Chapter 20: The Man on the Baking Sheet

Taking a sip of Calpis, Ritsu Sasashima leaned back in his seat, staring at Matsuda and Date who were still eating hard with a little blank eyes, did their stomachs go straight to Tokyo Bay?

Just after the nigiri sushi platter was served, Matsuda, who said that he had eaten enough, stretched out his guilty hand again, held the only red shrimp nigiri sushi and put it in his mouth, chewing and complaining that there was too little shrimp sushi and wanted to order it.

"There are no sweet shrimps, and there are no sea urchins, bad reviews~"

"If you want to eat it, just order it alone."

Just as he was about to call the waiter, he suddenly heard two female screams sitting in the booth area, which immediately attracted the attention of customers and staff in the store.

"Hmm...... Yes!! ”

"Ahh——!!!h

Sasashima's reaction was fast, and he quickly got up and ran over there, and then he saw a scene that surprised him.

I saw a man in a dark purple shirt lying on the table, and the worst thing was that his whole face was thrown on the baking sheet, making a sizzling sound, which made him feel uncomfortable after eating the roast meat.

"Chun-kun!"

The blonde girl who was the first to react tried to push the man on the baking tray away, but was stopped by a strong hand, Sasashima said with a calm face: "Let me come, and trouble a few of you to stand by." ”

The stunned three stood up in a panic, and Sashima calmly separated the man's face from the baking sheet, and in less than a minute, his face was already showing severe burns... There are even traces of baking trays, which look funny and terrifying.

When the diners around saw it, they all felt that they had no appetite, and a girl at the next table cautiously reminded: "Sir, should you call an ambulance?" ”

Hearing the news, they didn't react when they noticed the man lying on the baking sheet, and they all had their own inferences in their hearts, and Sasashima, who was closest to the man, could smell a faint smell of bitter almonds.

Qingic acid, potassium cyanide.

"No need to call an ambulance... Captain Date also bothered you to call the police, this is a murder case. ”

"Good!"

As a student of the police academy, you must maintain your composure in the face of this kind of scene, like this case of poisoning and murder with potassium cyanide, the most likely person at the same table or the waiter and chef in the store... Therefore, it is now necessary to first investigate the scope of the suspect and let the unrelated people leave the scene of the crime.

Almost at the same time, the five took out the white dust-free gloves in their pockets and began to conduct a preliminary investigation of the crime scene, while Date Airlines was responsible for maintaining order at the scene after the police were called, keeping everyone away from the area and asking the waiters in the store to hang up the "temporarily closed" signs.

- "These people look so young, huh?" What are they, the police? ”

- "How can the police be called if the police are the police..."

- "Could it be that they are murderers, gangs committing crimes?" ”

The corners of Date Hang's mouth twitched slightly, now people's brains are powerful enough, and they actually suspect their heads, he stared at the few diners who were whispering and wanted to take photos secretly, and scolded loudly: "We are active students of the Police Academy of the Japanese Metropolitan Police Department!" Do you need me to give you a science about the crime of theft? ”

"Huh? What do you say, what am I..."

Date stepped forward and grabbed his right hand, which was holding his phone, and chuckled, "According to Tokyo's system, serious behavior is punishable by up to six months in prison and a fine of 500,000 yen." ”

"I, I'll just delete it!"

On the other side, Zero Shibuyani and Jinpei Matsuda are examining the traces at the scene, trying to find out how the murderer poisoned him; Zhu Fu Jingguang was helping the police record his confession in advance, naturally starting with the three people who were at the same table as the deceased; Ritsu Sasashima, on the other hand, squatted next to the body for a simple preliminary autopsy.

The corpse's mouth and nose had a distinct smell of bitter almonds, and it could also be smelled in his right hand, indicating that the deceased probably died when his hand was exposed to potassium cyanide and ingested during eating.

The nails are pale pink, the skin and mucous membranes are dark purple, and a small amount of food residue is flowing out of the corners of the mouth.

"It's true that it's potassium cyanide poisoning, but it's not clear where it came from." After Ritsu Sasashima examined the body, he asked the store for a white tablecloth to cover his head, after all, this face was indeed a little scary to look at.

"We've got a little bit of something to gain here." Zero pointed to the unfinished nigiri sushi on the table and said, "There is no smell of potassium cyanide in this nigiri sushi, and the deceased most likely did not die from taking poisonous nigiri... Of course, the possibility of random killings cannot be ruled out. ”

Matsuda Zhan spread his hands and said: "Nothing else on the table has not been investigated for poison, at least but there is no way to distinguish it by the naked eye and smell, so I can only wait for the trace examination department to come!" ”

Zhu Fu Jingguang, who had already verified the identities of the three people at the same table, looked at the notes in his hand and said: "My side has finished questioning, the deceased's name is Jun Hanasaki, 27 years old this year, and he is a bartender at Blue Lasers Bar at 1-chome Wakamatsu Town. ”

Sitting across from the deceased was a friend, Takuya Haki, also 27 years old, who was a classmate in college and was currently working as the head of the marketing department at Matsui Co., Ltd. in Asahi 2-chome.

Next to the deceased was his girlfriend Nanako Asamoto, 24 years old this year, who had been dating for a year and worked as a waitress at the same bar.

The last is Sayaka Matsui, 25 years old, the daughter of the president of Matsui Co., Ltd. and Bourbon's girlfriend.

Hearing Zhu Fu Jingguang finish talking about the identity and background of these four people, Sasashima couldn't help frowning, recalling what happened in the toilet, the scope of the murderer has been narrowed down to these three people... They all have the potential to commit crimes.

Moreover, the motive for the crime is related to "love".

Glancing at Takuya Haki, who had comforted his girlfriend, he recalled what Onizuka instructor had said during the culture class, that when collecting information about the target, it was better not to be preconceived, and it was better to wait for the police to come and collect more effective evidence.

Since someone poisons it, there must be a device for it, and it will be much easier to find a way to poison it.

The police from Tokyo arrived at the scene quite quickly, and the leader was a little fat, wearing an orange trench coat, the thin belt around his waist was tightened, and his beer belly was especially obvious, and he was wearing a top hat of the same color on his head, and his expression was very serious.

"Who called the police?"

"It's me!" Date raised his hand and stepped forward and said, "Hello officer, please go this way." ”

The fat police officer came to the scene of the crime and noticed that the body had been moved, and even the customers in the store were sitting in an area, what was going on, don't the young people like to watch gossip the most? How orderly is it?

"The forensic team went into action, and the rest of the staff began to ask witnesses for confessions, to find suspects in connection with the case... The coroner goes to the trouble of conducting a preliminary autopsy. ”

"The cause of death of the deceased was potassium cyanide poisoning, and the time of death should have been between 20:49 and 20:52."

Listening to the narration of the young man in front of him, who seemed to be no more than eighteen years old, Twilight Thirteen blinked his eyes in confusion and asked, "Huh?" Who are you? ”

"Ritsu Sasashima, a student at the Metropolitan Police Department's Police Academy, I have already done a preliminary autopsy, so there is no need to conduct a second time, what the police need to find out now is the source of the poison."

Twilight Thirteen narrowed her eyes speechlessly, as if to say, "Are you teaching me how to do things?" He ignored Sasashima's words, but came to the corpse, and after observing the condition of the corpse, he found that the young man still had some skills.

"Sasashima-kun, huh? Are you and the person who called the police a student at the police academy? ”

"Yes, and so are the three."

Twilight Thirteen nodded and said, "It's still early for you to go out to the scene, allow you to watch from the sidelines, and we'll take care of the rest." ”

Seemingly... I didn't have the trust of the officers.

But also, they do look like little furry children who haven't graduated from school, and it's really difficult to make an experienced veteran detective recognize you at once.

"Officer, I actually have something I want to tell you, which is related to the case."

"Oh?"