Ke Xue: An outlaw, a maniac who sets out to usurp the throne! Chapter 130

“Uh… two broken at once?” Judy always felt that something wasn’t quite right.

This arcade was quite popular; it shouldn’t be so shoddy, right?

Just then, the countdown on the big screen ended.

Since neither Caesar nor Locke had defeated the other, the final score directly showed a draw…

Shimizu Takahisa shrugged, frowned, and stood up.

He walked over to Bito Kengo and said, “You wouldn’t happen to…”

His words stopped abruptly halfway through.

“This… Bito, you—”

Shimizu Takahisa’s tone was filled with too much fear. Judy and Jiang Heng quickly moved closer.

As a result, they saw Shimizu Takahisa slumped in his seat, head hanging low, foaming at the mouth…

Just then, someone nearby seemed to accidentally bump a chair.

Bito Kengo, who had been looking down, suddenly fell backward, facing up.

Seeing his wide-open eyes, screams immediately erupted around them.

“Ah—”

As a lawyer, Jiang Heng immediately checked Bito Kengo’s pulse…

He shook his head, “He’s dead.”

“Ran, call the police!”

“Okay.”

Mouri Ran nodded and began calling the police with practiced ease.

“Please notify security and seal off the arcade—”

“Don’t let anyone enter or leave until the police arrive!”

Jiang Heng turned to look at the attendant, Izushima Kin, with a serious tone.

“Okay…” Izushima Kin nodded, still somewhat dazed.

“It seems like poisoning.” Judy observed Bito Kengo’s state thoughtfully.

“Oh? Ms. Judy knows about investigating cases?” Jiang Heng raised an eyebrow, looking at Judy.

“Uh… actually, I just learned it from watching TV, haha.” Judy quickly said with a laugh.

“I’ve seen on TV that many people who die from poisoning foam at the mouth.”

“How about it? Mr. Jiang, did I learn well?”

Jiang Heng was momentarily silenced by Judy’s acting. This excuse… made him feel like he was seeing the shadow of a certain “elementary school” detective…

However, Judy was a FBI agent after all, so her acting was much better than Conan’s!

He just didn’t know how the FBI trained their people; it was still a bit exaggerated.

But it also seemed to fit the open nature of the Lighthouse Country.

“No, not everyone who dies from poisoning will foam at the mouth—”

“And if it’s a disease like epilepsy, it can also cause foaming at the mouth.”

“Of course, an epileptic seizure is quite violent, unlike Bito Kengo’s current state…”

“So, he still died of poisoning, right?”

Judy’s eyes lit up, as if she were genuinely curious.

“Mmm…” Jiang Heng nodded.

…

In just about ten minutes, Inspector Megure arrived at the scene with his officers.

“Mr. Jiang?” Inspector Megure looked at Jiang Heng with a mixture of respect and fear.

“Inspector Megure.” Jiang Heng nodded.

“He should have died of poisoning. As for the specific toxin, your police investigation will have to determine that…”

“I understand, thank you for your trouble.” Inspector Megure nodded with a serious expression.

Since Jiang Heng and the others were in the vicinity before and after the incident, Inspector Megure took the opportunity to gather information about what happened.

He was also subtly hoping Jiang Heng could directly help him solve the case…

“So, the victim’s character stopped moving one minute before the game countdown ended?”

Inspector Megure stroked his chin, “Then… it’s highly likely the victim died at that time.”

“The question is, was it a slow-acting poison or…”

Before Inspector Megure could finish his sentence, the forensic team released their preliminary findings.

“Inspector Megure, Bito Kengo’s cause of death was potassium cyanide poisoning.”

“Potassium cyanide?” Inspector Megure couldn’t help but frown.

“In your Sakura Country… is potassium cyanide easy to obtain?” Judy couldn’t help but glance at Jiang Heng.

“Ms. Judy, you—” Mouri Ran looked at Judy with some concern.

Seeing that Mouri Ran seemed to have misunderstood, Judy quickly waved her hand.

“Ran, don’t misunderstand, I’m not trying to get poison.”

“I’m just curious… how did the killer get this poison?”

To be honest, Jiang Heng did know one way.

The Organization had quite a lot of illicit businesses. Besides major items like firearms—

They also sold banned substances like fugu toxin.

Of course, drugs were not included! The Organization did not allow members to touch drugs, nor did they deal in drug business… (For exciting novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

It wasn’t a matter of money; it was a form of discipline!

After all, if any member got involved with drugs, it would be a huge problem!

“It’s controlled,” Jiang Heng said casually.

“Potassium cyanide acts very quickly, so—”

“Bito Kengo must have been poisoned while fighting with Shimizu Takahisa…”

Inspector Megure nodded, directly drawing a conclusion.

“So, did anyone see anyone approach the victim?”

Inspector Megure looked around thoughtfully.

Everyone exchanged glances, instinctively shaking their heads.

“There were quite a few people watching the fight between the victim and Shimizu Takahisa at the time. It’s possible someone got mixed in with the crowd.”

Jiang Heng shrugged, raising his chin towards the surveillance camera above, and said,

“Instead of investigating eyewitnesses, it’s better to check the surveillance footage—”

“And… investigate the source of the poison and the method of poisoning the victim.”

As he spoke, Jiang Heng, whose gloved hands were now visible, directly lifted Bito Kengo’s arm. []

It revealed a not-very-obvious, needle-like mark.

However, this small hole didn’t look like it was made by a syringe.

Instead… it looked more like someone had directly pricked Bito Kengo’s arm with a poisoned needle…

“Go get the surveillance footage!” Inspector Megure waved his hand and said.

Fortunately, this surveillance camera was pointed directly at the fighting game area.

Therefore, it could completely capture Bito Kengo’s position and anyone who approached him.

“This… Mr. Shimizu, what are you doing?”

Inspector Megure paused the surveillance footage and frowned as he looked at Shimizu Takahisa.

“That was before our fight; I was trash-talking Bito Kengo. It’s our habit…”

Shimizu Takahisa shrugged, speaking as if he didn’t care much.

“I see.”

Inspector Megure nodded thoughtfully, not suspecting anything.

After all, the reaction time of potassium cyanide was very short—

If Bito Kengo died one minute before the game ended, it would be impossible for the killer to have poisoned him before the game even started…

Inspector Megure continued to examine the surveillance video.

Then, he found someone who suddenly approached Bito Kengo’s body in the middle of the fighting game.

“Hmm? Mr. Izushima, why did you approach the victim?”

Inspector Megure narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing Izushima Kin with suspicion.

The timing of Izushima Kin’s approach to Bito Kengo was simply too sensitive.

And although Izushima Kin wasn’t touching Bito Kengo at the time, there was only a very small distance between them…

At least, from Izushima Kin’s perspective—

It would have been very easy to prick Bito Kengo with a needle while avoiding the surveillance camera!

“I… I was going to collect the game tokens from Bito Kengo’s machine at the time.”

Izushima Kin couldn’t help but purse his lips, explaining.