Conan: The Self-cultivation of Fake Wine

"Maybe. There is actually no point in saying this now. Let's wait for the police and fire brigade to come and put out the fire before looking for evidence."

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 501 So and So

"The deceased's name is Shuto Gouki, 34 years old, the founder of an IT company, and the owner of the mansion in front of him."

A sturdy policeman with a beard on his chin was squatting on the ground, observing the situation in the garage.

"The cause of the fire and explosion was that sparks from cigarettes ignited the gasoline in the garage. Several gasoline barrels in the garage happened to be dumped on the ground, and the gasoline inside was scattered all over the floor, and then exploded when it encountered fire."

"We also found the burnt cigarette butt just now. At present, it is just an unfortunate accident." The old policeman came to the final conclusion.

The police who came to the scene of the crime this time were not the Mumu Police Department that Lu Ren was familiar with, but the Gongchang Police Department who was responsible for handling fires.

This one can barely be counted as a permanent plot character in Conan. Lu Ren vaguely remembered that this person seemed to be Mouri Kogoro's boss during his tenure, and he was also called "Fire Daddy" by Mouri Kogoro.

It's just that they have never met each other before.

Compared to him, Conan's relationship with the bow commander seemed to be pretty good.

They greeted each other when they met, and the latter did not object to Conan's behavior of wandering around the crime scene.

The person looks pretty good, but this reasoning is a bit untenable.

"Ms. Yinlin, has Mr. Zhou Teng been feeling unwell in the past two days, with symptoms of cold and fever?" Lu Ren asked.

"No. He is in very good health." Yin Lin shook her head, with tears in her eyes, as if she still couldn't accept the scene in front of her.

"That's weird. I remember that the smell of gasoline should be very obvious. Since he is not sick and his sense of smell is normal, why would he just get out of the car with a cigarette in his mouth? Yumaga Police Department, don't you think President Shuto's behavior is a bit too reckless? and unconscionable.”

Facing the doubt, the bow commander subconsciously frowned, "Who are you?"

"He is Lu Ren, and this is his business card." Before Lu Ren could say anything, Bei Dao handed the business card to the Gongchang Police Department.

"It's you."

The latter's expression suddenly changed, recalling all the previous actions of this beast, he accepted the business card and said with a serious expression: "If you say so, it is a bit unreasonable."

"Yes, I think so too!"

The person who spoke out was not Conan, but Ena Ginbayashi who was still heartbroken before.

Oh?

This is interesting.

What is this, a murderer throwing himself into the trap and voluntarily confessing?

After all, this is because she has something to rely on and is confident that what she does will not be discovered.

Or does this really have nothing to do with her?

Perhaps their relationship as an unmarried couple was indeed at odds, but because there were so many outsiders around, she couldn't let others see the joke, so even if she felt happy, she had to pretend to be sad.

"Haogui, he has obviously quit smoking for me! How could he enter the garage with a cigarette in his mouth!"

"Who are you, madam?"

A guest present stood up at this time and explained Yin Lin's identity to the bow leader.

"That's it." Seeing that she was just the deceased's fiancée and not a troublesome person who couldn't afford to offend, Commander Gong's slightly nervous mood calmed down instantly. He calmly replied, "Although Madam, you said so, it seems that the deceased has not quit smoking. sign."

"There were many cigarette butts in the ashtray in the car, and there was also an unopened pack of cigarettes in the bag he was carrying."

"What? Is he lying to me again? I obviously told him on the phone before that he would never smoke today."

"About when was it?"

"An hour ago." Another passerby, a female guest, stood up. "I answered the call initially. Eina did specifically tell him not to smoke, otherwise the engagement would be terminated."

Smoking was not allowed, but he entered the garage with a cigarette in his mouth. This was probably due to rebellious psychology, which ultimately led to this accident.

Police Gong Chang wanted to say this, but considering the presence of someone, he thought for a moment and finally focused on Lu Ren, "Mr. Lu Ren, what do you think?"

What do I think?

I just want to know what brand that cigarette is.

The fire was so intense just now that the cigarette butt was not completely burned to ashes.

I'm afraid it's just another Ke Xue creation.

"Chief Gong, what do you think?"

Lu Ren threw the question back again.

"I still think this was an accident." Commander Gong hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to stick to his opinion. He pointed at the old car that had turned into black coal.

"The windows of this car were all closed, so when the deceased drove the car into the garage, he did not smell the smell of gasoline. By the time he opened the door and smelled the smell of gasoline, it was already too late."

"Ah."

Lu Ren nodded, and then he pointed to the briefcase next to the body, "Have you ever moved the position of that leather bag?"

Several police officers from the forensics department shook their heads.

"According to you from the Gongchang Police Department, the accident occurred the moment the deceased opened the car door. Then why does this leather bag appear here? Instead of continuing to be placed in the car?"

"It is understandable that the deceased rushed out of the car at the moment the explosion occurred, but when he rushed out, he was holding such an obstructive leather bag in his hand. Is this a bit difficult to explain?"

The bow commander replied: "It's also possible that he didn't take it out himself, but the shock wave generated by the explosion shook the leather bag out of the car."

"Then it happened to be near the deceased. Okay, let's leave that aside for now. Don't you think it's a little strange about the unopened box of cigarettes in the bag?"

"Since the deceased took the leather bag out of the car, it means that he will take the leather bag into the villa next."

"Yeah. That's right."

"If that's the case, then why did he put a pack of cigarettes in his bag? Miss Yinlin also made it clear on the phone before that if he was found smoking again, he would immediately terminate the engagement. He took the leather bag with the cigarettes to the villa , aren’t you afraid of being discovered?”

"It is really unreasonable for a person who clearly said that he has quit smoking to still carry a pack of cigarettes with him."

"This... seems to be the same. Is it possible that he forgot about it due to negligence?"

"Conan and the others once told me that they met Mr. Shuto by chance on the road before. At that time, Mr. Shuto still had a cigarette in his mouth. Within a minute or two, they heard an explosion on the top of the mountain."

"What? Is this true?" Gongchang Police Department asked Conan and the others for confirmation.

Everyone nodded.

"Coupled with the fact that the length of the cigarette butt has basically remained unchanged, it means that Mr. Shuto probably lit the cigarette after entering the garage. A person who promised to quit smoking can forget about it if he can't help but smoke at ordinary times. But at this moment, he Do you choose to smoke because you think others can’t smell the smoke on you?”

Lu Ren randomly clicked on a passerby girl, "Since you guys come here every week for banquets, have you ever smelled a distinct smell of smoke on him?"

"No. We really thought he had quit smoking."

The other guests also nodded.

"Since he is usually like this, why would he be so reckless today? You know, he is going to officially announce the date of his engagement to Yin Lin in front of everyone today."

"Maybe it's because of nervousness," the bow leader replied.

"Okay, what about the cigarette box? There is a pack of unopened cigarettes in the bag. The cigarette that fell on the ground was naturally taken out of other cigarette boxes. Have you found that cigarette box?"

The police officer from the forensics department continued to shake his head.

"Maybe he put the cigarette in his ear?"

"That's impossible. When we stopped the car before, there was nothing on his ears."

"It's possible that he threw the cigarette case directly outside because of Haogui." Ginbayashi Ena said: "He had this habit before. He crumpled the empty cigarette case into a ball and threw it out of the window."

"It's very possible!" Gong Chang Police Department agreed with this statement.

Lu Ren sighed secretly, thinking that he still had less to deal with. If it were Officer Megure, when he raised the first question, he would follow his train of thought.

Instead of looking for reasons to refute him like Gongchang Police Department is doing now.

There is absolutely no consciousness of being a qualified tool person.

Seeing that the matter had come to this, although he was a little stiff, Lu Ren decided to forcefully express his point of view.

"Gongchang Police Department, have you ever considered that this cigarette butt was actually thrown by someone else. The purpose is to mislead the police and make you characterize this incident as an accident."

"That's impossible."

Lu Ren didn't mean to say that this was actually a carefully planned murder.

If that were the case, wouldn't they all become suspects?

The many guests standing in the courtyard could no longer remain silent for a moment, and shouted: "We really thought Haogui had quit smoking before! If that's the case, then why do we put a cigarette next to a non-smoker?" "

"And you were also present at the previous banquet, and we never went out at all!"

Yes, that's what happened.

Lu Ren now understood why Eina Ginbayashi suddenly jumped out and said that her fiancé had already quit smoking.

It turned out to be waiting for him here.

As long as she maintains her character that she doesn't know he is still smoking, then even if someone suspects that someone else put the cigarettes into the garage, they will not be suspicious of her.

But the more this happened, the more she became more suspicious.

"How long has it been since Mr. Shuto quit smoking?"

"More than a month, almost two months."

Sure enough, after such a long time, there is no problem in hiding it from other people who don't often interact with him.

But if you want to hide it from Yin Lin, your pillow person, it is impossible no matter how you think about it.

Not to mention the person next to you, it is unlikely that anyone close to you can hide it.

Lu Ren understands this deeply.

In fact, after picking up Xiao Ai, Lu Ren never smoked in front of Xiao Ai.

But even so, the latter still saw through the clues and urged him to quit smoking.

Now, it can be basically confirmed that the murderer is Ginbayashi Ena.

As for the method of killing, Gongchang Police Department was partly right.

The flames detonated gasoline that had been dumped in the garage.

The fallen gasoline barrel is easy to talk about.

Where does the flame come from?

If there was any obvious ignition device here, it would have been impossible to hide it from the inspection of the forensic officers.

But it just didn’t happen.

Burnt corpses, damaged classic cars, briefcases next to corpses, dumped gasoline barrels.

There are only four things in the entire garage.

Shuto didn't even have a lighter on him. If he really wanted to smoke, he would have to use the cigarette lighter in the car.

And it was true that no one was out in the villa at the time of the incident.

The only one without an alibi was the golden retriever lying at his feet.

But training a dog to set the garage on fire?

This is really a bit ridiculous...

The fear of fire is an animal instinct.

And how can a dog set an entire garage on fire without getting hurt at all?

Due to Wan Jie's presence, the golden retriever quickly fell on him after the fire was under control.

Lu Ren naturally checked it out.

It had no burnt fur at all. This is an ordinary golden retriever.

Rule out the possibility of dog training setting fires. What Lu Ren most suspected and was most likely to do next was that Ena Ginbayashi had tampered with this classic car.

For example, smearing flammable substance powder on the closed part of the car door will produce sparks when it is opened and closed.