Conan's self-cultivation of fake wine

Chapter 515
  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?)

"Yes." Huiyuan nodded and briefly introduced the whole story to Lu Ren. Bumei's home is in this high-end apartment, and they were invited to play with Bumei's house 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, that's it 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."

"Ok?"

Lu Ren turned his attention to the victim and suddenly discovered that he had just met this person this afternoon.

It's the middle-aged bald man with a sharp tongue who speaks nonsense on the big screen.

This……

Lu Ren couldn't help but frown more tightly.

If the murderer is really the Whistle Man, then his behavior is obviously too abnormal.

Lu Ren had speculated before that it was impossible for a person as cautious as Whistle Man to come and kill someone just because of the provocation from the so-called Zhuan family.

But now the bald man with the sharp tongue is indeed dead.

Was this really done by the Whistling Man? Or is someone deliberately imitating the crime?
  "Officer Megure, why do you think this case was committed by the Whistle Man?"

"Because the killing methods were the same. The victim Heidong Tangji was first stunned with a stun gun and then hacked to death with a knife. At the same time, the murderer also carved letters on his back."

Megure pointed at the victim's back. He could clearly see blood stains through the shirt and a capital letter Z imprinted on the back.

Wait, why is it Z?

E, W, S... shouldn't the next one be N?

EWSZ, what is this?
  Lu Ren was even more confused.

If the murderer is really the Whistle Man himself, then he is equivalent to breaking two personalities at once.

1. A cautious persona.

2. A person who follows the rules and follows the rules.

But the whistling man Xiao Ai and the others met before was indeed humming a Beatles song.

"By the way, Xiao Ai, do you still remember how tall the whistling man you just met is?"

"He is wearing a hat, and the exact height is not clear, but judging from the shoulder height, he should be about 1.7 meters."

One meter seven...height is basically consistent with this characteristic.

Lu Ren recalled the self-portrait he made of the Whistle Man, a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, slightly short in stature, with a cautious and conservative personality.

If the murderer is really the Whistle Man, and not to mention that it doesn't fit the character, his motive for the murder this time is very clear. To vent his anger, and to avenge Pingdong Tangji's "nonsense" on TV at noon.

But if that's the case, how did the murderer find Pingdong Tangci's home address in just one afternoon?
  Did they know each other before? Or does the murderer live nearby?

In response to Lu Ren's question, Mu Mu quickly gave an explanation. "The person in charge of the TV station said that after the live interview, the victim returned home directly and said that he had a friend coming to visit later."

friend?

Are the sharp-tongued man and the whistling man friends? Then does he know what the Whistle Man committed?

It makes sense if you don’t know.

If you know that you are still making fun and ridicule like this, then you really don’t know how to write the word “death”.

But why would the Whistle Man become friends with an expert in criminal psychology?

Aren't you afraid that the latter will see the clues?

This is also inconsistent with the cautious persona of the Whistling Man.

Unless... before these three murders occurred, the whistle man was already friends with this poisonous tongue man!

Even the Whistle Man himself is a criminal psychologist, so he can basically leave no evidence when committing crimes, leaving the police helpless.

If this is the case, faced with this provocation from a colleague and a friend for many years, the Whistle Man could not suppress the anger in his heart and committed suicide to vent his anger.

This explains it all.

The question now is why the whistle man carved the letter Z on the back of the deceased this time.

The letter Z... falls down to become the letter N.

"Did you move the victim's body?"

"How is that possible?" Mu Mu immediately denied it. They still have this bit of professionalism.

Conan and the others also shook their heads, "When we came in, he was lying in front of the computer desk."

"Lie on the table. This position is convenient for carving letters. The murderer lifted up his shirt, huh?"

Lu Ren was silent for a moment and sighed, "So that's what happened."

Mu Mu made a move with his little hand and said with expectation in his eyes: "Brother Lu Ren, what new discoveries have you made?"

"A little bit, but it needs to be verified. Xiao Ai, take them all out."

"Ah."

Haiyuan left with the five hundred characters and three people, while Conan ignored the sad eyes of the five hundred characters and three people and chose to stay at the scene of the crime.

After hearing the door closing, Lu Ren continued: "After I entered the crime scene, I always felt a sense of violation. At first, I thought it was a problem with the letter. It should be N, not Z. Now I Think about it, it’s not just about letters.”

"The deceased's coat was not damaged in any way, which means that when the murderer was carving words on his back, he rolled up his coat first and then carved the letters. Then the question arises, why did he continue to carve the letters after he finished carving them? It’s unnecessary to put down the rolled clothes again?”

Conan raised his hand and retorted: "It's also possible that he lifted up the clothes with one hand and used the knife to carve words with the other hand. As soon as he let go, the clothes naturally fell down."

"In the first two murders, the murderer used a samurai sword to carve letters, and he would hold it with both hands to carve letters. In the third case, he switched to a kitchen knife to carve letters, and his habit has not changed. I don't think this case has changed. He will change this habit."

"Of course, another point is that if it is as you said, the clothes fell down naturally, is it possible for the hem of the clothes to be so neat?"

Conan remained silent.

"Then according to what you mean, brother Lu Ren, the murderer put the clothes down after he finished carving the words. Is there any problem with this?"

"In the first three cases, did the murderer tidy up the appearance of the deceased in this way? He had never tidied up the appearance of the deceased at that time, so why is he acting uncharacteristically now. My conclusion is that the murderer was subconsciously covering up something."

"But this is strange. The murderer clearly carved letters. This is obviously a crime of showing off. Then why did he cover it up again? What on earth did he want to hide?"

While talking, Lu Ren put on his gloves and lifted up the deceased's shirt again.

A hideous Z-shaped scar slowly appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

The clothes and the wound had been in contact for a long time, and the two had been closely attached to each other. Lu Ren directly tore off their previous connection and further expanded the results of the victory.

In the quiet room, the sound of suddenly heavier breathing could be heard clearly.

"really."

Lu Ren seemed unaware of the strange behavior of the police present. He pointed at the top horizontal line of the Z-shaped scar and said, "The scars are different. The Whistling Man has a certain foundation in kendo. The scars made in the first three cases were clean and neat, with no trace of them." Don't be sloppy. But look at this scar again..."

Mu Mu cheered up and looked intently. Under Lu Ren's guidance, he also saw something was wrong and couldn't help but hesitated: "This scar seems to be deeper than the previous victims. No, it's not only deeper, but also wider."

He took out the photos of the first few victims from his pocket when they were killed, and after comparing them repeatedly, he confirmed: "It is indeed different. The scars on the backs of the previous victims were all done with a single knife. The scars on Pingdong Tangji's back look like It looks like it was scratched out repeatedly with a knife. It's like..."

"It's like sabotage, right?"

"Destruction, Z-shaped scars, one-shaped scars..." Matsumoto Kiyonaga, who also rushed to the scene of the crime, was the first to react. He pointed at the deceased, his voice slightly trembling, "Is he the Whistle Man himself? "

"I have made a 'self-portrait' of the Whistle Man before. He is a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, slightly short in stature, sophisticated in criminal techniques, rich in criminal experience, and cautious. Don't you think he fits the bill completely? ?”

Everyone looked at each other and found it difficult to accept Lu Ren's speculation for a while.

"Brother Lu Ren, if the murderer committed the crime in imitation, how could he have thought of carving words on the victim's back? We have never disclosed this detail to the outside world."

"Of course most people don't know. But what if the murderer is a family member of the victim?"

"Susum Nabei's son, 25-year-old Nagaki Nabei!" Sato Miwako responded, "We were planning to visit him this afternoon, but his phone number couldn't be reached!"

"I guess he didn't run away. He probably hasn't had time to deal with the clothes he used when committing the crime. If he moves faster, he might be able to get both the person and the stolen goods."

A ten-year-old boy, a twenty-five-year-old young man, ten or fifteen years at the snap of a finger.

Kill your enemy with your own hands and avenge your father.

Lu Ren lowered his head and looked down at the scar on the whistler man's back, and suddenly felt that this hideous and terrifying scar suddenly became more pleasing to the eye.

(End of this chapter)