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"...Personally, I feel that the murderer used the mechanism to delay the deceased's fall."
After listening to Scotland's speculation, Kawakamiji added. After the ingredients were processed, Scotland began to cook dinner, while Tsumugi Kawakami stood aside and watched.
"Fishing line or something?" Scotland asked.
"Possibly. In order to ensure smooth drainage, the railings on the rooftop have a slight slope downwards. The murderer could have used a fishing line to fix the deceased to the railings.
Then the unconscious deceased will slide down due to gravity, and the cement slope will provide friction, slowing down her downward speed. When the pulling force on the fishing line is strong enough, it will be broken. "Kawakamiji replied.
“But is there any fishing line on site?”
"Of course not." Kawakamiji spread his hands.
Scotland turned off the heat, added the miso soup to the pot, and glanced at Kawakami Tsumugi when he took the soup bowl.
The meaning is obvious: can you still talk nonsense without you?
"If fishing line is really used, there is no need to stay at the scene." explained Kawakami Tsuyoshi. "The murderer can wrap the line around the railing and tie both ends to the deceased. In this way, when it breaks, it will not leave too much on the railing. Traces - and the rain has almost washed away the traces.
At the same time, there is no need to use fishing line, just use local materials and use the thread on the clothes. That way, even if the police find out, they may think that the clothes were torn somewhere when they were hung up when jumping off the building. "
"Sounds like trouble."
"That's right."
Kawakamiji nodded in agreement,
"The more things are done, the more loopholes are discovered. The police inferred that there was something wrong with the fall from the fact that there was no rust on the body's hands. It is completely possible to abandon the body in the same place and leave it to the police after it rots and stinks, instead of leaving it alone." A fresh corpse."
So this guy is thinking entirely from the perspective of a criminal... Scotland thought.
Perhaps this is the reason why Kawakami is so close to the policeman, enjoying the excitement of being under the police's nose?
The cat-eyed young man who was cooking in an apron said helplessly: "Can you please stop describing these things in such a specific way while I'm cooking?"
"Sorry, Kage-kun~"
Kawakami took a step forward and helped bring the miso soup to the table. Then he returned to the kitchen and continued to watch the dinner being made.
"Well, actually the murderer didn't do too badly... The police probably just defined it as suicide to save trouble. To be honest, Japan's suicide rate has always been high." Kawakami continued to chat.
"But it seems to be decreasing recently."
"Yes, but the murder rate has increased. This is progress. It makes no difference to the victims, but at least it is better to face the problem instead of covering it up."
The sarcasm was very good, and Scotland suppressed his desire to refute as an undercover police officer.
"The police have confirmed that it was murder, right?" He started to cook the second dish and changed the subject at the same time, "Actually, I feel that this time it was an acquaintance."
"According to the existing clues, it does seem like an acquaintance, but...it doesn't feel right."
"What's wrong?"
"It doesn't conform to the rules of rice flower town that I summarized."
Kawakamiji replied,
"If it was an acquaintance who committed the crime, he would definitely stay at the scene with a blank look on his face. At the same time, there were several other acquaintances who acted as interference. After some reasoning, he was identified by the detective on the spot——"
"It's better to trust the science."
Scotland couldn't listen anymore and felt that this conversation was getting more and more outrageous.
"No, no, no, Kage-kun, I am the expert." Kawakami shook his head, "According to Miwa Town's murder code, the murderer was not caught on the spot, which means that his crime is not over.
Bet on three packs of lemon candies... This is a series of incidents. "
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"Sato, I made a discovery."
After listening to the little detective's guess about the murderer's method of committing the crime, Matsuda Jinpei suddenly spoke with a solemn expression.
"What did you find?" Miwako Sato came over.
"look."
Matsuda Jinpei showed the files to everyone.
Before, Miwako Sato accidentally knocked the files on Officer Megure's desk to the ground. When Jinpei Matsuda was picking them up, he turned over one of them.
"This is..." Miwako Sato frowned and recalled, and she reacted after three seconds, "A few weeks ago, the victim was the thief of Shikaya Kinko?"
"That's right." Matsuda Jinpei nodded.
It was while investigating that case that he met Zhu Fujingguang and the well-hidden criminal Kawakami Tsumugi on the way to collect the confession of the flower shop owner.
"Theft?" Kudo Shinichi came over, his eyes bright, "Did Officer Matsuda find similarities between the two cases?"
"It's not just these two pieces." Matsuda Jinpei drew another three pieces, "These three pieces are also burglaries."
There cannot be only two police officers, Sato Miwako and Matsuda Jinpei, in the Search Section 1. These three cases were handled by other police officers.
"These are all unresolved cases." Officer Memu said with shame.
Burglaries like this are often caused by thieves breaking into an empty door, taking away property and then escaping. In addition, surveillance in Mihua Town is not widespread, so it is difficult to catch the thieves.
Without enough evidence, the police stayed away from such cases. And no one died, so even if it was destroyed, it would not be cost-effective compared to murder.
Many times, the police just ask the victim to make a record, and then nothing happens.
"In these burglaries, the victims were all young women living alone or living together. Their rooms were rummaged through in a mess, and their finances were stolen... Because when the thieves broke into the empty door, the victims were not at home, so there was no casualties."
"However, this is the characteristic of most burglaries." The young detective objected, "And young women are indeed more likely to be targeted."
"No, there is a little difference." Miwako Sato discovered the problem, "There are similarities in the photos of the eucalyptus scene."
"Yes." Matsuda Jinpei nodded, "Look at the victim's wardrobe."
"The clothes in the closet were roughly rummaged through. This behavior meets the needs of the prisoner... No, there is one special thing. All the victims' coats have marks of being scratched by a knife!"
Kudo Shinichi quickly discovered the problem.
"And they are all older style woolen coats." Matsuda Jinpei added.
"Where's the victim this time?!"
"Here are the photos of the scene." Officer Memu pulled out the latest one from a pile of files.
"There are the same traces!" Kudo Shinichi shouted.
"Therefore, it is very likely that they are the same person." Matsuda Jinpei said, "That is a habitual criminal who likes to break into empty doors and select young women to steal property. He should have been keeping an eye on Fushiya Misato for a long time and picked her based on how often she went out. Time away from home.
"However, he did not expect that Fushiya Misato's incident would be revealed because she was dating multiple boyfriends at the same time. She did not go out due to mood or other reasons. As a result, the murderer and the victim bumped into each other.
"He simply knocked the victim unconscious, fearing that he would be identified later and pretending to fall from the building. He didn't do it smoothly and left many unnecessary traces."
"It sounds almost completely consistent with the facts, Matsuda." Officer Megure said, "But there are too many personal guesses, and we still need detailed evidence."
"We can use this as a tracking direction." Kudo Shinichi said, "And there is another question, why did the murderer cut his clothes?
"Treading on the Stars"
This is not necessary in a theft; he only has to check the pockets of the clothes in the wardrobe to see if there is money.
Therefore, I think the murderer is probably looking for something.
And that thing is hidden in the clothes. "
