Curacao caught those words with her sharp ears and secretly glanced at Jiang Xia. "..." This guy was putting on far too convincing an act. He had personally created this murder stage, yet now he was playing innocent here. Truly a flawless performance from every angle.
Besides...
She took out her phone and quietly searched for related news. Then she found that perhaps because "Mermaid's Death" was such an unusually beautiful way to die, Osawa Michiko had finally achieved the sensational stage effect she had loved in life—the related news was spreading rapidly, complete with plenty of photos of the Fish Tank and animated clips.
It sent a chill down Curacao's spine. Luckily, she had dodged quickly enough, and Bourbon had not been a completely useless teammate. The two of them had successfully escaped into the corridor before being forced into the shot. Otherwise, even with her disguise, it would have caused no small amount of trouble.
Inspector Megure, standing nearby, did not have nearly as many twists and turns in his thoughts. Hearing Jiang Xia's words, he looked awkward. "We did initially investigate it as an accident, but..."
But then we ran into you.
—In Inspector Megure's experience, just like with many other young detectives, there were very few purely accidental deaths around Jiang Xia.
So when he had instinctively scanned the crowd earlier and looked up to see Jiang Xia standing there, Inspector Megure's heart had immediately skipped a beat. Right afterward, he quietly instructed his subordinates to change the direction of their investigation—to look into the possibility of a Murder Case as well.
Normally, Inspector Megure might still have gambled on suicide or an accident.
But today's performance had drawn considerable attention, and they could not afford to make mistakes. Thus, the moment he had any