Chapter 100

How did the poison on the deceased Sakai's fingers come from?

At the same time, this question arose in the minds of everyone present.

Kenji Hagihara started to make various assumptions with his imagination:

"First of all, he must have been infected from the murderer. But how did the murderer get him infected?

Did he apply the drug on his own hand and then shake hands with Sakai? No, the position is wrong. If it was a handshake, Sakai's palm should also be stained with the drug, and the murderer could not guarantee that he would not be poisoned.

Deliver something? It is said that the deceased was very fond of taking advantage. If he received a gift from the murderer, it is indeed possible. But that would leave more than one trace of drugs in the room. This is inconsistent with the results of the on-site forensics..."

However, the chef in the crowd was terrified by the way the poison was administered. He kept uncontrollably recalling the process of drinking water from a rotating cup.

He wanted to warn himself that he must change this habit in the future, but suddenly an idea flashed in his mind. He first said "Ah", and then when everyone looked at him in surprise, he said to everyone excitedly:

"I, I figured it out! I know how the poison got on Sakai's finger!"

This was probably the first time that the chef had been watched by so many people at the same time. His round face flushed with excitement. He raised his thumb and index finger high and said to everyone:

“I usually have to be busy in the kitchen, so my hands are sticky and greasy most of the time. So before drinking water, I will wipe my fingers holding the cup on my apron to wipe off the grease before starting to turn the cup.

So I wonder if this is why Mr. Sakai got the drug on his fingers?"

When people saw that his raised hand was still shining with oil, they suddenly felt that what he said made sense. Some people even asked directly:

"What was the thing the deceased used to wipe his hands? It must have been brought by the murderer. There must be drug residue on it. Didn't the police find it in Sakai's room?"

At this time, Maori Kogoro suddenly spoke:

"You guessed correctly. The deceased may have wiped the inside of his fingers with something before spinning the cup out of habit. The only possible reason why this thing was not found at the scene is that the murderer has taken the finger-wiping thing away. And he still carries it with him until now."

Under Kitajima Shinichi's incredulous gaze, Maori Kogoro raised his voice and said to the police officer who had been keeping the suit jackets for the two male suspects:

"Could you please check the inside pocket of Kitajima Shinichi's suit to see if there is a pack of tissues that have been opened and one of the tissues has traces of being used. Please be careful not to touch it with your fingers, because the tissue may be stained with deadly drugs."

Officer Kimura, who was in charge of the inspection, indeed found the pack of tissues in Kitajima Shinichi's suit pocket. He immediately took out the evidence bag and carefully put the tissues in it.

"Inspector Date, just as Detective Mori said, the tissue has obvious signs of being rubbed. Judging from the distribution of wrinkles and stains, it certainly looks like it was used to wipe fingers."

Ida Hang was alerted when he heard this, and immediately ordered:

"Send it for testing immediately to see if it contains the same drug ingredients."

He then looked at Kitajima Shinichi, his face darkened slightly, and he said in a cold tone:

"Kitajima Shinichi, what else do you have to say now?"

Kitajima Shinichi just stared at the tissue bag that was taken away with an expressionless face, then turned to look at Date Kou, with a cold face and a bad tone, and answered:

"That's really unfortunate. That package of tissues was just given to me by Sakai. As for whether there are any drugs on the tissues, you have to ask Sakai. And if you are lucky, you may even be able to find Sakai's fingerprints on the tissue packaging."

Kitajima's cunning excuses were really infuriating, and the police officers present couldn't help but glare at him. However, Kitajima kept a tight face and insisted on keeping silent to preserve his last bottom line.

Maori Kogoro seemed to be completely unaware of the tense atmosphere and asked calmly:

"Beidao, do you really think that you didn't leave any other evidence at the scene except for the sequins that you accidentally dropped?"

Kitajima Shinichi didn't say anything, but his heart suddenly tightened after hearing what Mori Kogoro said, and his eyes unconsciously drifted over.

"You may have been very careful during the crime, even if you wore gloves, and the whole process was just to let the deceased touch the poisoned paper towel to complete the poisoning process. But there was only one step that you had to take off your gloves no matter what. That was the last step to complete the creation of the secret room - tying the thin wire to the door lock pin.

Using a thin wire to lock the door from the outside to create the illusion of suicide is something that only the murderer would do. Therefore, as long as the police extract your fingerprints from the bolt, it will become the best evidence of your premeditated murder! "

"And the poison you used was hidden behind the loose rock on the side of the rockery.

A month ago, Kyoichiro accidentally stepped on a rock while climbing and it loosened. He almost fell down and you saved him. However, Kyoichiro was too young to have such a big effect. The only reason could be that you had hollowed out the back of the rock long before that, which made the rock loose enough to fall off when stepped on.

Then, in order to hide the secret behind the rock, you immediately surrounded the rock with a fence, and used the high maintenance cost as an excuse to ask the orphanage to give up the maintenance of the rock. From then on, your secret has been hidden.

Until last night, you finally made up your mind to poison Sakai, so you walked across the lawn to the rockery, took out the drug you had hidden behind the rock, and completed your murder plan. The special soil you stepped on from the path while walking across the lawn is still on the soles of your shoes.

And if I'm not mistaken, your fingerprints should be found on the medicine container behind the rock. After all, it would be difficult to do delicate work like packaging medicines with gloves on."

Kitajima Shinichi looked blankly in the direction of Maori Kogoro, his expression was blank for a moment, he opened his mouth, but finally couldn't say anything.

Seeing that he finally had nothing to say, Date Kou was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but then he immediately reacted and said in shock:

"Repackaging drugs? Is there still a lot of that highly toxic drug? Does this guy intend to continue killing people?"

Maori Kogoro said:

"In fact, I am more suspicious of whether he is also related to the poisoning case in the tower apartment a month ago. After all, the drugs used in the two cases are the same, so there must be some connection. So I suggest that Officer Ida immediately retrieve his travel and consumption records from a month ago, and then investigate whether he had any contact with the deceased in the apartment case."

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