Chapter 1009

He suddenly thought of something and said to Akaso Kaze in surprise, "Now that the Lady is dead, does that mean the commission hasn't been completed?"

Akaso Kaze smiled but said nothing.

On the other side, Megure was still furrowing his brows; as time passed, the guests had also been questioned one after another.

Most people at the scene were far away from the victim, Lady Hoshina, and not many were near the balcony. Furthermore, the testimonies were all similar, and in the end, there was no culprit who fit the characteristics.

It was already late at night, and the police had to give everyone a result.

"Hmm, the rain has stopped too," Megure looked out the window and said helplessly, "Has Lord Akaso still not said who the murderer is?"

In the banquet hall, all the guests were waiting for the police's investigation results; they were clearly quite sleepy and not very willing to continue staying at the crime scene.

"Uh, the result of investigating everyone is that no one was hiding the murder weapon, and no one had a large amount of bloodstains on them... So, let everyone go back for today, and we will notify everyone later if we need to record statements."

After Megure finished speaking, he looked at the time on his watch, "It's almost 1 o'clock..."

"Snap!"

The hall lights suddenly went out, plunging everything into darkness. Megure, who had just raised his wrist, looked stunned.

Before he could open his mouth to ask, he saw the butler pushing a cake cart with lit candles over.

"What's going on?" Megure asked in surprise, "Is someone else having a birthday? At a time like this..."

"Alright, Inspector," Takagi checked his watch by the candlelight and said, "After I give the signal, let's blow out the candles just like the victim did."

"Hmm?" Megure widened his eyes, "What? Takagi, you..."

"Lord Akaso asked me to do this. It's now, 3, 2, 1... Alright!"

"Hoo!"

Takagi gave the signal toward his watch. The still-dumbfounded Megure didn't have time to think too much; he bent over reflexively, puffed out his cheeks, and blew out all the candles in one breath. The venue was plunged into darkness once again.

"And then?"

Megure straightened his back, looking suspiciously at the silent surroundings. Just as he was wondering, the back of his head was suddenly hit hard.

"Thump!"

"Who?!" Megure turned his head back, vaguely seeing the black shadow of a stick, and immediately said angrily, "Who just hit my head with a stick?!"

"Whoosh—!"

Accompanied by the tolling of the large clock, the French window door toward the balcony opened with a snap, and the cold wind whistled through.

Megure darkened his face and pursued, "What exactly is this arrangement? Even if you open the window and pretend to escape outside, it's useless, because I already saw the stick that hit me. Now, who is holding the stick?" ===== CHAPTER 1011 =====