After a while, Shiratori called.
After questioning, it was learned that Mr. Yanai had indeed had a conflict with the deceased.
The reason for the quarrel between the two was that Mr. Murakami did not intend to continue cooperating with their publishing house, and without Mr. Yanai's knowledge, he had agreed to have another publishing house publish his novel.
Of course, this was enough to motivate Editor Yanai to kill in anger, but he did have a sufficient alibi.
On the night of the incident, Mr. Yanai was in a bad mood because of the deceased's decision, and went to an izakaya with his colleagues from the editorial department to drink after get off work.
It started at 8 o'clock, and then went to the nightclub at 11 o'clock and played there until 2 o'clock in the morning.
Now, after questioning colleagues, we have obtained definite testimony that the two were together all night, although further verification and confirmation are still needed to prevent the other party from helping to make false confessions.
But there is no doubt that Mr. Yanai's suspicion has been minimized.
Mr. Yanai, the editor, has a perfect alibi.
As a housekeeper, Shandian Hezi went home early at eight o'clock after cooking dinner.
When the deceased left, his agent, Mitsuko Shibasa, had dinner with him, which was sufficient to prove that he was not a suspect.
After all, if you just randomly give sleeping pills, there is no guarantee that the deceased will go to the study obediently. It is more likely that he will go directly back to the bedroom.
As for the last agent, Mitsuko Shibasa, the situation is the most complicated at the moment. After all, the deceased's wife divorced him because of him, and it is still unknown why the deceased made such a choice.
She had talked about her relationship problems before, and this was confirmed. Not only did she have a lover, but they were also living together openly.
According to the neighbors, the two have been living together for many years and have never been married, but they kept it a secret. The neighbors thought they were just close friends who cared about each other and did not think anything more than that.
Moreover, Mrs. Murakami and the deceased had been divorced for a long time, and Mitsuko Shibasa had no other intentions at all. When Tang Ze investigated the deceased's home, he did not find any signs of a woman living there.
At the same time, killing Mr. Murakami would also be detrimental to her career as a writer. After all, after Murakami's death, his recommendations and network of connections could no longer be used.
After investigation, the more they treated it as a homicide case, the less evidence of murder they found. Instead, there was evidence everywhere that the deceased might have died of suicide or an accident.
And the news that followed immediately increased the possibility of accidents.
The deceased was taking sleeping pills!
After verifying the initial testimony, Karasawa asked Takagi and the other man to investigate the surrounding hospitals centered on the deceased's residence.
Finally, it was discovered that Mr. Murakami went to the nearby Beihua Private Hospital every month to get sleeping pills, and the dosage prescribed was the same as what he took every day.
And I confirmed with the doctor that he personally went to the hospital to get the medicine.
If this is the case, combined with the previous series of evidence, it is very likely that the deceased fell asleep while sitting at the desk after taking his daily sleeping pills, and died of poisoning because the heater was not ventilated.
"Really? So he's been taking sleeping pills."
"That's true." Takagi nodded and reported to Inspector Megure: "And according to the interrogation, it seems that the housekeeper and the agent are unaware of this."
"Why..." Officer Megure frowned and said, "It's understandable that the editor, Mr. Yanai, doesn't know the situation. Even though we have a long-standing friendship, he is still an outsider after all.
But the other two were responsible for the deceased's daily life, so how could they not even know that the deceased was taking sleeping pills?"
"Well... maybe he's trying to hide the fact that he's a best-selling author and that he suffers from insomnia due to heavy pressure," Takagi guessed.
"The so-called man's self-esteem..." Inspector Megure nodded, seeming to agree with this statement.
"He's dead, so there's no way to verify it now." Gao Mu sighed and said, "I didn't expect that such a glamorous best-selling author would have such troubles..."
"Where is the medicine? How did you find it?" Inspector Megure asked again.
"It's in his study, behind the books."
Chiba reported, "After we learned that the deceased had taken sleeping pills, we carefully searched the books on the bookshelf and found the bottle of sleeping pills. It was obviously hidden intentionally."
"So Mr. Murakami's death was really an accident!?"
After hearing everyone's conversation and judging based on the existing evidence, Miyamoto Yumi was filled with disbelief, "How is this possible!!"
She covered her head with her hands in frustration, pulling her hair into a mess like a chicken coop, and kept shouting, "This joke is not funny at all! The great writer Murakami Takaki actually died in an accident?
Just like that?
The world will laugh at me when they find out! Will Mr. Murakami be called a ridiculous title like "the writer who died accidentally"? I absolutely won't allow that!
"Alright, alright, be quiet." Tang Ze looked at Miyamoto Yumi, who looked like she had a raging fire burning behind her, and he couldn't help but hold his forehead and said speechlessly: "I have something serious to ask you, be serious."
"Oh no! Manager Mitsuko Shibasa is holding a press conference now!!"
At this moment, Shiratori suddenly rushed in and told everyone the news.
"What? Press conference?" Inspector Megure quickly stood up and turned on the TV in the conference room. After tuning to the TV station designated by Shiratori, he happened to see Mitsuko Shibasa's speech.
“Actually, I, Mitsuko Shibasa, have been writing for Mr. Takashi Murakami for the past few years.
Several works published in the past three years, such as "The Flowing Xiaodun Canal," "July Lovers," and "Wakkanai Love," were all written by me."
As soon as she started her speech, Mitsuko Shibasa dropped a bombshell, which immediately caused a commotion among the reporters present.
Despite the commotion of the reporters, Shibasa Mitsuko remained calm and said, "I have admired my teacher since my teenage years, so I feel truly happy to be able to publish my work under his name.
Of course, Mr. Murakami also gave me most of the royalties from the book. Mrs. Murakami even became jealous because she suspected that Mr. Murakami had an affair with me, forcing him to divorce her.
As soon as these words were spoken, the uproar at the scene became even greater, and the frequency of the flash lights became more frequent.
At first glance, what Mitsuko Shibasa said was to show how much Murakami valued her. Not only did he give her most of the royalties, but he also divorced his wife for this.
While openly praising himself, he was also secretly belittling Murakami Takaki's character, which was a double entendre.
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