Conan Rick's Investigator

"What?"

Hearing this, Yamato Gansuke finally put on his gloves.

He raised his head and looked in the direction where Qin Zhibo's finger was pointing, and the pupil of his one eye suddenly shrank.

"Hey, you! Come over here and let me check it out!"

A forensic police officer ran over.

Qin Zhibo pointed directly at the skin area and said, "Spray it with luminol reagent, and it should be restored."

"what?"

The forensic police in Nagano Prefecture didn't know Qin Zhibo yet, so they didn't listen much to his instructions.

But Kurodabei walked over and said sternly, "Do as he says."

Upon hearing this, the forensic police quickly sprayed the luminol reagent in their hands.

I saw an "x" symbol slowly appearing on the forehead of the deceased.

This is……

Qin Zhibo stared at the symbol and felt that it was not just the letter x, because the angle of the symbol was larger than that of the x, and the two lines were almost perpendicular.

Besides that, the thickness of the lines is uneven.

Qin Zhibo stared at the white light above and chose to continue investigating.

【Survey√】

[The mark left by a bird’s claws]

"Some of them look like the footprints of some kind of bird or animal..."

"Is it a woodpecker?"

As soon as Qin Zhibo finished speaking, Kuroda Beiwei, who was standing behind him, explained in a hoarse voice.

"The woodpecker's claws form an "X" shape because it has to hold onto branches firmly due to its habit..."

As soon as Kuroda Bei finished speaking, the three Takeda people in the back were shocked.

The three of them looked at each other meaningfully.

This scene also fell into Qin Zhibo's eyes.

The woodpecker must have some special meaning to these three people.

Qin Zhibo was just about to walk over to test these three people when Uehara Yui suddenly spoke.

"Woodpeckers will..."

"When I married into the Torada family, my late husband once said,

There is a rumor that a group called the Woodpecker Society exists within the Nagano Prefectural Police.

"Oh?" Kurodabei turned his head. "I've never heard of that... What kind of group is it?"

"Well..." Uehara Yui's face was troubled, "After Mr. knew that I was a detective, he never mentioned it again."

"But judging from his tone, they don't seem to be a decent group..."

Yui Uehara's words made the faces of the police officers present darken.

Those who have something to hide don't want others to see it, while those who have nothing to hide want to find out who the hidden person is.

Qin Zhibo was somewhat curious about the highlights in Uehara Yui's words.

She and her husband are married, but her husband doesn’t even know her occupation?

amount……

His intuition told him that there might be another story here.

"Is that so..."

After listening to Uehara Yui's report, Kuroda Bei was not too moved, but instead began to assign tasks to the police officers.

The three members of the Takeda Group were responsible for asking around to see if there were any witnesses to the burning of bodies.

Yamato Gansuke, Morobushi Takaaki, and Uehara Yui went to the police station to investigate previous case files to see if the deceased had any enemies.

In terms of command, Kuroda Bei's ideas are similar to Megure's.

However, there are indeed few clues in the case now, and this is really all we can do.

"Also, since Detective Qin is the person who discovered the body, please go to the police station and wait..."

Kuroda Heibei did not mention Amuro Toru, and the meaning is self-evident.

Although Nagano Prefecture is not the organization's territory, it would be a bit too arrogant to go to the police station openly.

And Toru Amuro also understood what Kuroda Hei meant and immediately told Qin Zhibo.

"Teacher, I remembered that I have some things to take care of in Tokyo, so I'll be leaving now."

"Oh, then you go first." Qin Zhibo also understood what Kuroda Hei meant when he asked Amuro Toru to go back.

"Goodbye, then, Sensei."

Toru Amuro turned and left without stopping for a moment.

Zhu Fu Gaoming watched Amuro Toru's departing back, with deep meaning hidden in his upturned phoenix eyes.

……

After Toru Amuro left, Qin Zhibo followed Yamato Gansuke and the other two back to the Nagano Prefectural Police Station.

Yamato Gansuke and Morobushi Takaaki went to investigate the case files, and Uehara Yui was in charge of entertaining the guests.

As for the guest, it was of course Qin Zhibo.

The two chatted on a chair in the police station corridor.

During the process, Qin Zhibo asked about the matter he was concerned about just now.

"Excuse me, but I just heard you say, Miss Uehara, that even your husband doesn't know your occupation..."

"But if that's the case, how did you get together?"

Hearing this, Uehara Yui's face darkened a little, but then she smiled again.

"As expected of a famous detective, your perspective on things is indeed different from that of ordinary people..."

"Actually, I didn't have any feelings for that deceased gentleman. We were just introduced to each other..."

"I quit my job as a police officer due to some issues, so it's normal that he doesn't know."

Uehara Yui did not tell the real purpose of her marriage because it would be a long story.

Then, she changed the subject.

"By the way, you're probably familiar with Detective Mori, who's in Tokyo like you, right?"

"Yeah, I'm quite familiar with him."

Qin Zhibo nodded without comment.

Uehara Yui smiled and said, "Actually, Detective Mori has been to Nagano Prefecture several times before and helped us solve some difficult cases."

"I think if it were you, this case would be easily solved, right?"

"Oh?"

Qin Zhibo looked at Shangyuan Yui, "Are you challenging me?"

Uehara Yui smiled and said, "If you think so

Well, there’s nothing I can do…”

"Just treat it as a competition."

"How is it, Mr. Qin?"

Looking at Uehara Yui's increasingly serious expression, Qin Zhibo also smiled with interest.

It seems that this woman's personality is more aggressive than expected...

"A competition?"

"Since this is to solve the case faster, then I will respectfully obey your orders."

"But since it's a competition, there has to be some excitement, right?"

"Bet?"

Uehara Yui was stunned, obviously she hadn't thought of this yet.

Qin Zhibo put down the can of drink in his hand and continued, "Don't worry, I'm a law-abiding citizen and I don't gamble."

"Let's have a truth or dare bet."

"The winner can ask the loser to choose truth or dare, and the loser must do so."

"This is a personal match between you and me, Miss Uehara, but considering that you and the other two officers are part of a team and can't act separately, then let's just say the three of you are together..."

"What do you mean three people together?"

Yamato Gansuke and Zhufu Gaoming, who came out of the data room, happened to hear the second half of Qin Zhibo's words, so they walked over to ask.

Uehara Yui was about to interrupt and fool around, but Qin Zhibo spoke first.

"Nothing, I was just discussing the case with Ms. Uehara..."

"What's going on?" Zhu Fu Gaoming frowned slightly. "Could it be that Mr. Qin already has someone he suspects?"

"Hmm... sort of..."

If discovering that the murderer is likely to be among the Takeda trio is considered a suspicion, then Qin Zhibo does already have a suspect.

"That……"

Zhu Fu Gaoming was about to ask something, but Qin Zhibo shook his head meaningfully.

"No, that's just my personal opinion."

"Officers, please follow your own lines of thought and investigate the case. Don't let an outsider like me interfere."

"That's fair enough..."

"Fair?" Yamato Gansuke was a little confused by Qin Zhibo's words, "What is fair?"

At this time, worried that her two childhood friends would find out about the competition, Uehara Yui quickly stood up to smooth things over.

"Detective Qin wants to judge this case impartially!"

"It's fair, haha..."

Upon hearing this, Yamato Gansuke and Zhufu Gaoming looked at each other.

The atmosphere was a little awkward, but we quickly got back to the topic.

After investigation by the two, they found that the most suspicious cases were the two cases that the deceased team leader Takeda had handled.

In both cases, Takeda shot and killed the suspects.

The first case was nine years ago, when a man was under the influence of drugs and shot randomly on the street.

The second case was half a year ago, in which a criminal took hostages in a bank and refused to come out.

Chapter 1348 The Second Death

As soon as Yamato Gansuke finished speaking, Zhufu Gaoming continued his introduction.

"But if the relatives of the suspects in these two cases hold a grudge and seek revenge, it would be almost impossible..."

"The bank robber's parents committed suicide out of deep remorse for their son's crimes. He also had no brothers."

"As for the shooter nine years ago, his parents have passed away due to illness. The only remaining suspect is his grandmother, who is over 80 years old..."

As soon as Zhufu Gaoming said this, Yamato Gansuke added a sentence.

"That old woman couldn't possibly have committed such a crime..."