Chapter 2174 2185 [The Only Reliable Brother]
Judy: "..." Speaking of which, if the police were more capable, they could have found "that person" from this series of unusual cases earlier and arrested him, then the FBI wouldn't have to work so hard.
…It’s all the Tokyo police’s fault!
The two people who were busy with work began to dislike each other for a while.
The police chief started the errand without permission, and the enthusiastic detective had to help solve the case. Jiang Xia asked the hotel manager next to him: "Do you have a floor plan of this place?"
The hotel manager responded quickly, ran back to the office, and quickly found a picture. He looked at the picture and said in embarrassment:
"The route here is actually not that complicated. There is only one exit. At that time, we were all searching for the young lady separately. With so many people coming and going, no one should be able to carry the body out and back again."
The two hotel security guards were not so sure now: "Maybe it was because of the reflection on the water surface at that time, and we saw it wrongly. The body has been sinking to the bottom of the pool all along?"
The hotel manager remembered something and said, "Oh, there is a counter at the exit of the corridor near the swimming pool. The front desk will register the identities of people coming in and out. If someone really transported a body, the front desk should be able to see it."
Inspector Megure's eyes lit up: "If that's the case, could it be that..."
Jiang Xia: "There's a large piece of broken glass in the pool, which is a bit suspicious."
Mumu Police Department: "..."
Inspector Megure: “…” Forget it, I won’t struggle anymore. I’ll just concentrate on praying that Brother Jiang Xia can solve the case as soon as possible.
He sighed and had to adjust himself back to his dedicated work state.
Then Inspector Megure remembered something and looked at the hotel manager's feet. "When I first came here, I saw someone bandaging you. Did you cut your foot in the swimming pool?"
The hotel manager nodded and gestured by the pool: "I also went into the water to save people. I jumped from that position and then got ashore from about this position.
"When I was almost at the shore, I felt a sharp pain on the sole of my foot. I looked into the water and found that some wicked person had thrown a bunch of broken glass into the pool."
The ghosts sitting on Jiang Xia’s shoulders and listening: “…” He is talking nonsense, he is obviously a wicked person!
In any case, these fragments are indeed unusual. Especially since they appeared at the crime scene, they must be investigated thoroughly.
Inspector Megure said to the hotel manager: "Quickly drain the water from the swimming pool, and we will go down to collect evidence."
Oiso's sister remembered something and hurriedly stopped him: "The necklace may still be in the swimming pool. If we let the water in, what if it is washed into the sewer by the current?"
Jiang Xia thought for a moment and said, "Add a fine filter at the entrance of the sewer. Although it will slow down the speed, it can stop things that shouldn't fall in."
Oiso's sister was stunned: "That's right!"
Hotel manager: “!”
fiancé:"?!"
Why didn't you tell me earlier that there was such a good idea? They spent a lot of time searching in the water like a kappa, and had to endure the young lady's anger!
...But I can understand it. After all, the vacation state when swimming is obviously different from the working state after discovering the case. Detectives don't use their brains all the time, they always have to take a break.
After covering the filter and slowly draining out the entire body of water, a large pile of glass fragments on the shore were revealed.
The others remembered something and began to look for the necklace along the edge of the swimming pool. However, after searching the entire bottom of the pool, they could not find the precious item that had cost Miss Oiso her life.
Mao Lilan murmured to Jiang Xia in confusion: "Was it really stolen, or was it taken away by the murderer later?"
Jiang Xia: "There aren't many clues, so it's hard to say, but I think the murderer took it away."
Suzuki Sonoko also guessed: "Maybe the young lady forgot to wear it from the beginning - sometimes I thought I lost my jewelry, but I would find them out of the jewelry box a few days later, and then I remembered that I didn't wear them at all."
Conan's eyes twitched as he was listening: "..." Miss Oiso treasured that necklace so much, how could she not know whether she was wearing it or not? Do you think everyone would throw away jewelry like a coin like you?
Anyway, there is nothing we can do if we don’t find it. In the eyes of the police in the first investigation section, the most important thing is obviously the murder case in front of them, rather than the lost necklace.
After taking photos as evidence, several police officers quickly put on gloves and shoe covers, went down to the bottom of the pool, and came to the glass fragments.
"There are so many." Inspector Megure looked at the fragments spread out on the ground, not knowing where to start. He turned to look at the three people on the shore, "When you were helping the deceased find the necklace, didn't you see these fragments?"
"No." The three shook their heads at the same time. "If there really was, our feet would have been pierced long ago. These things should have appeared later."
Inspector Megure thought about it and sighed, lowering his head to study the fragments again: "It's broken into pieces like this, let's put it together to see the original shape. But with so many fragments, how long will it take to put them together?"
Jiang Xia walked to the edge of the pool and looked down at them: "It looks like a large fish tank - the most common rectangular shape with one side empty."
Miwako Sato was startled, but gradually followed his train of thought. She carefully picked up a corner of the glass and counted them one by one: "A total of eight right-angled triangular pyramids, four without bevels, four without bevels and bottoms, plus some right angles that were not completely broken... So that's it, it is indeed a glass box!"
Inspector Megure scratched his head, trying to piece together the shape in his mind. At this moment, the police officer from the Forensic Department trotted over and said, "We found a pile of fishing line on the filter screen at the drain. When it was unrolled, it was about 50 meters long. This should be what was originally in the pool!"
Officer Takagi came over to take a look, and like a detective, he put the pieces together in his mind. Then, an idea suddenly occurred to him: "I know! The murderer must have used glass fragments and fishing line to make a trap to lure the victim into his trap."
"Oh?" Inspector Megure didn't expect his subordinates to have such abilities. It turned out that after being with Jiang Xia for a long time, Takagi could even make inferences. He asked expectantly, "What do you mean?"
Officer Takagi: "The murderer used fishing line and glass fragments to forge a fake necklace with glittering pearls under the water, and used the extra fishing line to tie the 'necklace'. When committing the crime, the murderer pulled the fake necklace at the other end of the fishing line and used it to lure the victim to swim to a specific location, just like a carrot tied in front of a donkey!"
Others on the shore who were listening attentively: "..."
Ms. Oiso is 31 years old, not 1 year old, nor 3 years old.
...and what do you think of that precious necklace that won a prize in a jewelry competition? It's simply an insult to the innocent necklace!
(End of this chapter)
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