Chapter 42: The Cafe Incident II
Although Conan came with Xiaolan by himself, Kogoro still decided to help him hide it. "Conan, I took something and went back again, and I was still a little worried about seeing him at home alone, so I brought it, after all, it's a child!"
Although there is some truth in what she said, Xiaolan is still unwilling. She glanced at Kogoro, and then looked at Fei Yingli. She immediately made a decision in her mind.
She walked over to Conan, who was pensive, and picked him up despite his struggles. "Sister Xiaolan, what are you doing!?" "You kid, what are you doing here?"
After speaking, she looked at Kogoro and the others again. "Mom and Dad! I'll take Conan back first! Hearing Ran's words, Kogoro looked at Officer Twilight.
"Officer Twilight, it's okay for the two of them to leave now, right?" "Of course there is no problem with their words!" After glancing at Xiaolan's Conan, he said without hesitation.
"Then you should go back first! I'll be back in the afternoon! After hearing Kogoro's answer, Xiaolan nodded and left with Conan with a helpless face.
After the two left, the people in the toilet began to survey the scene. The toilet was divided into several private rooms, and the deceased was in the single room closest to the window.
Her body was curled up, her entire upper body stained red with blood. A knife had fallen right next to the corpse, and on top of that, there were shallow strangulation marks on her neck.
"The deceased's name is Himeno Yayoi, he is twenty-four years old this year, and he died of a stab in the heart." Officer Twilight looked at the corpse placed on the ground and spoke slowly.
"The prisoner must have wanted to steal her money and was murderous when the deceased found out. So he strangled her by the neck and stabbed her in the heart. As he spoke, he looked at the place where the sink was.
Then he looted the deceased's belongings, threw the empty purse and wallet next to the sink, and left the body behind the door. The window was open, and there was a deserted alley outside, from which he must have escaped. ”
Officer Twilight spoke his reasoning as if it were the truth. "The murderer shouldn't have run too far, you should immediately go around and look around!" "Wait a minute, Officer Twilight!"
"What's wrong, Maori brother!?" He looked at Kogoro who suddenly spoke in confusion. "I don't think the murderer escaped through the window!" "How is that possible!?"
"Officer Twilight, look at this, isn't it too clean?" "Wouldn't it be better to have a cleaner toilet?" Although he was puzzled, he walked over to the windowsill that Kogoro was pointing.
Before Kogoro could explain, Fei Yingli said it directly. "He's saying that if the killer had escaped through the window, there should have been some traces, but it was so clean that there was nothing."
"Lawyer Concubine, you're here too!" Officer Twilight glanced at Fei Yingli in surprise, then at Kogoro before speaking again after a long while.
"But it's also possible that the murderer wiped the marks off the window!" "It's impossible, if he had the leisure to deal with those traces, he wouldn't have left the murder weapon and the deceased's wallet."
"Yes, it is almost impossible for a criminal who has preserved the evidence and the scene intact to have the heart to dispose of the traces of escape." Kogoro shook his head slightly, showing that he didn't have much hope for the quality of this murderer.
"So what do you mean, the murderer is the guy in the café!?" "Yes, and not only that. From the moment I entered the shop, no one has ever left the café. ”
"So go and check who has entered the toilet during this time?" Officer Twilight immediately ordered the officers around him to confirm this information as soon as possible.
"No, there are five people who have entered the toilet one after another." "Really!? What are the five of them? Officer Twilight said in surprise. It was the big man, the college student, the young man, me and the deceased. ”
"What!? You've been to the toilet too! "Yes, I've been there too." "Huh! So let's get them all over first! So saying, he asked the police to go and call the three men over.
After making sure that they had all gone to the bathroom, Officer Twilight questioned them again. "Very well, can you tell us why you're here in the order in which you came?"
First of all, the somewhat raunchy college student. "I came here because I wanted a quiet place to write my paper."
"Then I came in after the dead, and the reason was to meet this guy." Fei Yingli clasped her hands and glanced at Kogoro.
"Then there's me, and I actually come to this store every day because I like to chat with the store manager when I have nothing to do."
"In the end, it's me, I made an appointment with a girl to meet here." He said with some embarrassment.
"Among them, except for Mr. Huang, who went to the toilet earlier than the deceased, and came out before she went in, so his suspicion is ruled out for the time being, then the rest are the three of us." Fei Yingli said lightly.
They were talking, and Kogoro began to survey the scene. This case was homicide, and the cause of death with the murder weapon was very obvious, and the only thing missing was evidence that could prove the identity of the prisoner.
Soon, Kogoro noticed that the blood stains were abnormal. The corpse was lying in the doorway, holding the door against it, which blocked the way out, and if the murderer was inside, he would have to get out through the gap above the compartment.
But there is one thing that vetoes the possibility that the murderer is in the compartment. The deceased was stabbed in the heart, so a large amount of blood spurted out when the killer pulled out the knife.
If the murderer had pulled out the knife directly in front of the corpse, there would have been a lot of blood stained in front of him, and judging from the blood splattered on the ground, there was absolutely no trace of being blocked by anything.
With this in mind, Kogoro looked above the door panel. There he found a few more blood stains, and since the murderer was outside the compartment, the body should have been thrown in.
As for the tool of the crime, it should be something that caused strangulation marks on the neck of the deceased. What the hell could it be, Kogoro began to ponder.
His gaze scanned back and forth in the chamber, trying to find some clues. 'Knives, corpses, and spurting blood. That's right! Since the murderer was pulling out the knife inside the compartment outside the compartment, he definitely took advantage of the relationship of the rope. ’
If that's the case, you'll definitely get more or less blood stains! Thinking of this, he immediately walked out of the cubicle, his eyes scanning the several people.