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On the table in the middle of the room there was an exquisite little box containing a few beautiful silver knives and forks. At a glance, Shirakawa Kiyoshi recognized that the knife in the box was the same model as the one stuck in Tone Takahiro's chest.
Coincidentally, there was indeed an empty space in the box, and a table knife that was supposed to be placed there was missing.
Bai Heqing retracted his gaze and turned his eyes to the desk in the corner of the room.
On the desk, there was a piece of document paper pressed down by a pen. Shirakawa Qing picked it up and took a look. It seemed to be written by Kurahashi Motoaki.
To briefly summarize the above content, it is Kurahashi Motoaki’s confession letter.
He admitted that he was the murderer of Yang Douxin and Clyde. His motive was that he realized that these two people might harm Kitakami Kazuhiko, who was also the heir to the estate. In order to protect his former master, he decided to take the initiative and eliminate the two people in advance.
He was also the one who killed Takahiro Tone. His motive was the same as when he killed Doshin Yang and Clyde. He noticed Takahiro Tone's intention to kill Kazuhiko Kitakami, so he decided to take action first.
At the end of the suicide note, Kurahashi Motoaki said that he was aware of his heinous crimes and there was no reason for him to continue living, so, feeling that Kitakami Kazuhiko was safe, he decided to commit suicide so that no one would have to look for him.
"Shirakawa!"
At this moment, Mary's voice sounded behind Shirakawa Qing.
"I checked. There's no one in the underground cave, but the water level has risen a bit compared to yesterday. The control system of the water tower has indeed been tampered with."
"Well, I know... take a look at this." Nodding, Bai Heqing handed her the suicide note of Kurahashi Motoaki in his hand.
"Is this a suicide note? Is Kurahashi Motoaki the murderer?"
Mary quickly scanned the contents with a confused tone.
“I feel it’s fake.”
"That's what I thought, too. The murderer is someone else... Let's go and meet up with the others first and show them this suicide note."
"What about the underground cave?" Mary asked.
"Don't worry, it will take some time for the water level to rise. Before that, it will be enough for us to catch the new murderer.
Although I really don’t want to get involved, if we don’t get rid of him first, he will most likely attack us later.”
Chapter 445: Trick You
"Ah, as expected, there is no one here..."
In Meiling's room on the other side of the annex, Kevin, Kazuhiko Kitakami and Kosuke Tone all came here.
Mei Ling's room was empty. Her suitcase was placed next to the bed. The buckle of the suitcase was not closed, and a strangely shaped leather case was casually placed on it.
"Strange, where did Meiling go?"
Kitakami Kazuhiko walked forward, picked up the strange leather case and looked at it with a puzzled look.
"By the way, the shape of this leather case is so strange, what is it used for?"
"Oh? You mean that..." Kevin looked over and replied casually, "That's a holster for a pistol."
As a retired soldier, he could recognize this thing at a glance.
"Gun, holster?!"
Kitakami Kazuhiko was shocked when he heard this, and his whole body trembled.
"Mei Ling is wearing a holster?!"
"Hmm, a woman carrying a gun? It's really surprising..."
Kevin nodded, then walked straight to the suitcase, opened it without hesitation, and started searching.
Although it was not very ethical to randomly search a lady's suitcase, neither Kitakami Kazuhiko nor the second young master Tone Kosuke wanted to stop him. They just stood behind and watched the scene silently.
"Oh, and there's a dagger?"
Soon, Kevin dug out a dagger also covered with a leather sheath from a pile of women's clothes. He pulled out the dagger and wiped it gently with his fingertips.
"It's sharp, isn't it..."
"Who is Mei Ling?"
Looking at this scene, Tone Kosuke frowned and looked a little ugly.
"She brought these things to the island. Could she be the murderer who killed Mr. Yang and his men?"
"Well, now that we don't have solid evidence, it's better not to jump to conclusions..."
Kevin put the dagger back, stood up and said to the two people behind him: "But no matter what, Mei Ling does have a lot of mysteries.
Detective Baihe should still be in the old housekeeper's room. Let's tell him what we found here first. It's better to let the detective do the reasoning..."
As soon as Kevin finished speaking, a voice suddenly came from the door of the room behind the three people.
"What do these grown men want to do by running into my room? Could it be that they have been suppressed on the island for too long and finally couldn't help themselves and wanted to attack me?"
The three of them looked back and found that Mei Ling had returned at some point. She was leaning against the door frame with her arms folded, looking at them with a smile.
"Um, Meiling, we..."
"Good morning, Miss Meiling."
Compared to the slightly flustered Kitakami Kazuhiko, Kevin's behavior was much more normal. He greeted Mei Ling with a smile and then asked:
"A murder just happened in the villa. The petty young master was found dead in his room. Only you and the old housekeeper were not there at the time. We want to know where you went this morning."
"Did something like this happen..."
Mei Ling showed obvious surprise on her face when she heard this. She lowered her head and frowned. After thinking for a short while, she raised her head and looked at the three people with a smile.
"Don't think too much. I'm not the murderer. I just went out to look for something this morning and came back after I found it..."
"What are you looking for that requires you to carry a gun?" Tone Kosuke asked with a vigilant look.
"Oh, so you guys have already discovered it?"
She replied in pretended surprise, but Mei Ling did not explain. She suddenly fixed her gaze on Kitakami Kazuhiko beside her with sharp eyes.
"Don't worry, I will explain this to you later, but before that... Master Yiyan, please come with me first. I have something to tell you alone."
On the other side, after leaving Kurahashi Motoaki's room, Shirakawa Qing and Mary quickly rushed towards Mei Ling's room.
As soon as the two of them walked to the lobby corridor on the second floor, they saw Kitakami Kazuhiko and Mei Ling leaving the villa through the main entrance in the lobby on the first floor below.
"Mei Ling is back?" Mary frowned slightly as she watched this scene.
Shirakawa Kiyoshi also stopped, and after a moment of hesitation, he handed the suicide note he found in Kurahashi Motoaki's room to Mary.
"I'll go and take a look. Mary, take this suicide note to the other people in the annex and ask them to quickly find the whereabouts of Kurahashi Motoaki."
"Okay, take care of yourself."
"Ah."
After parting with Mary, Shirakawa Kiyoshi followed Mei Ling and Kitakami Kazuhiko who left the annex and came to the cemetery at the top of the mountain behind.
The two men walked to a tombstone in the cemetery, while Shirakawa Qing hid behind the pillar at the entrance of the cemetery and listened quietly to the conversation between the two.
"What exactly do you want to tell me? Why did you call me to this place?" Kitakami Kazuhiko looked at Mei Ling and asked in confusion and vigilance.
"Don't be nervous, I just want to tell you something about your father..." Mei Ling replied, looking at the tombstone in front of her.
"My father? What do you mean?"
"Look carefully, this tomb belongs to your father."
"Father's...grave?"
Only then did Kazuhiko Kitakami discover that the name of his father, Haruki Kitakami, was written on the tombstone in front of them.
"You may not remember it now..."
Looking at the tombstone with a sad look, Mei Ling slowly said:
"Fifteen years ago, on the day when the Singapore police stopped searching for your father, you became a helpless child in Hong Kong..."
"Why are you suddenly telling me this? What on earth are you…"
"You really don't remember..."
Sighing softly, Mei Ling turned to look at him with helpless eyes.
"I used to be your father's friend. Fifteen years ago, I was the one who sent you to Singapore Airport alone, holding your mother's ashes..."
As she said this, Mei Ling stepped forward, squatted down, forcefully opened the stone slab in front of the tombstone, and took out a large porcelain jar from it.
"This is your father's ashes. Fifteen years ago, after Tone Eijiro obtained the treasure buried under your house, Haruki was also brought here. In the end, he was killed by Tone Eijiro. He died quietly on this island."
"So why did you suddenly disappear this morning?"
"I came here just to look for Haruki's remains."
Mei Ling stood up and handed the urn in her hand to Kitakami Kazuhiko.
"After listening to Kevin's speculation yesterday, I wondered if Haruki was also brought here by Tone Eijiro. Sure enough, I found him..."
"If that's the case, why didn't you come to meet me before?" Kitakami Kazuhiko asked puzzledly.
"Because there are still some things that need to be confirmed, but... that's all in the past!"
The sentimental scene was turned over in an instant, and Mei Ling's eyes suddenly became extremely sharp. She lifted up her cheongsam, quickly took out the pistol that had been prepared long ago from her thigh, and aimed at Kitakami Kazuhiko beside her.
Chapter 446 Are you also a criminal police?
"Because there are still some things that need to be confirmed, but... that's all in the past!"
In the cemetery behind the villa, Mei Ling finished speaking and quickly took out a pistol and aimed it at Kitakami Kazuhiko beside her.
The expression on Kitakami Kazuhiko's face suddenly became extremely shocked, but before he could say anything, Mei Ling asked coldly:
"Tell me, who are you?"
"Mei Ling, you... I don't quite understand what you are saying." Although he looked flustered, Kitakami Kazuhiko still tried his best to stay calm and looked at her with a puzzled look.
"You still won't tell the truth?"
Looking at him with a sneer, Mei Ling shook her head slightly, seeming a little disappointed.
"Fifteen years ago, the kid from the Kitakami family went to Japan by boat. He never went to Singapore Airport. How could you not notice such an obvious mistake?
"Master Yiyan", don't tell me that you forgot how you left Singapore because you were too sad..."