SWDnovel Chapter 860 is another classic 3-choice-1!
Chapter 860 is another classic 3-choice-1!
Chapter 860 Another classic choice among three!
Maruta Ayumi continued, "There doesn't seem to be any signs of anyone rummaging around in the store, so the possibility of theft and murder is relatively small."
Qing Musong wanted to roll his eyes when he heard this. What kind of thief would come to steal from an izakaya when it's open for business? Are you stupid?
Thieves are just bad, not stupid.
At this time, Maori Kogoro said: "At the time of the incident, all the customers, including me, temporarily left the store."
"So the proprietress should have been the only one in the store at that time, and the situation in the store could not be seen from the outside through the frosted glass," said Aoki Matsu.
"So, only the customers knew that the proprietress was the only one in the store at that time." Maruta Ayumi continued.
Qing Musong nodded, "That means within five minutes of everyone leaving, a certain guest came back and killed the proprietress."
Plus there are three guests.
What a coincidence!
Another classic choice of three!
Naturally, the procedure was still the same as before. While waiting for the forensic department to perform the autopsy, he went to question the three suspects to see if he could find any loopholes in their words.
The three of them were very surprised by Qing Musong's question.
Shan Qianxun exclaimed, "Ah, you want to ask us about the situation at that time, what does that mean?"
"Judging from the situation at the scene, the probability that one of you three committed this crime is quite high." Maruta Ayumi said to the three of them.
"Baka!" Shan Qianxun cursed out loud, "Stop talking nonsense."
Qing Mu Song did not have the time or energy to explain to the three people, so he asked directly: "So in the five minutes when the incident happened, where were you and what did you do? Please explain in detail."
Shan Qianxun's face changed slightly when he heard this.
At this time, Maori Kogoro suddenly remembered something and said, "I still remember that time, after everyone left, only Miss Shan did not come out of the store. Maybe Miss Shan was waiting for a chance to be alone with the boss lady."
Shan Qianxun was shocked when she heard this, and quickly asked back: "Why should I do this?"
"You, you didn't borrow money from the proprietress here when the dance studio was about to collapse, did you?" Nakamura Jin suddenly said while looking at Shan Chihiro.
His words instantly startled Shan Qianxun, "What, what did you say?"
Everyone also looked towards Nakamura Susumu.
Nakamura explained, "I heard that when the boss lady lends money to others, she always looks kind and gentle. But when she asks people to pay back the money, she is like a devil, turning her face against you and ignoring you."
"So that's it!" Kogoro Mouri understood instantly.
When Aoki Matsu saw Shan Chihiro's face change, he knew that Nakamura Jin was right. Shan Chihiro and the proprietress did have a financial dispute.
But he may not be the murderer.
After all, this is a classic three-choice game.
In the classic three-choice case, all three suspects had motives to kill, but in the end only one of them took action.
"Ms. Shan, did you really borrow money from the boss lady?" Aoki Matsu asked Shan Qianxun to confirm.
"Yes." Shan Qianxun nodded and admitted it. "Recently, she has been urging me to pay her back almost every day. Just now, when I was about to leave the store, she even forced me to pay it back today."
"So, in a fit of anger, you picked up the kitchen knife on the workbench." Kogoro Mouri continued the story for her.
Just this short paragraph could send her directly to jail.
"No, because we couldn't come to any conclusion, I just slammed the door and walked out! I didn't expect that the boss's wife was killed. I really have nothing to say." Shan Qianxun shook her head to deny it, saying that the matter had nothing to do with her.
When Qing Musong heard this, he immediately thought of a plot from a TV series in his previous life - I have no way of defending myself.
However, this joke did not reduce his suspicion of Shan Qianxun. After looking at Shan Qianxun, Qing Musong found a suspicious point: "Miss Shan, why is the sleeve of your left hand wet?"
Maori Kogoro saw this and thought of something and said immediately: "Oh, I remember you are left-handed, right? When you drink and use a fan, your left sleeve is wet. Is it because it was stained with the blood of the boss lady and you washed it in the bathroom?"
Kogoro Mori thinks that Chihiro Osamu is a strong suspect in murder, so he keeps pressing her.
"The faucet in the bathroom is broken, and that's why the water is spraying up!" Shan Qianxun explained loudly.
"To be on the safe side, please ask the forensic detective to check the reaction of the bloodstains." Aoki Matsu turned and said to Aihara Yoji.
Aihara Yoji hurried over and said to Shan Chihiro: "Excuse me, please come over here with me."
Afterwards, he took Shan Qianxun to find his colleagues in the forensic department.
As she left, everyone looked at the other two men sitting in the chairs.
"Detective Mori, you three walked to the alley together, right?" Aoki Matsu confirmed.
"Yes, we left the restaurant together. I was standing at the entrance of the alley smoking, and Mr. Nakamura walked out of the alley and turned right, saying he was going to buy cigarettes. Then Mr. Shinohara walked left and said he was going to the ATM." About a minute later, Miss Shan came out of the store." said Kogoro Mouri.
Aoki Matsu quickly asked someone to bring a map of the nearby area.
The map was brought over soon.
At this time, Maori Kogoro suddenly remembered something and looked at Nakamura Shin and said, "Mr. Nakamura, when you left, you went to the right to buy cigarettes, but I remember that when you came back, you came from the opposite direction. Why did you come back here from the opposite direction?"
The paper had the names of nearby businesses, which were lined up next to each other. Aoki Matsu also saw toilets, cigarette vending machines and ATMs.
The direction of the toilet and cigarette vending machine is indeed to the right, while the ATM is to the left.
Aoki Matsu looked at the map. According to what the two said, after buying cigarettes, Nakamura Susumu walked around and came back from the left, which was not a direct route at all. This distance was farther than returning by the original route.
"That's because the vending machine had run out of cigarettes, so I went to the store on the main street to buy some," Nakamura Susumu quickly explained.
Upon hearing this, Qing Musong immediately asked someone to investigate.
This kind of thing can be solved with a little investigation, but just in case, we still have to send someone to investigate.
At this time, a police officer ran over and reported: "Inspector, we found the boss's notebook! Mr. Nakamura's name was on it, and behind his name was a record of 100,000 yuan per month."
After taking a look at the notebook, Qing Musong looked at Nakamura Shin and asked, "If this is the monthly expenses for drinking and eating, the amount is not small. And it is no more and no less than 100,000 yuan per month. Excuse me, how much money do you give to the boss lady?"
"That, that is..." Nakamura Susumu suddenly hesitated.
The number of one hundred thousand yuan is so neat and tidy that there is really no way to explain it.
After thinking about it, Nakamura finally told the dispute between him and the boss lady: "Actually, it was because I was caught by the boss lady."
Qing Musong raised his eyebrows. "Handle!?"
This word is a bit heavy.
Nakamura lowered his head and said, "She accidentally discovered that I had embezzled the company's money to gamble on horses, so she threatened me and said she would go to the company to expose me. Since then, I have been blackmailed by her. But I didn't kill her, I really went to buy cigarettes!"
The economic crime of embezzlement is always sentenced to a lighter punishment than murder, and the matter has been discovered by the police, so he cannot hide it.
"By the way, Mr. Shinohara." Aoki Matsu looked at the last person, Shinohara Masao and said.
Shinohara Masao quickly responded, "Yes."
"In the boss lady's notebook, your name is written everywhere, as well as words like horse mackerel and squid. What do these mean?" Qing Musong asked
Shinohara Masao explained: "Because, I'm working part-time in a fish market now, and the boss lady sometimes gives me orders, so I think that should be the record."
"What did you do there during the five minutes you were away from the store?" asked Aoki Matsu.
Shinohara Masao replied: "Because I didn't have enough cash on hand, I went to a nearby ATM to withdraw money. Here is the detailed receipt."
As he spoke, Masao Shinohara took out a receipt from his coat pocket.
Aoki Matsu took the receipt and looked at it. The time on the receipt was 18:09. According to the time when the Metropolitan Police Department received the alarm call, the time did match.
but!
It was precisely because of the match that Aoki Matsu became suspicious of Shinohara Masao.
There are two reasons.
First, many people found the proprietress lying in a pool of blood, but it was not Kogoro Mouri who stepped forward to check on the proprietress's condition. Instead, it was Masao Shinohara, who was walking behind Kogoro Mouri, who pushed Kogoro aside to check.
It was hard not to make Aoki Song suspicious, wondering if he had taken the opportunity to do something.
Like taking away any evidence that was dropped nearby.
As a famous detective, Kogoro Mouri is still a famous detective, even though he has the presence of Matsu Aoki in his life, which makes his halo a little smaller, but he is still a famous detective.
Even though a murder occurred, Kogoro Mouri's reaction was still top-notch.
But even so, in this case, Kogoro Mori was overtaken by someone else.
How incredible!
Those who know will understand what kind of physical fitness Kogoro Mori has.
Not to mention that Kogoro Mouri was drunk, didn't Masao Shinohara also drink alcohol, but he was able to react better than Kogoro Mouri.
It's incredible.
Second, the murderer in this case is obviously someone who is trying to play with time.
According to scientific theorem, in cases like this, the person who provides the most accurate time evidence is more likely to be a suspect.
Don’t ask for the reason, the answer is science.
However, Aoki Matsu will not conclude that the murderer is Shinohara Masao because there is no evidence.
Aoki Matsu looked at the receipt and was about to return it to Shinohara Masao, but he found that there was something on the receipt and it looked dirty.
After a closer look, Qing Musong discovered that what was stuck on it was actually - rust?
Ah!
This is strange!
Masao Shinohara worked part-time in the fish market, and since Aoki Matsu's family also ran a restaurant, Aoki Matsu had been to the fish market.
The oden in Japan is the kind I bought from the flower-growing family in my previous life. Except for the radish and kelp knots, it is all frozen food.
Neon oden also cooks some fish chunks.
Those working in the fish market usually do hard labor as porters, while those doing jobs like killing fish are all contract workers.
As a porter, you will come into contact with boxes of aquatic products, most of which are in plastic baskets or cardboard boxes. It is normal to have some fish scales and fishy smell on your body, but it is really abnormal to have rust on your body.
However, it is still unclear what the connection is between the rust and the case. Aoki Matsu did not ask about it, but kept it in mind.
"After Mr. Shinohara came out of the store, he walked towards the main road. The ATM is also here, so it is unlikely that he could sneak back into the store..." Kogoro Mouri said while looking at the map.
If what Kogoro Mori said is true, it is indeed impossible for Masao Shinohara to have committed a crime.
but.
Hearing this, Qing Musong looked at the police officer beside him and ordered, "Go check the details of the ATM."
The receipt may also be fake and made in advance, so it is safest to check the ATM details.
If the other party has the ability to hack into the bank system, why doesn't he just hire someone to kill someone?
After questioning the three people, Aoki Matsu found that all three of them were suspects.
So we entered the next stage - checking the scene.
The forensic investigation department didn't find anything, so Aoki Matsu had to take the class himself.
After all, there are some things that Aoki Matsu knows are scientific, but the criminals in the forensic department don't know about them, so they will miss them.
Aoki Matsu walked into the izakaya and looked around the entire store first.
I found that the wine glasses, wine bottles, and plates on the bar facing the two seats near the door were all placed properly, only the chopsticks on the second seat were not placed properly. At the third seat, the wine bottle facing the bar was knocked over.
But the bloodstains left by the proprietress were facing the second position.
Then Aoki Matsu walked in. The bar was filled with Japanese kitchen knives. On the side close to the proprietress, there was an overturned glass with the liquid that had been poured into it spilled out.
The forensic criminal investigation team has checked here and found that the liquid is juice.
Next to this glass, there is another glass, which is used by particular people to drink brandy, but this glass has never been used.
Qing Musong glanced at the wine on the counter and found a bottle of brandy on the top of the wine cabinet behind him. Strangely, the bottle of brandy was not placed properly, because at least a quarter of it was exposed outside the wine cabinet, and it felt like it would fall off if the wine cabinet was shaken slightly.
This is a bottle of extra-special brandy marked with XO. Such an expensive wine should be treated with care.
There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!
So - this bottle of brandy must have been moved.
Aoki Matsu looked at the bar.
According to what Kogoro Mori said about the seats of the four people, check them one by one.
Chihiro Shan drank red wine, Susumu Nakamura drank sake, Kogoro Mori drank beer, Masao Shinohara drank a sweet and sour cocktail, and the proprietress drank fruit juice.
So why is there an extra wine glass?
There were no other guests.