Conan: The Self-cultivation of Fake Wine

Lu Ren didn't expect Maoli to put forward any constructive opinions.

Is Maoli capable? Of course, there are. In some cases, Maori's reasoning ability is stronger than that of Conan.

But that situation is too rare. In most cases, he still serves as Conan's backdrop and excuse book.

Conan, who was sitting next to Mori with a thoughtful expression, was capable of making some useful suggestions.

But expect this guy to share information? It is better to hope that the prisoner's conscience will find out and throw himself into a trap.

Lu Ren had no hope for this anyway, and was not prepared to give them any more time to take the exam. "Officer Mu Mu, should we continue the interrogation?"

"Ah."

……

After Toono entered the room and sat down, he began to describe his whereabouts last night.

"I got here at about half past six last night."

Chiba picked up his pen and drew a vertical line.

"An hour later, I called Ms. Qi Chuan and ordered a takeaway sushi. Teacher, she loved sushi the most during her lifetime."

"From Takara Sushi?"

"Ah? Well, yes." Faced with Lu Ren's sudden question, Tono was stunned for a moment and nodded slowly.

"Well, please continue."

"The sushi was delivered at eight o'clock, and then I left the teacher's house. Around eight fifteen, I went to the izakaya and drank with my friends until late at night."

"There is a question." Lu Ren turned on the appraiser and looked directly into Tono's eyes. "When the sushi was delivered, it was you who picked it up, or Ms. Qi Chuan. Why didn't Ms. Qi Chuan call and order it herself? Instead, you went to order it. ?”

"I got the sushi. As for ordering sushi, I often come to the teacher's house. As long as I'm here, I always order it. Mr. Lu Ren, are you doubting me?"

Lu Ren couldn't deny it.

"How could I commit a crime? Teacher, she is a treasure in Japan's reasoning world."

【Homo sapiens (nervous)】

This emotion doesn't mean anything.

Lu Ren did not continue to press. He stood up and said, "I'm going out for a while."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 478 Unexpected

After leaving the conference room, Bei Dao was waiting outside the door. Administrator Murata had disappeared.

Seeing Lu Ren walking out of the room, Bei Dao asked softly: "How is the progress?"

"It's not going very well. Shimazaki Yasunobu has a clear alibi, and there will be a lot of people to investigate next."

Lu Ren informed Bei Dao of his conjectures and subsequent investigation directions.

"Killing for ideals? It's possible, but I don't think it's very convincing."

"Yes." Lu Ren also admitted this, "So the focus of the police investigation is still Murata and Tono, the two first witnesses."

"Murata said that he stayed in the management room last night, but no one could prove it for him. But he must be lying, but he just doesn't know what he is hiding."

"In addition, someone clearly witnessed him arguing with Ms. Qichuan a few days ago, but he denied it. His suspicion is the highest now."

"As for Tono..." Lu Ren glanced at the still closed conference room door and whispered, "To be honest, I didn't see anything wrong with him."

"He came to visit at six-thirty and stayed until he left at eight in the evening. After that, he spent time drinking with friends at an izakaya next to the station. The police have sent people to confirm this, and he should not lie in this regard."

Bei Dao thought for a moment and asked a question, "Brother Ren, you said that the president of Labyrinth Publishing House is taking the lead in working overtime, but Tono went to drink with friends alone. Isn't this wrong?"

Lu Ren shook his head, "There is a point, but it doesn't mean anything. It's too far-fetched to doubt his words because of this point."

"Too."

"Now we are waiting for the autopsy results to come out and find out the specific time of Ms. Qichuan's death."

Considering that Bei Dao probably didn't know this knowledge, Lu Ren added a few more sentences.

"If there is only a small amount or even no food residue in her stomach, then Ms. Qichuan was killed before dinner. If there is residue, based on the degree of digestion of the food in the stomach, it can be roughly inferred that Ms. Qichuan was killed a few days after the meal. Killed in hours.”

"If it's the former, then the murderer can basically be identified as Tono, but this possibility is very low."

"Because we found pickled ginger, a side dish of sushi, in the sink. Since this thing exists, it means that Saikawa finished the sushi. At least that's what Tono said."

"If it is found after the autopsy that there are no such things in Qichuan's stomach, Tono's lies will be exposed instantly. There should not be such a stupid murderer."

"Yeah." Bei Dao nodded.

"If it's the latter, and Tono asked Takara Sushi to deliver a special sushi at eight o'clock in the evening, then her death time would be at least after eight o'clock..."

And Bei Dao has no alibi since 8:30...

Thinking of this, Lu Ren felt a little heavy.

This is really not good news.

Why is Qichuan eating so late? I can't eat my meal honestly after six o'clock.

The same goes for these Japanese people, so they can't chat while eating at the dinner table. I have to finish my work before eating, which is really a way to resist hunger.

Just as Lu Ren was complaining crazily in his mind, Bei Dao's voice suddenly became louder.

"Takara Sushi? Brother Ren, are you sure he ordered Takara Sushi's premium sushi?"

"Yes. I also confirmed it specifically. What's wrong?"

Lu Ren also thought of the sushi restaurant owner who specifically mentioned that Qi Chuan particularly liked his sushi last night, so he asked an extra question.

"You come with me."

Bei Dao grabbed Lu Ren's arm, turned around and walked forward. The two of them returned to Qi Chuan's home.

Standing by the kitchen sink, Kitajima pointed to the plate of pickled ginger and said firmly, "This is not Bao Sushi's pickled ginger at all."

"what?!"

Lu Ren subconsciously raised his voice, but then he immediately reacted and whispered: "Are you sure?"

"I'm sure. I often eat sushi at his restaurant, and I especially like the ginger slices. The color of the ginger slices on this plate is too heavy. The ginger slices at Takara Sushi are lighter in color. The knife skills are also poor, and the quality of the ginger slices is also poor. not too good."

"We just ordered sushi at Takara Sushi last night, and the quality of his pickled ginger was as good as before. How could the quality of ginger slices be so different for a takeout on the same day, especially when Ms. Qikawa ordered it? takeout."

"That boss will only prepare more carefully, and will never shoddy things like this."

Lu Ren nodded, and then asked: "Is it possible that because Qichuan is a regular customer of that store, the boss knows that she doesn't eat ginger slices, so the quality of the ginger slices sent is not very good."

"No. If that's the case, he doesn't have to give it away, but he will never give it away with a low-quality self-defeating sign."

"Okay, let's go over and ask this boss now."

Lu Ren first took out his mobile phone and took a few photos of Jiang Pian, but then felt that it was not enough. I took out my handkerchief and wrapped it in two pieces of pickled ginger and took it away.

Fifteen minutes later, the two arrived at the door of Takara Sushi.

It was already one o'clock in the afternoon, and there were no customers in the store. Boss Mizushima was sitting behind the counter, looking a little listless.

When he heard someone coming, he didn't even raise his head, but said feebly: "Our store is closed now."

"Boss, it's me."

"Hey, Bei Dao." Mizushima now regained some energy, "Are you here to eat sushi? There are some ingredients left in the store, I will make one for you now."

Hearing this, Lu Ren was really hungry. In order to solve the case, he hasn't eaten lunch yet, but just drank a few drinks of water.

"Don't worry, I have something to ask the boss about."

"Oh, you say."

Lu Ren spread out his handkerchief and pointed at the ginger slices inside, "Is this pickled ginger from your house, boss?"

Mizushima glanced twice, his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot, but for Bei Dao's sake, he didn't attack immediately.

Mizushima took a plate, filled a bowl of ginger slices, and placed it next to the handkerchief, "You can see for yourself."

Lu Ren looked at the two ginger slices and found that, as Bei Dao said, the ginger slices from Takara Sushi were lighter in color.

As for the knife skills, I forgive his blindness for not being able to tell. Not to mention quality.

Mizushima pointed to the pickled ginger on the handkerchief, "Let's not talk about anything else. You can always tell the depth of the color of these two ginger slices, right?"

Lu Ren nodded.

"The color of my pickled ginger is light because my ginger slices are naturally pickled. If you go to other premium sushi restaurants, the color of their pickled ginger will be the same."

"As for the two dark-colored ones, that's because they have been dyed! They are industrial canned goods sold in stores. This gentleman, my store has been in business for three generations. There is no way our century-old store would do this to ruin its reputation. thing!"

"I'm so sorry." Lu Ren apologized angrily, and then told the Mizushima shop owner the whole story.

"What?!" Mizushima slapped his hands on the table, almost knocking over the pickled ginger on the counter. "how so?"

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 449: Pursuing and Fighting

After repeatedly asking and confirming that Lu Ren did not lie to him, the owner of Mizushima shop instantly fell into great sadness and pain.

He held his head in his hands and muttered absentmindedly: "Why did I make such a mistake?"

Ok? !

Lu Ren and Bei Dao looked at each other in surprise. Is this an unexpected gain?

"Mr. Mizushima, what mistake do you mean?" After realizing that there was additional information to be dug up, Lu Ren did not give the shop owner much time to grieve, but asked directly.

"Squid and octopus. I forgot to add squid and octopus to the sushi yesterday."

Lu Ren recalled the sushi he had last night and asked uncertainly, "Does your premium sushi have these two things? I don't think I had them last night."

"Ordinary premium sushi is not available." The boss wiped his tears, "Squid and octopus are specially provided because Teacher Qi Chuan likes to eat squid and octopus the most. So every time I send sushi to her family, I will add these two things."

"But I was so busy last night that I forgot to add it. How could I make such a mistake? I ruined the last delivery in the teacher's life."

That's not necessarily the case. Maybe she's already dead before you send it to her.

But there was no premium sushi with squid and octopus, and there was a can of pickled ginger found in the sink. Is there any connection between the two?

Lu Ren asked again to confirm, "Boss, are you sure this portion of pickled ginger is not the one you delivered last night? Is there a possibility that the delivery guy accidentally lost the pickled ginger on the way, so he went to the convenience store to buy one to make up the number?"

"Impossible. Because I delivered this takeaway personally. As long as it's a takeaway ordered by a teacher, I will deliver it personally no matter how busy I am."

"Look. I heard from Yuanye that he ordered the takeaway last night and he also signed for it. Has it always been like this? Is there anything wrong?"

"Since he started to be in charge of the publication of the teacher's works, it is indeed him who made most of the phone calls to order takeout. As for what is wrong."

Mizushima scratched his head, revealing a clear stupidity that was not tainted by knowledge, "I don't quite understand what you mean."

"It's just different from usual. For example, when you delivered the food this time, did you see Ms. Qi Chuan in person or hear her voice?" Lu Ren explained a few more words.

"No. It's a bit strange to say that. Teacher Qi Chuan is a very nice person. Even if she doesn't come out to get the takeaway, she will still say hello and say a few words to me."

"I didn't hear it this time, but I didn't pay much attention to it. I went back after delivering the takeaway. Another thing is that the takeaway he ordered was a little late this time."

"Teacher Qi Chuan is in poor health and usually goes to bed at 9pm. So she usually orders takeout at around 5pm, and I time it and deliver it around 6:30pm."

"This time the order was not until 7:30. I was worried that the teacher would be hungry, so I thought about making it quickly and sending it over. If I wasn't in such a hurry, I probably wouldn't have forgotten to add the squid and octopus."

The owner of Mizushima store fell into self-blame again.

Normally, the takeaway is delivered at 6:30... Isn't this the time when Toono comes to visit?

Lu Ren suddenly had some ideas about the case. He and Bei Dao found a table in the store and sat down, and took the two portions of ginger slices on the counter.

While talking to Bei Dao, he was organizing his thoughts.

"The evidence we have now is: 1. The pickled ginger was replaced; 2. The owner did not hear Ms. Qichuan's voice; 3. The takeaway order was placed late this time. Normally it should be :, which is the time when Tono visited."

"The reason why the pickled ginger was replaced is not known at this time. The owner did not hear Ms. Qichuan's voice as usual, which means that she may have been killed at that time."

"Let's not worry about the motive for the murder for now. Let's assume that Tono is the murderer. Then he committed the crime between seven and eight o'clock. As mentioned before, Ms. Saikawa's body was sent for forensic autopsy."