Chapter 452: Secret Passage in the Villa

Chapter 452: Secret Passage in the Villa

While recording the video, Yamamura Cao urged, "Kamiya-kun, stop joking. How did the murderer get out of the room?"

Yuya walked to the bookshelf in the room and pointed to the books at the bottom and said, "The murderer left from here."

A huge question mark appeared above the heads of the few people who didn't know the truth. How could they leave? Could it be that they had traveled to a fairy tale in a book?

Hondou Eisuke suddenly thought of something and pounded his fist on his palm and said, "Could there be a secret passage underneath?"

Everyone showed surprised expressions, and Kuramoto Yoji's face suddenly changed.

Shancuncao hurried over, squatted down and tried to take the book down, but he was holding the camera in one hand and the book was stuck tightly, so he couldn't take it down with one hand alone.

Seeing this, Hondou Eisuke hurried over to help.

Miyano Shiho's eyebrows jumped and she quickly stopped him: "You are not allowed to go! Xiaolan, go and help."

Hondou Eisuke was a little confused: "Why don't you let me go?"

Miyano Shiho said calmly, "I'm afraid that the books on the shelf will fall down when you pass by."

How could he let Hondou Eisuke get close to the bookshelf? What if his bad luck suddenly flared up and the books on the bookshelf fell off? The thickness of those books was enough to tell that they were heavy and must be very hard.

Yuya is still standing nearby, we can’t hurt him.

Hondou Eisuke felt aggrieved: "How could this be!"

Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko also remembered his unlucky physique, and hurriedly one helped to stop Hondou Eisuke while the other helped to move the books.

The others who didn't know Hondou Eisuke's physique looked at the scene in confusion, but since they were outsiders, they didn't say much.

The books were quickly moved away, revealing a small sliding wooden door.

"What is this!" Shancun Cao was extremely surprised. He reached out and opened the small wooden door, revealing a space behind it.

Tian Tangxiang shouted in surprise: "There really is a secret passage?!"

Shinno Jun showed an expression that said, "As expected."

Yamamura stood up, looked at Youya and asked, "Where does this secret passage lead to?"

Youye said: "I have already checked inside. This secret passage leads to a room on the third floor. That room is the room where my brother committed suicide by jumping off the building. It is also..."

"Yaozhi's room?!" Tian Tangxiang exclaimed.

Yuya nodded to indicate that it was correct.

Everyone looked at Kuramoto Yoji.

Yuya said, "The secret passage leads to Mr. Kuramoto's room. This way, no one except you will have the time and opportunity to commit the crime."

Kuramoto Yoji was sweating profusely and said stubbornly, "Even if there is this secret passage, there is no way to prove that I killed Renzi, right? Do you have any evidence?"

Yuya smiled faintly: "Of course, if I am not absolutely sure, I will not stand here."

He raised a finger and shook it: "This secret passage has not been cleaned for a long time. Although there is less dust due to its closed nature, there is still some dust. I found several fresh fingerprints and footprints in it. I have asked the forensic officer to test it. Guess what the result is?"

Visible panic appeared on Kuramoto Yoji's face.

As if to echo Yuya's words, a police officer ran in.

"Detective Kamiya, we have tested the fingerprints and footprints in the secret passage as you requested. In addition to yours and the child's, there are also Mr. Kuramoto's."

Kuramoto Yoji's face turned pale in an instant.

Yuya smiled slightly: "Then Mr. Kuramoto, can you explain why there are your fingerprints and footprints in this secret passage?"

Kuramoto Yoji lowered his head and remained silent.

Tian Tangxiang looked at him with a complicated expression: "Yaozhi, is it because of the guitar..."

Shinno Jun was puzzled: "But, didn't you agree to cooperate with her in that matter? Why..."

Kuramoto Yoji sneered: "Today I went to see her, originally wanting to practice cooperation with her, but in the end, she not only mocked my outdated playing style, but also kept insulting and scolding the guitarist I admired..."

"When I came to my senses, she had a rope around her neck and was lying on the ground, dead."

Shinno Jun covered his mouth in disbelief: "So, you didn't intend to kill her?"

Kuramoto Yoji smiled bitterly: "No, I had the idea of ​​killing her a long time ago, otherwise I would not have concealed the discovery of the secret passage."

"I thought it might be useful one day, so I placed a rope in the secret passage, but I didn't expect that I would kill him in that situation."

"So I hurriedly disguised the room as a secret room. When I left through the secret passage, I was worried that someone would find me, so I looked out the window inside, but I didn't expect to be seen by the two of you."

Hondou Eisuke suddenly realized: "So, it was you I saw at that time?"

Kuramoto Yoji nodded with a wry smile.

Hondou Eisuke was a little confused: "But, isn't that window openable? How did you do it..."

Kuramoto Yoji shook his head, looked at Yuya and said, "Let this famous detective tell you about this. I want to be alone." Then he walked to the sofa and sat down, burying his head deeply between his knees.

Everyone then turned their attention to Yuya.

Yuya looked at the police officer and said, "Mr. Officer, besides the three of us, there should be other people's fingerprints in the secret passage, right?"

The police officer nodded and said, "Yes, we also found some fingerprints that were quite old. Although it is a bit difficult to extract them, after comparison, we confirmed that they are the fingerprints of my brother who committed suicide."

"What's going on?" Everyone looked puzzled.

Yuya explained: "Do you remember what Miss Shinno and the others said about my brother and sister-in-law having an affair?"

Everyone nodded.

"The way they communicated secretly was through a bird's nest in the back garden, which had a plate inside and a latch on the door.

The younger brother or sister-in-law would put the plate on top, and the other person would know it was a secret signal for a tryst, and this secret signal was discovered by the older brother.

Someone raised a question: "Since my brother has discovered it, wouldn't he know if he went to look at the bird's nest?"

Yuya shook his head: "If my brother or sister-in-law saw it, wouldn't it be exposed? If they change the code, it will be difficult for my brother to know about their affair."

"Besides, because of the location of the bird's nest, it can only be seen from the second floor. His room is on the third floor. If he monitors from other rooms on the second floor, there is also the risk of being exposed."

"So, he deliberately said that he saw a monster coming in through that window and sealed it up. Then, he took the opportunity of the renovation to build a secret passage and a window inside it."

Hondou Eisuke immediately asked, "But we didn't see any other windows when we looked outside?"

Yuya smiled slightly: "Because, the sealed window is actually fake."

"Fake?!" everyone was surprised.

Yuya nodded: "Yes, the sealed window is actually a concrete wall outside, and the window we saw is actually built in the secret passage - that window can be opened."

"That's it." Everyone was stunned.

"My brother probably used the same method as Mr. Kuramoto, killing his wife and pretending it was suicide, but he couldn't stand the condemnation of guilt and finally chose to jump off the building and commit suicide."

Youye sighed and said quietly, "Of course, this is just my guess. In fact, the truth is impossible to verify now."