This world really was full of coincidences.
Standing in the foul-smelling room, Duanmu Huai looked utterly speechless. In fact, he had already been speechless when he learned the details of the case, and after coming here, he was even more speechless.
"Hello, Mr. Duanmu."
The detective in charge of investigating the scene was Kuki, whom Duanmu Huai had met a few times before—well, that was only natural. Given Duanmu Huai's appearance, the people most likely to react to him were the police.
"I never expected you to take this case."
"I didn't want to, either. To be honest, I'd rather go home and sleep right now."
Duanmu Huai yawned, his face filled with boredom and depression.
The reason he had come here was very simple: the principal had called and asked him to come.
As for why the principal had asked Duanmu Huai to come here...
"Tell me what happened."
"All right."
Detective Kuki nodded, then took out his phone and glanced at it.
"The deceased is Matsushita Shizuko, thirty-two years old, a former national gymnast. She currently works as a physical education teacher at Qian Yuan Academy..."
Duanmu Huai silently sighed.
That was why he was here.
Duanmu Huai still remembered that when the principal had invited him to Qian Yuan Academy, he had said that the physical education teacher was on sick leave, so Duanmu Huai could substitute for her while conducting his investigation. At the time, Duanmu Huai had only taken note of it in passing, but he had never expected to meet that physical education teacher under these circumstances.
According to Detective Kuki's description, the circumstances in which Matsushita Shizuko's body had been discovered were actually very simple. A foul odor had come from the apartment where she lived, disturbing the other residents, who had gone