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"Ah? Ah, ah, yes, yes, that's right, Dr. Kusaka, I'll leave the autopsy this time to you." The stunned police officer was suddenly called out and quickly asked another doctor to perform the autopsy.
"Also, if I'm guessing correctly, Dr. Tanaka deliberately provoked the uncle in the bar yesterday, probably to prove his alibi. So if the time of death of the body is determined to be the time when Dr. Tanaka was drinking in the bar, then he might have made some kind of delay device to delay the death of the deceased by a few hours - such as using a swimming ring? Or an inflatable kayak? Then put the person on it after knocking him unconscious, and let the swimming ring deflate?"
Chu Ming spoke slowly, ready to completely block Tanaka Yura's escape route: "Conan, look around the coastline to see if there are any swimming rings or similar objects washed ashore. If you find any, bring them to the police gentlemen for inspection. Also, Officer, I suggest asking Mr. Tanaka where he went before he went to the bar to drink yesterday."
Conan turned around depressedly to look for evidence. Damn it, Brother Chu Ming started again in order to take a shower early. Although he also suspected Dr. Tanaka, he hadn't even started looking for clues yet. Why did Brother Chu Ming fast forward to looking for evidence?
Chapter 327: Do you deserve to take the blame for me?
Conan is worthy of being called a search dog. After a while, he brought back a pink swimming ring with a small hole pierced on the side.
Standing in front of everyone, Conan spoke clearly: "There is only one small shop selling swimming rings here. I have already asked, and the auntie who sells things said that the only person who came to buy this swimming ring recently was Dr. Tanaka. The police uncle from the investigation department said that there were fingerprints on it, and they have taken it back for identification."
Chu Ming glanced at Tanaka Yura and said, "Oh, you are the only one who bought it, then——"
Tanaka Yura took two steps back, and suddenly his face was full of ferocity. He took out a sharp knife from his side and stabbed Chu Ming: "Baga, I will drag you down with me even if I am taken away. Go to hell!"
??? Are you worthy of dragging me down with you?
Besides, Maori Kogoro also exposed you like this, right? Why didn't you break down at that time? You bullied me because I came from another place, right?
Chu Ming dodged the knife that was full of flaws by leaning sideways, stretched out his hand to block Tanaka Yura's wrist holding the knife, grabbed it with his backhand, and bent it behind his back, while kicking his knee, pushing the unstable Tanaka Yura to the ground.
The movements were smooth and flowing, and just as the policeman next to him reacted, the man had been pinned down by Chu Ming.
"Be careful——ah, uh, this gentleman is very skilled ha, ha, ha..."
The policeman at the side was obviously confused. They hadn't encountered a murder case in their small place for several years. Today, there was a murder and an attack in person. It was really a test for his heart. "No wonder Mr. Maori is famous throughout the country. It turns out that your usual working environment is so bad and dangerous--"
Kogoro Mouri felt a little embarrassed by the praise. Others might not believe it if he told them about it. He felt that there was no danger and the case could be solved after a good sleep. It was just that his neck hurt a little, probably because he kept his neck lowered when he slept and had a stiff neck.
The police stepped forward and handcuffed Yura Tanaka. Chu Ming gave him a malicious smile from an angle that no one else could see. There were not many people who dared to take action against him. He hoped that Dr. Tanaka would enjoy his prison life. Let him think about who in the organization could do something about the prison.
Just as the police were about to take Tanaka Yura away, Fuji Kouta, who had met Maori Kogoro and the others on the beach yesterday morning, came running over and said, "Oh no, oh no, officer. Someone is dead on the cliff. Is that - hey, Mr. Maori, you're here too?"
"What? Someone died again???????"
Compared to the policeman next to him who looked shocked and felt that his luck was not good, the battle-hardened Maori Kogoro seemed much calmer: "What's going on? Tell me slowly."
Fuji Hirota took two deep breaths and pointed to the cliff on the other side of the coast: "Just now, Chuanghua called me and said that she saw Xinzhuang over there. She was killed on the cliff over there."
The poor policeman handed Dr. Tanaka to his colleague, and then ran to the cliff with Kogoro Mori and others.
At this time, Mitsui Souka was crying with her face covered with her hands, Miyahara Kanako was comforting her, but her boyfriend Yura Tatsuhiko was standing aside with a dazed look on his face, not knowing what he was thinking.
Chu Ming thought about the case and it seemed to be a murder case caused by a love triangle or an n-love triangle.
The deceased Maki Shinjo and Tatsuhiko Yura were originally boyfriend and girlfriend, but Yura Tatsuhiko fell in love with Mitsui Soka, so he broke up with him and got together with Mitsui Soka. However, Mitsui Soka was cheating on her and secretly dated the fat boy Fuji Kouta, who was caught by Yura Tatsuhiko.
Maki Shinjo planned to commit the crime together with Kanako Miyahara, asking Kanako Miyahara to prove her alibi, and then she would secretly kill Mitsui Souka. Unfortunately, she was killed by Kanako Miyahara instead.
The relationship is really messy...
Kogoro Mouri took a look at the scene. Maki Shinjo was stabbed in the chest and died instantly. Her personal belongings were scattered everywhere and her wallet was missing.
"In my opinion, this might be a case of robbery and murder." Kogoro Mouri touched his chin, thoughtfully.
The police officer on the side had a bitter face and muttered: "Such a bad thing has never happened in our small place. How could there be robbers? I have to ask my former classmates who worked in Tokyo what we should do when encountering such robbery and murder cases, and how to write this wanted order..."
Looking at the police officer who was not skilled in his job, Chu Ming frowned and twisted his neck. After being on the shore for so long, his clothes were half dry. Chu Ming felt that there were fine salt particles sticking to his head. Sure enough, he still didn't like the feeling of sea water sticking to his body. When can he take a shower? Why are there so many cases one after another!
He! Wants! To! Take! A! Bath!
Looking at the corpse, Chu Ming pursed his lips. While Conan was knocked away by Maori Kogoro's punch and everyone's attention was diverted, Chu Ming took some blood from Shinjo Maki's body while checking the corpse for clues.
What clues? If there are no clues, why not just create some?
Avoiding everyone's sight, Chu Ming flicked his fingers and a trace of blood fell on the trouser leg of Miyahara Kanako. Then he took a handkerchief from the system backpack to wipe his hands and threw the handkerchief back into the system backpack.
After doing all this, Chu Ming spoke slowly: "Ms. Gongyuan, can I ask about your schedule for today?"
Everyone's eyes turned to her. Miyahara Kanako was stunned for a moment. Seeing that the police officer did not object, she looked up and said, "I was painting on the opposite side, but then I ran out of inspiration, so I decided to go drink some coffee and have lunch, and then go to the reef below to continue painting..."
Chu Ming asked: "Haven't you been to the crime scene?"
Miyahara Kanako's expression changed slightly: "What do you mean, are you doubting me? I——"
"Ms. Miyahara, can you answer my question directly?"
Although Chu Ming was smiling, his aura made Miyahara Kanako's pupils shrink slightly. She suppressed her inner panic and insisted: "I have not been here. To be exact, I haven't seen Maki since she sent me to the opposite entrance. Even though I just saw Maki's body, I was too scared and didn't go over at all. I have been here with Chuanghua the whole time."
"Then, Miss Miyahara, why are there blood stains on your body?" Chu Ming raised his chin and motioned her to look down at her trouser legs.
Seeing her opening her mouth to argue, Chu Ming stopped her from saying anything: "Don't say it was your own blood, or that it was accidentally stained. Although the bloodstains on your pants are small, it is obvious that they were sprayed on. Because the shape of the blood has burrs, it can only be the traces of sprayed blood. And with the current technology, it can be easily found out whose blood it is."
"Okay, Ms. Miyahara, you can start explaining. You just said that you didn't touch Ms. Shinjo, so why is there blood on your body?"
Miyahara Kanako opened her mouth but couldn't say a word. She didn't notice the blood on her body and didn't think of checking it afterwards. Maybe this was retribution from God...
She shook her head and whispered her guilt.
The police officer who had been slacking off the whole time was shocked to see that he could get a +1 in performance without doing anything. He was obviously still in shock until he abducted Miyahara Kanako.
Conan looked at the clues he had found after searching for a long time, and then looked at Chu Ming, whose reasoning and observation abilities were at their maximum because he wanted to take a shower, and swallowed secretly.
Next time you encounter a puzzle that you can’t solve, is it enough to just pour some sea water on Brother Chu Ming?
Chapter 328: A game for the BOSS?
When Chu Ming came out of the shower and wanted to find Mouri Kogoro to ask about the next itinerary, he saw Xiaolan helping Conan and Mouri Kogoro pack their clothes.
"Why are you suddenly packing up?" Chu Ming blinked. Could it be that Maori Kogoro thought he was really the plague god and was preparing to go back?
"Dad just received a call from a client. I thought we've been out for a week, so I'll go back to Tokyo first. When Dad's client is done, we'll go out and play again. It'll be a good time for Dad to rent a car. Otherwise, it'll be inconvenient without a car." Xiaolan explained to Chu Ming while packing up. "Brother Chu Ming, go pack up too. The client's car will pick us up tomorrow morning."
Chu Ming nodded and asked curiously, "What is the commission?"
Maori Kogoro held the beer can and drank while speaking incoherently: "It's just a small commission to find someone. I didn't want to take it. I already said I was traveling outside and not in Tokyo. Xiaolan insisted that I was free. Really, you didn't even let me relax when you were out playing."
Xiaolan threw down the clothes in her hands, walked over angrily and snatched the beer from his hand: "Dad, you are not allowed to drink anymore. You have already drunk a lot of alcohol today. This time, except for the car rental, Brother Chu Ming paid for the whole trip. The car you rented had problems every other day, but Brother Chu Ming didn't say anything! Can't you take advantage of this time to complete the commission when you return to Tokyo, use the commission fee to rent a better car, and then go out together! The previous car kept having problems, it must be a cheap car you rented to save money!!!"
"What cheap car? It's obvious that the car rental company is fooling the customers..." Kogoro Mouri muttered secretly, watching Xiaolan take his beer away.
——(*^▽^*)——
"Mr. Itakura, the software system engineer who suddenly disappeared a month ago?" Maori Kogoro held up a photo of Taku Itakura. "You mean Mr. Itakura disappears frequently?"
"Yeah, he does this every time we need to submit a game software. Last time we called the police, but they scolded us. So this time we can only ask Mr. Maori for help. After all, Itakura is very good at hiding. But for Mr. Maori, it shouldn't be a problem."
Maori Kogoro was very happy with this implicit flattery. He put the photos away and said confidently: "Don't worry, please leave your contact information and I will inform you if I have any clues."
"Okay, Mr. Mori, this is my business card, please--" Naito Sadahei said as he took out his business card, but was stopped by Soma Ryusuke.
"Hey, are you kidding me? I'm the one who paid the most money this time, so if you want to notify someone, you must notify me first!"
Xubeklu was also unconvinced: "Wait, this time we want to find Mr. Itakura to deal with the software, it was clearly our company's suggestion!"
Maori Kogoro looked at the three people who had not found any clues yet but had started a quarrel among themselves and asked: "Aren't you three together?"
"Yes." Sukebelu said quickly, "I asked Mr. Itakura to design the Go software. It is very important to us, so Mr. Maori must tell me if you have any clues!"
Naito Sadahei was not to be outdone, and he took out his business card and thrust it into the hands of Maori Kogoro first, "I asked him to design the chess set, and the deadline is almost up, and the company is in a hurry, so please help me."
"I want the chess designed by him." Ryusuke Soma was very anxious just now, but now he was not as impatient as the other two. He just slowly asked Kogoro Mori to take more care of it.
"He's just one person, and he wants to design three different software? That's really amazing..." Xiaolan sighed.
"No, this is exactly what we want to ask him. He took orders from three of us and said he could complete them on time. But now we find out that he took three orders at once and disappeared! Damn it, I will beat him up when I find him!" Subecker was obviously very angry, "He violated our contract!"
……
Chu Ming did not participate in their discussion, but sat at a table nearby. Hearing Xiaolan's sigh, he chuckled, "It's actually very simple. They are all chess games. Except for the different ways of playing and the different algorithms required, everything else can basically be applied. The frameworks are similar. This is basically not a problem for a senior programmer."
"Oh, right, Brother Chu Ming studies computer science, but why do I never seem to have seen Brother Chu Ming in class?" Xiaolan looked at Chu Ming in confusion, "I clearly remember that Brother Chu Ming said before that he was a freshman."
Chu Ming waved his hand and said, "University courses are very easy, at least more flexible than your high school. I have told my instructor that I only need to make sure I pass the final exam and get an excellent grade. I basically don't need to attend classes."
"So good?" Conan was a little envious. He was now back in elementary school and didn't know how long he would have to go to school before he could be as free as Chu Ming.
"Yes, so Conan should study hard and get into the University of Tokyo in the future, right?" Chu Ming patted Conan's head and encouraged him as if he were a real child.
"..." Conan secretly glared at Chu Ming several times.
On the other side, Naito Sadahei took out his laptop and clicked on a video. This was an email that Itakura Taku sent to them a week ago. In the video, he said that it was too tiring to make three softwares at one time and he needed to rest for a few more days.
Chu Ming looked at the video over there and lowered his eyes slightly. This Itakura Taku should be the person that Gin wanted to trade the disk with. It seemed that it was some software that Itakura Taku was asked to complete by the organization before.
But when Chu Ming saw Itakura Taku saying in the video that he was too tired to complete three simple software programs, he realized something. He thought that Itakura Taku might have thought about escaping at that time. Unfortunately, he was not executed by Gin, but was killed by one of the three men instead.
Tsk, I'll go ask Gin what this disk BOSS is used for. Itakura Taku is a game designer, so could the disk contain a game specifically for the BOSS?
Chapter 329 You Will Meet
Looking at Conan who was standing on tiptoe and curiously watching a video with Maori Kogoro next to the computer, Chu Ming picked him up considerately, hoping that he would stay in a good mood so that he could provide him with more emotional points later.
At this time, Xiaolan recognized that Itakura Taku was a famous CG special effects artist a few years ago. This reminded Maori Kogoro.
"He hasn't appeared for so long, could he have been kidnapped?"
"…How is that possible? Dad, you're overthinking it. Who would kidnap a software engineer?"
Soma Ryusuke suddenly remembered something and frowned, saying, "It's not impossible. Do you remember the big man in black clothes, with a burly figure and a Kansai accent who was threatening Itakura when we went to look for Itakura two years ago? He looked like a gangster."
Conan's pupils trembled. The words black clothes, threat, and like the Black Society perfectly triggered his alarm about the Black Organization. Although he had not seen Tequila this time due to Chu Ming's intervention, it did not prevent him from starting to imagine after hearing Soma Ryusuke's description.
"What did he threaten???" Conan jumped out impatiently. After so long, he finally heard some news about the organization.
"When I arrived, I only heard the words 'You are no longer useful', but this possibility is relatively low, after all, that was two years ago."
Conan wanted to ask something, but was hugged away by Xiaolan, who told him not to disturb Kogoro Mouri's work.
Conan was a little anxious, but the best way now was to find Itakura Taku first and then ask him in person. Maybe he would get some news about that organization!
So he started to act cute and give hints to Mouri Kogoro until Mouri Kogoro got his hint. Based on the three different chess boards in the video, he determined that the hotel where Itakura Taku was hiding was the Beika Hotel, and then they rushed there.
As soon as he arrived at the door, Chu Ming felt the magnetic field. He watched coldly as Conan pretended to go to the toilet and tricked the staff into opening the door. At this moment, he was proud of his inspiration when he saw Chu Ming's cold eyes.
"? Brother Chu Ming, why are you looking at me like that?"
"Your frequent urination and urgency and inability to urinate have not yet been cured?" Chu Ming teased him.
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