Chapter 99: Persuasion of Conscience
When Conan had just deeply reflected on himself, Lin Xinyi had already started the autopsy with Miss Mao Lilan.
First of all, nature is the original gesture of the deceased, photographically recorded from all angles.
Everyone in this identification class is very good at this, so I don't need Lin Xinyi to talk about it.
And when the police officer of the forensic division took pictures and recorded the bizarre death of the real boss, that is, the deceased who was pierced through the throat by a sharp sword, Mao Lilan had already found something at the scene:
"It's so strange, Mr. Lin Shinichi..."
"The dead man nailed to the wall by a sword is very similar to the painting opposite him."
Opposite the deceased, there is an oil painting called "Heavenly Punishment".
The painting depicts a bloody knight turning away, followed by a demon nailed to the rock wall by a sword.
The composition of this scene is almost exactly the same as that of the dead real boss.
"Deliberately chose the murder scene in front of this oil painting, and also restored the scene of the oil painting, this murderer..."
"Miss Maori, what do you think?"
Lin Xinyi didn't say what he thought, but asked the novices around him.
Anyway, he originally planned to use this case as practical training, and this simple criminal profile can be used to exercise Mao Lilan's reasoning ability.
"Hmm...," Maolilan frowned and thought carefully:
"The murderer killed people in this cruel and special way, and compared the real boss to a demon in the painting."
"I think he must have a grudge against the real boss."
"Also, the murderer dares to kill people during the day when the museum is open to the public, and even if he is not found when he kills, he can quietly disappear after killing people... He must be very familiar with the security management and spatial structure of this museum. β
"Hmm." Lin Xinyi nodded with satisfaction.
"An acquaintance committed the crime, and the suspect is most likely an insider of the art museum."
He helped to summarize it briefly, and by the way, added a little criminal profile:
"Moreover, judging from this modus operandi that requires great physical fitness, the murderer should be a burly, tall man in the prime of life."
The boss of Manaka was dangling with his feet in the air, and his whole person was off the ground and nailed to the wall by a sword.
And he has extremely obvious strangulation marks on the sides of his neck, so it's not hard to imagine...
He was lifted from the ground by the killer with one hand by the neck, and then stabbed him by the throat with a heavy sword, pinning him to the wall.
And although the boss of Manaka is short, he has a stocky body and meat, and his weight is obviously not light.
I can lift this fat mound off the ground with one hand, and nail it to the wall with a sword...
The murderer is afraid that it is not the humanoid Thanos.
Therefore, seeing such a scene, Lin Xin consciously locked the profile of the offender on the young man with a strong physique.
But this point immediately aroused Mao Lilan's question:
"Not necessarily, right?"
"It's just that at this level, all the girls in our karate club can do it."
Lin Xinyi: "......"
I almost forgot again... There is no way to infer the case of this world with common sense.
There was a "female ninja" who performed acrobatics on the roller coaster before, and now there is an unseemly "berserker", which seems to be very reasonable.
"Ahem... Miss Maolilan was right. β
"Very good, to be a criminal investigator is to always maintain this spirit of questioning."
Lin Xinyi was a little embarrassed to admit his mistake in front of the students and forcibly rounded his words back.
Then, Zhang Luo began the autopsy.
And Lin Xinyi knew that there should be nothing to be found in this case from the autopsy:
Judging from the blood splatters that stained most of the walls red, the deceased was still alive when he was stabbed in the neck, and the blood was still flowing, so there was no suspense about the cause of death, which was a simple sharp piercing and violent death.
The murder weapon is still inserted in the corpse, which also saves the effort of speculating on the type of murder weapon and the angle of the knife.
The next autopsy is nothing more than a walk-through process, a preliminary judgment of the time of death, and a record of the signs of the corpse in various parts of the corpse.
"Miss Maori, spread two layers of waterproof plastic sheeting next to it."
"Then come with me to lower the body from the wall and move it to the ground for examination."
Since there was no difficulty in the autopsy, Lin Xinyi simply changed the focus of this autopsy to teaching, giving Mao Lilan a chance to "practice courage".
Lin Xinyi didn't think that Mao Lilan would be afraid of corpses.
After all, thanks to the aura of doom of a certain great detective, this underage girl may have seen more corpses with her own eyes than most forensic doctors with a shorter police experience.
With such a rich experience base, Mao Lilan naturally would not be like a little girl of the same age, her face turned pale and she broke out in a cold sweat when she saw a corpse.
However, not being afraid to see a corpse and daring to touch a corpse are completely different things.
Corpses are the most realistic thing that is most in line with the theory of the Uncanny Valley, and just looking at it with the eyes can have a great impact on people.
And touching with your hands, pressing, and checking from head to toe is even more challenging people's psychological and physical instincts.
Lin Xinyi was worried that this girl, who studied theory very seriously, would not be able to persist as soon as she came to practice.
If that's the case... Although it was a pity, for the sake of this young man's future, he could only reluctantly persuade him to quit.
And Maolilan's performance is indeed a little bad:
Because the corpse was nailed to the wall by the sword, one person had to draw the sword when it was put down, and the other two people had to catch the corpse that had fallen after the sword was drawn.
Lin Xinyi and Mao Lilan had the most strength, so they took on this tiring work.
They held the corpse left and right, and the smell of blood on the corpse was very strong.
It's so close, even if you're wearing a mask, you can smell the rich blood.
The smell of blood is uncomfortable in itself.
At this moment, Mao Lilan still had to hold the deceased's limp arm tightly and hold the bloodied corpse hard.
Lin Xinyi could clearly feel that when her hand really touched the corpse, it was already inevitably trembling slightly.
"Keep your hands steady and supportive."
"Otherwise, the corpse will fall down, and the blood marks on the scene will be destroyed."
Lin Xinyi reminded in a deep voice, so that Mao Lilan came to his senses.
She pursed her lips tightly, suppressed the instinctive resistance, and finally put the body down with Lin Xinyi.
"Whewβ" Maolilan let out a long sigh of relief.
Even though she had only walked a few steps, she felt that it was even more difficult than fighting a karate match.
The strange touch when touching the corpse seems to remain on the hand, and it can't be shaken off.
At this time, in her complicated and indescribable gaze, Lin Xinyi had already started the autopsy with a focused expression.
He examined the corpse from top to bottom, starting with the head and face.
The cloudy and white pupils, the dirty ear canal, the moist and sticky mouth... These places that Mao Lilan couldn't bear to look at closely, Lin Xinyi could reach out and touch them without changing his face, and put his face closer to observe and study.
Especially when examining the wound.
The pale skin, the black blood, the yellow fat, the bright red muscles, the white bones, and the trachea, esophagus, and arteries that were pierced and cut by a sharp blade to see the wet mucous membranes...
Observing such a picture up close, Maorilan instinctively felt a little sick to his stomach.
She subconsciously wanted to cover her mouth with her hands, but when she raised her hand, she saw that her gloves, which should have been milky white, had already been unknowingly dyed dark red by the blood on the deceased's body.
"Mr. Lin Xinyi?" Mao Lilan's face turned pale for a while, and finally he couldn't hold back and asked, "You... Doesn't you feel sick? β
"Of course it's disgusting."
"But, get used to it."
Lin Xinyi did not stop his movements at all when he inspected the corpse.
But at the same time, he said very seriously:
"I asked you to participate in the autopsy this time just to let you understand what kind of work a forensic doctor is."
"You may subconsciously think of the forensic doctor as a detective like Kudo, but the forensic doctor is not a detective, and he will not be so relaxed, so clean, and so handsome."
"Detectives can simply look at the body and turn around for other evidence, but we have to put up with the dirt and stench and use the utmost patience to examine the body in a complete and orderly manner."
"Miss Maoliran..."
Lin Xinyi raised his head, his gaze was extremely serious:
"Choosing to be a medical examiner means that you will be exposed to corpses like today, even more disgusting, disgusting than you can imagine."
"Surveying the environment isn't going to be as good as it is every time β we're probably going to have to soak in stinking gutters, scoop septic tanks, dig garbage heaps, and drill sewers."
"Those smells may not be washed off even if you go back and take a shower overnight."
Although Lin Xinyi really wants to pull people into the pit, and has been doing his best to support Mao Lilan to become a forensic doctor.
But this kind of work really doesn't rely on support and encouragement to keep people going.
Not to mention that Mao Lilan is a little girl who wants to study forensic medicine because of love...
Even the students who have completed 5 years of college with Lin Xinyi and received professional training have chosen to change careers or take the postgraduate entrance examination after graduation, staying away from this industry.
In order not to let the teaching time you pay go to waste, to avoid the kind of bad thing that the students run away in the middle of the teaching.
After some struggle, Lin Xinyi still decided to explain the situation to her seriously before officially taking Mao Lilan to get started:
"Miss Maoliran..."
"I hope you can think about it carefully, do you really have the determination to become a medical examiner?"
"Iβ" Maolilan was momentarily speechless.
"If you're just in a relationship, just to be an assistant who won't be abandoned by your detective boyfriend..."
"Then I would recommend that you study trace examination rather than forensics."
Lin Xinyi suggested very solemnly:
"Of course, you can also scold that idiot who always leaves you alone."
"Or use him as a telephone pole to play a karate suitβ"
"Maybe it works better."