detective world detective

Chapter 1615 The hidden weapon
  "Still haven't found the murder weapon?"

After some searching, Officer Megure looked at Takagi and asked, and got the answer.

This made him frown: "The victim, Ms. Yamaji, was strangled to death with a string-like weapon, and there is still a Yoshikawa line formed by resistance on her neck.

In other words, the murder weapon stained with the skin flakes of the deceased should be somewhere in this rental recording studio.

Why can't I find it? "

"We have already conducted investigations on stringed musical instruments." Takagi said, "But there is no luminol reaction on them."

"What about the guitar that Kifune Someka changed the strings on?" Officer Megure heard this.

"Of course we have prioritized the investigation." Takagi said.

"Could it be that the rope was cut into pieces and flushed into the toilet?" Officer Megure said in deep thought, touching his chin.

"We have also considered this."

Hearing this, Takagi said: "But we have also investigated the scissors in the sewing bag carried by Yuiko Fikawa and the nail clippers carried by Rukai Kogure.

Assuming those things had really cut the blood-stained rope, it was impossible that they weren't stained at all. "

Even though the rope doesn't look stained with blood, the Luminol reaction can reveal even blood stains that you can't see.

As long as there is a little bit of contamination, there should be some reaction.

"So, it turns out that he is from another band. Is it possible that the criminal is more likely to commit the crime?"

Officer Memu pondered and then said: "It seems that the prisoner may have left the recording studio and took the murder weapon away."

"If this is really the case, I think the murder weapon may have been thrown away by the prisoner." Takagi said.

"Kesouyan is currently investigating the gaps between the deceased's nails. If the prisoner's skin fragments can be found, it may become a key clue to solving the case." Officer Memu said.

"But the prisoner seems to have attacked from behind. The possibility of the deceased being able to scratch the prisoner should be very low." Takagi said helplessly.

"Have you found the band members who left?" Officer Megure asked again.

"That's not necessary."

Just as Officer Takagi was about to answer, Tang Ze suddenly walked over and interrupted the conversation between the two.

"Eh?" Officer Memu was surprised when he heard Tangze's words, and then his eyes lit up and he said quickly: "Brother Tangze, do you think you already have a clue?"

"Yes."

Tang Ze smiled and nodded: "And I can confirm that the prisoner has not left this recording room yet!"

"Really!?" Officer Megure was shocked when he heard Tangze's words: "Who is the prisoner?"

"Actually, it's already obvious, isn't it?" Tang Ze said with a smile: "The prisoner is one of the three members of the orchestra."

"Is this, is this true!?" Officer Memu was shocked and asked quickly.

"Well, let's go take a look first." Conan suggested with a smile: "Let's go to the underground lounge where the three elder sisters are waiting."

"That's fine." After hearing Conan's words, Officer Megure nodded and took Takagi to the lounge, and summoned the three of them to explain the current situation.

"You said the culprit is among the three of us!?"

After hearing their judgment, Mukune Ranka, who had a somewhat hot temper, immediately questioned with dissatisfaction: "Why are you still saying these things at this time!"

"This is our judgment after on-site investigation and clues." Tang Ze said without changing his face after hearing this: "So please calm down."

"I don't care how you came to this conclusion!" Mokufune Ranka said dissatisfied: "Anyway, come up with a convincing reason!"

"And we don't have any rope-like weapons on us." Yuiko Fikawa also retorted.

"Your suspicion is really unreasonable." Kogureumi retorted.

"If you insist that we threw the murder weapon somewhere, then you should be able to find the murder weapon when you search the recording studio." Yuiko Fikawa said.

"Did you find it!?" Xiaomu Liuhai asked dissatisfiedly.

"about this."

Takagi felt a little guilty and was about to prevaricate his answer when Tangze took the topic directly: "As for the murder weapon, no matter how hard you look for it, you probably won't be able to find it.

After all, the murderer had already been taken outside from this rental recording studio because of the murder weapon he found. "

"Wha, what!?" Mokufune Ranka was shocked when she heard Karasawa's words, and immediately shouted: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

"The three of us never left the recording studio!" Yuiko Fikawa also quickly retorted.

"That's right!" Xiaomu Liuhai agreed: "In this case, how should we take the murder weapon outside!"

"So, Karasawa Criminal does not mean that you brought the murder weapon out." Sera Masaki answered directly after hearing this.

"The people who took away the murder weapon were the criminals who carried the corpse!" Masumi Sera said.

As soon as these words came out, the three people present were shocked. Officer Megure and Takagi were also startled when they heard Sera Masumi's words, and immediately a look of astonishment appeared on their faces.

"You said the murder weapon was taken away by our people?" Officer Megure heard this and asked quickly: "What on earth is going on?"

"Weren't all the clothes and items carried by the deceased taken away for testing?"

Karasawa explained with a smile: "What Miss Shiliang means is that there is a murder weapon inside."

"How can it be!?"

Hearing this, Takagi said in disbelief: "But when we checked before, we didn't find any string-like things inside!"

"What if a string-like murder weapon was knitted into other shapes?" Masumi Sera said with a smile.

"You, you shouldn't say it?" Takagi was suddenly startled, and then he reacted uncertainly.

"That's what you think."

Tangze smiled and said: "The murder weapon has been woven into the yellow knitted hat worn by Miss Qiujiang."

"In other words, the murder weapon was the yellow wool woven into the hat!" Conan agreed with a smile.

"Wool!?" Takagi was surprised when he heard Tangze's words. “I’m afraid the murderer had already prepared the same color wool as Miss Qiujiang’s head.”

Tangze said: "After using the wool to strangle Miss Qiujiang, the decorative wool ball was temporarily removed, and then the wool used as the murder weapon was connected to the disassembled wool.

After knitting the murder weapon into the hat, knit the top ball of yarn back and let her put it on.

As for the wider part, you only need to lift the hem up a little, and no one will notice whether the hat is knitted too long.

After all, knitted hats are hemmed, so they don’t attract attention. "

"But when weaving, we usually use two thin sticks with sharp tips called stick needles."

When Takagi said this, he looked at the three of them and said, "But when I checked the belongings of the three of them, no one carried anything similar to that."

The three women nodded in agreement after hearing this, but the next moment Conan spoke directly: "Actually, there is, right next to the eldest sister who was killed!"

Conan's words shocked everyone present. Takagi asked in surprise: "Is there such a thing?"

"Aren't there two drum sticks used for playing drums on the small drum on the left hand side of the deceased?" Tang Ze said with a smile: "If you use the two sticks well, you can knit things."

"That's indeed the case." Officer Memu thought for a moment and said hesitantly, "It doesn't seem completely impossible."

"The average time it took for the three ladies to enter the recording studio in order to wake up the sleeping Miss Qiujiang was about ten minutes."

Karasawa said: "And Miss Yuiko also mended the buttons and the loose cuffs for Miss Ranka.

All of this was done on video, and the time to commit the crime was greatly compressed. "

"Miss Ranka also replaced the previously broken guitar string with a new one." Sera Masumi echoed.

"I told you that I did the tuning afterwards!" Kifune Someka quickly added, fearing that the police would think she had enough time to commit the crime when calculating the time.

"As for Ms. Rukai, you mainly modified the music in the room, right?" Toru Amuro looked at Kogure Rukai and said.

"Yeah, I'm making changes while playing the keyboard." Kogure Rumi said judo.

"Looking at it this way, it seems that the three of them don't have enough time to knit." Takagi looked at Karasawa.

"No, isn't there one of them who can do this?" Tang Ze said with a confident smile: "There is one of them who can prepare everything in advance."

As soon as these words came out, the three of them looked at each other solemnly, and Officer Memu asked with a puzzled look: "Who is it?"

"Xiaogu Liuhai, what I said is right, right?" As soon as Tang Ze said this, everyone looked at each other in shock, but Xiaogu Liuhai himself had huge pupils and his face instantly turned pale.

"Ah, I see!"

After hearing Karasawa's words, Takagi suddenly reacted, "Whether it was Miss Ranka's coat button that was about to fall off or the guitar string that suddenly broke, it was all accidental.

This kind of thing is uncontrollable, not to mention that the guitar was temporarily rented here today, so it is even more impossible to do anything in advance. "

"But on the other hand, if you want to modify the music, you can do it at home in advance." Officer Megure touched his chin and muttered: "When you need proof, just copy it again."

"Besides that, there's one more thing." Sera Masaki added with a smile: "Miss Liuhai is different from the other two, she has her back to the surveillance camera!"

"In this case, her back obscured what was in front of her."

Karasawa looked at the two confused people and said: "If you can only see your hands, you can pretend to play, but in fact you are knitting something."

"That's it!" After listening to this, Officers Takagi and Megure looked suddenly enlightened.

"I remember when I heard Yuiko talking just now, your skills are good enough to teach others." Karasawa looked at Kogure Kai and said.

"But if it's the weaving technique, then I might be suspicious too!" Yuiko Fikawa said in defense of her friend: "After all, I can do it!"

"What's more, this plan can only be implemented if half of the monitor's lens is blocked!"

Kifune Someka questioned dissatisfiedly: "But the selfie stick was installed on the microphone stand and placed right in front of the monitor. It was purely accidental!"

"Yes, that was the final result reached by the three of us while looking at the screen of the mobile phone and giving our opinions!"

Flutekawa Yuiko also retorted: "In this case, how could Ruumi be sure that the phone must be where she wants it!?
  Or do you think the three of us colluded and did this deliberately to cover the monitor lens? "

"We already know your modus operandi."

Tang Zedan said calmly: "After watching the video of you practicing and playing that you took a selfie with your mobile phone."

"Eh!?"

Takagi looked embarrassed when he heard this. He scratched his head and said, "Well. I've also watched that video, but I didn't find anything wrong."

"Can you please play the video again?" Officer Memu asked.

"Okay, okay." Although Xiaomu Liuhai's expression was a little stagnant, he didn't dare not give it up, so he reached out and took out his phone.

After watching the video, Officer Memu looked at the video with some confusion and said, "There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with this."

"That's where the four of them stand."

Karasawa explained with a smile: “The position of the drummer was fixed from the beginning, and coupled with the weight of the drum set, there was no way to move it arbitrarily after it was fixed.

But the two people in the middle, the bassist and the guitarist, can fit into the frame no matter how they move.

Because of this, the position of the mobile phone used to shoot the video completely depends on the keyboardist Ms. Rumi in the upper left corner.

In other words, it seems that the position is chosen by the three of them, but in fact, Miss Liuhai can completely control the angle and position at which the mobile phone should be set up with the help of the position of the keyboard.

In this way, you can easily use your mobile phone to block the route taken by the surveillance camera, thus blocking half of the shot.

If the keyboard is placed too close to the drum set, the phone will also become closer, which will be too far away from the camera to block the lens.

But on the contrary, if you are far away from the drum set, the mobile phone will also move farther away in order to capture everyone, so it is easy to block the surveillance camera.

You just covered half of the monitor screen, then pretended to call Miss Qiujiang who was sleeping, and strangled her to death with the wool of the same color that you had prepared in advance.

Then she pretended to modify the song and used drum sticks to knit the murder weapon yarn into the hat she was wearing!
  Then you just need to take it back to her and return to the rest area as if nothing happened, and everything is done! "

After hearing Karasawa's words, Kogurumi lowered her head and remained silent. The reflection of the lenses made it unclear what her expression was behind her glasses.

(End of this chapter)