Chapter 894 Detective Vodka
Miwako Sato quickly understood what "Mr. Yamada" meant. She thought about it and said:
"That is to say, the criminal most likely did not 'wear a blood-proof raincoat after committing the crime, escape from the bathroom to the outside of the house, and discard the tools used in the crime', but 'took off the raincoat after committing the crime, carried it from the bathroom to the outside of the house, deliberately let blood drip on the ground, pretending that someone was passing by here, and then discarded the tools used in the crime'.
"… Indeed, if it was an outside stalker, both from a psychological and practical point of view, he should have waited until he left the apartment and this place before taking off the raincoat that could conceal his appearance.
"But if you are an insider, wearing a blood-stained raincoat in a corridor where acquaintances may pass by at any time, it is not only difficult to effectively conceal your figure, but it will also separate you from the current environment, making you feel insecure. So it is better to take it off first and hold it in your hand - this way, if you encounter someone, you can quickly distance yourself from them, such as quickly throwing them away when you hear footsteps."
"That is to say..." Inspector Megure breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, "The murderer is among the people at the scene?"
...Find the murderer among the designated few people. This is much easier than casting a net outside to catch a stalker.
Inspector Megure is more familiar with the former process than the latter.
Especially when there are detectives on the scene.
Inspector Megure straightened his back unconsciously, turned to several witnesses, or suspects, and began to ask about their alibis: "Where were you during the time when Miss Kusano was in the bathroom? Can anyone give you proof?"
"We are all in the living room." A cold voice came from the side.
Hoshino Terumi frowned slightly, not wanting the murderer to be confined inside. She remembered the imprecise statement of "Mr. Yamada" just now, shook her head and added: "I left when Yoko, Xue and I changed clothes. As for the other three, I didn't pay much attention. However, compared to our alibi, what we should confirm most now is another thing——"
Hoshino Terumi was halfway through her speech when she habitually raised her head and glanced at everyone - she often did this when filming for better camera effects.
Halfway through her scan, her gaze paused slightly, and she suddenly realized that Jiang Xia was just like everyone else, looking at her and listening to her reasoning attentively.
Hoshino Terumi: “…”
Originally, this was just a normal thing. But when she suddenly met her idol's eyes, a pink mushroom cloud seemed to explode above Hoshino Terumi's head. She paused, her mind went blank, and she forgot what she was going to say.
Jiang Xia heard the voice interrupted and came back to his senses from the fragrance of a large piece of vanilla ice cream.
He focused his eyes on Hoshino Terumi and considerately helped her advance the progress bar: "Is it the murder weapon?"
"Hmm?...Yes, that's right." Hoshino Terumi nodded, cleared her throat as if nothing had happened, and tried hard to recall what she had just said.
After a second or two of waiting, I finally succeeded in resuming.
She looked away, looked at Vodka, and tactfully retorted: "What the assistant said just now is right - the blood drop is so complete, the murderer is likely not to have walked out the door wearing a raincoat, but to have walked out the door carrying it.
"But this doesn't prove that the murderer was an insider. It could be that the outsider who broke in was experienced and knew that he would step on blood and leave shoe prints. Compared with mass-produced raincoats, shoe prints are more likely to be found and located. So the person just didn't want to leave bloody footprints, so he boldly took off his raincoat in the corridor.
"That is to say, if we want to determine whether the murderer is an insider or an outsider, we still have to look at the murder weapon. When Xiaoxun's throat was cut, we basically stayed in the living room. Even if we left in the middle, we didn't leave for too long. If we were the murderer, even if we wanted to discard the murder weapon, it would be difficult to throw it too far away. We must be able to find the corresponding object nearby. Why don't you go find the murder weapon first."
Hoshino Terumi finished speaking carefully, and instinctively reviewed what she had just said.
——Although it is still a distance away from "perfection", and it is even farther away from Jiang Xia's neat reasoning that can directly hit the answer... But no matter what, Hoshino Terumi feels that her performance just now is at least not inferior to "Mr. Yamada", the assistant that Jiang Xia is carefully cultivating.
…
Unfortunately, however, Vodka, who was intermittently distracted, failed to catch the hidden competitive spirit of his idol towards him.
On the contrary, because Hoshino Terumi said the second half of her words while looking directly at him, Vodka was overjoyed and his heart started beating fast - if the police and Uzo hadn't been watching him, he would have definitely smiled happily.
Besides, besides the point of "Ms. Terumi is looking at me and talking!"
Vodka was also quite pleased with what Hoshino Terumi said.
——He just fell into Uzo's trap and was forced to personally narrow down the suspects to the three idols.
And now, Miss Huimei helped him to make up for it - the murderer could still be an outsider!
Although this statement also has some flaws.
But Vodka prayed in his heart, "This must be the truth." When Hoshino Terumi looked at him, he nodded and said, "You are right. I was not rigorous enough just now."
Hoshino Terumi recalled the encouraging look Jiang Xia gave Vodka before. She also secretly glanced at the encouraging look Jiang Xia gave her now... Her mood, which had been gloomy because of the attack on her teammates, improved a little.
But then, Hoshino Terumi remembered something else, which made her good mood, which had just lifted a little, fall back to where she was.
——Jiang Xia has such a good temper that he probably won't take the initiative to drive his apprentice away. In other words, the worse Mr. Yamada is, the longer he will have to work as Jiang Xia's assistant and handle cases beside him...
Hoshino Terumi: “…” Damn, I really want to take Yamada Taro’s place and experience what it’s like to be an assistant to a real high school student detective…
Unfortunately, with his current fame, if he follows Jiang Xia out to solve the case, it will only cause chaos and the company will not agree to it.
As she thought about it, the idea that Hoshino Terumi had just had cooled down. She sighed, leaned against the sofa, and didn't move sadly.
…
Inspector Megure could not hear the complex thoughts of the group of people.
Just the words that the detective and the detective actors just said were enough to keep him busy for a long time: So after all this talk, we still have to consider the possibility of an outsider committing the crime? ... No, according to the idea, we should first focus on finding the murder weapon, and then define the scope based on the results. But in order to prevent the best time from being delayed, we still have to visit the people we need to visit now... Oh, it's so hard to be a policeman.
(End of this chapter)
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