Although there were indeed more pieces of good news, Fox Captain could not feel happy at all, and his troubled expression was palpable even through his mask.
He dropped a piece of chocolate into his coffee cup, stirred it around, and asked, "What about the witnesses? Have we interrogated anything more out of them?"
The subordinate shook his head and replied, "No... The earliest batch of witnesses—the boatman, the children, the robbers—all gave completely contradictory statements. Some said the suspect was a young woman wearing a magnificent long dress; some said he was dressed like a student; and others said he looked like a tender, delicate pretty boy who had just crawled out of prison...
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