At the beginning of the meeting, Megure Shisan, who was in charge of presiding over the meeting, sat in front of the whiteboard with his boss Matsumoto Kiyonaga. He introduced the general situation of the case, asked people to distribute the investigation information, and asked Shiratori Rensaburo to explain the information.
Chi Feichi and Mouri Kogoro were sitting by the window. They were not sitting with other police officers. They were only accompanied by Shiratori Rensaburo, which was worthy of Moori Kogoro's current status as a 'special adviser'.
Shiratori Rensaburo stood up and explained the case.
Except for the sixth incident that occurred the day before yesterday, in the previous five cases, the murderer used a large knife to commit the murder. Judging from the shape of the wound, he slashed it with his right hand with a strong swing from above.
In addition, the first five victims were all kidnapped after being stunned with electric shock devices. They were taken to the place where the police found the bodies, killed and abandoned.
The sixth victim died in a car accident.
"But there is a doubt here. Why did the murderer take the kidnapped victim to another place and add the murderer?" Shiratori Rensaburo stood and asked the question, and then continued, "Then, among the six bodies, Next to them, mahjong tiles painted with red circles and engraved with English letters and vertical lines on the back were found. It was obvious that this was criminal information left by the suspect."
Ogino Ayami looked at the search data and thought thoughtfully, "Of the four circles under the seven-cylinder cards that are painted red on these six cards, there are still circles on the upper right and lower left that are not painted red. In other words, , is it possible that the suspect will kill two more people? But why did the case in Nagano Prefecture leave only a tube of mahjong tiles..."
"The English alphabet has two A and EHZ," Henggou said, touching his chin, "and it should be an inverted L."
"One more thing," Shiratori Rensaburo turned the page of the search information, "of the six victims in this murder case, one of their belongings was taken away."
Chi Feichi turned the pages of the information sent to him and looked at the items displayed on it.
The items taken from the six victims were: necklaces, wallets, royal guards, motorcycle keys, contact lenses and mascot dolls.
The organization is looking for the third victim, Okakura Masaaki, who is the secretary of the parliamentarian. The memory card should be placed in the guard.
During the past few days of their preparations, the murderer had not been idle either.
Chiba and Shan raised his hand and asked, "Could it be accidentally lost when you were kidnapped?"
"No, since each of the six people lost a personal belonging, it is more appropriate to assume that it was taken away by the suspect." Shiratori Rensaburo said.
Ireland, bearing the identity of Matsumoto Kiyonaga, said thoughtfully, "The problem still lies in the meaning of criminal information."
"In addition, there is another key clue." Shiratori Rensaburo turned over the information page again. "Before his death, Mr. Ryuzaki, the sixth victim, said a pre-death message like 'Tanabata, Kyo'."
"The brake fluid of Mr. Ryuzaki's car may have been leaked at the Dajianshan rest stop," Yokomori Shigego put the search information on the table. "He probably saw the suspect there!"
"Speaking of which..." Mouri Kogoro suddenly stood up, walked to the middle of the front desk of the conference room, and said nonsense seriously, "Are you thinking too complicatedly? The mahjong tiles represent the playing of mahjong, and the motive for the murder is the dispute caused by the playing of mahjong. , leaving one tube and seven tubes, indicating that there were eight people playing mahjong..."
Mouri Kogoro started to think astray, and Henggou Sengo and Yamamura Cao still agreed with their expressions of enlightenment.
However, not all police officers are so confused.
Soon, Ogino Ayami raised her hand and asked, "Um...how can I explain the English letters?"
Yamato Gansuke also raised the question, "Why are the victims taken to different places to be killed?"
Mouri Kogoro sweated, "Uh..."
"And..." Wataru Takagi, who was sitting in the police room, raised his hand and asked, "How should we explain Mr. Ryuzaki's death message?"
"This...about...about these issues," Mouri Kogoro held it back for a long time, and didn't think of how to deal with it, so he could only say perfunctorily, "I'll think about it later!"
The police below were in an uproar.
"What are you doing..."
"Ahem," Mumu Thirteen was also a little speechless. He turned to ask Chi Feichi, who was looking down at the search information, and the title was more formal, "Mr. Chi, what about you? Do you have any opinions on the doubtful points in this case?"
Chi Feichi still looked at the information and said coldly, "No."
Hearing the helpless comments from other policemen, Shiratori Rensaburo said with a black line, "I said...Mr. Chi, you have been keeping a straight face this morning. Could it be that you are still hungover, right?"
quiet.
Chi Feichi raised his head and looked at Shiratori Rensaburo with searching eyes.
How did Shiratiao know that he went drinking last night?
Megure Thirteen, fake Matsumoto Kiyonaga, Yamato Gansuke, Ogino Ayami, the Yokomori brothers, including Miwako Sato and other policemen from the Metropolitan Police Department all looked at Shiratori Rensaburo with surprise, confusion, and curiosity.
Shiratori Rensaburo looked at Chi Feichi with a blank expression, and said in a leisurely tone, "When I came here in the morning, I met Minister Odagiri in the corridor. He didn't seem to be in a good state of mind. I paid a few words of concern and listened to what he said. , because Toshiya went to the courtyard bar with you for a drink last night, and you and Mr. Morizono sent him home at around two in the morning. It seems that he lost the drinking competition with you. After Toshiya returned home, he started holding his guitar in the yard. He sang rock music in the house, and Minister Odagiri, who was woken up by him, was so angry that he directly asked him to go to Morizono's house to deal with Ichikyu..."
Chi Feichi: "..."
It turned out that Toshiro Odagiri leaked the news.
Mu Mu Thirteen: "..."
Really, the night before the search meeting, I drank until midnight.
Does Brother Chi think that since Brother Maori is here, he just needs to go through the motions?
Yamato dares to help: "..."
This kid had a bad face early this morning. Is it because he was still hungover or because he overplayed last night and didn't pay attention?
For this reason, he felt like he was a little bit shortchanged just now!
In the police room, Belmode, who was disguised as an ordinary police officer, couldn't help but raise his head and look at Chi Feichi with resentment in his eyes.
While she was training Ireland and contacting Ireland to see how the disguise was going, she was also sending food and drink to the people guarding Matsumoto Kiyonaga. She also wanted to keep an eye on Matsumoto Kiyonaga's situation and prevent Matsumoto Kiyonaga from escaping.
She thought Luck had a lot of things to do over there, but Luck drank with others until two or three in the morning before going back to rest? If you have some time, why don't you come and change classes with her for a while? It would be nice to help her give her food and drinks for a night...
Ireland noticed that some of the police officers looked a little strange, and when he turned around to look, he found that no one looked out of the ordinary.
Belmode had suppressed the strangeness in his eyes and pretended to be like the other policemen, looking at Don't Give It in surprise, but the resentment in his heart was still gradually simmering.
That one’s heart is indeed biased!
"According to what Director Odagiri said, Mr. Chi, you and Toshiya and Mr. Morizono drank from ten o'clock in the evening to two o'clock in the morning last night. After that, you sent Toshiya back and watched him struggle, and then you went home to rest, probably It's already past three o'clock in the morning. You probably got up after less than four hours of rest and rushed to the Metropolitan Police Department for a search meeting..." Shiratori Rensaburo looked at Chi Feichi and said in a very polite tone, " So I was wondering, could you be out of shape because you didn't get enough rest?"
"You don't need to provoke me," Chi Feichi saw through Shiratori Rensaburo's little thoughts, looked at Shiratori Rensaburo calmly and said, "Every police officer has said what needs to be said, there are only a few questions, everyone knows, Now we should figure out the meaning of the mahjong tile message left by the suspect, and the meaning of the death message left by Mr. Ryuzaki, but I have no clue, so what do you want me to say?"
Well, as long as he doesn't feel guilty, he won't have stage fright.
Shiratori Rensaburo was a little embarrassed when he responded with a "calm explanation and rhetorical question". Seeing that Chi Feichi had seen through his mind, he smiled awkwardly and scratched his head, "That's right. In fact, the kind of doubt I just said was just I feel that you are not very interested in the case sometimes, and I want to push you... I'm really sorry!"
Chi Feichi thought about how Saburo Shiratori wanted to force him, and then thought about the extremely resentful look in Bermod's eyes just now, and felt that he should not overdo it. He lowered his head and looked at the search information on the table, "What if If I have to say what I think, it is...a sense of ritual."
"A sense of ritual?" Mumu Shisan asked in confusion.
Chi Feichi raised his eyes and looked at the large group of police officers in the conference room, "What do you think the suspect's purpose is for leaving criminal information? Is he provoking the police?"
The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly became more serious, and no one was whispering anymore.
"This..." Takagi Wataru touched his chin, "It's not impossible, but it doesn't seem like a provocation."
Ogino Ayami thought deeply and said, "It is difficult for many criminals to keep their crimes in their hearts before and after committing crimes. Whether it is out of complacency, showing off, or guilt or uneasiness, they will let others know in some way what they have done." They are very resistant to the method of 'directly informing'. Therefore, many criminals will leave criminal information to lead others to discover that this time the suspect committed six murders in a short period of time. Out of uneasiness, he stayed It is unlikely that the information will be released, and then... considering that the mahjong tiles were left at the scene of the first crime, I think the suspect wanted to mark his crime in this way. Of course, there must be an element of contempt for the police. But the more reason is that leaving criminal information was originally part of his plan, maybe to show his personality, or maybe for other reasons."
"Mr. Chi mentioned the 'sense of ritual', it should be related to..." Yamato Gansuke looked at Ogino Ayumi, "The Ogino Police Department has thought of one place, right?"
"Yes, this time the suspect committed multiple crimes in a short period of time, which shows that the other party did not feel guilty or uneasy because of this. And if the information was left to provoke the police, the suspect would have committed the crime for the second time or at most the third time. After discovering that the police can't do anything to him, there will be an 'escalation of crime', such as more cruel methods and more conspicuous and arrogant criminal information." Chi Feichi looked at a group of police officers, his expression still calm, "On the other hand, many criminals have I never thought of provoking the police at first, but after committing many crimes, I can't help but take actions that provoke the police, or leave provocative hints. Very few people can restrain themselves. This suspect is an exception. No matter how many crimes he commits and how clueless the police investigation is, regardless of the other party, he still sticks to the same crime pattern and criminal information, and executes some kind of strange criminal information with such perseverance and restraint, which is why I mentioned the 'sense of ritual' .”
Yamato Gansuke nodded thoughtfully, "Yes, this is also a doubt..."
"No, this is not a new suspicion," Chi Feichi told the truth without trying to save Yamato, "but it is a summary and a sorting out of the investigation direction."
