There were no sounds of gunfire, and no dangerous gunmen in sight. The guests of Heart of Oshino ventured from their rooms and went towards the room where the gunfight had occurred. Some guests, however, did not go near that room, and just stood far off to see. 

“A woman’s lying there. Is she dead?” said someone in a hushed voice. 

“She must be dead. There’s a knife sticking out of her chest.” 

“She’s not dead! Her hand’s moving!” said someone in surprise. 

“Oh yeah, her hand is still moving!” 

“Call for an ambulance! Hurry!” urged someone. 

“How? There’s no signal here. The land lines aren’t working either,” said someone. 

“Where’s the boss? This is his hotel. He should make a decision on this,” said someone. 

“Quiet down, quiet down, I’ll go take a look.” The boss of the hotel pushed his way out of the crowd and went towards the room, saying as he went, “You people, stay back or you will tamper with the crime scene.” 

The hotel boss walked cautiously up to the door of the room, watched by an audien...