Looking at the two young detectives in front of her, Sato Miwako directly questioned the screening methods proposed by the two.
"Although you can check the pass you got at the highway entrance as evidence for investigation, but now there are ETC dedicated lanes on the highway."
Sato Miwako reminded the two of them: "Under this kind of passage, even if you can pass directly without paying manually, you don't need a pass."
What Miwako Sato is talking about is a new technology on highways. The so-called "ETC" is an electronic toll collection system, which is basically used for bridge or highway toll collection.
The specific application of this technology is to conduct dedicated short-range communication between a proximity card installed on the vehicle windshield and a microwave antenna on the ETC lane of the toll station.
Afterwards, computer networking technology is used to perform back-end settlement processing with the bank, so that there is no need to stop and pay manually. The highway tolls can be automatically deducted from the card more quickly, thus realizing automatic charging.
Compared with manual processing, this kind of charging only takes about 2 seconds, and the efficiency is 5 to 10 times that of manual channels.
Although there are also reasons such as cumbersome procedures that make promotion somewhat difficult, it must be said that this is an advanced technology.
Going back to the case, if we follow the screening method of the two people in the factory, there will indeed be loopholes in the ETC dedicated channel.
"At least now we can confirm that the deceased entered the highway at the same entrance as us."
Hattori Heiji smiled and said: "Unfortunately, the ETC machine there has broken down since this morning.
So you can only use the manual channels where passes are issued.”
"I see!"
Takagi's expression brightened: "In this way, the hidden danger of the ETC channel will disappear, and all that is left is to lock the person who has the entrance ticket."
"And after we checked the pass held by the envoy, we found that the envoy actually got on the expressway an hour earlier than us!" Kudo Shinichi said about his discovery.
"One hour!?" Sato Miwako said in surprise: "So..."
"I guess I stopped at a rest stop to eat or something." Hattori Heiji said the reason for the one-hour delay.
"In other words, the murderer did not just enter the highway at the same time and from the same entrance."
Kudo Shinichi raised the corner of his mouth, as if he was a hunter who had locked his prey, with a confident smile on his face, "And the three cars we locked on were the cars that were still driving near the deceased an hour after he entered the highway.
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"So that's it." Miwako Sato suddenly felt a little surprised.
"Okay, the screening method has been clarified, let's get down to business now."
Tangze said: "Detective Maori is waiting for the forensic investigators one kilometer away. Let's take advantage of this time to meet the three suspects."
Tang Ze was not surprised at all that the two of them were able to narrow down the suspects to three people so quickly.
Although to the uninitiated, trying to identify suspects among hundreds of vehicles can be overwhelming.
But if you know the known information that the two people have, this screening method is actually not difficult to think of.
Miwako Sato felt that this method was unreliable only because of errors in intelligence.
But if they knew that the ETC channel of the highway intersection where the deceased entered was broken, and the deceased had entered the highway again an hour ago, then they would naturally choose the same screening method as Kudo and others.
Anyway, according to Ke Xue's law, a large number of suspects will be instantly locked into 3 to 5 people due to various specific conditions.
This may seem very "sciencey" at first glance, but in fact it also has certain scientific rules.
As Hattori Heiji said before, it's not like you have superpowers to kill people, so they will naturally leave traces.
As long as the deceased's lifetime information is extracted, those who do not meet the conditions can naturally be screened out and the suspects who meet the conditions can be targeted.
Taking this case as an example, some people may meet a condition, such as entering the highway from the same toll station at the same time, or eating at the same rest stop.
But this high probability may be a coincidence, but if both conditions are met, the suspicion will naturally increase.
After the screening, the three people left in front of me were the ones in front of me.
The first is Riko Mizoba, who has pink hair and is obviously related to the deceased Gunpei.
According to Mizoba Riko, she and the deceased were boyfriend and girlfriend, and they only went on the expressway for a ride together.
"You said driving? But you were driving alone, right?" Takagi was recording the other party's confession while looking at the other party's yellow Mitsubishi modified car with a tail fin.
"Yes, our driving habits are different from others." Mizoba Riko said: "Gunpei and I are used to driving our own cars, isn't this okay?"
"Then your resting at the rest stop was planned in advance by Mr. Junping?" Tang Ze asked.
"No, it's Gunpei. He said he suddenly felt sleepy and wanted to rest for an hour. I was bored and could only kill time in the restaurant at the rest stop, and then wake him up at 1 o'clock." Mizoba Riko shook her head and explained.
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Hearing this, Tang Ze and everyone looked at each other, becoming more confident about the previous screening.
If what Mizoba Riko said was true, then because Mr. Gunhira suddenly changed his mind, the prisoner had no choice but to follow him, which naturally aggravated the suspicion of the other two people.
The other party obviously planned to follow the deceased at first, and then took the opportunity to commit the crime.
But Jun Ping's sudden change disrupted his plan, leaving him with no choice but to stop at the restaurant.
In this case, the other two people who were screened out would naturally have greater suspicions.
And if Mizoda Riko told lies, it would be even simpler. As long as the flaws in the other party's words are discovered in the subsequent investigation, the other party's lies will naturally be exposed and he will be brought to justice.
And this is why Tang Ze asked this question.
"So that's it."
After Takagi recorded Mizoda Riko's words, he looked at the other selected suspects and asked: "Then what were you two doing at the rest stop?"
The two suspects both appeared to be middle-aged men, but their body shapes were completely opposite. One was fat and the other thin.
The thin one is wearing a blue jacket, has blond hair and a mustache. He looks a bit like a gangster, and according to his self-introduction, his name is Tadaya Atsushi.
The fat man wore glasses, a shirt and a green V-neck sweater. He looked like a simple and honest man. He introduced himself as Taishi Shimojima.
After hearing Takagi's question, Tadada Atsushi snorted in displeasure: "I was simply hungry, so I went to the rest stop to eat and rest after entering the expressway."
"What about you?" Sato Miwako looked at Shimojima Taishi and asked, "What are you doing for?"
"I was driving when I suddenly felt very uncomfortable in my stomach..."
Shimojima Taishi turned his head to the side, his eyes were wandering and he did not dare to look at Sato Miwako. He stuttered and said: "So, so after that, I went to the restroom of the rest stop..."
"We already know the reason why you called us here. Someone died in the car."
Tadada Atsuo crossed his arms, his face full of irritability and impatience: "Let me tell you, this matter has nothing to do with us!"
"I, I think so too." Shimojima Taishi seems to be a cowardly person. He stutters unconsciously when speaking, but still timidly agreed.
"You two are lying!!"
Hearing these two people's excuses, Mizoba Riko was furious. She glared at the two and angrily said, "You two are obviously very familiar with Gunpei, but now you are pretending not to know each other!"
At this point, Riko Mizoda ran up to Tadada Atsuo, pointed at him and said angrily: "You are the head of the Stars Racing Team who is going head-to-head with the Gunpei Racing Team!"
Being directly exposed by Mizoda Riko, Tadada Atsuo clicked his tongue in displeasure, and in the end did not dare to say anything more.
Mizoba Riko looked at Taishi Shimojima next to her and snorted: "You are obviously the father of Azhang who was in Gunpei's motorcade and died in a car accident a while ago, aren't you!!"
"Wait a minute! Is the deceased the governor of the ancient city!?"
Hearing Miwata Riko's words accusing the two of them, Sato Miwako was not surprised that both of them knew the deceased, and even Taishi Shimojima had great murderous intentions. Instead, she was surprised by the identity of the deceased.
"Yeah...that's right..." Mizoba Riko heard Sato Miwako's question and nodded.
"Sato-san, who is this person?" Hattori Heiji saw Sato Miwako's surprised look and couldn't help but asked curiously.
"Furujo Gunpei is the former team leader of Red Comets, a watch station based in western Tokyo." Sato Miwako explained: "He is also a celebrity in a certain circle."
"That's right, even though he washed the color out of his hair and shaved his beard cleanly." Mizoba Riko nodded after hearing this.
"Speaking of the Red comets, I remember that the team leader finally resigned in order to take responsibility for an accident."
Sato Miwako glanced at Shimojima Taishi and felt that it might be related to the team member A Zhang mentioned by Mizoba Riko before.
"Yeah, that's why he said this was his last ride, just to give his car another run..."
Mizoba Riko's sad expression turned into anger when she said this, and she grabbed Tadada Atsuo by the collar: "But what we didn't expect was that this guy followed Gunpei and tried to overtake by force!
Huh, you don’t need to think about it to know that this guy has never won on the mountain road, so he can’t swallow this and came to find trouble today!”
"You woman, stop being so verbose!"
Tadada Atsuo seemed to be poked at a sore point and became angry. He threw away Riko Mizuta's hand and said angrily: "If you want to blame it, blame that guy for winning so many times and then retiring as soon as he said he was going to retire!
In this case, wouldn't that guy become a legend as a winner?
I originally wanted to provoke him, but he didn't react at all and just let me pass him!"
Speaking of this, Atsushi Tadada looked at Riko Mizoba and snorted, with a sneer on his face: "Only when I saw you did I realize that that guy was actually having sex with me for a ride with the woman I had broken up with."
Mizoba Riko glared at Tadada Atsuo, then pointed at Shimojima Taishi and said: "There is also him, who kept honking the horn many times from behind!"
"Well, that's because I was originally driving behind Junping's car, but after that person overtook Junping, Junping suddenly slowed down. I saw that the car was about to hit him, so I hurriedly honked the horn."
Taishi Shimojima hurriedly explained: "After that, I saw Gunpei entering the overtaking lane in order to chase his car, so I sounded the horn again.
On the day of my son's funeral, Mr. Gunpei swore to me that he had decided to quit racing, but at that time he entered the passing lane with the obvious intention of racing, which naturally made me very angry, so I kept honking the horn to express my dissatisfaction.
But not long after, I saw Junping’s driving behavior becoming very strange. He clearly ran into the overtaking lane, but never overtook.
Then I saw Junping's car swaying for a while, then hit the guardrail and kept moving forward."
"After that, Karasawa accelerated his car and drove in front of the other party, forcing him to stop." Takagi glanced at Karasawa and said.
"That's right." Mizota Riko nodded and said, "That's when I realized something happened to Gunpei."
"So you are the first discoverer?" Miwako Sato looked at Karasawa and others.
"No, the first person who discovered it was this young lady." Hattori Heiji raised his chin towards Mizoba Riko and said.
"After all, we are together. I thought Gunpei's car was a bit strange before. Then I saw you suddenly forced Gunpei's car to stop. Naturally, I realized that something had happened, so I quickly got out of the car to check the situation." Mizoba Riko heard.
Yan explained.
"But...if we assume that what the three of them said is true, then they seem to have little chance of strangling Mr. Junping..."
Takagi touched his chin and muttered: "And the three of them were next to the deceased's car at the time. If there was any obvious move, the other two should have seen it..."
"Okay, it's not that easy to find out whether the murderer is. Now that we have asked, we will go to the crime scene to take a look."
Tang Ze patted Takagi and signaled the other party to stop worrying about who the prisoner was: "I'm leaving it to you to unblock the toll plaza. There's no need to block it anymore."
"Okay." Takagi nodded when he heard the words, looked at the other three people and said, "Where are they?"
"Well, come with us." After thinking about it, Karasawa felt that Takagi might not be able to stand up to the three of them, so he asked the three of them to follow them back to the crime scene.
Because it was a highway and one could not drive in the opposite direction, Karasawa and others could only walk back to the crime scene one kilometer away.
The three of them were full of complaints about this, but they could only follow Tang Ze and others towards the crime scene.
Soon, everyone was waiting for Mouri Kogoro and others to join up.