Conan: The Self-cultivation of Fake Wine

For such hidden criminals, Lu Ren could only ensure that he would not kill them directly or attack those fatal parts directly.

Confidence comes from strength, but holding back would be disrespecting your own life.

The only problem is that this time the stalkers are the police. And they were old acquaintances in the Metropolitan Police Department, Officer Takagi and Officer Chiba.

If it weren't for Qianye's obvious physical features, Lu Ren would have recognized him just before taking action. At this point, the two men should have fallen to the ground unconscious.

But...even if Lu Ren stopped in time.

The current state of these two people is not good, and their spirits have become extremely dazed.

Maori simply felt that Lu Ren was very fast, but Chiba and Takagi who faced Lu Ren had more complicated feelings.

They just seemed to have seen a big, colorful cat that was eager to devour others and rushed toward them with a vicious wind.

Walking on the edge of life and death, even if they are police officers with slightly higher willpower than ordinary people, this feeling is extremely uncomfortable.

Lu Ren frowned and asked, "Officer Takagi, Officer Chiba, why are you here?"

"We are here to monitor the suspects in a certain case fifteen years ago." The person who spoke was not Chiba or Takagi, but Megure who came out of the shadows further away.

"Fifteen years ago?" Mao Li looked very surprised.

If this old case hadn't had such a huge impact, it would have been archived and sealed long ago.

After all, there is at least one murder case in Tokyo every day. The police force of the Metropolitan Police Department is insufficient, so there must be choices.

But the problem is that Mao Li really doesn't remember any particularly egregious cases that happened fifteen years ago.

"Maoli, have you forgotten? The serial murderer who left scars on my face."

"Matsu...Chief Inspector Matsumoto?!" Maori looked even more surprised now.

The person who just spoke was none other than Inspector Matsumoto Kiyonaga, the manager of the First Investigation Section and Megure’s immediate boss.

Compared to the chubby, round and friendly-looking Megure, Superintendent Matsumoto undoubtedly looks much more ferocious.

He was tall and his looks...didn't quite live up to the audience's expectations, and the straight scar on his left eye made him look even more ferocious.

He is more like a club member than a policeman, and he is the kind of club member who cannot be cleansed at all and whose hands are full of blood.

However, Lu Ren knew that this man was actually a good man with a strong sense of justice.

Otherwise, I wouldn't have to personally keep an eye on him outside at night.

The problem now is that when faced with the examination of his former boss, Mao Li couldn't remember what kind of case it was.

Fortunately, Memu stepped forward in time to help Mao Li, "Sir, Mao Li just became a police officer fifteen years ago, so I don't know much about that case."

"I see."

Mao Li, who was relieved, then asked, "But Chief Inspector, I remember that you had such a scar on your face before I officially joined the job."

"Oh, you are talking about this scar. It was not left fifteen years ago, it was left twenty years ago."

Then Police Chief Matsumoto told everyone a story from the past.

Twenty years ago, when Matsumoto Kiyonaga was personally chasing the serial murderer, he was accidentally stabbed by him.

Even though his eye was slashed, he did not feel fear or retreat. Instead, he directly took the murderer's knife and chopped off the murderer's body.

To put it bluntly, it means cutting horizontally.

Upon hearing this, Lu Ren immediately realized the problem, "Where is the specific location of that knife?"

"I don't know. My vision was damaged at the time. I can only remember that it was a horizontal cut. The scar extended from one armpit to the other."

Mao Li also reacted at this time, "Chief Inspector, do you mean that one of the two people in the villa may be the serial murderer back then?"

"That's right. After he committed three consecutive crimes twenty years ago and successfully escaped, he killed another person again fifteen years ago."

The Japanese police's prosecution period is fifteen years. If the case is not solved this year, it will no longer be possible to pursue it next year.

If you put it that way, it's no wonder that Chief of Police Matsumoto would come to keep an eye on him personally. If we don't catch him, it will be too late.

Chief of Police Matsumoto: "After seeing the news a few days ago, I felt that the murderer might use this to defraud him of the bonus, so we came here to keep an eye on him."

"Just watching from the outside? No manpower arranged in the villa?" Lu Ren asked.

Chief Inspector Matsumoto: "No. Apart from the lady, there is only one housekeeper and two maids in the villa."

Lu Ren: "Then do they know about this matter?"

Chief Inspector Matsumoto: "The prisoner was very alert. In order to prevent him from noticing something was wrong, we did not tell them about it."

"In order to keep it secret..." Lu Ren was silent for a moment and said coldly, "Then have you ever thought about a question? A murderer who has exceeded the bottom line and is stained with blood will face a huge sum of 100 million yen. What will he do? What to make?"

"We took this into consideration, so we sent people to monitor here day and night. It has been several days in a row, and nothing has happened. So..."

"That was before, but it doesn't mean nothing will happen tonight." Before Matsumoto Kiyonaga could finish speaking, Lu Ren directly interrupted his explanation.

Not that Conan is here tonight.

"Conan will die wherever he goes." This kind of science of causality is often ridiculed by Lu Ren, but tonight is obviously different. There is a definite theoretical basis for it tonight.

"If the murderer is really one of those two people, he might have been able to suppress his murderous intention and choose to abide by the rules before. But that's different now."

"The famous detective Mouri Kogoro is here. First, the detective is very likely to identify who is the real Gari. This will completely ruin his plan to defraud the bonus. A vicious serial murderer, after his hope is shattered, you What do you think he will do?”

Without waiting for Matsumoto Kiyonaga and others to answer, Lu Ren continued: "Secondly, do you think this person is worried that the famous detective who has been dealing with cases and murderers all year round may find out his identity?"

"In order to prevent long nights and long dreams, if the two are combined, will he choose to strike in advance and kill people and seize wealth?"

Lu Ren was a little strange before.

The number of people commissioned today is quite enough.

The client, Zhuang Tang Hutao, the housekeeper beside him and two people suspected of being Gari.

Four people just fit the three-choice-one rule, one dead person and three suspects.

The only question is who is the deceased and why the murderer committed the murder.

This kind of person who is trying to get by and defraud money is theoretically unlikely to kill anyone.

They don't have the guts.

The possibility of a housekeeper killing someone for money is even lower. On the way here, Ms. Walnut also explained the identity of the housekeeper.

Her mother died of illness a long time ago, and her father also died of illness three years ago. This housekeeper, Bao Gu, was the one who had been arranged for her not long ago by her father to continue to take care of her.

If such a person killed someone for money, he should have done it long ago. Because Hu Tao, a rich young lady, has a wealth far beyond the 100 million yen bonus.

It makes sense now. If one of the injured two people was originally a murderer, then killing someone would not require much reason or psychological construction.

This is also something Lu Ren is more concerned about, just as Lu Ren said just now.

It is really possible that their arrival tonight led to Ms. Walnut's death.

He himself didn't care much about it, and he didn't feel any regret about the accident like Mr. Gari did back then.

But Mao Lilan is hard to say.

Last time, Miwako Sato's life was hanging by a thread because of her mistake. Mao Lilan was directly stimulated to the point of temporary amnesia.

What about this time?

"The third thing is, don't you think your actions are so thorough? If so, why are we here? If the murderer is as cautious as you said, he must have noticed you a long time ago. existence. I don’t think I need to say much about what will happen next.”

Hearing this, Takagi and Chiba lowered their heads in shame.

Matsumoto Kiyonaga wanted to say something, but Megure quickly stopped in front of him and kept apologizing to Lu Ren.

"Brother Lu Ren, I'm really sorry. It's because we didn't think carefully and didn't do a good enough job. It's all our fault."

Mu Mu directly acknowledged the matter and followed Lu Ren's wishes and began to apologize.

He knew that his boss had a bad temper. After hearing what Lu Ren said just now, he would definitely choose to refute and cause a conflict.

But the problem is that Mu Mu knows Lu Ren better.

Matsumoto Kiyonaga has a bad temper, but Riku Ren is easy to get along with?

In terms of explosive temper, who in Japan can compare with him?

Especially what Lu Ren said was indeed reasonable. This Lord doesn't spare anyone without being reasonable, let alone being reasonable.

Last time, because the young master of the Baima family made rude remarks, Lu Ren directly used the topic to his advantage, causing great distress to their entire police system.

Director Baima was so forced that he asked his son to go abroad overnight, and then had to stand up and publicly bow and apologize.

If this happens again, who can bear it?

Moreover, Detective Baima is the only son of Director Baima. If he makes trouble, the most he can do is scold him.

These subordinates have caused trouble, and I'm afraid it can't be solved with just a few curse words...

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 511 Before the Flowers and Under the Moon

Seeing Mugu admit the matter, Matsumoto could not directly refute Mugu's face, so he chose to remain silent.

And his attitude naturally means that the police have taken a step back. In this case, Lu Ren will not continue to pursue and fight fiercely, and the matter will be revealed.

Lu Ren sorted out his thoughts and returned the topic to the case itself, "Apart from the scars? Is there any other evidence that can identify the suspect?"

Matsumoto Kiyonaga: "When the murderer committed the crime, he was wearing a hat and a beard. It seemed that he had specially disguised himself. It was basically impossible to identify the murderer from his appearance. And after all, it had been twenty years. Now, the appearance will definitely change a lot."

"What about the fingerprints? Didn't you take the samurai sword from the prisoner's hand? Didn't he have his fingerprints on it? And didn't you also cut him? There should be blood stains on the sword."

"The murderer had been wearing gloves, and his fingerprints were not detected on the knife. As for blood stains, the knife was the murder weapon he used to commit serial murders. There were too many people's blood on it to detect his blood alone. "

After committing consecutive crimes, he still disguised himself and always wore gloves.

This person's vigilance and counter-reconnaissance capabilities are very strong.

Wait, in that case...

"Then how can you be sure that the case fifteen years ago was also committed by him?"

"Because we have not fully disclosed the murderer's specific killing methods to the outside world. The killing methods of the case fifteen years ago are very similar to those of twenty years ago. The possibility of copycat crimes can basically be ruled out."

"Twenty years ago, fifteen years ago." Maoli muttered in a low voice while still trying to mobilize his memories.

Fortunately, he finally got something, he said excitedly, "I remembered, was it the case where letters were carved on the back with a knife?"

"That's right." Mu Mu nodded and continued to explain to Lu Ren: "The murderer first stunned the victim with a stun gun, then killed him with a knife, and then carved English letters on his back. Because we concealed it from the outside world The existence of letters has been eliminated, so this method is basically impossible to imitate and commit crimes.”

This little Japanese is quite fancy.

Lu Ren then asked: "Besides, does the murderer have any other characteristics?"

"The prisoner likes to whistle a tune."

"But the Chief of Police..." Maori prisoner said, "Twenty years have passed. It's unlikely that the prisoner still likes that song, right?"

"No, this possibility is actually very high." Lu Ren agreed with Matsumoto Kiyonaga this time and gave a corresponding explanation, "The murderer used the same technique in two consecutive murder cases twenty years ago. .”

"Five years later, when the samurai sword was taken away, he changed his knife and insisted on using the same killing method. In addition to being seen as a provocation to the police, this behavior can also reflect, The murderer is likely to be an extremely conformist and conservative person."

"Yes, we the police think so too." Matsumoto Kiyonaga hesitated for a moment and came up with a guess, "And we guess that the song the murderer whistled has a special meaning to him."

"Special meaning? What meaning, what is that song?"

"We can't tell you this for now. We need to ask you to do something."

Mumu then replied, "We hope you will try it out to see what songs they usually like to hum. If you know that song in advance, you will probably reveal your flaws by then. This will allow you to be noticed by the hidden murderer. .”

There is some truth to this statement...

Maoli had already raised his hands in salute, indicating that he would definitely be able to complete this task.

Hmm... He probably recalled his past career as a police officer and regarded this matter as a task assigned to him by his superiors.

After Matsumoto Kiyonaga explained a few more words, Maori turned and left. Lu Ren did not go back with him.

Megure's statement is reasonable, but for gathering information, Maori alone is enough.

"Brother Maori has left. Now can you tell me what that song is?"

Matsumoto Kiyonaga didn't insist anymore and said directly: "That song is "Let It Be"."

A Beatles song?