Coroner Coroner

Suzuki Sonoko was a little surprised, or rather shocked.

She believed that Kudo might slow Lin Xin to find the truth, but she never doubted that Kudo would not be able to solve the case.

After all, after having known each other for a long time, in her impression, there has never been a case that could trouble this famous detective.

No matter what the case, as long as Kudo Shin strikes, the criminal will be like a shell that has been doused with salt water, revealing his true colors hidden under the protective shell.

But now, he was really stumped by the case.

"Can't even you... see through the murderer's modus operandi?"

Suzuki Sonoko sighed in surprise.

"No... the murderer's method is easy to understand."

"And I did find a lot at the scene."

Kudo Shinichi sighed softly, and then slowly stated his findings:

"For example, the satchel carried by the deceased has obvious signs of being turned over."

"Her wallet was taken out of the satchel and left on the ground. The documents and bank cards in it were still there, but the cash was gone."

"You mean..." Suzuki Sonoko understood Kudo's thoughts: "This might be a robbery?"

"Yes."

Kudo Shin nodded and continued to add:

"If it's intentional killing, it usually takes a long time of planning and preparation."

"The time and location of the crime must be carefully selected in advance."

"And I asked the staff at the tram station before I came to the scene to investigate:"

"The warning sign was temporarily erected almost an hour ago because the ventilation equipment in the bathroom was accidentally damaged, in order to prevent the accumulation of odors from polluting the platform environment."

"In other words, this bathroom has only been unoccupied for a short hour now."

"Before this, there have been passengers coming and going here, and there is no condition for being selected as the crime site in advance."

"So, that somewhat mitigates the possibility that the case was intentional murder."

"This..." Yuanzi still felt that something was wrong:

"However, this bathroom is damaged--"

"While it was only the ventilation equipment that was damaged, the passengers didn't know it."

"If the deceased was not brought here by the design of the murderer who was ready to murder her, why did she enter a bathroom that may not be available?"

"the reason is simple."

Saying that, Kudo Shinichi pointed to the portable vanity boxes scattered on the ground not far from the corpse:

"Did you see it? The deceased was a young woman dressed in fashion and exquisitely dressed, and there were still makeup tools left by her at the scene, which were knocked to the ground."

"This…"

Suzuki Sonoko suddenly reacted:

"The deceased is actually the same as me before, who came in to make up?"

Makeup only needs to use the mirror, even if the bathroom equipment is damaged, it does not matter.

That's why the deceased goes into this unused bathroom.

"Probably so."

Kudo Shin nodded and replied:

"In short, from the clues that can be found so far: "

"I can only speculate that the deceased attracted the attention of the murderer when he entered the bathroom alone, and the murderer followed the deceased to come here to carry out the robbery. As a result, he failed to control the situation and accidentally killed him."

"I see…"

"So this is just a simple robbery and murder case?"

Miss Suzuki suddenly reacted:

"Wait... Then didn't you see through this case?"

"The murderer's technique is so simple, why are you frowning?"

"..."

Kudo Shin was silent for a while, helplessness written on his face:

"Knowing how to kill is useless..."

"There are no surveillance cameras in a large area in front of the bathroom, so I don't know who was in or out at the time of the incident."

"And the murderer probably didn't know the deceased, so he wanted to stab someone to death on a temporary basis, which made it impossible for me to investigate the deceased's social relations."

"The deceased also failed to achieve an effective resistance before his death, and did not leave the murderer's dander in his nails."

"Hmm..." Suzuki Sonoko thought for a while:

Indeed, it seems useless to only know the murder method, and it is necessary to find physical evidence that can lock the murderer.

"What about the murder weapon?"

"There should always be fingerprints left by the murderer on the murder weapon, right?"

She immediately helped Kudo Shinichi think of an investigation direction.

But what she can think of, the big detective can naturally think of:

"The murder weapon was indeed left at the crime scene."

"And in the toilet cubicle over there."

Saying that, Kudo Shinichi stretched out his hand and pointed to the toilet cubicle not far away.

Suzuki Sonoko looked at the situation:

From the corpse lying in front of the sink to the toilet cubicle, there is about a distance of 3 or 4 meters.

And on the floor between 3 and 4 meters away, a long string of scarlet blood droplets were scattered everywhere.

"The deceased had severe bleeding from the knife in the chest and abdomen. If she walked, she would never leave so little blood."

"So, that long string of small blood droplets must be left by the murderer."

"He finished killing people in front of the sink and quickly realized he needed to clean up the scene."

"So, he walked to the toilet cubicle with the blood-stained blade, opened the door of the cubicle, and threw the short knife there."

Kudo Shinichi explained this in detail.

"Why did you specifically throw the knife into that compartment?" Suzuki Sonoko was very puzzled.

"Throwing knives is just a matter of convenience."

"I speculate that his real purpose should be to flush the gloves that are most likely to be stained with his dander down the toilet in the compartment—"

"Yes, the murderer wore gloves when he robbed and killed."

He was clearly describing his discovery, but Kudo Shinichi seemed very helpless:

"Because of the few bloody fingerprints he left on the toilet cubicle door and the toilet flush button..."

"The blood fingerprints are all smooth and flat, and there is no fingerprint pattern at all."

"It's only possible to get fingerprints like this when wearing latex gloves."

"This shows that the murderer is probably a repeat robber, and he has latex gloves ready from the beginning."

"That way, he doesn't leave fingerprints anywhere either."

"And because of the latex gloves, the blood of the deceased will not get on his hands, leaving bloodstains on his body."

"Finally, this guy throws the gloves that are easily contaminated with his own dander down the toilet and flushes it, and it will be even more difficult for the police to find physical evidence that can lock his identity."

After saying this, Kudo Shinichi felt more and more suffocated:

Because this case is completely different from what he has encountered before.

There are indeed many cases he has solved in the past, but for some reason, those cases basically have a common routine:

That is, the murderer likes to cleverly design all kinds of complicated killing mechanisms and ingenious alibi. After killing people, not only do they not run, but they also stay at the scene to fight their wits and courage with the detectives.

And every time Kudo Shinichi appears, he can basically immediately identify 3 suspects from the social relationship of the deceased (usually 3, there are occasional exceptions).

In the end, it is the great detective who uses his wisdom to decipher the murder trick set by the prisoner, and find the real prisoner from the three suspects.

This is the case-solving process that Kudo Shinichi is accustomed to.

But this time...

Because the scene was blocked in time, potential suspects were also locked.

But they add up to more than 100 people, and they can't play the old routine of 3-to-1.

And the murderer probably didn't know the deceased. He temporarily stabbed it, and after cleaning up the scene, he just played and disappeared.

This method is simple and rude, and there is no need for reasoning at all.

What is needed now is not a detective with high IQ at all, but a technical means to find traces of criminals, and a pair of scientific eyes who know how to find traces.

Ugh…

Kudo Shinichi couldn't help but feel a strong resentment towards the murderer:

this bastard...

Murder doesn't even need a trick...

How can you not play cards according to the routine!

Chapter 42 The Meaning of Blood Drops

Hearing this, even if he is not very good at reasoning, Sonoko can understand the predicament Kudo Shinichi is facing at the moment: