Conan's self-cultivation of fake wine

Chapter 577 Meeting Fang Zhiyou

The murderer had long hair, but Yu Yu Liu Jie himself had short hair.

At first glance, this completely different feature completely excludes Jianyu Liujie from the category of suspects. But on the other hand, this may not be a key breakthrough point.

Lu Ren picked up his phone and immediately called the organization's intelligence team.

"Check Jianyu Liujie's financial situation and the hairstyle he had before this."

There was a response from the other end of the phone, and then the call was hung up.

A quarter of an hour later, an email was sent to Lu Ren's mobile phone.

He took a quick glance and a smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"It is indeed this boy."

According to the investigation feedback from the organization's intelligence team, Jianyu Liujie's economic situation is not optimistic.

Because of his left shoulder injury, he had to go to the hospital frequently for treatment and could not save any money at all.

Therefore, it can be basically confirmed that Yu Yu Liujie's previous claim that he had found and negotiated a way to repay the money was nonsense.

Of course the more important point is that until yesterday, Jian Yu Liu Jie had always had long hair!
It is not easy to grow long hair. It is easy to make up your mind, but you will encounter a long period of awkwardness in the middle.

It's not very presentable to have hair that's neither long nor short.

Therefore, people who already have long hair will not cut their hair short unless necessary.

Besides, on the day the victim was killed, Yu Liujie still had long hair, but the next day it became short hair.

How could such a coincidence happen in the world!

It's just that knowing it is knowledge, but the current evidence is still insufficient.

It would be no problem for the police to arrest and detain him now, but it would be a bit difficult to send him to court and convict him based on the current evidence.

After all, there is no law prohibiting people from getting a haircut.

When the police called Jianyu Liujie in for questioning this morning, he was drunk at first and reeked of alcohol.

He could have said in court that he was drunk and unconscious on the night of the incident. He woke up the next day and realized that he had cut his hair without realizing it.

We still need more powerful physical evidence to completely nail him down, for example, the murder weapon he used to kill people and the clothes he was wearing at the time.

Jian Yu Liujie would not keep these two things in his home.

The knife used in the murder is easy to wash, as the blood will wash off easily, at least it won't be visible on the surface. But clothes stained with blood are not so easy to wash off.

And how could he be sure that the eyewitness, Kobayashi Chengzi, could not identify the clothes he was wearing when he committed the crime? If he had to identify the person, wouldn't he be blinded by the spray of the reagent?

Another thing is that the murderer is also a human being. It doesn't mean that killing a person can gain extraordinary courage. He will also be afraid.

How could he not feel uncomfortable leaving a shirt stained with the blood of the deceased at home?
Lu Ren speculated that Yu Liujie might have thrown these things away somewhere on his way home, such as a trash can.

When the sanitation workers come to collect the garbage tomorrow morning and transport it to the recycling station, it will be difficult to find it again.

At least Lu Ren didn't want to dig in the garbage mountain. If you stayed in that kind of place for a while, you would be full of odor. If you dug for a whole day, your whole body would be marinated with odor.

If that really happens, his big orange cat won't come near him for at least a week, even with all the rings.

This job can be handed over to the Metropolitan Police Department. But it is not necessary for the time being. After all, this job is really hard, smelly and tiring.

We all work to get a salary, there is no need to torment others just because of a thought.

Of course, if we really have to reach a point where we have no other options, we will have to dig at the garbage mountain. But it is obviously not yet that stage.

Lu Ren prepared to go to the crime scene again to see if there would be any new discoveries.

Seeing him get up and leave, Conan, who had been watching from a distance, hurried over.

"Brother Ren, are you going to continue solving the case?"

"Yeah. I've made some new discoveries. I'm going to go to the crime scene again to take a look."

Lu Ren had no intention of hiding anything, and he directly forwarded the email sent by the organization to Conan intactly.

With his current configuration, even if he doesn't use the plot script to bully others, Lu Ren is confident that he can solve the case one or even several steps ahead of Conan.

After Conan took a closer look, his expression immediately changed. "There's something very wrong with this Jianyu Liujie. I think..."

Huiyuan interrupted him at the right time, "Don't think so. The person is gone."

"..."

……

Strictly speaking, the crime scene was not far from Dr. Agasa's home, and it would only take about ten minutes to walk. Lu Ren was tall, had long legs, and took big steps, which further shortened the time.

When he was about to arrive at the crime scene, Lu Ren met an acquaintance.

This person was walking slowly in front of him, with his head down as if looking for something. It was none other than Haibara and the others' homeroom teacher, Kobayashi Touko.

Lu Ren walked up and greeted him, "Teacher Xiaolin, what are you doing?"

"Mr. Lu Ren." Xiaolin Chengzi raised her head, looking a little uncomfortable, as if she didn't expect to meet someone she knew here. Especially Lu Ren, who had just seen her "ugly appearance" this morning.

"Today is not a holiday yet, and I have nothing to do at home, so I thought of going back to this place and looking for it again to see if I can find any new clues."

Lu Ren tried to put himself in the situation and felt that he could understand it.

The testimony that I gave with all my heart and soul was almost completely denied and overturned the next moment. No matter who it was, they would definitely feel angry.

In addition, if Lu Ren remembered correctly, Xiaolin Chengzi himself was also a mystery fan.

If I were suddenly involved in such an incident, it would be a lie if I didn't have the motivation to solve the case myself.

Kobayashi Touko only hated Shiratori's misdeeds and did not take her anger out on the case itself.

She might even feel a little grateful to him now. If she had not encountered this case, it might take her a long time to see the ugly true face of Shiratori Renzaburo.

Well... the above are all Lu Ren's imagination. But it should not be much different, it just has nothing to do with him, so let Bai Niao worry about it.

For him, the presence of Kobayashi, an eyewitness, should be helpful in solving the case.

"I have the same idea as you. Let's go in and take a look together."

"Ah."

Xiaolin Chengzi agreed without hesitation. She had also heard of Lu Ren's reputation as a detective and knew roughly his abilities.

Compared to a rising new detective, it is more eye-catching for a top figure in the industry to change his profession and do something else.

The two walked into the alley where the crime occurred together, and then met the second acquaintance there.

"Officer Shiratori, what a coincidence." Lu Ren raised his hand and greeted him.

"Mr. Lu Ren, Mr. Xiao Lin?"

Bai Niao was even more surprised. He didn't expect to meet Xiaolin Chengzi here, and he didn't expect Lu Ren to come with her. The moment he saw Bai Niao, Xiaolin Chengzi's face immediately changed, and he pretended to leave, "I have something else to do, I'll leave first."

"Teacher Kobayashi, please listen to my explanation." Bai Niao's movements at this time were surprisingly fast, and he rushed in front of Kobayashi Orange in just a few steps.

In an alley this narrow, with his physique, he could completely block the road with just his arms outstretched.

"There's nothing to explain between you and me, please move aside."

Shiratori said nothing more and reached out to roll up his sleeves.

He was from a wealthy family, and not only did he have a fair face, his arms were even fairer. However, on his jade-like wrists, there were large, very conspicuous, and hideous scars.

Such a glaring and ugly injury shocked Xiaolin Chengzi for a moment.

"This is the injury left by a bombing. The criminals put the bomb under the car. When I realized it, it was too late. The car exploded and I rolled out."

Xiaolin Chengzi's face turned pale. Even if Shiratori had said it lightly, she could still imagine how thrilling the scene was.

The person in front of her really had to escape death to be able to stand in front of her again.

"In fact, this injury could have been mitigated, but I was a little too stubborn at the time." Shiratori smoothed his sleeves and covered his wrists again. "Lu Ren was there at the time, and Meiwako was there too."

"It is indeed her..."

Even though she had given up on this idea, Xiaolin Chengzi's eyes still felt a little sore when she heard this. She wanted to leave again, but her feet were rooted.

Even if you lose, you must lose with a clear mind!
"Please forgive me for calling her Meiwako. After all, she and I have known each other for many years and we are very good friends. The explosion was probably related to the death of her first love. Her first love was also a policeman who died in an explosion.

There was a piece of information in the car that might be the only clue. I was delayed a little bit to get it. After I escaped, I handed the information to her and left the scene as if nothing had happened.

"???"

Shiratori saw Xiaolin's confusion and said, "That's right. She still doesn't know that I was injured and left with such a scar. I pursued her before, and because of this, I didn't want her to accept my feelings at that time."

"Because that's when I met you, Mr. Kobayashi. Because I once pursued Miwako, and because you look a bit like her, I have to work harder to break off with her and not have any connection with her anymore."

"Lu Ren told me this morning that all misunderstandings stem from insufficient communication. I now feel that this is very true. Meihezi and I only wrote a preface story, which was caused by a misunderstanding.

Because of this misunderstanding, the moment I saw Sato, I knew she was my destined one. Unfortunately, she was too slow to understand love. No matter how hard I tried, she seemed to be unaware.

Then, she met her first love. She met the person who engraved her life in her memory. "

"That's pretty sneaky, isn't it?"

"I admired the police officer's behavior. He sacrificed himself to protect the people. I also understand Sato's feelings. I began to worry that my pursuit would make her even more sad after she had already come to her senses."

"So I started to wait. I was willing to do so. One year, two years, three years, five years, ten years. I tried several times in between, but there was no result. I thought it would go on like this forever."

"But Gao Mu showed up. That silly, foolish, and reckless guy pulled her out of her memories."

"I was naturally angry and unwilling, but looking at Sato's smile from the bottom of her heart, I finally let go. Yes, to me, she is my destined person. But to her, I am not her destined person."

"As long as she is happy, even if that person is not me, what does it matter? I am willing to protect her like this forever. The only regret is that I have never been able to remind her of the words she said to me. The words that changed my life's ambition."

At this point, Shiratori paused, looked into Kobayashi Touko's eyes, and said word by word: "The cherry blossom is a symbol that every police officer wears. It is a strong, gentle, and handsome flower of justice."

This sentence seemed to contain some kind of inexplicable magic. Once it was spoken, the dusty memories were gradually wiped away, revealing their true appearance.

The face in my memory gradually overlapped with the person in front of me.

Xiaolin Chengzi was moved and said: "You, you are..."

"You finally remembered." Bai Niao smiled and said, "I am the little lawyer in the bookstore, and now I am a policeman. I did it, Mr. Kobayashi. Long time no see."

"Okay, long time no see."

"Ahem." Seeing that the two had almost finished their conversation, Lu Ren stepped in between them and said, "Teacher Xiaolin, I have something to give you. It can be considered as a piece of evidence."

As he spoke, he handed a black pen, as thick as a thumb, to Kobayashi Orange.

Seeing this familiar pen, Bai Niao's mouth twitched subconsciously, "Mr. Lu Ren, this can't be the same pen as before..."

"That's right, I didn't just record one sentence, I recorded the whole process."

Bai Niao’s smile was so annoying before, now it’s Lu Ren’s turn to smile.

"Teacher Kobayashi, you better keep this and listen to it when you have time. If you must say, this is Shiratori's dark history. That's it, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Lu Ren took two steps at a time and left the alley directly.

Seeing this, Shiratori immediately said to Kobayashi who was still unaware of the situation: "Teacher Kobayashi, please give me this pen."

"No. I want to listen carefully." Kobayashi dodged the left hand that Shiratori stretched out, and as she spoke, she pressed the play button on the recorder.

Clearly discernible human voice flows out of the pen.

[So what? I'm not Takagi. I won't let go.]

【Then let me ask you, what do you like about her? 】

What does this have to do with you?

[You don't even dare to say out loud why you like her. No wonder you lost to Takagi. ]

[First love, she is my first love. She showed me the way... When I saw her for the first time, I knew that everything was arranged by God, and she was the one destined for me.]

[Although it's old-fashioned, it sounds good. If so, you and Sato are doomed to fail. And you happen to meet a woman who looks very similar to Sato at this time.]

【You are insulting me! 】

[Don't worry, I haven't finished talking yet. Let me add one more condition. What if this woman who looks like Sato said the words just now? Sakura is the flower of justice or something.]

[No... huh? Wait. You... you know someone like this? ]

The recording stopped abruptly, but Xiaolin was already laughing so hard that he couldn't straighten his back. The white bird beside him even wanted to find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

He really didn't expect that someone had been recording from the beginning, and he didn't expect that this person would be so bored that he would keep the recording until now and even carry it with him!

After laughing for a while, Xiao Lin Fang said: "Shiratori, you are really..."

"This... I was so excited."

"I'm going to keep it for myself. I'll listen to it from time to time."

"Ah...this."

"This will remind you." Xiao Lin put his hands behind his back, took a step forward, and looked up at Bai Niao. "Don't do that again in the future. Don't mistake me for someone else."

"Ok!"

ps1: Shiratori is years old, years old when he graduated from university, and he was admitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department the same year he graduated, so his length of service is about five years. Matsuda Jinpei was transferred here three years ago, so Shiratori met Sato earlier than Matsuda.

That should be the case, right? The encyclopedia didn't show which of the two people came first, so we can only use their age to calculate their length of service.

ps2: This chapter has more than words, and theoretically it can be split into two chapters. But in order to echo the title of the previous chapter, I posted it together. (Sad)