While thinking, Dr. Tanaka moved his facial muscles.
He kept a friendly smile, walked out from behind the rock, and looked at Kasuga Teruhiko: "You..."
boom--
The sound of gunshots erupted, and Kasuga Teruhiko shot him in the head. The huge kinetic energy brought Dr. Tanaka's head back, his eyes widened in shock, and he fell to the ground with a death stare.
An old-style gun slipped out of his pocket, rolled down along the sloping stone bank, and submerged into the lake with a thud.
"...Ha, idiot."
Kasuga Teruhiko looked at the gun and instantly broke into a cold sweat of fear.
But his mouth was still stubborn. He looked at the corpse, as if he had expected it: "Don't think I don't know what you are planning."
...This is a lie.
Kasuga Teruhiko really didn't know that Dr. Tanaka actually wanted to silence himself - he was the first to kill Tanaka just now simply because he originally planned to silence everyone here. And Dr. Tanaka was the only adult male present.
It would be the most difficult to subdue him, and he would not be restrained by hostages, so Kasuga Teruhiko was the first to attack him.
did not expect……
Kasuga Teruhiko inadvertently solved a crisis. Afterwards, he did not wipe away the cold sweat, but looked away as if nothing had happened, intending to point the gun back to Mao Lilan's head again.
However, at this time, Mao Lilan raised her hand and held his wrist.
"Ha, are you comparing your strength with me?" Kasuga Teruhiko couldn't help laughing - there are always some hostages who overestimate their own abilities and think they can block the kidnapper's gun with her weak hand.
Thinking this, Kasuga Teruhiko exerted a little force...
"..."
...and push harder.
"...?"
Use all your strength!
"...!!"
Face flushed.
...However, he never managed to point the gun back at Mao Lilan's head with a grin as he imagined.
——Those soft hands belonging to the girl were like steel pliers, gripping his wrist motionlessly.
Mao Lilan's originally docile eyes suddenly turned sinister: "You actually want to kill someone!...Go to hell, you scumbag!"
She grabbed Kasuga Teruhiko's collar and arms, lifted him up violently, and threw him heavily onto the rocky shore.
"Ah——!!" Kasuga Teruhiko let out a miserable howl, feeling as if his bones were about to break. He loosened his grip and the gun rolled down the sloping river bank, and was picked up by Jiang Xia who was guarding the lake.
in hand.
Jiang Xia also picked up the gun that just sank to the bottom, wrapped the two together, and stuffed them into the bag casually.
Then he burst out of the water with a splash.
Kasuga Teruhiko happened to slide down the sloping shore. Jiang Xia kindly stepped on him to prevent him from falling into the lake.
Then when the other party was struggling with an angry look on his face, he took out his swinging stick and said: "What a dangerous maniac... You guys, stay away. If he has other weapons, it will be bad. Let me come and meet him for a while."
"
…
Kasuga Teruhiko's car happened to be parked nearby.
Several high school students hijacked Kasuga Teruhiko and helped him get into his car. They drove back in a somewhat crowded way and headed straight to the police station.
When they arrived at the place, Jiang Xia got out of the car. As soon as she closed the door, she saw a policeman wearing glasses coming over.
The fat police officer waved to him in surprise: "Mr. Jiang Xia! I finally found you - the test results of the digestive tract fluid of the corpse came out, and it did contain the ingredients of sleeping pills. Originally, I wanted to talk to Dr. Tanaka... Well, you
Have you seen him? I called his phone just now, but no one answered. I searched around the town but couldn't find him."
The policeman was actually a little guilty: Could it be that Jiang Xia really told him that Dr. Tanaka was the murderer, and now, is he planning to abscond in fear of crime?
Just as I was thinking about it, there was sudden chaos in the car next to me.
Kasuga Teruhiko rolled and fell out of it. After landing, he ignored the pain and went straight to the police.
The fat police officer was startled, and it took him a second to realize that the guy running anxiously towards the police station seemed to be the dark-skinned man who spoke strangely on the beach just now.
It's just... I don't know if it's his imagination, but I always feel that this dark-skinned man looks swollen than before.
The police officer was a little confused when he suddenly heard Kasuga Teruhiko pointing at Jiang Xia and shouting: "Police, catch him quickly! This detective beat me. He, he accidentally killed Dr. Tanaka!"
Jiang Xia: "..." It seems that it was too early to stop and the heat was not yet reached.
However, Kasuga Teruhiko's pig-headed face didn't look very convincing at this time.
The fat police officer looked at him, then at Jiang Xia, and finally focused on Jiang Xia, wondering: "What's going on?"
"Dr. Tanaka and this man both want to kill their girlfriends here, and then go home and marry Miss Qianjin."
Jiang Xia briefly talked about what happened in the sea cave just now: "Although they have the same intention, they seem to have internal strife. So just now, Mr. Kasuga shot Dr. Tanaka to death, and also took my classmates hostage - the one who rescued the hostages
At that moment, Mr. Kasuga lost his balance and accidentally fell off the stone bank."
"…and then it became like this?"
The fat police officer looked at Kasuga Teruhiko and carefully examined him for a moment. He felt that the man was quite swollen and did not look like he had been thrown out.
and……
He whispered: "I feel like there are shoe prints on his clothes?"
"Hmm? That one." Jiang Xia glanced at Kasuga Teruhiko, "At that time, he was about to fall into the lake. I was afraid that he would choke and drown, but I couldn't move my hands away, so in desperation, I had to stop him with my feet -
By the way, let’s take him to get smoke reaction evidence. He should not be qualified to hold a gun and shoot, which is also illegal."
"Oh, yes." The fat police officer was fooled.
…
It happened that the police station was nearby, so he called a few police officers and carried Kasuga Teruhiko, who had a twisted look on his face, into the police station.
Just as he was about to follow, the fat police officer suddenly remembered something and turned to look at a few high school students and Nakamura Sachiko: "By the way, where is his gun?"
Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko didn't pay attention: "It may have fallen into the lake. By the way, Dr. Tanaka's body is still by the lake - the lake connected to the sea cave. It is in this direction. I heard it is a famous nearby place.
Fish pond." They enthusiastically pointed the direction to the police officer.
The fat police officer was about to find someone to retrieve the gun, but Conan suddenly remembered: "Just go and dispose of the body. Brother Jiang Xia has already picked up the gun, and both of them are in the bag."
He pointed to Jiang Xia's backpack, alerting the police and Jiang Xia by the way.
Jiang Xia probably forgot about this incident, so he didn't take out the gun. Fortunately, he remembered, otherwise he would have to make a trip to return it.
The fat police officer turned back quickly and looked at Jiang Xia.
"..." Jiang Xia looked at Conan, "Your eyes are quite good..."