Chapter 736: An Accident One Year Ago
Yuya found Masasaku Koda on the path next to the wooden cabin. He was standing there, staring at the lush forest in a daze.
"Mr. Koda, what do you think was the murderer's motive for killing?" Yuya walked up to him and asked casually, "Is it really because of the membership card and bonus worth 100 million yen?"
Youye already had a preliminary guess about who the murderer was, but some unexpected events overturned his guess and he had to start all over again.
So he just revealed some information, such as the masked man who escaped from prison might not be nearby, and it was very likely that he was not the one who killed the person.
Koda Masasaku looked at Yuya in surprise and asked, "You know? About the membership card and the bonus."
Yuya nodded: "Yes, from Mr. Jiuzhang..."
"Is that so?" Koda Masasaku didn't care. Yu was not eligible to participate in the membership card lottery anyway, so he just knew it.
Yuya narrowed his eyes and asked, "Now that there has been a murder, could it be that the membership card has some greater value hidden in it?"
"I don't know," Koda Masaku shook his head, "I only know that with a membership card, you can enjoy almost free discounts here, as well as a large bonus, but I don't know anything else."
"No matter how valuable it is, is it really necessary to kill someone?" Youye pondered, "If it's just to get a membership card, then wouldn't it be enough to just imprison the person?"
Koda made a tentative guess: "Perhaps they were worried that the imprisoned person would call the police after the incident was over? So they just killed him to silence him."
Youye looked at him in surprise. How could a doctor easily say such words as murder and silencing someone?
Koda Masasaku smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry, I said something wrong. As a doctor, I sometimes come across cases and unconsciously think of the worst..."
"But, before we joined the tour group, we didn't know each other. We were totally unrelated people. Why did you have to kill two people? It turned out to be killing to silence them..."
"Any other motive besides this?"
Yuya frowned, and suddenly thought of something: "Wait, suppose the murderer's motive was not because of the membership card and bonus, but because of what happened before joining the group..."
He turned to look at Koda Masasaku: "Mr. Koda, have you thought of anything? Did anything happen before?"
Koda Masasaku's expression changed slightly. He didn't know what he remembered, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he turned his head away from Yuya and said, "No."
Youye narrowed his eyes. There was definitely something wrong with this obviously guilty look, but now was not a good time to ask. He should start with other people first.
"Please take good care of Mr. Itsuki."
"I will."
Yuya and Miyano Shiho found Kusho Taro, who was writing a record of the tour group's activities in his cabin.
Just looking at the blank paper, he probably doesn’t know what to write, right?
You can't write about the murder? Who would dare to come to this resort in the future?
"Mr. Jiuzhang, I have a few questions to ask you. Please tell me honestly." Youye sat on the sofa and said seriously.
Kusho Taro inexplicably felt a huge pressure coming from Yuya, and forced a smile and said, "Okay, okay."
"First of all," Yuya crossed his hands and rested his chin, "how are the members of this group selected?"
Without even thinking, Kusho Taro said, "It should be a random selection using the company's software, similar to a lottery."
"I see..." Yuya nodded slightly, "One more thing, you said you have aquaphobia, what's that?"
The hydrophobia that Kusho Taro mentioned was not rabies, but probably the psychological trauma left by something.
A small amount of water may not be a problem, but if you encounter something like a lake or a river, once you go out on the water, you will fall into uncontrollable fear.
"This..." Kusho Taro showed an embarrassed expression.
Yuya narrowed his eyes and looked at him with an oppressive gaze: "I hope you can tell the truth. This may be of great help to me in finding the murderer."
Jiu Zhang Taro's eyes trembled, and he asked nervously: "Yuya-kun, who are you? Could it be that..."
He originally thought that he was just a calm young man, but looking at his appearance, it was obvious that he was not an ordinary person. Instead, he was...
Yuya smiled faintly: "My name is Yuya Kamiya. As you can see, I'm a detective."
Jiu Zhang Tailang's pupils shrank slightly, and he was stunned for a moment, and finally he slowly spoke: "It's like this, three years ago..."
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Yuya found Kobayashi Yuto again and discovered that he was not drawing, but squatting in front of the table tinkering with something.
When I got closer, I saw that it was the radio that had been damaged.
"Mr. Kobayashi, what are you doing?" Youya asked in surprise.
Kobayashi Yuto adjusted the radio and said without turning his head, "I'm listening to the news."
Yuya couldn't help but ask: "Wasn't the radio destroyed by...the masked man?"
"I fixed it." Kobayashi Yuto said indifferently, "Strange, it should have been fixed..."
Yuya frowned, took a few steps forward, and asked, "Mr. Kobayashi, you have only been drawing corpses since three years ago. Is it related to the accident three years ago?"
Kobayashi Yuto froze in an instant, and turned back to look at Yuya in shock, his eyes full of disbelief.
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"The accident three years ago? What do you want to do by asking about this?" Xiangshan Shengzi frowned and looked at Youye.
"Please tell me," Yuya said solemnly, "This will be of great help to me in finding the murderer."
After questioning the two people in succession, Youya was already very sure that the truth was most likely related to the accident three years ago.
"Little brother..." The Holy Son of Xiangshan suddenly called out in a very charming tone.
"What?" Youya responded subconsciously.
Xiangshan Shengzi walked to the bed and sat down, lifted her pair of long white legs, put them together, and raised her eyebrows at Youye: "Little brother..."
The next second, her expression froze.
Miyano Shiho appeared from behind Youya like a ghost, staring at Xiangshan Shengzi with cold eyes.
Xiangshan Shengzi laughed dryly, put his legs down and sat upright, then said: "Three years ago..."
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Yuya and Miyano Shiho returned to the villa and found Koda Masasaku.
Yuu also asked directly: "Mr. Koda, you were also on the ship when the ship sank three years ago, right?"
Koda Masasaku's eyes flickered, and his gaze was a little evasive: "How did you know... Is there something wrong?"
Yuya said, "So, among the people who came to join the tour group, Mr. Xiangshan and his wife, Mr. Jiuzhang, Mr. Kobayashi, and you, Mr. Koda, there are already five people who have been confirmed to be on the boat at the time."
"In addition, it is very likely that the unconscious Mr. Itsuki and the murdered Mr. Hisada were also on board the ship."
"Except for me and my girlfriend, the remaining seven people in the tour group are all survivors of the shipwreck three years ago."
"What happened at that time?"