Baji.
After hearing these two words coming out of Takagi Wataru's mouth, Fujiwara Yu was extremely confused. Could it be that the "baji" that Takagi was talking about was the round badge in his hand?
In his thirst for knowledge, even though he seemed a little "outdated", he still asked:
"What is Baji?"
Takagi pointed at the various ornaments on the table and explained them one by one:
"Inspector, what you're holding is a 'baji.' In normal life, it's an onomatopeia, but in the anime world, it means a peripheral badge. Try reading it and you'll understand. Putting aside 'baji,' this thing is called a standee, which is often more expensive than a 'baji.' And this is colored paper, which has a high collectible value... Of course, the clothes worn by the two victims are not called princess dresses, they are sweet lolita-style."
“…”
Fujiwara Yuu narrowed his eyes as he looked at the chattering Takagi Wataru. This kid must have a collection of these things at home, otherwise how could he know so much about them? He always felt that he had listened to a lot of "nonsense" and gained useless knowledge.
"You don't need to explain science. It won't help the case." Fujiwara Yuu really didn't want to listen any more. He felt like Takagi Wataru would chatter on for hours. He placed the round badge back on the table and said calmly, "Andrade was poisoned. Check the scene to see if there's anything containing poison."
"yes!"
The two began searching around the bedroom. Before they had searched for three minutes, they saw a small bottle under the bed with a striking yellow label that read: Rat Repellent.
This brand of rat repellent is strictly prohibited and is difficult to buy in China and even in several neighboring countries because it contains tetramethylene disulfone tetramine, a neurotoxin that is more powerful than potassium cyanide.
Rather than wondering how the murderer bought the banned rat repellent, what puzzled Fujiwara Yu even more was - wasn't it too easy to find the murder weapon so quickly?
What’s more, the bottle is very thoughtful and directly labels what the poison is, as if someone is deliberately guiding you.
"Inspector, I noticed that there is powder on these peripheral products. If you don't look closely, you might think it's dust."
Wataru Takagi picked up the Nunu doll on the bedside table and handed it to Sosuke Takagi. If you look carefully, you can easily see that there is a white powdery substance on it, and it is not spread all over Nunu.
Fujiwara Yu bent down to check the floor and sure enough, there was the same white powder. You know, tetramethylene disulfone tetramine is a white powder, so did the murderer sprinkle the poison around it?
Takagi Wataru always felt that the key lay in these peripherals, so he had been carefully checking. When he saw a red lipstick mark on the face of the poster of Hayami Junji on the bedside table, he exclaimed:
"The victim died by his own hand!"
Kiss...die?
Fujiwara Yu tilted his head and looked at Takagi Wataru with a strange look on his face. He had never heard that a kiss could kill someone, and he hadn't heard Yonehara Sakurako say that these victims had lovers.
"What do you mean by death?"
"No, what I mean is that the murderer smeared poison on the poster, and the victim kissed the poster and accidentally ingested the poison, so he died." Takagi Shigeru explained with a wry smile.
Fujiwara Yu came forward to check the poster and found that there was indeed a red lip print on it, with a small amount of white powder around it. It seemed that the victim, Andrade, didn't care about the dirt on the poster at all and kissed it directly.
But who could have poisoned him?
This is definitely not something that an outsider can do. Only someone who knows them very well can do it, and they have to be so familiar with them that they can enter the room for a long time without being suspected.
Fujiwara Yu couldn't help but turn his head to look at Yonehara Sakurako who was standing at the door and didn't come in. Could she be lying? If she was also responsible for cleaning the victims' bedrooms on weekdays, it would be very convenient for her to poison them without arousing suspicion.
If I want to confirm my idea, I can only go and see the third victim.
After pushing open the door of the next room, he found that there was no one inside, but the surroundings of the room were exaggerated to the extent that not only was the ceiling covered with posters, but even the floor was covered with more than a dozen carpets.
It's a bit exaggerated. Although he doesn't understand it, he chooses to respect the other party's preferences.
After all, there is no law to break, and there is nothing wrong with spending your own money to buy what you like.
Fujiwara Yu reached out and picked up the photo frame on the desk. Inside was a photo of a white-haired boy and a blonde girl. Of course, the style was two-dimensional, not three-dimensional.
He always felt that this two-dimensional blonde girl looked familiar. After carefully searching his memory, he found that the victim named Garcia he saw when he entered the door was very similar to her.
Could it be the same person? That's impossible.
Fujiwara Yu turned the photo frame over and noticed a line of small words written on the back. He couldn't help but read it out:
"...500th day anniversary of my relationship with Kurusu Amagi?"
"Ah, I know that name!" Takagi Wataru's surprise startled Takashi Sosuke slightly. He smiled and picked up a stand with Kurusu Amagi printed on it. He explained, "I just thought the name Hayami Junji sounded familiar. Now I finally remember, Hayami Junji and Kurusu Amagi are both conquest targets in the same otome game."
"Otome game? What's that?"
Fujiwara Yu suddenly felt like an old antique who knew nothing. Many of the words he heard today made him feel like a fool with a serious lack of knowledge.
Takagi Shigeru is quite knowledgeable about this type of thing. He often reads things related to the two-dimensional world and the entertainment industry. As a qualified spectator, his knowledge in some aspects is indeed higher than that of Toji Sosuke.
Look, he is talking about these areas that Ying Si has never touched upon:
"Otome games are female-oriented romance games with various storylines centered around a female protagonist. There are various male characters of different styles in the game that can be pursued by the player, but pursuing them means developing a romantic relationship with them."
"Oh, so this blonde 2D girl is the heroine of the game?" Fujiwara Yu pointed at the girl in the photo of the two of them and asked.
"That shouldn't be it. I've seen pictures of the heroine in Akihabara before. She should have black hair." Takagi Shigeru held his chin in his hand and thought for a moment before suddenly realizing, "Oh! This should be the victim, Kashiya. She must have asked an artist to help her draw a two-dimensional image of herself. This is called an OC."
"oc?"
"It means in-character, which means original character. One's own two-dimensional image is also a kind of OC, commonly known as self-design."
Fujiwara Yu didn't expect that Takagi Shigeru knew so much about this. He might have a lot of such things at home.
So...Takagi shouldn't be described as an otome game player.
Well, it should be male player B.
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