Conan reborn as a detective

Chapter 896 Snow Shadow Village Murder Incident 2
"I roughly understand the matter," Gao Cheng entered the office with his hands, walked to the window, and watched the police below carry away the body, "If there are only Dongmei's footprints on the snow, it does look like suicide, but judging that suicide is still It's too early for a snow that starts around 6 o'clock here."

"Hey, hello," the old detective said with a dark face, "are you a student with them?"

"No," the fat boy explained, "He is the Kido we just said, who came from Tokyo the day before yesterday..."

"Tokyo?"

"I forgot to introduce myself," Gao Cheng turned around and stretched out his hand to the bewildered old detective, "My name is Kido Gao Cheng, and I am currently a special consultant of the First Investigation Section of the Metropolitan Police Department. I have always been more concerned about homicide cases."

"oh oh……"

The old detective was a little overwhelmed by Gao Cheng's old way, and for a moment he forgot Gao Cheng's high school student-like appearance.

Special advisor to the Metropolitan Police Department, is there such a young advisor?
"I am Washio, the Akita prefectural policeman... You just said that there is no possibility of killing him..."

"As far as the scene is concerned," Gao Cheng analyzed, "the reason why the police officer judged suicide is because there are only footprints of the victim entering the campus, and the footprints of the murderer entering and leaving do not exist, right? However, this precondition is that the case occurred after snow fell , what if the victim and the murderer were there before the snow fell?"

"This one……"

"That's right. In this way, the footprints left after the snow fell are worthy of scrutiny. Are they really the victim's own footprints?"

The old criminal policeman was sweating profusely, ignoring his doubts about Gao Cheng's identity, he hurriedly left the office to continue the investigation, leaving Xiaodu, who were looking at each other in blank amazement, looking at Gao Cheng in surprise.

"Jo-Kito-kun, are you really the special advisor to the first search section of the Metropolitan Police Department?" Xiaodu asked nervously.

"If you don't say that, it would be difficult for him to listen to my explanation, right?" Gao Cheng smiled, and asked a few people cautiously, "Can you tell me more about what happened today? No matter whether Dongmei committed suicide or homicide, There should be an explanation, right?"

"Yes... yes!" Xiaodu breathed a sigh of relief for some reason, and then expressed his thoughts excitedly, "I also think Dongmei didn't commit suicide! She clamored every day to go to Tokyo, to go to an acting school, to enter the performing arts Circles and the like! How could such a competitive Fuyumi commit suicide?!"

"Hey, Xiaodu..."

The athletic boy wanted to interrupt the girl's words, but failed. Xiaodu, who was already immersed in mystery novels, became more and more certain.

"Just like Kido-kun said, the prisoner walked out of the campus backwards after the snow, pretending to be Fuyumi's footprints. This is the truth of "The Murder without Footprints"!"

From the back, Xiaozhu silently watched Gao Cheng talk to everyone.

A special advisor to the First Investigation Section of the Metropolitan Police Department, and a boy of about the same age, isn't that...

"What?!" At the entrance of the teaching building, after listening to Gao Cheng's analysis, the old criminal police became more and more suspicious of the incident, and finally got new clues from the partner who went to investigate the victim Dongmei's house.

"The victim's shoes hanging in the corridor yesterday disappeared? Are you sure?!"

The old criminal policeman looked so solemn that he didn't even notice that Gao Cheng and his party came out behind him.

"It seems right! That footprint is a trick used by the murderer to make the scene look like suicide! Even if it is different from the shoes worn by the victim, the footprint will be washed away by the rain soon!"

The rain gradually stopped, and the old criminal policeman ran out after making the phone call. It seemed that he planned to arrange manpower for further investigation. Seeing this, several students looked at Gao Cheng again.

"Okay, it seems to be true..."

"But," Xiaodu said a little uneasy, "I always feel that something is wrong. Dongmei was killed with that short arrow. Was that the arrow that Chunmei was stolen from? Sure enough, Dongmei's death is still related to Haruna ?”

"Are you kidding me?" Several other students panicked after being told, "Didn't Haruna commit suicide? It should be just a coincidence, the murderer must be a pervert..."

"Sure, otherwise who would steal the arrow?"

Everyone left Xueying Junior High School one after another, only the short-haired girl who had been following Dongmei before lagged behind with a strange expression, she seemed to be very concerned about everyone's discussion, her hands were tightly held together, and she seemed very scared.

"What's wrong, Ayaka?" Xiaosuke asked puzzled.

"Ah? No, it's nothing." The short-haired girl came back to herself in a panic, squeezed out a smile, and quickly caught up with the classmate in front of her.

"Ayana may have been scared because of what happened to Fuyumi," Xiaodu sighed softly, "After all, she has been following Fuyumi all day long... What should I do now? According to what the police uncle said, should I go home first?"

"That's all we can do first," Xiaosuke said softly, "If there is any result of the investigation, you should inform us, right?"

Gao Cheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

The sudden murder case was beyond his expectation, but intuitively he always felt that the matter was not over yet.

There are 3 up arrows that were stolen...

On the way back to the hotel, when only Xiaodu and Xiaosuke were left, Gao Cheng suddenly stopped and asked, "Can I trust you?"

"Eh?" Xiao Du looked blank, "What are you talking about, Kido-kun..."

"I didn't say anything just now," Gao Cheng looked at the two and said calmly, "The murderer stole Dongmei's shoes in advance, killed Dongmei when it was snowing, and then left the crime scene backwards, leaving footprints, even if the details exist. The problem is, as long as people can see that there are no footprints of the murderer at the scene, it will be considered a success, because the footprints will be washed away by the rain before the police arrive...

"But the murderer, who exactly does he want to see those footprints?"

"what?"

"If those footprints are not seen, the footprints will be washed away by the rain, and the well-designed trick will be in vain. Why is the murderer so sure that people will be seen?"

Gao Cheng paused, and continued talking to the two whose expressions changed slightly.

"That's right, there are not many people who know that you are going to Xueying Junior High School at that time, and the murderer is among us. The two of you are together in the morning, so I can trust you..."

"How, how is it possible?" Xiaodu said with a pale face, "Are you suspicious of Ayaka and the others? But, but, at that time, everyone gathered to go to school slowly after the snow started, and it hadn't even snowed before. Snow, there is no way to leave any footprints..."

"No, Xiaodu," Xiaosuke said in a deep voice, "Yuzhu didn't come to gather at that time, but rushed there later, only Yuzhu didn't have an alibi..."

"Don't be nervous," Gao Cheng said with a smile, "Let's not say whether he really didn't have an alibi, even if he didn't, the murderer might not necessarily be him. It's still too early to make any conclusions until the truth is completely found out." , anyway, let’s go to the pier first and ask.”

"That," Xiaozhu opened his mouth, hesitantly looked at Gao Cheng who was walking in front, "Mr. Chenghu, are you..."

"Ok?"

"No, nothing..."

Xiaozhu weakly followed Gao Cheng, and explained: "Yuzhu didn't mean to be late, because he had to go to the pier to say hello before he left."

"Ok, I know."

(End of this chapter)