Not too many out of four

When Li Jia and Nakahara Nakaya went to change clothes, the Shizuoka prefectural police first went to the staff in the hotel and the passengers living in the hotel to inquire and investigate, while the forensic officers stayed at the scene on both sides to extract clues and evidence.

The cause and time of death of the two deceased were also released.

According to the results of the forensic autopsy, Oshima Reiko had excessive alcohol in her blood, which was consistent with the drunken state mentioned at the beginning of "Chuya". She was killed directly by a knife flying in from the courtyard while sitting on a chair by the wall in the leisure room.

Fangcheng Daxiang contained sleeping pills in his body, and he was undoubtedly strangled to death in a comatose state before his death, but the time of death cannot be accurately determined, it is speculated to be between [-]:[-] p.m. and [-]:[-] p.m.

The police asked and investigated Zhongyuan Zhongya's alibi, and they can basically be excluded.

The three of Li Jia have been inseparable all day long, and there is no time to take the time to kill people. Nakahara Nakaya, who came back from the outside, left the hotel in the morning. There is a surveillance video in the store as proof that it was not long before Reiko Oshima's accident Just came back.

They did not know the deceased before today, and they had no motive to commit the crime, so they were quickly excluded from the scope of key inquiries and investigations.

However, in order to handle the case rigorously, police officer Henggou still asked the hotel staff to arrange a room similar to the crime scene, and asked them to simulate their respective actions during the period when Reiko Oshima entered the leisure room.

Officer Henggou stared at the two teenagers, not knowing what to call them, so he simply turned to Li Jia, "Miss Li Jia, please."

They have already borrowed a new racket from the hotel, and the room has been arranged exactly the same as the leisure room. Although Lijia's clothes have been changed, it does not affect the on-site simulation.

She nodded slightly, and began to think about what they were doing at the time: "In the beginning, Zhong Yejun and Zhong Ye played table tennis, and I stood in this position as the referee."

"Mr. Zhongye" held the racket in his hand and weighed it, and looked at the police officer Henggou who was acting as the deceased: "Is it enough to repeat what I was doing at that time?"

"That's right, but I won't force you to play the same score and operations at that time." After all, this is too difficult for non-professional players, they should just come to the lounge to play briefly.

"Mr. Zhongye" responded irresolutely, threw the small ball in his hand and hit it hard, the yellow ball flew past their eyes like an afterimage, and flew to the other side of the table and was " "Zhongye" also flew back quickly.

The afterimages of the back and forth made people unable to even turn their eyes to the chasing ball, and could only hear the sound of the racket hitting the ball.

The two teenagers didn't even break out of a sweat. They looked calm and calm, staring at the ball and began to tug-of-war.

Police officer Henggou couldn't see their movements clearly with his eyes wide open, and he was about to break out in cold sweat.

Li Jia is quite relaxed as a referee. As long as the ball doesn't fall, she doesn't need to keep score, and she doesn't need to follow the strict requirements of the competition rules when playing by herself, as long as her eyes are chasing the ball.

"...They were also beaten like this at the time?" Hattori Heiji couldn't help but tap Li Jia's shoulder to ask her for confirmation. If they were beaten like this at the time, then they wouldn't have seen Reiko Oshima come in, right?

It's too late to chase the ball with eyes, so I don't have time to see who comes in halfway.

"About it?" Li Jia tilted her head and looked at the clock on the wall, "I remember that Chuya-kun and the others broke the ball, and when they stopped, they found that Miss Oshima had entered the leisure room. She seemed to be Waiting for someone?"

Otherwise, he wouldn't have come into the lounge with his racket and sat down drunk against the wall.

Hattori Heiji still wanted to ask her something, and Nakahara took a step forward calmly, blocking his hand to divert Li Jia's attention: "Did they not decide the winner?"

She held her face and shook her head, and said: "After the ball was broken, we went out and asked for another ball, and then I played with them."

"That is to say, did you go out halfway?" Hattori Heiji immediately grasped the point, and asked in a raised tone, "Why didn't you say something about such an important matter just now?"

Li Jia was taken aback by his reaction, Nuonuo whispered: "Because I only went out for 5 minutes..."

And Reiko Oshima didn't die at that time, and no one else came in during the 5 minutes. How did Reiko Oshima sit before they went out, and she was in the same posture when she came back.

"Nakaya-kun" probably thought the same thing, so they didn't tell the police officer and Hattori Heiji.

Nakahara Chuya glanced at him indifferently, and instantly stopped Hattori Heiji's fierce yelling posture, stroked the little girl's hair and said in a low voice: "It's okay, the hotel staff should also mention it when they take notes. to this matter."

They went to the front desk to borrow things twice, the staff should be very impressed with them.

Even if Benjamin and the others don't say it, someone else will.

Hattori Heiji didn't know, just because he was not a member of the police and had not obtained all the intelligence information.

The high-speed rotating ball was violently drawn towards the wall, embedded in it and knocked out a semi-circular pothole, white smoke came out repeatedly, and the yellow ball cracked shriveled and fell to the ground.

"Mr. Zhongye" gave him an unfriendly look, and said, "If you have any questions, we can answer them."

Don't catch their little girl and bully him while he's not paying attention.

Being threatened by a boy who was shorter than him, the mood was indescribably subtle, Hattori Heiji secretly slandered: "This kid is not yet an adult, is he? Is he like someone to pick up girls."

Of course, he couldn't say that directly on the face, so he could only twitch the corner of his mouth and say, "It turns out that the hole on the wall at the crime scene was made by you..."

At the time, he thought it was an important clue, so he studied it for a long time and asked the staff. They didn't have such a hole in the wall before, and thought it was related to the criminal method. After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure it out.

"The one in the leisure room is played by Zhongye." Li Jia took the racket from "Mr. Zhongye" and changed positions with him. "The ball was broken. We went to change the ball and came back. Jun and Zhong also took turns teaching me."

Officer Henggou's expression changed drastically, and he quickly tried to stop him: "Wait, wait, little sister, do you really want to go up and beat her?"

According to the way they played just now, wouldn't they really beat the little girl to autism?

Li Jia gave him a strange look, easily caught the ball that was slowly drifting over, and said with a smile: "I'm still a novice, and I won't hit me so hard."

The yellow ball hit back gently, and was lightly picked up by "Zhong Ye" to hit it back. The whole process was controlled so that Li Jia could easily return the ball, and it would not be too tiring for her to run around. Compared with the fierce battle just now This can be called a casual game.

She can even lift one sleeve of the yukata with her hand and hit the ball back easily. Regardless of the angle, direction, or strength, "Chuya" can always return the ball that is most comfortable for her.

While hitting the ball back, Li Jia said, "It seems like this is the time, right? The sake ordered by Ms. Oshima is here."

Immediately, a knife flew in from the outside and killed Reiko Oshima, blood spattered everywhere.

Having fully seen the double standards of "Chuya" and "Chuya-kun", they spared no effort to their brothers, and were afraid that she would not catch the ball if they acted too aggressively towards girls. Only then did Police Officer Yokomizo and Hattori Heiji have a general understanding of the situation at that time .

After doing a good job of on-site records and inquiries, Li Jia and the others were finally approved to go back to the room to rest, but they could not leave the hotel at will.

At least until the case was solved, they couldn't leave the hot spring hotel, let alone find another place to stay.

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"Mr. Zhongye" tugged at the bloody bathrobe on his body, and said angrily, "I'm going to the Tangchi, does anyone of you want to go with me?"

Originally, I went out to enjoy myself, but I didn't expect to encounter such a case, and even my bathrobe was stained with blood.

When moving around the billiard table, the body inevitably sweated a little. After seven or eight hours, the sweat dried out, and the body became sticky. In addition, they played another ball just now, and now they feel sweaty all over. No way to go back to sleep without washing.

The police officers and detectives who accompanied the search scene tossed around until midnight. Normally, they would turn back into cats and lie down in bed to sleep. Now, as important witnesses in the case, not only could they not leave at will, but they also had the trouble of being woken up for questioning at any time.

Even if you want to turn back into a cat, you can only go to the soup pool to take a bath, so that you can wake up and prepare to survive the second half of the night in a human posture.

"I'm going too." "Zhong Ye" tugged at the neckline that was stained with sweat and blood, and replied lazily.

Li Jia looked at them left and right. Nakahara Chuya and "Brother Zhongye" went out to work for a day, and they had to be questioned by the police when they came back. His face was a little tired, and he couldn't help suggesting: "Mr. go?"

They look tired, it would be nice if bathing in the hot spring can make them feel more comfortable and relaxed.

"Brother Zhongye" yawned, shook his head and refused, "No, it's too dangerous to leave you alone in the room."

The case has not identified a specific suspect yet, it can only be limited to the people in the hotel, and it is not even possible to determine whether it was a random murder.

Under such circumstances, how could he feel relieved to let Li Jia stay in the room alone.

"Then, then..." She tried her best to think of a way, and said, "Is it okay to take turns?"

Soaking in hot springs is indeed a good way to relieve fatigue, and Li Jia is also worried that Nakahara Chuya and the others will not be able to hold on in the second half of the night, and they will suddenly turn back into cats like last night.

Zhong Yuanzhong also patted her on the head, and said indifferently: "It's okay, if you are sleepy, just go to the water room and wash your face."

They can still hold on now, but when he was two teenagers, he really needed to go to the soup pool to rinse, otherwise it would be bad to go back to the room smelling of sweat.

Although the female soup was blocked because of the discovery of the dead body, the male soup next door was not affected, and no one else would go to the hot springs with them in the early morning hours. Even if you were too tired to change back into a cat in the middle of the day, you don’t need to worry. To be seen by others, as long as you can turn back into a human when you leave Tangchi.

Li Jia showed a look of hesitation, and she asked tentatively: "We found the corpse... How long will Nutang be blocked?"

"Mr. Zhongye" replied casually: "After you find the murderer? If you can't find it all the time, there probably won't be any female customers coming to stay in this store."

It's not just female guests. Normal guests dare not come to a hotel where two people died before the murderer was found.

It's only those who are trapped in the hotel that are in trouble...

His sluggish brain suddenly reacted to something, but it flashed too fast for a moment and he didn't catch it.

Li Jia opened her mouth, stood still in the room and blushed without saying a word.

Zhong Yuanzhong also looked at her thoughtfully, and said slowly, "Does Li Jia want to take a bath?"

Her cheeks became redder, she lowered her head silently, and responded very softly: "...um."

It's okay if she can't take a shower for just one day, but if she can't leave the hotel for a few days, wouldn't she have to endure it all the time.

Nakahara Chuya and the four of them are not affected, but as long as they can't go back to the bungalow in Mihua Town, they dare not let her go to the bathhouse outside.

The water room can be used for simple washing and cleaning, but it is not a place for people to take a bath.

Just thinking that she can only change clothes these few days, and cannot wash her body thoroughly, and even the blood stains on her skin cannot be cleaned with foam shampoo. Continue to be in the same room.

She almost wanted to cry without tears and thought, only Zhongyuan Zhongya and the others are clean without a trace of peculiar smell, and she is dirty and smells of sweat and blood, how dare she stay in the same room with them Room.

In particular, they also have a cat-like superior and sensitive sense of smell. They can clearly smell any strange smell on her body, but just thinking about it is very tormenting.

In this way, she seemed to have only one choice left.

If she doesn't want to stink in the hotel, she can only go to the mixed bath to take a bath.

"Brother Zhongye" They coughed loudly in an instant, covered their lips and covered their faces, looking at the sky and the earth but not daring to look at her.

Li Jia bit her lip and was so ashamed and angry that she didn't even dare to raise her head to look at them.

Rarely, Zhongyuan Zhong was also embarrassed, he turned his head and gave a low cough, and said vaguely: "...Let's go, we will accompany you..."

Just a mixed bath, just a mixed bath...

It is actually a very normal place for men and women to bathe in the open air. There are many hot spring hotels in China, and even large hot springs outside are not divided into men and women. Everyone enjoys the normal hot spring bath without being affected.

Trying to hypnotize himself like this, Zhongyuan Zhongya pulled Li Jia up, brought all the things needed for bathing and bathing, and walked at the end of the group.

The two teenagers who were actively taking care of the girl usually ran into the mixed bath without daring to turn their heads. The roots of their ears and necks exposed under the red hair were so red that they didn't dare to turn their heads easily.

"Brother Zhongye" looked back at them quietly, took the wooden basin from Lijia's hand with a low cough, took her other hand, and said calmly: "Don't be afraid, the fog in the soup pool is very foggy, and you can't see everything." missing."

As soon as the words came out, he looked at Li Jia's buried head, only showing a little curly black hair and fair and delicate nape of the neck, which was faintly red, and he immediately began to regret why he had to speak.

Li Jia didn't think he was a pervert, did he?

The little girl stopped in front of the mixed bath, her hands stretched out straight without moving a step with them, she whispered awkwardly: "...can you, let me come by myself later."

Even if it's a mixed bath, she won't be so shy by herself.

"Brother Zhongye" didn't speak for a while, and he also felt that it was not good to force Lijia to make a choice, but they really couldn't rest assured that she would stay alone in the soup pool for two or three 10 minutes.

Zhongyuan Zhong also let go of her hand, gently lifted her head that was almost buried in her collarbone, and said in a low voice: "It's okay if Li Jia doesn't want to go to the mixed bath, but I'm sorry we can't let you be alone at such a dangerous time. "

They don't dislike Lijia who can't take a bath for a few days, and can simply wipe and clean her body when she goes to the water room.

As long as she doesn't want to, they can accompany her back immediately.

But let her stay alone in a strange and dangerous environment, which they can't promise her.

Her moist blue eyes widened slightly, and her eyes moved with a little nervousness and surprise. This was the first time she had seen such a strong side of Zhongyuan Zhongye.

She dawdled and struggled for 10 minutes at the entrance of the mixed bath, and Nakahara Chuya and the others didn't rush her, but quietly accompanied her to make a decision.

The scales of shame are swinging left and right. Whether to choose to become a dirty and smelly girl, or to bite the bullet and go into a mixed bath, both sides are a contest of shame, but the choice that does not threaten her safety is left to her.

In the end, she still couldn't bear it. She didn't take a shower for a few days and dangled in front of the Central Plains Zhongya with the smell of sweat and blood. She snatched back the wooden basin full of toiletries and rushed in without saying a word.