Conan Rick's Investigator

Everyone took off their shoes, entered the house, and began searching.

Soon, Yamato Gansuke was found in a place similar to a study.

Also discovered was the body of Akira Kano, who was hanging from the ceiling.

"I give it to the ascetic god..."

"To destroy the Woodpecker God of War!"

When everyone pushed the door open, Yamato Gansuke was standing next to the corpse. His tall and dark figure looked like a murderer who had just killed someone.

Uehara Yui was so shocked that she was dumbfounded and asked quickly, "Agan, what are you talking about?"

"That's not what I said..."

Yamato Gansuke showed his phone and explained, "That's what was written in the text message that Shikano-san sent me."

Just as Yamato Gansuke said, a sentence that sounded very childish was displayed on the phone screen.

Qin Zhibo walked to the corpse alone and tried his skills first.

【Corpse Investigation√】

[Name of the deceased: Kano Akira]

[Time of death: 1 hour ago]

[Cause of death: Suffocation due to neck compression]

[Corpse investigation completed, professional skill obtained: Firearms]

[Acquire repeated skills, converted into 1000 proficiency of that skill]

Since the body was intact this time, the autopsy was completed quickly.

However, Qin Zhibo's firearms skill has reached level 7, and the maximum accurate shooting range has reached 750 yards. The increase in proficiency by 1000 is really not enough.

At this time, the police also worked together to take the body down from the ceiling.

When taking up the corpse, Yamato Gansuke did not wear gloves and no one around stopped him.

He even used his own hands to touch the rope that tied the corpse.

amount……

Doesn't this count as destroying the scene?

After the body was taken down, Qin Zhibo saw the investigation point on it.

The first thing to be affected was the rope around the corpse's neck.

There are Yoshikawa lines on the neck, indicating that he was indeed strangled to death.

However, two ropes were used to hang the body, and both ropes were loops, divided into two sections, upper and lower, combined together.

【Survey√】

[This seems like a superfluous design. What other purpose does the murderer have in doing this? ]

Oh?

Qin Zhibo's expression froze slightly.

It seems that the murderer is likely to use this design soon.

Chapter 1349: Drama Queen

Investigation points at a crime scene don't appear for no reason.

And when analyzing with Kuroda Heibei just now, we concluded that the murderer most likely wanted to frame Yamato Gansuke, so he deliberately burned the body on the route where Yamato usually did morning exercises and let passers-by see it.

Perhaps the special hanging rope made of these two rope loops was also used to frame someone...

You know, Yamato Gansuke has always had the habit of touching evidence without wearing gloves.

Just now, when he took the body down from the ceiling, he had already touched the upper part of the rope loop.

Qin Zhibo remembered that the two rope loops set by the murderer often appeared in magic shows.

This magic rope loop can seamlessly swap the upper and lower rope loops.

Once someone has done this, the upper loop can be swapped to the loop around the corpse's neck.

After further identification by the forensic police, it was equivalent to finding Yamato Gansuke's fingerprints directly on the rope used to strangle the victim.

Now we just have to see who will do this...

……

Soon, Zhu Fugaoming squatted beside the body and completed the preliminary autopsy.

Like the body found that morning, this one also had an "x" symbol stained on its forehead with blood.

"The estimated time of death is between one hour ago and one and a half hours ago."

"Since Yoshikawa lines appeared on Mr. Shikano's neck, likely from his resistance, it's likely he was strangled from behind and then hung from the ceiling with a rope."

The short, fat policeman named Mamoru Saegusa from the Takeda Group asked in confusion, "So there's more than one murderer?"

"Just now, we dispatched three people to get Mr. Shikano down..."

At this time, Kurodabei said in a deep voice: "No, as long as we put a chair on the table and let the body sit on it, even a single person can hang him up."

"Even people with limited mobility can do it..."

Kuroda Heibei did not say anything with hidden meaning, but directly signaled Yamato Gansuke who was standing beside him.

This surprised Qin Zhibo a little.

Didn't I just analyze for him that Yamato Gansuke couldn't possibly be the murderer?

But on second thought, Kuroda Heibei directly expressed his suspicion of Yamato Gansuke in front of everyone, perhaps in order to lull the murderer into thinking that his plan had worked.

However, Yamato Gansuke's attitude was even calmer, as if he didn't understand, and he replied lightly, "Indeed."

Just then, the phone rang in the room.

Everyone looked down at their phones, but they all said it was not theirs.

Seeing this, Qin Zhibo pointed at Shikano Jingci's pocket and said, "Could this be the cell phone from the deceased?"

Zhu Fu Gaoming, who was squatting beside the corpse, took out his cell phone from his pocket. As expected, there was a text message on it.

Zhu Fu Gaoming watched and introduced to everyone

"The text message that Shikano-san received on his phone was from Team Leader Takeda's phone..."

"Could that be the message from the suspect who murdered Team Leader Takeda?"

Since Team Leader Takeda’s cell phone was not found at the scene this morning, Uehara Yui could only make this guess.

"Very likely."

Zhu Fu Gaoming responded and continued to read the contents of the text message.

"There are only three woodpeckers left..."

Hearing this, the police were shocked.

Kurodabei murmured in a hoarse voice, "I see..."

"Judging from the woodpecker mark on Shikano's forehead, and the killer's text message mentioning 'three woodpeckers left,' it's highly likely that the killer is targeting detectives like us."

"Great! Now let's show him what happens when he becomes an enemy of us police officers..."

The remaining eyebrow on Kuroda Bei's single eye slanted slightly downward, and the corner of his mouth revealed a sinister smile like that of a villain.

However, while everyone is being texted and hacked

While Tamae's speech was attracting attention, Akiyama Shinsuke, who was also squatting next to the corpse, started to make some small movements.

He remained squatting with his head held high, but his little hand quietly approached the rope loop, and with a slight pull on the rope loop wrapped around the corpse's neck, the two rope loops were swapped in their upper and lower positions.

In this way, the rope that Yamato Gansuke was originally touching was changed to the lower half.

After doing all this, he still didn't give up.

"Officer Yamato, what do you think of the rope around Mr. Shikano's neck?"

"What?"

Yamato Gansuke leaned over and touched the rope without gloves, muttering, "It's really unusual..."

"Wait a minute, Agan, put on your gloves quickly."

Finally, Uehara Yui could no longer stand Yamato Gansuke's rude behavior of disrespecting the crime scene.

But Yamato Gansuke had his own logic and argued.

"What's the matter? My hand touched the rope when I put him down just now."

In response, Qin Zhibo could only purse his lips, wanting to say something but not knowing how to say it.

It seems that the murderer is definitely Akiyama Shinsuke.

He took advantage of the fact that Yamato Gansuke didn't like wearing gloves and got fingerprints on both rope loops.

In this way, when the police identify the rope later, they will detect his fingerprints on the rope loops that he had not touched.

But this still isn't evidence.

Although Qin Zhibo saw Akiyama Shinsuke's dirty little hand with his own eyes, even if he said it out loud, he could still use the excuse that he touched it accidentally.

It seems that as long as the murderer is freed from the shackles of staying at the scene after committing the murder, it is still not easy to catch him...

"By the way, Gansuke..."

At this moment, Takaaki Morobushi, who was standing across from him, suddenly spoke up again, "I heard that a witness saw you this morning near the bridge where Mr. Sumida's body was found..."

Before Zhufu Gaoming could finish his words, Yamato Gansuke stood up impatiently and retorted, "Didn't I tell you that I didn't cross that bridge?"

"Anyway, they probably got the wrong person..."

After saying that, Yamato Gansuke was about to run out.

But Kurodabei once again pointed out to him, "It's really not easy for someone to be mistaken for you with your behavior."

"I think we're on the same page on this one, Chief Kuroda of the First Investigation Division..."

Both of them have one eye, one has a dysfunctional left eye and the other has a dysfunctional right eye.

The two of them stood in each other's blind spot and exchanged unfriendly glances.

As for the other police officers present, except for Yui Uehara who showed a worried expression, the others were either shocked or calm.

Zhu Fu Gaoming in particular looked indifferent, as if the quarrel between his team members and his boss had nothing to do with him.

Even though Kurodabei had already analyzed that Yamato Gansuke was unlikely to be the murderer, he still repeatedly used this topic to provoke Yamato Gansuke...

And Zhu Fu Gaoming, don’t you really trust your childhood friend?

Qin Zhibo looked thoughtful.

Are these people acting for the murderer?

……

Half an hour later, the on-site evidence search came to a temporary halt.

The body and related evidence were transported back to the Nagano Prefectural Police Headquarters by police car for further investigation and evidence collection.

During this period, Qin Zhibo, Yamato and his three companions, and two other members of the Takeda Group stayed in the police station waiting for the results.

Qin Zhibo sat on the bench, thinking about the current situation.

Just now at Kano Akira's house, I received a text message from the murderer saying that there are only three woodpeckers left.

In other words, Akiyama Shinsuke still has three goals left.

Qin Zhibo raised his eyes and glanced at the Nagano Prefecture police who were gathered around the vending machine and waiting for the forensic results.

If we assume that all members of the Takeda Group are members of the Woodpecker Society, then the fat policeman Mamoru Saegusa who is still alive must be one of the targets.

Yamato Gansuke, although not a member of the Takeda Group, is the main target of the murderer.