"What exactly happened? What do you mean he suddenly died?"
As she questioned him, Sato Miwako pushed through the crowd and hurried after Officer Takagi toward the restroom where the body was, guessing, "Did Chizo Ogura have some undisclosed illness? Did he suddenly fall ill just now?"
Officer Takagi was wiping the sweat from his anxious forehead. Now that he had successfully reunited with reliable teammates and had Jiang Xia, the after-work Artifact, nearby, his panic eased a little and some of his intelligence returned. "Actually, he's not exactly dead. He was just stabbed in the stomach. To put it simply—he committed suicide!"
Hearing that, Officer Sato secretly breathed a sigh of relief. "It's good that he isn't dead... Don't shout things like that carelessly next time!" That had scared her half to death...
Officer Takagi responded, feeling a little wronged. He had actually meant to shout, "Chizo Ogura committed suicide," but when he saw Jiang Xia, he instinctively mixed up the words—after all, every time a Detective appeared, it came with the concise yet highly impactful keyword, "Someone's dead!"
"What's wrong?" Noticing his gaze, the representative of Detectives gave him a concerned glance.
"Nothing, nothing." Naturally, Officer Takagi was too embarrassed to shift the blame in front of him. He gave a simple-minded grin and changed the subject. Then, on the way to the restroom on the other side, he briefly described his terrible experience.
Earlier, Chizo Ogura had successfully threatened Officer Takagi by contaminating his pants and the surroundings, earning himself the right to use the restroom.
Using the toilet was a matter of privacy, after all. It would hardly be appropriate to watch him the entire time.
So when they reached the restroom door, Officer Takagi unlocked one side of Chizo Ogura's handcuffs and cuffed it