12dz Chapter 1379 The Person Who Died in His Sleep
Chapter 1379 The Person Who Died in His Sleep
After the fat man finished speaking, he opened the freezer next to him and looked for the drink he wanted.
Junshan Guiqi casually shoved the unopenable jar into Menda Shuoliang's hands, then walked over and complained, "Big brother, why do I have to work here too?"
Shiii Katsutoku said dismissively, "Don't I remember Suzusuke being your most treasured little brother?"
Junshan Guiqi had no rebuttal.
Shii Katsutoku rambled on, saying, "If this job doesn't fill the vacancy, I'll find another more lucrative job to fill the hole he left behind."
"You guys better prepare yourselves mentally!"
The three of them immediately looked uneasy, especially the two women who couldn't help but worry. Could this lucrative job be something improper?
Shii Katsutoku rummaged through the freezer for a long time, but couldn't find the pineapple juice he liked.
Mian Tian Shuoliang was a little surprised; she remembered that a lot of pineapple juice had been added.
However, they don't have the habit of counting the number of juices, so they probably sold out without noticing.
With no other option, Shiii Katsutoku could only grab a cardboard box of grapefruit juice, which was exactly the flavor that Junyama Takaki liked.
Shii Katsutoku glanced at the time and said, "It's almost lunchtime. I'm going to the storeroom for a nap. Remember to buy some pineapple juice." With that, he left the kitchen.
Junshan Guiqi took off his apron and followed, asking what kind of work was more lucrative.
Shii Katsutoku didn't say anything, only telling him to look forward to it.
Mian Tian Shuoliang breathed a sigh of relief. She was going to deliver medicine to her grandmother, so she left the task of buying pineapple juice to Mogi Wuka.
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On the beach, Yuya and Shiho Miyano took several children and went into the water to play with their swim rings.
Subaru Okiya and Rumi Wakasa sat under a parasol, chatting idly.
Subaru Okiya breathed a sigh of relief and exclaimed, "As expected, the sea is truly wonderful!"
Wakasa Rumi smiled and nodded, then turned to Okiya Subaru: "Um, I remember you live across from Kamiya-kun's house..."
“That’s right,” Subaru Okiya nodded slightly. “I’m currently staying at Mr. Kudo’s house. My name is Subaru Okiya, and I’m a graduate student at Toto University.”
“I see,” Wakasa Rumi said, her gaze falling on Miyano Shiho, who was splashing water at Yuya in the water. “Do you know anything about that child? Kamiya’s girlfriend, a girl named Amakura Mio.”
Subaru Okiya slightly raised his chin, a ray of light reflecting off his glasses obscuring his eyes, and casually said, "I'm not quite sure. When I started staying at Mr. Kudo's house, I found out that she seemed to already be staying at Yuya's house."
Wakasa Rumi said expressionlessly, "I see. But it's quite rare, a couple who started living together in high school."
Subaru Okiya smiled faintly: "Young people these days are more open-minded... By the way, why did you ask about her?"
Rumi Wakasa supported herself with her hands on the ground and slowly said, "I cannot say the specific reason, but there is a woman who has disrupted my life, and I feel that this girl must be her daughter."
Subaru Okiya felt a jolt in his heart, and his narrowed left eye opened slightly, revealing a cold gaze.
Rumi Wakasa smiled and looked at Subaru Okiya: "Come to think of it, I feel like I've seen you somewhere before."
Subaru Okiya paused slightly, "Have you seen me before? Probably at school? I'm currently a student teacher at Teitan High School, but I only teach one or two classes a week at most."
Subaru Okiya didn't spend much time teaching at the school, so the two of them never actually met there.
Rumi Wakasa had a faint smile on her face: "Perhaps? You give me a feeling of... reliability, gentle yet strong, which makes people unconsciously open up their hearts."
After saying this, seeing Subaru Okiya's slightly surprised expression, she covered her mouth and exclaimed softly, "Oh dear, I'm sorry, wasn't it a bit rude of me to say that all of a sudden?"
Subaru Okiya gave an awkward yet polite smile: "No, no. Aren't you going to play in the water with us, teacher? You must be very hot dressed like that, right?"
Rumi Wakasa was wearing a long-sleeved dress, and although she had rolled up the sleeves, she looked somewhat out of place among the people on the beach, as if she were in a very hot situation.
Rumi Wakasa said casually, "Because I can't swim, and my skin is very sensitive. It gets red and swollen when I get sunburned, so I have to endure it even if it's very hot. Is that strange?"
Subaru Okiya wore his usual smile: "Yes, I was wondering if you were using clothes to cover up some kind of mark on your skin."
Wakasa Rumi pretended not to understand his meaning and replied with a smile, "To be honest, you are too. Wearing a high-necked shirt at the beach in the middle of summer is quite unusual, and I see that your arms are sweating a lot, but your face isn't sweaty at all..."
"Could it be that he's actually sweating profusely under that layer of skin?"
The two stared at each other in silence for a few seconds.
Rumi Wakasa suddenly smiled and said, "However, everyone's constitution is different!"
Subaru Okiya responded with a smile, "That's true."
The two of them chuckled.
Just as the two were laughing innocently, a terrified scream suddenly rang out on the beach.
Yuya, Conan, Subaru Okiya, and Rumi Wakasa instantly became serious, and at the same time turned their gazes to the sea house not far away.
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As expected, an accident happened.
The store manager of Haizhijia, Shiii Katsutoku, was found dead in the storeroom. When his body was discovered, it was wrapped in a huge towel blanket.
The police arrived at the scene quickly.
After investigation, the cause of death was determined to be asphyxiation due to pressure on the neck, confirming that the person was strangled.
"Where's the murder weapon?" Yokomizo asked the forensic officer.
The forensic officer examined the corpse's neck and pondered, "Based on the marks left on the neck, the murder weapon was probably some kind of cloth..."
Suddenly, a voice rang out at the warehouse door: "At first glance, the murder weapon should be the towel blanket that was wrapped around a knife."
Yokomizo Sango turned around in surprise and exclaimed, "Detective Kamiya?! Conan, the tagalong behind Detective Mouri?"
Yu also greeted him with a smile.
Conan, with his half-moon eyes downcast, wondered what the heck this "tagalong" was.
Yokomizo Sango asked in surprise, "What are you doing here?"
Yuya explained, "We came to the beach to play, and when we heard the screams, we came to see what was going on."
"I already went in and did some preliminary investigation before you arrived."
Yokomizo Sango immediately asked, "Did you discover anything? Do you know who the murderer is?"
Yu was taken aback: "It wasn't that fast... but we can basically confirm the murder weapon; it was the towel blanket that wrapped the body."
He pointed at the corpse and said, "Look, there are Yoshikawa lines on the corpse's neck, which means it was strangled. The intervals between the scratches on the neck and the bloodstains on the edge of the towel are basically the same."
"It can be roughly deduced that the murderer probably hung one end of the towel around the victim's neck and then strangled the victim from behind or in the same position with their back to the victim."
“We can examine the towel blanket. It’s summer now, and the perpetrator should be sweating from such a violent act as strangulation. If the perpetrator wasn’t wearing gloves, we might be able to detect fingerprints or skin flakes.”
Yokomizo Sango's face lit up with delight: "Okay, I understand. I'll send someone to test it right away!"