Conan: The Self-cultivation of Fake Wine

He is a guest in box number four, his name is Arimoto Kenji.

This man is nearly 1.9 meters tall. Lu Ren was half a head shorter standing next to him, let alone everyone else.

The deceased was less than 1.7 meters tall.

Such a strong man could probably knock the deceased unconscious with one punch.

If you really want to be cruel, beating him to death with your fists is not impossible.

After all, fists also fit the definition of a blunt weapon.

"You are closest to the deceased's box. Did you hear any strange noises after five forty?"

The muscular man shook his head: "I didn't hear it. The sound insulation of this KTV is pretty good."

"You came alone?"

"I came here with my wife, but she is not feeling well and is resting in the room."

With that said, the muscular man opened the door.

Another muscular man was lying on the sofa in the box.

Lu Ren's expression became a little stiff for a moment.

What did this man just say? spouse? Also used the word "she" next to the word "female"?

Is the subject a transgender person?

Seeing Lu Ren's expression, the muscular man seemed to know what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "It's not what you think, Yingmei is a girl, she just works out."

"Oh, that's it."

"But she has nothing to do with this case. She stayed in the box and never came out. Doesn't this KTV have surveillance? You can take a look."

Is there monitoring?

Then the case was not solved immediately?

Noticing the gazes of the police and Lu Ren, the clerk hurriedly explained, "There is only one surveillance camera installed at the counter in the store. It can only see the situation of boxes one to four in the corridor facing the counter. Box five is in At the end of the corner of the corridor, there is a blind spot for surveillance."

The overall layout of this KTV is an L-shaped corridor. After entering the door, you can directly see boxes 1, 2, 3, and 4. For box 5, you have to go to the end and then turn a corner.

It is a pity that the murderer cannot be directly identified through surveillance. But some monitoring is better than none.

At least it was possible to determine who had walked in the direction of Box 5 during the time period when the crime occurred.

A total of six people were shown on the surveillance screen.

In addition to the clerk, there is also the old man in the first box, the working man in the second box, the muscular man in the fourth box, and... Hondo Eyou in the third box.

They have all walked into the blind spot of surveillance, which is where Box No. 5 is located.

Naturally, these five people were listed as suspects by the police.

Lu Ren knew in his heart that Bentang Yingyou could not be the murderer. He was just unlucky and happened to be involved in this case.

But that's how it is to solve a case. As long as there is a suspicion, it must be investigated to the end.

Lu Ren recorded the time on the monitor.

The first person to leave his box was a working man in blue clothes. He left the room at 5:50 and soon walked into the blind spot of the surveillance.

He was also the first person the police questioned.

His name is Honma Kyota, he is an employee of a company, and he came to sing alone.

Faced with the police's questioning, Kyota Honma seemed a little excited, "I'm going to use the toilet there. The toilet is next to Box 5."

Then at 6:03, the main hall Yingyou left the box, claiming that he also went to the toilet.

At 6:05, Kyouta Honma reappeared on the surveillance camera.

"Wait a minute." Lu Ren paused the surveillance video and looked at Kyouta Honma, "Aren't you from the second box? Why did you go to the third box?"

"I ran to the wrong place. I thought it was my box."

"Then why are you carrying a bag? Aren't you going to the toilet?"

Kyota Honma: "There is toilet paper in the bag. Although this store provides paper towels, I am a bit of a germaphobe and would rather use my own paper towels."

"Isn't that right? Can't you just put the toilet paper in your pocket?"

The bag this man was carrying wasn't particularly big, it was about the same size as an average lady carrying on the street.

But for women to carry a bag on the street, in addition to some fashion factors, part of the reason is because many women's clothes are not designed with pockets.

But he is wearing a blue shirt and jeans. Do you need to carry another bag?

"Well, I've been having some gastrointestinal discomfort recently." As if he was talking about a topic that he was ashamed to mention, Honma's voice became much softer, "If I don't take enough paper, I'm afraid..."

"Ok."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 485 Deja Vu

Backpacking requires a lot of paper due to gastrointestinal discomfort.

At the same time, he has mysophobia and does not want to use the toilet paper provided by the KTV itself.

Although this series of reasons is far-fetched, it is still justifiable.

In addition to the problem with the backpack, Lu Ren was also particularly concerned about the fact that this person took a bit long to go to the toilet.

The box he left at 5:50 did not reappear in the surveillance range until 6:05.

It takes more than ten minutes to go to the toilet?

This can also be explained by gastrointestinal discomfort.

Another possibility is that he killed the deceased.

Ten minutes is a long time to go to the toilet, but it's just right for killing people.

Lu Ren temporarily listed him as the first suspect and watched the surveillance video again.

It was still 6:05, and at the same time that Honma walked into the wrong box, the muscular man Yu Yuan happened to leave the box and walked into the surveillance blind spot.

His reason was the same as the first two, he went there to use the toilet.

Next was the old man in box number one.

His name was Kunio Tamai, and unlike Kyouta Honma, he first put all the equipment he had in the house and then walked over empty-handed.

Looking at what he was doing, he looked like he had just come back from fishing.

"You ran to the toilet too?"

"No, I'm going to buy cigarettes." The old fishing man and the other three people had different reasons. "There's not a vending machine next to Box 5. It's just that the brand I wanted to smoke happened to be sold out, and then I just went came back."

At 6:10, the old fishing man returned to his box, followed closely by the muscular man.

Lu Ren recorded the time when the two left and came back in his notebook.

I found that the time overlap between the two people was a bit too high.

They both returned to the box at 6:10, but the time they left was slightly different.

The muscular man is 6:05, and the fisherman is 6:07.

If one of these two people is the murderer, the time spent committing the crime was five minutes and three minutes respectively.

This time is enough to kill people, just like what Riku Ren said to Hayasaka Minyo yesterday.

It’s just that the risk is a bit high.

The two of them could run into each other at any time.

Forget it, maybe the murderer just got lucky, so let’s continue reading.

At 6:18, the main hall Yingyou reappeared in the surveillance range. However, he did not return to his box, but broke into box four.

The reason was the same as Kyota Honma, he accidentally ran into the wrong place.

Hmm... This fits his confused persona quite well.

Lu Ren looked at the time recorded in the notebook. Eiyu Hondo left the box at 6:03, and it took him fifteen minutes to go to the toilet, which was the same length as Kyouta Honma.

If you look at this alone, he suddenly became the second suspect in this case. There is enough time to commit the crime.

"Are you feeling upset about your stomach too?" Lu Ren asked.

Before the court Eyou could answer, Suzuki Sonoko hurriedly answered on his behalf: "Brother Ren, he was sick and hospitalized some time ago. Even if he is discharged now, he will still feel a little uncomfortable."

"Is that so?"

Suzuki Sonoko: "Yeah, yeah. We originally wanted to go to cake, but he can't eat sweets. Then we asked to go to a burger restaurant. There was a super spicy chicken drumstick burger that was super delicious, but he couldn't eat chili peppers and fried foods. .I came to sing in the end.”

Super delicious super spicy chicken drumstick?

Lu Ren made a note in his notebook. After solving the case, I was going to ask Yuanzi where the store was.

As for now, let’s focus on the case itself.

At 6:24, the clerk left the surveillance range.

As he said before, he came here to remind the dead.

This time it was Memu's turn to pause the surveillance video, "Could it be that you used this as an excuse to kill the deceased?"

"I think this is impossible." Conan stood up to testify for the clerk at this time, "I heard his cry and ran out quickly. It was 6:25, and the blood on the ground had basically dried. .”

"Is it?"

Several people continued to watch the surveillance and found that just as Conan said, he rushed out of his box at 6:25.

If the clerk really yelled, he would have committed the crime in less than a minute.

Conan himself is a detective, so it is impossible for him to make such a low-level mistake and give false testimony on behalf of the clerk.

Although Megure and the others don't know Conan's true identity, they still believe in Conan's abilities after being in contact with him for so long.

Therefore, the clerk’s suspicion can be ruled out directly.

There are four remaining suspects.

They are Kyouta Arima and Eiyu Hondo, who committed the crime for fifteen minutes.

Yu Yuan, a muscular man who committed the crime for five minutes.

Fishing Weng Yujing took three minutes to commit the crime.

Lu Ren thought for a moment and planned to start with the fisherman who had committed the crime the shortest time.

This man's testimony was also different from others. He said that he went to the vending machine to buy cigarettes and did not go to the toilet.

The murderer hit the deceased on the head multiple times with a blunt instrument, causing his death. In the process, the deceased suffered a considerable amount of bleeding.

Even if the murderer paid extra attention, there may not be blood on his clothes, but there should be blood on his hands.

At this time, if you want to clean the blood on your hands, the most convenient way should be to use the toilet sink to clean it.

But it is unlikely that Diaoyu Weng Yujing cannot do this.

Suppose it only takes him a minute to kill.

That's where I ran to the bathroom at 6:08. I had to wash my hands and rush back at 6:09.

Only in this way can he appear in the monitoring range at 6:10.

This is a bit too extreme. It's not like playing a game, you can infinitely load files and rewind the card time.

So if the fisherman kills someone, there are only two situations.

First, there was no blood on his hands and there was no need to clean them at all.

Second, he had blood stains on his hands, which he cleaned up after returning to the box.

Regardless of the above, it is impossible to detect the blood reaction of the deceased in the drainage pipe of the toilet sink.

In other words, if the blood reaction of the deceased can be detected in the drainage pipe, the suspicion of Diao Weng can basically be ruled out.

Lu Ren was prepared to do this alone.