Watanabe Taichi didn't say it clearly, but everyone present understood what he meant.
The people in the troupe are both colleagues and even friends. They have experienced a lot together, and they have overcome even the most difficult times together. Their relationship has long been as close as family, and there are no particularly outstanding conflicts in daily life. It is impossible for anyone to Such cruelty.
And he also didn't think Ichinomiya Anzu would be the murderer. After all, they were the eldest lady of a group and upgraded their equipment and props for free. She had no enmity with Koharu, so there was no reason to kill her.
Logically speaking, there is indeed no obvious evidence pointing to any one of them. Fangtani had asked other people in the troupe before, but no one mentioned that Yamada Koharu had a conflict with anyone. But if the murderer is not among the three of them, then it can only point to Yamada Koharu who was seen in the surveillance video personally pouring water into the golden kettle.
But reasoning is not about one-sided words. Whether Yamada Koharu really committed suicide also requires evidence to prove.
At this moment, Kashima Yu felt the corner of her clothes being gently tugged. After reflexively lowering her head, she saw the blue-eyed boy running back at some time and whispered to her: "Well, big sister. , I just saw sertraline hydrochloride tablets in the actress sister’s bag.”
Although Kudo Shinichi spoke very quietly, in such a suffocatingly quiet environment, it was no different from talking to everyone.
Naturally, Watanabe Taichi also heard it, but he didn't react immediately. He blinked a little dullly and blankly: "Sertraline Hydrochloride Tablets are..."
Kudo Shinichi glanced at him and replied, "It's antidepressant medicine."
The man was stunned for a moment, and when he came back to his senses, there was only bitter self-blame and sorrow on his face: "So Xiaochun has long been... I actually didn't find out until now..."
The trembling tail note faded, and was finally swallowed along with the bitter emotion. Watanabe Taichi lowered his head and buried his face deeply in his hands. After all, he still couldn't avoid losing control of his emotions.
Kudo Shinichi pursed his lips, feeling uncomfortable, but he didn't know what to say.
When he found this drug in the innermost compartment of Yamada Koharu's handbag, he had already speculated whether it might be a suicide. After running back, watching the surveillance and listening to Taichi Watanabe's explanation, the whole incident seemed to be beyond doubt, and all the evidence almost pointed to one result, a not-so-sad result.
A depressing atmosphere filled the air until the woman's broken cries broke the heavy silence, but it only added a bit of sadness for no reason. Kuwashima Masumi sat helplessly on the ground, completely losing the dignified and elegant posture of the goddess during the performance, covering her mouth and sobbing.
Kashima Yu frowned - how should I put it, she was actually reluctant to believe that Yamada Koharu committed suicide.
Datehang glanced at his notes, and after Taichi Watanabe calmed down a little, he asked him rationally: "Can I ask what you were doing when you were standing in front of the kettle?"
Watanabe Taichi managed to cheer up, raised his head and replied to him: "I was just checking the props on a routine basis. I felt strange when I saw liquid in the kettle. Then I went out and asked Xiaoharu, right in the corridor..."
After an imperceptible pause, he lowered his eyes: "She did say that this was for the last performance, so I didn't pay too much attention and just wanted to follow her."
As he spoke, he couldn't help feeling annoyed and regretful: "If I could have realized the problem at that time..."
Kashima Yu, who was always paying attention to him, narrowed his eyes slightly and showed a thoughtful expression.
When Matsuda Jinpei heard the first half of Watanabe Taichi's words, he went to find the surveillance camera in the corridor. The video finally retrieved also proved that he did go to Yamada Koharu after leaving the props room. And because the camera was pointed at the back of Yamada Koharu, they could also see the face of Watanabe Taichi who was speaking to her. They could also read from his lips that what he said was true and that he was indeed asking. About the liquid in the kettle. Then Yamada Koharu probably explained something to him. The man nodded to indicate that he understood, and continued to work.
While several people were investigating, Watanabe Taichi fell into self-pity again, and Kuwashima Masumi had not yet recovered from his grief. Kashima Yu glanced at the two people and said to them: "I want to go to the lounge again."
It was Datehang who agreed to her, and he said "Yes", and then looked around at the police academy contemporaries who had different and complicated expressions: "Then let's confirm again... Hagiwara will stay here. "
Hagihara Kenji nodded in agreement without any objection. Among them, he is considered to have relatively good emotional intelligence and outstanding observation skills. Next to him are two suspects who are more emotionally uncomfortable than the other. It is indeed more suitable for him to stay.
Kudo Shinichi looked around and finally chose to follow Kashima Yu. He followed her to Yamada Koharu's lounge, a place he had already investigated. After she closed the door, he tugged on the corner of her clothes: "Did Sister Kashima find something wrong?"
Well, he has transitioned from "big sister" to "Kashima sister" very naturally.
Kashima Yu naturally followed his strength and squatted down. His grass-colored eyes looked straight at the boy's blue eyes, and he asked him curiously: "Why do you think so?"
Kudo Shinichi answered obediently: "Because Kashima-san's expression doesn't look like she believes it."
Kashima Yu pondered for a moment, and then admitted frankly: "I really don't believe that Yamada Koharu would choose death."
She showed a reminiscing expression and slowly explained to the young detective: "I met her more than three years ago. At that time, there was no "Oasis" and she was not the lead actor in the troupe. Their troupe was imitating performances at Tokyo University. She played a classic play, and I liked her performance very much, so I went backstage to get to know her. Ms. Yamada..."
After a slight pause, Kashima Yu solemnly raised four fingers: "I can swear from my experience with countless girls over the years that she is definitely a very optimistic and persevering girl."
Seeing her serious look, Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but become serious: "Did something happen?"
Something must have happened to make Kashima-san so sure of her optimism and tenacity, right?
Then, he heard Kashima Yu say in a confident tone: "Nothing happened. It's just my experience of getting along with countless girls over the years."
Kudo Shinichi: "..."
What kind of evidence is this? Kashima-sama, is it really okay for you to be a police academy student? !
Seeing Kashima Yu's confident look, Kudo Shinichi, who likes to focus on logic and evidence, hesitated for a while, and finally decided to skip the topic and asked instead: "Then Kashima-san is here. What do you want to see?"
Kashima Yu put down the swearing hand and touched his chin. His eyes fell on the water glass on the dressing table.
"I'm thinking about one thing. If Yamada Koharu wants to poison him, wouldn't it be best to dissolve it directly in his own cup?"
Kudo Shinichi followed her gaze very keenly to the plastic water cup, which was the one that appeared in Yamada Koharu's hand in the previous video, with a transparent cup body and a blue lid. The water glass is empty, but there are still some relatively evenly dispersed water droplets on the wall. There are also some on the outside of the glass. It can be seen that it has been rinsed and placed here, but it has not been dried yet.
And he had already wrapped the lid of the cup with a handkerchief and opened it to smell it. At this time, he could directly tell Kashima Yu the result: "This cup has been washed, and there is no special smell in it."
Kashima Yu nodded: "Yes, I can see it."
But then, she asked another question: "Then why does Yamada Koharu wash the cup?"
Kudo Shinichi wanted to answer this. It should be that Yamada Koharu cleaned the water glass out of caution, fearing that his friends would drink poison by mistake. Even if the probability is small, it is not completely impossible. After all, some girls who have a good relationship really don't mind using each other. cup.
But then, in the flash of lightning, he suddenly realized a problem - suicide obviously does not require special cleaning of traces, and if Yamada Koharu just wanted to prevent others from drinking by mistake, then why didn't she control it directly at the beginning? How about pouring all the liquid in the cup into the kettle?
If there was really poison in the cup, why was there less than half a cup of water left? And if the cup is really just drinking water, the act of pouring water into the kettle and then poisoning it on the spot is even more unnecessary, and it also takes additional risks - what if someone happens to come in? Why do you have to configure something on site when you can prepare it alone in advance?
None of this makes sense, and it would only seem far-fetched if it had to be explained. However, it is very easy to understand when another possibility is introduced: someone else poisoned it, and this is still a murder.
From Kashima Yu's perspective, she only saw the boy's pupils in front of her trembling and trembling, and his expression changing again and again. It was as exciting as an overturned palette, but she was a little confused.
In the end, his expression finally settled on admiration: "I neglected these details..."
And she sighed in her heart: Sister Kashima is truly worthy of being a student of the police academy.
Then, he asked expectantly in that clear tone: "Sister Kashima must have someone to suspect. Who do you think will be the real murderer?"
Although he asked this question, Kudo Shinichi already had a preferred answer in his heart. The murderer must be between Watanabe Taichi and Kuwashima Masumi, and if he were to judge between these two people, he would be more inclined to choose Kuwashima Masumi.
The reason is also very simple and clear, because Masumi Kuwashima participated in the most important cause of the entire incident. At least the surveillance was enough to prove that Watanabe Taichi did not know about the kettle in the first place, so the controllable space was much smaller. However, Kuwashima Masumi was informed. She said that this was Yamada Koharu's active request, but there is actually no evidence to prove this. If there are no surprises in his reasoning, Kuwashima Masumi lied at the beginning - the person who suggested the water bottle was not Yamada Koharu, but her.
Kashima-san must think so too, right?
Then, he heard Kashima Yu say with certainty: "I doubt Watanabe Taichi."
"As expected... huh?"
"Wait, why is it Taichi Watanabe?"
Kudo Shinichi was completely confused. He was still frantically recalling and analyzing in his brain what details he had missed.
Then, he heard Kashima Yu's rational analysis and boldly reasoned: "Because he is completely unqualified as a theater actor. As a theater leader, he is not as good as Kuwashima Masumi. He can only play this kind of role with his face covered, but his performance Still not outstanding - ah, but Kuwashima Masumi is indeed very good, I think she is in particularly good condition today - but there is something wrong with Taichi Watanabe's level! Is this how he becomes the leader of a troupe? !”
"So I just made a brief deduction and felt that he must be jealous of Yamada Koharu's strength. It was not enough to kick her out of the troupe with high-sounding reasons, but he also poisoned her."
As he spoke, he got emotional and became indignant: "It's so abominable!"
Kudo Shinichi: "?!"
Shut up! This is not reasoning at all! !
