Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 496 Living Corpse

That afternoon, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, the 9th Section Headquarters.

"Akaso Eizo, a popular actor from S-company, died suddenly after falling down at the set of the movie "Kaidan Shinbibukuro: Shinjuku Arc" at 12 noon today. The police have commissioned the Institute of Unnatural Death to conduct an autopsy on his body..."

"Since the preliminary autopsy results came out, this case has been officially handed over to our Section 9."

In the conference room, Xia Fan and Jinguji sat side by side, listening seriously to Inspector Higurashi's report on the case.

"At present, the Metropolitan Police Department has informed the family and company of the deceased that the cause of death was myocardial infarction caused by myocardial ischemia."

"But in fact, Chi Chu's autopsy results are very problematic..."

"Since the autopsy photos are likely to cause discomfort, they will not be shown to the two consultants."

Having said that, Higurashi calmly drank a sip of water and flipped through the autopsy report on the table by himself.

"In short, Chi Chu's body has muscle relaxation, cold corpse, corpse spots, blood coagulation, leather-like, corneal turbidity, rigor mortis, autolysis, and shows a slight corruption..."

"From a forensic perspective, this state would only occur in a body that has been dead for more than 48 hours, not in Chi Chu, who had died suddenly less than three hours ago."

At this point, he played a video on the screen...

Director Nakano's ambitious theme song test shoot today just happened to completely record the entire process of Akachu's "sudden death", becoming the perfect visual evidence for the police to investigate the cause of death and determine responsibility.

"Chichu was still participating in the filming of the movie until noon today, and also attended the script discussion meeting as usual a few days ago..."

"And the footage from the filming scene recorded that the corpse spots on Chichu's body had already appeared when he was still 'alive'."

"That is to say, Akatsuki lived normally as a 'living corpse' for more than 48 hours, and only died completely after falling down during the filming today..."

"The above is the preliminary investigation results. What do the two consultants think?"

After reporting the investigation, Higurashi did not draw any conclusions, but just looked respectfully at the two "advisors" in front of him.

"At present, it seems that there must be some kind of 'supernatural factor' that caused the victim's body to be 'dead', but the soul is still attached to it and moving around as if it were alive without anyone noticing."

"I think the direction of the investigation should be to find out the reasons and prevent such things from happening again."

"But the police have already given the crew the cause of death as 'heart attack', so we can only investigate secretly, which is a bit troublesome..."

"Sir Xia Fan, do you have any ideas?"

After stating her own judgment, Jinguji Aoi looked at Xia Fan.

"Um... I'm not good at investigations, just follow your ideas..."

"I just want to say that I just rejected the invitation to participate in this movie yesterday, and today the crew had an accident. Isn't it too coincidental?"

"Speaking of which, there are quite a few acquaintances in this crew..."

Looking at the label "Kaidan Shinbibaku: Shinjuku Chapter" in the lower right corner of the video, Xia Fan frowned.

This movie was the one that J Company originally offered him as a "negotiation condition" to star in.

"If that 'supernatural factor' is still with the crew, these people will be in danger..."

"How about I join the crew as a cast member and conduct a secret investigation?"

“If anything happens, it can be dealt with immediately.”

After thinking for a moment, he tentatively suggested.

"Mr. Xia Fan, who had received a job offer before the incident, would not easily arouse suspicion if he went in to investigate as an actor..."

"You can also make full use of your connections in the crew to easily obtain information about the crime."

"That's a good idea."

After looking through the list of people on the cast and crew list, Aoi Jinguji agreed.

"But, if I join the team, will it affect 'that' investigation?" Xia Fan asked cryptically, not expecting the witch to agree so quickly.

I originally refused to take part in this movie because I promised Jinguji Aoi that I would give priority to investigating the "Seven Wonders of Tokyo". If I joined the crew to shoot the movie, I would not have much freedom in terms of time.

"It doesn't matter. They are both cases involving human lives. There is no order of precedence."

"I will ask the Ministry of Culture to intervene and try to gain some say in the filming schedule so as not to affect the progress of 'that' investigation."

"Moreover, with Mr. Xia Fan's current fame, it would be difficult for him to be publicly active outside. Joining the crew for filming can serve as a cover for his activities."

Jinguji Aoi shook her head nonchalantly.

For her, these "worldly obstacles" can be solved with just a few words.

"In that case, I will make arrangements right away. Section 9 will fully support Advisor Xia Fan's investigation."

Higurashi faithfully carried out his duties without any intention of finding out what "that investigation" the two were talking about was.

"In that case, I'll call Uncle Dongye and ask him to take over the job..."

Xia Fan also took out his cell phone and started making calls.

……

The next day, the production committee of "Kaidan Shinbibukuro: Shinjuku Arc".

All the cast and crew members of the film crew were sitting in the conference room.

The entire conference table seemed to be covered by dark clouds, and everyone present looked gloomy and silent with their heads down.

The film hadn’t officially started shooting yet, and the theme song MV had just been filmed, but the male lead died suddenly in front of the camera...

This situation stunned the entire crew.

"..."

After a while, Director Nakano, with a worried look on his face, pushed the door open and walked in.

"Director, how is it? What does the company say?"

The assistant director carefully asked what everyone was thinking.

"After consultation between the company, his family, and the police, we have decided not to make Chichu-kun's case public for the time being. We will first announce that he has retired from the group due to illness, and then announce his death after his condition has eased a bit."

"For this matter, please sign the confidentiality agreement..."

Nakano said this, took out a stack of agreements, and asked the assistant director to distribute them to everyone.

Apparently, everyone was not surprised by the confidentiality agreement and signed it obediently.

Keeping it secret from the public, in addition to respecting the deceased and reducing the negative public opinion brought about by the death of the popular actor Akachu...

If the outside world knew that the male lead of a horror movie died before filming began, let alone whether anyone would dare to take over the leading role, even if the movie was made, the box office would be zero in advance.

"So, director, are we still going to shoot this movie?"

The photographer sitting on the other side asked with a bitter expression.

Yesterday I filmed the strange sudden death of Chi Chuweisan at close range. I am still scared. Whenever I close my eyes, I see the horrible appearance of Chi Chu's death.

"Shoot! The production has already started. We are spending millions of yen a day. Why don't we shoot?"

"However, Director Tsuchiya is still negotiating with the company about the new male lead, and I don't know when there will be a result."

Patting his cheeks hard, Nakano tried to cheer himself up.

(End of this chapter)