The Killer Was Himself

"Died of anger?" Everyone needed a moment to process that. "Died of anger... meaning?"

They had thought it was some profound technical term from Forensic Medicine.

Of course, some people suspected that the "died of anger" Master Lin mentioned might have something to do with the legendary art of reading qi.

"It means exactly what it says."

Lin Xinyi explained with an odd expression:

"Akagi Kakubu was extremely angry at the time."

"Then he literally angered himself to death."

"And Akagi Kakubu happened to be standing outside the yellow line, very close to the platform edge."

"So he fell straight forward and was struck by the subway as it was slowing into the station."

"This..." The scene fell silent.

Then an uproar broke out:

"Th-That can happen?"

"Of course it can." Lin Xinyi sighed. "People can die of anger, and there are quite a few such cases."

"For example, you know Romance of the Three Kingdoms, right?"

"Of course." Romance of the Three Kingdoms was also a household name in Japan.

"Do you know Wang Lang?"

"Wang Yuanji's grandfather?" Their focus on the Three Kingdoms seemed somewhat unusual.

"That's right." Lin Xinyi helplessly added, "Wang Situ, the one Zhuge Liang literally cursed to death."

"He was old, in poor health, and mentally fragile. After being cursed at, he was angered into vomiting blood, then fell off his horse and died."

As he spoke, he deliberately explained the scientific principles involved:

"Anyone with medical knowledge knows that excessive emotional agitation—anger, wild joy, grief, anxiety, fright, and so on—is itself a major trigger for sudden death."

"And anger is among the most terrifying of these negative emotions."

"As the saying goes, great anger harms the body. When people become angry, their secretion of adrenaline and norepinephrine increases, causing coronary arteries to constrict