Chapter 919 A misunderstanding that is not beautiful
Hearing his daughter's familiar scream, Mouri Kogoro woke up from his drunkenness for a second, and ran towards the source of the sound with Conan.
Qin Zhibo ran at the front, and the three of them quickly arrived at Room 205 on the second floor.
"Is it possible that that bastard...bastard!"
Maori Kogoro shouted while running, thinking that the man named Yaxia was doing something wrong to Maori Lan.
When they ran to 205, everyone saw Mao Lilan trembling and pointing toward the bathroom.
"he……"
I saw the duck's head plunged into the hot water in the bathtub, eyes closed forever, and the head was emitting the light of the investigation point.
Qin Zhibo and Maori Kogoro immediately went in to conduct an autopsy and came to the first conclusion: Mao Lilan was not kicked to death in excitement.
On the duck's neck, there was a thin strangulation mark surrounding the front end of the neck. It was obvious that he had been strangled.
Qin Zhibo walked to the body and investigated.
【Corpse Investigation√】
[Name of deceased: Kamoshita Hohiro]
[Time of death: 25 minutes ago]
[Cause of death: strangulation]
[The corpse investigation is completed, character skills obtained: social skills (talking skills)]
[Skills obtained repeatedly will be converted into 1000 skill proficiency for that skill]
With this 1,000 proficiency level, Qin Zhibo's speaking skills have just been upgraded to level 4.
Qin Zhibo has never specially trained this skill, but he can gain proficiency as long as he gets feedback on the questions he raises.
Often the more important the answer to a question is, the higher the proficiency level will be improved.
With the completion of the corpse investigation, the task prompt for the case also popped up.
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Side mission: Find out the murderer of this case
Task requirements: time limit 1 hour
Task reward: 600 general skill proficiency, 150 social credit
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Accepting the system task by default, Qin Zhibo stared at the light spots on the corpse and began to investigate.
First of all, there is the most eye-catching investigation point on the lower neck of the duck.
【Survey√】
[This is a strangulation mark that is not from the Yoshikawa Line]
The investigation explanation was very simple, and it reminded Qin Zhibo of the Yoshikawa Line that he had encountered in previous cases.
The "Yoshikawa line" is a scratch mark on the neck left by the victim's subconscious struggle with his hands when he was strangled by the murderer.
There are indeed no scratches on the duck's lower neck, just a thin, dry line.
However, the results of the corpse investigation showed that the cause of death was strangulation, so it could only be that Yaxia was strangled to death when he was unable to resist.
On this basis, Qin Zhibo found a second investigation point, which was on the back of the duck's head, very close to the neck.
【Survey√】
[The back of the head was hit hard with a blunt object, and the scalp was broken]
Qin Zhibo took a closer look and could see that there were indeed bleeding spots between the hair roots.
If we refer to the previous investigation point, Yaxia should have been hit hard on the back of the head, knocked unconscious, and then strangled to death.
In addition to these two investigation points, Qin Zhibo looked around and found that the third investigation point was being held by Conan.
At the same time, Conan did not rush forward to conduct an autopsy immediately. Instead, he used his height advantage to find a phone on the bathroom floor.
Conan picked up the phone with his handkerchief and started playing with it immediately.
Soon, he discovered some clues.
On the previous page of the phone, there was a selfie of a naked woman tightening her neck with some kind of thin thread.
But unfortunately, the photo only shows the chin of the barren woman and the top of the two hemispheres.
There is a very obvious black mole on the woman's chest.
Conan looked startled, remembering what Kinukawa Kazuki had said in the afternoon that his mother had a black mole on her chest.
Just when Conan was thinking about how to tell this without hurting Kinukawa and Teru, a voice sounded faintly in his ears.
"Young, when did you learn to identify pornographic pictures?"
"ah!"
Conan was so startled that he almost lost his grip on the phone, but luckily Qin Zhibo snatched it away.
Seeing the photo above, Qin Zhibo realized that his reasoning just now was wrong.
In the photo, Yaxia had his eyes open when he was being strangled, indicating that he was not unconscious. He was just holding a camera in his hand to take a selfie and had no time to resist.
Most people just encounter a car accident and take a photo after being hit to post on WeChat Moments, but a rope is strangled around their necks and they have to take a photo first.
As expected of a journalist, you are so dedicated!
Thanks to Yaxia's professionalism, it was rare that the photos were not taken falsely. The murderer clearly had female features, was not small, and had a mole on it.
【Survey√】
[The murderer is a woman, but what’s noteworthy is the line on her neck? 】
Qin Zhibo looked carefully at the rope wrapped around the duck's neck. It was indeed very thin, even like some kind of filament, thin thread or the like.
This reminded Qin Zhibo of the killer Tachibana Maya's weapon, which was iron wire. His record was that he used the iron wire to strangle Mouri Kogoro's neck and hang him up, but not even a strangulation mark was left on Mouri Kogoro's neck.
Of course, Mouri Kogoro's neck is an exception. Most people can be strangled with wire.
If the murder weapon is a relatively tough silk thread, similar to iron wire, fishing line, etc., the murderer will definitely have calluses on his hands, or there will be marks on his hands from the silk thread.
Thinking of this, Qin Zhibo felt that there was no need to drag it on, so he quickly returned the phone to Conan and hurriedly left the bathroom.
Conan stared at Qin Zhibo as he left, wondering what he was going to do and hesitating in his heart whether he should follow him or not.
If you follow me, it will violate the previous competitive principles of fair competition and not looking at answers in advance.
If you don't follow me, I'm really curious about what clues Qin Zhibo can deduce from this photo.
Forget it, let’s play fair...
Conan gave up the idea of tracking Qin Zhibo.
At this time, Mao Lilan, who had returned from calling the police, happened to shift his attention from the body to Conan's hands, and happened to see an inappropriate scene on his phone.
"Conan!"
"What are you looking at!"
Conan, who came back to his senses, looked at the sullen Mao Lilan, and then at the big, white photo in his hand, and his face immediately turned red with embarrassment.
"Xiao, Sister Xiaolan, it's not what you think..."
"This, this is just a photo taken by the murderer before he died!"
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On the other side, Qin Zhibo left room 205.
He first went to the hotel proprietress, revealed his identity as a famous detective to her, and asked her to gather all the female employees in the hotel.
Soon, a total of 7 female employees came over, including the proprietress herself, who usually works as a waitress.
Although the incident that happened in the hotel has not been made public, after all, the death happened in their own hotel, so everyone was mentally prepared and had some uneasiness on their faces.
"Detective Qin, these are all the female employees in our store. Do you have anything to do with us?"
Qin Zhibo introduced: "I think everyone should know that a death occurred in the hotel."
"As for the specific details of the case, I can't say it yet, but I need to see your palms. Maybe you can help me deduce who the murderer is..."
Qin Zhibo's social credit is now 9100. The title of detective is very useful. Sometimes, there is no need to investigate privately, but just conduct a public investigation.
When the female employees heard this, their expressions became even more uneasy and they looked at each other.
The landlady also hurriedly stepped forward, "Excuse me...is the murderer among us?"
Qin Zhibo nodded firmly, "Yes, the murderer is among you."
"Ah? This..." The girls were in an uproar.
In order to prevent it from turning into a large discussion, Qin Zhibo immediately said: "If you want to eliminate the suspicion on you as soon as possible, just hold out your palm and let me see it."
Qin Zhibo didn't give these women time to discuss, and started with the boss's wife who was closest to him.
The proprietress carefully stretched out her hands, but Qin Zhibo pointed out her posture.
"Palm facing up."
The landlady's palms are somewhat fleshy and have calluses, but they are located on the belly of the fingers and the middle finger of her right hand.
The place where you hold the wire should be the joints of a few fingers, but the boss lady has neither calluses nor strangulation marks in these places.
Although the boss lady was safe for the time being, Qin Zhibo did not express his position, but continued to look at the next person's palm.
One, two, three...
After looking at four people in a row, none of them had the same palms as the murderer Qin Zhibo imagined. None of them had calluses or strangulation marks.
However, Qin Zhibo didn't express his position, he just nodded and passed by.
When it was the turn of the braided Sanzhi Chaoxiang, Qin Zhibo stopped.
Sanzhi Chaoxiang may be unconvinced because she had some unpleasantness with Qin Zhibo before, but she had to obediently stretch out her hand for Qin Zhibo to check.
Sanzhi Chaoxiang's palms are different from other female employees. She has a lot of calluses on her palms. Although they are not thick, they do affect the appearance.
In addition, the skin color on the middle finger and the first knuckle of the index finger on her right hand was a little burnt, which was obviously different from other parts.
This woman smokes.
Qin Zhibo immediately made a judgment in his mind, because the two browned parts were proof that she had been holding cigarettes between her fingers for a long time.
Qin Zhibo calmly stretched out his hand, holding three sticks of morning incense in his palm and inspecting it carefully.
Sanzhi Asaka subconsciously pulled back, but seeing the female employees and the landlady around her staring at her, she couldn't say no.
Qin Zhibo touched her palm here and started a long-awaited character investigation.
【Survey√】
Name: Atsuko Kinukawa
Gender: Female
Age:28
Occupation: Unemployed
Social credit: 300
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Lucky:35
Skills: Special skills (gambling), games, cooking...
After seeing this information, Qin Zhibo understood everything and let go of her hand.
It was the turn of the last female employee, the short-haired woman who was seen in the bathhouse just now, named Shiko Bessho.
Face to face, Qin Zhibo discovered that there was a black mole on her chin.
Generally, people who have moles on their body will not only have one mole, but also have moles in invisible places.
But her palms also didn't meet the requirements, and there were no traces of silk threads being used.
"alright……"
Qin Zhibo took a step back and announced: "I have finished reading them all. Everyone can go about their own business."
The proprietress hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Who is the murderer?", but Qin Zhibo responded with "No comment."
Just like that, the waitresses left in groups, discussing in low voices.
In fact, when the waitresses gathered together and Qin Zhibo saw that none of them had any investigation points, he had a hunch.
But that level of thin thread, no matter what material it is made of, will definitely leave marks on your hands unless it is protected by calluses at the corresponding location.
Unless there are strangulation marks on your hands, they should be dealt with quickly in a short period of time.
This reminded Qin Zhibo of when he went to the bathhouse, the proprietress, Sanzhi Chaoxiang, and Bessho Toshiko were taking a bath.
Soaking in hot water can speed up the recovery of skin strangulation scars.
If this is the case, these three people are the first to be suspected, and they are the familiar three.
Starting from the motive, Sanzhi Chaoxiang is the most suspicious person.
Because no matter from her previous temptation or her real name, she is the mother that Kinukawa Kazuki is looking for.
The purpose of Kamoshita's reporter coming to the hotel was obviously related to the matter of Kinukawa Kazuki looking for his mother. Maybe Kamoshita had received the news in advance and found out what Big Braid had said.
But faced with this kind of three-choice case, Qin Zhibo knew that the more motivated someone was, the less they could blindly determine an investigation target, otherwise it would be the next "gross profit".
In addition to the murder weapon, there is a mole on the murderer's chest, which is also an important clue.
However, Qin Zhibo did not buy the shopping mall prop [see-through glasses] for the first week, so he could not check the mole in private, let alone ask the waitress to take off her clothes.
So we can only wait for the police to investigate on our own.
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In Room 205, Kogoro Mouri also obtained the important evidence of cell phone photos from Conan.
"Really! What are you doing with such important evidence, you little brat!"
Mouri Kogoro scolded him, but fortunately he didn't give Conan a brain-destroying blow.
Conan handed over his cell phone and just as he was about to push away Kinukawa Kazuki who was watching at the door, Mouri Kogoro, with his sharp eyes, noticed the bright spots in the photo.
"Wow! It turns out the murderer has a mole on his chest!"
Mouri Kogoro's voice happened to be heard by Kinukawa Kazuki who had not yet walked out of the door.
Oops!
Conan's expression changed, and he immediately turned to look at Kinukawa.
Although Conan was unhappy with the kid's behavior of acting coquettishly and asking for a hug from Mao Lilan along the way, the child was innocent after all, and he should not be allowed to hear such cruel things.
The biological mother who finally found her is actually a murderer?
However, even though Kinukawa Kazuki was only 7 years old, he immediately understood the meaning, looked stunned, turned around and ran out of the room.
"Hehui!"
Kinukawa and Hui ran very fast, and Mao Lilan, who noticed something strange, quickly chased after them.
However, at this time, Kinukawa had already run away for some distance, and did not look back even though Mao Lilan behind him called to him.
His brain couldn't accept it for a while, and his body could only subconsciously choose to escape.
He ran to the corner and stopped, avoiding Mao Lilan who was chasing him, while digesting the news in his mind that was like a bolt from the blue.
Mother, is the murderer...
My mother is a murderer...
Just at this moment, two waitresses delivering bedding to the guests walked side by side from the other direction around the corner. They were talking about something as they walked.
"Do you remember just now?"
"The famous detective looked at the palms of all of us to determine who the murderer was... He only stopped in front of Sanzhi and touched it carefully with his hand."
The other waitress nodded, "Yes, everyone just glanced at her hands and passed by, so they treated her hands differently..."