Kudo's Thousand Ways to Die

The police had unusually solved the case on their own.

—Though they had been washed, drug residue was still detected on the Minagawa family's coffee cups and dishes, as well as in the sink and sewer drain.

And there were actually two kinds: one was lethal pesticide, mixed into the coffee.

The other was its corresponding antidote, hidden in the homemade cakes.

Combined with Minagawa Katsuhiko's dislike of sweets, Mrs. Minagawa's poisoning method was already obvious.

Furthermore, hidden in Mrs. Minagawa's kimono was a chocolate bar with two bites taken out of it—this was the one Watanabe Yoshimi had given the victim. When Mrs. Minagawa had been the first to throw herself at Minagawa Katsuhiko's side, she had taken the chance to switch the poisoned chocolate she bought with Watanabe Yoshimi's.

As the young and beautiful Mrs. Minagawa knelt on the ground in tears and confessed her motive,

Jiang Xia stood nearby, studying the pesticide the police had found and its fast-acting antidote with faint curiosity.

"..." The drugs in this world really were different from the ones he knew before.

Aside from toxins like Potassium Cyanide having shorter times to death, there were also things that had never existed in his old world. That "Mole Dumpling" he had seen last time was the same...

He silently memorized the brand of pesticide and its antidote, deciding to get some for himself once he got back. You never knew when they might come in handy...

Inspector Megure was busy cleaning up the aftermath and temporarily forgot to recommend Jiang Xia to the Murder Case scene where Sato Miwako was.

By the time he remembered, Jiang Xia had already skillfully arranged a time for his statement and left with his classmates.

"..." Inspector Megure searched all over the room but could