Chapter 25 You’re late
"This is Ishikawa's modus operandi."
After describing the murderer’s plot, Kudo Shinichi finally concluded:
"It's just that I still lack key evidence, so I have to go back to the alley and search carefully."
He said this, but his expression didn't look very nervous:
The modus operandi has been completely revealed, and the evidence should not be difficult to find.
At this point, the case has been solved by 90%.
In contrast
Lin Xinyi should be slower than himself.
After all, the ability he had shown before was only for examining corpses. I'm afraid it would be difficult to see through the murderer's plot to escape guilt by taking advantage of the environment, right?
"This time"
After thinking about it, Kudo Shinto suddenly gained confidence:
"I should be the one to win."
In this way, Ishikawa led the way, and Kudo followed him out of the department store in high spirits.
Kudo now feels very stable:
He believed that his detective skills would have an advantage over Lin Xinyi's forensic skills in this case.
Ishikawa also feels that he is very stable now:
Even the great detective Kudo Shinichi personally confirmed that this case was a simple suicide. The incompetent Tokyo Metropolitan Police must have no way to deal with him as the murderer.
In this way, with similar confidence, the murderer and the detective returned to the alley next to the department store one after another.
At this time, within about ten minutes of Kudo and the others going to investigate, the Tokyo police, who responded quickly, had arrived at the scene in time.
Several police cars were parked on the road, and there were several uniformed police officers on the sidewalk maintaining order.
The entrance of the uninhabited alley has been isolated by an emergency blockade. There are people outside the blockade, and it is full of onlookers attracted by the case.
"Give way."
Kudo Shinichi hurriedly squeezed to the blockade.
Ishikawa and Mao Lilan also returned to the scene.
The police maintaining the blockade were trying to stop the three of them, but Kudo Shinichi, as the savior of the Japanese police, his face was the best pass.
Kudo Shinichi walked into the blockade like this and looked at the police officer leading the team:
Sure enough, it was still an old friend he had worked with for a long time:
"Megure Police Department!"
Kudo Shinichi greeted warmly.
When the police arrived, he could just use the power of the forensics department to carefully search the scene and help him find the key evidence to fill in the last piece.
In this way, he can achieve a real victory in this smoke-free reasoning competition.
"Brother Kudo."
"Are you here too?"
The Mumu Police Department was slightly surprised, but then breathed an inexplicable sigh of relief:
"No wonder I met Mr. Lin Xinyi twice at the crime scene today."
"It turns out it's not his fault."
"If Brother Kudo is here, everything will make sense."
One Death is enough.
If Lin Xinyi, like Kudo, kills people wherever he goes, the pressure on the Metropolitan Police Department will be even greater.
As an older middle-aged man, the Mumu Police Department still believes in this kind of metaphysics.
"Ha ha"
Kudo Shinichi automatically ignored Megure Police Department’s complaints.
Detectives are always attracted to cases and it is normal for them to be misunderstood.
He smiled and said straight to the point:
"Memu Police Department, I have some ideas about this case."
"Forehead"
The expression on the Memu Police Department suddenly became a little subtle.
"What?" Kudo Shinichi keenly read the expression on the Megure Police Department: "What happened to this case?"
"Nothing happened, that's all."
It seemed that this was the first time Megure Police Department had said this to Kudo, and his tone was very tactful:
"You came a little late"
"The suspects have all confessed."
As he spoke, Officer Memu pointed behind him:
Sure enough, Aoki, who had just been left in the alley, was surrounded by several strong police officers.
His hands were handcuffed, and when he was being led to the police car by the police, he could not help crying:
"Man, man was killed by Ishikawa!"
"We are just accomplices. You must understand this!"
Kudo Shinichi: ""
I've been away for ten minutes, but I haven't even found the key evidence yet, and the suspects actually confessed?
Did Lin Xinyi do this?
How could this happen? What method did he use?
Thinking of this, Detective Kudo's competitive spirit was instantly pierced.
Beside him, Ishikawa's expression was even more exciting:
"Qing, Qingmu, what are you talking about?"
"When did I kill someone? You went crazy yourself and don't get involved with me!"
Seeing Aoki exposing the truth in front of the police without any hesitation, Ishikawa was completely stunned:
The trick I devised even fooled a famous detective!
As a result, my accomplice reported me behind my back?
Are you worthy of my brain cells!
"asshole!"
"Shut up!"
He yelled at Aoki hysterically, but this attracted the attention of the police:
"Oh? Are you that Ishikawa?"
The police officers all looked over with malicious intent.
Ishikawa, on the other hand, shrank his head nervously, and finally shouted bravely:
"So what?"
"There is something wrong with Aoki's brain. Does he mean what he says?"
"I think you should send him to a mental hospital as soon as possible!"
"If you want to say that I am the murderer, you have to provide evidence!"
"yes."
"Memu Police Department, what exactly is the evidence?"
As never before, Kudo Shinichi gave criminals a helping hand.
Because he also seemed to know what clues Lin Xinyi used to discover the truth, and what evidence he used to make Aoki plead guilty.
It couldn't be a random scam taking advantage of Aoki's fragile psychology, right?
That would be too untechnical.
"Uh this"
The Mumu Police Department said very calmly:
"We don't know this because we have just arrived at the scene."
"And when we arrived at the scene, the guy named Aoki had already knelt down in front of Brother Lin and confessed, crying that he was guilty."
"Before we could even speak, he came over and cried bitterly, saying that he wanted to surrender, and he even asked us to put handcuffs on him."
"As for the specific circumstances of the case"
"We haven't even had a chance to ask yet."
Kudo: ""
Ishikawa: ""
Neither of them knew what to say, and Ishikawa was so angry that his whole body was shaking:
Now he wants to kill Aoki too.
This good-for-nothing coward is really going to cause him misery.
"So there is no evidence at all?"
Ishikawa maintained his mentality firmly during a period of silence.
He refused to let go and was ready to fight to the death:
"Aoki's nonsense alone cannot prove that I committed murder."
"You, the police, won't believe what a madman says, right? No, right?"
"Forehead"
The Mumu Police Department was speechless for a while, and finally turned to Lin Xinyi for help:
"Brother Lin should be able to give an answer to this."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xindu suddenly became the focus of the audience.
The police officers present and the onlookers all looked at him.
There were even people in the crowd taking pictures of him with cameras looking expectantly.
And our great detective Kudo Shinichi is feeling aggrieved at this moment, being classified among the inconspicuous "onlookers".
"Okay, then let me spend some more time."
Lin Xinyi stood up and looked calmly at Ishikawa, who refused to let go.
Before Ishikawa could say a few cruel words to strengthen his momentum, Aoki, who had already been handcuffed obediently next to him, had already taken the lead and said in his trembling voice:
"I-Ishikawa, plead guilty."
"That man is like a perverted voyeur who secretly installed a camera in the women's locker room. I don't know how, but he 'saw' everything we did!"
"We can't escape at all. We can't escape."
"If you plead guilty now, at least it will be considered surrender, and the punishment will be reduced a little!"
""
Ishikawa's face turned green when he heard this:
"Shut up!"
"I surrendered and I didn't kill anyone, so who am I to surrender?!"
"Aoki, if you go crazy, go to a mental hospital. Don't go to the police and bite people randomly!"
Aoki was yelled into silence.
But the look he looked at Ishikawa was full of despair.
At this moment, as the focus of the audience, Lin Xinyi finally spoke again:
"It's good not to surrender."
"Killing people and committing evil deeds deserve punishment."
"It would be a pity if a scum like you could have his sentence reduced by surrendering."