northernbook Chapter 296: Random Closure
Chapter 296: Random Closure
Criminal Division Chief Kenta Watanabe reported carefully, "Mr. Sato, we conducted an on-site investigation before you arrived. There are no obvious external injuries on the bodies. Based on their appearance, we preliminarily infer that they all died of poisoning!"
"In addition, Inspector Wang Xu of the police station and his men discovered the bodies of ten students near the main gate, side entrance, and hidden locations near the dormitories. These bodies also had no obvious external injuries, and their deaths resembled poisoning!"
"The person who called the police was the college cafeteria's purchasing agent. According to him, when he drove a truck loaded with fresh vegetables and meat to the college, there was no one on duty at the gate to open the door for him. He climbed over the gate himself, got into the guardhouse, found the key, and opened the door. He then went to the cafeteria, discovered the crime scene, and called the police!"
"From what we know so far, there are 306 bodies here, while the academy's personnel records show 337 people. Besides the driver, who's still alive, there are 30 other students who are still alive. However, the driver explained that the Special High Technology Department came the day before and selected 30 students from here!"
"The personnel all match. Not counting the 30 people who have been taken away by the Special High Technology Department, there is only one cafeteria buyer left alive in the entire academy. The rest are all dead!"
After listening to Watanabe Kenta's introduction, Sato Shinji's face turned very ugly. He asked, "I just want to know whether these people were murdered or committed suicide?"
Watanabe Kenta said, "Logically, I think homicide is more likely. I don't believe the claim of a mass suicide of over 300 people. However, we haven't found any clues or evidence that someone sneaked in to poison and kill. Inspector Wang and I have discussed this, and it's very likely that someone in the academy cafeteria's chef class secretly poisoned the people. However, this requires further investigation and verification."
Upon hearing this, Sato Shinji said, "I hope you can give me the results of your investigation as soon as possible. Within three days, I want you two to report to me in person!"
"Hi!" Watanabe Kenta stood at attention.
When Sato Shinji returned to the office of the Military Police Headquarters, the phone rang. The adjutant immediately walked over and answered the phone: "Moshimoshi... Hi, Your Excellency the Commander, please wait a moment!"
After the secretary finished speaking, he covered the microphone and whispered to Sato Shinji, "Sir, Commander Matsui called to inquire about the case of the Tongwen Academy!"
Upon hearing this, Sato Shinji's face turned serious. He walked over to pick up the phone, took a deep breath, and said into the microphone: "Commander, this is Sato Shinji!"
"Colonel Sato, I heard that a large-scale collective death incident occurred in Dobun College. What exactly happened?" Matsui asked seriously on the phone.
Sato Shinji immediately reported, "Your Excellency, Commander, I was just about to report this to you. The Military Police Criminal Division and the Police Department have already conducted a preliminary on-site investigation and interviewed the person who reported the incident and the surrounding residents. There are currently 307 people in the academy, and 306 have died. This means that except for the driver who reported the incident, everyone else is dead!"
"Based on the existing clues and investigative evidence, we speculate that it's very likely that a cook in the academy cafeteria poisoned everyone's food, and then poisoned himself. However, this requires further investigation and verification!"
"If I have any definitive investigation results, I will report them to you immediately!"
On the other end of the phone, Matsui said, "Well, I expect you to give me the exact results of the investigation as soon as possible. You have to know that Tongwen Academy is not an ordinary school. It has a huge tree behind it, and this time it can be said that the entire school has died. No matter which one, we have to be extremely vigilant. We must get a reasonable explanation from the backers of the academy, otherwise life will be difficult for you and me!"
"Hey, hey, I will definitely urge the investigators to go all out and get to the bottom of this case as quickly as possible!"
Wang Xu from the Criminal Division and the Police Department quickly divided the work. The Criminal Division was responsible for autopsy, blood tests on corpses, crime scene analysis and simulation, and also sent people to the Special High Technology Division to question and investigate the 30 people who were selected.
Wang Xu was responsible for investigating all the chefs in the college cafeteria's cooking class.
After investigation, Wang Xu and others found that the chef Kuroda was ridiculed and teased by his kitchen colleagues, trainees and instructors because he was too fat.
The only person who survived was the kitchen buyer and driver, who provided a clue. He said that a few days ago, Kuroda was careless and added too much salt when cooking, making the two dishes at lunch that day very salty. The principal, Nagano Yamakawa, severely reprimanded Kuroda for this and announced that he would deduct one month's salary from him.
Kuroda's behavior has been a little abnormal in recent days. According to Kuroda's Japanese neighbors, Kuroda often mutters to himself in recent days.
The Criminal Division of the Military Police Headquarters also made great progress. After autopsies, blood tests, and stomach food inspections, it was confirmed that all the deceased died around 6 p.m. the previous day from cyanide poisoning, with the source of the poisoning being the hot soup in the cafeteria that evening.
Testing of the soup extracted from two soup buckets left at the scene also revealed a large amount of cyanide, but no cyanide was found in other foods.
In addition, at the crime scene, Kuroda was holding a soup spoon when he died, and his fingerprints were the only ones on the spoon. Cyanide was also found in his stomach and blood.
Investigators returning from the Special High Technology Division reported that none of the 30 newcomers showed any obvious suspicious behavior.
Watanabe Kenta and Wang Xu summarized and made comprehensive inferences from the results of their investigations, and basically agreed that the cafeteria chef Kuroda was often ridiculed and teased, and was punished by the principal Nagano Yamakawa, so he wanted to take revenge, so he chose to poison everyone. In the evening of that day, when all the people in the academy were having dinner in the cafeteria, he put cyanide into the hot soup in advance, poisoning everyone.
This statement seems to be quite convincing, but there are still some details that need to be verified one by one, such as where the large amount of cyanide came from. Judging from the current investigation, it is not enough to prove that Kuroda has an extreme revengeful mentality. This requires more evidence to support it.
However, Shinji Sato did not give Watanabe Kenta and Wang Xu much time. After discussion, the two decided to close the case as soon as possible. Although the existing evidence and clues were not enough to conclude 100% that Kuroda was a revenge murderer and then committed suicide, it was basically true.
So the two of them didn't want to bother with it anymore, so as not to cause trouble for themselves. Kuroda was already dead anyway, and no one could make the dead speak. As long as Kuroda didn't come back to life, this case would be an ironclad case!
"Mr. Sato, these are all the investigation files on the Dobun College case. We've determined that Kuroda committed retaliatory poisoning and then suicide. We've also investigated the source of the cyanide. Kuroda stole it from a hardware manufacturer called Sanyo. The factory manager reported to the police this morning that the cyanide used in their industrial electroplating process had been stolen from a locked storage room. Someone near the factory reported seeing Kuroda in the area a few days ago!"
After reading the investigation report, Sato Shinji angrily cursed: "Damn it! This person is so cruel that he poisoned so many people at once. This kind of person deserves to die. It's so hateful!"