Chapter 1058 1066 [You are exposed] Ask for monthly ticket o(〃'▽'〃)o
As he spoke, Inspector Megure came closer.
Jiang Xia turned around and saw that the police officer, who was very good at seeking help, had brought a loose-leaf book to him and handed it to him enthusiastically:
"Come on, help me take a look. This is the relevant information we have collected. If you can find the murderer, we can lure him out, pin him down and take him away. Then we don't have to worry about a third murder."
Jiang Xia: “…”
He looked at his watch and found that he still had some time to leave.
So like a dedicated detective, he took the booklet and opened a page at random.
The personal information of the first deceased was revealed on it, and a photo was attached to the upper left corner - it was a bald middle-aged man with low eyebrows, wide eyes, and greasy nose. He looked inexplicably dark and vulgar.
Jiang Xia quickly remembered: "Councilman Oki?"
A while ago, when he followed Kogoro Mori to visit this building, Congressman Oki once ran up to him drunk and shook his hand. Jiang Xia remembered that this man's wife had a smart Border Collie, which often got lost and squatted at the door of the detective agency waiting to be picked up. It was much cuter than its male owner.
"That's right, Oki Iwamatsu, the councillor of Nishitama City."
Miwako Sato pointed to the building diagonally above her:
"The body was found five days ago in a hotel suite on the 67th floor of Building B. The time of death was between 10 pm and 0 am the previous night. The murder weapon was probably a knife, but nothing matching was found at the scene.
"In addition, next to the deceased's hand, there was a valuable little wine glass turned upside down. It was cracked in the middle and split into two. At first, we thought that this might be Mr. Oki's message before his death, used to hint at the identity of the murderer. Who knew that a similar thing would soon appear in the second case... This is actually a 'token' left by the murderer."
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"I remember this incident. I was there last week when Councillor Oki checked into the hotel." Jiang Xia thought of the case and felt that the police were too reserved. He criticized them in a subtle way, "Why didn't you contact me in advance?"
Inspector Megure: "..." You can't just call a detective as soon as there's a murder. The police have to save face, they have to work hard on their own first, and then ask for help when they encounter a bottleneck... ahem.
He cleared his throat. "We actually already had a suspect at the time and planned to focus on the investigation. But before we could find out anything, a second murder occurred. The second case had nothing to do with you, so I forgot to ask you."
Jiang Xia flipped through the book in his hand and saw the information of the second deceased:
Yuan Jiaming, the chief programmer of the Tokiwa Group. In the photo, his hair is unexpectedly thick, and he wears a pair of round-framed glasses. He looks familiar - he is also one of the people Jiang Xia met when he came to this building last time.
Jiang Xia: "..." How could it be that he has no direct relationship with me? Isn't this a traitor sent out by our organization? As far as I can remember, it was because Yuan Jiaming bravely used the company computer to send the organization's intelligence that the computer room of the twin towers in Nishitama City was included in the organization's must-bomb list.
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"The day after Mr. Oki died, a courier went to Mr. Hara's house to deliver a package and found the door open. He looked through the crack in the door and saw the deceased lying next to the dining table, with his eyes open.
"Hara Yoshiaki died of a gunshot. Next to him was a small wine glass that was also broken into two. He seemed to have tried to fight with the murderer before he died, but unfortunately..." Sato Miwako shook her head, "The speed of a knife cannot be compared with that of a gun."
Jiang Xia looked at the file in his hand, which contained a photo of the crime scene - Yuan Jiaming was indeed holding a silver dinner knife in his hand.
In the photos next to it, the inverted wine cup, which is the "serial killer's token", is given a close-up.
From the photos, it can be seen that when the small wine cup was found, it was upside down in a pool of blood. But when it was picked up, there was not much blood on the edge of the cup - it seemed that it was placed there after the blood coagulated.
"This means that the person who left the small wine glass and the person who killed Hara Yoshiaki are not the same person - the real murderer of the second case is not the murderer who killed Councillor Oki, but someone else."
Jiang Xia should have said this.
But he didn't.
…First of all, as a calm and fearless high school detective, even if he finds suspicious points while “solving a case”, he rarely points them out, but will wait until all the evidence is complete before speaking about them.
In addition, Jiang Xia remembered that Yuan Jiaming was actually beaten to death by Gin.
The deceased held the dinner knife tightly in his hand, not to fight to the death with the gunman, but to use the "GIN" of the silver dinner knife to refer to "gin" - "Silver" is pronounced "ギン", which is written in Roman letters as "GIN", which happens to be the code name for gin.
When Gin and Vodka were cleaning up the mess, they didn't take the knife away, probably because they failed to immediately connect the two things.
Although this was a mistake, it was not a big problem.
——How many people in this world would think that “the murderer is Gin!” just because the deceased was holding a silver object before death?
Just as this thought flashed through my mind, the next second, a low voice suddenly floated from the side, "...GIN." The emotions contained in it were very complicated.
Jiang Xia: “……?”
He turned his head silently and saw Conan - Kudo-san had climbed up the stone lion next to him at some point, and was now looking down at the case materials in his hand.
"..." Jiang Xia raised his hand, skillfully grabbed Conan by the back of his collar, and slid him to the ground, "...Don't step on public property."
After a pause, he asked in confusion, "What did you just say?"
Conan came back to his senses and remembered the name he had just blurted out. He was startled and continued his previous words as if nothing had happened:
"…I mean, human life is so fragile. Such a tall and strong person can only die without any resistance from a hot weapon."
Miwako Sato looked at him in surprise: This elementary school student is quite thoughtful...
She came back to her senses, ignored the kid who suddenly barged in, and continued the previous topic:
"In short, based on various investigations, we have identified five suspects in the first case - Chairman Tokiwa, her secretary Ms. Sawada Chinami, the painter Kisaragi Minemi, Hara Yoshiaki, and the designer of the building, Kazama Hidehiko."
After a pause, she crossed out Yuan Jiaming again: "Of course, there are only four now."
Jiang Xia looked at the photos of the remaining four people politely and nodded: "I will pay more attention. If I notice anything unusual, I will contact you as soon as possible."
Conan was also standing on tiptoe, trying to take a peek at the suspect's photo.
However, after listening to Miwako Sato, he found that he knew these people - they were the relevant personnel he met when he visited the building last week, so he stopped the useless effort of peeking.
(End of this chapter)
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