Chapter 24 The murderer’s trick

Chapter 24 The murderer’s trick

On the other side, Kudo Shin hurriedly walked into the department store next to him.

Ishikawa and Mao Lilan followed closely behind him. Under the leadership of Kudo, they quickly reached the rooftop of the 6th floor.

There is nothing on the rooftop, just some construction waste piled randomly.

Kudo Shinichi walked to the pile of construction waste and squatted down, picked up a brick at random, put it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully.

Seeing this scene, Ishikawa's breathing became a little rapid.

But Kudo Shinichi quickly stood up:

"Let's go downstairs and check the surveillance."

He and Xiaolan had been to this mall before and knew that surveillance was installed here.

At this moment, when he heard that Kudo Shinichi was going to check the surveillance system, Ishikawa's expression became relaxed:

"Yes, this mall has surveillance."

"This way we can see if Uchida jumped 'alone'."

He emphasized the word "a person" very strongly, and it sounded like there was no money in this place.

"Yeah, you'll know just by looking at the surveillance."

Kudo Shinichi responded noncommittally, and then took the lead to walk down the rooftop.

Soon, they returned to the first floor of the mall and came to the control room.

Surveillance videos are generally not shown to anyone casually.

But Shinichi Kudo, a famous high school detective, is more useful than a police officer.

After the name "Heisei Holmes" was revealed, the security personnel of the mall immediately showed the appearance of a fanatical fan and respectfully invited Kudo Shinichi into the control room he was responsible for.

In this way, Kudo Shinichi easily saw the surveillance videos of all entrances and exits of the mall.

After some accelerated viewing, in the surveillance video about 5 minutes ago

"Look, Uchida came in alone!"

Pointing to the figure that appeared on the surveillance video, Ishikawa said impatiently:

"And Aoki and I didn't even enter this mall today."

"If you don't believe it, you can keep looking forward. The surveillance camera definitely didn't capture either of us."

""

Kudo Shinichi said nothing.

He just stared at "Uchida" on the surveillance screen carefully:

Due to the shooting angle and the obstruction of the baseball cap, this "Uchida"'s face cannot be seen at all.

But Kudo Shinichi's face showed no emotion at all.

He just turned around and said to Xiaolan calmly:

"Let's go straight back."

"There's nothing more to find out here."

"oh?"

Before Mao Lilan could speak, Ishikawa couldn't wait to ask:

"You won't check anymore?"

"Uchida's suicide is definitely not a problem, right?"

""

Kudo Shinichi took a deep look at Ishikawa:

"There is indeed no problem. We can go back to the scene directly."

"When the police come, I will explain the situation to them as a witness."

"Oh, that's how it is"

Hearing this, Ishikawa immediately breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Then, shall we go back directly?"

As if he wished Kudo could leave here, he hurriedly walked back with his head.

Ishikawa led the way, while Mao Lilan approached Kudo Shinichi with some concern and asked softly:

"Shinichi, is what you said true?"

"Is this just a suicide?"

"No, that's just a lie to stabilize him."

Kudo Shinichi walked as if nothing had happened and lowered his voice and said to Maori Lan:

"I haven't found conclusive evidence yet to prove their guilt."

"However, I can basically confirm that this is a murder case."

"Is it really still killing people?"

Mao Lilan was a little confused:

"But when Uchida appeared on the rooftop, Ishikawa and Aoki were obviously with us."

"Also, Uchida is also present in the surveillance."

"this is very simple."

Kudo Shinichi said calmly:

"Lan, think about it carefully. When Uchida stood on the edge of the rooftop, could any of us see his face clearly?"

"The mall's surveillance camera only captured his figure, with his face hidden by a baseball cap."

"Since you can't see his face clearly from beginning to end, how can you be sure that the guy is Uchida?"

"Forehead"

Mao Lilan was taken aback for a moment and asked in surprise:

"Are you saying that the Uchida we saw was actually the murderer in disguise?"

"Ishikawa and Aoki, do they have an accomplice?"

"That's right."

Kudo Shin nodded:

"The real Uchida should have been dead by then."

"But the third murderer pretended to be him and walked into the mall, climbed to the rooftop on the sixth floor, and deliberately appeared in front of everyone."

"At the same time, after he was in place, Ishikawa and Aoki deliberately shouted across the road to attract attention."

"When passers-by knew that a guy named Uchida was going to jump off the building, the third person on the rooftop made Uchida's body fall to the ground from a height, pretending to be the scene of suicide by jumping off the building."

"Then the police will treat this case as a simple suicide."

"Suicide cases are never taken seriously"

"It is possible that the investigation was summarily closed."

"So that's it."

Mao Lilan roughly understood the truth.

But she quickly discovered a huge loophole:

"But, there's still something wrong, right?"

"Only 'Uchida' was captured on the surveillance camera coming in."

"If this Uchida is a murderer pretending to be a murderer, and the real Uchida was thrown by the murderer after his death."

"Then how did the murderer bring Uchida's body to the rooftop?"

"There are so many people on the street, and there are surveillance cameras in the shopping mall. If you walk around with a corpse, you will be discovered no matter what, right?"

Mao Lilan began to think carefully:

"Could it be that Uchida's body was originally in this department store?"

"He was killed in this mall?"

“It still doesn’t seem right”

"'Uchida' was only captured once in the surveillance, and Ishikawa and Aoki were not captured entering the mall."

"And there are so many people in this department store. It would be difficult to kill someone without being discovered."

"Ha ha."

Kudo Shinichi smiled slightly and replied:

"This is a little trick played by Ishikawa and the others."

"Since the entrance to the mall is under surveillance, they used this to create evidence for themselves:"

"The surveillance can prove that 'Uchida' has only entered once today, while Ishikawa and Aoki have never entered the mall at all."

"If I'm not wrong, I'm afraid the surveillance camera couldn't capture the third person entering the mall - because the third person came in disguised as Uchida, and he has already been photographed as 'Uchida'."

"In this case, use surveillance video"

He lowered his voice and elaborated on the murderer's thoughts:

"The three of them all have alibi of 'never entered the mall'."

"That being the case, the police could not possibly suspect that they killed Uchida in the mall."

"As for killing Uchida outside the mall and then taking the body into the department store in full view of everyone, that would be even more impossible."

"And after both possibilities have been ruled out"

"Most people would only think that Uchida walked into the mall by himself, ran to the rooftop and jumped to commit suicide."

"But the problem is"

Kudo paused slightly and continued to explain:

"Who said Uchida's body must have fallen from the roof of the department store?"

"Recall carefully, after 'Uchida' appeared on the edge of the rooftop, why didn't he just jump there?"

"There was no one on the sidewalk below him at the time and no one would be hurt if he jumped."

"If you want to jump off the building, just jump from the side facing the road."

"Why go to the side of the rooftop and jump into that alley?"

"Yes"

Mao Lilan nodded thoughtfully.

"I've been feeling weird ever since."

"If this is viewed as suicide, then Uchida's behavior is somewhat illogical."

Kudo Shinichi said methodically:

“But if ‘Uchida’ is seen as a murderer in disguise, his strange behavior is completely understandable.”

"He walked to the side facing the road to show off to witnesses."

"And he later let Uchida's body fall into the alley from the side."

"It's because the murderer had no other choice. He could only let the deceased 'fall' in that alley."

"because"

"The truth of the matter is"

"Uchida's body never entered this shopping mall from beginning to end, and was never transported to the rooftop."

"The body was always hidden in that alley and never left."

"ha?"

Mao Lilan was confused when she heard:

"The body was always in that alley?"

"But we clearly heard the sound of heavy objects falling."

"And you just said that Uchida's body fell from a height."

"It's very simple."

Kudo Shinichi elaborated on his thoughts:

"The murderer used the fire ladder."

"If I guess correctly, this uninhabited alley is the scene of the first crime and the place where they bullied Uchida."

"Because there is a busy road outside the alley. After discovering that they accidentally killed Uchida, the three bullies had no way of taking the body out of the alley."

"So, they thought of using the only thing available in the alley -"

"That fire escape."

"The top of the fire ladder is four stories high, and the guardrail is extremely weak."

"So, the murderer carried the body directly to the top of the iron ladder and leaned on the rusty guardrail."

"Then they came out of the alley."

"Among them, Ishikawa and Aoki were responsible for waiting across the street, while the third murderer walked into the mall disguised as Uchida."

"This third person climbed onto the rooftop and first acted out a scene of 'Uchida jumping off the building'."

"Then, the fake Uchida stepped back from the edge of the rooftop and walked to the side of the rooftop facing the alley."

"Finally, he picked up a few bricks from the construction waste piled on the rooftop and threw them towards the fire ladder directly below him."

"I see!"

After hearing this, Mao Lilan finally figured out the final answer:

"The bricks fell from the rooftop on the 6th floor and hit the body leaning on the iron ladder guardrail on the outside of the 4th floor."

"Because the guardrail the body was leaning on was not strong, it was hit by several heavy bricks."

"The guardrail broke and the body fell from the fire ladder on the fourth floor."

"In this way, Uchida was disguised as committing suicide by jumping off the building."

"Ishikawa and Aoki can use surveillance videos to prove that they have never entered the department store, eliminating their criminal suspicions and making investigators more convinced that Uchida died of suicide."

"That's right."

Kudo Shin nodded:

"Moreover, Ishikawa and Aoki deliberately talked about their bullying in front of the vending machine."

"This is actually to turn us into their witnesses."

"On the one hand, it proves that they were not at the scene when the crime occurred. On the other hand, it can be indirectly proved through our mouth that they had bullied the deceased——"

"In this way, even if traces left by them are found on the body of the deceased, they can still use the excuse that there was physical contact due to bullying, so that the evidence cannot point to murder."

"Unfortunately"

As he spoke, the great detective couldn't help but smile:

"Choose a few of us to be witnesses"

"The murderer is very lucky."

Thanks to Zhu Han, who started reading novels in 2005, Lin Bei who returned from buying oranges, showing a wealthy smile, Hell, just for Kurumi Tokisaki, the hamster who wants to take the postgraduate entrance examination, yongoo, Xiaozhi who loves Pika, Laughing Vigo, Jiu Rewards and support from book friends such as Jiu Er Ling Yao, Qing Yue Pavilion Master, Taikoo Ember, 3333312312, etc.Thanks(ω)