Chapter 428 Dilemma of Choice

Soma Seiichiro pointed to the old man on the slide and introduced:

"Kimaku Hisao!"

"This man is called Hisao Kimoku, he is 46 years old, he was Maria's tutor during her high school years, but he was later fired by Maria's father, Shinsuke Asakura, who forbade him from meeting Maria."

"Then why did Maria's father forbid them to meet, and later sent Maria to study in England (according to the Japanese archives, it was in Florence, Italy, probably a Chinese translation error)?"

"This makes people wonder, what happened between them?"

"Seven years ago, Kiba's wife died of illness, and he has been meeting Maria since then. Six years ago, Maria married Mochizuki Yukihira, and his bar closed down. Five years ago, he opened the Quiet Woman bar he is running now."

"The most crucial point is that the bar where Mumu closed down was called November 31."

Soma changed the slide again, and then showed a kidnapping letter left by the kidnappers, and then said:
"Everyone, please look at the signature on this kidnapping letter!"

"N31" everyone exclaimed in unison. Mu Mu had always been in contact with Maria, so he was very familiar with her. The abbreviation of the bar's name happened to be N31. No one would believe it if he said it had nothing to do with the kidnappers.

Seeing that Soma Seiichiro did not continue to speak, but looked hesitant, the section chief encouraged him:

"Sōma, that's a very good analysis. Do you have any other speculations?"

Soma Seiichiro scratched his head and said uncertainly:

"When I was investigating Hisao Kiba, I found that there was something strange about his wife's death!"

The section chief was very interested in Soma's inference, so he said:

"Keep talking. Whether you're right or wrong, it can give us a clue to solve the case!"

Upon hearing this, Soma immediately said:

"His wife, Satoko Kiba, died of illness seven years ago, but strangely, it took less than two days from her illness to her death!"

"And the poison that Kitasato Annan instigated Mochizuki Yukihei to use to kill his wife was ADTX toxin extracted from lacquer beans. The poison will take effect 12 hours after administration and the patient will die within two days. And the toxin cannot be detected!"

"Hualalalal~!" Everyone was shocked when these words were spoken!

Then everyone in the meeting room discussed:

"Could it be that these two cases are related, that Mumu conspired to poison his wife in order to be with Maria, and then Maria married another man, so he held a grudge against her?"

"But this doesn't make sense. Mu Jiuxiong and Baili Xingnan have no connection at all!"

"The victim this time is Maria!"

"The kidnappers' purpose is more likely to be for money!"

At this time, the section chief stood up and said, "Quiet!"

"Thank you for your hard work, no matter what your analysis is, we cannot miss any possibility now that we don't have any more clues. So we will split into three groups..."

When the meeting was over, Soma Seiichiro was still sitting in the conference room. He took out his phone again and read the text message, muttering to himself:
"Who sent me these two clues?"

"Director! The search warrant has been approved!" said Yabuki Yutaka holding the search warrant.

Soma Seiichiro calmed down and said:
"set off!"

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On the other side, Lin Hao went home to take a shower, tidied and decorated the room, and then brought the chicken soup he made to the hospital to take care of Maria.

"Yukihira, you're here!" Maria looked at Lin Hao with joy.

Lin Hao walked forward and hugged Maria, then said with concern:
"How's it going? Are you feeling better?"

"Yeah! Much better!" He looked at the thermos in Lin Hao's hand and asked expectantly, "What did you bring?"

"Chicken soup for you!" Lin Hao said with a smile.

Maria said in surprise: "Did you, Yukihira, do this for me personally?"

"Of course!" Lin Hao said as he poured the chicken soup, then sat at the head of the bed and fed it to Mariya's mouth!

At this moment, Maria felt as if she had returned to the time when she was newly married, and felt that it was all worth it!

Seeing that Maria drank the chicken soup, Lin Hao asked with a little expectation:
"How about it, my cooking skills are pretty good!"

"I didn't expect Yukihira's soup to be so delicious!" Mariya's eyes narrowed into slits with happiness: "I really like it!"

"As long as you like it, I'll feed it to you slowly!" Lin Hao fed it to Zhenlia one spoonful at a time!

And Mariya was also waiting happily for Lin Hao to feed her. After drinking two bowls of chicken soup, Mariya leaned happily in Lin Hao's arms.

But after the happiness, Maria thought of Ogata who had been detained, and felt a little worried. It seemed that she had to get Ogata out as soon as possible and let him take the money and leave.

Then Maria lowered her head and said in a depressed mood:

"Yukihira, although our family's 200 million yen is gone, don't worry, I will find a way to raise some money for you so that you can continue to run the cafe you love."

Lin Hao stroked Maria's hair affectionately, then said with a smile:

"I know you don't like coffee. You don't have to force yourself. No matter how good you pretend, if you don't like it, you just don't like it. You can't fool anyone!"

Then he sighed and said:

“In fact, after two years of operation, I realized that I am not cut out for running a coffee shop, so I plan to sell the coffee shop when the time is right!”

"Yukihira!" Looking at the man in front of her, is this still her silly and cute husband?
Her husband's sudden change made Maria both happy and disappointed. She was happy that he woke up in time and returned to his family and did not continue to make trouble, but she was also disappointed that her husband gave up so easily.

But she still pulled herself together and asked:
"So what are your plans for the future, Yukihira?"

Lin Hao kissed Maria on the lips and said, "Secret!"

Looking at her proud husband, Maria thought to herself, Yukihira is really interesting!

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Seiichiro Soma brought his men to the bar in Mumu.

Then he took out his police ID and said:

"Mr. Kiba, I'm Seiichiro Soma from the Abduction Division of the Metropolitan Police Department. You should know why we're here!"

Mu Mu's heart was in turmoil, but he still said calmly:
"I don't know!"

Seeing that Mokuma was playing dumb, Soma showed the search warrant and said:

"This is our search warrant, please cooperate with our investigation!"

"We now suspect you of being involved in a kidnapping case and need to search your bar!"

Mu Mu looked at the search warrant in astonishment, his mind was in a thousand twists and turns, then he collected his thoughts and said expressionlessly:
"What do you need me to do?"

Soma stared at Mumu intently. He saw clearly the astonishment in Mumu's eyes just now, so he asked, "You don't seem surprised that we came to you?"

After Soma explained his purpose, Mokuma's expression was obviously surprised, although it was very brief, Soma caught it.

But Soma said he had no feelings of surprise, apparently testing Mokumaku.

Upon hearing this, Mu Mu forced himself to calm down. He didn't know what went wrong, nor did he know why the police came to him, so he could only shake his head and say:
"Then do you think I should be surprised?"

Soma looked at Mumu, who had no expression on his face at the moment, and said:

"Search~!"

"Hi~!" Yabuki Yutaka responded immediately, and then called on his teammates to start the search.

After arranging his work, Seiichiro Soma just stared at the wooden curtain without saying a word, waiting for the results of Yabuki Yutaka's search.

At this time, Mu Mu was panicked because the 2 million that Maria left with him was not hidden very secretly!

Sure enough, within five minutes, a cry of surprise came from the wine cellar, and soon Yabuki Yutaka came to Soma's side with a box of money and said loudly:
"Look, Director. That's 2 million yen!"

As he spoke, he opened the box. The garbage bag inside had not been changed. It was still the garbage bag that Lin Hao used to pay the ransom, and it was filled with a bag of money.

Upon hearing this, Soma Seiichiro checked the money inside, then sneered and said to Mumu:
"This is really a case of catching the person red-handed!"

"Mr. Mumu, you are not going to tell me now that this money has nothing to do with you!"

Mu Mu was in a dilemma at this moment. Should he tell the police that the money belonged to Mariya and he had no intention of embezzling it?

I wanted to struggle, but when I thought about their follow-up plans, I just shook my head and stopped talking.

After Mumu was brought back to the Metropolitan Police Department by Soma, he was immediately praised by all the police officers, but Soma was not proud.

Because he knew that the clue about Mu Mu was actually a reminder from a strange text message!

Then he went straight into the interrogation room and began interrogating Mumu.

"Name?"

"Don't you know?"

"gender?"

"Can't you see?"

"address?"

"You're the one who captured me, and you're asking me where I live?"

"For what purpose did you and Ogata plan to kidnap Maria?"

However, this time when questioned by the police, Mu Mu remained silent!

Soma waved his hand and stopped his men from continuing their rhetoric and asking these meaningless questions. Mokuma was simply unwilling to cooperate.

If he didn't break down his psychological defenses, he wouldn't be able to get any more images, so Soma went straight to the heart of the matter and said:
"In the case of Maria's kidnapping, we found 2 million yen in ransom from your wine cellar. It can be said that we caught both the kidnapper and the evidence."

"I want to know what role you played in this kidnapping case?"

Mu Mu still didn't say anything. He knew in his heart that he couldn't escape. Thinking of his and Maria's plan, it was a pity that it couldn't be completed!
Moreover, neither he nor Maria expected the police to find his bar, so they had not prepared any contingency plans.

Seeing that Mumu still didn't say anything, Soma decided to use a ruthless trick, so Soma took out a photo, placed it in front of Mumu, and said:
"You know this person, right?"

Mu Mu was stunned, and his expression, which had remained unchanged for thousands of years, finally changed, because the woman in the photo was his wife, Mu Mu Satoko!
"Finally I see a change of emotion on your face!" At this time, Soma did not continue to ask, but changed the subject and talked about another thing:
"Before this kidnapping, Kitasato Annan was able to extract ADTX toxin from lacquer beans. The toxin would take effect 12 hours after the poisoning. However, you only need to take 2 mg to die within two days, and the toxin will not be detected!"

"And your wife, Satoko Kiba, died in 7. She fell ill and died within two days, right?"

"Can you tell me how these two things are related?"

Mumu opened his mouth, wanting to speak out, but for some reason, he closed his mouth again and then said:
"I won't answer any of your questions until my lawyer arrives!"

"Baka~!" Soma was at a loss at this point, so he stopped interrogating Mokuma.

When they returned to the office, Yabuki Yutaka frowned and asked:
"Director, this guy is totally unresponsive. What should we do next?"

Soma Seiichiro thought for a moment, then stood up and said:

"Maybe we can get more clues from Maria!"

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Then Soma came to the hospital with his assistant, and Maria was a little surprised that Soma came to her!

However, thinking about how Soma was unable to get any more clues from him last night, he put together his prepared speech.

After Soma greeted Lin Hao, he smiled and said to Mariya:

"Ms. Mariya, I have good news for you. We have caught your kidnapper and also found your 2 million yen in cash!"

"What?" Maria was shocked, and then said in disbelief, "You found it already?"

This is really one problem after another. Ogata hasn't been rescued yet, and something has gone wrong on Mumu's side!

Maria couldn't help but feel curious. How did the wooden curtain get exposed?
At the same time, he was thinking about how to help everyone escape safely.

"Yes, I have found them all, not a single one is missing!" Soma said with a smile.

At this time Lin Hao also smiled and said:

"That's great, but I don't know what exactly happened in this kidnapping case. Officer Soma, could you tell me about it in detail?"

"Here's what happened. After we caught Ogata..."

Then Soma explained the case in detail to Lin Hao and Maria, and finally Soma said:

"Because both of these kidnappers have had contact with Ms. Mariya, and it seems that both of them have admired you, so I would like to ask you, Ms., if you can tell us about the situation of Mumu and Ogata!"

However, after hearing what Soma said, Maria opened her mouth wide. She really didn't know that Ogata was arrested, and she didn't expect that Mokuma would also be arrested!

Maria looked at her husband sitting next to her, and thought of Kisaragi and Ogata who were implicated because of helping her.

Judging from Officer Soma's expression, neither of them has betrayed themselves yet.

Now, Maria is faced with a dilemma:

If she said nothing and did nothing now, she would let Kimura and Ogata stay in jail for a while and then pull them out after a while.

But she also felt reluctant, as this was not her style, and she didn't want them to go to jail for her.

You can also tell the police that this kidnapping was just a hoax and that you kidnapped yourself in revenge for your husband's infidelity!
This will allow Kisaragi and Ogata to be safe and avoid going to jail, but the question is, can Yukihira still accept such a dangerous wife?
And the 16 billion accidental injury insurance will probably be wasted!
(End of this chapter)