Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 242: Subordinates will grow up without knowing it

In the afternoon, the large conference room of Class 1 was searched.

Except for the police officers who were out investigating and performing the "wait and see mission", the rest of the police officers gathered in the meeting room again.

Seeing Makino coming in, the police officers immediately stood up and bowed.

After Makino returned the greeting and sat down, the police officers in the audience also sat down in their respective seats.

Inspector Megure on the stage nodded to Makino and Manager Matsumoto and said, "We have already investigated it! Just two years ago, a fire broke out in a hotel in Kyoto, and it happened to be on the night of Tanabata!
The fire was caused by an unextinguished cigarette butt in a guest room on the fifth floor. The name of the hotel was [Vega] and two guests died in the fire. Information about the fire has been sent to you. ”

Hearing this, everyone looked down at the survey materials in their hands.

As the escape ladder was not available, guests living on the upper floors had to use the elevator to escape.

One of the deceased was found on the sixth floor. The cause of death was suffocation due to inhalation of excessive smoke into the respiratory tract.

Judging from the investigation data alone, this fire was not a so-called case, but a simple accident.

At this moment, Inspector Megure cleared his throat with a serious expression: "According to the investigation, the first six victims were all guests living on the sixth floor of this hotel at the time!

The deceased who was choked to death on the sixth floor was named 'Nanako Motokami'. She lived with her boyfriend in an apartment near Jindai Ward in Mitaka City. Her boyfriend's name was Mizutani Kosuke and he was currently unemployed.

According to their neighbor, Shun Sawamura, all three of them love stargazing. In addition, Nanako Motogami has an older brother named Kazuki Motogami, who is an accountant.

One year after Nanako died, the seven people who lived on the sixth floor of the hotel went to her grave in Chiba to send flowers. The murderer may have targeted the seven of them at that time. "

Hearing this, all the police officers present looked at Makino on the stage in astonishment.

The emergence of this investigation result proves that Counselor Makino’s previous judgment was almost completely correct!

At this time, Yamato in the audience raised his hand and asked, "In other words, there may be something strange about the death of this Motogami Nanako?"

Inspector Megure nodded: "Yes, I thought so too! I have sent people to look for Mizutani Kosuke and Motogami Kazuki who are related to Motogami Nanako. If Motogami Nanako's death is related to those people on the sixth floor at that time, then both of them are suspects.

According to the counselor's previous criminal profile, Motokami Kazuki, the brother of Nanako Motokami, is the most likely suspect!
In addition, there was a painter named Shindo Sumire who also lived on the sixth floor of this hotel at the time. She is still alive. I suspect that Shindo Sumire is likely to be the murderer's next target!"

Manager Matsumoto's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked, "Where is this person now?"

Inspector Megure nodded and said, "According to our investigation, she lives in Hachioji City. I have already sent someone there."

"That's good." Manager Matsumoto nodded silently, with an unknown light flashing in his eyes.

The next moment, Officer Hagino Ayami raised her hand and stood up, looking at Makino curiously: "Officer Makino, I remember you said before that the information behind the mahjong tiles might be related to the 'elevator'. Can I ask what you think specifically?"

After asking this question and sitting down, Hagino Ayami stared at Makino intently.

When Makino said that the vertical stripes on the back of the mahjong tiles were related to elevators, she was a little confused and didn't know how Makino came to this conclusion.

But after hearing about the fire incident that happened in Kyoto two years ago, she suddenly understood something.

Makino turned to look at Officer Hagino and nodded, "The following is just my guess. After the fire, the guests living on the sixth floor of the hotel took the elevator to escape, but the elevator could not carry all of them. This was also the main reason for Nanako Motogami's death.

In addition, the reason why the criminal took something from the victim after killing him was probably to use it as 'evidence of murder'.

Hearing this, Officer Uehara Yui raised her hand and asked, "Officer Makino, could it be that... Nanako Motogami was driven out of the elevator by the seven people in the elevator, and that's why she died?

Also, why did the criminal take an item from the victim as evidence of the murder? "

Makino turned to look at Inspector Megure and said, "Inspector Megure just said that on the first anniversary of Nanako's death, the seven people who lived on the sixth floor of the hotel sent flowers.

If only one or two of them sent flowers, it might be interpreted as "atonement", but all seven of them sent flowers. This behavior is more like "gratitude" than atonement. "

"Grateful?" Uehara Yui asked doubtfully.

Makino closed his eyes and nodded, "Yes, I guess Nanako Motogami may have taken the initiative to give up her elevator seat. The seven of them were very grateful to Nanako Motogami for her selfless act, so they sent her flowers together one year after her death."

Hearing this, Uehara Yui and the other police officers present closed their eyes and fell silent.

Although they did not know this Nanako Motokami, if Officer Makino's guess was correct, then this Nanako Motokami was undoubtedly a very kind-hearted person.

After two seconds of silence, Makino turned to look at the map with the positions of stars marked on the whiteboard behind him, and continued: "The reason why the criminal took away the victim's personal belongings is probably to frame someone else.

There were only seven people in the elevator at the time, but the Big Dipper and the North Star together made eight stars.”

Hearing this, Uehara Yui also vaguely understood something: "That is to say, in addition to the seven people who took the elevator at that time, there was another person who was also in the criminal's plan!"

Yamato Gansuke on the side also nodded and said: "The criminal took the items from the victim in order to kill the eighth person and then put all the blame on this person!"

Makino nodded and looked at Uehara Yui and Yamato Gansuke beside her with admiration.

They are indeed excellent police officers in Nagano Prefecture. It is comfortable to chat with them. I don’t need to explain too much, they can understand what I want to express.

When I get the chance, I must find a way to trick these excellent police officers from Nagano Prefecture over here...

……

After the meeting, Makino glanced at Manager Matsumoto's back with a flickering look in his eyes.

He specifically placed the "Little Ant" on Ireland, one to keep track of his movements at all times, and two to eavesdrop on his communications with the winery in order to obtain more intelligence.

Especially the information about the person who helped Ireland disguise himself.

This time, Vermouth did not take any action, and there was someone else who helped Ireland to disguise himself.

Not long ago, Ireland had transmitted intelligence to the outside world by phone, and the "Ramsay" he mentioned was most likely the member of the organization who helped him disguise himself.

If nothing unexpected happens, this member of the organization named Rams is likely to be one of the subordinates called by Rum.

Ramsay is rum made from potatoes, and the name is said to have been given by a naval soldier.

If you think so, then this "Ramsu" may not only be able to change his appearance, but his fighting ability may also be very high.

Since he was able to obtain this code name related to rum, it meant that this person was very trusted by Rum and might even be one of Rum's direct confidants.

Members of an organization who can disguise themselves and have certain martial arts skills are obviously more troublesome than those who only have martial arts skills.

If feasible, Makino planned to get information about the winery from Ireland and the member of the organization who could disguise himself, and then send them on the road together.

Unfortunately, although Ireland contacted him twice, it did not mention any key information or intelligence.

——"Buzz buzz buzz" Just then, Makino's cell phone vibrated.

After seeing "Sato Miwako" on the phone screen, Makino immediately answered the call.

Officer Sato's slightly solemn voice came from the phone:
——"Counselor, your guess is correct! We have checked the surveillance near Administrator Matsumoto's home, and it seems that Administrator Matsumoto did not go home last night.

It seems that he went to a nearby convenience store to buy a bento after get off work last night, around 9 o'clock, and because of his face... uh, the employee who was in charge of the store at the time remembered it very clearly. "

"What about Administrator Matsumoto's family? I remember he has a daughter named Sayuri."

——"She's fine. Since Manager Matsumoto is always very busy with his work, he rarely contacts his daughter, so his daughter didn't notice anything unusual.

We checked the surveillance footage of the convenience store and found that Manager Matsumoto was indeed heading towards home after leaving the store.

We checked the surveillance cameras of nearby shops and intersections one by one based on the route that Officer Matsumoto took home. At around 9:10, Officer Matsumoto walked into a small road without surveillance cameras and then disappeared.

About five minutes later, a black van drove out from the path, and Gao Mu and Shiratori went to investigate the black van! "

After listening to Officer Sato's explanation, a hint of surprise flashed in Makino's eyes.

Although he asked Sato and the others to investigate the matter with the idea of ​​"testing" them, he never expected that the three of them would find out so much so quickly.

Apart from anything else, his ability to act and investigate alone is enough to be called excellent.

When did the three of them become so outstanding?
After a moment of silence, Makino slowly spoke: "I understand. You will meet up with Gao Mu and the others first. Keep me informed of any intelligence you have."

--"yes!"

After putting down his phone, Makino walked to the lounge and put on the smart glasses and headphones that came with the Little Ant.

After a moment, the voice of Manager Matsumoto came from the headset:

"The police have basically found out the murderer of this case. If nothing goes wrong, they should be able to catch the criminal before tonight. What should I do next?"

"Send it to you tonight? Ramsay, I am not your subordinate!"

"..."

After listening to the communication between Manager Matsumoto and Ramus, a light suddenly flashed in Makino's eyes.

……

On the other side, inside the rice flower warehouse.

After hanging up the phone, Rams immediately called another number.

"Lord Rum, things should be able to end smoothly tonight!"

——"Remember to get the memory card first and then do it, don't leave any traces."

"Don't worry, I have arranged everything. No trace will be left. By the way, Lord Rum, what should we do with the policeman we captured? There is really no need..."

——"Don't worry about the policeman, just let him fend for himself. Your mission is to get the memory card and get rid of Ireland."

"Ok, I see."

"..."

A few hours later, the interrogation room of Section 1 was searched.

Mizutani Kousuke, Shindo Sumire, and Motogami Kazuki were all taken back to the Metropolitan Police Department.

When several police officers found Ben Shangheshu, he was carrying a light-colored sports bag.

There was a knife wrapped in a plastic bag in the sports bag.

Although there was no luminol reaction on the knife in the plastic bag, the knife edge was extremely consistent with the wound marks on the first five victims.

In addition to the knife, the sports bag also contained a small bag containing six distinct items:
- Necklace, drawstring bag, amulet, motorcycle keychain, makeup mirror, and a small doll.

These were the personal belongings carried by the first six victims.

Seeing that they were completely exposed, Motokami and Tsuchima tried to resist, but were eventually arrested by several police officers and taken back to the Metropolitan Police Department.

After arriving at the Metropolitan Police Department, he confessed his crimes and threatened that these guys deserved to die.

As for Nanako Motogami's boyfriend Kosuke Mizutani, he was the first to be found. He was in a hotel in Beika Town.

During the interrogation of Hirosuke Mizutani, he insisted that he was the one who committed the serial murders.

However, when Inspector Megure told Mizutani Kosuke about Makino's previous speculation that "Motokami Nanako gave up her elevator seat to those seven people on her own," Mizutani Kosuke's expression obviously changed.

When he heard Inspector Megure say, "Your girlfriend saved seven people with her life, and now only one is left," Mizutani Kousuke finally gave in.

-

Half a year ago, his girlfriend's brother Motokami Kazuki found him and told him the false news that Motokami Nanako was pushed out of the elevator by the seven people in the elevator.

Although he also wanted to avenge his girlfriend, he couldn't bear to kill anyone.

After learning of his idea, Motokami Kazuki proposed a plan to him.

That is, Motokami and Shu would do the killing, and he would take responsibility for the incident, and then take the personal belongings of the seven people and jump off the Tokyo Tower to commit suicide.

-

After hearing what Mizutani Kousuke said, Inspector Megure and the police officers observing outside the interrogation room fell into deep thought.

They could feel that both the deceased Nanako Motogami and the Mizutani Kousuke who was currently in the interrogation room seemed to be kind-hearted.

In addition, a group of out-of-town police officers did not expect that this serial murder case spanning multiple locations would end so "simply" and quickly.

Seeing that the case was over, Manager Matsumoto asked all the police officers to go to the conference room for another meeting to prepare for the case closing process.

He himself had to go back to the office first to get some information and documents.

Makino glanced at Manager Matsumoto's back, smiled and shook his head.

Good boy, you asked everyone to go to the conference room for a meeting, but you were planning to sneak away with the "amulet" you just found, right?
(End of this chapter)