Chapter 21 Section 21

"...To sum up, there is no abnormality in all open flame appliances such as heating and cooking appliances in the 'Green Rock Village'. Although all the appliances have been used for many years, some appliances have even been used for more than 20 years. time, but there was no problem. Later, we conducted a detailed investigation on the guest room where Mr. Tsukahara Shoji lived, and found no traces of briquettes and other items. Therefore, the possibility of carbon monoxide poisoning is very low .The report is over." The head of the identification section who came from the county police said lightly.After listening to the report from the Chief of the Appraisal Section, Nishiguchi finally breathed a sigh of relief.Since last night, Nishiguchi has been so worried that he couldn't sleep.Although he stayed with the people from the appraisal class at "Green Rock Manor" until about eight o'clock, the people from the appraisal class didn't tell him the details.However, from the words they talked, Nishiguchi could feel that there seemed to be no big problem.Even so, when leaving the hotel, in order to reassure Kawabata Narumi, Nishiguchi told her softly, "It's all right."Xikou had been worried before that if the appraiser raised any questions at today's meeting, he would not be able to explain to Cheng Shi.

"The hotel has nothing to do with this matter, right? Well, I guess so. If the passengers have carbon monoxide poisoning, they should run to call an ambulance immediately." Said Section Chief Hozumi of the Prefectural Police Search Section 1.Suiji has thick black hair and a mustache under his aquiline nose.Among the mustache, there are already a few white beards mixed in. Not only the glass police station, but even the prefectural police headquarters could not ignore the autopsy report sent from Tokyo.Before falling into the rocky ground, Tsukahara Shoji was dead.Moreover, the cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning.In other words, the assumption that he accidentally fell off the embankment after being drunk was simply wrong.

But right now, it is impossible to conclude that this is a murder case.Therefore, the prefectural police could not officially open the search headquarters. "Perhaps you don't have to think about the possibility of accidents anymore." Hozumi said to himself. "I think it's impossible for a poisoning incident to happen on that embankment." The team leader of the identification section said, "From the preliminary search records, there was no trace of burning at the scene, even if someone The briquettes were burned there, and the place is also outdoors, so it is impossible to cause carbon monoxide poisoning."

"Is it possible that he inhaled carbon monoxide in other places, and after being poisoned, he walked all the way to the embankment before dying? I have also heard before that the symptoms of poisoning sometimes only occur after a period of time after being poisoned." "Ah, about this." Isobe, who was sitting next to Hozumi, raised his hand lightly, "Yesterday, I sent my young men to consult with experts—come here." He said, Isobe glared at a young investigator sitting in the distance. The young searcher immediately stood up and opened the manual. "We consulted Professor Yamada of the prefectural university's medical department. As the head of the department said, if the poisoning was only mild, in the past there were indeed examples of disturbance of consciousness or personality changes after a period of poisoning. If If the concentration of carbon monoxide hemoglobin in the blood exceeds 10%, such symptoms may appear after poisoning, so you need to pay attention. However, according to the autopsy report, the concentration of carbon monoxide hemoglobin in the blood of the deceased far exceeded 10%. It is actually impossible for the deceased to move to other places with his own strength. Judging from the circumstances of this case, the deceased should have died of poisoning on the spot."

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Isobe nodded in satisfaction. "That's what happened." He said to Suiji. "In other words, the deceased must have been poisoned to death elsewhere. Then, if the deceased is deliberately poisoned to death, what methods exist?" The head of the identification section answered this question. "The most orthodox method is to light briquettes in a small confined space, for example, in a car. This method of suicide does not cause any pain, so it has been popular on the Internet for a while." "When you said that, I remembered." Suiji said, pulling his beard, "The autopsy report said that sleep aids were also found in the corpse. Well, the murderer can first drag the victim into the car and find a way Feed the victim with sleeping pills to make him fall asleep. Then light the briquettes."

"After confirming that the victim has been poisoned to death, push him under the embankment." Isobe took the words, "After that, the murderer fled in a car. In this way, things will make sense." Hozuki nodded. "Indeed. But unfortunately, we don't have evidence. Judging from the current situation, we can't judge whether the poisoning incident was done deliberately by others or the deceased's own wishes." "It's true." Isobe immediately agreed with his boss's opinion.Nishiguchi suddenly recalled what Hashino told him before, saying that Isobe is actually a sycophant.

"There shouldn't be any suspicious call records left on the victim's mobile phone, right?" "Yes. We were worried that someone might have deleted the records on purpose, so we went to the phone company to check the detailed records, but there was nothing wrong with the phone company's records." What the hell is going on with this meeting?Xikou couldn't help thinking in his heart.The meeting held in the glass police station turned out that all the speakers were from the county police headquarters.Not only the chief of the department Yuanshan and the chief of the criminal section Okamoto, but even the director Tomita can only pretend to be good.

"By the way, some new information has been found about the victim's previous whereabouts. I heard that the victim visited the home of a criminal who was arrested by him not long ago." Although Nishiguchi could not express his thoughts , but Hoji still turned his head and looked at the group under his jurisdiction. "Well. If that's the case, let Xikou on our side report the situation." After speaking, Yuan Shan winked at Xikou. Nishiguchi stood up and opened the manual. "The victim once visited a family in the villa area of ​​Dongli Town. The person who bought the villa before was named Xianbo Yingjun, and he moved there since no one knows when. But later, Xianbo turned the villa into another sold it, and went to work in Tokyo. However, this Senba later committed homicide in Tokyo and was arrested. The person in charge of the case at that time was Mr. Tsukahara. For the details of the case, we The information has been transferred from the Metropolitan Police Department and sent to Section Chief Isobe."

Isobe opened his folder and showed Hozumi a look. "The countryman went to Tokyo and killed the former lady sitting on the stage... This crime is really arbitrary and sad." Hozumi's tone didn't sound very interested. "I've already talked to Mrs. Tsukahara on the phone." Isobe interjected, "It is said that Mr. Tsukahara has always been concerned about the criminals he personally arrested during his tenure. So, this time he came to Glasspool, maybe he just stopped by of." Hozumi stroked his chin and nodded. "There are plenty of such detectives. But sometimes they will be resented by criminals instead. We must first investigate where this Xianbo is now and what his situation is."

clear. After finishing speaking, Isobe winked at several subordinates. "How is it, Director Tomita?" Hozumi said to the director who was still expressionless, "Let's go back to the county police headquarters first and discuss with the superiors. We plan to set up a search headquarters with you later. What do you think?" Tomita looked like he had just woken up from a dream, and nodded repeatedly with his mouth half-opened. "Yeah, that's it. That's fine too." "Then, let's start making preparations today. Put everyone under Isobe's jurisdiction here for the time being. If necessary, we will send more people. Is that okay?"

"Yes, I understand. Please take care of me." Seeing the director's low-key look, Nishiguchi couldn't help but sighed softly. At this moment, the phone in the inner pocket of Xikou's jacket vibrated.There should be a text message.Xikou secretly took out his mobile phone and looked under the table.As soon as he saw the sender's name, Nishiguchi's heart beat faster.That text message was sent by Cheng Shi.