Chapter 849 Words Written in Blood
It had been several days since Yuya had suggested going abroad to look for Kyogoku Makoto.
The heroine, Suzuki Sonoko, never made up her mind.
Yuya yawned and said helplessly, "This is not like you, Sonoko. According to your personality, shouldn't you agree immediately, pack your bags and leave?"
Suzuki Sonoko said hesitantly: "But... I don't know where Zhen is these days."
Youye was a little speechless: "Haven't you been in touch recently?"
Suzuki Sonoko scratched her cheek awkwardly: "He said that he has an important competition soon and needs to concentrate on training, so..."
Yuya sighed and took out his phone to search online.
Suzuki Sonoko asked curiously, "What are you checking?"
Yuya said casually: "I want to see if there are any heavyweight competitions abroad recently. With Mr. Kyogoku's strength, he will definitely not participate in ordinary competitions. Now..."
He turned the phone screen to face Suzuki Sonoko: "This weekend, there is a karate championship in Singapore..."
Suzuki Sonoko was looking forward to it: "Are you saying that Zhen will participate in this competition?"
Yuya took his phone back and began searching through it, "I'll see if there's any information about the contestants. Sure enough, it's in there."
Suzuki Sonoko suddenly became excited.
You also shook his phone: "What do you mean, do you want to go?"
Suzuki Sonoko immediately shouted: "Go, of course we have to go!"
But he was a little hesitant: "But would it be bad to just go there suddenly like this?"
Yuya smiled and said, "Believe me, Mr. Kyogoku will see you burst out with unprecedented strength and knock down your opponent in one fell swoop!"
"Oh, so that's it!" Suzuki Sonoko's face turned slightly red, and she couldn't help but look forward to such a scene.
At this time, Sera Masumi came over curiously and said, "What are you talking about? I think I heard a karate match?"
Youye smiled and casually mentioned that they were planning to go to Singapore next week.
"Oh! I'm so envious." Sera Masumi showed a eager expression.
Suzuki Sonoko invited, "If Sera-san has nothing to do, you can come with us!"
Sera Masumi was a little tempted, but after thinking about it, she shook her head and declined: "Sorry, I may have something to do this weekend and can't go."
"Oh, I see." Suzuki Sonoko was a little disappointed.
Yuya checked the time, picked up his schoolbag and said, "Then I'll be leaving first, Mio, let's go home!"
"Here I come~" Miyano Shiho picked up her bag and followed Youye out of the classroom.
Mao Lilan looked at it and said, "Then let's go too."
Suzuki Sonoko and Sera Masumi nodded in agreement.
The three of them walked and chatted.
As we chatted, we somehow ended up talking about Kudo Shinichi.
"Hey, that famous mystery novelist Kudo Yusaku is Kudo Shinichi's father!" Sera Masumi was very surprised, "I often read his books when I was a child, such as Dark Night Baron."
Mao Lilan smiled and said, "You have read it too, but he is not in the country now. It seems he is writing a novel abroad."
Suzuki Sonoko rolled her eyes and said with disdain, "But it's thanks to that father that he gave birth to a mystery geek like Shinichi who's active everywhere. I wonder where he's investigating cases recently."
She covered her mouth with her hands and made a teasing expression: "But it's really reassuring. My husband's father is a super-selling author. I can say that I have no worries about food and clothing after getting married~"
"Marry, marry, get married?!" Mao Lilan's face suddenly turned red, and she stammered, not knowing what to say.
Sera Masumi just happened to help Mao Lilan out and changed the subject: "But is what you just said true? That Kudo Yusaku once had a mysterious case that he gave up and never solved?"
Mao Lilan nodded: "Yes, when Shinichi's father was still living in Neon, he often helped the police solve cases, but only that case did he quit halfway through, and Shinichi was very angry at the time!"
Sera Masumi was very curious: "So what kind of case is this?"
Mao Lilan tried to recall the incident, but it had been ten years since it happened so she couldn't remember it clearly. She only remembered that there seemed to be some words written in blood next to the body.
Just as Mao Lilan was trying hard to recall, a man's anxious voice suddenly came from the alley nearby.
The three of them looked over in confusion and saw two men standing next to a vending machine. There was also a shoulder sticking out from the side of the vending machine, as if someone was sitting on the ground leaning against the vending machine.
One of the men shook the man sitting there by the shoulders and shouted, "Gao Shi, how are you? Answer me now!"
Mao Lilan and the other two looked at each other. The detective's intuition told Sera Masumi that some case must have happened, so she immediately ran over.
Seeing this, Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko also followed.
When I walked over, I found that there was also a man sitting next to the vending machine, with his head lowered and not moving.
Mao Lilan asked what happened.
The squatting man explained: "This guy hasn't come to work, so we looked for him everywhere, and found him lying here with blood at the corner of his mouth. We have already called an ambulance..."
While the man was explaining, Sera Masumi had already done a simple check on the person sitting there. She turned around and said, "This person has been dead for more than nine hours. There is no need for an ambulance."
"What?" The others were extremely surprised.
Sera Masumi asked, "Does this person have a habit of drinking?"
The man who spoke at the beginning nodded and said, "Yes, although the doctor strongly urges him to stop drinking, but..."
Another man asked in confusion: "How do you know this?"
Sera Masumi pulled open the dead man's eyelids and explained, "The whites of his eyes are showing signs of jaundice," and pointed to his stomach, "His limbs are very thin but his stomach is so swollen, which means he has ascites, which is evidence of his liver being in bad condition."
Sera Masumi looked at the vending machine next to him and said, "There is also a can of beer at the outlet of the vending machine that has not been touched. Judging from these conditions, the beer should have been what the deceased originally intended to buy and drink before his death."
"Generally speaking, people with liver problems are advised to avoid drinking to prevent the condition from getting worse, but he didn't care at all and continued to drink, so I concluded that he had a habit of alcoholism."
After hearing this, several people exclaimed in admiration: "How amazing!"
Sera Masumi exhaled and said, "Well, generally speaking, this uncle might have died because of liver cirrhosis, which caused a ruptured varicose vein and he began to vomit blood, but there was no one around to help him. But..."
The corners of her mouth curled up slightly: "But he didn't die of illness, but was murdered by someone with malicious intent!"
Masamune Sera pointed to the ground and said, "Look, there is a word 'death' written in blood on the ground in front of this uncle."
"What?" Several people were shocked and hurried over to take a look. As Sera Masumi said, there was a word "death" written in blood on the ground, and next to the word "death" there was a cigarette stained with blood.
When Mao Lilan saw the word "death", the memory hidden deep in her mind suddenly revived: "Wait, wait a minute! This word "death" is exactly the same as the word "death" that appeared at the scene ten years ago!"