Conan's self-cultivation of fake wine

"Weihong and I have an appointment to meet at the Shinjuku coffee shop at one o'clock this afternoon." Shodo Weika detailed the experience or encounter of this afternoon.

"I arrived at the coffee shop at 1:12 a.m. because of traffic jam. Hong was no longer in the shop before that time. The clerk told me that she went out to use the toilet, so I sat down and waited for her. But I couldn't wait no matter what. When I arrived, the clerk went out to look for her but couldn’t find her, and her phone number was always disconnected.”

Takagi was recording Zhuangtang Weijia's testimony. Mumu looked at her carefully for a while, and saw no clues about lying. Finally, he focused on Lu Ren and asked in a deep voice: "Lu Ren Brother, is this what happened?"

"According to the store's surveillance, the deceased Mihiro Kuze left the coffee shop at 12:56, while Shodo Yuika arrived at the coffee shop at 11:12. They did not meet in the store. "

Lu Ren's testimony was more reserved. He admitted that Shodo Weika did not meet with Mihiro Kuze in the store, but he was skeptical that they had not met each other all day today.

"Mr. Police Officer, do you doubt me too?!" Zhuangtang Weijia heard the implication of Lu Ren's words and became extremely excited, even a little hysterical.

Compared to the suspicion of the fat, yellow-skinned policeman, Lu Ren's suspicion of her was even more unbearable.

She had clearly shown her true feelings in the car before, her eyes were red and swollen from crying, and her voice was hoarse. As a result, this person actually suspected that she was the one who killed him.

Zhuangtang Weijia couldn't help but feel as if she had fed the dog with her true feelings.

"Mr. Police Officer?" Mu Mu looked at Mr. Lu who looked calm and showed no signs of guilt. He wanted to say something, but didn't know where to start. In the end, he could only sigh.

Forget it, so be it.

Directly clarifying Lu Ren's identity with Zhuangtang Weijia seemed to be even more embarrassing for the police.

After doing some mental construction in his heart, Mu Mu adjusted his emotions again and said skillfully: "Brother Lu Ren, what do you think?"

"I drove here from the coffee shop, and it took about half an hour on the road. The victim left the coffee shop at 12:56, so she arrived here around 1:30. Ms. Zhuangtang Weijia at 11:12 Once I got to the coffee shop, I never left.”

"One-thirty, one-twelve. You mean she has an alibi?"

"Hard to say."

"Huh?" Mumu was about to continue asking when he heard Zhuangtang Weijia start noisily questioning Lu Ren's statement again. He frowned and waved his hand, asking Takagi to take her out first.

After clearing away the irrelevant personnel at the scene, Mu Mu felt much better instantly and calmly motioned for Lu Ren to continue speaking.

"According to what I just said, Shodo Yuika is undoubtedly not suspected of committing a crime. But there is a premise, that is, the person we saw in the store before is really the victim Mihiro Hisase."

As he said that, Lu Ren pointed to the clothes on the deceased, "Officer Memu, you saw it too. The victim was wearing a very eye-catching Gothic Lolita costume, and the makeup on her face was very thick."

"Even if I had met a Goth Loli lady not long ago, I am not sure whether the victim in front of me is really the Goth Loli lady in the store."

Hearing Lu Ren's words, Mu Mu subconsciously widened his eyes: he obviously realized something: "If not, then the Goth Lolita lady in the store..."

"That's right. It's very likely that Weika Zhuang was pretending to be the one. After she killed the deceased in this public toilet, she came to the coffee shop wearing a Goth Lolita costume. Then she excused herself to use the toilet and went to the public toilet opposite to kill the Goth. Take off her lolita clothes and put on the work suit she is wearing now."

Mu Mu nodded and signaled Lu Ren to continue.

With a cross-dressing master like Kaitou Kidd, Lu Ren's speculation can be said to be reasonable, but it still needs evidence to support it.

Lu Ren obviously knew this, and then added: "Let's talk about the time first. If the victim left the coffee shop at 1 o'clock and arrived here at 1:30, there would be so many people coming to the toilet. It is basically impossible for the murderer to kill quietly. Drop the victim."

Mumu nodded slightly, "We received the report around two o'clock. The reporter claimed that she had been waiting in front of this cubicle for almost half an hour. If there were many people in the toilet at that time, the murderer could not have been there. Committing a crime at this time."

"It's just..." Memu paused for a moment, "Brother Lu Ren, it took you half an hour to drive here from Shinjuku. Part of the reason was because of the traffic jam on the road, right?"

"Ah."

"If there is no traffic jam, the victim might have arrived here in twenty minutes, which is around 1:20. Then there might be no one in the public toilet. Takagi also told me before that this public toilet is only around 1:30. There are a lot of people there at half past two.”

"It is indeed possible."

Although Mu Mu's words are a little ridiculous, it doesn't mean it's completely impossible. It's just that Lu Ren prefers his own judgment.

"Officer Megure, what is the estimated time of death of the deceased?"

"Between half-past twelve and one-thirty noon."

"Then if the murderer killed Kuse Mihiro at 12:30, it is entirely possible that she would have arrived at the coffee shop at 12:56."

"Isn't that right?" Memu frowned and said, "According to your statement, the murderer had to disguise himself as the victim again after killing her, so it would definitely take time to put on makeup and change clothes. Isn't twenty-six minutes not enough? ?”

Mu Mu deliberately said it tactfully. As a person who has experienced this, Memu believes that she has a certain say in the time it takes for women to dress up.

"The murderer didn't put on makeup and change clothes after killing someone. She put on makeup and put on this gothic lolita outfit before she committed the crime."

Lu Ren corrected Wanmu Mu's statement and further explained: "Couples often buy clothes of the same style. This is called couple clothes."

"Ah."

"Best friends who have a very close relationship actually do the same thing. Not only do their clothes have the same style, but their hairstyles, makeup, and even handbags are exactly the same. They look like twins. This style is called twin fashion."

"There is such a saying..." Megumi sighed, "After all, he is old and can't keep up with the ideas of young people."

"Actually, I just learned about this statement."

Don't say that Memu, a middle-aged man in his forties, can't keep up with fashion. All year round, Lu, wearing an unbeatable black windbreaker, is basically insulated from fashion.

The only thing he knew about fashion items before was that he wanted to buy a Prada bag for Xiao Ai, so he did some homework in advance.

As for this so-called "gemini fashion", I also listened to Yuanzi talking about it at the dinner table not long ago. She went shopping with Mao Lilan today, in fact, just to buy two identical clothes. Because of this, he could immediately think that the murderer's killing method might have taken advantage of this fashion trend.

"Actually, when I was in the store before, I felt something was wrong with Ms. Zhuangtang Weijia. The victim she had an appointment with was wearing a Gothic lolita costume, while she herself was wearing ordinary professional female clothes."

"When two people like this stay together, the contrast is too obvious. Even if they don't wear exactly the same clothes, shouldn't Zhuangtang Weijia wear some brighter colors and look fashionable and beautiful?"

Memu: "That's true, but it's also possible that they didn't communicate in advance about the clothes they would wear."

"Yeah. So I was just a little surprised at first, until I found that Weika Zhuangtang was sitting where the goth loli was before, and she also broke the water glass that was originally placed on the table."

"There is a water glass on the table. Doesn't it mean that someone is already sitting in this seat? Normal people would choose to sit opposite."

Mumu nodded, "There is something unreasonable here."

"So I asked the waiter to call the store's surveillance system, and after leaving the coffee shop, I asked Xiaolan and the others to go to the public toilet opposite to find someone, but they couldn't be found at that time. Then..."

"Wait, brother Lu Ren, wait a minute." Megure interrupted Lu Ren, "Don't you think that Shodo Weika killed Kuse Mihiro just because of these two points?"

"Yeah. For me, who can encounter one or even multiple murder cases a day, Zhuangtang Weijia's previous abnormal behavior is enough to make me suspicious of her."

"..."

Encountering one or even multiple murder cases in one day, such a bad thing should obviously be avoided by other people.

What does Lu Ren mean by this even somewhat proud tone?

Megure didn't know what to say for a while, and finally concluded that detectives were all unreasonable freaks, and part-time detectives were no exception.

"Then you, uh, Xiaolan and the others found anything in the toilet?"

"No. The toilet was empty. At that time, I suspected that the murderer might have dumped the body of the goth lolita somewhere else, so I searched the area with Conan and the others. It took about fifteen minutes in total."

"..."

After spending fifteen minutes on a bizarre guess, how free is this person...

What's more important is that Mao Lilan and the others are actually willing to accompany them to search...

Mu Mu signaled Lu Ren to continue with a complicated mood.

"Because we couldn't find anyone, we went to a nearby barbecue restaurant to eat. After we finished eating, we returned to the coffee shop and found that Ms. Zhuangtang Weijia was still sitting alone at the table. I asked the waiter I called him over and asked."

"The waiter said that in the past hour, Shodo Weika called Kuse Mihiro every ten minutes. During this period, the waiter himself went to the public toilet opposite many times to look for someone, but he never found him. victim."

"Wait, the waiter is the only one looking for it? Zhuangtang Weijia didn't go with him?"

"No. This is what makes me feel strange, and that's not all." After saying that, Lu Ren asked Mumu to pull up the communication records of the victim's cell phone, "Officer Mumu, look, Zhuangtang Weijia is really every Give Mihiro Kuse a call every ten minutes."

"So? Is there any problem with this? Isn't that what the waiter said?"

"Officer Megure, if you had made an appointment with someone, but the person never showed up and the phone couldn't be reached, what would you do?"

"I should keep calling. What do you mean..."

"That's right." Seeing that Mu Mu had understood, Lu Ren simply said clearly, "Normal people should be like this. People like Zhuang Tang Weijia who make steady calls every ten minutes are like..."

"It's like completing a fixed task." Megu's face turned completely dark this time. From this moment on, he, like Lu Ren, identified Zhuang Tang Weijia as the first suspect in this case.

"Of course, this can also be explained by her own obsessive-compulsive disorder. But I think it is unlikely that things will be such a coincidence. One unusual place may be just a coincidence, while multiple unusual places are most likely intentional."

"Also, she cried hard for a while in my car before she came. There are actually some problems here. There is a saying called 'seeing is believing'. When ordinary people hear such shocking news, they should first hold on to it. If you are skeptical, come and confirm it yourself first.”

"Instead of crying directly in the car like she did, as if the fact that the victim was dead has been confirmed." Mumu followed Lu Ren's statement and gave the final conclusion.

"That's right. If this speculation is true, then Zhuangtang Weijia changed her clothes in the public toilet opposite the coffee shop. The flow of people there is much smaller than here, so her fingerprints should be able to be found."

Megure: "But even if fingerprints are really found in that toilet, it doesn't mean anything, right? It can only prove that she did go to that toilet. She can definitely say that she went to the toilet before entering the store. There is no way to prove that she It’s the murderer.”

Lu Ren nodded, "That's right, but it's still an investigation direction. Let's send someone to the public toilet to check first. Maybe there will be new discoveries."

Lu Ren began to look at the victim's body and said, "The deceased was strangled. Officer Mu Mu, did you find the murder weapon?"

"No."

"She probably put the murder weapon in her bag and threw away the murder weapon when disposing of her clothes. Officer Megure, please send some people to investigate the trash cans and garbage disposal points near the coffee shop. Of course she It is also possible that the clothes and murder weapons were thrown into the nearby river."

Mumu looked confused, "If it's the former, it's easy to say, but if it's really thrown into the river, the search difficulty is a bit too high."

"Try to look for it first."

"Ah."

Seeing that the two of them had finished talking and were about to get up, Yuanzi, who had been listening for a while, stopped Lu Ren, "Brother Ren, when I was in the store before, I saw a goth loli picking up the menu. If that person If the goth loli is really the victim, her fingerprints should be on the menu. If not, wouldn’t it be proof..."

"Yes, brother Lu Ren, let's just check where Kuze Mihiro's seat is." Megure also became more energetic.

"It's not that simple. You forgot, I told you before, Zhuangtang Weijia broke the water glass on the table after entering the door. The water in the glass was left everywhere, and she took this opportunity to clean it up Ichiban. Even if the police can't find Mihiro Kuze's fingerprints by then, she will have some excuse to explain herself."

"..."