Conan: The Self-cultivation of Fake Wine

Lu Ren suddenly thought of something, and then asked: "Does he come back drunk every time? Has he ever come back very late, but there is no smell of alcohol on his body?"

"There seems to be some, but very few."

"Okay, I understand, thank you for your cooperation."

The places where these victims and their killers met before their deaths were not allowed to drink alcohol. Fangchuan Jiji found another place to drink after leaving.

And the place where he sometimes drinks is very close to home!

"Officer Sato, let's pause the investigation for a moment. Let's go back to Ms. Fangchuan's home first, and then focus on her home to find out if there are any restaurants or izakayas nearby that have been operating for a long time."

"You mean, the deceased drank there before he was alive?"

"Yes. According to the information obtained so far, it can be deduced that several victims would gather somewhere every Saturday night to carry out some kind of activity. This activity meets two elements."

"First, it is extremely sustainable and can be carried out all night long. Second, it can be interrupted at any time. The first victim often leaves early to go drinking elsewhere. There is a saying that one speaks the truth after drinking."

"If we can find the place where Suiji Bokawa drank twenty years ago, we might be able to find out from the owner of that shop where Suiji Bokawa worked before coming to a restaurant or izakaya to drink. What."

"That makes sense, let's go."

Sato Miwako agreed with Lu Ren's statement and drove back to the area near Fangchuan Suiji's home.

After a two-hour search, the owner of an izakaya recognized the photo of Tsuiharu Bokawa and said that the man often came to his place to drink alone on Saturday nights.

"Then do you know where he stayed and what he did before he came to you?"

The shop owner shook his head and said, "Mr. Police, you are forcing yourself to do something difficult. I run a shop and do business, and I am not a chat companion. I shouldn't discuss the customer's past if I am not interested."

"Then did he complain about anything when he drank?"

"Twenty years have passed. Even if it happened, I would have forgotten it."

"That's right, it's annoying."

ps: The creator of "Let It Be" once said in an interview that mother mary is not the Virgin Mary that everyone thinks, but refers to his mother mary.

But as mentioned before, being misunderstood is the fate of the expresser.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 515 It’s fate

Due to the passage of time, the shop owner has long forgotten what Mr. Shokawa Tsuiharu said when he once drank in his shop.

This is normal, after all, it is an old case from twenty years ago.

Sato Miwako: "What should we do now? Continue to look for a hotel or..."

It was already approaching dusk. Miwako Sato has no objection to this form of overtime work. She just suspects that continuing like this is a waste of time.

Lu Ren thought for a moment and decided to temporarily give up his plan to continue looking for the store, "Let's contact the family of the third victim."

"Ah."

The third victim, Susumu Nabei, was a professional lawyer. He was only 34 years old at the time of death and was the youngest of the three victims.

The person Miwako Sato is currently contacting is Susumu Nabei's son, Nagaki Nabei.

After a while, Miwako Sato put down her phone and said, "The call can't be reached."

"It's possible that the mobile phone number has been changed. What about the contact information of other family members? For example, the wife of the deceased."

Takagi: "Mrs. Nabei became ill after Mr. Nabei was killed, and she is still lying in the hospital."

Ok……

A family of three destroyed by a murderer.

Lu Ren was silent for a moment and continued to ask: "How old is this Nabei Nagaki?"

"25 is old."

He was only five years old twenty years ago.

Even if the victim was participating in some kind of activity during his lifetime, the five-year-old would probably know nothing about it and would be unable to provide any valuable advice.

We still have to ask the victim Susumu Nabei’s wife.

"Is Mrs. Nabei still conscious in the hospital? Can she communicate with others?"

"We're not sure about that." Takagi scratched his head in embarrassment, "The one who has been dealing with us is Mr. Nagai Nabei."

"..."

It's really not surprising at all.

"Then do you know which hospital she is hospitalized in?"

Takagi continued to shake his head.

"Then you always know Nabei Nagaki's home address, right?"

"Uh-huh!"

"Then try calling him again. If you still can't contact him, go directly to his door to block people."

"understand!"

In order to save time as much as possible, the task of calling Nagai Nabei was transferred to Takamachi. Miwako Sato was responsible for driving, preparing to go directly to the door of the house to block people.

Lu Ren sat in the back seat and began to sort out the information he had collected before, and tried to further expand his ideas.

At present, it seems that there is indeed some kind of connection between the murderer and the three victims, and they will go to a certain place on Saturday night to carry out some kind of activities.

The question now is, are the four of them the only ones involved in this kind of activity? Or are there more people involved?

If it is the former, it is understandable that when the murderer killed the first victim, others could not react.

But when he killed the second victim, Susumu Nabei, the only one left, should have guessed the true identity of the murderer.

After all, there were only four people participating in the event that year. We should also know who the murderer is by using the process of elimination.

That being the case. As an insider, why didn't he call the police? Instead, he chose to remain silent until he was killed by the murderer five years later.

The only reasonable explanation is that Susumu Nabei was also involved in it back then, and he was also one of the murderers.

Five years later, perhaps because of his conscience, he wanted to surrender, so he contacted the Whistle Man, never expecting that he would be killed.

If it's the latter, discuss the scoring situation.

1. Susumu Nabei does not know the true identity of the whistler man. There were not just four of them in the multiplayer sport twenty years ago, so the true identity of the Whistling Man could not be easily determined by elimination.

After five years of investigation, Susumu Nabei finally found out who the whistler man was. For some purpose, to blackmail or persuade him to surrender, Susumu Nabei chose to contact this man proactively, which in turn led to his own death.

Wait, that doesn't seem right.

According to the information obtained so far, it can be seen that the Whistle Man is an extremely cautious murderer.

He had been hiding for five years, and suddenly someone contacted him and said, 'I already know your true identity. ’

How could he, who was suspicious by nature, be sure that this ‘old friend’ whom he had not seen for many years had not told anyone else the news?

For example, my wife.

The most reasonable thing for the Whistle Man to do is to kill all the family of Susumu Nabei, the 'temporary detective'.

Since he didn't do this, it must be because he had some kind of reliance and was sure that Susumu Nabei would not reveal his secret.

It is obviously impossible to achieve both prosperity and prosperity.

It is only right that one loses and both lose.

Susumu Nabei and the Whistle Man are like grasshoppers on the same rope. If one gets into trouble, the other will never be able to escape.

Only in this way can the secret of murder be kept.

Or maybe Susumu Nabei never knew the true identity of the whistler man from beginning to end, and he was not involved in the two serial murder cases that year.

The Whistle Man chose to kill him five years later, probably just because the police pressed too hard, forcing him to temporarily hibernate.

Lu Ren tried to organize his thoughts, "Our current investigation direction is to try to find some kind of connection between the victims and the murderer."

"Ah."

"My guess is that several victims engaged in certain activities with the murderer on a certain occasion. Continuing from this idea, I got the following possibilities."

"1. There were only four of them involved in the activities of the victim and the murderer. If this is the case, Susumu Nabei was an accomplice of the Whistle Man. He was also involved in the serial murder case that year. Five years later, he may have discovered it out of conscience. , he wants to surrender, thereby causing death for himself."

Sato Miwako subconsciously slowed down the car, and after thinking for a moment, she affirmed: "It's a very reasonable guess."

"Second, there were far more than four people participating in the event. From this, two completely different possibilities can be drawn. 1. Susumu Nabei is still an accessory. 2. Susumu Nabei is innocent. The Whistle Man chooses five years After killing him, I just chose to hibernate temporarily out of caution."

After finishing his speculation, Lu Ren was suddenly startled, "Wait a minute, I seem to have missed a possibility."

"Well?"

Miwako Sato, who was still digesting several of Lu Ren's previous guesses, was puzzled by Lu Ren's statement.

In her opinion, Lu Ren's speculation was very complete, and the logic was self-consistent and no mistakes could be found.

"The starting point of all my speculations is that the three victims know each other and have some kind of connection. I regard them and the murderer as a whole. But the question is, must they be a whole?"

"It is also possible that twenty years ago, the first two victims and the murderer participated in some activity at the same time. For some reason, the murderer killed them. Five years later, that is, fifteen years ago, Susumu Nabei met the murderer , the murderer killed him using the same method."

"If that's the case, then Susumu Nabei has no connection with the first two victims!"

Lu Ren's face couldn't help but look a little ugly. If the last speculation comes true, Nabei Shinma has no connection with the first two victims. Then they probably won't be able to catch the murderer.

"There is indeed such a possibility." Sato Miwako's mood suddenly sank a bit. She took a deep breath, and after a moment of relief, her eyes became very firm again, "But the matter is now at this point, and we can only investigate it first."

"Let's see if Susumu Nabei disappeared every Saturday night twenty years ago. If so, then the four of them are a whole. If not, let's talk about it."

"It's not that easy to solve a case, let alone an old case like this. We have to prepare for the worst and do our best."

Just as Miwako Sato was cheering everyone on, the phone in her arms suddenly rang. She parked the car temporarily on the side of the road, chatted on the phone for a few words, and then loudly replied: "Yes, I promise to complete the task!"

Then, Miwako Sato turned the car around and rang the alarm bell placed on the roof of the car.

Suddenly the alarm bell rang loudly and the car began to speed up. Miwako Sato took the time to quickly and briefly explain the situation to Lu Ren and the others, "A deceased person was found in Room 2403 of Miwa Senior Apartment. The murderer is most likely the Whistle Man!"

"what?!"

……

Lu Ren was a little stunned by the sudden new news.

He had also speculated on the murderer's psychological activities before and concluded that this person would definitely stay at home or elsewhere to avoid the prosecution period of less than three days.

As a result, he is back in the world again?

Moreover, the last time the Whistle Man committed a crime was fifteen years ago. Why was there such a long gap between the two cases?

It is really difficult to find a reasonable explanation for all kinds of questions in a short time.

Lu Ren frowned and followed Sato Miwako and the others in the elevator to Room 2403, the crime scene.

As soon as he entered the house, he found that everyone there was familiar.

"Xiao Ai, why are you here? Did you report the case?"

Not only Xiao Ai, but Conan Wubaizi and others were also there.

For a moment, Lu Ren suddenly understood Mu Mu's mood. Every time I go to the police, I see familiar faces, and no matter how good my relationship is, I can't help but feel guilty.

How old are you? (Why is it always you?)

"Yeah." Huiyuan nodded and gave Lu Ren a brief account of what happened.

Ayumi's home is in this luxury apartment building, and they were invited to play at Ayumi's home today. Not long ago, she and Ayumi went out to buy snacks together, and passed by a strange man at the entrance of the apartment.

The man was wearing a windbreaker and a hat, with a full beard, and he was humming a Beatles song.

After returning to Bumi's house, Haiyuan told the others about the matter. Unexpectedly, Edogawa Conan suddenly changed his expression and ran out in a hurry.

And then, it's like this now.

"Yes." Lu Ren nodded, stretched out his hand and rubbed Haibara's little head, then focused on Edogawa Conan.

"This outfit is very similar to the Whistle Man. I'm not surprised that you can associate him with him. The question is, how did you know that someone died in this house?"

This high-end apartment has hundreds of rooms.

"Because I've seen the dead man on TV before."