conan but winery

Chapter 177 Investigation in Progress (Additional Update 410)

"Sergeant Sato."

Together with Mouri Kogoro, Karasuma Ying walked quickly towards Sato Miwako.

"Xiaoying, you are indeed here too."

Sato Miwako's face was a little tired, but when she saw Karasuma Ying, she still showed a smile.

"When I received Xiaolan's call to the police before, I guessed that you and Detective Maori might be there, and it was indeed true. Wherever there is a case, you will appear there...

By the way, I brought the things Xiaoying wanted in the car before I came here. After I finish handling this case, Xiaoying, you and I will go there. "

"Ah."

With that said, several people walked towards the back of the artificial cliff, where several police officers from the forensics department were already investigating.

"How is the situation?" Miwako Sato asked.

"Officer Sato, the cause of the victim's death is roughly clear. First, he was injured all over his body when he fell. In addition, the front chest of the costume was also heavily broken. The fragments penetrated the victim's chest and caused bleeding. However, the time of death is not yet certain... …”

"The time of death is uncertain?" Karasumaying asked doubtfully.

"It should have been when he fell, right?" Mouri Kogoro said casually.

"Well, you can say that..."

When the forensic police officer heard this, he said with some embarrassment: "But it may be because of the fan here, which caused the victim's body temperature to lose too quickly and accelerated the stiffness of the body. Just in case, we need to conduct further tests." …”

【fan? 】

Karasumaying looked up and saw a large fan above the wall. She remembered that this fan was indeed running during the previous shooting.

This type of fan is generally used to simulate strong wind scenes when shooting, so the wind is indeed very strong.

However, although the wind from the fan can indeed accelerate the loss of body temperature, it should not be to the extent that it can significantly prolong the time of death, right?
"Is it only the chest that is broken on the costume?" After remembering this, Karasumaying asked again.

"Yes."

The forensic police officer nodded and said, "This costume is made of reinforced fiber plastic and fiberglass. It is a very well-made costume.

Even after falling from a height of more than ten meters, only the chest was broken, and other parts of the body were still very intact. "

"In other words, this costume as a whole is very strong?" Karasumaying asked.

"Yes, the quality of the costumes is very good."

"This is wrong, then why is the front chest area so severely damaged? And only the front chest area is damaged..."

"Could it be because the victim landed on his chest when he fell? Well, that doesn't seem right..."

As soon as Takagi Wataru made a guess, he rejected it himself.

Because the situation at the scene was obvious, Katsuragi Touma fell on the air mattress in a lying position on his side, and his chest was not in direct contact with the ground.

And more importantly, almost all the chest fragments are dented inwards...

"Someone tampered with the chest area of ​​this costume." Karasumaying concluded.

"Is it a homicide?" Miwako Sato looked at her.

"Well, in addition to the costume, there is also a problem with this air mattress." Karasuma Ying nodded and mentioned the doubts she had discovered before.

"After receiving force, the center of the air cushion will slowly compress downward, gradually relieving the impact. During this process, the edge of the air cushion is actually the main stress point, and it is also the most vulnerable place to damage."

"But the air mattress in front of me is broken in the middle, and the cracks are very neat and smooth, as if someone had specially scratched them out with a sharp instrument..." Sato Miwako took up her words.

"Sure enough, at present it is better to investigate in the direction of homicide... Takagi immediately began to collect evidence from the people in the studio at the time and inquire about the situation at that time.

Detective Maori, Xiaoying, I would like to trouble you to assist in the investigation this time. "

"No problem, it's our honor to be able to help the police." Mouri Kogoro smiled confidently.

"..."

While Mouri Kogoro and Karasuma Ei accompanied Sato Miwako to investigate the death scene, Conan had already begun to collect information from the staff in the studio by virtue of his status as "Moori Detective's Assistant".

After this period of time, Conan has roughly figured out a joint investigation method with Karasuma Ying.

There is no doubt that Karasumaying's reasoning ability is very strong, at least at a level similar to his.

Therefore, when two people are involved in the same case, Conan basically does not have to worry where Karasuma Ying appears.

Just like now, since Karasuma Ying has gone to the scene, there is no need for Conan to go with her, because it doesn't make much sense.

Instead of squeezing two detectives there and wasting time, he might as well go directly to other places to search.

Of course, what's more important is that if he squeezes through, he might get knocked on the head by the uncle again...

Conan really wanted to complain about his uncle's behavior.

This time and again, how many times have I solved the case for you, uncle?I obviously support the Maori family with my own efforts, but why do you still hit me on the head every time I show up?On purpose, right?

Without thinking about this, Conan looked up at a staff member in front of him.

"Brother, do you have time? I want to ask you a question."

Perhaps also affected by the murder of Katsuragi Toma, this staff member also looked dejected. Hearing Conan's inquiry, he just turned his head and glanced.

"What's the problem? Kid?"

"Is Mr. Katsuragi's condition the same as usual today?" Conan asked.

Most people who want to commit suicide will have some obvious abnormal reactions before they actually commit suicide. He wanted to know if Katsuragi Toma had the same situation this morning.

"How is Katsuragi's condition...I don't know. I've only seen him in costume today, so I don't know for sure...Ah, but he came quite early this morning."

"Is that weird?"

"It can't be said to be strange. The main reason is that Katsuragi always waits until the shooting is about to start before coming to the photography studio. Because of this, Miss Hoshino often complains about him...

But he came very early today. I heard that he seemed to have arrived in the lounge early in the morning. When other staff members went to confirm, he had already put on his costume and was waiting there..."

[Have you already put on the costume by then? 】

"That is to say, since this morning, no one has actually seen Mr. Katsuragi himself, right?" Conan's voice lowered.

"It seems that there are no staff in the studio, but I think the people in the security room must have seen it, because we have to register there when we go to and from get off work... Oh, and there are other things."

As if he suddenly thought of it, the staff continued:
"Katsuragi is indeed a little strange today... Little brother, you have taken a photo with Katsuragi before, right?"

What he was talking about was the incident where Toma Katsuragi took a photo with Ran Mouri before the filming started. Conan, Ei Karasuma and even Kogoro Mouri who were traveling with him at the time were all encouraged to take a photo together.

"Well, yes, is there a problem with this?" Conan nodded and asked.

"It's really a problem. Children, you may not know that Katsuragi never takes the initiative to take photos with others after putting on his costume. He only shows off his moves when someone invites him. Waiting for those people to come up and take photos on their own.

Moreover, Katsuragi hates taking photos with children. He often says that taking photos with children will lower Onymar's image..."

"That's it." Hearing this, Conan lowered his head and pondered.

[So, Katsuragi did do a lot of unusual behavior this morning compared to his usual behavior, is that right...]

"Little brother, are you helping Detective Maori collect intelligence?" Looking at Conan's pensive look, the staff couldn't help but laugh.

"Huh? Ah, yes, I am Detective Maori's assistant. Brother, do you have any other information you want to tell me?" Conan asked cutely with his eyes wide open.

"It's not really intelligence, but..."

As he said that, the staff member quietly pointed at a certain man not far away, and Conan followed his pointer and looked over.

Although this man is not tall, his physique is very strong, and his upper body is almost shaped into an inverted triangle.

Contrary to his strong physique, the man has a face that looks like a doormat, giving people a look that is easy to bully.

"His name is Komiya Katsu, and he is Katsuragi's stuntman. If it weren't for his shoulder discomfort, he should have acted in this scene..."

"Brother, are he and Mr. Katsuragi good friends?" Conan asked casually, looking at Xiao Gongsheng's dejected face.

"No, they are just seniors from the same theater. Komiya is the senior and Katsuragi is the junior.

Even so, Katsuragi became famous before Komiya and became a big star. As a senior, Komiya can only be a stuntman for the juniors. Komiya seems to have always cared about this..."

[In other words, is there sufficient motivation? 】

Conan understood what the staff wanted to convey.

"And..." As if he was interested, the staff member quietly pointed to another female staff member.

Conan turned around and looked over, and found that it was Yumi Kawada who had been called to entertain them by Terumi Hoshino before.

Yumi Kawada is short and fat, not good-looking, and seems to have a somewhat cowardly personality, so she seems very inconspicuous in the crew.

At this moment, she was sitting alone, with a very complicated expression on her face that was mixed with sadness, difficulty, and even regret.

"The relationship between Kawada and Katsuragi is actually very unusual."

"Why do you say that?" Conan asked.

"Because she was actually a fan of Katsuragi when he first debuted. I heard that she tried her best to squeeze into our crew just so she could work beside Katsuragi...

Moreover, she also has an account called 'Yumi' on the Internet. She often posts some very explicit and enthusiastic words of love to Katsuragi through this account. Everyone in the crew knows this.

However, Katsuragi has always ignored Kawada and often deliberately ignored Kawada's kindness to him. He must hate Kawada, right?I think Kawada herself is aware of this to some extent..."

As he said that, the staff suddenly took out his mobile phone, found Yumi Kawada's blog account named "Yumi", and pulled out her latest tweet.

[If Douzhen dies, will he only belong to me? 】

Looking at this tweet from a few days ago on his account, the corners of Conan's mouth couldn't help but twitch.

[This is really... a little more suspicious...]

"Okay, that's all I know. Little detective, do you remember to tell Detective Maori?"

"Well, I see."

Nodding, Conan turned around and walked directly towards Hoshino Terumi, who was not far away.When Katsuragi Toma was killed, Hoshino Terumi was the only one on the artificial cliff, so he had to ask some questions no matter what.

"Miss Hoshino."

"Are you... the kid next to Detective Mori?" Terumi Hoshino looked down at Conan and smiled.

"Well, my name is Conan, and Detective Mori wants me to ask you some questions, Miss Hoshino."

"Okay, you can ask." Hoshino Terumi nodded without any unusual expression.

"Does Miss Hoshino and Mr. Katsuragi have a bad relationship?" Conan asked directly.

After Katsuragi Toma came to the studio this morning, he felt that the relationship between the two people did not seem to be good.

"It's not so bad." Hoshino Terumi thought about it seriously and replied: "I'm just very dissatisfied with his behavior of often delaying the shooting time, because I also have other schedules lined up, so I'm very unhappy. Hate that about him.”

"I see. Miss Hoshino, I would like to ask, what exactly did Mr. Katsuragi do on the cliff at that time?"

"I have told Xiaoying about this before. When the director called to jump, Katsuragi first slowly retreated to the back edge, squatted down with his back to me, and then suddenly jumped. Go down, that’s it.”

[Did you have any abnormal behavior like squatting down before jumping? 】

Conan nodded slightly, and then he suddenly noticed that there were some strange marks similar to strangulation marks on the wrists and palms of Hoshino Terumi's hands.

"Ms. Hoshino, on your hands..."

"this one?"

Hoshino Terumi raised her hand to give him a look and explained: "This is the makeup I applied before filming, because there was a scene in the previous plot where the heroine was captured and imprisoned by the enemy, so if I don't draw it on my wrist, The marks will look very unnatural... Of course, the quality of the foundation they use is not very good."

Hoshino Terumi said, and used her fingers to rub the area with the strangulation marks a little harder, and saw that the originally neat and lifelike strangulation marks were rubbed away in an instant.

"If you're not careful, you can easily get messed up."

If it weren't for waiting here to cooperate with the police investigation, Hoshino Terumi would have gone out and washed this thing on her hands.

"Wow, that's really troublesome... By the way, Miss Hoshino, when did you come to the photography studio today?" Conan suddenly asked.

"Me? I came early."

"Is he the first one to come?"

"That's not true. The first one... I remember it was Producer Shibata." After thinking about it, Hoshino Terumi replied.

"Ugh?"

After hearing an unexpected answer, Conan quickly asked: "Producer? Didn't Mr. Shibata come after Mr. Katsuragi was killed? Could it be Miss Hoshino, did you remember it wrong?"

"Then he should have gone back halfway, right?"

Hoshino Terumi also frowned when he heard this.

“Because we need to punch in at the security room when entering and exiting the photography studio, and then the security will record our names and the time we came.

But when I came this morning, the security guard happened to be eating breakfast, so I wrote all my information myself. I took a look at it at the time, and the earliest person to come was producer Shibata, and the second earliest person was Katsuragi..."

[First and second? 】

Just when Conan asked Hoshino Terumi, he noticed that Mouri Kogoro and Karasuma Ei also walked out from behind the artificial cliff and walked towards the producer Daisuke Shibata who was also staying in the studio.

After a slight hesitation, Conan walked over quickly.

"Katsugi is indeed a good partner for me..."

As soon as he approached the three of them, Conan heard Daisuke Shibata say something like this in a very sad and regretful tone.

"Although Katsuragi often does some outrageous things, the two of us have always been the most tacit partners in the production of Onymar, and he often gives me some good suggestions. I really I didn’t expect that he would encounter such a thing..."

"Mr. Shibata, what are you referring to as the outrageous thing?" Karasuma Ying caught the key point of his words and asked.

"There are many things like this, such as your matters..." Daisuke Shibata pushed up his glasses and said: "Katsugi seems to be being watched recently, so he wants to find a detective or a bodyguard or something. I also know this.

But I didn't expect that among the people he found, there were actually elementary school students and female high school students who came to visit. He never told me about this. This kind of self-assertive thing often happened to him. Other staff also often complain..."

【well?etc? 】

Upon hearing this, Karasumaying suddenly noticed something strange.

Strange, did Daisuke Shibata not know in advance that they would come?

However, before that he...

"Mr. Mori, do the police suspect that Katsuragi was killed?" When Karasumaying was confused, Daisuke Shibata suddenly asked.

"Ah, that is indeed the case at present." Mouri Kogoro nodded and replied.

"I see. If that's the case, I did notice something strange before. I think it might be helpful to the police investigation." Daisuke Shibata raised his hand to push up his glasses again, with a solemn expression.

"What's weird?" Mouri Kogoro asked quickly.

"It's Katsuragi's stuntman Katsu Komiya. It was about two days ago. I finished my work that day and was about to leave. When I passed by the warehouse, I suddenly heard something moving inside.

At that time, I thought it was a thief, so I quietly went up to take a look, and found out that the person inside was actually Xiao Gong. I saw him sneaking around in front of the shelf where the costumes were placed, and seemed to be doing something... "

"Did you see clearly what it was?" Mouri Kogoro asked.

"Sorry, I didn't see it, but his expression at that time was particularly dark and terrifying, which left a deep impression on me..."

"Well, thank you Mr. Shibata for the information. We will investigate it carefully." Mouri Kogoro nodded, as if he had thought of something.

"It doesn't matter. It's an honor for me to be able to help the police. I also hope you can find the murderer as soon as possible." Daisuke Shibata smiled gently.

"Well, I will definitely do it, don't worry."

While the two were being polite to each other, Karasumaying finally noticed Conan sneaking over. The two looked at each other, then turned around and walked to a deserted corner.

"Hey, Sister Xiaoying, have you discovered anything?" Conan asked first, with a cute tone.

"Indeed...Conan, did you ask Mr. Mori something?" Karasuma Ying asked with the same smile.

"There are some."

"Eh……"

Just like that, the two exchanged information.

"Sure enough, that person is very suspicious..."

After synthesizing the information from the two investigations, Conan said in a deep voice.

"The question now is, how on earth did he do that?"

"I saw a strange scratch mark on the uppermost steel frame behind the artificial cliff before," Karasumaying replied.

"Scratches?"

"Well, it's like a scratch left by high-speed friction with something like a rope or wire, but I didn't find anything near there that could cause such a scratch."

"...Would you like to go to the warehouse to take a look?" Conan suggested.

"I think so too."

Without hesitation, the two of them greeted Miwako Sato and went to the warehouse of the photography studio together.

Just like the warehouse in people's common impression, the warehouse of the photography studio is also full of shelves, which are piled with various large and small labeled cardboard boxes.

Entering the warehouse, the first thing Conan saw was a large clothes rack in the innermost place in front of him. On this clothes rack hung three sets of almost identical Onimar leather cases.

Looking at the three leather cases, Conan walked straight over.

"So there are so many spare sets of Onymar's leather cases? It's strange, why do the materials and sizes seem to be different?"

Of the three leather cases on the hanger, two were smaller and the materials looked a little poorer. There were even traces of sewing in some inconspicuous places.

The third leather case is one size larger, and the materials used look very good, and the color is bright, giving people a gorgeous feeling.

"Huh? Oh, this should be the reason for the four-piece suit system." Karasuma Ying on the side took a look and replied casually:

“Tokusatsu hero leather cases like this are generally divided into two types: exhibition use and combat use, with two pieces of each type.

What Katsuragi usually wears is probably for exhibitions. Although it is glamorous and looks good, it is actually not suitable for actors to use for fighting performances.

The stuntman Komiya wears a combat holster, which has been properly adjusted in some places for the movement of the human body. Because the materials are relatively cheap, even if it is damaged, it can be repaired at any time. "

"In that case, why is there a difference in size?" Conan asked curiously. What Karasumaying said was a rare blind spot in his knowledge.

"There's nothing special about this. I think it's mainly because of the difference in stature between the actors. Katsuragi is taller, so the exhibition leather case he wears is a bit bigger, while Komiya is relatively shorter. Therefore, the leather sheath he wore was accordingly made smaller.

After all, if the holster does not match the actor's body during an action performance, accidents may easily occur. "

"So that's it..." Touching his head, Conan looked at Karasuma Ying and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that, Sister Xiaoying, you actually know something about film and television shooting."

"Well, it's nothing, I just learned some things when I was in the American Empire." Karasuma Ying replied in a calm tone.

[So Xiaoying, what weird things did you learn when you were in the American Empire?Why do I always feel like you have learned a bunch of things that most people can’t use? 】

Just when Conan wanted to complain about something, Karasumaying found a bundle of rope on a box on a nearby shelf.

This is not an ordinary hemp rope, but a bundle of rope that should be made of some kind of high-tenacity material.

Picking up this bundle of ropes that seemed to have been randomly discarded here, Karasumaying keenly noticed that there were rough scratches on the inside of the bundle of ropes that had been formed by violent friction.

At the same time, there are still some special traces of paint left at one end of the rope.

"It's strange, this paint..." After gently sticking some of the paint traces with her hands, Karasumaying suddenly realized something and hurriedly ran to the three leather cases.

After quickly identifying the paint on the three leather cases, Karasumaying finally discovered traces of paint peeling off on the waist of the exhibition leather case worn by Katsuragi, which seemed to have been rubbed by something.

The paint on this piece is exactly the same as the paint remaining on the rope.

"So that's how he escaped?"

　sleepy, sleep(﹃)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)