Chapter 709: Ironclad Evidence Proving Innocence

Chapter 709: Ironclad Evidence Proving Innocence

"Brother Kamiya." Inspector Megure said he had something to say.

"Although he cooperated with us to go back to the Metropolitan Police Department for investigation, it doesn't mean he is innocent, right?" Inspector Megure looked at Banba Ryota with a suspicious look, "Maybe he thought that he would not be arrested as long as he didn't confess his guilt."

Banba Laitai felt aggrieved: "I have never thought of this... Yuya, please help me say a few words."

Yuya nodded slightly, looked around at everyone, and then said, "Well, please recall today's events."

"The back door of the restaurant was locked because it rained today. The key was always with the store manager and had never been borrowed. There was no sign that the door lock had been forced open.

Then there was the bathroom window, which had accumulated a lot of water due to the rain, and no footprints of the suspected murderer were found nearby.

Then the only exit left is the main entrance of the restaurant. But..."

"As the protagonist of today's pre-wedding celebration, he wanted to leave through the main entrance. It was impossible for any guest to fail to notice him."

Inspector Megure groaned and said, "Well, this is indeed strange."

"Really?" Amuro Toru suddenly spoke up, looking at Yuya, "Maybe it's not that no one saw it, but that no one noticed it... If it were me, I would probably reason like this."

Yuu didn't answer either, because he noticed the challenge in Amuro Toru's eyes, and he was a little confused - Amuro Toru wanted to challenge him? What was going on?

Before he could think about it, Inspector Megure asked Amuro Toru anxiously: "What's going on?"

Amuro Toru chuckled, "Because he changed his clothes in the bathroom. He hid the clothes he needed to change into in the bathroom, such as a hat and a windbreaker. When the celebration started today, he came out and greeted everyone, so that everyone would remember what he was wearing before the change of clothes.

As long as he changes into completely different clothes, no one will pay special attention to him when he shows up again, right?"

Banba Raita said angrily, "Then how do you explain the phone call I made to Hatsune Miku?" He walked towards Amuro Toru, "Before her car caught fire, she was crying and saying goodbye on the phone."

Amuro Toru smiled and said, "Did the call really take place at that time? After all, you are the only one who knows what was said on the phone. No one else heard it."

"In fact, I'm afraid you disguised yourself and came to the parking lot, called her when she got out of the car, and then attacked her from behind and made her unconscious. But Miss Hatsune still resisted a little and scratched your hand.

After you stuffed Miss Hatsune into the car, you hurried back to the restaurant, changed back into your original clothes, and then deliberately bumped into me, the waiter, and got injured, so that you could use the broken pieces of the cup to cover up the scratches she had caused.

"Finally, you just need to pretend to call her so that other guests can hear her saying her last words to you, and look out the window to lead the guests to notice the burning car. This way, you can create the appearance that the woman you love is committing suicide in front of you."

"Also, the flames in the car happened to catch the paint can at that time, causing it to explode, which successfully made others think that the car caught fire at that time."

"Nonsense!" Banchang Laitai shouted angrily, "Hatsune clearly called me, otherwise you could check her phone, you would definitely be able to..."

Takagi Wataru said with some regret: "Unfortunately, we did find a burnt phone in the car, but even if we restore the data inside, there is no way to know what you said."

"Really?" Youya raised his eyebrows. Although he didn't know why Amuro Toru challenged him, his current reasoning had many loopholes.

"So where did his disguise go? There was nothing like that in the bathroom."

Amuro Toru replied, "It should have been cut into pieces and flushed into the sewer, right? Sewing caps and the like are easy to handle, and as for windbreakers, it's still easy to cut into pieces if you use a thin nylon windbreaker."

Yuya nodded slightly and asked, "Then...what about shoes? I'm afraid shoes are not that easy to cut into pieces."

Amuro Toru was stunned, realizing that he seemed to have overlooked something, but he couldn't think of what the problem was. He glanced at Banba Laita's shoes and said, "He's wearing sneakers that can be found everywhere. Apart from whether anyone would pay special attention to such shoes, there's no need to deal with them at all, right?"

Yuya's mouth curled up slightly: "Then Mr. Banba, please take off your left sneaker and let everyone see your sole."

The soles of shoes? Amuro Toru was stunned. He suddenly remembered what Yuya said when Banba Raita was about to leave. Could it be that the so-called evidence that could prove his innocence was on the soles of his shoes?

"Sole?" Banchang Lai Tai was a little confused, but he still obediently squatted down and took off his shoes.

Takagi Wataru took the shoes and said in surprise: "The soles are covered with traces of what looks like cream..."

"What?" Inspector Megure looked puzzled.

"Ah, that should be a chocolate cake, right?" Mao Lilan said, "Mr. Banba stepped on the cake that fell on the ground."

Inspector Megure quickly asked: "When did that happen?"

Mao Lilan recalled: "It seems that it happened just before Hatsune-san was about to go to the nail salon."

"Ah, I see!" Takagi Wataru suddenly realized, "If there was butter cake on the soles of your feet, and you ran out in such heavy rain, and then ran back in a hurry, even if it wasn't all washed away by the water, it wouldn't be completely covered with butter cake like this."

Inspector Megure also understood and nodded, saying, "In that case, Mr. Banba never actually left the restaurant?"

"Yes." Yuya put one hand in his pocket and said slowly, "In fact, when I first saw that, I intuitively thought that it was a trap set by Mr. Banba. He might have changed into other shoes when he went out, and fell to show the cake-stained soles to others, so that people would think he didn't leave the restaurant at all."

"But, not to mention that there was no pair of rain-soaked shoes found in the restaurant, the cake was also dropped on the floor by Mr. Amuro and Mr. Banba accidentally stepped on it."

"It's true that Mr. Amuro threw the cake at him intentionally, but in this case, aren't the two of them accomplices?"

"As a detective hired by Hatsune-san, Mr. Banba has always been very hostile to Mr. Amuro. I don't think he would do such a thing, right? Even if he wants to find an accomplice, he should look for the one he hired, the guy with sunglasses over there."

Everyone subconsciously glanced at the man in sunglasses. The latter was suddenly cueed and smiled awkwardly: "As a detective, I would never do such a thing..."