Women only affect the speed of my reasoning!

"Let's go and look elsewhere."

The second stop is the dressing room.

Since such a large casualty occurred, and Qin Mianshu used factual evidence to prove that this was a murder and not an accident, the Mumu Police Department immediately notified other police officers after leaving the isolation cabin. The staff gathered together to prevent the murderer from destroying the evidence afterwards.

So when Qin Mianshu and the others entered the dressing room, the entire dressing room was empty, with no one there.

There are a total of six mirrors in the dressing room and six dressing tables. Each dressing table is equipped with a complete set of makeup materials.

Considering that the cosmetic materials were purchased at the aquarium's expense and were considered company property rather than personal belongings, there was no name written on them on a sticky note.

Except... lipstick.

Qin Ushu leaned over to pick up a stray lipstick from the ground and looked at it carefully.

He didn't recognize the brand of the lipstick, let alone the color, but he could understand the words on it.

——Used by Michiko Osawa.

Since it fell to the ground, the inner core of the lipstick was stained with a lot of dust.

Yes, Michiko Osawa didn't even turn the inner core back after applying the lipstick.

On the dressing table closest to where the lipstick fell, various bottles and jars were piled up randomly, making it look very messy.

Then the problem comes.

A person who is so rigorous in his work that in order to ensure the effect of the performance, he would even risk the recurrence of rheumatic bone disease and appear on the scene without plaster. Is it possible that he can't even organize his own dressing table?

There is no doubt that this makes no sense.

"It seems that this is the scene of the murder." Qin Ushu said.

After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the dressing room.

Sato Miwako was stunned by his actions and couldn't react for a while, so she subconsciously said.

"Don't you need to look any further?"

"no need."

Qin Xianshu stopped.

"Although this is most likely the scene of a murder, the prisoner is not stupid enough to leave the evidence here, and I can deduce the exact identity of the murderer just by asking a little later. What is lacking now is decisive evidence."

"Conclusive evidence?"

"Come with me and you'll know."

As Qin Ushu walked out of the dressing room, Shiina Mashiro immediately followed.

Miwako Sato quickly followed after hesitating.

The third stop is the staff locker room.

Unlike a swimming pool where the entire locker room is filled with rows of wardrobes, since there are not many staff members at Chiba Aquarium, there are only two rows of wardrobes in total, and the space inside is quite spacious.

And since it is an underground space, if you rely on the natural flow of air for ventilation, it is estimated that all the logistics staff in the aquarium will have an accident within a few days, so almost every room has a ventilation system at work. .

As soon as Qin Sanshu entered the door, he felt a cool breeze blowing on his face.

What caught his eye was a white staff sweatshirt hanging to dry on a clothes hook under the air outlet of the ventilation duct, with water still dripping from it.

It was obviously freshly washed.

Qin Xianshu put on gloves as a habit, stepped forward and took off the wet sweatshirt together with the hanger. He held it in his hand and looked at it front and back, and immediately raised his eyebrows.

Then he did something that almost made the policewoman in black stockings question her on the spot.

The high school detective first smelled the hem of the sweater, then the sleeves, then the chest, then the back... almost smelling all parts of the sweater.

"Umbrella, Umbrella Shu, what are you doing?" Sato Miwako's mouth twitched slightly.

"found it……"

"what?"

"I said I found conclusive evidence."

Qin Mianshu put down his sweater and put his hand on his forehead.

"It's just... this prisoner seems to be a bit stupid."

Chapter 32 The Detective Pursuing Pleasure

The perspective changes and returns to the place where the dream began.

——Control machine room.

There were about ten people standing in the room. In addition to Miwako Sato and Mashiro Shiina, there were also the Megure Police Department with several police officers, as well as three suspects with blank expressions on their faces.

Some of them were really confused, while others were pretending to be confused in order to cover up their inner panic.

"Um...Mr. Police Department, did you find anything when we all gathered here?" Yuriko Minegishi clasped her hands in front of her chest, looking worried.

"Um……"

What responded to her was a deep groan from the Megure Police Department.

He really could only ponder. Qin Uanshu told him on the phone about gathering people into the control room, and he didn't explain it clearly yet. He only said that he understood it completely.

As for what exactly I understood, it's not clear.

"Okay, everyone, please be quiet for now and listen to me next."

Qin Ushu clapped his hands twice, attracting everyone's attention to himself, and his eyes swept over them one by one.

"First of all, let me make it clear that this incident is not a so-called accident, but...a murder."

"what?!"

"murder!?"

In the crowd, some people exclaimed in low voices, and some people's expressions changed slightly.

Qin Xianshu applauded again, and in the crisp applause, the noise in the room quickly subsided.

he went on.

"The reason why it's a murder is very simple."

"I initially thought this was an accident, because Miss Michiko Osawa's corpse had wound plasters on her legs, which could easily lead people to think that the cause of death of Miss Michiko the thief was a sudden attack of rheumatic bone disease in the isolation cabin. He was unable to stand up while the water was filling, resulting in his eventual drowning."

"But after on-site inspection, I found that there is an emergency life-saving device in the isolation cabin. In other words, when the water filling system of the isolation cabin fails, the people inside can survive by pressing the switch of the emergency life-saving device."

"Furthermore, the switch button of the survival device is located at the bottom of the isolation cabin. Not to mention a normal person suffering from rheumatic bone disease, even a disabled person with both legs amputated and lying flat on the bottom of the isolation cabin can touch it. arrive."

"The life-saving device is not faulty and can operate normally."

"Then the only possibility is that Michiko Osawa was put into the isolation cabin after she lost consciousness."

"So I have every reason to conclude that this was a murder and not an accident."

Qin Xianshu raised his head and looked around the audience.

"Anyone have any questions?"

"..."

A silence.

"very good."

Qin Xianshu nodded with satisfaction and continued.

"In fact, just before I came, I managed to find a pool of substance suspected to be foundation lotion at the bottom of the isolation cabin."

"According to my inference, this should be because the murderer deliberately placed Miss Michiko Osawa's face against the bottom of the isolation cabin in order to ensure that he could 100% drown the unconscious victim, which caused the foundation on Miss Michiko Osawa's face. It’s stuck to the bottom of the containment chamber.”

"So to summarize, the murderer sneaked into the dressing room when Miss Osawa was putting on makeup to prepare for the stage. After knocking Miss Osawa unconscious, he specially put a rheumatism patch on her, then put her into the isolation cabin, and left in a dignified manner. Waiting for the water in the isolation compartment to drown him."

"So Brother Ushu, who is the murderer you are talking about..." Police Department Memu couldn't help but ask.

"It's definitely not me!" Yuriko Minegishi said loudly, "I came on stage before Miss Osawa. I was performing at the time. How could I have time to do these things!"

"really."

Qin Xianshu smiled at her.

"And I didn't say you were a murderer. Why are you excited?"

"Uh..." Yuriko Minegishi choked.

The next person to speak was technical director Lin Yaren, who seemed a little nervous.

"Me...me too, I was in this control room when the incident occurred, together with Brother Murakawa..."

"Oh?"

Qin Mianshu raised the corner of his mouth playfully, turned his gaze, and landed on the burly middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

"Since Mr. Lin said so, I believe that Mr. Murakawa definitely did not leave the control room on the excuse of going to the bathroom during that period, nor did he 'accidentally' soil his work sweatshirt on the way to the bathroom. Right?"

He specially emphasized the pronunciation of the word "accidentally".

"This……"

The light words made the two middle-aged men change their expressions instantly.

Lin Yaren, as if he suddenly realized something, took a big step back and looked at Murakawa Yasuyuki with wide eyes in disbelief.

"Mura, Murakawa, can it be said that it's you!?"

"I……"

Murakawa Yasuyuki was about to open his mouth to refute, but was directly interrupted.

"Of course, I'm not saying that there's anything wrong with going to the bathroom and soiling your clothes. After all, people have three kinds of urgency, and it's normal for them to make mistakes when they're in a hurry." Qin Mianshu said with a touch of teasing on his face.

"only--"

He changed the subject, and the teasing element suddenly became more intense.

"I'm curious, Mr. Murakawa, whether your way of resolving an emergency is different from ordinary people. I would understand if the hem of your clothes was stained, but why is it the back collar that you stained?"

"Varied……!"

After the words were settled, Qin Sanshu waved his hands gracefully... and then nothing happened.

Miwako Sato, who was still standing near the door of the room, opened the door and brought in a staff sweatshirt that was still dripping with water.

The size of the sweatshirt is quite generous, and it’s easy to see who belongs to it.

Qin Mianshu put on his gloves and took over the sweater, sighing softly.

"It is very regrettable that due to time constraints, Mr. Murakawa only had time to clean the parts that left traces of his crime, so only the collar of the entire dress was carefully washed with laundry detergent, while the other parts were washed with water. It’s not even washed yet.”

After saying that, he shook the sweatshirt in his hand, turned it over and showed the back part in front of everyone.

It was vaguely visible that there was a faint trace of red left on the shoulder blade on the right side of the back of the neck.

"This, I think it's probably the lipstick that Mr. Murakawa accidentally touched while carrying Miss Osawa, right?" Qin Ushu explained.

"I see!"

At this point, if Megure still doesn't understand, then he is not worthy of being in this police department.

After whispering "I'm sorry," he strode forward and grabbed Murakawa Yasuyuki, who was stiff, and grabbed his work clothes behind his back and pulled hard.

"found it!"

As expected, there was a trace of red mark remaining on Murakawa Yasuyuki's shoulder blade.

Although it is very light, although it is extremely light, you can vaguely see the outline of a woman's lips.

And, it's upside down.

"This, this must have been accidentally attached when we passed each other..."

Yasuyuki Murakawa is still trying to deny it.

"It's okay if we just pass each other by. Then please explain why the lip prints on your shoulders are upside down. Do you usually walk somersaults?"

Qin Xianshu's simple words seemed to strangle his throat, making him never make a sound again.

Just because Murakawa Yasuyuki can't see it doesn't mean that others can't see it either.