In the dim room, this small room was now full of criminals.
Flash lights flashed from time to time, and the staff of the forensic department were busy recording the crime scene with their cameras.
And on the bed in this bedroom, the body of a middle-aged man with some gray hair was lying quietly on it.
Although no external injuries could be seen on the body, which seemed to be relatively peaceful among the murder cases, the expressions on the faces of everyone present did not look good.
It's not that the situation is serious, it's just physical discomfort.
Although this corpse looked normal, its skin had begun to turn purple.
This means that the deceased has been dead for a long time, and his body has begun to stink. You can imagine how pungent and unpleasant the smell is in the house.
It was precisely because of the rotten stench that permeated from the bedroom to the living room and outside the door that people finally discovered the body that died in the house.
Otherwise, even if the entity rots into bones, probably no one will set foot in this room.
At this moment, Sato Miwako and others were all in the room, and their expressions were a little ugly.
They covered their noses with painful expressions on their faces.
Although I have been engaged in criminal work for a long time and have seen all kinds of cases, situations like this are still rare.
"Ahem...the identity of the deceased has been determined."
Takagi came to the bedroom from the living room outside and coughed twice because of the pungent stench. He quickly covered his mouth and nose, and then handed the other party's identity card to Officer Megure.
"Managing Director of Neon City Construction, Sagawa Hikoyama?"
When he saw the name on the business card, Officer Mumu's expression condensed: "It's actually him?"
"Hmm? Police Department, do you know him?" Sato Miwako said in surprise when she heard this.
"Ah, he's an executive from the construction company on the search list."
Officer Megu looked at the business card and said: "This company has been targeted, and this guy is also involved in some illegal business practices of their company."
"It should be said that it's not surprising..." Takagi covered his nose and looked at the corpse solemnly: "If huge interests are involved, the possibility of death from illness or accident is very small."
"Who knows, and you can't tell just from the current situation." Sato Miwako said: "Anyway, let's trouble Dr. Narumi to do an autopsy first."
After briefly discussing the case information, the group got busy again.
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Aomori University.
Looking at the familiar campus, Karasawa brought Naoki Kamei to the university with ease.
The last time I came here was Hiroaki Buta's case, and because of that case, everything in this school is very familiar.
After arriving at the School of Medical Sciences, they asked several classmates and finally found the location of Haruko Hogami and found her at an outdoor table in the campus cafe.
Wearing a white coat, Haruko Kitagawa sat alone in the corner reading a book, taking a sip of coffee from time to time. The golden sunlight hit her long hair through the gaps in the parasol, and a sense of quiet beauty came through her vision.
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Near the seat next to me, there were several boys drinking coffee and peeking at each other.
The air is filled with a faint floral fragrance, as if the most beautiful flower in youth is blooming temporarily.
Well, it's actually the aroma coming from the flowers planted in the green belt next to the cafe.
But this does not prevent everyone from being happy.
Haruko Hogami is like a literary girl described in light novels, quiet, alone and beautiful.
"Excuse me, classmate, are you a medicine major?"
Pretending not to know the identity of the other party, Karasawa asked Naoki Uyei to buy coffee and walked up to talk to him alone.
He didn't plan to reveal his identity this time, so he couldn't go up for questioning together. The combination of the two was too easily associated with a criminal offense, so he simply asked the other party to buy a cup of coffee.
"Ah, I am. What's the matter?" Because she was wearing a white coat, Hokami Haruko was not surprised why she was found.
"Excuse me, classmate, what grade are you in?" Tang Ze did not answer the other party's question, but asked knowingly.
"Kenji." Although Haruko Hokami was a little strange, she still replied.
"That's great, I finally found a classmate who meets the conditions."
Tangze pretended to be happy and explained: "It's like this, I am a mystery novelist, and I heard that a case happened here two years ago.
Even if the professor was killed, the culprit has not been arrested yet, and you should know that, classmate."
"Yeah. I know."
It seemed that Haruko Hokami didn't expect that anyone would mention this matter, and she quickly regained her composure after being stunned for a short time.
"I heard that the professor was killed by a poison called atropine?" Tangze asked: "Does this seem to be a plant-based toxin?"
"Yes." Haruko Beishen nodded and did not want to say more.
"There should be such plants growing here at the medical school, right?"
Tangze didn't seem to notice the other party's resistance, and raised the conditions on his own: "I wonder if you can take me to the school's plantation?
I would like to observe this plant in detail so that I can describe it better."
"So that's it." Haruko Beishen showed a clean smile: "No problem, come with me."
The two of them left the cafe one after another. Naoki Kamei on the side had just finished buying two cups of coffee. When he saw the two leaving, he looked at the coffee in his hands and went straight to the seats where they were sitting.
Since your senior won't let you go, then you won't cause trouble.
After drinking a cup of Aomori University's special coconut coffee, Naoki Kamei started fishing mode.
On the other side, under the leadership of Haruko Hokami, Karasawa also came to the Botanical Garden of Aomori University.
Although it is not my first time to come to Aomori University because of the case, it is my first time to come to the botanical garden.
In the closed botanical garden, the two of them walked along the path towards the interior. After passing various plants, they came to an area where "poisonous plants" were hung.
"This is it." Haruko Hokami stood in front of a small flower pot and pointed at the green plants in front of her.
"It turns out to be belladonna." After seeing the introduction on the plant card, Karasawa began to carefully observe the plants in front of him, as if he was collecting materials for writing.
The branches and leaves of Belladonna are very sparse and ordinary, nothing special, but the flowers are quite distinctive.
They are said to be flowers, but the flowers in front of you are not fully blooming. Instead, they are in a half-open state. They are hanging down as a whole and are dark purple in color. If paired with fruits, they really look like they are drooping.
Small eggplant.
"When mentioning belladonna, people will think of beautiful ladies."
Karasawa smiled and looked at Haruko Beishen and said, "But behind these beautiful flowers, there is poison.
It is said that watery eyes were also popular in ancient Europe. At that time, women would drop belladonna water into their eyes in order to look beautiful.
Belladonna is a poisonous berry. Eating a few can kill a child. If dropped into the eyes every day, it will cause blindness over time.
But because belladonna water has the best effect and lasts the longest, it has been used by women for a long time.”
"You know it very well." Haruko Hokami was a little surprised and praised with a smile: "Should I say that I am worthy of being a writer?"
"It's a professional necessity." Tang Ze smiled and said, "It's always good to know more."
"However, although belladonna is poisonous, with the advancement of medicine, it has become an impossible drug."
Haruko Hokami lowered her head and looked down at the small purple flowers that had not yet fully opened: "The atropine contained in belladonna can be used as an analgesic, sleeping pill, pupil dilator, etc., and it is also used as a rhinitis medicine.
Specifically, it still depends on how to use it.”
Hokami Haruko's voice was very soft, like the warm spring breeze blowing by, making the originally boring knowledge seem to become interesting.
This is a very charming woman.
As a second-year graduate student, she has the cleanliness of having not yet left campus, but her maturity adds a lot to her beauty.
The two temperaments are mixed together without any conflict, but are very attractive.
If I have to say it, it’s the feeling of being the pretty big sister next door. It’s no wonder that the other person is being peeked at by boys just reading a book in a coffee shop.
Of course, these are just objective observations for Tang Ze.
"This is what is called medicine and poison." Tang Ze laughed after listening to the other party's introduction: "You can become a "poison" to kill people, and you can also become a "medicine" to save people."
With emotion, Tang Ze seemed to suddenly remember something and sighed: "Speaking of which, poisoning is really difficult to deal with."
"What?" Hearing Karasawa's murmur, Beigami Haruko's heartbeat seemed to skip a beat, and she subconsciously responded to Karasawa's words with doubts and "didn't hear clearly."
"Ah, I mean it's quite difficult to identify the prisoner for poisoning."
Tangze explained enthusiastically: "Whether it's a mystery novel or a poisoning in the real world, this is a method that is difficult to convict.
Because even if the criminal does not come into contact with the victim at the moment of killing, he can still kill.
It can be said that this alibi is very beneficial to the crime."
Although Tang Ze was talking to himself and did not look at the other person, he still noticed the cold look on his face from the corner of his eye.
"Are you almost done?" Haruko Hokami looked at Karasawa with a smile on her face, making it clear that she wanted to "see off" the guest.
"Ah, I'm so sorry, I'm immersed in my own world again."
Tang Ze bowed slightly politely: "I'm really sorry for wasting your time."
"No, it's very interesting. He is just like the writer in my impression."
After Haruko Beigami showed some sharpness, she seemed to realize that her reaction seemed a bit intense, so she showed a bright smile again, and immediately planned to turn around and leave.
"Ah, please wait a moment, one last thing!"
Looking at Haruko Beishen who was about to leave, Karasawa called out to her.
"What's up?"
Although Haruko Hokami still had a smile on her face, she felt impatient in her heart towards the man who was constantly entangled in front of her.
This also ruined her bright smile and made her "impatient" convey.
Of course, Tangze guessed that this was intentional because she wanted to draw her attention to this and asked her to leave.
For a difficult prisoner, he didn't believe that the prisoner's psychological quality was so bad that he couldn't even control his own expression.
You know, the indispensable skill for prisoners in Ke Xue's world is acting, and for a difficult suspect like the other party, his acting skills are probably comparable to those of Oscar statuettes.
"It's like this. After I came here and saw Belladonna, I suddenly had some inspiration. I wonder if you can listen to my idea for the novel?"
After finishing speaking, Tangze didn't care about the other person's expression. He walked towards Belladonna and said to himself: "In the novel I want to adapt, the person who killed the professor is a woman."
"Female?" Haruko Beishen's eyes moved slightly when she heard this, and she couldn't help asking: "Why is it set like this?"
"The reason is that belladonna was used as the poison that killed the professor."
Tang Zexu clicked on the small purple flower in front of him and said: "Belladonna's genus name is "Atropo", which is said to be derived from "Atropos", one of the three daughters of Zeus.
And "Atropos" is the goddess of fate who cuts the thread of life, that is, woman."
"I see." Haruko Beishen smiled.
"What do you think of this idea?" Tang Ze asked.
"Sure enough, it's like the kind of reasoning in mystery novels." Haruko Hokami said, "It's very interesting."
"Yes, this is a good idea, isn't it?" Tang Ze asked with a smile.
"Yes." Haruko Beishen nodded slightly coldly, "Then I'll leave first if I have something else to do."
Looking at Haruko Hokami's leaving figure, Karasawa smiled silently, then turned his head to look at the dark purple belladonna in front of him.
Hokami Haruko walked very quickly, as if she wanted to vent all her unhappiness.
Not long after, Tangze also walked out of the botanical garden.
"Senior, was the conversation going well?"
Naoki Kamei, who had just arrived at the entrance of the botanical garden, handed a cup of coffee to Karasawa: "When I just came over, I saw Haruko Hokami coming out with great momentum.
The way he keeps strangers away from him, he is obviously angry."
"It's just a brief speculation." Tang Ze took a sip of coffee and looked at the place where the other party left and smiled: "It seems that he poked a weak point in the heart."
"Then what are we going to do next?" Uekai Naoki asked: "Officer Megure is leading the team to handle another case. I'm afraid there are no helpers available for the time being."
"In this case, you can follow her for a few days."
Tang Ze thought for a moment and said, "Since you haven't met him yet, it would be more convenient to talk to him, so I'll trouble you.
We don’t have a good solution at the moment. After all, the case has been sealed for a long time. A rash investigation might alert the enemy, and we might not be able to find anything out just by doing a simple visit and investigation."
"I understand, don't worry, senior." Naoki Kamei nodded after hearing this: "I promise to complete the mission."
"Don't be too reluctant." Tang Ze patted his shoulder with a smile and said, "Let's go. To reward you for your next efforts, I'll treat you to a big meal."
The two got back in the car and headed towards the car, and soon disappeared on the streets of the school.
This chapter has been completed!