Conan reborn as a detective

Chapter 678 The Disappearing Weapon 2
"Detective Kido," the officer asked, "are these all yours?"

"Well, let's check the inside again to see if there is a possibility of hiding a murder weapon."

Gao Cheng didn't mean to stop the police from investigating, although finding out the murder weapon would bring a lot of trouble.

To be honest, despite his reputation as a famous detective, the Gunma prefectural police can still ignore him. Not all policemen are rare famous detectives, and his status as a special consultant is only useful in Tokyo.

Since he can have the current respectful treatment, he must also have self-knowledge.

"Wow!"

The heavy rain was still falling. Except for the footprints, many traces were washed away, such as blood, which caused a little trouble for the police.

After a few policemen searched the camping luggage and found nothing, they took a saw knife and a machete to do a luminol reaction test for blood stains, while Gao Cheng focused on the hammer, which seemed to have nothing to do with the case.

This is a new hammer I bought for pitching the tent, but it already has some inconspicuous scratches on it.

It's just that I really can't see what it has to do with the case...

In the living room of the house, not only the tools used by Gao Cheng for camping, the police also asked everyone to take out all the knives, including kitchen knives, shovels, sickles, axes, and scissors that Tanaka’s family already had.

As for the temperamental men, they didn't bring anything, and nothing was found after searching.

"Well," Shancun watched his subordinates carry out the blood test, and sniffed at the old woman, "Is this really all there is?"

"And there's my grandson's toolbox in the warehouse, but it's probably rusty..."

"But I heard that there is also a sharp kitchen knife with a red handle, isn't it?"

"It's just that the child was sleepy and misread it," the old woman denied with her hands behind her back. "I don't know what kind of kitchen knife with a red handle is. It's probably because the child has been thinking about the mountain demon mother and so on, so he was so frightened that he misread it."

"Really?" Shancun looked at Gao Cheng uncertainly, and said with a grinning smile, "It's always me, I still need to investigate this house thoroughly, please wait here first..."

"Go to the warehouse first... Where is the warehouse?"

"Over there in the kitchen."

Conan got rid of Ayumi and followed several criminal policemen to the warehouse. Gao Cheng looked at the active Conan, but he didn't follow. Long-haired men are fragrant and elegant.

Miss Qian's body has been taken away by the police, and the neck wound should be further examined, at least to determine what kind of murder weapon it might be, but there will be no results in a short time.

Gao Cheng thought about the situation at the time of the crime.

Since there are no other footprints, the Andalai people are indeed the only ones who can commit the crime. The most suspicious thing is the shoes.

In a hurry, Conan stepped on his sneakers and rushed out, but at that time the Andarai's shoes were well-dressed, they were obviously high-top shoes, but even the laces were tied meticulously. It took a while to untie the laces and take off the shoes.

But here comes the problem again. Judging from the shoes, the Andalai people don't have time to go back to the house to hide the murder weapon...

Gao Cheng closed his eyes slightly, and the situation at the time of the crime flashed through his mind.

If the murder weapon can be hidden on the body, the Andalai people may use the excuse of washing their hands to dispose of the murder weapon...

"Brother Kido," Mitsuhiko kept a distance from the old woman in fear, "I really saw it with my own eyes, there really was a sharp kitchen knife with a red handle..."

"The police are looking for it."

"But is that mountain village police officer really reliable?"

"Ah!" There were several cabinets in the warehouse of Tanaka's house, and there were also many boxes and boxes. The high places were full of dust, and Shancun couldn't help but sneezed when he entered the warehouse.

"Let's look for the old woman's grandson's toolbox first." Shancun ordered confidently.

"Yes."

Conan was walking behind the detective, and stopped when he passed a cabinet, and found that there were many wooden boxes tied with ropes on the top of the cabinet, and one of the boxes looked much cleaner.

"Uncle Yamamura," Conan said, "There seems to be very little dust on that box, could it be that you just took it off?"

"This," Shancun looked around and smiled at the wooden box, "Don't you think that there is a murder weapon hidden in it? I don't think so. No prisoner would put the murder weapon in such an eye-catching paulownia box. Well tied with rope..."

"But it's very strange."

"Mountain Village Police Officer," Gao Cheng just walked into the warehouse, "Let's open it first and have a look. I believe Mitsuhiko is not lying. The thing about the kitchen knife with a red handle and a sharp point should be true."

Shancun was stunned: "So the old woman killed someone?"

"Having a knife doesn't necessarily kill people."

Gao Cheng watched the policeman take off the paulownia box, and after opening it, he took out a red kitchen knife with a sharp handle wrapped in newspaper.

"Really!" The detective handed the kitchen knife to Shancun in surprise.

"It's very similar to the kitchen knife my mother-in-law uses." Shancun took the kitchen knife and held it under the light to check. "The blade has no gaps at all. It seems to have been maintained all the time, and the surface is even coated with oil... But why did the old woman hide it?" What about this kitchen knife? Sharpening the knife in the kitchen before 4 o'clock is really suspicious!"

Gao Cheng's eyes fell on the name engraved on the back of the knife.

"Xiang Tai"...

This knife should be the kitchen knife owned by the old woman's grandson Shota.

"Anyway," Yamamura said with a headache, "let's test the Luminol reaction first..."

……

"What? No Rumilo response?"

In the living room at the entrance of Tanaka's house, Shancun was completely distressed, and then his face turned blue again.

"Everyone, all the knives did not detect any traces of blood attached, and when everyone rushed to the side of Miss Da Tingqian who was screaming because of a cut carotid artery, no one left this house... so There is only one possibility, is the prisoner really the mother-in-law of the mountain demon?!"

"Mr. Police Officer, please, how could there be a mother-in-law of the mountain demon?" Xiang Yuan Fuya said helplessly, "But this at least proves that we are innocent, right?"

"This, I still need everyone's confession as a reference for future investigations," said Yamamura Cao angrily, "so I will trouble you to come to the police station some other day..."

"I don't think there should be another day."

Gao Cheng stood by the fish tank sink with his hands intertwined.

"The criminal and the murder weapon are still here..."

"what?"

Yamamura Cao wondered, "Detective Kido, we've done a thorough investigation, and indeed we haven't found anything..."

"Of course I can't find it, because the murder weapon that killed Miss Qian was not a knife from the beginning, but a sharp weapon that can be used as a knife..."

Gao Cheng came back to face the crowd.

"And it's always right under our noses..."

(End of this chapter)