The first two orders would take some time, but the final request—to investigate the victim's identity—progressed surprisingly quickly.
A female reporter cautiously squeezed her way to the front, intending to photograph the scene. But before she could press the shutter, she got a clear look at the person lying on the ground and let out an involuntary cry. "Kagatsume?!"
Startled by the sudden sight of an acquaintance's corpse, she was still reeling when, the moment her words fell, several people snapped their heads around and stared at her in unison.
The female reporter faced the sharp gazes of the police and Detective. "..."
"Kagatsume Hiroshi was my colleague. He was fairly famous in our field—he'd exposed quite a few scandals involving major figures. But... sigh, because of what happened a year ago, he received a lot of criticism. He gradually became less active, though his temper only got worse."
The female reporter sighed.
Jiang Xia quickly picked out the key phrase. "What happened a year ago?"
"That thing..." The female reporter was quite cooperative. After all, it meant she could get firsthand information about this case, and anything involving an acquaintance naturally drew her attention.
She took out her phone and searched for a moment, quickly finding an article from her own company. She opened it and showed it to Jiang Xia. "This one."
Jiang Xia lowered his head and glanced at it. Sure enough, the news had been published exactly a year ago:
``` [Yamakado President Dies, Business Giant Left Leaderless!
Yamakado Yuzo, president of Yamakado Production, one of Japan's leading major corporations, recently passed away from bile duct cancer at the age of seventy-six.
As Yamakado's Last Will and Testament could not be found, his family had been locked in an ongoing struggle over the inheritance.
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