After a while, the call from Shiratiao also came.
After questioning, it was revealed that Mr. Yanagi had indeed had a conflict with the deceased.
The reason for the quarrel between the two was that Mr. Murakami did not intend to continue to cooperate with their publishing house. Without Mr. Yanauchi's knowledge, he had agreed to publish it with another publishing house.
Of course, this was indeed enough to be the motive for Editor Yanai to kill him in anger, but he did have a sufficient alibi.
On the night of the incident, Mr. Yanagi was in a bad mood because of the deceased's decision, so he went to an izakaya to drink with his colleagues in the editorial department after get off work.
We started at eight o'clock, then went to the nightclub at eleven o'clock, and played there until two o'clock in the evening.
Now after questioning my colleagues, I have obtained the exact testimony that the two were together all night, although further verification is needed to prevent the other party from helping to make false confessions.
But there is no doubt that Mr. Yanauchi's suspicion has been minimized.
As the editor, Mr. Yanauchi has a perfect alibi.
As a housekeeper, Yamada Hezi went home early at eight o'clock after cooking dinner.
When he left, the manager Mitsuko Shibagusa had dinner with the deceased, which was enough to prove that the other party was not suspicious.
After all, if sleeping pills were given casually, there is no guarantee that the deceased would go to the study obediently, and it would be more likely to go directly to the bedroom.
As for Mitsuko Shibagusa, the last manager, the situation is the most complicated from the current point of view. After all, the deceased’s wife divorced because of her. It is still unknown why the deceased made such a choice.
She has talked about her sexual orientation before, and this has been confirmed. Not only does she have a girlfriend, but the two of them are living together openly.
According to the neighbor's introduction, the two girls have been living together for many years and have never gotten married. They just kept it a secret. The neighbors thought they were just close friends and didn't think about it that way.
Moreover, Mrs. Murakami and the deceased had been divorced for a long time, and Mitsuko Shibagusa had no intention of ascending to the throne. When Karasawa visited the deceased's home, he found no trace of a woman living there.
At the same time, killing Murakami-sensei was also very detrimental to her career as a writer. After all, after Murakami's death, his recommendations and connections could no longer be used.
After some investigation, the more we investigate it as a homicide case, the less traces of homicide can be seen. On the contrary, there is evidence everywhere that the deceased may have died by suicide or accident.
And the news that followed it even more increased the possibility of accidents.
The deceased was taking sleeping pills!
After verifying the initial testimony, Karasawa asked Takagi and his team to investigate the surrounding hospitals, focusing on the deceased's residence.
Finally, it was discovered that Mr. Murakami would go to the nearby Mihua Private Hospital every month to prescribe sleeping pills, and the amount of medicine he prescribed was the amount he was taking every day.
Moreover, I confirmed with the doctor that he personally went to the hospital to prescribe the medicine.
If this is the case, combined with a series of previous evidence, the deceased fell asleep sitting at his desk after taking the daily sleeping pills. It happened that the heater was not ventilated and he was poisoned and died, which is very likely.
"Really? It turns out that he has been taking sleeping pills."
"That's true." Takagi nodded and reported to Officer Megure: "And based on the interviews, it seems that neither the housekeeper nor the manager knew about it."
"Why..." Officer Megure frowned and said, "The editor, Mr. Yanauchi, doesn't know why he is excusable. Even though we have known each other for a long time, he is still an outsider.
But the other two people can be said to be responsible for the deceased’s daily life, and they didn’t even know that the deceased was taking sleeping pills?”
"Well... maybe he wants to hide that as a best-selling author, he can also suffer from insomnia due to heavy pressure." Takagi guessed.
"What is called a man's self-esteem..." Officer Memu nodded, seeming to agree with this statement.
"The person has passed away, and there is no way to verify it now." Takagi sighed and said: "I didn't expect that such a glamorous best-selling author teacher would have such troubles..."
"Where's the medicine? How did you find it?" Officer Megure asked again.
"It's behind the books in his study."
Qianyehui reported: "After we learned that the deceased had taken sleeping pills, we carefully searched the books on the bookcase and found the bottle containing sleeping pills. It was obviously hidden deliberately."
"So Murakami-sensei's death was really an accident!!?"
After hearing everyone's conversation and judging based on the existing evidence, Miyamoto Yumi had a look of disbelief on her face, "How is this possible!!"
She covered her head with irritated hands, grabbing her hair as messy as a chicken coop, and kept shouting: "This joke is not funny at all! The great writer Takaki Murakami actually died in an accident?
Just so careless?
The world will be laughed at when they find out! Will Mr. Murakami be called the ridiculous title of "the writer who accidentally died" in the future? I will never allow it!!"
"Okay, okay, stay calm." Seeing Yumi Miyamoto's back seeming like a blazing fire, Karasawa couldn't help but put his forehead on his hands and said speechlessly: "I have something serious to ask you, be serious."
"Oops! Manager Mitsuko Shibagusa is holding a press conference now!!"
At this moment, White Bird suddenly broke in and informed everyone of the news.
"What? Press conference?" Officer Megure quickly stood up and turned on the TV in the conference room. After tuning to the TV station designated by Shiratori, he happened to see Mitsuko Shibagusa's speech.
"Actually, I, Shibagusa Mitsuko, have been serving as Murakami Takaki's assistant for the past few years, writing works for him.
"The Flowing Xiaodun Canal", "July Lovers", "Wakunai Love" and other works have been published in the past three years, all written by me."
As soon as she opened her speech, Mitsuko Shibagusa dropped a bombshell, which directly caused a commotion among the reporters present.
Facing the commotion of the reporters at the scene, Mitsuko Shibagusa remained calm and said: "I have admired my teacher since I was a girl, so I am sincerely happy to be able to publish works in the name of my teacher."
Of course, Mr. Murakami also gave me most of the royalties for the book. Mrs. Murakami even became secretly jealous because of my existence and suspected that Mr. Murakami and I were having an affair, forcing the teacher to divorce."
As soon as these words came out, the uproar at the scene became even greater, and the frequency of flashes became more frequent.
At first glance, Shibagusa Mitsuko’s words were meant to show how much Murakami valued her. Not only did she give most of the royalties to her, but she also divorced her wife for this reason.
While he was clearly praising himself, he was also secretly belittling Murakami Takaki's character. It was a double entendre.
This chapter has been completed!