Tsumugi Kawakami leaned against the door frame, looking at the chaotic scene in the staff room, wandering in his thoughts.
So boring... He wants to eat lemon candies.
Officer Megure and some police officers were collecting testimony from Kikuchi Mizukin; Officer Shiratori returned to the police station to search for recently missing persons, and Sato Miwako took the remaining police officers to investigate the scene.
At some point, Kudo Shinichi came close to Kawakami Tsumugi, staring at the latter with eyes that made him tremble.
"Why are you staring at me? Why don't you solve your case?"
"Are you a detective?" Kudo Shinichi asked.
This problem is quite rare for Kudo Shinichi:
He prefers to use affirmative sentences, "You are a detective." "You are a doctor." "You are a policeman." "You are a criminal."... through detailed reasoning, he confidently announces the answers he has observed, But none of his reasoning seemed to work on Kawakami Tsumugi.
Kawakami Tsumugi's body is too clean.
Although this guy's clothes are flashy and he looks like an unconventional young man, there isn't much in his body that can help with reasoning:
There are no stains on his punk-style coat, no tell-tale creases, and it is old or new. His shoes, which are the most likely to leave marks, are clean, with only some dust from the road. His professional hands have no wrinkles. There are no cracks, no scars, not even protruding calluses; even the skin color is very even, but it is too white compared to ordinary people.
Not even the small movements that normal people make when communicating, such as turning their heads, blinking rapidly, or evading their eyes.
The only thing that can reveal some personal information is the pair of glasses, which are flat, proving that this guy has no problem with his eyesight.
Tsumugi Kawakami has definitely done this to himself.
Kudo Shinichi felt that anyone who could do this was either a detective or... the opposite of a detective.
Kawakami gave Kudo a strange look, "Who is a serious person to be a detective?"
To be honest, detective is not a good profession in Kawakami's heart.
Detectives are like writing novels. The top ones are high, the bottom ones are low. The top ones are a minority among the few, and most of them are so good that even my own mother doesn’t recognize them.
If you have no other income, jump into the detective industry. Except for those who have the right people at the right time and the right place and become an instant hit, most of them are struggling to make ends meet, wandering between looking for cats and dogs and looking for mistresses.
Although the social environment of Miwa Town is excellent, and there are murder cases every three days for detectives to prove themselves, it still takes a lot of time to gain qualifications.
Wouldn’t it be great if you have the time to find a stable 9-to-5 job, such as a winery?
"Why is the detective so bad?!" Kudo Shinichi was furious, "Isn't it a great thing to find the murderer through reasoning and give justice to the deceased?!"
"Then you can become a policeman." Tsumugi Kawakami looked disgusted. "It's because too many people think like you, causing the brain drain outside the system, that the Japanese police are so useless."
Kudo Shinichi:......
He suddenly felt that this guy's fallacy still had some truth to it.
"so you--"
"Stop chasing after me and go and solve your case." Kawakami rolled his eyes and pushed Kudo Shinichi toward the on-site detective police.
indeed.
Kudo Shinichi realized that although Kawakami Tsumugi was very interesting, what was really important now was solving the case.
The junior high school student looked unhappy, "Don't push it, I've seen the scene." He walked in the opposite direction of Kawakami's push and entered the staff logistics room. "What I need to know more now is the evidence provided by Miss Kikuchi."
Kawakami Tsumugi followed Kudo Shinichi silently.
Thanks to this little kid questioning him in front of all the police, Kawakami is now registered with the police.
In fact, Kawakami Tsumugi thought he had registered last time, but obviously, not everyone's memory is as good as his.
Although he is not timid, he is still in Mihua Town, and he will not see you when you look up. Moreover, what he did has nothing to do with the word "violation of laws and disciplines." It cannot be said that it has nothing to do with it. It can only be said that it is perfectly relevant.
Therefore, Kawakamiji had better leave an impression score above the horizontal line for this group of people.
In other words, he can no longer fish.
Thanks to his reputation as a detective who solved the park murder case last time, Kudo Shinichi successfully obtained Kikuchi's confession from Officer Megure.
"Miss Kikuchi said that she doesn't remember very much which customers stopped at that shelf..." Kudo Shinichi frowned and analyzed.
The convenience store is not big, and Ms. Kikuchi is both the cashier and goods counter. The shelf where the severed hand is placed is in the blind corner of the cashier. Miss Kikuchi cannot see it, and the only one who is sure to go to that shelf often... Alibi.
The case appears to be at an impasse.
"Analysis from the scene is not feasible. It seems that we have to start from-"
"Analyze the murderer's purpose." Kawakami took over the latter's words very naturally.
"When did you come here?!" Kudo was surprised by Kawakami Tsumugi's elusiveness.
"It seems you are too obsessed with solving crimes, little detective. I have been following you."
"Yes, the murderer's purpose." Kudo Shinichi, who came back to his senses, continued his analysis, "Why did the murderer put this severed hand on the shelf?"
"It's not to hide the evidence, on the contrary, it's to be discovered." Kawakami replied.
"Yes, it is to be discovered." Kudo continued to analyze, "The murderer wanted this hand to be discovered from the beginning. This is the message left by the murderer. In many cases, the murderer will do this:
"First, provocation, such as Jack the Ripper who sent a letter to the police in 1888; second, intimidation, threatening the victim with death to achieve one's own goals; third, notice of murder——"
"Five orange cores." Kawakami couldn't help but interrupt.
The five orange cores are a homicidal warning from a violent group that was once called the Ku Klux Klan. When they commit atrocities, they usually send something special to the target, such as oak leaves, a few watermelon seeds, or a few orange cores.
This is also a story in Sherlock Holmes.
"I tend to think this is a murder notice, and the target should be Ms. Kikuchi Mizukina." Kawakami took over the topic, "According to the testimony, Ms. Kikuchi counts the shelves every day, and the shelves that are rarely visited by customers last about two or three days. Clean it up once.”
"So if you hadn't happened to take all the candy at once today—"
"The first person to discover it should be Miss Kikuchi." The two said in unison.
Officer Megure watched the two people in front of him singing and singing together like cross talk, and couldn't help but ask: "Brother Kawakami, are you a detective?"
"You still said you weren't?" Kudo Shinichi crossed his arms.
"It's really not the case," Kawakami said helplessly, "But my graduate degree is in social psychology, and I also dabble in criminal psychology."
This is Kawakami Tsumugi's current identity.
Being able to dangle in front of the police, Kawakami Tsumugi's identity is naturally perfect. He received his graduate degree from Nanyang University three months ago and is currently conducting social research and writing a thesis in preparation for his Ph.D.
Officer Memu suddenly realized, isn't this the detective Miaozi?
Kudo Shinichi rolled his eyes: "Then you still say that serious people should not be detectives?"
Kawakami smiled. He pointed at himself and asked sincerely: "Kid Kudo, do you think I am a serious person?"
