Just when Kashima Yu was communicating with the system, Kudo Shinichi, who was still behind her, ran to the edge of the golden kettle and squatted down at some point. He was very careful not to touch the liquid or physical evidence, and only got closer to use it. He lightly slapped the liquid with his palm twice, smelled the smell of the spilled liquid, and then stood up with a complicated expression.
"This water has the smell of almonds. It must have been added with cyanide."
"Cyanogen..."
Kashima Yu repeated it, wondering with some surprise, was it really cyanide poisoning?
Matsuda Jinpei's expression changed slightly, and he quickly walked to Kudou Shinichi and squatted down. After getting close, he simply fanned and smelled it. It did smell like almonds as the boy said.
Several people basically rushed to the stage as soon as the incident happened. However, because their seats were relatively far back, Kashima Yu and Kudo Shinichi arrived later, but it was not too different, so they There was no time to observe too much. Among them, Matsuda chose to check the condition of the female lead first, while Hagiwara and Morofuku went to communicate with the two remaining actors on the stage. Fang Gu quickly made a judgment and ran backstage to check the situation. After thinking about it, the squad leader chose to control the order of the scene first.
In other words, no one has checked the liquid in this prop kettle yet. Judging from the overall state of Yamada Koharu at this time, she could die in such a short period of time, and there were obvious convulsions and vomiting, all of which are consistent with the characteristics of cyanide poisoning, and the cause of her death can almost be determined.
After coming to the conclusion, Matsuda Jinpei straightened up and persuaded Kashima: "He was right, it was cyanide poisoning."
So the most important thing now is to find the person who tampered with the kettle, the real culprit who killed Yamada Koharu.
Thinking of this, Matsuda Jinpei narrowed his eyes slightly and subconsciously looked at the actor who played the goddess who had just held a golden kettle and personally poured the poisonous liquid into Yamada Koharu's mouth.
She was wearing a long white dress for performances and an olive woven grass ring on her head. At this time, she was in great panic because of this unexpected incident. Her watery eyes were filled with tears, filled with fear and disbelief. Almost filled her expression.
The actress obviously hadn't recovered yet. At this time, she was holding Hagiwara Kenji's arm tightly with both hands. Her legs were so weak that she almost hung her entire weight on him. She didn't dare to take a closer look at Yamada Koharu's condition. If it weren't for Hagiwara's help, she might not even be able to stand firmly.
His voice was obviously crying and broken when he spoke, and he could not form complete sentences intermittently: "I...am I...am I killing...Xiaochun...I don't know, I really don't know...wu..." "
Hagiwara had no choice but to calm down the other person's emotions in a low voice.
The person who will be in direct contact with the kettle during the performance is obviously the easiest person to do it, but would anyone really be so stupid as to push themselves into the position of the first suspect... Matsuda Jinpei remains skeptical for the time being.
As for the other person at the scene who might have poisoned him, he was the Grim Reaper who also participated in this scene.
Compared with the goddess, the actor who plays the God of Death is obviously much calmer. With Zhu Fu Jingguang's communication, he first put the sickle prop in his hand aside in cooperation, and then took off the hood of his cloak, which was wide enough to hide his face, revealing a face that was extremely pale and thin with foundation. A face the color of bones. Although the makeup was heavy and exaggerated, it was still possible to tell that his face was not pretty.
He did not deliberately avoid looking away, but kept scanning Yamada Koharu's body, his expression becoming more and more complicated: "Koharu, she is really..."
After a pause of half a second, he took a deep breath, interrupted the topic, and then said to Zhu Fu Jingguang: "I understand, and I will cooperate with the questioning."
Just looking at their current performance, there is no obvious doubt about these two people.
Matsuda Jinpei would not blindly reason when he knew nothing. He was going to narrow the scope of suspects to people who had the opportunity to come into contact with the kettle, so he persuaded Kashima: "Go and tell Furiya, Let him first find other people who may have come into contact with this kettle, and Hagi and the others will come backstage to look for you in a moment."
There is no objection to Kashima Tour.
Kudo Shinichi glanced at the two actors on the stage and asked very proactively: "I will go with you, big sister."
He had wandered around the stage several times and found no particularly useful evidence. So in comparison, he still wanted to go backstage and take a closer look, especially the actors' lounges.
Kashima Tour has no objections either.
The system spoke again at this time: "If nothing else happens, there should be another suspect." 』
Since cyanide poisoning has just been confirmed, Kashima Yu is now particularly willing to believe in the system and humbly ask: "Why do you say that?" 』
The system said deeply: "Because choosing one of the three is the true meaning of the world." 』
Kashima Yu: "? 』
The system was saying these things again that she couldn't understand.
If you don’t understand it, you don’t understand it, but I have to say that the system really understands the development of this world. After Kashima Yu went backstage to discuss the evidence with Rei Furitani, the two worked together to investigate the surveillance and interrogate other staff members, and sure enough, another suspect was identified.
For Kashima Yu, this is still an acquaintance.
The girl with black hair and black eyes still stood elegantly and dignified, and her expression seemed calm and indifferent, but her unconsciously pursed lips still revealed the owner's uneasy heart.
Rei Fukitani saw Kashima Yu's embarrassment and hesitation, and sighed inwardly that it was unfortunate, and then took the initiative to take two steps forward and stand in front of the girl in the black skirt. Although his tone was still polite and courteous, he also made it clear that he was business-like. : "Please also ask Miss Ichinomiya to stay for investigation."
Ichinomiya Anzu, the behind-the-scenes worker who independently financed the upgrade of all the costumes and props for the "Oasis" troupe, is the person in charge of these props.
Fortunately, because this batch of props was expensive, the troupe was worried about possible thefts, so they implemented very thorough surveillance, and now they can narrow down the scope of suspects to such a narrow range. Unfortunately, because the golden kettle was not placed at the right place, everyone standing in front of it would just block it, and could only be photographed from behind, so it was impossible to tell who was secretly drugging it.
Ichinomiya An didn't want to embarrass Kashima, so he deliberately avoided looking at her, looked directly into Fukiya Rei's eyes and said calmly: "No problem, I did prepare the props, you just follow the normal procedures. "
Rei Fukutani was slightly relieved: it would be great if she was willing to cooperate, which would save a lot of trouble - not only because she is a friend of Kashima Yu, but also because she is the eldest lady of the Ichinomiya Foundation.
Matsuda Jinpei and others happened to arrive backstage at this time, including Date Hang. At this point, the three suspects and all the police academy students were present.
The system looked around and said silently in its heart: Wow, that's a luxurious lineup, so no one really cares about Kudo Shinichi who is secretly rummaging through his bag?
But it just complained a little bit in its heart, because it could feel that since Ichinomiya Xing was listed as a suspect, You Zai became a little anxious.
The group first came to the monitoring room. According to the monitoring in the props room, apart from Ichinomiya Anzu, who was responsible for preparing the props, only the three actors who co-starred in this scene had touched the golden kettle - Koharu Yamada, who played the protagonist, Masumi Kuwashima plays the goddess, and Taichi Watanabe plays the god of death. Among them, Taichi Watanabe is the leader of the "Oasis" troupe.
Ichinomiya An was the first to bring the kettle in, while Kuwashima Masumi was the last to take the kettle away. But in the meantime, Yamada Koharu and Watanabe Taichi each stayed in front of the kettle for a while.
Kuwashima Masumi, who had calmed down a lot after being comforted by Hagiwara Kenji, clutched the handkerchief tightly with both hands and twisted it tightly unconsciously. His eyes were red, but fortunately his mood was still stable.
Her voice was still a little hoarse, and she spoke slowly: "Xiaochun should be pouring water... Logically speaking, the kettle is just a pretentious prop, but she told me that she wanted to be better in the last scene and prepared to really put on the kettle. Put some water in it to enhance the sense of reality..."
After a moment of silence, she closed her eyes and sighed, her tone full of annoyance: "I shouldn't have promised her."
Matsuda Jinpei, who was sitting in front of the monitor screen, didn't say anything. He just turned the video forward and cut to the moment when Yamada Koharu appeared and saw the water glass in her hand. The water cup is a colorless and transparent plastic cup with a blue lid and a simple style. The water level in the cup did decrease before and after she entered the prop room, which proves that what Masumi Kuwashima said was true.
After seeing this, Kashima Yu finally relaxed a little.
This will alleviate Xiao Xing's suspicion. After all, there was no water in the pot when she placed the props. The risk of exposure by poisoning the kettle in advance is too high. This antique kettle is open and the bottom can be easily seen. The murderer would not dare to bet that Yamada Koharu could not see what was inside. On the contrary, the suspicion level of Watanabe Taichi and Kuwashima Masumi, who came into contact with the kettle after Yamada Koharu, increased.
But soon she frowned again and asked in confusion: "Why do you say this is her last scene? Isn't she going to act in the future?"
"That's not the case." Ichinomiya Xing explained aloud, "Miss Yamada just changed to a better troupe."
She spoke slowly and pointed out calmly and without mercy: "After all, the only script that this troupe can produce is "Oasis", and "Oasis" was completely made by Ms. Yamada. She will pursue better things." It’s understandable that there is room for development.”
Then, she reasonably expressed her doubts: "And the choice of the only ace in the troupe to leave may cause some people's dissatisfaction."
Ichinomiya Xing knew very well that she was not the murderer, so her suspicions naturally fell on the other two people. She doesn't know much about reasoning, but she understands the benefits. The departure of Yamada Koharu is a huge loss to the troupe, and this evidence will point more towards Watanabe Taichi as the leader of the troupe.
But Kuwashima Masumi suddenly took two steps toward her emotionally. His breathing became rapid, his chest heaved violently, and he stared at Ichinomiya Anzu with red eyes: "That's not the case! You don't know anything at all. !!”
"Xiaochun doesn't want to leave this troupe at all! This is a decision we all made together!!"
The woman's rude appearance formed a sharp contrast with Ichinomiya An's calmness and self-control. Watanabe Taichi, who had been silent all the time, suddenly sighed, raised his hand and patted Kuwashima on the shoulder, and then pulled her back with some force, while he stepped forward to block the situation.
Then he looked around and took the initiative to explain: "We basically came from the same university drama department, and I was the director at the time. We have always had a good relationship, and we have similar interests. We agreed to get together after graduation. Form a troupe. It’s true that it wasn’t very famous at first, but because we were doing something we like together with everyone, and it wouldn’t be reduced to a point where we can’t fill our stomachs, no one would mind.”
"Later Xiaochun got a boyfriend who was a very talented playwright, and 'Oasis' was the script he gave her. Naturally we recommended her to be the heroine, and she did perform very well and even became an instant hit. "
Hearing this, Ichinomiya Xing seemed to remember something, and his expression changed slightly: "I remember the author of "Oasis"..."
Watanabe Taichi twitched the corner of his mouth slightly, and his smile was slightly sarcastic: "Well, you should have seen the news. He died in a car accident. Those media even used this to promote "Oasis" and successfully pushed "Oasis" to the level it was not supposed to be. The height to reach.”
"But the script "Oasis" will only constantly remind Xiaochun of this sad incident... So we discussed it together and tried to persuade Xiaochun to join a better theater troupe. The reason given on the surface was that she had the ability, but in reality Everyone just wants her to leave Oasis."
"She was unwilling at first, but then she agreed. We were all very happy for her, but I never thought..."
Watanabe Taichi paused for a moment and took another deep breath: "It is impossible for Masumi and I to kill Koharu. As for Miss Ichinomiya, I think future police officers can also judge that her suspicion is actually very small and there is no motive. So all I can think of is..."
At this point, the voice of the man who played the God of Death was trembling. After all, he failed to finish the sentence. He opened and closed his mouth for a long time. In the end, it was difficult to maintain his calmness. He closed his eyes in pain. After a long while, he said hoarsely: "We want her to leave the oasis, but if If the ending of her life is either an oasis or the God of Death..."
"That's why we pushed her to death together."
