The results of the investigation soon came out, and the death of the deceased Kanda Akina was undoubtedly murdered.

The killer took advantage of the aconitum that is more common in Japan, dried it, ground it into a powder, and finally mixed it into the sauce in the Kanda Akina bento box and poisoned it.

"Understood."

After listening to the report of the criminal police, the boy nodded slightly, and he glanced at the little Karasuma next to him, who was still sitting next to Akina's bed, and then turned and walked towards the other bed behind him.

"Whoa!"

The boy raised his hand and pulled back the curtain that the bed had used to cover it.

Inside, too, was the corpse of a high school girl lying there quietly.

That's right, this time there was not just one, but two.

Almost at the same time that Kanda Akina was poisoned, there was also a female high school student in another class in the same grade at this school who had the same situation and eventually died of poison.

At that time, the police received two reports from this school at the same time, and the Metropolitan Police Department noticed the abnormality, so this is one of the reasons why the boy came in person.

"Tell me about her." Looking at the body of the short-haired female high school student, the boy spoke.

"Yes."

The criminal policeman behind him nodded, opened the folder in his hand, and said:

The deceased's name was Sanae Miyamoto, her father was an executive at a nearby company, her mother was also a full-time housewife, she was an only child, and she had no siblings in the family.

The deceased was good at sports, participated in the school's tennis club, was extremely capable, and has always been recognized as the main member of the club, and has also performed well in the city's youth tennis tournaments, and has won many awards in various off-campus competitions.

His interpersonal relationship in the school is also similar to that of the previous deceased Kanda Akina, although he seems to have many admirers, but he has never been involved in related disputes, and he is a good student with excellent character and learning.

In addition, according to our investigation, the two deceased, Akina Kanda and Sanae Miyamoto, did not know each other before entering this high school, and there was never any kind of intersection between the two. ”

"What about the cause of death?"

"It's the same as Kanda Akina, both of them were killed by poison caused by the murderer putting aconite powder into the lunch box, and the method is exactly the same."

Speaking of which, the criminal police added another sentence.

"By the way, Mr. Shirakawa, we asked the parents of the two deceased before, and all the bento boxes they ate today were made by their respective parents at home and brought to school......

The meaning of the criminal police's sentence is obvious, the two deceased are from different classes, and the lunch box is prepared by the family themselves, so it is not very likely that they were poisoned by one of the murderers at the same time.

Therefore, it is likely that there is not only one murderer.

This case may be two different cases committed at the same time by the two murderers by extreme coincidence.

"It's too early to decide."

The boy was noncommittal, he withdrew his gaze and slowly closed the curtain.

"However, in a place like a school, it is not easy to poison someone's lunch without anyone noticing.

In particular, the school has a lunch policy, where all students eat lunch in their own classrooms and seats, and in such a situation, it is difficult to complete the act of poisoning unless the murderer and the deceased are from the same class. ”

Speaking of this, the boy turned around, he first glanced at Kokarasuma, and then at the criminal police officer beside him, and ordered:

"I brought back the lunch boxes of the two deceased to collect fingerprints, and at the same time, in my name, I applied to my superiors for an investigation order allowing the police to collect the fingerprint information of all teachers and students in this grade."

Due to the relationship between the Hatoyama family, the boy's name has always been very "easy to use" in the Metropolitan Police Department, and as long as the application is made in the boy's name, the Metropolitan Police Department will process it as quickly as possible.

At that time in Japan, for such a slightly more dynamic search operation, it was necessary to apply to the superior for an investigation warrant, although the boy had some privileges in this regard, but as long as it was not an extreme situation, he did not intend to violate the rules.

"Yes." The detective nodded and quickly jotted it down.

"In addition, carefully investigate the interpersonal relationships of the two deceased in school, whether in the class or in the club, and notify me immediately if there is a conflict with the deceased or someone who is related to both deceased."

Different from the suspect's guess of "two murderers, two cases" just now, the boy seems to be more inclined to a case in which a murderer killed two deceased people at the same time with some special method.

"Yes."

The detective nodded, and after writing them down again, he saw that the boy had nothing to order, and quickly left the infirmary.

The infirmary finally fell silent as the door closed softly, and the boy looked at the little Karasuma who was sitting next to Akina's bed.

Just like when he first came in, Kokarasuma still sat there in a daze, looking down at his former best friend, as if he had lost his soul.

Looking at her appearance, the boy hesitated for a moment, but finally stepped forward and raised his hand to gently pat her shoulder.

"It's time to go."

Kosuma ignored him and seemed unresponsive to his words.

The boy was silent for a moment, and then spoke again:

"She's dead now, and we should go back."

In an instant, this sentence seemed to stimulate Karasuma's nerves.

"You go away!" She finally reacted, but she raised her head and glared at the boy fiercely, and shouted loudly with red eyes: "You have to go, you go by yourself!" You cold-blooded wood! I want to, I want ......"

Halfway through the words, Karasuma couldn't speak anymore, because she saw that when she said the word "cold-blooded", the boy's face showed a momentary stunnedness.

It was only at this moment that she realized that she had said the wrong thing on impulse.

How could she have said such a thing just now?

The word cold-blooded, maybe other people who don't know the boy can say, but she can't, not only because she is one of the few people who really know the boy, but also because the boy once went out of his way to save her, and he is not cold-blooded at all......

"I, I ......"

The nameless fire that originally came from nowhere in his heart quickly dissipated at this moment, and Kokarsuma looked at the boy like a child who had done something wrong, just helplessly and with some fear.

Karasuma's fear was not that the boy would get angry with her or anything, but that the boy would be disappointed in her and alienate her......

However, the boy did not show any unpleasant expression, and after a short moment of stunnedness, he only sighed softly, and persuaded again with a helpless and gloomy expression:

"People can't be resurrected after death, so instead of sitting here meaninglessly all the time, let's find a way to find out the murderer who poisoned Qiuna-san."

He is always like this, and he has an almost bottomless tolerance for the people around him, and he is the one who is hurt, but he still comforts her in turn.

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(End of chapter)