Crime scene: 162 mystery solving puzzles to find out who the murderer is

Chapter 26 The 3rd Street Murder

Shibukawa, who recently became a detective, took out a photo from his coat pocket and said, "Have you seen the woman in the photo?" The photo was shown to a male clerk, who stared at the photo for a while and was very respectful. He took the photo over and looked at it carefully.The picture shows a woman smiling happily.But it didn't matter how happy she was smiling, because she was the victim of this incident.

She was assassinated by someone on No. 12 Street at 3 o'clock in the middle of the night on a hot summer day. It was a tragic event.

Of course, the police acted quickly after the incident.Unfortunately, no witnesses were found.No, in the end there wasn't even anyone who heard the suspicious voice.

3rd Street is crowded with people during the day, but almost no one comes at night.Perhaps the prisoner had already taken this into account.Therefore, the prisoners are considered to be locals.

As a result, the police began to question nearby residents.The pharmacy that Detective Shibukawa is currently visiting is located 300 meters away from the scene of the accident.The clerk of the pharmacy looked at the photo that Shibukawa gave him for a while, then raised his head: "This person...has never seen him before. Why... did something happen?"

"Well, killed not far from here."

Shibukawa said, seeing the clerk startled.

"Ah!? Kill, murder incident?"

"Could it be that this is the first time I've heard of it?" Shibukawa asked.

The clerk gave an affirmative answer, and then started nagging:

"Mr. Police, this world is really chaotic. I thought that murders would only appear on TV, but I didn't expect that it would happen around me... Please catch the prisoner! This is how to stab a young and lovely woman to death like this." I will never forgive people!"

The clerk finished speaking in one breath, then suddenly thought of something, and moved his face closer to Detective Shibukawa: "Well, speaking of it, I remembered something again! Well, I don't know if it has something to do with the case!"

"Oh? Can I hear it?"

Shibukawa stared into his eyes very seriously, and he also stared at Shichuan seriously: "Our store will be open until 11 pm. A few days ago, there was one who came every time when the store was closed, but nothing People who don’t buy it. No, it’s not surprising that it’s just like that. After all, there are all kinds of customers. But what’s strange is that that person always wears a mask, and it’s hard to talk to him. Without making a sound, I walked away in silence...ah...speaking of it..."

The clerk seemed to remember something again, and said in a low voice, "I can't remember that person's face, but he has a scar on the back of his hand."

The clerk raised his hand and pointed to the back of Shibukawa's left hand.Shibukawa glanced at the back of his hand, seemed to be thinking about something, and then said, "Hmm. That's it. Then, how old does that weirdo look like?"

The clerk tilted his head and thought for a while: "Well... I don't know very well, but it looks like 30 years old?"

After hearing this, Shibukawa nodded and smiled.Seeing him like this, the clerk seemed to be happy too: "Ah! Could this be an important clue?" The clerk was very satisfied.

However, this didn't last long.

"Actually... now, I think you are more suspicious than the person you said. Can you tell me why you lie?"

After speaking, the smile on Inspector Shibukawa's face disappeared...

Detective Shibukawa saw through his lie by talking to the male clerk.So, from what sentence can you tell that he is lying?

[Answer] The detective only said that he was killed, but did not say how he died, but the clerk said he was stabbed to death.Therefore he is suspicious.

(End of this chapter)