Coroner Coroner

"Moreover, the dead man's fingers and toes also showed maceration, whitening and swelling of the cuticle."

"Considering the whole body corpse that Mr. Lin Xinyi just surveyed..."

He paused slightly, and his tone became a little complicated:

"The body parts should have been soaked in water for about three hours."

"My previous reasoning about the time when the murderer abandoned the body... I'm afraid it's wrong."

At first, Shinichi Kudo concluded that the time the corpse had entered the water was very short because of the sight of blood, and the murderer had just finished throwing the corpse.

It is precisely because of this that Lin Xinyi, who happened to be watching the scene, was regarded as the first suspect.

But now, the various signs on the corpse clearly tell him...

His reasoning was wrong.

He trusted his intuition as a detective so much that he jumped to judgment when the clues were extremely limited.

Thinking of this, Kudo Shinichi, who rarely made omissions in reasoning, couldn't help but be a little silent.

But Lin Xinyi didn't notice the detective's self-criticism that was almost written on his face.

He seemed to have unknowingly become a partner with Kudo Shinichi, and began to methodically add details to Kudo's reasoning:

"Kudou is right."

"Pale skin, goose-skinned skin changes, and changes in the epidermal stratum corneum, known in forensic science as 'washerwomen's hands', are the basic characteristics of water-soaked corpses."

"However...these features can only prove that the deceased was immersed in water for more than a certain period of time."

"To prove that the deceased died of drowning before his death, we generally have to check this place first..."

With that said, Lin Xinyi showed off the tools he had just taken out of the survey box:

"This is a finger straightener, used to straighten the fingers of the deceased's fist."

"In contrast, drowning people struggled violently during their lifetime, with muscle spasms in their hands, and their palms tended to present a tight, clenched fist-like shape after death."

"So, just open the palm of the dead like this..."

In the horrified, frightened, yet uncontrollable complex eyes of everyone...

Lin Xinyi picked up the only severed arm from the plastic sheet, then slowly and steadily clipped the finger wrench into his fingers, straightening the severed fingers one by one.

The clenched palms were opened.

In the palm that was finally spread out, everyone could see:

"That's... aquatic plants?"

"That's right, it's aquatic plants."

Lin Xinyi put down the amputated arm and said in a deep voice:

"Not only are there water plants, I noticed before I opened the palm of the deceased that there was a little sand between the nails of the deceased."

"These are evidence of the deceased's drowning—"

"Because only people who drowned before they were alive could catch the aquatic plants and sand in the water with their hands when their instincts struggled."

"If the corpse is discarded after death, it is impossible for these things to be in the palm of the corpse and between the fingernails."

"By analyzing the types of aquatic plants and further comparing the types of aquatic microorganisms in the lung fluid of the deceased with the river water sampling here, it should not be difficult to confirm that the deceased drowned in this river."

"And the time of drowning, as Kudo analyzed just now, was about three hours ago."

His voice is very serious, and his eyes are full of a different kind of concentration.

This focused look is enough to conquer people's hearts.

Before they knew it, everyone forgot that Lin Xinyi was the suspect in this case.

There was even admiration in their eyes:

"This 'Shinichi' is actually so good at reasoning?!"

Someone sighed involuntarily.

But Lin Xinyi would not be complacent with the entry-level forensic knowledge he just showed.

The curiosity and drama in the eyes of the audience are just the daily life that he is all too familiar with.

"Inference? No..."

Lin Xinyi said calmly:

"Inference is a detective's job."

"And my job is to speak for the dead."

Chapter 8 The truth, surfaced

Lin Xinyi has gotten rid of the predicament of being regarded as a criminal suspect.

No one could even question him.

For his proof is always one step at a time, each step based on the evidence exhibited by the corpse.

This process is not like the unpretentious and reversible reasoning of famous detectives, but more like an unpretentious statement, a simple and direct report.

Such a report statement has the most irrefutable persuasiveness.

"It seems that Mr. Lin Xinyi is indeed not suspected of a crime."

Officer Mumu finally agreed with this conclusion.

He completely put down his hostility and looked at Lin Xinyi with curiosity:

"As you said, the deceased died by drowning before his death, and he was immersed in water for more than 3 hours."

"But that still doesn't prove that the deceased committed suicide?"

"More importantly, how did the corpse form?"

"Also, how should I explain the blood waves that Kudo brother and Xiaolan witnessed?"

The Mumu Police Department asked the most crucial question.

"We will analyze the suicide at the end."

Lin Xinyi replied calmly and orderly:

"Let me first talk about the cause of this broken corpse and blood waves."

Hearing this, Kudo Shin suddenly pricked up his ears:

This is where it bothers me the most!

He could easily see the cause and time of death of the deceased, but he could not imagine how a drowned person could become a corpse after 3 hours.

And he and Xiaolan also witnessed the phenomenon of blood waves more than ten minutes ago:

Since the corpse has been soaked in water for three hours, the blood should have been washed away by the river water long ago, and the large area of ​​blood should not be seen at all.

"The reason why Kudo saw the blood waves is actually very simple."

Lin Xinyi gave the answer calmly:

"That's because the time of death of the deceased is actually not the same as the time when the corpse turned into pieces."

"Not only is it different, it's far from it."

"This... I understand!"

Kudo Shinichi's mind flashed, and he suddenly realized:

"It's true that the deceased drowned three hours ago, but her body has been floating in the river since then."

"The body remains intact during this process, so the blood in the body doesn't drain into the water in large amounts."

"And ten minutes ago, when Xiaolan and I found the body..."

"The corpse was cut into pieces for some reason!"

"The blood in his body was also drained into the river during this process of dismembering the body, which caused Xiaolan and I to see the phenomenon of blood waves that were suspected of having just thrown the body."

"what?"

Hearing the reasoning of the famous detective, the Mumu Police Department was a little puzzled:

"Brother Kudo, what is the reason for the deceased to be turned into pieces?"

"Could it be that a second person intervenes... no..."

He suddenly turned to look at Lin Xinyi again:

"Mr. Lin Xinyi said that there seems to be no second person involved in this whole case."

"So, how on earth did the deceased 'split themselves up' after death?"

This question lingered in the hearts of everyone present, even the famous detective Kudo Shinichi was struggling with it.

In an instant, countless fiery eyes focused on Lin Xinyi.

The scene was so quiet that a needle could be heard, and Lin Xinyi unknowingly replaced Kudo Shinichi as a much-anticipated star.

"The answer is simple."

Lin Xinyi said calmly.

But he didn't give an answer directly.

This is his professional habit, giving evidence first and then drawing conclusions:

"Everyone can see..."

Lin Xinyi gently stepped aside so that everyone could see the hideous corpse on the plastic sheet more clearly:

"The body parts placed here currently include the head, torso, right upper limb with hand, left lower limb and thigh."

"And on these corpses, that is, the face, chest, forearm, and legs of the corpse, there are large areas of slashes, scratches, and scratches that are basically arranged in parallel in lines, arcs, oblique directions, and close to the same spacing. hurt."

"At the same time, there was extensive exfoliation at these sites."