Chapter 3: Suspects

The night covered the entire city A. Albert checked the time: “Oh! At 12 o'clock at night, I have to go to sleep." Every time he dives into the investigation, he will forget everything. He hasn't even had dinner tonight. Albert frowned and walked over to the big refrigerator in the room. The inside of the freezer compartment is filled with delicious fresh fish. He took out a sea bass and soaked it in water to defrost it and started cooking. Flexible hands gently cut each piece of fish. He started to turn on the oil pan and fry those beautiful pieces of fish. Then he added spices and had a light meal that took little time. He happily ate all the delicious pieces of fish, he thought to himself: "If everything goes well tomorrow, the case will be solved, I will return to that boring life." He let out a long, frustrated sigh.

At 8:00 am at the crime scene, the suspects have fully gathered. Albert looked at each of them one by one. The police officers arranged the room to take the suspects' bows. In a closed room was a young girl. Her hair falling to her shoulders, her face was very pitiful: "I can’t believe it. You must definitely catch the killer.” As she spoke, she sobbed. She was Jade, a colleague of the victim. According to the investigation, their relationship is not just friends. Albert looked at her once and suddenly said: "Can you stand up?" In front of everyone's confused gazes he approached the girl. She is a pretty girl with an attractive voice. She wears a business suit, earrings, necklace and a red watch. He took a look at the girl, looked into her eyes. "Are you and the victim dating?" Leonard stood to one side and shouted: "You'd better be honest with us, otherwise..." She stammered fearfully: "Ah yes...yeah, we have only been dating for a while.” Stan stared at her for a moment: "Do you know if the victim has any enemies or conflicts with anyone?" The girl thought for a long time and then said, "I'm not sure but, once on a date together, he mentioned a conflict about song ideas with a friend. Someone named John." Stan suddenly frowned and muttered: "Isn't John one of the four suspects? This guy seems very suspicious.

After observing for a long time, Albert left the room. At that moment a phone call came from the forensic team. He thought for a moment, his face showing a sad expression: "So it is!" He mumbled and stepped outside. The second suspect is John, a music composer. In the room, John slightly raised his lips: "I know nothing" Leonard's face was extremely unsightly, he repeatedly knocked on the table and shouted: "I suggest you cooperate according to the process, we have not asked you yet." Stan signaled Leonard to keep quiet. His sharp eyes stared at John. Just one look made him unnatural, the joking expression on his face disappeared. Seeing that, Leonard continued: "I heard that you have a conflict with the victim about whether the idea is correct? Hearing that question, his face flashed with anger: "It was my idea. He made it a topic without consulting me." Stan narrowed his eyes and continued: "So you killed the victim?" At this point, John knew he had made a mistake and stammered: "No... I did nothing, just an idea, not enough to kill my friend."

The third suspect named John is a colleague of the victim's company. In the interrogation room, his face showed a sad expression: "Last week, he and I were eating together, but now... Although I am not very close with him, he is such a good talent." Suddenly a voice came from outside. "Have you always secretly admired Miss Jade?" The door opened with a click, and Albert entered. Seeing that the person coming was a young man in his 20s, he smiled and said: “Who are you? What right do you have to ask?” Then he looked at Captain Stan: "Since when did your police let an intern come to question you?" Leonard stood on one side, looking at Jade with cold eyes, causing him to panic and stammer: "I don't understand where you guys get the information from, but we are just colleagues."

Albert approached him and looked at him once, then he said to Captain Stan: "Okay then, next one." Stan heard an unhappy expression on his face, but he didn't say anything because he had already interrogated 3 people, apart from having no alibi, he didn't get any useful clues. He sighed softly: "Okay you can go out, next person.”

The next person was Edric, a young man with an immature face that made him look like a high school student. In the room he looked around, a worried expression appeared on his face: "This has nothing to do with me, I'm weak. How can I kill him?

Captain Stan looked at the young man in front of him, at his small body. He wears a pair of glasses that makes him looks like a student; his body is small, about 1m59 in heights. He pondered: "Who is it after all; it's already the third case. What does that black rose mean, why does every case have a rose in the victim's mouth?

At the end of interrogation, the policemen's faces were extremely unsightly. So far, a week has passed, 3 consecutive murders with different forms, but they only have one thing in common: the mysterious black rose. The police tried their best to investigate for many days even working until late at night, but still could not find any useful clues.

Leonard looked at Captain Stan worriedly: "Do you think this is a case of mass murder? If we don't solve this, the city is going to go crazy. It's our job, I'm afraid we can't keep it." He revealed a sad expression.

Reng Reng The phone rang and he checked his phone. "It's Albert, why is he calling now?" He hurriedly picked up the phone, on the other side heard an urgent voice from Albert: "Hello is that right, Deputy Captain Leonard? He wanted to summon everyone to the crime scene. He said in astonishment: "How could you have found it?" An urgent voice: “What did you say? Why did you let them go? All right, you and the captain just go to the crime scene, I'll be right there." Stan stood beside him and looked at Leonard's happy face: "What's wrong?"

"Captain Leonard, let's go. He's found the killer." Stan's face completely didn't believe in his ears anymore, he stammered and turned to Leonard: "You..you believe that he can solve this case so quickly? While we with a strong police force still can't find any clues? Leonard smiled: "Let's go see how he solves the case?"