Chapter 329

We came here for tourism!

Then Haizhuang asked everyone to state what they were doing at the time of the victim's death last night,

Tōjō Ichirō and Li Li Limin didn't need to say anything—they could just claim they were sleeping,

while the five from the same company said they were together,

able to vouch for each other's alibis at that time,

as for the owner of the hot spring villa,

upon hearing the other five say this, her expression subtly changed,

and she merely claimed she had been handling accounting issues at the time.

"So, the five of you can vouch for each other?"

Haizhuang looked at the five from the same company,

and they quickly nodded,

"And you were alone in your room handling accounting issues?"

Haizhuang turned to the owner!

Upon hearing this, the owner's face turned slightly pale with fear,

she hurriedly said: "I really was cleaning up the accounting issues at the time!"

"It's true, Detective Haizhuang, you must believe me!"

In her panic, the owner grabbed Haizhuang's hands directly,

Haizhuang, seeing this, subtly withdrew his hands without notice,

then said in a calm tone:

"Please calm down—I haven't said you're definitely the killer yet!!"

After offering a few words of reassurance, Haizhuang finally turned his gaze to Tōjō Ichirō and Li Li Limin,

"You two were sleeping... and have no alibi!"

As Haizhuang questioned the eight, he took notes,

overall,

only the owner, Tōjō Ichirō, and Li Li Limin lacked alibis,

from this point, it seemed the killer must be among these three,

but Haizhuang did not jump to conclusions—he continued questioning all eight.

Meanwhile, Su Tian, Captain Nisha, and Officer Mu listened from the side.

Suddenly, a flash of insight struck Su Tian's mind,

and he asked the five from the same company:

"I recall your company isn't even in this city, right?"

"Why come to this hot spring villa?"

The company name the five had mentioned earlier when answering Haizhuang,

Su Tian had just checked with his phone (identity-issued device),

and it wasn't located in this city,

nor was this hot spring villa a famous check-in spot,

on the contrary, this villa was clearly heading toward bankruptcy.

Even if coworkers were taking a vacation together,

they wouldn't deliberately travel to an unfamiliar city to visit a place on the verge of closing.

"Because there's a legend about this hot spring villa... ugh..."

One of the five women instinctively answered Su Tian's question,

but her male companion quickly clamped his hand over her mouth!

Seeing this, Officer Mu beside Su Tian immediately wanted to say his usual phrase,

but before he could speak, someone spoke for him:

"You'd better cooperate with the police investigation!"

Officer Mu looked at Su Tian, startled for a moment,

then nodded slightly with approval,

Good, knows the procedure!

After hearing Su Tian's rebuke,

the man lowered his head slightly, then shot a reproachful glance at the woman beside him,

and finally muttered:

"It's because of a legend!"

"A legend? What legend?"

Su Tian pressed further.

"The legend of Kamen Rider W—there's a rumor that in this hot spring villa, the Kamen Rider W Driver exists!"

"We just wanted to see if we could get lucky."

"If we could become Kamen Rider W..."

The man's face flickered with hesitation, then he clenched his teeth,

and revealed everything he knew!

As soon as he spoke those two sentences,

Captain Nisha, Tōjō Ichirō, and Li Li Limin beside them involuntarily gasped:

"Kamen Rider W?"

Only after the gasp did they realize it was inappropriate, but no one scolded them.

Because everyone was stunned!

Su Tian hadn't expected either that this hot spring villa case

would be connected to the Stage One mission,

and Officer Mu and Haizhuang were also shocked by Kamen Rider W,

"Kamen Rider W? The one that appeared three years ago?"

"The one with green on one side and black on the other?"

Officer Mu's eyes betrayed unmistakable shock,

three years ago,

a powerful hybrid appeared in this city,

and at that time, Kamen Rider W appeared,

and ultimately vanished together with that powerful hybrid,

"Impossible!"

"I've operated this hot spring villa for many years,"

"I've never heard of any Kamen Rider W being here!"

"I've never even heard this legend before."

"You... aren't lying to the police, are you?"

At this moment, the owner shook her head violently,

then eyed the five from the same company with suspicion.

Upon hearing this, all five erupted in anger,

shouting in protest:

"We really heard that legend—on a website!"

"You... aren't lying to the police, are you?"

At that moment, the female owner sharply shook her head,

then cast a suspicious glance at the five from the same company.

Upon hearing this, all five burst into anger,

shouting in protest:

"We really heard that legend—on a website."