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Chapter 64 I Want to Help Saihara-kun

The door to the interrogation room was opened again.

Koichi Nishihara saw the young detective he had just met and another detective who looked to be around 40 years old walking in together.

The older detective had a rather hideous scar around his right eye.

People with this kind of scar will give people a very fierce impression.

But Koichi Nishihara made an unexpected discovery.

The detective in front of him looked much kinder than the young detective he had met before.

Nishihara Koichi saw the older detective sitting down opposite him.

At the same time, he took out the police handbook, opened the page with the photo and placed it in front of himself.

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Toda Kyoushi. I'm the second in command of the Criminal Investigation Division 3 of the Investigation Division 1. I'm this guy's boss."

Kyoushi Toda pointed at Takuto Nakajima behind him and introduced himself.

"I'm not in charge of the case at the Empire Theater, so I'm not very clear about the specific circumstances."

Toda Kyoushi said in a low voice, then took the record of this case and read it in front of Nishihara Koichi.

"I'll see, I'll see."

"At 2:11 p.m. on February 3, a male deceased and an unconscious male were found in the laundry room of the Imperial Theater in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo."

"The deceased is 24-year-old Misaki Uesugi, a lighting operator."

"According to preliminary investigations, Misaki Uesugi died of strangulation. There were signs of beatings on her head with hard objects. Her mandible and tongue were broken. She died around 2:30 p.m."

"Hey~ This is really a very cruel massacre."

When reading this, Kyoji Toda couldn't help but sigh.

"The other victim is Akikawa Sosuke, 20 years old, and an entertainer by profession."

"There were no signs of strangulation on Akikawa Sosuke's body, but there were contusions and lacerations on his forehead from being hit by hard objects several times, and he also had symptoms such as subconjunctival hemorrhage."

"According to the victim Akikawa's description, he was attacked during the third act of the performance in the afternoon, and heard the suspect's voice, confirming that the other party was a man."

"At the same time, Akikawa Sosuke also confirmed that the suspect's weapon of attack was a chair, and that the man was wearing medical protective clothing and a motorcycle helmet."

"That afternoon, cleaner Masako Sugai went to the laundry room to pick up the washed clothes, but when she found the dead body, she screamed, which attracted the theater staff and they called the police."

"Finally, with the help of detective Kogoro Mori and high school detective Masumi Sera, Inspector Megure confirmed the time of the victim's murder, the murder weapon, and the suspect's motive."

"Then the wig used in the crime was found in the artist Nishihara's bag, and the victim's blood was found on the wig. Then the police found the motorcycle helmet and protective clothing described by the artist Akikawa in the garbage bag of the Imperial Theater..."

"So this is ah…"

Kyoushi Toda reached out and touched his neatly trimmed beard, nodding and sighing.

Then he put down the document with the brief description of the case, looked at the grim-looking Nishihara Koichi opposite him, and asked with a smile:
"I heard from Nakajima-kun that Mr. Nishihara does not acknowledge the contents recorded here. Does he have any concerns?"

Koichi Nishihara looked coldly at the seemingly friendly detective opposite him, and felt a little funny in his heart.

"Are you here to play the good cop? Do you think I will confess my guilt if you show me kindness?"

Nishihara Koichi thought in his heart, and then said in a cold voice:

"The facts and records are wrong. The investigation by your Metropolitan Police Department detectives is completely different from the facts."

"Then what are the differences?"

"First of all, I didn't kill him."

"Secondly, I saw with my own eyes that Akikawa strangled Uesugi with a rope. It was not murder with a wig as you said."

"I haven't seen any wigs. Someone put them in my bag to frame me." "Yeah, yeah, yeah..."

Toda Kyoushi nodded as he listened, and then a slightly confused look appeared on his face.

"But according to the records above, Mr. Nishihara, the posture you identified when Akikawa committed the crime does not match the posture the detective judged from the strangulation marks when the murderer committed the crime."

"Secondly, you witnessed the murder scene but didn't call the police in time. When all the evidence pointed to you as the murderer, you jumped out and said that you were framed. Isn't this a bit strange?"

"Uh…"

Nishihara Hirokazu was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to refute.

Toda Kyoushi looked at his embarrassed expression, then tapped the interrogation table twice with his fingers.

Takuto Nakajima behind him understood, turned off the camera, and left the interrogation room.

Before he left the interrogation room, he looked at Nishihara Koichi with some sympathy, then gently closed the door.

Koichi Nishihara did not notice the look in Takuto Nakajima's eyes.

Because at this moment, his attention was attracted by Toda Kyouji's words——

"Okay, the video has been turned off now. Our conversation will not be recorded."

"You should have noticed before that this interrogation room is not the kind with one-way glass, so you don't need to worry about our conversation being overheard."

"Why…?"

Koichi Nishihara looked at Kyoji Toda in front of him with some surprise, not quite understanding his intention.

"Because I can see that Saihara-kun is worried about something, so I want to help him."

Toda Kyoushi laughed.

He quietly changed the way he addressed Koichi Nishihara.

"I don't know if Nishihara is aware of Japan's death penalty sentencing rules. If you keep refusing to plead guilty and are handed over to the prosecutor, you will definitely be labeled as someone who refuses to plead guilty and has no remorse."

"Although Nishihara-kun only killed one person, if the judge determines that you have a bad attitude towards confessing your guilt, you may still be sentenced to death."

When Koichi Nishihara heard the word "death penalty", his eyes widened visibly.

Even though he has resorted to violence against many people since his student days.

But after learning that he might be sentenced to death, he still couldn't help feeling fear.

"Can you please tell me the truth about what happened, Nishihara-kun?"

"I was wrongly accused. You should investigate Qiu Chuan thoroughly!"

Nishihara Hiroichi said loudly to Toda Kyoushi.

"This is a bit of a headache. Nishihara-kun, you have always insisted that you were wronged, but you have not been able to give a logical and reasonable reason."

"The key is that Japanese detectives are so good, I find it hard to believe that they would make a wrong judgment."

A look of distress appeared on Toda Kyoushi's face.

"But I feel that you, Nishihara-kun, are not a fool. You should not insist on refusing to plead guilty even though I have explained the interests involved so clearly."

"Then I wonder, Nishihara-kun, why you insist on not revealing the truth? Could it be that the truth is still disadvantageous to you?"

"For example, what if you really killed someone and were also wrongly accused?"

Kyoushi Toda looked at Koichi Nishihara in front of him with gentle eyes and said with a smile.

When Koichi Nishihara, who was sitting opposite him, heard what he said, his eyes suddenly widened.

(End of this chapter)