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Chapter 89: The "Foolish" Artist

Chapter 89: The "Foolish" Artist
Director Yoshitoki Hotta's personal lounge.

Doctor Takao Ohkawa took out his cell phone, activated the screen, and glanced at the time displayed on it.

【12: 10】

"There are still 50 minutes until the meeting with that young artist."

Ohkawa Takao muttered to himself.

His constantly shaking right leg reflected his inner restlessness at the moment.

"That idiot Kosaka, why did he die yesterday?"

"I clearly told him yesterday afternoon, but he just wouldn't listen!"

"Sogabe and Soma are both idiots. They couldn't hold back last night even though Kousaka was already dead!"

"Stupid people are easy to control, but if they are too stupid, it will really make people angry."

If anyone saw the gloomy look on Ohkawa Takao's face at this moment, they would probably be shocked.

Because at this moment, Ohkawa Takao was completely different from the confident smile of a successful man he always showed in front of outsiders.

More than an hour ago, he personally killed his loyal "customer" Sogabe Ryo.

And forty minutes ago, he killed Soma Miho, who was also apparently very close to him.

Whether it was Tsunekazu Kosaka who died yesterday,

Or it was Sogabe Ryo and Soma Miho who he had just killed.

All three of them are well-known directors in the Japanese industry.

Basically, in this circle,

Anyone who is a little older and has made a name for himself in the circle.

There will be a need for plastic surgery to some extent.

This is true even if they are not directors who make a living by their looks.

Takao Ohkawa is one of the most famous plastic surgeons in the industry.

What he does is to provide the so-called industry leaders with the plastic surgery services they need and analyze them in the process of working with them.

Once Ohkawa Takao finds out that the other person's willpower is not so strong and his brain is not so smart, he will guide him patiently.

As long as the other party can't resist the temptation, it starts.

Then the other party will only fall deeper and deeper into his trap, and eventually become a "loyal customer" under his control.

At that time, both the other party's wealth and connections will be within the reach of Takao Ohkawa.

Of course, Takao Ohkawa would not do anything that would kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

He knew very well that it was far better to keep these people and let them continue to create value than to squeeze them dry.

Everything was going smoothly.

Until yesterday, the sudden death of Tsunekazu Kousaka disrupted Takao Ohkawa's peaceful life.

Originally, Ohkawa Takao still had a chance to make amends, but there was a detective at the dinner party who was so sharp that he got in the way.

Ultimately, he was unable to perform any secondary processing on Tsunekazu Kousaka's body.

Once the Metropolitan Police Department performs a forensic autopsy on Tsunekazu Takasaka's body, Tsunekazu Takasaka's secret will be exposed in an instant.

After that, he will also be exposed to danger.

In order to prevent this from happening, Sogabe Ryo and Soma Miho, who are potential dangers, must be silenced forever.

But just killing the two of them wasn't enough insurance.

Because the risk still exists in the handsome detective Masumi Sera who is actually a woman.

"That guy is not a doctor, but he immediately identified the cause of Kousaka's death as poisoning and respiratory problems."

"Then the deaths of Sogabe and Soma today will probably make her realize the connection immediately."

"In order to confuse her judgment, we must allow the death of today to cause interference."

The person chosen by Ohkawa Takao as the interference factor was Akikawa Sosuke, a man who looked a little stupid, whom he met by chance this morning.

As for what would happen after killing Akikawa Sosuke, he had thought of everything.

As long as he disguised himself as a victim, he could easily pin the entire case on Yoshitoki Horita, who had no alibi during that period.

Takao Ohkawa believes in the abilities of Masumi Sera.

I will definitely be able to find out the grudge between Yoshitoki Horita and myself in the past.

By then.

The fact that he had deliberately disfigured Horida Yoshitoki would become a shield to protect himself and a perfect motive for Horida Yoshitoki to commit the crime against him.

And Akikawa Sosuke died in Yoshitoki Horita's personal lounge.

The pistol used as the murder weapon to kill Sogabe Ryo and Soma Miho will also become strong evidence to push Horita Yoshitoki to the gallows.

As for whether his disguise as a victim would be discovered by the detective?
Just kidding. If I, a doctor who graduated from the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tokyo, could be seen through by an amateur high school student, then all these years of work would have been in vain.

"It's better to start preparing early."

Ohkawa Takao spoke softly, then took out the candle he had prepared in advance, heated it with a lighter, and applied it to the fingertips of both hands.

When the paraffin is heated and melted, it will form a film on your fingers.

This way, you won't leave fingerprints when using a gun or grabbing something.

Another advantage of using paraffin wax to cover fingerprints is that it is easier to remove than cyanoacrylate glue (commonly known as 502).

You can remove the wax film attached to your fingertips by simply scraping it lightly with a knife or your fingertips, or by heating it again.

As Ohkawa Takao applied melted paraffin wax to his fingertips and waited for it to dry,
The sudden knock on the door startled him.

'who? ! ’

According to Takao Ohkawa, no one should come at this time.

If someone were to see him alone in Yoshitoki Horita's lounge, a host of problems would arise.

Ohkawa Takao reached into his coat pocket and grabbed the pistol.

At the same time, they stood up and approached the door quietly.

The knocking on the door continued, followed by the sound of someone trying to open the door.

Since Yoshitoki Horita locked the door of his personal lounge, the person outside could not open it. Takao Ohkawa did not intend to respond, and after approaching the door, he was ready to check the figure outside through the peephole.

Then, a familiar voice was heard from outside the door.

"Hello, Mr. Horita. Mr. Ohkawa asked me to come here."

When he heard the voice of the artist Akikawa Sosuke, whom he had met in the morning, Ohkawa Takao breathed a sigh of relief.

He opened the door only after confirming through the peephole that only Akikawa Sousuke was outside.

"Akikawa-kun, why are you here so early? Didn't we agree to meet at one o'clock? I accidentally fell asleep just now."

Takao Ohkawa greeted him with a smile.

After welcoming Akikawa Sosuke in, he quickly closed the door.

Then, taking advantage of the sound of talking, he quietly locked the door.

"Is Mr. Horita not here? Why is Mr. Ohkawa the only one here?"

"Horita will probably be back around one o'clock. He should be eating now."

"Ah! Am I here too early?"

Akikawa Sosuke looked terrified.

"It's okay, it's okay, just wait a moment."

While chatting with Akikawa Sosuke, Ohkawa Takao suddenly thought of something and asked:

"By the way, why did Akikawa-kun come so early today?"

"I was originally planning to watch a movie directed by Sogabe, but the movie was suddenly stopped for some reason, so I left early."

"Is that so? Then come over here. Does your agent know?"

"Oh, I forgot to tell her."

Ohkawa Takao felt a little funny when he saw Akikawa Sorasuke's expression as if he had just remembered something.

"I clearly agreed to come at one o'clock, but I ended up showing up more than 40 minutes early, and I didn't even inform anyone."

"Then isn't this an opportunity for me to create an alibi for nothing?"

Originally, in Ohkawa Takao's opinion, the first person to discover the crime scene should be Akikawa Sousuke's agent Misaki Itakura.

But now that Akikawa Sosuke has arrived early, he can use the agreement to meet him at one o'clock to create an alibi for himself.

This is actually safer than meeting Akikawa Sosuke at one o'clock.

Ohkawa Takao looked at Akikawa Sosuke who was looking down at his phone, as if he was trying to contact his agent.

He reached into his coat pocket again and grabbed the pistol inside.

The decisive difference between Akikawa Sosuke and Sogabe Ryo and Soma Miho is that he does not need to "fire two shots" himself.

Just one shot to kill him is enough.

Having made his decision, Ohkawa Takao listened to the roar of the movie coming from the screening room next door.

Then, at the moment when the roar suddenly became louder, he pulled out a pistol from his pocket, pointed it directly at Akikawa Sosuke's eyebrows, and then pulled the trigger.

however.

The familiar sound of gunfire did not rang out.

The scene where Akikawa Sosuke fell backwards with a bloody hole on his head did not appear.

This was not a dud.

But he didn't even pull the trigger completely.

Ohkawa Takao saw it.

At this moment, the slide of his pistol was actually held down by the palm of Akikawa Sosuke's right hand, and his right index finger was inserted behind the trigger of his pistol.

His attempt to pull the trigger backwards was completely blocked.

The skinny artist Akikawa Sosuke, who was looking down at his phone,

At this moment, he was staring at him with his pair of teasing blue eyes.

This scene made Ohkawa Takao feel as if a bomb suddenly exploded in his head.

He reacted instantly.

If it weren’t for the fact that Akikawa Sosuke in front of him was so familiar with his pistol that he couldn’t be more familiar with it.

How could he determine, the moment he pulled out the pistol, that the trigger of his pistol was the type that could penetrate his finger and block the firing?

But the Akikawa Sosuke in front of him was clearly just an artist who looked like a minor.

How is it possible to achieve this?

This strong sense of contrast instantly turned into a chill that struck Ohkawa Takao's heart.

Just at this moment, he suddenly saw the handsome face of Akikawa Sosuke in front of him reveal an extremely horrified expression and look behind him.

Ohkawa Takao looked back subconsciously.

However, behind him there was nothing but an empty room.

Suddenly, Ohkawa Takao felt someone put his arms around his neck and his carotid artery was being pressed down.

An intense fear instantly swept through Ohkawa Takao's body.

This scene is all too familiar to Takao Ohkawa, a doctor.

This is what doctors call the "carotid sinus reflex."

Even when facing an opponent with a huge difference in physical fitness, it only takes five seconds at most to paralyze half of the opponent's body.

"How. How is it possible!?"

Ohkawa Takao stared and uttered his last words.

Then his upper body suddenly went limp.

Unfortunately,
Until the end, he never figured out why Akikawa Sousuke's image had changed so drastically in such a short period of time.

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