"Akina?"

There was a suppressed moan next to him, and Kokarsuma turned his head to look back, only to find that his good friend Akina-san was lying on the desk at the moment, raising his hand to cover his chest, his expression was very painful, and the moans she heard came from Akina-san's mouth.

"Akina?! What happened to you? What's wrong with it? Kogura hurriedly reached out to help Akina-san, and asked loudly.

"Akina-san, Karasuma-san, has something happened?"

The movement of the two finally attracted the attention of the head teacher on the podium, and she stood up and asked with concern.

At this time, Qiu Na's face was pale, dense beads of sweat oozed from her forehead, and her hand was tightly clutched to her chest, looking extremely painful.

"Teacher! Qiuna: She seems to be very uncomfortable! Karasuma replied anxiously and loudly.

[What's going on?] Why did Akina suddenly ......]

"Is it food poisoning...... Fast! Go get a hand! Send Akina-san to the school infirmary first! The head teacher also realized that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly instructed a few students who were still stunned next to him.

"Yes, yes!"

With the help of another classmate, Karasuma finally picked up Akina-san, who was extremely distressed, and was about to leave the classroom.

"Ugh!"

But at this moment, Qiuna-san's condition began to deteriorate further, and she herself seemed to be suffering greatly, and her delicate facial features became hideous and distorted as a result, her eyes widened, saliva flowed uncontrollably from the corners of her mouth, and her mouth kept saying some unrelated small words.

"It's not...... Right...... Rise...... It's true...... ...... to the

Her body collapsed to the ground, her whole body convulsed, and she couldn't even stand up like a mess of mud, and this time even Karasuma and the other female classmate couldn't pull her up.

"Akina, Akina......"

Akina-san's extremely frustrating reaction made Karasuma-chan, who had encountered this kind of scene for the first time, completely panicked, and she froze in place, looking at Akina-san, who was constantly twitching on the ground.

But soon she reacted again, crouched down and grabbed Akina's hand, and tried to pull her to her feet again.

"Don't be afraid, it's me, get up, I'll take you to the infirmary right away......"

It seemed that her words had a little effect, and Akina-san, who was twitching on the ground, turned her head slightly to look at her, and her hand that was held by Kokarsuma suddenly gained a little more strength.

She clutched Karasuma's hand tightly, and her sharp nails pierced Karasuma's palms, but she didn't care about it at all, she just tried to pull her best friend off the ground.

"Hello? Yes, here's ...... Yes, please come over as soon as possible......" And behind the podium, the head teacher had realized the seriousness of the situation and hurriedly dialed the number calling for an ambulance.

However, the next second will prove that this move of hers is completely superfluous.

After a short but painful struggle, Akina-san's hand that was tightly held by Kokarasuma gradually loosened.

"Right...... Not ......"

With the last of her strength to say this, Akina-san's upper body, which had just been dragged up from the ground by Kokarasuma, also completely lost its strength, and she barely showed a wry smile towards the sluggish Kokarasuma, and she no longer trembled, nor did she twitch, but fell to the ground again softly, and slowly closed her eyes.

“…… Akina? ”

Karasuma was stunned again, she looked down in disbelief at her best friend's body, which had not moved in the slightest, and raised her hand tremblingly and gently touched her shoulder.

"Hey, Akina?"

However, no matter how much she tried to call, her good friend did not respond.

"Ahh

It was only at this moment that screams finally rang out in the classroom.

“……”

"The deceased's name is Kanda Akina, her father is the president of a company in the city, her mother is a full-time housewife, she herself is the eldest daughter in the family, and there are two younger brothers below.

In addition, the deceased participated in the drama club in the school, and held the position of vice president and accountant of the club, not only did he have excellent academic performance, but also had outstanding ability in drama performance, and won the best award in the drama performance program jointly held by the school many times, and was highly praised by both teachers and students.

At the same time, according to our questioning, although the deceased had many admirers in the school, he did not seem to have had any love experience and did not have any related scandals.

In the eyes of the deceased's parents, he did not usually do anything obvious to the abnormal. ”

In the infirmary of the school, the police arrived at the scene before the ambulance came, and in order to minimize the impact of the incident, the body of the deceased Kanda Akina had been temporarily transferred to the infirmary of the school before that.

The boy stood at the head of the bed, quietly listening to the report of the criminal police behind him, and at the same time looked down at the lifeless Akina-san lying on the bed, his eyes drooped.

Kanda Akina, she is a rare best friend of Kokarsuma at school, the two often go to and from school together, because of Kokarasuma reasons, the boy has seen him a few times before, not to say how familiar the two are, but at least they will meet and talk about a few words.

Now seeing the person he knew turned into a corpse was undoubtedly another carving in the boy's heart, and the memory of that winter four years ago resurfaced in his mind.

"Is the investigation clear?" Forcibly suppressing the distractions in his heart, the boy asked.

At the same time, he glanced at the figure sitting next to the bed.

Before the boy and the police arrived, Karasuma was already sitting here.

She just stared blankly at Akina-san, who was lying on the bed lifeless, and didn't even notice that the boy and the police walked in.

For a boy who had had a similar experience, he understood Karasuma's mood very well at this moment, so he didn't deliberately do anything to her, but silently launched an investigation.

Since there is a case, it is the duty of the boy to investigate, solve the case, and then catch the murderer, no matter who the deceased is.

"It's confirmed, it's Aconitum aconitum." The detective replied.

Aconite, one of the three most famous poisonous plants in Japan, is a wild grass that grows naturally in the wild and is known for its severe toxicity.

"The deceased did not eat the leaves of Aconitum aconitum, and according to our examination of the ingredients in the deceased's bento, it is likely that the murderer dried the lateral roots of Aconitum and then ground it into a powder and mixed it into the sauce in the deceased's bento to achieve the purpose of poisoning."

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