Chapter 1895 1903 [Detective Hashimoto Maya]
For such accidents happening on stage, the most basic operation is to lower the curtain to prevent the audience from seeing more.
On the one hand, it can cover up mistakes and restore some reputation. On the other hand, when a murder occurs, it can also prevent guests from panicking and running around, preventing greater chaos.
The actors on the stage who were familiar with the script all realized that an accident had occurred and their faces looked extremely grim.
But the audience in the audience was unaware of this and was still talking about this unexpected plot with great relish.
Jiang Xia stood up, his face solemn: "Let's go backstage and take a look."
…
A group of people quickly left the audience and trotted to the backstage.
When they walked through the corridor and went up to the stage, they saw that the group of police officers from Hokkaido were faster than them and were surrounding the female leader to check on her condition.
Wen Yue Hua Lian collapsed on the ground, in disbelief. The other actors had different expressions, some were horrified, some were bewildered, but most of them actually felt relieved as if a heavy burden had been lifted off their shoulders.
Under everyone's gaze, Naruto Fuwa stood up from beside the female leader.
The young and promising police inspector wiped his hands and said in a heavy voice: "She is dead."
…
Although I rarely deal with the Hokkaido police, it seems that the procedures used by the police here in handling homicide cases are not much different from those in Tokyo.
If you have to say, the only difference is probably that no police officer took the initiative to hand over the information to Jiang Xia.
...But this is not a big problem.
While the young police officer was reporting the situation to Superintendent Fuwa, Jiang Xia moved a little closer to get some information - the information was very long and the superintendent was busy directing the scene, so while Fuwa Mingmei was reading the information, the young police officer would also outline the key information to her.
"The deceased is actress Bandai Suzue, 60 years old, the current head of the Afredia Theater Company. The cause of death was poisoning - we detected a lethal drug in her wine glass."
Suzuki Sonoko came out for a trip, but encountered a murder case. She was a little confused at the moment. She followed Jiang Xia wherever he went, so she also heard these words.
Then she was even more confused: "60 years old? Didn't she say she was 53 not long ago, and asked me to look it up in the encyclopedia."
Mao Lilan obviously knows more about the celebrity world, and whispered in her ear: "Age and height are not accurate, and some people will deliberately tamper with them."
Suzuki Sonoko suddenly realized: "Then my age estimate is quite accurate. She actually had the nerve to refute me so confidently... But forget it, the dead are the greatest, and 53 and 60 don't seem to be that far apart."
Ignoring the high school girl's complicated feelings, the young police officer continued his report: "We have also checked other wine glasses. At present, it seems that the only glass with poison residue is the one used by the deceased."
Unlike high school students who can only attend classes as auditors for the time being, Sato Miwako is a police officer after all, and she has successfully infiltrated the police force.
She recalled what happened on the stage just now and looked at Wen Yue Hua Lian: "I remember that cart with wine glasses on it, was it you who pushed it onto the stage?"
Wen Yue Hua Lian nodded, and after two seconds she came back to her senses and whispered, "I, I didn't poison you."
Miwako Sato didn't think she was the murderer: "Before you got involved, where were the bottles of wine stored, and who had access to them?"
"It's backstage." Wen Yue Hua Lian thought for a moment, "Because there are a lot of props needed for the entire play, the prop master will organize them during the performance and place them near the stage in advance, so that when I need them, I can push the car out directly."
"I see." Sato Miwako, "Where is the prop master?"
Jiang Xia raised his hand and pointed to the side politely.
A group of policemen turned their heads and looked over.
The three temporary workers who huddled in the corner and tried their best to reduce their presence: "..."
...Sure enough, he couldn't escape in the end!
Fortunately, they were well prepared.
Maya Hashimoto has experienced so many cases now that she almost never feels nervous when facing the police.
He explained calmly, "The red wine was poured at the beginning of the show, and then it was placed on the cart backstage. In addition to those of us who are responsible for props, other actors are actually waiting backstage when they are not on stage - so strictly speaking, not only us prop masters, but everyone who has been backstage has the opportunity to poison."
Conan couldn't help but glance at him: "..." In his memory, when Mr. Hashimoto first met the police, his expression didn't change much, but his emotions always became quite tense. But now...
People have a really strong ability to adapt.
So what secrets does this guy have?
Conan stroked his chin and fell into deep thought for a moment.
The three temporary workers were unaware of the gazes of the elementary school students. At this moment, they were still busy trying to exonerate themselves so as to avoid being taken away for questioning by the troublesome police.
Being surrounded by a group of police and even suspected, Kurosawa Hema was a little nervous. But when he thought of the camera in his hand, he suddenly felt confident again.
This made him unable to help but look at Izuka Saburo: “…” The advice given by this idiot was actually used at the critical moment.
So after Hashimoto Maya finished speaking, Kurosawa Kazuma waved the camera in his hand towards everyone: "I have always had the habit of recording my life, and I have also recorded all of our stage work this time. These videos should be able to prove the innocence of the three of us."
The police were stunned: "There's a video?!"
This kind of simple and direct evidence is rarely encountered in murder cases. To solve a case, one must often use some reasoning to find evidence.
But unexpectedly, this time, in this case with many suspects and apparently difficult to handle, a camera would appear - if they are lucky, perhaps they can find evidence of the murderer's poisoning from the footage taken by Kurosawa and Ma, and get off work directly!
For a moment, the policemen looked at the trio and became friendly.
Fuwa Narumi also looked at them a few more times, then nodded and told the police officer beside him: "Go find the projection equipment."
The police officers were very motivated and quickly brought the equipment and connected the power supply.
The backstage shooting images soon appeared on the screen.
A group of people gathered in front of the screen, watching with bated breath. Suzuki Sonoko and Mao Li Ran also huddled behind Jiang Xia, feeling a little nervous, fearing that they would see the brutal scene of the murderer poisoning at any time.
However, gradually, as the video played, the expressions of the group of people changed. They looked at the three temporary workers with strange eyes.
"Are you perverts?" Someone finally couldn't help but ask, "Why are you filming yourselves the whole time?!"
——What they obviously want to see is the backstage, who wants to see three temporary workers dominating the screen?
(End of this chapter)
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