Chapter 2674-2686 [Case Closed]
Jiang Xia: “…”
At this point, it would seem too deliberate to continue harvesting.
He could only look at Hashimoto Maya with regret, and then glanced at the other three suspects: "The murderer who killed the stalker is indeed among us - but it is not Mr. Hashimoto, but someone else."
It's finally here! Inspector Megure was shocked as if he heard the horn of the end of get off work, but in the blur, he felt as if he had missed something.
After thinking for a moment, he slammed his palm and remembered: "Oh, the murder weapon! We searched the place just now, but couldn't find the murder weapon..." - In this case, even if the criminal is caught, he may not be able to be convicted without sufficient strong physical evidence.
Jiang Xia shook his head: "If we just search based on the characteristics of 'hard blunt objects' like we did just now, then no matter how many times we search, the result will still be the same - in fact, the murder weapon used tonight has long been changed and hidden by the murderer."
"The murder weapon has changed its form?" Officer Takagi thought of the many detective novels he had been cramming recently, and a light bulb suddenly lit up in his mind, "I understand!"
"The murder weapon is actually a huge block of ice, and to preserve something like this, you must carry a container that can keep it warm..." He looked at the old man fishing and pointed confidently like a detective, "In other words, the murderer is you, and you are the only one who brought a box that can keep it warm!"
The old man fishing was stunned: "...Ah?"
Jiang Xia opened his mouth and was about to speak, but suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Hashimoto Maya.
Hashimoto Maya: “…”
He didn't want to speak up for the old guy who had just participated in the siege on him, but...
Hashimoto Maya was numb and said, "No. Killing someone with ice cubes would not leave no traces as described in novels. If the murder weapon was really this, then both the victim's wound and the surrounding ground would be left with splashes of ice cubes and water marks after they broke."
"But now, there are no similar water stains at the crime scene, and the blood splattered on the victim is also very natural, which shows that the murderer did not wipe the ground after the crime... Although I don't know how he killed the person, he definitely didn't use the so-called large block of ice."
Officer Takagi: "..."
Jiang Xia took a sip of the juice that the front desk had just brought to him, moistened his not-so-dry throat, and said with relief: "The 'change of form' I just mentioned does not mean that ice turns into water, but that the murderer put a hard object into something that does not seem to be a weapon, and then..."
"I understand!" This time it was Inspector Megure who had a flash of inspiration, "It's the bottle of drink in the gym couple's box..."
Hmm? Wait, when Jiang Xia found the bottle of drink in the box, he seemed to have said that it was not the murder weapon.
"..." Inspector Megure braked suddenly and cleared his throat to avoid being embarrassed like his subordinates. He changed the topic as if nothing had happened: "Brother Jiang Xia, please continue."
Jiang Xia nodded: "The murderer used very common items in daily life. That is, the coins that everyone has in their wallets, and the socks they wear when they go out. Just collect 300 10-yen coins together, stuff them into the socks, and tie the bag tightly... The originally small coins can be transformed into a 1.5-kilogram copper ball."
"This amount of copper is enough to make anyone bleed. After committing the crime, just put these coins into the vending machine and the murder weapon will naturally disappear."
Jiang Xia's eyes swept through the three suspects, and finally fell on the only thin man who was not suspected by the police: "Mr. Honma, this is it."
"?!" The thin man was startled. After a moment, he smiled with difficulty. "Well... your reasoning does make sense, but how can you say it's me? Everyone has a pair of socks - like Mr. Hashimoto."
Hashimoto Maya: "..." You! ... Forget it, forget it, there's nothing to be angry about. Isn't this how life has been like under Lord Usa? He's almost used to it.
Jiang Xia glanced at him disappointedly, then turned back to the thin man and said, "Your idea of hiding the murder weapon is interesting, but unfortunately, you chose the wrong shoes today."
"shoe?"
The onlookers were stunned and looked at the thin man's feet at the same time.
——This office worker is wearing a pair of blue and white canvas shoes today. At first glance, there is nothing wrong with them, but now looking closely, one can find that the shoe upper of his left foot seems to be slightly higher than that of his right foot, and the whole shoe is bulging, which is quite abnormal.
Jiang Xia: "When we first entered the KTV, Mr. Honma once mistakenly entered our private room and was knocked down by Mr. Youyuan who was passing by. His shoes were still normal at the time.
"But now, his left foot is obviously fatter - this is because after he finished the crime and put the coins into the vending machine, he put the thick sock used to wrap the coins on his left foot.
"That is to say, Mr. Honma used the excuse of going to the bathroom tonight to enter the blind spot of the surveillance camera. There, he took out the 'copper hammer' he made, entered the deceased's box and killed him.
"He then went to the vending machine next to the restroom and put the coins in his socks into the machine to buy cigarettes. He then put the empty socks on his feet and returned to his box with the cigarettes as if nothing had happened."
The receptionist was eating a fruit plate while listening to the reasoning with great interest. As he listened, he suddenly felt something was wrong: "But my vending machine only sells single packs of cigarettes, but the cigarettes in this guest's box are a whole carton, this..."
Jiang Xia: “So before entering the store, Mr. Honma prepared an empty cigarette box.
"After buying a pack of cigarettes from the vending machine and returning to his private room, he stuffed the cigarettes he had just bought into the box one by one, pretending that it was a whole carton of cigarettes he brought himself, in order to prevent others from associating too many packs of cigarettes with 'vending machines', which would expose his method.
"When Mr. Honma used the 'copper hammer' to beat the victim, he used a piece of clothing as a cushion. However, the victim's head was broken and bleeding, so it was inevitable that the 'copper hammer' would be stained with blood. If we open the vending machine, check the coins inside, and then look at Mr. Honma's swollen shoe, it will not be difficult to find evidence."
Compared to some other cases, the evidence in tonight's two cases can be said to be solid.
Inspector Megure was relieved, but then he realized something: "'Prepared cigarette box'... Isn't this a murder in the heat of passion, but a long-planned murder? - But why did Mr. Honma kill the stalker? Could it be that he, a grown man, was also stalked and harassed?"
(End of this chapter)
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