Chapter 877: Ming Ke - Various Doubts
Detective Conan's reasoning ended quickly, although the case was a bit explosive.
Both waves of robbers were targeting the store manager. The first robber wanted to kill the store manager because he had a financial dispute with him. In the morning, he disguised himself as a delivery worker and set a murder trap in the warehouse before the store manager came to work.
Then after the trap was set off, he came to the store to observe the situation. Later, because he didn't want the salesperson to find out too early that the manager was dead, he pretended to commit a robbery to divert attention.
The two robbers in the second wave had similar reasons, but their ideas were simpler and cruder. They did not set any murder traps, but planned to go straight to the door and start the fight.
"This trap is quite unique." Aiko Gojo leaned over to take a look secretly. It turned out that it used fishing line, ice and a slingshot. She didn't understand how it was done, but it looked very impressive.
"But ice cubes are evidence that disappears..." Gojo Aiko felt that Beika Town was indeed full of talented people. "And I've seen people kill people with knives made of ice before, so I have experience seeing strange water stains... What kind of weird experiences do you detectives usually gain?"
But she personally thinks that there shouldn't be molds on the market that are specifically used to make ice skates?
If you carve it by hand, it will be a bit too demanding on your manual skills.
If I customize it, isn't that telling the police that there is something wrong with me?
After all, under normal circumstances, there are very few places that require weapons made of ice, and this thing melts too easily, so many people may choose to use other things to replace the texture of ice.
Therefore, even if a weapon carved from ice will melt and disappear over time, it does not necessarily mean that it is a perfect murder weapon, because this weapon is too special, and its production, storage, transportation, etc. processes are very likely to attract the attention of others.
And unless the body is discovered several days later, the water stains left after the ice melts will still be found, and the evidence will still exist. He did not disappear, he just changed his appearance.
"Actually, there is still a little question..." After assisting several policemen to complete their reasoning, Conan still found many strange things.
For example, why use robbery to delay time? If someone were to discover someone robbing a convenience store, wouldn't that attract more attention?
By then, the onlookers and the police will surround you, and the murderer will have no way to escape the scene, right?
Moreover, regarding the grudges between them and the deceased, it was actually completely one-sided. They said that the store manager had borrowed a huge sum of money from each of them for investment, but the store manager had always refused to pay it back.
Based on a simple identity investigation, it can be seen that these three robbers are indeed living in financial difficulty and are in urgent need of money.
However, after investigation, it was found that the store manager did not have much wealth, and it was very likely that he did not repay the money because he really had no money to pay.
No one else knew that he borrowed money from the three robbers.
The store manager’s friends and family said that he had indeed borrowed money from several friends for investment, but they did not know which friends they were.
The three robbers led a very monotonous life and had little interpersonal contact. That is to say, there was no substantial evidence to prove that the store manager borrowed money from them, because they did not write IOUs or anything like that, they just made verbal promises.
The store manager is dead, and no one knows whether he has borrowed money from these three people.
The store manager's daily life is not very high-profile. Under normal circumstances, it can be seen that he is not rich.
So the reason why he couldn't pay back the money was because he really had no money, and any normal person should be able to see that.
Moreover, if the store manager is killed in this situation, won't there be even less money to pay back?
Moreover, the convenience store owned by the store manager is a franchise and does not actually belong to him. If they rob the convenience store, it will only make their lives worse because the company behind the convenience store will definitely not let them go.
You can't say that they are desperate and want to go to jail, so they commit crimes on purpose, right?
Conan felt that there was something fishy going on here, but his logical chain of reasoning was very complete. If the three robbers had not lied, then the whole case seemed to have no doubts.
But he always felt that there was a possibility that the three robbers were lying, because it was too strange that there was no substantial evidence at all.
Since you borrowed so much money, you should at least write an IOU, right?
And where did these three robbers get so much money?
Why would they lend so much money to the store manager?
What did the store manager invest in with this money?
These issues will have to wait for investigation later, and may not all be fully investigated, and this case will most likely be closed for the time being.
"Should we continue investigating?" Aiko Gojo also felt that the case was indeed a bit strange, but she simply thought it was strange that there were still people robbing in this day and age.
Moreover, there were two waves of people in a row, and the reason for the robbery seemed untenable upon closer examination.
So at this time, we need to investigate the deceased and the murderer!
For example, you can visit their homes and ask their neighbors about what kind of people they are. There will always be one or two people who can provide some clues.
Conan hesitated, because he actually wanted to participate more in the aftermath work of eliminating the Black Organization.
However, we cannot just ignore the case at hand, especially now that everyone is very busy and no one can spare the time to specifically follow up and investigate this matter.
Because he was just simply suspicious and he couldn't provide any evidence to prove that his suspicion was correct.
What if after investigation the conclusion is that there is no problem, he will have somewhat delayed other people's work time.
So, it would be better for him to investigate it himself.
"The next stop is the dessert buffet!" Gojo Satoru suddenly shouted, "Limited edition melon daifuku! I want to eat 100 of them!"
"Then we'll leave first." Xia Youjie smiled helplessly. They originally came here to buy desserts, but ended up not buying anything.
"Huh? Aren't you going to stay and cosplay as a detective?" Gojo Aiko thought Gojo Satoru would definitely stay and join in the fun.
"Work is absolutely not allowed to infringe upon rest time!" Gojo Satoru said that he would rather die than work today!
"Then let's go back and rest." Gojo Aiko suddenly remembered that Conan was resting today, and she was still a child and her physical condition was not as good as that of an adult. She must rest well after being tired.
Conan wanted to investigate on his own, but was dragged back to the villa by Gojo Aiko by the collar of his clothes.