Chapter 1015: Cult Ritual Beside the Corpse

Chapter 1015: Cult Ritual Beside the Corpse

Miyamoto Yumi shook her head, not wanting to think about that annoying guy: "Let's put this matter aside for now! I fell because of the water pipe, not because of my reckless personality!"

Others couldn't help but lower their eyebrows, so you still admit that you are a bit rash?

The shop owner also smiled and said nothing.

Conan asked curiously: "Water pipe? What water pipe?"

Yumi Miyamoto explained: "It was a 2-meter-long, 3-centimeter-diameter thick water pipe, which the victim probably used to water the flowers. I didn't expect the criminal to suddenly throw it at me when he was escaping, so I tripped."

Yuya asked, "Are you sure the water pipe belongs to the victim?"

Yumi Miyamoto nodded: "Yes, the marks on the front of the water pipe are exactly the same as the faucet in the victim's garden."

Miike Naeko added: "At first we thought it was the murder weapon."

Masumi Sera was very confused. Didn't the victim fall and hit his head to death? How could a water pipe be the murder weapon? Did he trip the person with the water pipe?

Miike Naoko explained that this was because when they first saw the murderer, the man was waving a water pipe in circles and swinging it desperately in front of the victim's door, and there were traces of tape on the front end of the water pipe, so they thought there was something stuck on the front end.

However, no blood reaction was detected on the water pipe.

The three detectives looked thoughtful. The murderer was waving a water pipe desperately at the door of the victim's house? What kind of strange behavior was this?

Several girls also felt it was very strange.

Miyamoto Yumi said with a gloomy expression: "Yes, he swung it very hard, and it made a sound of breaking through the air. It was almost like he was performing some kind of ritual."

"Ritual?" The three girls' faces changed slightly. "Could it be some evil cult?"

Yumi Miyamoto lowered her eyes and said speechlessly: "That's it. The water pipe is not a murder weapon, and it's a strange thing to do next to the body. I can't think of any other reason..."

"That's strange," Youya pinched his chin and analyzed, "You just said that based on the situation at the scene, it is speculated that the victim was returning home to get something when he ran into the criminals who broke into the house. They had an argument, and he was pushed down and hit his head on the steps, and finally died of excessive bleeding."

"In that case, is it more important to tie something with tape to the end of the hose and wave it vigorously next to the body than to leave the scene as soon as possible?"

"Or in other words, for some reason, the murderer was forced to do this?"

It seems strange to see people waving a water pipe vigorously next to a corpse.

He looked up and asked the two female police officers: "So, after you chased into the ramen shop, did you search the three people? Did you find any tape or anything?"

Miyamoto Yumi nodded: "Of course, the three of them cooperated with Miwako, but as for the tape, the criminal had already thrown it away along with the water pipe at that time."

Youye was speechless. Why did he have to talk about such an important thing right at the beginning? "So, what did they carry with them?"

Yumi Miyamoto was a little embarrassed, and quickly took out her cell phone to find the records she had asked from Takagi Wataru.

"In the bag of Ms. Yuna Shono, who works at the hotel, there is a wallet, cigarettes, a lighter, a cell phone, chewing gum, a handkerchief, tissues, and the keys to her house."

"Mr. Shuike Zongfu, a working class, puts his wallet, mobile phone, mask, keys and glasses case in his coat pocket."

"As for the office worker Nakanishi Reiji, he puts his wallet, keys, cell phone, company documents, and hand towels in his pockets or briefcase."

Miyamoto Yumi finished reading and spread her hands: "No one has anything valuable."

Yuya quickly mailed these things and confirmed, "The ramen shop must have been searched as well, right?"

Yumi Miyamoto said of course, but nothing was found.

Conan tilted his head and asked, "Where are the gloves? Since the criminal is a burglar, he should be wearing gloves, right?"

Miike Naeko exclaimed, "The forensic department found a pair of gloves that were suspected to be used by the criminal in the sewer halfway, but they were too heavily contaminated to detect fingerprints or anything like that."

Miyamoto Yumi said with a displeased look on her face: "In the end, it turned out that it was because of my and Miike's negligence that the criminal escaped, and the three suspects were finally released. That's why the two of us kept on investigating those three people."

Suzuki Sonoko asked tentatively: "But if you come here to investigate every day, will the criminal really come to eat?"

Yumi Miyamoto was stunned.

Mao Lilan agreed: "Yes, if I were a criminal, I would definitely not come here again, right?"

Miyano Shiho also nodded in agreement.

Miyamoto Yumi immediately became angry: "You mean we were careless?"

The three of them were startled and shook their heads.

However, what Mao Lilan and Suzuki Sonoko said also makes sense. After all, no criminal would dare to continue coming here to eat ramen if they see the police coming to investigate every day, right?

Unless all three of them are innocent, or...there is a reason why they have to come here?

"I think Ms. Shono who works at the hotel is a little suspicious."

The others looked at her in confusion.

Ohashi Ayano crossed her arms and said in a serious tone, "Didn't the woman who was killed also work at a bar? There might be some connection here."

Yumi Miyamoto said that they had certainly considered this matter and had conducted an investigation, and found that the victims, Atsuko Tonda and Yuna Shono, were indeed colleagues who worked as waitresses in the same bar.

However, after Yuna Shono changed jobs last year, their relationship gradually became distant.

Similarly, Nakanishi Reiji seemed to be a frequent customer of the shop run by the deceased lady, and it was said that he often asked the deceased lady to entertain him.

The convenience store where Shui Ke Zongfu worked seemed to be right across from the victim's home, but the convenience store had closed down a few days before the incident.

It is possible that these three people knew the victim's working hours and had the opportunity to break into the house when the victim was away from home.

Miyamoto Yumi asked the shop owner unwillingly, "Are there really no suspicious things about those three people after the incident?"

The shop owner pinched his chin and thought: "Ms. Shono said that she started adding a lot of vinegar to the food for beauty and skin care.

Every time the Shuike guy comes, he only orders some snacks and adds a lot of soy sauce.

The uncle went from one bowl of ramen to two, and added a lot of pepper.”

Yumi Miyamoto sighed sadly. These behaviors sounded a little strange, but they seemed to have nothing to do with the case.

Are she and Miike Naeko really going to carry the stain of letting the criminal go due to a work mistake?

"So," Yuya asked, "since we met the criminals at the entrance, the criminals must have stolen a lot of things, right? Is there anything missing from the victim's house?"