Conan's self-cultivation of fake wine

Chapter 501 So So So
  "The deceased's name is Shuto Gouki, 34 years old, the founder of an IT company, and the owner of the mansion in front of him."

A sturdy policeman with a beard on his chin was squatting on the ground, observing the situation in the garage.

"The cause of the fire and explosion was that sparks from cigarettes ignited the gasoline in the garage. Several gasoline barrels in the garage happened to be dumped on the ground, and the gasoline inside was scattered all over the floor, and then exploded when it encountered fire."

"We also found the burnt cigarette butt just now. At present, it is just an unfortunate accident." The old policeman came to the final conclusion.

The police who came to the scene of the crime this time were not the Mumu Police Department that Lu Ren was familiar with, but the Gongchang Police Department who was responsible for handling fires.

This one can barely be counted as a permanent plot character in Conan. Lu Ren vaguely remembered that this person seemed to be Mouri Kogoro's boss during his tenure, and he was also called "Fire Daddy" by Mouri Kogoro.

It's just that they have never met each other before.

Compared to him, Conan's relationship with the bow commander seemed to be pretty good.

They greeted each other when they met, and the latter did not object to Conan's behavior of wandering around the crime scene.

The person looks pretty good, but this reasoning is a bit untenable.

"Ms. Yinlin, has Mr. Zhou Teng been feeling unwell in the past two days, with symptoms of cold and fever?" Lu Ren asked.

"No. He is in very good health." Yin Lin shook her head, with tears in her eyes, as if she still couldn't accept the scene in front of her.

"That's weird. I remember that the smell of gasoline should be very obvious. Since he is not sick and his sense of smell is normal, why would he just get out of the car with a cigarette in his mouth? Yumaga Police Department, don't you think President Shuto's behavior is a bit too reckless? and unconscionable.”

Facing the doubt, the bow commander subconsciously frowned, "Who are you?"

"He is Lu Ren, and this is his business card." Before Lu Ren could say anything, Bei Dao handed the business card to the Gongchang Police Department.

"It's you."

The latter's expression suddenly changed, recalling all the previous actions of this beast, he accepted the business card and said with a serious expression: "If you say so, it is a bit unreasonable."

"Yes, I think so too!"

The person who spoke out was not Conan, but Ena Ginbayashi who was still heartbroken before.

Oh?
  This is interesting.

What is this, a murderer throwing himself into the trap and voluntarily confessing?

After all, this is because she has something to rely on and is confident that what she does will not be discovered.

Or does this really have nothing to do with her?

Perhaps their relationship as an unmarried couple was indeed at odds, but because there were so many outsiders around, she couldn't let others see the joke, so even if she felt happy, she had to pretend to be sad.

"Haogui, he has obviously quit smoking for me! How could he enter the garage with a cigarette in his mouth!"

"Who are you, madam?"

A guest present stood up at this time and explained Yin Lin's identity to the bow leader.

"That's it." Seeing that she was just the deceased's fiancée and not a troublesome person who couldn't afford to offend, Commander Gong's slightly nervous mood calmed down instantly. He calmly replied, "Although Madam, you said so, it seems that the deceased has not quit smoking. sign."

"There were many cigarette butts in the ashtray in the car, and there was also an unopened pack of cigarettes in the bag he was carrying."

"What? Is he lying to me again? I obviously told him on the phone before that he would never smoke today."

"About when was it?"

"An hour ago." Another passerby, a female guest, stood up. "I answered the call initially. Eina did specifically tell him not to smoke, otherwise the engagement would be terminated."

Smoking was not allowed, but he entered the garage with a cigarette in his mouth. This was probably due to rebellious psychology, which ultimately led to this accident.

Police Gong Chang wanted to say this, but considering the presence of someone, he thought for a moment and finally focused on Lu Ren, "Mr. Lu Ren, what do you think?"

What do I think?
  I just want to know what brand that cigarette is.

The fire was so intense just now that the cigarette butt was not completely burned to ashes.

I'm afraid it's just another Ke Xue creation.

"Chief Gong, what do you think?"

Lu Ren threw the question back again.

"I still think this was an accident." Commander Gong hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to stick to his opinion. He pointed at the old car that had turned into black coal.

"The windows of this car were all closed, so when the deceased drove the car into the garage, he did not smell the smell of gasoline. By the time he opened the door and smelled the smell of gasoline, it was already too late."

"Ah."

Lu Ren nodded, and then he pointed to the briefcase next to the body, "Have you ever moved the position of that leather bag?"

Several police officers from the forensics department shook their heads.

"According to you from the Gongchang Police Department, the accident occurred the moment the deceased opened the car door. Then why does this leather bag appear here? Instead of continuing to be placed in the car?"

"It is understandable that the deceased rushed out of the car at the moment the explosion occurred, but when he rushed out, he was holding such an obstructive leather bag in his hand. Is this a bit difficult to explain?"

The bow commander replied: "It's also possible that he didn't take it out himself, but the shock wave generated by the explosion shook the leather bag out of the car."

"Then it happened to be near the deceased. Okay, let's leave that aside for now. Don't you think it's a little strange about the unopened box of cigarettes in the bag?"

"Since the deceased took the leather bag out of the car, it means that he will take the leather bag into the villa next."

"Hmm. That's right."

"If that's the case, then why did he put a pack of cigarettes in his bag? Miss Yinlin also made it clear on the phone before that if he was found smoking again, he would immediately terminate the engagement. He took the leather bag with the cigarettes to the villa , aren’t you afraid of being discovered?”

"It is really unreasonable for a person who clearly said that he has quit smoking to still carry a pack of cigarettes with him."

"This... seems to be the same. Is it possible that he forgot about it due to negligence?"

"Conan and the others once told me that they met Mr. Shuto by chance on the road before. At that time, Mr. Shuto still had a cigarette in his mouth. Within a minute or two, they heard an explosion on the top of the mountain."

"What? Is this true?" Gongchang Police Department asked Conan and the others for confirmation.

Everyone nodded.

"Coupled with the fact that the length of the cigarette butt has basically remained unchanged, it means that Mr. Shuto probably lit the cigarette after entering the garage. A person who promised to quit smoking can forget about it if he can't help but smoke at ordinary times. But at this moment, he Do you choose to smoke because you think others can’t smell the smoke on you?”

Lu Ren randomly clicked on a passerby girl, "Since you guys come here every week for banquets, have you ever smelled a distinct smell of smoke on him?"

"No. We really thought he had quit smoking."

The other guests also nodded.

"Since he is usually like this, why would he be so reckless today? You know, he is going to officially announce the date of his engagement to Yin Lin in front of everyone today."

"Maybe it's because of nervousness," the bow leader replied.

"Okay, what about the cigarette box? There is a pack of unopened cigarettes in the bag. The cigarette that fell on the ground was naturally taken out of other cigarette boxes. Have you found that cigarette box?"

The police officer from the forensics department continued to shake his head.

"Maybe he put the cigarette in his ear?"

"That's impossible. When we stopped the car before, there was nothing on his ears."

"It's possible that he threw the cigarette case directly outside because of Haogui." Ginbayashi Ena said: "He had this habit before. He crumpled the empty cigarette case into a ball and threw it out of the window."

"It's very possible!" Gong Chang Police Department agreed with this statement.

Lu Ren sighed secretly, thinking that he still had less to deal with. If it were Officer Megure, when he raised the first question, he would follow his train of thought.

Instead of looking for reasons to refute him like Gongchang Police Department is doing now.

There is absolutely no consciousness of being a qualified tool person.

Seeing that the matter had come to this, although he was a little stiff, Lu Ren decided to forcefully express his point of view.

"Gongchang Police Department, have you ever considered that this cigarette butt was actually thrown by someone else. The purpose is to mislead the police and make you characterize this incident as an accident."

"That's impossible."

Lu Ren didn't mean to say that this was actually a carefully planned murder.

If that were the case, wouldn't they all become suspects?

The many guests standing in the courtyard could no longer remain silent for a moment, and shouted: "We really thought Haogui had quit smoking before! If that's the case, then why do we put a cigarette next to a non-smoker?" "

"And you were also present at the previous banquet, and we never went out at all!"

Yes, that's what happened.

Lu Ren now understood why Eina Ginbayashi suddenly jumped out and said that her fiancé had already quit smoking.

It turned out to be waiting for him here.

As long as she maintains her character that she doesn't know he is still smoking, then even if someone suspects that someone else put the cigarettes into the garage, they will not be suspicious of her.

But the more this happened, the more she became more suspicious.

"How long has it been since Mr. Shuto quit smoking?"

"More than a month, almost two months."

Sure enough, after such a long time, there is no problem in hiding it from other people who don't often interact with him.

But if you want to hide it from Yin Lin, your pillow person, it is impossible no matter how you think about it.

Not to mention the person next to you, it is unlikely that anyone close to you can hide it.

Lu Ren understands this deeply.

In fact, after picking up Xiao Ai, Lu Ren never smoked in front of Xiao Ai.

But even so, he was still noticed by the latter and urged him to quit smoking. Now, it is basically certain that the murderer is Ena Ginbayashi.

As for the method of killing, Gongchang Police Department was partly right.

The flames detonated gasoline that had been dumped in the garage.

The fallen gasoline barrel is easy to talk about.

Where does the flame come from?

If there was any obvious ignition device here, it would have been impossible to hide it from the inspection of the forensic officers.

But it just didn't.

Burnt corpses, damaged classic cars, briefcases next to corpses, dumped gasoline barrels.

There are only four things in the entire garage.

Shuto didn't even have a lighter on him. If he really wanted to smoke, he would have to use the cigarette lighter in the car.

And it was true that no one was out in the villa at the time of the incident.

The only one without an alibi was the golden retriever lying at his feet.

But training a dog to set the garage on fire?
  This is really a bit ridiculous...

The fear of fire is an animal instinct.

And how can a dog set an entire garage on fire without getting hurt at all?

Due to Wan Jie's presence, the golden retriever quickly fell on him after the fire was under control.

Lu Ren naturally checked it out.

It had no burnt fur at all. This is an ordinary golden retriever.

Rule out the possibility of dog training setting fires. What Lu Ren most suspected and was most likely to do next was that Ena Ginbayashi had tampered with this classic car.

For example, smearing flammable substance powder on the closed part of the car door will produce sparks when it is opened and closed.

This is the principle of the ball flint, a toy of Lu Ren's childhood.

The risk of doing this is that it is uncontrollable.

Because the murderer could not predict how many times Shuteng would open the car door.

There is less chemical powder applied, and it may be used up by the time we get to the garage, making it impossible to ignite again.

If you apply too much and the sparks are too big, it will be easy for Zhou Teng to detect it in advance. Moreover, chemicals of this nature will have a strong smell when burned.

It can’t really be just gambling on luck, right?

"Brother Ren."

While Lu Ren was thinking, Xiao Ai suddenly walked up to him and looked up at today's mannequin... Lu Ren in a straight suit.

"Xiao Ai, what's wrong? Are you hungry? I have food in the car. I'll get it for you now."

"No." Haiyuan slowly shook his head, "I just heard a piece of news from that group of people. The plastic barrel containing gasoline also fell to the ground last week and last week."

"Who said that? Those guests? How do they know about this? Is it possible that every time a party arrives, the gasoline cans in the garage fall to the ground on time?"

"Yes. The deceased argued with his fiancée several times about this matter, and asked her to get rid of the golden retriever."

Huiyuan squatted down, as if he wanted to rub the dog's head angrily like Lu Ren, but as soon as he stretched out his hand, she quickly retracted it as if she realized something.

"You mean the dog knocked over the gasoline barrel?"

"Ah."

Three times in a row, every week.

Co-writing this Miss Yinlin is really just trying her luck...

Should the method of killing be so simple and unpretentious?

I'll bet on your luck this time.

I can make countless mistakes anyway, but as long as I succeed once, you have to report it to the King of Hell.

But the problem now is that even if he knows this, there is nothing he can do against Yin Lin, the murderer.

Because there is no conclusive evidence that she must have killed the person.

She had a clear alibi at the time of the crime.

The gasoline barrel was also knocked over by Golden Retriever.

The dog cannot speak and cannot prove that it was ordered by its owner.

As for the means of ignition.

If some igniting chemicals were really used, the fire just now would have been completely destroyed.

Even if there is some left.

There is no evidence to prove that these chemicals are definitely related to Yinlin.

"Brother Ren?"

"I was thinking about something just now. The information you gave me is very important. Thank you very much." As he said that, Lu Ren stretched his hand to the top of Haiyuan's head out of habit.

As a result, she avoided the latter...

"Xiao Ai, did I make you unhappy?"

"No, I have static electricity on my body, and I'm afraid of electrocuting you, Brother Ren."

"Static electricity? This is simple. Before you touch metal objects, you can put your hands on the wall or the ground. This can effectively eliminate static electricity."

"Uh-huh."

Lu Ren looked at Haiyuan's clothes and found that she was wearing a pink plush jacket and a woolen sweater underneath.

In addition, it is autumn again and the weather is dry, which is when static electricity is the most. Especially Haibara's outfit is like a humanoid self-propelled generator.

Wait, static electricity?
  Electricity……

Sparks and lightning all the way. Static electricity seems to be able to ignite...

Combined with that pungent smell from the garage earlier.

At first, Lu Ren thought it was the smell of burnt people, but now that he thought about it, it seemed that it might be the smell of burnt wool products.

"Xiao Ai, when you met Zhou Tenghaogui on the road, was he also wearing a woolen sweater?"

"Yeah. Brother Ren, what do you mean?" Haiyuan also responded.

"Yes, the murderer probably used static electricity to set the entire garage on fire. The deceased was wearing a woolen sweater, and there was probably static electricity on his body. When he touched the car door with his hand, the static electricity produced sparks, which detonated the entire garage."

Lu Ren, who just introduced the killing method, was not very happy.

Again, these alone cannot convict Eina Ginbayashi.

The previous theory of chemical ignition was still barely tenable. After all, most people would not deliberately collect these chemicals with low ignition points.

As long as we find evidence that Yin Lin purchased these chemical reagents, he might be able to be convicted.

Static electricity can be used...

How to convict this?

The dog knocked over the gasoline barrel.

Ena Ginbayashi's role in this was probably to whisper in the ear of the deceased, "It's cold, put on the sweater I bought for you."

When he went to court, he took a piece of burned clothing and said, is this evidence of Yinlin's crime and murder?

The reason is that she let her fiancé wear a cardigan?

This is not pure nonsense...

"It's a bit difficult..."

"Brother Ren, what's wrong?"

Lu Ren told Haiyuan his concerns.

The latter thought for a moment, then pointed at the golden retriever that was circling around Lu Ren, "Maybe we can make something out of it."

"Huh? How do you say it?"

"This golden retriever is a pet left to Ena Ginbayashi by her parents who passed away. It is like a family member to her."

Haiyuan whispered: "Since it has a history of knocking over gasoline barrels three times, we can join forces with the police to put on a show. Let's say that this accident happened entirely because of this dog. It has been seriously injured. Endangering human life, it must be culled to prevent more accidents like today."

"Then it depends on whether Ginbayashi Eina is willing to save her dog and choose to surrender." Lu Ren added.

"Ah."

"Then let's try it now."

There is no better way anyway.

I hope Ginbayashi Ena can take the bait...

(End of this chapter)