Duel Chapter

  Here is the translation:

  "The first doubt, isn't Ma Chao's alibi a bit too adventurous? If Gu Tianying hadn't gone out today and happened to answer this phone call, wouldn't he not have an alibi then? Would the murderer use such an adventurous method to create an alibi?

  The second doubt, although Ma Chao is the sales manager of Huaxia Real Estate, it's also well-known that his relationship with Jia Yanping isn't good. Would Jia Yanping really not be on guard against him?

  The third doubt, how did Ma Chao know that after committing the crime and escaping back to his room, he wouldn't be discovered? Looking at the crime scene, the murderer left us almost no clues. Would this type of murderer take such a risk?

  The fourth doubt, the victim's body was moved, so where exactly did the victim die? Looking at the scene, it's clear that there's a long bloodstain from the bathroom to the desk, indicating that the initial crime scene was the bathroom. So why would the victim let the murderer in while they were in the bathroom?

  The fifth doubt, on the victim's right back, there's a wound from a sharp object, with the wound being horizontal and wider on the right side. This indicates that although the murderer held the knife in their left hand, it wasn't stabbed into the victim's back. Because when holding a knife in reverse, people generally point the blade towards themselves, so when stabbing horizontally with the left hand, the left side would be the back of the knife and the right side would be the blade, and the wound should be wider on the left side. But now everyone sees that it's exactly the opposite, which means...the murderer was facing the victim while committing the crime. Why is that?" Kongming finished speaking and quietly looked at everyone, also not saying a word.

  "These words seem to be indicating something. But I'd like to ask, is this really important?" Kobayashi seemed to have fallen into a daze.

  "It's actually very simple. All this proves that the real murderer is not Ma Chao, but someone who intentionally framed him. As for who the murderer is, I've already said it just now. As for what exactly happened at the time, we can do a reenactment of the case. Let's go to room 1322 first." With that, Kongming led the way out, followed by everyone else. "The role of the deceased will be played by Captain Ouyang, okay?"

  "Of course." Ouyang Xuan entered the house, and Kongming closed the door slightly.

  "Dong... Dong... Dong..."

  "Who is it?"

  "I am the service manager of the hotel, my surname is Huang. Can you open the door?"

  Ouyang Xuan heard that it was Tongtong's voice, so he opened the door. "Is there something?"

  "Excuse me, our hotel is conducting a survey... may I come in?"

  "Uh...alright, come in." Ouyang Xuan stepped aside and Tongtong went in smoothly.

  "It's like this, our hotel has one... Ah!" Suddenly Tongtong furrowed her brow, looking very uncomfortable. "Excuse me, may I use your restroom?"

  "This... is fine." Ouyang Xuan felt that something was off about this matter, but he still didn't know what would happen afterwards.

  "Thank you." After saying that, Tongtong slipped into the bathroom.

  Ouyang Xuan looked at the puzzled gaze of the crowd and then looked at Kongming's confident smile.

  "Ah~~~~!" The bathroom door was suddenly opened. "What's going on?!" A loud and shrill cry came from the bathroom.

  Ouyang Xuan rushed over without thinking "What happened..." Before he could finish his sentence, Tongtong pounced on him from the bathroom.

  "Ah!?" Ouyang Xuan only felt a chill on his back. When he looked again, Tongtong was already smiling at him, and Ouyang Xuan then knew the reason why the deceased had died in the bathroom. So he could only pretend to fall to the ground immediately.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, now you understand, right? Although this isn't the real thing, I think the general process should be roughly like this. As for what happens next, hehe, let's keep watching." Kongming seemed to have become a director at this moment, carefully planning his own play.

  Everyone saw Tongtong holding a small wooden knife against Ouyang Xuan's throat, and Ouyang Xuan was also unconsciously moving backward, retreating to the bottom of the desk. In the end, Ouyang Xuan's neck still suffered a "knife". Afterwards, Tongtong found a set of clothes from the closet, dressing herself up tightly. Then she put the clothes she wore during the crime into a large sports suit. Originally slender and elegant, she instantly became bloated.

  "This is the true face of 'that person' that Sanqi saw. And the only one who can do such a thing, Huang Xiaoxiao, is you! Since you want to frame Ma Chao, you must have a witness. At this time, Sanqi found you and asked for your help in finding a job, so you arranged him on the 13th floor, just to let him see this scene. After you got out of the elevator, you quickly sent Sanqi away, delaying the discovery of the body. If the body was discovered too early, Ma Chao wouldn't have arrived yet, and it would be impossible to frame him. I've also heard that your left hand is injured, and you're a left-hander, just like Ma Chao, which matches the characteristics of the murderer. Moreover, Jia Yanping doesn't know you, and you're the service manager of this hotel, so Jia Yanping wouldn't suspect you. Even if he knew something would happen in advance, he would still get the same result as Captain Ouyang. It's said that you studied at a nursing school, so you should be familiar with human anatomy. Even if you stabbed from behind, you should know where the vital spot is. And to avoid drawing attention when killing, you deliberately emptied rooms 1320 and 1322, which others couldn't do. Because this hotel has good soundproofing, it's already hard to hear sounds from the other side of a wall, let alone from another room. You took the elevator to room 0204 on the 2nd floor and put the bloody clothes and murder weapon there in advance. With your master key, it was no problem at all. After 4:30, Ma Chao arrived here, and under your orders, the front desk would let him check into room 0204. Of course, up to now, these are just my deductions, and I don't have any evidence." Although Kongming said this with his mouth, his eyes didn't show any fear.

  "Officer Kong, in fact, do you have evidence?" Huang Xiaoxiao still looked at him calmly "You're saying this is actually giving me a chance to surrender myself, haha... thank you."

  "You are indeed a clever woman. I've seen the video footage in the elevator, and the time displayed is 13:07:43, while the perpetrator was making a phone call. Your phone should be able to show this call record. In fact, checking Sanqi's phone would be the same, and even if we go to the mobile company to investigate now, it wouldn't be difficult. Your phone must have had a call record at that time as well. Moreover, I've already learned from the front desk that you were indeed the one who arranged for Ma Chao to stay in room 0204."

  "Do you know why I want to kill him?" Huang Xiaoxiao's face had become somewhat melancholic at this time.

  "I don't know, actually this is exactly what I wanted to ask you, what kind of hatred could make you..."

  "It's for your sister, isn't it? Ha! I finally found out!" Sanqi panted heavily, leaning against the door. "Today, after you saved that child, you said 'I don't want you to lose your own sister too'. And I remember when we were young, your sister often played with us. So I inferred that this matter is related to her."

  "Hehe, you're still the same as when you were a kid..." said Huang Xiaoxiao, gazing out at the sky outside the window. "That's right, the murderer is me..."

  "No! You're not the killer!"

  "What!" Both Kongming and Ouyang Xuan exclaimed at the same time.