Chapter 17271735 [Why don’t you leave yet?]
The first two orders still took time, but the last one, which required investigating the identity of the deceased, progressed unexpectedly quickly.
A female reporter peeked in and squeezed to the front row, wanting to take a picture of the scene. But before she pressed the shutter, she saw the person lying on the ground and couldn't help but screamed, "Kagazume?!"
She was surprised to see the body of an acquaintance suddenly. Suddenly, she found that after she finished speaking, several people suddenly turned their heads and looked at her.
The female reporter faced the sharp gazes of the police and detectives: "..."
…
"Kagazume Hiroshi is my colleague. He is quite famous in our industry and has uncovered many scandals of big names, but...sigh, because of that incident a year ago, he has been criticized a lot and has gradually become less active. His temper has also been getting worse."
The female reporter sighed.
Jiang Xia quickly extracted the key words: "What happened a year ago?"
"That's it..." The female reporter was quite cooperative. After all, it meant that she could get first-hand information about the case, and things related to acquaintances always made people pay attention.
She took out her phone and searched, and soon found a report about her company, clicked on it, and showed it to Jiang Xia: "This is it."
Jiang Xia glanced down and found that the news was indeed released a year ago:
[President Yamazuki passed away, leaving the business giant leaderless!
Yuzo Yamazuki, president of Yamazu Manufacturing, one of Japan's largest companies, died of bile duct cancer a few days ago at the age of 76.
Since the suicide note left by President Yamakado could not be found, the family members were busy fighting for the inheritance and the dispute continued.
……]
"Failed to find the suicide note?"
Nowadays, it is rare for a company president to not prepare a will in advance. Otherwise, if the person dies one day, it is easy for the family to fall out and the company to suffer.
Besides, when the president Yamazuki died in the news, he was already very old, so it was impossible for him to die without caring about anything. Therefore, "not found" is definitely not because there is no letter, but because the letter was lost for some reason.
As expected, the report also speculated that someone had stolen the suicide note. It discussed at length the whereabouts of the suicide note and speculated which member of the family had stolen it.
Jiang Xia glanced over all the speculations and scrolled to the end. He saw two introduction columns at the bottom of the page with photos inside. It seemed that these two people were the authors of this report.
The female reporter looked at the screen in front of him and pointed at him: "This is the deceased."
Jiang Xia's eyes fell on the other side: "The one next to him looks familiar."
The female reporter was a little embarrassed: "You recognized him? Well, actually this is the man who had an argument with the deceased in the store yesterday. I was there at the time, and this report was written by the two of them together."
Yoko Kinoshita was also listening quietly nearby.
Hearing this, she remembered the two people who had a fierce quarrel in the coffee shop when the show started, and couldn't help but be a little surprised: "I thought they had a bad relationship, but I didn't expect them to cooperate."
"They actually have similar temperaments, so the relationship between the two was really good at the time."
The female reporter didn't seem to like these two people. She looked around and found that her colleagues were blocked outside the cordon and couldn't take pictures here. Then she whispered the rest of the story:
"They got a taste of the sweetness from this report, and then they continued to fan the flames of this will incident - not only did they appear on various programs and discuss the matter in depth on the programs, but they also launched sequels in newspapers and magazines. During that time, they were everywhere discussing the whereabouts of the suicide note and the relationship between President Yamazuo's family. The plot was tortuous and thrilling like a novel."
"In the eyes of the public, this may be just ordinary entertainment, but the problem is that the people in President Yamakado's family inevitably saw their reports. So the Yamakado family followed their guesses, and the relationship between them became increasingly tense. In the end, a murder case was even caused by this!
"After the incident, public opinion turned and they were heavily criticized. The magazine's sales also continued to decline. Since then, their relationship has become worse and worse."
Jiang Xia: “…” I guess no one is going to put the blame on me for the murder case that happened a year ago this time.
But it's a pity. If he could choose, he would prefer to postpone this case for a year...
Miwako Sato saw Jiang Xia lost in thought. After waiting for a while, she couldn't help but ask, "Do you have any ideas?"
She had been busy for two or three days with this kidnapping case, and now she really wanted to have a good sleep...
Jiang Xia came back to his senses: "There must be something else behind the will incident a year ago. Plus the relationship between the two of them... I think it's necessary to start from here. Let's ask that colleague to come over and ask about the situation."
...Although he could go back to the police station and ask again, to be honest, Jiang Xia actually wanted to stay by the river for a while longer.
The reason was simple: the temptation of the two murderous factories in the river behind him was too great. If he was not afraid that his boss would die in the river at such a young age, he would have wanted to bring the police to block the river until the end of time.
…
Not long after, Inspector Megure and his team obtained slightly more detailed information.
"Kagazume Hiroshi, 38 years old, was a professional journalist. He died between yesterday afternoon and evening. We will have to wait for the autopsy results for more details. At present, it seems likely that he died of cyanide poisoning."
Inspector Megure looked down at the dead man. There was a thermos cup next to him, and the coffee inside had spilled all over the floor.
The cup was held naturally in his hand, with no signs of being forced in. Inspector Megure was moved, and couldn't help wondering: Could it be suicide?
After a moment, he shook his head vigorously, firmly erasing this preconceived notion: Jiang Xia was so big and was standing next to him. When this detective was present, no one committed suicide.
Just as the thought came to his mind, Jiang Xia looked at the coffee cup thoughtfully: "It looks like suicide?"
Mumu Police Department: "?"
Conan: “?” Why did you suddenly interrupt the police’s lines?
Thinking of the explosion that had just happened and Jiang Xia who had just performed an extreme escape in the warehouse, Conan felt that everything seemed to be understandable.
He shouted skillfully: "Oh, that's strange! There seems to be half a footprint here."
"?!" Inspector Megure was startled, and looked carefully in the direction he pointed, "It really is there!"
——There was a lot of coffee in the cup, and the liquid flowed into a long puddle on the ground. In one of the inconspicuous corners, the coffee looked like someone had stepped on it, leaving some faint traces of shoe soles.
This is obviously a very important clue. If a person ingests toxic cyanide, they will lose their ability to move very quickly. And the presence of this footprint means that someone came after the deceased fell to the ground.
(End of this chapter)
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