The case is not yet over at this point, and the police still have a lot of finishing work to do.
The criminal police frequently interrogated Fushimi Roku, mentioning Kazama Chihime's cause of death. Fushimi Roku insisted he was a victim—indeed, Kazama Chihime had insisted on jumping out of the car while holding him.
"I told her no, really no, if we jumped, we would die. Wouldn't it be better to surrender for trial? Even if it meant the death penalty, that would come later! But she wouldn't listen, insisting that to live in disgrace was worse than to die well. I was caught off guard and got pushed off the car by her..."
Fushimi Roku was describing it animatedly and felt a bit dry in the mouth, so he made a gesture to the side. Minamoto Tamako fed him fruit with a toothpick and casually asked, "But wasn't she behind you at the time? How could she push you out of the car?"
"Did you see it clearly?" Fushimi Roku countered.
