My neighbor's name is Conan

Chapter 728: The same modus operandi?

After giving Agasa Yuko a "big surprise", Aoki Matsu returned to his parents' home happily.

After sleeping for a night at his parents' house, Aoki Matsu spent the next day with his family at home, and tasted the fish that he and Sayuri caught in Kanagawa with his family.

He plans to drive directly from his parents' house to the Metropolitan Police Department to work tomorrow morning.

But what Aoki Matsu didn't expect was that when he was about to go to bed at night, he received a police call from the duty officer of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Upon asking, it turned out that it was Ran Mao Li who called the Metropolitan Police Department.

When they arrived at the scene, Aoki Matsu first met up with Aihara Yoji and others who had also rushed over. They still followed the old rules of handling the case and went through the procedures first.

The victim was a female, and there was someone she knew nearby, so the basic information of the deceased was quickly found out.

"The victim's name is 'Watanabe Yukiko', female, 24 years old, the lead singer of the band." Aihara Yoji said while holding a small notebook: "The person who found the body is Mr. Nakamura Yusuke, he is the drummer of the band."

"So, besides Mr. Nakamura, who else are the members of this band? Are they all here?" asked Aoki Matsu.

"There are also bassist Shota Aoki, guitarist Makoto Nishimoto, and keyboardist Risako Tanaka." Yusuke Nakamura replied, "They are all here now."

Aoki Matsu nodded. At this time, Maruta Ayumi walked in and said to Aoki Matsu, "Inspector, I asked the guards here, and it seems that the only people who borrowed the key to this room today were members of the band."

Hearing this, Aoki Matsu looked at Nakamura Yusuke and said, "Mr. Nakamura, please contact the other three people and ask them to come here immediately."

"Yes!" Nakamura Yusuke responded, "They are on the rooftop. I will go find them right away."

Seeing this, Yoji Aihara accompanied Yusuke Nakamura out of the room and followed him to contact the contact.

At this time, Detective Tomi, who was examining the body, suddenly said, "Inspector Aoki, there seems to be something on the deceased's shoulder."

"What is it?" Aoki Matsu asked as he walked over.

Detective Tomi thought for a moment and said, "It looks like a crayon mark, but I'm not sure."

"Then please confirm it as soon as possible." Aoki Matsu said.

"Yes!" Detective Dengmi responded.

Aoki Matsu did not interrupt Detective Tomi from examining the body. Instead, he looked at Mao Lilan and said, "Ran, can you tell me what happened at that time? Be careful not to miss anything."

Mao Lilan nodded a little nervously, and after recalling for a moment, she said, "After Mr. Nakamura recognized my father, he came to ask for his autograph, and then we chatted for a while. Unexpectedly, Mr. Nakamura had a CD that I had been looking for, so I asked if I could borrow it, and he agreed, and then we went to the lounge together.

After arriving at the underground level, Mr. Nakamura first asked the guard in the security room on the underground level, "Excuse me, is the lounge still open?" The guard replied, "It's closed, and the key has been returned." Then the guard gave the lounge key to Mr. Nakamura.

After Mr. Nakamura took the key, he brought me here, opened the door, and asked me to wait outside. I said okay, and then Mr. Nakamura went in, but did not close the door. After about a few seconds, I heard Mr. Nakamura's voice coming from the room, "Strange, what is this?" Then Mr. Nakamura screamed, shouting "Someone come."

When I heard it, I rushed in and asked, "Excuse me, what happened?" I saw Mr. Nakamura fell to the ground, his face full of fear. When he heard my voice, he pointed to "that" in front of him with trembling hands. Then I saw a half-hand with a glove on the ground in front of me, covered by a blanket.

Mr. Nakamura said in panic, "I lifted the blanket and saw that Yukiko seemed to be dead. Call Mr. Mori to come over." I heard what he said and ran to call my father. When my father came, Mr. Nakamura seemed to have calmed down and sat on the trash can outside, looking very sad.

Dad saw this and asked him, "I heard someone died here." Mr. Nakamura replied, "Mr. Mori, Yukiko..." and looked towards the room. Dad walked in, lifted the blanket and saw that it was indeed Miss Yukiko, who was already dead.

Aoki Matsu frowned when he heard that. He found a lot of problems in Mao Lilan's description. "Xiao Lan, you didn't see the body with your own eyes at that time. You only saw half of the gloved hand. You didn't touch the body, and you didn't see who it was. You just heard Mr. Nakamura say that the other person was Miss Yukiko, and it seemed that she was dead, right?"

When Mao Lilan heard this, her expression changed slightly. After all, she had been with her father for so many years and had encountered many cases, big and small. She could still sense that something was wrong with some things.

It's just... she was frightened when she heard someone died. And Mao Lilan was so used to it that if someone asked her to call the police after she found a body, she would do it subconsciously.

Mao Lilan didn't think much about it at the time, but now after being pointed out by Aoki Matsu, she vaguely realized something.

"Yes, I only saw half of the gloved hand at that time. Mr. Nakamura told me that the victim was Miss Tokiko and that she might be dead," replied Ran Mouri.

Qing Musong nodded and continued to ask: "Besides that, Xiaolan, do you think there is any problem?"

Mao Lilan shook her head, "No more."

Aoki Matsu looked at Maori Kogoro and Conan and asked, "Detective Maori, what about you?"

Kogoro Maori shook his head.

At this time, Conan lived up to Aoki's expectations and said, "Brother Aoki, I think something is a little strange."

"What's so strange about that?" Qing Musong asked hurriedly.

Conan pointed to the light above his head and said, "Lights, when Uncle Maori and I heard what Xiaolan said and rushed over, the lights in the room were not turned on. Brother Aoki, don't you think it's strange that Mr. Nakamura didn't turn on the lights after he came in?"

The underground floor is basically all under the soil, and no sunlight can get in, unless it is a house built on a slope.

So in general, the first thing you should do after entering the door is to turn on the lights!

Even if you find something wrong in the room, the normal reaction would be to turn on the lights first so that you can see more clearly!

The light in this room is not broken.

So not turning on the lights is really a problem.

Upon hearing this, Aoki Matsu immediately looked at Maori Kogoro and Maori Ran and asked, "Detective Maori, Xiaolan, is what Conan said true? When you came, the lights in the room were not turned on?"

"Yes, I turned on the light now after confirming that Miss Tokiko was dead," replied Kogoro Mori.

Mao Lilan also said: "Mr. Nakamura did not turn on the lights after entering the room. I heard his screams at the time. When he entered, he did not turn on the lights."

Upon hearing this, Aoki Matsu immediately labeled Nakamura Yusuke a big suspect in his mind.

Yusuke Nakamura apparently had two big problems when it came to discovering the victim's body.

The first one was when Maori Ran went to find Maori Kogoro, he was left here alone.

No one can say what the other party will do during this period of time.

If Yusuke Nakamura was not the murderer, then he might just be simply shocked, sad and upset.

But what if Yusuke Nakamura is the murderer?

These few minutes were enough for him to hide or destroy a lot of evidence.

It might even be possible to move the bodies over.

To Aoki Matsu, a half-hand with a glove was not a dead body at all.

He had used this method of committing crimes several times before, and many murderers liked this method.

One of the cases that left the deepest impression on me was the one that corrected a forensic doctor's basic common sense in estimating the time of death, which is that the estimated time of death requires that the body has always been at the current ambient temperature. If the body is moved to a different location and the temperature is different, then the time of death will be inaccurate.

Another case happened when Conan went to watch Hattori Heiji's game.

Therefore, without seeing the entire body or coming into close contact with it, Aoki Matsu made a straightforward decision and put a question mark on this point, indicating that there might be a problem here.

The second problem is turning on the lights.

People are born with the gene of "fear of darkness", so when they enter a dark environment, they will subconsciously look for light.

Some people even sleep with the lights on at night, otherwise they are afraid that it will be too dark to fall asleep.

When you enter a house at night, the first thing you do is turn on the light.

Conan is right, Yusuke Nakamura has a big problem in this regard.

Combined with the first question.

If Yusuke Nakamura was the murderer, then it makes sense that he didn't turn on the light - he didn't want Ran Mouri to find out that the half hand was fake.

In a dimly lit area, the scene people see is like a gray filter, and some things are not clear. If someone starts to mislead, it is easy to be fooled.

This trick was used by a murderer before, in the case of estimating the time of death.

Qing Musong thought of this and scratched the back of his head [No way, it can't be the same method, Qingshan the old thief is lazy~]

But it is certain that Yusuke Nakamura is a major suspect.

"Detective Mouri, Xiaolan, and Conan, do you have any other clues, even if they make you confused?" asked Aoki Matsu.

Kogoro Mouri and Conan both shook their heads.

This time it was Mao Lilan's turn. She said hesitantly, "Brother Aoki, I don't know if it's my illusion, but I always feel that the doorway is a little different from what I saw before."

"What's the difference?" asked Qing Musong.

Mao Lilan said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I just can't tell, so I wonder if it's my illusion."

Seeing this, Qing Musong quickly said, "It's okay, Xiaolan, think about it slowly, and remember to tell me as soon as you think of it."

"Okay." Mao Lilan replied.

Just at this time, Yusuke Nakamura came over with the other three members of the band, and Aoki Matsu asked them to go to a meeting room.

Aoki Matsu looked at the four people and said, "The performance at the rooftop courtyard beer house ended at 9:15 p.m., and Miss Yukiko's body was found around : p.m. Can you tell us what you were doing during this time? And when was the last time you saw Miss Yukiko?"

Yusuke Nakamura was the first to answer: "As for me, I sorted out the instruments with the department store staff after the concert. About 20 minutes later, I went to the table where Mr. Mori was sitting and chatted for about 15 minutes. Then I went to the lounge with Ms. Mori. The last time I saw Yukiko was when she walked off the stage after the concert."

The second person to speak was the only female among the four, Risako Tanaka. "I took the elevator to the lounge with Shota and Makoto. About 5 minutes later, I went back with Shota."

Maruta Ayumi at the side interrupted and said, "According to the records of the security guards, Miss Tanaka left at 8:40."

Tanaka Risako continued: "The last time I saw Yukiko was in front of the elevator. The four of us were going to take the elevator down together, but when I pressed the elevator button, Yukiko said, 'You go first.' She left after she said that."

Aoki Shouta quickly said, "I am the same as her."

Nishimoto Makoto also said: "Me too."

"So what do you do after you leave the department store?" asked Aoki Matsu.

Tanaka Risako replied, "Shota said he had something else to do, so we separated at the door."

"Where is Mr. Nishimoto?" Aoki Matsu looked at Nishimoto Makoto and asked.

Makoto Nishimoto replied: "After the two of them went back, about a minute later, I went to the security room to return the key to the lounge, and then went back."

"According to the guard room's records, the key return time is 8:45," said Maruta Ayumi.

Aoki Matsu nodded, then looked at Aoki Shota and asked, "What about you, Mr. Aoki?"

"I'm in the car in the parking lot, waiting for Tokiko for a while." Shota Aoki said nervously, looking at the ground.

"what!"

When these words were spoken, the other three were shocked.

The other people in the room looked at him in surprise.

Nishimoto Makoto reacted and looked at him and asked, "Why are you waiting for Yukiko in the parking lot? Aren't you dating Risako now?"

Aoki Shouta lowered his head, and although he was a little nervous and embarrassed, he still answered: "Yukiko and I are not in a relationship."

Upon hearing this, Tanaka Risako immediately looked at him and asked, "Then why were you with Yukiko yesterday? And you told me that you were busy recently!"

Hearing this, Nishimoto Makoto became even angrier, "Shota, you really are with Yukiko..."

At this time, Nakamura Yusuke spoke up to stop the two of them, "Stop arguing, consider the situation."

At this time, Maruta Ayumi said, "Before Mr. Nakamura and Xiaolan went to borrow the key, at 8:55, another person borrowed the key to the lounge from the guard."

"Ah!" Several people were shocked.

Maruta Ayumi looked at Aoki Shota and said, "Mr. Aoki, you went to borrow it, right?"

"Yes!" Although Shota Aoki was a little nervous, he still agreed, because he knew that this matter could not be concealed, so he revealed it himself.

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