Chapter 1273 1281 [Organizational stalker -1, -1, -1]
The store manager felt a little embarrassed to be ridiculed like this. Compared with regular sushi restaurants, conveyor belt sushi is often considered to be not up to standard.
His momentum stagnated, and his voice lowered, but he still said stubbornly: "These are two different things."
Agatsuma Ryuzo stood up, pushed him imposingly, and smiled sinisterly: "Don't argue with me. It only takes me a few minutes to destroy a small shop like yours - don't forget, in addition to my job, I am also a well-known food writer. As long as I write a few bad reviews, you can forget about keeping your shop open."
He suddenly pointed to a corner and sneered, "Just like the shop of that auntie who is eating quietly over there."
In the corner, a middle-aged woman in pink was startled when she heard the words. She glanced over angrily but dared not say a word, then quickly lowered her eyes.
The store manager sighed, closed his eyes, and said to my wife Ryuzo, "Today's fee is waived. Please go back."
Agatsuma Ryuzo had been waiting for these words.
His expression relaxed and he laughed. "In that case, I'll eat a little more. Oh, and pack two servings for me. Each should be enough for an adult man. Don't put too little. Restaurants that cut corners have a bad reputation."
——Done.
After he finished eating, he brought some for two of his subordinates in the group.
Then, he reimbursed the meal expenses for the three of them according to the standards of a high-end restaurant, and put the reimbursement money into his own pocket as today's overtime pay.
Agatsuma Ryuzo sat back in his seat comfortably, eating leisurely while waiting for the store manager to pack his food.
After this incident, many customers in the store felt disappointed and quickly paid their bills and left.
Several high school students were also affected by the mood. They ate in silence for a while and then stood up to pay the bill.
…
After paying the bill, I was about to leave.
At this moment, a painful groan suddenly came from the store.
Yuanshan and Ye's ears moved sharply, like a vigilant rabbit, and suddenly turned their heads.
The next second, I saw Agatsuma Ryuzo suddenly covering his throat, struggling to lean back, and falling heavily to the ground with the stool.
A huge "clang" sound attracted everyone's attention.
A group of people turned their heads and saw Agatsuma Ryuzo lying on the ground, motionless, looking like...
"You are such a scoundrel. Isn't it enough to extort three meals?"
Next to him, the man in the blue hat looked at Agatsuma Ryuzo with disdain and kicked him in revenge: "You are so shameless to pretend to have food poisoning."
Jiang Xia walked to the man, squatted down and looked at him for a while.
Hattori Heiji and Conan felt that he was a little slow, so after calling an ambulance, they walked over quickly: "How is it?"
Jiang Xia withdrew his hand, sighed and shook his head.
When several high school students saw this, their hearts skipped a beat and they instantly understood what he meant: the person was dead.
Hattori Heiji and Conan's expressions became serious. They looked at each other, squatted down to check, and soon found the problem: "Smell of bitter almonds...cyanide poisoning, this is murder. Call the police!"
…
"We meet again."
Inspector Otaki had been running around these past few days and was a little tired. At this moment, he had a pair of dark circles under his eyes, which he didn't usually have, and was looking at the high school detectives with a haggard look.
There were already enough cases when Mouri Ran and Conan were here the past two days.
Otaki Goro thought that would be the peak of his busy life, but who knew that the peak would be surpassed again so soon - with the arrival of Jiang Xia and Suzuki Sonoko, he didn't know if it was an illusion, but there seemed to be more cases.
Otaki Goro: "..." What's wrong with these Tokyo people...
"Now is not the time to say hello!" The detectives were more active in solving the case than he was. Seeing that he was distracted, they urged him, "How much have you found? Was the poison in the sushi?"
Inspector Otaki came back to his senses and shook his head: "This is still under investigation. The Forensic Department is testing the contents of the deceased's stomach, but it will take some time to get the results." After all, the Forensic Department has been very busy recently...
He quickly cleared his throat and retracted his wandering thoughts:
“However, we have found some clues.
"The last plate used by the victim was stained with potassium cyanide.
"In other words, the murderer should have pretended to reach out for the plate when the sushi passed by him, and took the opportunity to smear the poison on the plate. Then the poisoned plate was passed to the deceased, and when he took it, the poison got on his hand, and he used that hand to grab the sushi and eat it, and eventually died of poisoning."
…
Once you have guessed the general process of death, you can then proceed to the next step.
Inspector Otaki ordered the police officers to search the several customers who were present at the time of the crime, as well as the staff in the store: "Search carefully. Since no one left after the crime, the container of the poison may still be on the murderer. Don't miss it!"
Hattori Heiji looked at his decisive reaction and recalled his trip to Tokyo. He turned around and said to Jiang Xia and Conan proudly, "So, the police here are pretty reliable, right?"
Jiang Xia: “…” To be honest, I didn’t feel much difference.
...But the detectives and folk customs here are very good.
As he thought about it, he couldn't help but glance at Hattori Heiji.
Hattori Heiji came back to his senses: "......!"
He closed his mouth silently, moved away as if nothing had happened, and said no more.
…
After more than ten minutes, the body search was over.
Inspector Otaki was surprised by the result: "No one has a poison container? ... Did you search carefully?"
The officers nodded dejectedly.
Hattori Heiji and Conan were also stunned: the store was quite spacious, and the customers could see each other. In the kitchen, the staff and the manager were all together. In front of everyone, the murderer couldn't have stuffed the poison in a place that was too outrageous... Where was the evidence?
"Search the store." Inspector Otaki had no choice but to give new orders.
At this time, a young policeman ran over.
Jiang Xia turned to look at him, feeling that he looked familiar, and quickly remembered that he had seen him at the crime scene under the bridge just now.
And now, the young police officer who went to verify the identities of everyone present also mentioned the case just now.
"Do you remember the dead body under the bridge just now?" The young police officer whispered to Inspector Otaki, "He and the suspect were both employees of the same housekeeping company. And the deceased this time happened to be the boss of that company!"
Inspector Otaki was stunned, his face became serious: three employees of the same company died in just a few hours. This sounds like a serious problem.
...But for a moment, he couldn't tell what the problem was.
So he had to ask the subordinate next to him: "What do you think?"
The young police officer was stunned. He also felt that there was something wrong with this, but he couldn't analyze it more specifically. In the end, he could only say dryly: "This company... has bad feng shui. Is it unlucky today?"
(End of this chapter)
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