Chapter 16 Section 4

"Soft tennis ball?" Hearing Kaga's words, Tomii opened his mouth in surprise and couldn't close it for a moment. "This is it." Kaga put the thing out of his pocket in front of Tomii. It was shaped like a fig, with a small cover on the narrow part.This is what he went to the sporting goods store to buy after parting with Wei Xu today. "This is an air pump for soft tennis." As he spoke, he unscrewed the small cover, and a sharp needle was exposed from underneath. "Please take a closer look, this is exactly the same as an injection needle."

Tomii squinted his eyes and observed carefully. The shape of the needle was similar to the tube through which the air was delivered.The principle is exactly the same as the syringe. "I see, it is indeed the same. So far, when it comes to injection needles, everyone has taken it for granted that things like syringes, so it turns out that such seemingly innocuous things can also be used as similar products. In this way, It is really necessary to discuss whether there are other products with the same mechanism.” Fu Jing sighed and handed the things over to the appraiser on the side.After observing from various angles, the appraisers also expressed their opinions, "There is no problem in thickness, and the needle tip can be easily pierced with such a sharp point."

"Any sporting goods store sells this stuff. I have plenty of time to buy it after ballet training." Kaga said confidently. Hmm... Tomii crossed his arms. "Okay, immediately notify the police officers who are checking the injection needles. But we need to increase the number of investigators, there are so many sporting goods stores." Ota, who had been silent all this time, raised his hand and said, please wait. "It's necessary to go to the sporting goods store to investigate, but I always feel that doing so alone won't hit the nail on the head. I just found out that there is such a thing after Kaga showed me the air pump just now. Captain, what do you think?"

"Me too, if I hadn't played soft tennis, I wouldn't have known there was such a thing." "It's normal," Kaga said, "Even if it's me, I wouldn't have thought of it if I didn't see it in real life." The air pump that the female middle school student was holding——Kaga recalled the urge to see that thing again.He stopped and stared at the things she was holding motionlessly, and asked her to borrow them, and the girl lent them to him with a reluctant expression.Maybe seeing Weixu next to him was also there, so I was a little relieved.Even Mio definitely didn't know why Kaga was so excited when he saw this.

"Even we are like this," Ota said. "Besides, ballet dancers should have even less knowledge. They must be afraid of hurting their feet playing tennis. The main reason is that they don't have time to play." "You mean the dancers don't think of it first?" Tomi held the air pump between his fingers and said to Ota. "Generally speaking, this is the case." Ota replied. "So if the murderer thinks of using this to commit crimes, there must be this thing around her. For example, someone in the family plays tennis." "It's possible," Fu Jing nodded in agreement. "Conversely, it's because she has such a thing around her that she thought of using the poisonous needle trick. Well, let's re-investigate the people around the actors. Soft tennis."

The sheriff sighed wryly. "By the way, didn't you hear anything from Liu Sheng?" "Well, yes." Kaga's tone was very disappointed. "Because Liu Sheng made some weird investigations, the murderer tried to kill him. This reasoning should be good, right?" "Maybe I was wrong again." Ota's tone became a little more serious. "Yagyu's plans for Oda's trip to the United States two years ago actually have no basis, and it may just happen that the murderer has an ulterior secret in this matter." "I know this." Tomii rubbed his shoulder with a puzzled expression. "Even so, the murderer's actions are really thoughtless. Wouldn't this be a warning?"

This is also something that Kaga has been unable to let go of. "Okay, that's all for now." Fu Jing said, "I'll let others investigate other motives, and you two should follow up on this clue now, and don't break the connection with the Shakujii Police Station." I am planning to go there now, Ota replied.After speaking, as he said, he and Kaga appeared in the conference room of Shakujii Police Station an hour later. "According to the information we have, Kazama has only left New York twice." Kobayashi moved a chair for the two to sit down and said.All kinds of materials on the conference table are piled up like a mountain.

"He went to Boston and Philadelphia, and it seems the main purpose was to meet friends and visit art galleries, and he didn't stay long on both occasions." "Are there any companions?" Ota asked. "With my buddies from the New York art school." "Is it possible to have contact with Oda?" Kaga said to himself while searching for information. "Definitely not," Kobayashi asserted, "During that time, Oda was in New York and had been preparing for the performance. He should have no time to leave the ballet company." I see, Kaga agrees.And I saw that although Oda's schedule listed six other cities besides New York, there were no records for Boston and Philadelphia.

"In this way, Oda and Kazama can only meet in New York, but if this is the case, there will be no new content at all. It's really strange. The police have long known that these two people went to New York two years ago. Well, Liu Sheng has only now come to dig up these old things, so it should have no effect on the prisoners." Ota seemed to be talking to himself. "However, there must be some reason, otherwise there would be no reason to kill Yagyu. Or is it another criminal motive entirely?" "And are there any clues to support other motives?" Kaga asked, Kobayashi shook his head.

"If the police investigate, you can rest assured, but if Yagyu discovers it, it will be troublesome. Is there such a secret? For example, something that only dancers can discover." Ota said. "Actually, today I asked the police from our class to visit Yagyu's house." Kobayashi said, "The guy has brought back a series of materials that he has investigated so far. We are still looking forward to whether he has found any clues, but the report just handed in shows that our expectations have failed." This case is really strange, Kaga thought, what is going on with the attempted poisoning of Yagyu this time.The murderer must have a reason to kill Yagyu, but this time the crime failed, and the situation will definitely develop in an unfavorable direction for the murderer.So far, however, the clues leading to the search's substantial progress have been utterly elusive.

"In short, it should still be Oda's trip to the United States two years ago." Xiao Lin pulled his hair and said, "Let's do a thorough investigation again. The secret must be hidden in it. If there is nothing, the prisoner will never point the finger at Liu Sheng."