Coroner Coroner

Surveillance video is generally not for casual viewing.

But Shinichi Kudo, a famous high school detective, is more useful than a police officer.

After revealing the name of "Heisei Holmes", the security personnel of the mall immediately showed the appearance of a fanatical fan, and respectfully invited Kudo Shinichi into the monitoring room in charge of him.

In this way, Kudo Shinichi easily saw the surveillance video of all the entrances and exits of the mall.

And after some accelerated viewing, in the surveillance video about 5 minutes ago...

"Look, Uchida came in alone!"

Pointing to the figure that appeared on the surveillance video, Ishikawa said impatiently:

"And Aoki and I haven't been in this mall at all today."

"If you don't believe me, you can continue to look forward. This surveillance definitely didn't capture the two of us."

"..."

Kudo Shinichi did not speak.

He just stared at "Uchida" on the surveillance screen carefully:

Because of the shooting angle and the occlusion of the baseball cap, this "Uchida" couldn't see his face at all.

But Kudo Shinichi's face showed no emotion at all.

He just turned around and said to Xiao Lan in a calm tone:

"Let's go straight back."

"There's nothing to check here."

"Oh?"

Before Mao Lilan could speak, Ishikawa couldn't wait to ask:

"Aren't you checking?"

"Uchida's suicide, as expected, is not a problem..."

"..."

Kudo Shinichi gave Ishikawa a deep look:

"It's really no problem, we can go back to the scene directly."

"When the police come, I will explain the situation to them as a witness."

"oh, I see…"

Hearing this, Ishikawa immediately let out a long sigh of relief.

"Then, shall we go back directly?"

He hurried back with his head as if he wished Kudo could leave here.

While Ishikawa took the lead in walking ahead, Maurilan approached Kudo Shinichi with some concern and asked softly:

"Shinichi, are you telling the truth?"

"It's just suicide together?"

"No, that's just a lie to keep him steady."

As Kudo Shinichi walked nonchalantly, he lowered his voice and said to Maurilan:

"Right now I haven't found conclusive evidence to convict them."

"However, I can basically confirm that this is a murder case."

"Sure enough, it's still murder..."

Mao Lilan was a little puzzled:

"But when Uchida appeared on the rooftop, Ishikawa and Aoki were clearly with us."

"Also, Uchida is also seen in the surveillance."

"this is very simple."

Kudo Shinichi said calmly:

"Lan, think about it carefully, when 'Uchida' stood on the edge of the rooftop, could any of us see his face clearly?"

"The surveillance in the mall only captured his figure, and his face was blocked by a baseball cap."

"Since you can't see his face from beginning to end, how can you be sure that that guy is Uchida?"

"Forehead…"

Mao Lilan was stunned for a moment, and asked in surprise:

"You mean, the Uchida we saw was actually the murderer pretending to be?"

"Ishikawa and Aoki, they have an accomplice?"

"Yes."

Kudo Shin nodded:

"The real Uchida should have died by then."

"And the third murderer pretended to be him and walked into the mall, climbed to the 6th floor rooftop, and deliberately appeared in front of everyone."

"Meanwhile, after he was in place, Ishikawa and Aoki deliberately shouted across the road to attract attention."

"When passersby knew that a guy named Uchida was going to jump off the building, the third person on the rooftop let Uchida's body fall to the ground from a height, disguising the scene of suicide by jumping off the building."

"That way, the police will treat the case as a simple suicide."

"Suicides are never taken seriously..."

"It's very likely that the investigation ended hastily."

"So it is."

Mao Lilan roughly understood the truth.

But she quickly discovered a huge loophole:

"However, something is wrong, isn't it?"

"Only 'Uchida' came in alone on the surveillance camera."

"If this Uchida is the murderer in disguise, and the real Uchida was thrown by the murderer after his death..."

"Then how did the murderer bring Uchida's body to the rooftop?"

"There are many people on the street, and there are surveillance cameras in shopping malls. If you walk around with a corpse... No matter what, you will be found, right?"

Mao Lilan began to think carefully:

"Could it be... Uchida's body was originally in this department store?"

"He was killed in this mall?"

"It still doesn't seem right..."

"Uchida was only photographed once in the surveillance, and Ishikawa and Aoki were not photographed entering the mall."

"And there are so many people in this department store, it should be difficult to do so without being discovered."

"Haha."

Kudo Shinichi smiled slightly and replied:

"This is the little trick Ishikawa and the others played."

"Because the entrance to the mall is monitored, they use this to create evidence for themselves:"

"The surveillance can prove that 'Uchida' has only entered the mall once today, and Ishikawa and Aoki have never entered the mall at all."

"If I'm not mistaken, I'm afraid the surveillance camera won't capture the appearance of the third person entering the mall-because the third person came in disguised as Uchida, and he has already been photographed as 'Uchida'."

"In that case, use surveillance video..."

He lowered his voice and elaborated on the murderer's thoughts:

"All three of them have alibi of 'never been in the mall'."

"That being the case, it is impossible for the police to suspect that they killed Uchida in the mall."

"As for killing Uchida outside the mall, and then bringing the body into the department store in front of everyone's eyes, that's even more impossible."

"And after both of those may have been ruled out..."

"Most people would only think that it was Uchida himself who walked into the mall and jumped to the top of the building to commit suicide."

"But the problem is..."

Kudo paused for a moment and continued to explain:

"Who said Uchida's body must have fallen from the roof of the department store?"

"Recall carefully, why didn't 'Uchida' jump directly there after he appeared on the edge of the rooftop?"

"There was no one on the sidewalk below him at the time, and jumping off would not hurt anyone."

"If you want to jump off the building, you can just jump from the side facing the road."

"Why do you need to do this, run to the side of the rooftop and jump into that alley?"

"Yes..."

Maurilan nodded thoughtfully.

"I've been feeling weird ever since."

"If this is considered suicide, then Uchida's behavior is somewhat illogical."

Kudo Shinichi said in an orderly manner:

"But if 'Uchida' is seen as a murderer in disguise, his strange behavior is completely understandable."

"He went to the side facing the road to play it for witnesses."

"And he later let Uchida's body fall into the alley from the side..."