Conan's self-cultivation of fake wine

Chapter 483
  "The deceased's name was Nagasaku Shiro, 28 years old, and a very popular fighting athlete."

After receiving the call, Lu Ren hurried to the scene of the crime.

It's nine-fifty in the evening.

Ten minutes ago, Lu Ren received a call from Bei Dao.

It was said that a murder occurred near the beauty salon they went to tonight.

Today, Lu Ren, a big reporter, likes to work part-time as a detective to solve crimes, which is no longer a secret in the industry.

Bei Dao naturally knew this. When she saw the police surrounding a body, her first reaction was to call Lu Ren.

This trick is indeed extremely effective. In less than ten minutes, Lu Ren arrived at the scene of the crime.

In addition to Kitajima and Fei Eri, there were several old acquaintances at the crime scene, including the Maori father and daughter and Edogawa Conan.

As usual, they were the first to discover the body and call the police.

According to Maori, they were driving through this section of the road when they suddenly heard a strange sound.

Worried that the car might have hit something, the three people hurriedly got out of the car to check, and then found a blond man with his throat cut lying on the garbage recycling station at the bottom of the slope.

That would be half past eight in the evening.

The police who received the report immediately arrived and cordoned off the scene.

By the time Lu Ren arrived at the scene, the police had initially compiled some key information that was helpful to the case.

In addition to the basic information about the deceased mentioned above, there is also where the deceased may have been at the time of the incident.

When the deceased was discovered by the Maori family, he was lying peacefully in the garbage. But this is not the crime scene.

The deceased must have stayed in a barber shop or beauty salon before his death. The evidence is that there were a lot of fine hairs around his neck and shoulders.

If you observe more carefully, you can find that there are also a lot of broken hair mixed in the wound on his neck.

It is not difficult to deduce from this that the deceased was most likely getting a haircut at the time of the crime, and the murderer was the hairstylist or beautician who was giving him a haircut at the time.

This person used the scissors used for haircuts or the long-handled razor used for shaving to sneak up from behind and cut the carotid artery of the deceased in one fell swoop.

After Lu Ren observed it for a while, he found that the situation was indeed the same as what the police said.

"Amazing, Officer Takagi, did you discover this?"

"No." Takagi said with a smile, "Conan discovered it."

"..."

Since Conan discovered it, why are you so happy?

Lu Ren didn't quite understand.

Megure coughed and brought the topic back on track.

If Takagi is allowed to continue talking, the police will be embarrassed.

A group of police officers were beaten by a primary school student. What does this sound like?

Although it is true, it cannot be said so cheerfully!
  Mu Mu was very tired, "Brother Lu Ren, what do you think?"

"What do you think? Don't you think this murderer is different from those you have met before?"

"Ok?"

Mu Mu was very puzzled by Lu Ren's statement.

Different?What's different?
  Previously, they had thought that if they could kill Nagasaku Shiro, a fighting master, it must be another fighting master.

From this point of view, the murderer is indeed different from ordinary people.

But later, under Conan's guidance, they found that they had gone astray.

The murderer is actually a barber, and there are no requirements for age, skill, or gender.

Fighting masters are hard to find, and as for barbers, there are plenty of them all over Tokyo.

What's unusual about this?
  As for the killing method, it is also very ordinary...

Seeing that the police were puzzled, Lu Ren did not continue to talk about it, "The choice of the place to dump the body. After the average murderer kills someone, the biggest headache is usually how to dump the body, isn't it?"

"They often use various methods for fear of attracting the attention of the police. But this person just threw the body directly into the garbage recycling station."

"Brother Maori and the others found the body at 8:30 in the evening. It was far from late at night. In addition, there were many residents and businesses nearby. Even if brother and the others did not find the body, others also The police will be called soon.”

"Yeah." Mu Mu nodded repeatedly.

"This is the problem. The murderer seems to be afraid that others will not find the body. Is this because he has no choice in desperation, or is the murderer simply confident?"

"I feel that even if he is traced, he will have sufficient alibi to prevent the police from convicting him." As he spoke, Lu Ren turned around and focused on the man standing next to Fei Yingli. On women with short hair.

"Do you think so, Ms. Hasaka? I remember that your beauty shop is not far away."

Minyo Hayasaka, 29 years old, owner and beautician of Hayasaka Hair Salon. Fei Yingli made an appointment to have her hair done at her shop tonight.

After being busy for almost a whole day, Lu Ren drove the two of them to the beauty shop. At that time, he also met the beautician and had a brief chat.

The identity of the murderer was a hairdresser, and this man was also a hairdresser. I also happened to be in contact with members of the protagonist group tonight.

There is no such thing as a coincidence.

"I……"

Faced with Lu Ren's questioning, Ye Ban looked very panicked.

Fei Yingli on the side couldn't stand it anymore. She usually made appointments at this store to get her hair done, and she was half-friend with Ye Ban, who was the store manager.

Lu Ren's aggressive behavior was undoubtedly a bit excessive in her opinion.

"Mr. Lu Ren, Miss Yesaka is innocent. I can testify on her behalf. The murderer's body was dumped at half past eight in the evening. And after eight o'clock, Miss Yesaka has been staying in the store. So..."

"Who told you that the murderer dumped the body at half past eight?"

Lu Ren interrupted Fei Yingli's explanation, "Who said that?"

"That's right. Brother Maoli and the others heard some strange noises at half past eight. Then they stopped the car to check and found the deceased. But how can you be sure that the strange noise must have been caused by the murderer dumping the body?"

"..."

It seems so.

Seeing everyone's silence, Lu Ren continued: "Since we can't be sure, maybe the murderer dumped the body in the garbage dump before eight o'clock."

"It's impossible what you said." Maoli suddenly retorted, "After discovering the body, I did a simple autopsy. The time of death of the deceased should have been twenty minutes ago."

"Of course, the specific time of death can only be known after an autopsy, but the error should not be too big. So according to my guess, the murderer's crime time should be between eight and eight fifteen. It is impossible to appear at eight Dispose of the body before midnight."

Mao Li's rebuttal only strengthened Lu Ren's idea.

The murderer committed the crime between eight and eight fifteen, and during this period, Ye Ban was probably helping Fei Yingli do her hair.

It can be said that she has a clear alibi.

But the more this happens, the more suspicious it becomes.

"Miss Ye Ban, do you know the deceased?" Lu Ren changed the question.

Ye Ban hesitated for a while, but finally nodded. "We know him. He is actually my ex-boyfriend. Before he got engaged, he often came to my shop to get haircuts."

Ex-boyfriend……

Yes, this time there are more reasons.

"Do you know when he got engaged?" Lu Ren continued to ask.

Ye Ban: "About three months ago."

"Then in the past three months, has he come to your store again?"

"No. To avoid suspicion, he is already engaged after all."

Ye Ban waved her hands, her expression a little unnatural, and she subconsciously turned her head slightly to avoid Lu Ren's sight.

something wrong……

"You have to think clearly. The deceased was a very famous fighter, and many people knew him. In the past three months, has he ever been to your beauty salon again?"

"Ah... Actually, he came here once. He wanted to continue asking me to give him a haircut, but I rejected him. He never came again after that." Ye Ban immediately changed his mind.

"When was that?"

"A month ago."

"Then why did you lie just now and say he didn't come?"

"Because, because..."

Fei Yingli once again spoke up to help Ye Ban, "Mr. Lu Ren, this kind of thing is not important. The point is that Ye Ban did not have time to commit the crime."

Whether or not you have time to commit a crime is not up to you. Facts and evidence must speak for themselves.     But these words are a bit too offensive. After all, Fei Yingli is considered an acquaintance.

So Lu Ren just smiled and said, "Let's go to the store first and take a look."

"Ah."

Five minutes later, everyone drove to their destination.

This beauty salon is quite large.

While the police were looking at the store, Lu Ren looked at Fei Yingli and said, "Lawyer Fei, I remember that you had a conversation with Ms. Ye Ban when you first arrived here tonight."

"Yeah. I asked her, 'Is she alone tonight?', and she replied, 'Everyone else is busy.'"

"One more thing." Bei Dao added aloud, "Ms. Hayasaka later said that because she was the only one in the store, she turned up the volume of the music."

"Because there is no one in the store, I have to turn up the music louder. What does this mean, does it embolden myself?"

Fei Yingli frowned: "This doesn't mean anything, does it? You are a bit too deliberate."

Lu Ren: "Okay. Let's just talk about the previous point. Usually when you come to this store, there should be other clerks there, but today they all have something to do. Is this common?"

Fei Yingli: "This kind of situation is rare. But I am usually very busy with work, and the number of times I come to this store is not that many, so this can't mean anything."

"Well." Lu Ren looked at Ye Ban again, "When the concubine's lawyer asked the question, Miss Ye Ban, your answer was that other people have something to do. Are they really having something to do, or did you ask them to go back early?"

Ye Ban said calmly: "They do have something. I can provide their contact information. You can call them directly and ask them."

"Yeah." Seeing that Ye Ban didn't seem to be pretending, Lu Ren knew that her reason should be fine.

However, just in case, Lu Ren still asked Takagi to call and inquire one by one.

While waiting, Lu Ren continued to ask: "The crime occurred after eight o'clock. What did you do during this time?"

"From eight to eight-ten, she was washing my hair. From eight-ten to eight-twenty..."

"Stop." Lu Ren interrupted Fei Yingli, "Let her speak for herself."

As Minyo Hayasaka is currently the biggest suspect in this case, how can he still find someone to testify on his behalf?

There is no such thing.

Lu Ren could see now that Fei Yingli was completely doing a disservice when it came to familiar people.

Fortunately, Fei Yingli listened to the advice. After Lu Ren said something, she really remained silent.

"Okay, let's talk now. What have you been doing after eight o'clock in the evening."

"Just...you guys came here at eight o'clock. Then I..."

I don't know if it was because of nervousness, but Ye Ban was a little slurred in speech.

From her intermittent narration, everyone probably knew her whereabouts tonight.

After eight o'clock, she first helped Fei Yingli wash her hair and then dye it.

In the process of dyeing her hair and setting the color, she left the beauty shop, went out to throw out the garbage, and went to a convenience store to buy things.

After finishing, come back and help Fei Yingli do her hair.

Lu Ren: "What's the specific time? When did you leave the beauty shop? How long were you away? What time was it when you came back?"

Ye Ban: "I, I didn't pay attention."

Oh?
  Lu Ren became energetic.

"Isn't this right? As a beautician, you don't know how long each process of doing hair takes?"

"Someone comes into the store and asks you, I want a full set of treatments, how long will it take, and you say you don't know? Or maybe I want to dye my hair, and they ask you how long it will take to fix the color, and you also answer, I don't know?" "

"I know this. It takes about an hour and a half. Lawyer Fei came at eight o'clock, and we finished the whole set at about nine-thirty in the evening. As for hair dyeing and fixing, it takes about twenty minutes in total, ten minutes for hair dyeing, and ten minutes for fixing. minute."

"Then why did you say you didn't know just now?"

"She may be a little too nervous. When people are nervous, their minds tend to go blank. Please let her relax a little." This time Maori stood up.

In his opinion, Lu Ren's questioning method was a bit aggressive.

Lu Ren didn't refute again this time, "Okay, let's slow down a bit. With long hair like the concubine, how long does it take to wash it?"

"About ten minutes."

"Okay. That means ten minutes for shampooing, ten minutes for dyeing, and ten minutes for setting the color, a total of half an hour. You left the barber shop after dyeing the lawyer's hair and waiting for the coloring. When you come back, you can directly The next step has begun.”

"So you left the beauty shop around eight-twenty and came back around eight-thirty."

"Ah."

"And at half past eight, Brother Maori and the others happened to hear some strange noises. Did you hear it then? Think about it later."

"I didn't hear it." Ye Ban thought for a while and confirmed.

"Are you sure you didn't hear anything? Conan, the voice at that time must have been loud, right?"

Conan nodded: "It's quite big."

"I didn't really hear anything."

At the same time, Takagi also told Lu Ren the information he had just collected. Ye Ban didn't lie. The other store employees did leave early because of something else.

"Well. I see."

Lu Ren looked at the entire beauty salon again.

The deceased's time of death is estimated to be between eight o'clock and eight fifteen.

During this period of time, Ye Ban can definitely stay in the beauty salon. Even if he leaves, he won't run too far, otherwise Fei Yingli or Bei Dao will definitely bring this up.

So if she is really the murderer, then this beauty salon is the location of the crime.

"Bei Dao, between eight o'clock and eight twenty, did Ms. Ye Ban really stay with the lawyer the whole time and never leave for a step?"

"That's not true." Bei Dao shook his head. "After washing the lawyer's hair, Ms. Ye Ban walked into the room to get the dye. But the time was very short, dozens of seconds were not enough to make a minute."

oh? I really left.

Everyone looked in the direction of Bei Dao's finger.

It should be a small private room that is common in beauty salons, and the door is closed tightly at this time.

"I remember that room was the bathroom." Fei Yingli added.

"Well. Bei Dao, do you still remember whether the bathroom door was opened or closed before Ms. Hasaka entered the bathroom?"

"It was closed." After Bei Dao answered the question, he continued: "Not only was it closed before, but she also closed the door after she went in. It was also closed when she came out."

Now even Megure realized something was wrong.

It's just a matter of getting a bottle of dye, opening and closing doors constantly in and out.

Aren't you tired?

Even Mu Mu realized something was wrong, let alone Fei Yingli.

"Why do you look at me like this?" Minyo Hayasaka took a few steps back and forced a smile, "Don't you think that I can kill Nagasaku in less than a minute?"

"Yes, why not? Killing someone is not that difficult in the first place."

Lu Ren smiled and helped Ye Ban solve his doubts. Not only that, he also enthusiastically passed on some of his own experiences to Ye Ban.

"But Ms. Ye Ban, the aftermath after killing someone is not so easy to deal with. The murder weapon, blood stains, fingerprints..."

"Even if you left for ten minutes, I don't think it was enough. For example, do you think the police could find the fingerprints of the deceased in the bathroom? Can they find the blood of the deceased in the cracks in the floor? Did you find the deceased’s hair in the sewer pipe?”

"Did you say before that the last time the deceased came here was a month ago. Fingerprints may be preserved for a month, but blood and hair are not so good."

"This... this." Ye Ban looked at Fei Yingli for help, hoping that she would help him like before.

But this time all she got was an extremely cold look and a paragraph of laws and regulations that she didn't understand.

"Article 239, paragraph 1, of Japan's Civil Code stipulates that a person who possesses a movable property without an owner with the intention of ownership acquires its ownership by possession."

Fortunately, Fei Yingli also knew that most of the people present were legally illiterate, so she gave a special explanation.

"That is to say, the garbage thrown in the garbage dump can become that person's belongings as long as someone needs it. You went out and said you were going to take out the garbage. I think the police only need to investigate the garbage and find what they need. things.”

"Such as shawls, towels, and murder weapons stained with the blood of the deceased."

Ye Ban still feels unwilling, this is different from the script she planned.

"You can't do this! Then tell me, how did I throw the body to the garbage collection site at the bottom of the slope? During the ten minutes I went out, I went to the convenience store in the opposite direction to the garbage collection site. Where was the body? How did I The body that was thrown away?"

"Then who knows." Lu Ren waved his hand, "After you go in, slowly explain to the inmates. They must be very interested."

(End of this chapter)