Conan: The Self-cultivation of Fake Wine

"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.

has a problem……

"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?"

"About 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 there was time to commit the crime is not up to you to decide. It depends on facts and evidence.

But this statement is a bit too aggressive. After all, Kisaki Eri is also 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.

"Yeah. I understand."

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.”