Coroner Coroner

"Are you struggling?"

Miss Huiyuan's voice sounded quietly.

She did not know when she escaped from Belmode's warm cage, and quietly came to Lin Xinyi's side:

"I've never seen you so anxious about a case before."

"This is the first time."

As he said that, Hui Yuanai took the initiative to send his little hand to Lin Xinyi's palm, as if he wanted to encourage him with the warmth of his palm.

As soon as Lin Xin held that soft little hand, he finally let go of the administrator's airs, showing a fragile and helpless side:

"Ah... yeah."

"Even if it is me, there will be cases that cannot be solved."

Now it is very difficult to even restore the facts of the case, let alone find evidence.

In this wilderness, it is not easy to find anything.

"Don't worry too much."

Hui Yuanai comforted softly.

She never said such personal words.

But now seeing Lin Xinyi's unprecedented tangled demeanor, she couldn't help but want to do something.

It wasn't her child's turn to help with the on-site investigation. As for the analysis of the case, she couldn't make any progress.

Miss Huiyuan can only give Lin Xin some comfort as a girlfriend:

"You also said before that solving a case requires the same patience as doing research."

"It is normal for a case to take five days, ten days, or even several months."

"So there's no need to hurry, just take your time."

"Um…"

Lin Xinyi smiled and nodded:

"Thank you, Xiao Ai."

"I'll adjust my mindset, slow down...wait..."

His expression froze slightly:

"Slow down?"

"That's right...I thought of it!"

At this moment, Lin Xinyi finally thought why he always had a strange feeling when he was observing the string of footprints.

Because he didn't notice one thing:

"That is, the deceased did not slow down in the process of escaping."

"Especially after she stopped and looked back after the 'one foot strike' appeared..."

"Seeing the situation behind him, not only did the deceased not slow down, but he even fled faster."

These can be seen from the changes in the footprint, especially the "step length".

"And most importantly...that trail is long!"

The long footprint naturally means that you have escaped far.

"At that time, the deceased had escaped from the forest for a distance of 3 to 40 meters."

Coming out of the woods, there is a field of mud first, and then a slope of dirt.

There are fallen leaves in the woods that can't leave footprints, but when you walk on the mud and slopes, you will definitely leave footprints.

But there was only one trace of the deceased at the scene.

In other words, the guy chasing her stopped at least at the edge of the forest and did not continue chasing her forward.

"If this is the case, when the deceased looked back, she and the pursuer had kept a distance of at least 3 to 40 meters."

"Whether it's a man or a bear chasing her..."

"No, the possibility of being a bear is very small...the prey is right ahead, and the bear will not just stay in the woods and not come out."

"And even if the bear was really chasing, this distance seems to be 'safe' enough."

Lin Xinyi analyzed excitedly:

"According to the normal situation, seeing the pursuer being thrown so far by him, the deceased should relax subconsciously, and his pace will slow down accordingly."

"But why did she run away faster, more urgently, and with more messy steps?"

"Why does the pursuer who has been thrown away so far still have such a strong deterrent force?"

"What is it that can frighten the dead from a distance and make them run away in embarrassment?"

He gradually had an answer in his heart.

Such an unexpected breakthrough made his mood agitated.

Lin Xinyi was so happy that he stretched out his hand and touched Hui Yuanai's little head excitedly:

"Xiao Ai, thank you!"

"You really helped me a lot this time!"

Miss Huiyuan's face was a little cold, and for some reason, she looked a little unhappy.

And Lin Xinyi couldn't care less about observing his girlfriend's expression.

He stroked Hui Yuanai's soft brown hair excitedly, then turned around in a hurry, busy with the next step of investigation.

Haibara Ai:"……"

She silently smoothed her hair messed up by her boyfriend, her expression became colder:

"Just touching people's heads..."

"Do you really think I'm a kid?"

Miss Huiyuan couldn't help but think of the various soap operas she watched with her sister at home recently.

According to the routine on TV, when this kind of hero is accidentally inspired by the heroine...

The reaction shouldn't be a pat on the head.

Hui Yuanai was very depressed.

Chapter 287

Immediately, Lin Xinyi returned to the big tree that the bear had visited before.

Under his orders, Director Kakuda had led a group of police officers to conduct a comprehensive carpet search around the big tree.

"How, did you find anything?"

Lin Xin asked straight to the point.

Since this tree has been visited by at least one person and one bear, it is very likely that there will be more traces left by the activities of people and bears nearby.

In the current situation where the investigation is deeply mired and stagnant, even if one more trace can be found, it will be of great help to the detection of the case.

That's why Lin Xinyi focused on arranging manpower to carry out surveys near this tree.

At this moment, in the face of his inquiry, Director Kakuda, who was in charge of the investigation, became more and more displeased.

That kind of look of not doing a good job, still holding his breath in front of the leader but not daring to explode, is very similar to those old fritters that Lin Xinyi encountered in the forensics class before.

"Found nothing but a few bear hairs."

"Officer Lin, what exactly are you looking for?"

Director Kakuda muttered complainingly.

"Bullet casings." Lin Xinyi gave an astonishing answer: "Have you found anything like bullet casings, bullet heads, or bullet holes near this tree?"

"This…"

Not only Director Kakuda, but all the police officers present were shocked:

Gun control in Japan is also extremely strict. If a case involves firearms, the nature of the case is completely different.

Of course, in this world...criminals have tons of explosives, and they blow up buildings from time to time to add to the fun.

It's just a small gun case, and it doesn't seem to be worth too much fuss.

"But... Manager Lin, why do you want us to look for bullet casings?"

"Has anyone ever fired a gun here?"

"Yeah." Lin Xin nodded, "I suspect someone fired a shot here."

"Because judging from the height and shape of the distribution of the claw marks, the brown bear only climbed up a little and then gave up on its own initiative."

"Predators don't abandon prey they're about to eat for no reason."

"And there was no trace of a fight at the scene. The guy who was chased by the bear into the tree probably didn't have the ability to beat an adult brown bear away with just fists, kicks and sticks."

"So..." Director Kadoda almost expressed his doubts on his face: "You think that man has a gun in his hand, and he shot the bear away?"

"Isn't this too far-fetched?"

Such reasoning is indeed far-fetched.

Lin Xinyi will make such an inference, more because of what he just discovered on the dirt slope footprint:

The deceased was at least 3 to 40 meters away, and was frightened by the pursuers to speed up the pace of escape.

What could frighten her from afar?

It should be a gun.

Since the pursuer has a gun, does this mysterious person who was blocked by the bear in the tree but was "let go" by the bear inexplicably also have a gun?