It turned out to be home invasion and murder. Hattori Heiji made a preliminary judgment on the case a year ago and whispered:
"No wonder the scene was turned into such a mess..."
Yes, the prisoner is very arrogant. It can also be said that he is brave because of his skill.
Ye Gengyi looked at the mess everywhere and made the same judgment as Hattori Heiji.
but.
With Kudo Shinichi's level of reasoning, would he fail in such a small case?
You must know that even if he and the prisoner are swapped, if the scene is destroyed like this during the murder, there is no 100% guarantee that no personal traces will be left.
For example, at this moment, except for him, everyone who entered the scene had glass shards on their soles.
Therefore, according to common sense analysis, the murderer who committed this case a year ago will only leave more traces.
Thinking about it, Ye Geng set his sights on the balcony and walked towards it.
The first thing that catches the eye is an unmowed backyard completely surrounded by weeds.
The balcony of the entire single-family villa is built on the cliff bank about 7 or 8 meters above the ground.
Looking at the scenery outside, the lush forest branches and leaves are swaying in the wind.
The air is somewhat humid.
The dark clouds dormant in every corner of the sky increased rapidly and stagnated in layers above. In a trance, Police Officer Chengshan who came with him felt like he was back to that night of heavy rain a year ago.
Since the direction goes straight into the forest and there is a lack of street lighting, it is impossible to see very far.
Ye Geng lowered his gaze and stayed on the fixed line of traces on the scene.
It's been a year and it still hasn't disappeared. Could it be that it was painted with paint?
He pointed over there and asked: "Officer Shiroyama, is this the place where the village chief Nihara died?"
"Yes..." Chengshan Shuma nodded, "This is where the head of Rihara Village fell to his death."
Fall to death?
There were no signs of struggle or struggle within the balcony area, so... it is still unclear whether the deceased was frightened by the murderer and jumped off in a panic, or was pushed down?
I didn't expect that the police in such a village would use their words so strictly.
Hmm... If it were Officer Takagi who was of little use, he would have said, 'Yes, Mr. Ye, the village chief Nihara died here' or something like that...
Ye Gengyi paused for a moment and gave Mouri Kogoro the opportunity to ask follow-up questions.
"So, since it was a home invasion, the murder weapon and stolen items should have been found, right?"
After all, Kudo Shinichi, who has lost his memory, is not even as useful as a first-grade elementary school student, so they all plan to get more useful information from this police officer who has a relatively kind attitude.
Chengshan Shuma hesitated slightly: "Uh, Mr. Mori, you mean inside the room..."
"ah?"
Mouri Kogoro was startled.
Shiroyama Shuma turned his head and looked at Kudou Shinichi, and then continued:
"Unfortunately, no suspected murder weapon was found in the room. As you can see, only bloody footprints were left here."
The white room is like a canvas, rendered by black and coagulated blood. After the perpetrator did such an egregious thing, he didn't drop the murder weapon to reduce the risk of being seen, but took it away?
Hattori Heiji, who was squatting in the room observing shoe prints, heard this and immediately stood up and came to the wide and airy balcony, saying:
"Then...are these the only shoe prints left at the scene?"
Moreover, the shoe prints were from a year ago and lacked a lot of clues, which would be very detrimental to the subsequent investigation.
"Because it rained the day before the incident, in addition to those in the room, shoe prints with the same pattern were also found on the ground at the back door of the house," said Police Officer Shiroyama.
"Oh, in this case, we must have found clues to the murderer, right?"
Hattori Heiji asked: "Is there anyone who is suspected? Or is that person already arrested?"
Mouri Kogoro guessed: "Wait a minute, could it be that that boy wrongly accused an innocent person of being a murderer?"
"No, actually this matter..."
Police Officer Chengshan hesitated to speak.
Before Mouri Kogoro and Hattori Heiji could continue to ask questions.
Suddenly there were rapid footsteps from the entrance.
Soon, a girl who looked to be about 20 years old and had short ear-length hair rushed over and pointed at Kudo Shinichi and shouted:
"How could they catch the murderer? Because this Kudo Shinichi concluded that the whole case was the result of the Nihara village chief forcing his family to commit suicide with him!"
Immediately, she turned to Police Officer Yamashiro and said angrily: "Uncle Yamashiro, I heard the villagers discussing, so I wanted to come over and have a look. How could you bring these outsiders to Chengren's home? Hurry up and let them go. They leave!"
"Meng Sheng, please calm down first..." Shancheng was about to persuade him.
Here, the impatient Hattori Heiji had just recovered from the shock of "robbery and murder case" turned into "forced family members to commit suicide". Before he could ask for details, he was made unhappy by the other party's attitude of driving people away, and he retorted: :
"Hey! Speaking of which, who are you, eldest sister?"
Big, big sister? !
The girl with short hair had a bulging vein on her forehead. She put her hands on her hips and said, "I'm Makoto's classmate!"
Oh...Childhood sweethearts...Everyone knows it.
Ye Gengyi took the opportunity to ask: "Does the Yada Makoto you mentioned also live in the home of the village chief?"
"Yes, because after Makoto's parents passed away, he was taken in by the kindhearted Hihara village chief and has been living here."
The short-haired girl paused and couldn't help but murmured in a low voice: "But at that time, he who was the first to find the body was regarded as the murderer!"
Hattori Heiji caught the suspicion, leaned over and asked, "Oh? It turns out that Yada Makoto has also been suspected."
"Nothing!"
The short-haired girl immediately explained, "The day before the incident, he was taking a college exam in the city. He couldn't come back because of the rain, so he stayed in the hotel!"
"Then let me ask you, where is Yada Makoto now?"
The clues were cut off again, and with the pressure of Kudo Shinichi turning into Edogawa Conan at any time, Hattori Heiji's tone became a little more impatient: "He sent me a letter saying that he had discovered Kudo's reasoning errors, and he also You asked me to bring him here, but my whereabouts are unknown. If you can contact him, call him out quickly and tell me what is going on!"
The short-haired girl had a gloomy expression and was silent for a few seconds before saying:
"It's not that his whereabouts are unknown. I think Makoto...may have been killed."
"What... was killed?!" Hattori Heiji was surprised, "Hey, can you explain it carefully!"
Clues come out one after another, but the mysteries are piling up. If you are still unable to find out the truth about that year and help Kudo recover his memory, you can only consider returning to Yoneka Town first.
The girl with short hair took a deep breath and said:
"The village chief Hihara is a good man. Even though Makoto is his adopted son, he can inherit a large amount of inheritance, so there is no reason for him to go to the city to work. There has been no news from him for half a year."
Seeking wealth and killing...is it the same reason as the home invasion a year ago?
Although the word 'profit' has been a touchstone of character since ancient times, Ye Gengyi felt that this direction of reasoning was wrong.
Unless the person who broke into the house to commit property and murder was the FBI, the little detective had no reason to cover the murderer. Therefore, the key point is the conclusion of the other party's reasoning, that is... why is it said that it was the Japanese village chief who forced his family to commit suicide with him.
(End of chapter)
