The next day, Officer Megu received a call from the police, who claimed that his daughter had been kidnapped and ransomed.

In a case of kidnapping and extortion, Officer Memu was still worried about leaving it to Kei Suzuki to handle it alone, so he led the team to set off. Originally, Kei Suzuki was also preparing to go, but Officer Memu handed over another case to Kei Suzuki for handling.

After taking the case file from Officer Megumi, Suzuki Kei realized that last night, John the dog from Sakaguchi Masayoshi's house, who was on a business trip in Izu, jumped down the stairs and knocked down the stairs by the tenant Maehara Maehara, his house. As a result, Maehara fell off the stairs and hit the wall in the back of his head, thus killing him.

Although Sakaguchi Masayoshi and those who lived near him did not believe that John would attack people casually, Maehara's body had clearly told everyone that it had indeed killed a person. If there was no other reason for this matter, then secretly executing John would be its only result.

However, Officer Megu was a little confused about the case and always felt something was wrong. But he didn't figure out what was wrong. Now a new case has happened, so he handed over the case to Suzuki Kei. He went to deal with the kidnapping and extortion case.

Kei Suzuki looked at the case file and said that the only witness to the case, the record of the deceased Maehara Takashi's girlfriend, Miss Sugita Saeno:

"Masayoshi Sakaguchi, a famous lawyer who specializes in teenage issues. His son also committed suicide at home because he was bullied by his classmates eight years ago. His wife also died five years ago because of his son's suicide.

"Sakaguchi's lawyer went on a business trip, so he asked Xiaogang to help him check out the house. So we were going to stay here for one night. It was almost 9 o'clock in the evening. When we were playing, the landlord's phone suddenly rang. He asked Xiaogang how his dog was, and Xiaogang said he was staying upstairs. Then Mr. Sakaguchi said he wanted to talk to John. Xiaogang called the dog's name John a few times, but John never came down from upstairs."

"So Xiaogang had to go upstairs and post the phone to John's ear. At this moment, the bell at home rang, and the dog threw Xiaogang down the stairs. Then people passing by nearby people ran in, and they found that Xiaogang was dead."

Then there is the transcript of lawyer Masayoshi Sakaguchi:

"I just asked Maehara Gang if there was still somewhere at home and if anything happened. After Xiaogang said nothing happened, I said I wanted to say a few words to John and wanted John to come and listen to the phone."

Seeing this, Suzuki Kei also saw the question of Officer Meguri: "What did you say to John?"

Sakaguchi Masayoshi said: "I just said good night to John in habit."

Officer Meguri: "Is there anything else?"

Masayoshi Sakaguchi: "Apart from that, I only said John, how are you? How are you, John? Later I heard John's barking and Xiaogang's screams."

Later, there is an investigation into the relationship between Sakaguchi's lawyer and the deceased: The deceased Xiaogang and Sakaguchi's son Masato were classmates at Guozhong, but Sakaguchi was bullied by Xiaogang when he was in Guozhong. All of this was written in the diary by Zhengren, but I suspect that Sakaguchi's lawyer might have hatred for Xiaogang because he saw his son's diary.

Moreover, the wife of lawyer Sakaguchi died very early, and Zhengren was his only relative, so it was absolutely certain that he had hatred for Xiaogang.

However, the lawyer Jusakaguchi said that when he saw Xiaogang crying and apologizing in the mourning hall 8 years ago, he finally forgave Xiaogang. He left Tokyo shortly afterwards because of his father's work and transferred to Kansai. Two years ago, Xiaogang came to Tokyo again because of his admission to university, and moved to the next door to lawyer Sakaguchi this spring.

When the lawyer Sakaguchi was shocked when he saw Xiaogang, he seemed to be shocked, but after so long, the lawyer Sakaguchi seemed to have forgotten about this matter and often invited Xiaogang to his house for dinner.

Looking at the various suspicious points written by Officer Megumi on the case, Suzuki Kai decided to meet the Sakaguchi lawyer. However, before leaving, Suzuki Kai also wanted to find a police officer who had been to the scene yesterday, so he asked the people in the office: "Takagi, Chiba, Sato, have anyone ever been to the scene for this case last night?"

Hearing Suzuki Kai’s question, Takagi stood up and said, “Officer Suzuki, I went to the scene yesterday. Do you want to go there now? Do you want me to go with you?”

Suzuki nodded and said, "Of course, let's go!"

After getting in the car, Suzuki Kai said to Takagi: "Officer Takagi, I read the case file given to me by Officer Megumi. I have a rough understanding of this case. Do you have anything to add?"

Takagi shook his head and said, "Officer Suzuki, I and I have written the case file last night that I can investigate. Apart from these, I have nothing to add."

When Suzuki Kei saw Masayoshi Sakaguchi from his car, he said to Takagi: "I'm sure now that this person must be the murderer. But we haven't found any evidence of how he ordered John. Takagi, think about it, what happened when the incident happened yesterday."

Takagi has no doubt about how Suzuki Kei judged that the Sakaguchi lawyer killed someone. After more than half a year, Suzuki's accuracy in this regard has been verified many times, which is worthy of Takagi's belief.

After thinking about it, Takagi slowly said: "After receiving a call from Sakaguchi's lawyer, the deceased went upstairs to give John the call. But after John heard Sakaguchi's lawyer say, John, he knocked the deceased down the stairs and killed him on the stairs."

After pondering for a while, Suzuki Kei said, "If this is the case, then the last sentence Sakaguchi said may be a signal to John's attack?"

Takagi shook his head and said, "Officer Meguri thought about this problem yesterday, but when Sakaguchi said it again, he didn't see any special reaction from the dog."

Suzuki Kaishui asked: "Did Sakaguchi go to train John?"

Takagi said: "We asked yesterday. People nearby said they had never seen Sakaguchi train John. However, every weekend in the past three months, Sakaguchi would take John out. After we asked Sakaguchi, Sakaguchi said he took John to the outskirts for a walk, where the place was empty, allowing John to exercise."

Suzuki said: "It seems that Sakaguchi has enough time to train John."

Takagi hesitated: "But we've tried it yesterday, and what you just said is useless!"

After thinking about it, Suzuki Kei said, "What do you need to do when training a dog?"

"Do you usually call it your name first?" Takagi said inconsistency: "Then give it an order! But Sakaguchi only said John, how are you? How are you? John? And John didn't react when he heard this voice!"

Speaking of this, Takagi suddenly realized: "Officer Suzuki, what you mean is that this sentence is not an order to attack, but to add up the other voices in front together, right?"

Suzuki Kai said: "I don't know if this is the case, but I believe there is a greater possibility!"

Speaking of this, Suzuki Kai looked over the case file handed over by Officer Megumi and said, "By the way, what sounds did John hear yesterday? At the beginning, Maehara and Miss Sugida Saeno were playing all the time, which should not be counted at this time. Is there any sound between the words he said to Sakaguchi when he heard the phone ringing?"

Takagi also took out his police manual and found the confession recorded yesterday and said, "According to Miss Sugita Saenomi's confession, it seems that the clock of the Sakaguchi family has sounded? There is nothing else."

"clock?"

Facing Suzuki Kai's question, Takagi said: "Well, the Sakaguchi family's clock seems to be the kind of time that is reported at the hour. When Maehara was just killed, it happened to be 9 o'clock in the evening..."

Then Gao Mu paused and shouted excitedly: "I understand, it's the bell!"

In Suzuki Kei's surprised eyes, Takagi shouted: "Officer Suzuki, I understand. Sakaguchi's order to attack should have three sounds, first the phone ringtone, then the bell at 9 o'clock, and finally the words John, how are you, how are you?"

After thinking about it, Suzuki got out of the car and said, "Takagi, let's go and visit lawyer Sakaguchi! Please cooperate with our experiment."

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Chapter completed!