Chapter 748: Xiao Hei's Doom
"The place where the crime occurred may be the wetland park in Nanyuan Town." Jiang Xia nodded:
"In the morning, Ayumi and her friends went there to catch fish, and saw a suspicious person with his face covered staying in the park. Unfortunately, there were bushes between them, so they didn't see the man's figure. Not long after, we found a cat that had been beaten to death in the park, with such fabric fibers hanging on its paws—"
Having said that, he reached out and took out a small plastic bag from somewhere and handed it to Sato Miwako.
Miwako Sato took it and examined it, and found that there was a pink and yellow thin thread inside, and the tip was darker in color, as if stained with blood.
She had been looking at the corpse for an entire afternoon and was very familiar with this color scheme, so she immediately made some associations:
"Was this grabbed from the dead man's clothes?!"
"It could be. When we found the cat's body, we didn't know it was related to the murder case. We just thought someone had abused the cat, so we collected the fibers from the cat's paws and wanted to use them for comparison later. We also returned the cat's body." Jiang Xia recalled:
"The cat was seriously injured and it was impossible for it to run all the way from the Shaoye Pavilion to the park in Minamihara Town after being injured. If it went to the park after contacting the deceased and was then beaten to death by the cat abuser, the things on its paws should have been rubbed off or cleaned by itself long ago."
Officer Sato understood.
She looked at the small plastic bag in her hand. "If the clothing fibers in the cat's claws were really from the deceased, then it means that the cat, the deceased, and the murderer were all in that park at the time. This is definitely not the earliest crime scene... Wait, why didn't you tell me such an important thing earlier?"
“…”
Jiang Xia paused for a moment. Then he leaned back in the car seat as if naturally, and quietly pushed the blame of "knowing but not reporting" away from himself: "At first, I was not sure where these fibers came from. Later, after I vaguely guessed the murderer's identity and guessed his next move, I was worried that if I told him in advance, your reaction would alert the murderer... Anyway, the best time for investigation has passed, and the murderer will not go to the park for a while, so if you know it later, it shouldn't have much impact."
Sato Miwako: "..."
She wanted to retort.
However, before he opened his mouth, his mind instinctively flashed through the almost non-existent acting skills of his colleagues.
"..." I have to admit that if Jiang Xia really had already thought of a way to lure out the murderer, then his decision to "hold back and not say anything" was indeed very wise.
Sato Miwako sighed and decided to pretend nothing happened. She focused on more important things: "You just said 'set a trap and wait for the murderer to jump in'... What exactly is going on?"
Jiang Xia cleared his throat, and continued to make up the story based on the result: "It's just a guess - the murderer deliberately brought the body back from such a far place and moved it to the 'Shaoye Pavilion'. This move seems a bit redundant. If it was just to exonerate himself, then dumping the body somewhere else, or even sticking it on the iron railings in the suburbs to disguise an accident, would be far more effective than doing it now. After all, once the police believe that the crime scene is in Shaoye Pavilion, the employees and regular customers here will inevitably be the first to be suspected.
"So the murderer's action may have another purpose, such as blaming another person in Shaoye Pavilion for what he did."
"..." When Huiyuan Ai heard the words "stuck on the railing", she felt nervous for some reason. She always felt that this description was a bit bloody.
However, the other two did not know as much as she did, so they did not think much about it and just thought that what Jiang Xia said made sense.
Miwako Sato stroked her chin and thought: "This is Mr. Akazawa's store, and he usually lives here. He is also the love rival of the deceased. If things are really as you said, then the murderer's purpose should be to frame the case on him... But if the store manager is innocent and there is no evidence to prove that he killed someone, we will sooner or later find other related people."
Jiang Xia nodded: "So, according to the usual situation, the next step should be that the 'murderer' is under too much pressure and commits suicide out of fear of being punished. Then the police will take the 'suicide note' he left behind and successfully close the case."
After saying this, he seemed to suddenly remember that there was a policeman sitting next to him, and added considerately: "Of course, I believe the police can see that something is wrong, but the murderer may not think so. They always overestimate their own wisdom and underestimate the ability of the police."
Sato Miwako: "..."
She raised her hand and wiped her face, feeling a little guilty for some reason. However, she understood what Jiang Xia meant - the murderer might find the store manager Akasawa in the near future, and then let this most suspicious person "commit suicide out of fear of crime".
…
That night.
In a corner of "Young Master Pavilion", in the manager's room.
A nimble black figure pushed the door open and walked into the room quietly, with a shoulder bag slung over his waist.
The light from the street lamp in the distance vaguely shone through the window, through which I could barely make out where the bed was.
The black shadow slowly approached the slightly raised quilt where someone was sleeping, and struck at the neck near the pillow with a knife.
However, when he was about to succeed, the "sleeping person" suddenly turned to the side.
The black shadow's hand suddenly deflected and sank heavily into the pillow.
There was a slight click, and the overhead light suddenly came on.
Miwako Sato stood at the door and withdrew her hand from pressing the light switch.
Beside the bed, the dark shadow sneaking in was clearly reflected.
Madonna was wearing a light sportswear and a large shoulder bag slung across her waist. After initially adapting to the sudden light, she immediately noticed the many figures at the door and looked over in astonishment.
At the door, Miwako Sato looked down at her feet. There was a large incubator in the hallway—it was brought by Madonna. When she went in just now, she left the box at the door to avoid too much luggage and too much noise.
"What is this?" Officer Sato put on gloves, squatted down and touched it, "A murder tool?"
“…” Madonna’s face turned pale and blue, realizing that she might have fallen into a trap.
A few hours ago, she had thought she had it all figured out after seeing the famous young detective fail and the police withdrawing their forces.
However, I didn't expect that the security around here was tight inside and loose outside, and there were actually police lying in ambush at the door of the manager's room.
However, there is still a chance to redeem herself. After all, tonight, in front of the police, she did nothing but sneak into the room and hit the pillow in the dark. Hitting the pillow is not against the law...
Madonna's heart was pounding, her blood pressure and heart rate were rising sharply, she instinctively wanted to get away with it, and she quickly thought of a method that might work.
(End of this chapter)
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