middle finger, and of her sweet smile, silently reciting in his heart:

This is your last cry for help...

【rest assured……】

He framed me. I'll avenge you and settle my score!

An unnamed rage surged within Bai Shixiu, his body seemed to be filled with power, and his mind was crystal clear.

He looked at Miwako Sato and said, "I've found evidence to prove I'm not the murderer, and I've also found out who the murderer is!"

"you……"

Before Sato Miwako could finish her shocked statement, Shiraishi Osamu interrupted her directly:

"I need your help to investigate some things. Then come and listen to my reasoning."

Sato Miwako looked at Shiraishi Osamu, nodded, and said, "Okay, go ahead, I'll go right away."

Shiraishi Xiu leaned close to her ear and began to whisper.

After Sato Miwako left, Shiraishi Osamu began pacing back and forth in the room, muttering to himself:

"Please, please don't let him find what I left behind, please."

That concludes today's update.

Chapter 0018: Passing Through Walls

Two hours later.

It was noon.

A comic book cafe.

Miwako Sato is back. The police are here, as are some customers from the shop.

When Shiraishi Shuya first formally met Otani Tomokazu, he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt, with a scraggly beard and disheveled hair, and paired with black-rimmed glasses, giving off a very cowardly and sleazy feeling.

In a weak voice, Tomokazu Otani said, "Officer, didn't we hear the case was solved? Why have we been gathered together again?"

Inspector Megure chuckled, "It's nothing, it's just that Mr. Shiraishi says he's innocent and wants to prove his innocence here."

Otani Tomokazu was taken aback, but didn't react much, silently lowering his head, his long hair completely obscuring his eyes.

"You can begin."

Sato Miwako looked at Shiraishi Osamu with an encouraging look in her eyes.

"call……"

Shiraishi Osamu took a deep breath and looked at everyone in front of him: "First of all, I want to make one thing clear: I am not the murderer. I have figured out who the real murderer is. And Ms. Tanaka Megumi did not die from a knife stabbing into her heart, but rather the knife was stabbed into her after she was dead."

"what?!"

Inspector Megure and his team were taken aback; they hadn't expected that this would be the first piece of news they heard.

In an instant, they began to suspect that Shiraishi Xiu was just teasing them.

Osamu Shiraishi continued, "I was unconscious for some reason at the time, so I never woke up. The real culprit entered my room through another method, and some things happened that led to Ms. Tanaka Megumi's death. In the end, in order to cover up the truth, he did a series of things, and finally locked my room door from the inside and disappeared from the room."

"I have a question."

The speaker was Officer Takagi.

Shiraishi Shudo: "Officer Takagi, you speak."

Officer Takagi stared intently at Shiraishi Osamu and said seriously, "Putting everything else aside, since the murderer knew you were in the room, why did he dare to come in? Wasn't he afraid you were conscious?"

"I'm not afraid. I think he probably only appeared because he was sure I wouldn't wake up."

"why?"

"Because of Ms. Tanaka Megumi's kindness."

"what?"

Officer Takagi was completely dumbfounded.

Shiraishi Osamu sighed and said, "When we first met, I knew she was a good woman. When she found me naked and lying unconscious on the floor in my room, she would have rushed over to check on me, perhaps even shouting or making all sorts of noises and movements. The murderer heard those noises and, after confirming that I wouldn't wake up, rushed into my room..."

"I see……"

Sato Miwako suddenly realized what was going on. After all, she was the first one to rush into the scene. The image of that naked body flashed through her mind, and her cheeks flushed red, her heart raced, and she glared fiercely at Shiraishi Osamu.

Officer Takagi shook his head and said, "This is all just your conjecture, or you're talking nonsense, because you have no evidence whatsoever. And our police force can't just base our claims on your assumptions."

These words will clear you of any wrongdoing. Furthermore, if Ms. Tanaka Kei truly died from other causes, why wasn't it detected in the autopsy report?

What he said makes a lot of sense.

Even if Shiraishi Xiu is now spouting flowery words, the police are not to be trifled with. They have examined the scene and are basically certain that he is the murderer.