Hagen is dead?
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was truly stunned for a moment when he heard the news of Hagen's death from the captain.
Didn't Hagen already get pushed into the emergency room for resuscitation last night? How did he still die?
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's heart sank immediately. He wasn't sad or regretful about Hagen's death; there was nothing to regret about the death of an evil person.
He was worried about the cause of Hagen's death… was it related to him?
Although the damage from the gun barrel exploding was caused by Ayanokoji Kiyotaka, the root cause was still Hagen not keeping his promise.
If he hadn't shot at him, the revolver wouldn't have fired at his head, and throwing alcohol at him was for self-defense. Ayanokoji Kiyotaka didn't think he had done anything wrong.
However, what bothered Ayanokoji was that the captain had specifically asked about the "red wine" just now. Could it be that Hagen's fatal injury was to his head?
At that time, he had smashed the bottle onto his head without holding back at all. If he hadn't been careful with his force, it was entirely possible that severe bleeding in the head led to his death.
"How did he die?" Ayanokoji looked up and asked.
The captain saw Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's doubts and quickly said, "Don't worry, his death has nothing to do with you. Neither the head injury nor the burns on his body were fatal."
"In fact, last night's emergency surgery was very successful. After confirming that the culprit was no longer in life-threatening danger, we transferred him to a special ward and had two police officers guard the door strictly, to ensure we could interrogate him the moment he woke up.
In the early hours of this morning, the police officers on guard heard the alarm from the cardiac monitor and rushed into the room, finding that the culprit had suddenly lost all vital signs. They quickly contacted medical personnel and pushed him back into the emergency room for resuscitation.
Ultimately… resuscitation was unsuccessful, and he died."
"What was the cause of his death?"
The captain said with a solemn expression, "It was death from shock."
"Due to severe burns, the functions of many of his body's organs were unable to operate normally. Liver and kidney failure, respiratory tract damage, and severe damage to most of the skin and muscle tissue…"
"Although his life was saved yesterday, it was only just saved. His injuries were still very serious and required multiple treatments.
Last night, he suddenly went into shock. Although the doctors arrived in time, they still couldn't save his life."
"Death from shock, huh…" Ayanokoji Kiyotaka lowered his head and murmured, "Is it really shock?"
Severe burns can seriously threaten a patient's body and can lead to massive bleeding, easily causing secondary shock and resulting in the patient's death.
Death from burn shock is not uncommon as a cause of death, but Ayanokoji Kiyotaka felt that… with Hagen's vigorous vitality, even if he went into shock, he shouldn't have died within a short period.
As an important culprit, Hagen would definitely receive the highest level of attention from the hospital. The doctors and nurses would also definitely be the top ones in the hospital. Under their full efforts to save him, Hagen absolutely would not have died so easily.
At least… he should have struggled for a few days, clung to life for a few days before dying, right?
But now, he died very simply, without any resistance, in just a few minutes.
…Hagen's death is definitely not simple; someone must be trying to "silence" him from behind the scenes.
Soon, Ayanokoji Kiyotaka already had a guess in his mind.
He looked up and saw that the captain and Sanjikan in front of him were both looking at him, their expressions somewhat grim.
It seemed that without him saying much, they also understood how suspicious Hagen's death was.
Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was considering how to phrase it more tactfully when Ikishima Midari spoke directly: "Don't tell me you have an internal mole within your police force?"
She said it very directly, giving no face to the two senior police officials present, which made the captain's expression a bit awkward.
As the most important clue and culprit in this kidnapping and shooting case, Hagen died right under his nose, and the cause of death seemed very abnormal. He was primarily responsible, both emotionally and logically.
His two subordinates were strictly guarding the culprit, and during their watch, no suspicious person was allowed to contact the culprit.
But what if they had an internal mole?
For the medical personnel during surgery, it's not difficult to secretly tamper with things during an operation to kill a patient.
Sanjikan glanced at the captain beside him and asked in a flat tone, "Tell me, how is your investigation going now?"
The captain began to speak, his tone slightly heavy.
"We are currently questioning and investigating the doctors who participated in the treatment last night, but as you know, in such a systemic surgery, it is possible for the culprit to die if anyone makes even a slight move.
There are no monitors in the operating room, so even if we interrogate them, as long as their psychological quality is good enough, no flaws will appear. We can only assign people to monitor every possible suspect and their real-time movements, hoping to find clues."
"I see…" Ayanokoji Kiyotaka was quite calm.
He had long guessed that the mole wouldn't be caught so easily.
Secretly tampering with things in a sealed place like an operating room, as long as they weren't caught red-handed, even if a few flaws appeared later, they could still deny it to the death.
"We have already identified the culprit. His name is Hagen, a mercenary from Israel. Not only was he outstanding on the battlefield, but he also killed someone while drunk and causing trouble, and was wanted by the Israeli authorities. He came to Japan out of desperation.
Initially, he worked for Yakuza forces, but was later noticed by someone, and his whereabouts became unknown. We are currently searching his network of connections after coming to Japan, and we expect to have results in a few days."
The captain saw that Ayanokoji Kiyotaka's expression hadn't changed and continued.
"Although we also know that Hagen's death is suspicious, these matters cannot be leaked. Publicly, we will announce that Hagen died due to unsuccessful resuscitation.
During this period, we will monitor the movements of every suspect, and we believe we will find clues soon…"
"Even if you find them, what then?"
Shishimous father crossed his arms, scoffing at what the captain said.
"Finding the mastermind behind the scenes isn't difficult. The difficult part is, how will you continue the investigation?
To be able to contact the hospital's hidden hand in a short time to have him kill the culprit and silence him, it's clear that the mastermind has connections with your high-ranking officials. Even if you get clues, do you dare to continue investigating?"
He had seen such things many times in his position. As long as a case involved high-ranking officials, most of them would end up unresolved, at most sacrificing a scapegoat. The truth would never be revealed.
Sanjikan quickly reassured him, "Shishimous father, I know your concerns, but my purpose in coming this time is to solve this problem."
"Don't worry, with me here, no matter what resistance we encounter during the investigation, I will ensure that people continue to search."
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