As a girl, Ai is very perceptive, and her gaze towards Ishimaru Sora changed slightly. At this moment, Kōyū handed a water glass to Ai: "This is the water glass that Kawamoto Sōichi gave to Takehara Noriko."
Ai took the water glass and opened the lid. As soon as she opened the lid, a bitter almond smell wafted out. Kōyū's expression turned serious: "Could it be Kawamoto Shōichi? No way."
"It shouldn't be him, it should be the person sitting there," Xiao Ai thought for a moment and replied.
"But why?" No matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see any motive in Ishimaru.
Ai shook her head, stood up and said to Mitsuyu, "Let's go, Officer Takagi will look into the situation."
The two approached Takagi, who was staring at his police handbook, his hair disheveled from fiddling with it. Kōyū asked, "Officer Takagi, is there still no progress?"
“Yes.” Takagi frowned. “Logically speaking, there must be some motive for this kind of murder. After my investigation, I found that Ms. Hayakawa and Mr. Ishimaru were a couple, and Mr. Kawamoto liked Ms. Takehara, but it is unlikely that he would do such a thing.”
"Why?"
The police are always afraid of thinking that this person might not be the murderer. Everything depends on evidence. Although Guangyou and Xiaoai thought so too, they were not sure. You can know a person's face but not their heart. There are plenty of beasts in suits.
"After I looked into it, I found out that Mr. Kawamoto and Ms. Takehara's relationship has progressed. Just a couple of days ago, they went out to eat and have fun together. I think a normal person wouldn't do something so foolish at this time."
After listening to Takagi's words, Ai nodded in agreement. Indeed, if you were about to succeed and still chose to court death, you would truly be a fool.
Takagi sighed, "That's the troubling problem. The possibility of a crime of passion is basically gone. At most, a revenge killing would involve some minor friction with another band, not enough to warrant murder."
"Where is that band?" Ai suddenly asked.
Takagi raised an eyebrow and said, "I'm not here, but I have a phone."
"Officer Takagi, you should call him and ask if he bribed anyone in Ms. Takehara's band," Ai said.
Takagi nodded, then dialed the band's manager's number. A few seconds later, the call connected, and after a few polite exchanges, Takagi went straight to the question.
At first, the other party categorically denied it, but after Takagi's repeated questioning, they had no choice but to admit their actions.
The other party admitted that he had bribed people in the band to obtain some information about the new song. As a result, they also found someone to create a song of the same type to release in advance and catch Noriko Takehara's band off guard.
The release date is three days later, just two days before Noriko Takehara's band releases their new album.
Takagi then pressed the other person to reveal who that person was, and after hesitating for a moment, the other person gave his name.
Just as the person on the phone said their name, a woman's voice came through.
"It was Ishimaru who did it."
Just as the other party had said, Takagi made a polite remark and then hung up the phone, turning to look at Hayakawa Moe who had suddenly appeared.
Hayakawa Moe, contrary to her cute demeanor, looked guilty and hesitated for a while before walking over to the group and saying, "It was Ishimaru who sold some information about our new song to them, but I believe he really didn't do it on purpose."
"Was it deliberately put aside for now? I'd like to have a word with Mr. Ishimaru," Takagi said to Hayakawa Moe with a calm expression.
Ten minutes later, Hayakawa Moe brought Ishimaru Sora to the group. Ishimaru Sora had his head down, making it impossible to see his expression. Takagi asked, "Mr. Ishimaru, I can give you a chance. If you confess now, it will be considered turning yourself in."
The scene fell silent. Takagi didn't rush. After a long while, Ishimaru Sora raised his head, his eyes bloodshot: "I did it."
"It was I who sold the information about her new song to her, and it was also me who hurt Noriko."
After saying this, Sora Ishimaru suddenly sat down on the ground, lowered his head and said, "Actually, at first, I liked Noriko, but then I didn't expect that Momo would confess to me. At that time, I wanted to use Momo to win over Noriko. Later, I told Noriko my feelings, but she politely declined and told me to treat Momo well."
“That day she told me that she already knew I had sold the information to the other party, and said she was going to tell Sister Ling.”
"In a moment of madness, I came up with this plan for the concert. While Noriko was sleeping, I sprayed some irritating gas into her room to make her cough. To avoid being discovered, I sprayed some gas into everyone else as well. Then I used the method of bitter almonds to stop coughing to make everyone eat this candy."
"Then during halftime, I handed the bottle of water containing bitter almond to Kawamoto, so that he could take the opportunity to go up and fawn over him. You know what happened next."
Kōyū frowned: "Won't Noriko-neechan notice when you spray that gas?"
Sora Ishimaru shook his head: "No, because I had just done maintenance on our instruments that day. I had repainted them because they had some scratches."
Takagi's phone rang, and it was Iwaki Rin calling. The caller said that Takehara Noriko was out of danger and had been rescued. Hearing this news, Ishimaru Soraka felt a sense of relief.
Takagi stood up and took out handcuffs: "Mr. Ishimaru, please come with me to the Metropolitan Police Department."
Sora Ishimaru nodded and stood up. He walked to Moe Hayakawa's side and said, "Moe, I'm sorry. Actually, I regretted it when I saw Noriko drink the water. Please forgive me."
“You should talk to Noriko about this. You know she’s saying this to make you admit your mistakes as soon as possible, and that you don’t need to apologize to me. It was all just wishful thinking on my part.” Hayakawa Moe forced a smile.
Sora Ishimaru followed Takagi away, and Mitsuyu came to Hayakawa Moe's side to comfort her, saying, "Moe-nee, don't be sad."
Kōyū knew how painful it was to be used, but unexpectedly, Hayakawa Moe suddenly laughed out loud: "Kōyū, do you think I can't find someone suitable for me? If I could, I would really like to find a boy like Kōyū."
Upon hearing this, Ai calmly pulled on Kousuke's clothes and walked towards the door: "It's getting late, we'll be going now, goodbye."
Watching the two children walk away, a tear flashed in Hayakawa Moe's big eyes, and the smile on her lips gradually disappeared.
...
When Kōyū got home, he sat on the bed and looked at Conan beside him with a look as if he were looking at a monster: "Conan, you didn't even go, and you just delivered a gift and something still happened?"
"Hey, you've gone too far. Why don't you admit it's your fault?" Conan glared with dead fish eyes, and could only give Mitsuyu the middle finger for his attempt to shift the blame.
“You infected me too,” Guangyou murmured.
Reflecting on the day, a smile crept onto his lips. "It was just that something went wrong; otherwise, it would have been perfect."
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