Chapter 19 Section 3

The soles rub against the floor of the gymnasium to make a "squeak" sound, and sometimes a "dong dong" sound.Kusanagi misses the sound of stepping forward. What's going on is a doubles match.Yu Chuan's team was serving, and the ball just passed the net and happened to land in front of the scoring line.What a beautiful serve!The opponent hit the ball back hard, Yu Chuan's partner made a clearance from behind, and then there were several beautiful sparring, and suddenly a perfect opportunity came, and the ball flew in front of Yu Chuan. He swung the racket nimbly, and the badminton fell in front of the opponent in an instant, and the opponent stood there motionless.

The referee announced that the game was over, and the players of the two teams shook hands slightly.When Yukawa came up, Kusanagi raised his hand gently. "As expected of you, your level hasn't dropped at all. I thought you would use a smash to decide the victory, but unexpectedly it was a cut..." "It's a smash, I'm hitting a smash." "Huh? But..." "Look at this," Yukawa handed the racket in his hand to Kusanagi. Kusanagi found that a string was broken in the middle of the racket, "Just now the ball just hit the broken string. You looked like a sliced ​​ball, but in fact... the one in the past Famous players can’t do it anymore.”

Kusanagi frowned, and swung the racket himself two or three times, deeply touched. "Isn't it good to play badminton once in a while? It's so boring to always practice judo and fencing in the police training ground." Yu Chuan said while wiping his body with a towel. "The fighting training of the police cannot be compared with the temporary entertainment of you, an associate professor of the physics department. But it's also good, next time you will be my opponent, let's play basketball together. Today's work is finally over." "It can be seen from your face that you are caught up in some trouble again."

"Well, if you say it's troublesome, it's indeed troublesome." "So you came to talk to me again, right?" "No, I can't find you this time. This is different from your research field." "Different fields?" "Well, how should I put it, I think this case has something to do with medicine." Kusanagi reached into his coat pocket and took out a photo, "This is of the deceased in this case." "If you want to say what is a peaceful way to die, maybe dying in the bath is one of them. But choosing to die in the bathroom, I think this is the epitome of his entire unfortunate life."

"Seeing the corpse in the photo, did you notice anything?" "Yeah, there is no special trauma... What is this mole-like thing on the chest?" "That's the problem." Kusanagi looked at the photo again. The photo shows a body soaked in a bathtub.The deceased was named Kunio Takasaki, who lived in Koto District and was the owner of a supermarket. It was his son who first discovered the deceased, but instead of contacting the police immediately, he called a doctor he was familiar with and asked him to come to his home.In other words, at that time his son never dreamed that it was a homicide.

Takasaki Kunio's heart is not good. The doctor who knew about it said that when he was notified, he guessed that it might be a heart attack.But when he saw the body, he thought it was weird and called the police right away. The police in the jurisdiction went to investigate and couldn't figure out how this strange death was caused.Is it a disease, or a homicide?Their person in charge immediately contacted the office where Kusanagi was located. The criminal police and several investigators were immediately dispatched to the hall, and Kusanagi was one of them. "So what's the best opinion of the police officers?" Tang Chuan asked meaningfully.

"First time seeing a body like this - that's what they say." "Ah!" "The simplest explanation is that the deceased suffered a heart attack while taking a bath, resulting in sudden death. Because there were no signs of fighting, this explanation is also recognized by everyone." "But there is something unusual about it." "That's the mole on the chest." Kusanagi pointed to the photo and said. On the right side of Kunio Takasaki's chest, there is a mole about ten centimeters in diameter, which is gray in color and does not look like a bruise after a burn or internal bleeding.His son later confirmed that there were no moles in this place before.

"The results of the autopsy surprised everyone even more." "What result? Don't be fooled, tell me quickly." "The cells in the gray area are completely necrotic." "Necrosis?" "Of course, the skin cells will die immediately after death, but in the part with moles, the necrosis of cells does not belong to this type. I think they seem to be destroyed in an instant." "Instant?!" Yu Chuan stuffed the towel after wiping his body into the sports backpack, "Do you have this kind of disease?" "The doctor in charge of the autopsy said that it has not been heard of so far."

"Did you use any drugs?" "The body has been checked many times and no drugs were found, but it is not certain whether there is any drug. If there is no such mole, the deceased must have died of a heart attack." "It's not impossible to artificially cause heart paralysis." Tang Chuan muttered. "You mean electric shock? We have also considered this point. The method is to put the plugs connecting the wires and sockets into the bath tray, but this method has a lot of uncertainty. I don't know it in detail, but this It seems to be related to the path of the current."

"The distance between the two electrodes is the shortest, and the current density is the highest. To really kill him with electricity, the electrodes must be placed on both sides of the heart." "But experts say that even if you die by electrocution, you will never have such a mole." "Are you at a loss again?" Tang Chuan said with a smile. "So I want to adjust my mood, so I came to you!" "No matter why you came, I still have this face." "Do you have a date soon? If not, how about we have a drink?" "I'm casual, but is it convenient for you? Such a difficult case happened."

"It's not sure if it's a case yet, so it's nothing." Kusanagi said. The two came to the tavern they used to go to after playing badminton in their school days.The proprietress still vaguely remembered Kusanagi's appearance and said that she missed him very much.I heard he is now a criminal police officer.She said in disbelief: "You look so gentle, your work doesn't match your appearance at all." After talking about the past, the topic returned to the issue of the strange dead body just mentioned. "Does that supermarket owner have any motives for committing suicide?" Tang Chuan asked while putting sashimi into his mouth. "According to his son, he is very likely to be hated. He started from scratch and finally owned such a supermarket, so he is extremely stingy with money. But his son doesn't know anything specific." After Kusanagi replied, Started biting the willowfish's head. "Aside from this mysterious cause of death, is there anything strange about it?" "There is nothing strange. According to the time of death, the time of the incident was probably from 10:00 midnight to 1:00 am the day before the body was found. This is the normal bathing time. There is no sign of robbery in the house, and there is no fight But it is a bit puzzling that the main door was not locked. The wife of the deceased Takasaki Kunio had just passed away five months ago, and he has been living alone since then. According to common sense, he should lock the door before taking a bath. He My son also said that he has always been very careful in this regard." "Maybe it just happened to be forgotten that day?" "It makes sense." Kusanagi nodded and took a sip of beer. While pouring beer into Kusanagi's cup, Yukawa chuckled. "What? What's wrong? It's so annoying." Kusanagi said. "Ah, I'm sorry, I was thinking, from this situation, what are you going to do if someone who seems to be a suspect appears?" "What do you mean?" Kusanagi poured wine for Yukawa. "You haven't even figured out how to kill him, you have no way to start. If the suspect says, 'Okay, Mr. Police, if you say I killed him, then tell me how I killed him? 'What are you going to do about it?' Hearing Yukawa's half-sarcastic question, Kusanagi frowned. "About this incident, I don't intend to go back to the investigation room to intervene!" "Ah, that's a wise move!" The two drank four bottles of beer, got up and left.When walking out of the store, Kusanagi looked at his watch, it was just past 9 o'clock. "How about we change to another one and continue drinking?" Kusanagi said, "It's not bad to go to Ginza once in a while!" "Not bad? Have you issued a temporary bonus?" "There is a shop in Ginza that the deceased Takasaki often visited. I want to go and see it." In the mailbox of Takasaki's house, there is an envelope from that store, and inside the envelope is a bill.His son Ji Zhi asserted: "Such a stingy father, if he just drinks, he can't spend so much money." In this way, it is very likely that there is a lady in that shop that fascinates him. "I just wanted to say, if you treat me, I will go." Tang Chuan began to look for the wallet in his coat pocket, "It's okay to waste some money on entertainment occasionally, not to mention that we don't have troublesome families yet." "It's time to start a family worthy of protection..." Kusanagi patted Yukawa on the back lightly.