Net King Whale Fall

Captain Ishii resisted the urge to rub his hands. This was a huge breakthrough.

Sanada Ling pressed the play button, quickly played to the key time point, and then paused, "Does it look familiar?"

Captain Ishii's expression froze. The person on the screen was not only familiar, but he was even right in front of him.

"Manager, why don't you explain why you showed up on that day?"

The computer screen turned to the old store manager, who was silent for a long time. "I'm old now, I can't remember things, I forgot."

Sanada Ling waved to Kudo Shinichi, "Give it to me."

Atobe Keigo looked over immediately and saw the child take out another A4 paper from the bag.

"When investigating a case, we don't really care whether you remember or not. The key is the evidence."

"This is the testimony of the owner of the small supermarket. He signed and stamped his hand to confirm that what he said was correct."

Captain Ishii looked at the red fingerprint on the lower right corner of the paper. The testimony was well-founded.

"Manager, I'm actually a little confused as well."

The old store manager said nothing, just looked at Sanada Ling in silence.

"But on this street, there are five or six small supermarkets on both sides of the aisle, selling everything."

"You said you are old, so why did you have to go to a small supermarket a few kilometers away and buy a phone card? This behavior is superfluous."

Maybe the old man lived too comfortably, and he came up with such a stupid idea, which had some effect, but not much.

Captain Ishii leaned closer to the store manager and said, "Give me a reasonable explanation."

Sanada Ling added, "It doesn't matter if you can't remember. The surveillance camera on that day should be fine. Just check the time."

The old store manager stared at Captain Ishii's serious eyes and said vaguely, "Maybe, take a walk over there."

"I think I bought some things, but I can't remember exactly. Those small things might have fallen away, or maybe they were picked up by someone else."

Captain Ishii narrowed his eyes slightly. He was mistaken. This old man usually looked kind and benevolent, but he was still involved in these things at such an old age.

These few sentences are really nonsense. When the suspect said this, it was basically almost certain, and the only thing missing was the last piece of solid evidence that could kill him.

Sanada Ling was calm and composed. It didn't matter if the other party didn't admit it. She was in the mood to talk about other things. "Manager, this dress is nice. It looks thick and windproof."

"But it looks a little different from the kimonos worn by customers in the store."

The old store manager didn't understand what Sanada Ling meant by asking this question for a moment, but it was also an opportunity to avoid talking to the police officer. "Yes, it's different. This dress was made for me by a friend of mine. The ones worn by the customers in the store are made uniformly by the ready-made clothing store."

Kudo Shinichi's mouth corners curled up slightly, what he said hit the mark exactly.

Captain Ishii took a closer look at the kimono he was wearing. "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the clothes?"

Sanada Ling tilted his head and said, "Actually, I went to your police station a few days ago, but you weren't there, Captain."

Captain Ishii was puzzled, so what?

In the other party's puzzled eyes, Sanada Ling continued, "No one came to identify the body after the death, so I said I was a relative of the deceased, and your forensic doctor let me in."

Captain Ishii was stunned for a moment, then his blood boiled. He was not targeting Sanada Ryo, but that idiot. The one who came this time was a detective, but what if the one who came last time was someone who wanted to destroy the body?
He must, must kill that damn idiot!
Sanada Ling sighed, "It's not that I'm targeting you on purpose, Captain, the medical examiner under you is really not very good."

Captain Ishii gritted his teeth and said, "I will apply to the bureau." Fire this bastard and recruit a new person.

After taking a few breaths to calm down, Captain Ishii came back to his senses, "No, you went to our autopsy room? And saw the dead?!"

Sanada Ling nodded slowly and said, "Yes."

Captain Ishii pointed at Sanada Ling, his hands began to tremble, "You, you..."

"I found new evidence," Sanada Reimei stepped on his foot, "Impossible evidence that you forensic doctors didn't find." Captain Ishii took his hand back, "New evidence, give it to me."

Kudo Shinichi took out the photo and put it in Sanada Ling's hand, "Here, it's all here."

Captain Ishii felt his blood pressure rising, "You even took pictures of the dead."

Sanada Ling explained, "It's evidence."

Captain Ishii said with a wry smile, "That's better." Otherwise I'll never let you go.

Seeing him looking at the photos without saying anything for a long time, Sanada Ling didn't expect him to say anything, so she reminded him, "Look at the fingernails of the deceased. Hold them up to the light and see if there is a fiber in the middle of the ring finger of the left hand."

"After taking the photo, I sent it for inspection. It turned out to be the fiber of a fabric. I compared it with some fabrics and, coincidentally, it was the same fabric that the store manager's friend had specially made."

Captain Ishii turned and stared at the old store manager. Another piece of evidence.

"Look at the middle and index fingers of the deceased. The direction of the nails being pried up, the bloodstains all the way to the root, are bent outwards. This angle is common when colliding with hard objects such as metal."

"There were strangulation marks on the victim's neck. From the subcutaneous bleeding spots, it can be seen that the murderer first strangled the victim's neck with his right hand, and then covered his right hand with his left hand. The two hands exerted force but did not cause a fracture in the neck, which shows that the murderer was not strong enough."

"The deceased had signs of malicious assault on his body, but he was not actually hurt, which shows that the murderer is not good enough."

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Captain Ishii was dumbfounded, "How did you know?"

Isn't this something the medical examiner should tell me?
How do you know so clearly?

Sanada Ling blinked slightly, "Actually, I'm also quite interested in anatomy."

"My dream used to be to be a forensic doctor, so that aspect is also somewhat involved."

Keigo Atobe clenched his fingers on the edge of the chair, and a wooden thorn pierced into his fingertips. Keigo Atobe seemed not to notice it, and his knuckles were stretched white.

Genichirō Sanada missed a few beats in his breathing. Is there anything else he doesn't know?

No, it should be said that he knew nothing.

Kudo Shinichi's innocent voice sounded again, "Grandpa, what's wrong with you? Your face is red. Are you sick?"

The old store manager's face twitched a little. He did blush, but it was not for those irrelevant reasons. The main reason was that he was angry about what Sanada Ling said.

Captain Ishii finally came to his senses and rubbed his face vigorously. This wasn't just something he had a little knowledge of; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he was proficient in it.

Then there was another person, “Manager, it seems you didn’t tell me the truth before.”

The old store manager held back his anger and said, "I don't understand what you are talking about."

Captain Ishii sneered. He won't cry until he sees the coffin.

"Captain, did you find the first crime scene later?" Sanada Ling never argues with the murderer without intention. She will rest assured with solid evidence.

Captain Ishii was stunned. "You, you didn't find out?"

Sanada Ling nodded, "There are particles of Ardisias on the heels of the deceased's high-heeled shoes."

Captain Ishii knew what Sanada Ling wanted to say, "We found several wild Ardisias near the crime scene."

"Due to different soil conditions and different flowering and fruiting times, there will be some differences."

"I found the same plant in the woods to the east, and some other evidence."

Kudo Shinichi ran back to Sanada Ling again, being a perfect assistant. This time he took out a stack of photos from his schoolbag.

Sanada Ling raised his chin slightly, "Let's take a look." (End of this chapter)