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"S-Sorry!"
Reacting instantly, Akina quickly took out her lunch box from the drawer.
"I'm starting to eat." At this moment, the class monitor's voice rang out, indicating that all the students in the class could now start eating.
Akina hurriedly opened the lid, her ears reddened, and she carefully glanced at Karasuma next to her, then said in a low voice:
"I'm sorry Karasuma-san, I didn't mean to..."
She was talking about the fact that she was distracted when Karasuma was talking to her about the case...
"Hmm? So it was unintentional? This means that my friend is not that important in Akina's eyes..." Kokarasuma replied in a pretentious tone.
"No! I just, just..."
Classmate Akina wanted to explain, but she froze halfway through her words. In the end, she just sighed and said nothing more.
"What happened?" Seeing this, Xiao Wuwan stopped teasing her and asked with a worried look on his face.
"No, nothing... just a little thing of mine..." But Akina shook her head and said nothing.
But looking at the embarrassed and sad expression on her face, it didn't seem like "a small matter" at all, which made Xiao Wuwan even more worried.
"Akina...you're not going to be like Kyoko-san, are you?"
Kokarasuma spoke very directly, and if it were someone else, they might feel offended, but she knew that Akina could understand what she wanted to express.
"No, nothing happened, it's just, it's just..."
Akina quickly shook her head, but she still looked hesitant, as if she had something in her heart that she couldn't say out loud no matter what.
"I...I seem to have done something wrong..."
But under Kokarasuma's close gaze, Akina finally gave in. She sighed softly and said:
"Something that seems to have hurt others, it shouldn't be like this, but I..."
However, having just said this, she shook her head violently and stopped talking.
"Karasuma-san, please don't ask me anymore. Let me think about it myself, okay..."
When she said this, she didn't even dare to look into Kougamaru's eyes.
it is good. "
Seeing her distressed and conflicted expression, Xiao Wuwan stopped asking questions and just looked at her worriedly and nodded.
"But Akina, if there's anything I can help you with, you must come to me. Don't just think about it by yourself. Got it?"
"Well, I know. Let's eat first..."
Akina nodded vigorously at Kokarasuma and forced a smile on her face.
Just like that, the two of them didn't talk about this matter anymore, but started eating their lunch boxes.
Then, the unexpected happened.
"Well……"
Just when Kokarasuma was still worried about Akina's abnormality, the suppressed moans coming from beside her pulled her consciousness out of her thoughts.
"Akina?"
She turned around when she heard the sound, only to find that her good friend Akina was lying on the desk, covering her chest with her hands, with a very painful expression. The groaning sound she heard came from Akina's mouth.
"Akiuna?!"
Chapter 648 Good friend is gone
"Akina?"
Hearing suppressed moans coming from beside her, Xiao Wuwan came to her senses and turned around, only to find that her good friend Akina was lying on the desk, covering her chest with her hands, with a very painful expression. The moans she heard came from Akina's mouth.
"Akina?! What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?" Kougamaru quickly reached out to help Akina up, asking loudly.
"Akina-san, Karasuma-san, what happened?"
The movement of the two people finally attracted the attention of the head teacher at the podium. She stood up and asked with concern.
At this time, Akina's face was pale, with beads of sweat oozing from her forehead. Her hands were tightly clasped around her chest, and her expression was extremely painful.
"Teacher! Akina seems to be in pain!" Xiao Wuhuan replied anxiously.
[What's going on? Why is Akina suddenly...?]
"Is it food poisoning... Quick! Go and lend a hand! Send Akina to the school infirmary first!" The head teacher also realized that something was wrong and quickly gave instructions to the students who were still in a daze.
"Yes Yes!"
With the help of another classmate, Kokarasuma finally lifted up Akina, who looked extremely painful, and was about to leave the classroom.
"Uh!"
But at this moment, Akina's condition began to deteriorate further. She seemed to be in great pain, and her delicate facial features became hideous and distorted. She stared with her eyes wide open, saliva flowing uncontrollably from the corners of her mouth, and she kept saying some unrelated and fragmented words.
"No...I'm...sorry...really...I'm..."
Her body collapsed to the ground, twitching all over, like a puddle of mud, unable to even stand up. This time, not even Kougamaru and the other female classmate could pull her up together.
"Qiuna, Qiuna..."
Akina's extremely horrifying reaction completely panicked Karasuma, who was encountering such a scene for the first time. She stood there at a loss, staring blankly at Akina who was twitching on the ground.
But she quickly came to her senses, squatted down, held Akina's hand, and tried to pull her up again.
"Don't be afraid, it's me. Get up quickly. I'll take you to the infirmary right away..."
It seemed that her words had some effect, as Akina, who was twitching on the ground, turned her head slightly to look at her, and her hand, which was held by Kokarasuma, suddenly gained a bit of strength.
She tightly grasped Xiao Wuwan's hand, and her sharp nails pricked Xiao Wuwan's palm, but she didn't care about all that at the moment. She just kept exerting force, trying to pull her good friend up from the ground.
"Hello? Yes, this is... Yes, please come as soon as possible..." Behind the podium, the head teacher had realized the seriousness of the situation and quickly called an ambulance.
However, the next second would prove that her action was completely unnecessary.
After a brief and extremely painful struggle, Akina's hand that was tightly held by Kokarasuma gradually loosened.
"sorry……"
Using her last bit of strength to say this, Akina's upper body, which had just been pulled up from the ground by Kokarasuma, completely lost its strength. She forced a bitter smile towards the dazed Kokarasuma, then stopped shaking and twitching, and fell softly to the ground again, slowly closing her eyes.
Akina? "
Kougamaru was stunned once again. She looked down in disbelief at her best friend's motionless body, then raised her hand tremblingly and gently touched her shoulder.
"Hello, Akina?"
However, no matter how much she tried to call, her good friend did not respond.
"what--"
It was not until this moment that screams finally rang out in the classroom.
"The deceased is Akina Kanda. Her father is the president of a company in the city, her mother is a full-time housewife, and she is the eldest daughter in the family with two younger brothers.
In addition, the deceased participated in the drama club in school and served as the vice president and accountant of the club. Not only did he have excellent academic performance, but he was also an outstanding drama performance artist. He had won the best award in joint drama performance programs of many schools and was highly regarded by both teachers and students.
At the same time, according to our previous inquiries, although the deceased had many admirers in school, he did not seem to have any love experience and had no related scandals.
In the eyes of the deceased's parents, he did not usually make any obvious abnormal behavior. "
In the school infirmary, the police arrived at the scene before the ambulance arrived. In order to minimize the impact of the incident as much as possible, the body of the deceased Akina Kanda had been temporarily transferred to the school infirmary by the school.
The boy stood at the head of the bed, quietly listening to the detective's report behind him, while looking down at Akina, who was lying lifeless on the bed, with his eyes lowered.
Akina Kanda is one of the few close friends of Karasuma in school. The two of them often go to and from school together. Because of Karasuma, the boy has met her several times before. It cannot be said that they are very familiar with each other, but at least they can chat with each other when they meet.
Now, seeing the person he knew turned into a corpse, this undoubtedly left another mark on the boy's heart. The memory of that winter four years ago once again emerged in his mind.
"Has the cause of death been investigated clearly?" The boy asked, suppressing his inner thoughts.
At the same time, he also glanced at the figure sitting beside the bed.
Kokarasuma was already sitting here before the boy and the police arrived.
She just stared blankly at Akina-san lying lifeless on the bed, not even noticing the boy and the police walking in.
For the boy who had had similar experiences before, he understood Ko Karasuma's feelings at the moment very well, so he did not deliberately do anything to her, but quietly started the investigation.
Since a case has happened, it is necessary to investigate, solve the case, and then catch the murderer, no matter who the deceased is. This is the boy's duty.
"It has been confirmed, it is Aconitum." The criminal police replied.
Aconitum is one of the three famous poisonous plants in Japan. It is a weed that can grow naturally in the wild and is famous for its extreme toxicity.
"The deceased did not eat the leaves of Aconitum. According to our inspection of the ingredients in the deceased's lunch box, the murderer may have dried the lateral roots of Aconitum, ground them into powder, and mixed them into the sauce in the deceased's lunch box to achieve the purpose of poisoning."
Chapter 649 He is always like this
The results of the investigation came out quickly, and the death of the deceased Akina Kanda was undoubtedly a murder.
The murderer used Aconitum, which is relatively common in Japan, dried it and ground it into powder. He then mixed it into the sauce in Kanda Akina's lunch box, poisoning her.
"understood."
After listening to the detective's report, the boy nodded slightly. He looked again at Kokarasuma who was still sitting beside Akina's bed, then turned and walked towards the other bed behind him.
"Wow!"
The boy raised his hand and pulled open the curtain that covered the bed.
Inside, there was also the body of a high school girl lying there quietly.
That’s right, this time there was not just one death, but two.
Almost at the same time when Akina Kanda was poisoned, a female high school student in another class in the same grade in the same school suffered the same thing and eventually died of the poison.
The police received two reports from this school at the same time, and the Metropolitan Police Department noticed something unusual, so this is one of the reasons why the boy came here in person.
"Tell me about her situation." The boy said, looking at the body of the short-haired high school girl.
"Yes."
The detective behind him nodded, opened the folder in his hand, and said: