novelslam Chapter 861: Novel Method of Committing Crime
Chapter 861: Novel Method of Committing Crime
Chapter 861: Novel Method of Committing a Crime
Is there a new guest?
But Kogoro Mori was standing not far away and didn't notice anything unusual.
And the classic three choices...
Aoki Matsu is more inclined to believe that the suspects are Chihiro Osamu, Susumu Nakamura, and Masao Shinohara.
In addition, from Mori Kogoro's statement of the case, Aoki Matsu did not hear anything about the bottle of brandy, which means that the bottle of brandy was moved after Mori Kogoro and the other four left.
The proprietress would not touch the bottle of wine unless it was necessary, and it was even more unlikely that she would suddenly pour it for herself to drink.
So why did she suddenly move the bottle of brandy?
There must be a demon in the abnormal situation!
Aoki Matsu looked around and his eyes fell on the landline phone in the corner of the bar.
If someone called at this time and asked the proprietress to prepare some brandy for him, she would naturally start preparing it immediately.
Get your glasses ready and your wine ready.
This is a natural thing to do.
Why does Aoki Matsu think so?
Because his family also runs a store, although most of the wines in the oden restaurant are affordable, there are still a few more expensive wines that some old customers with pensions and good financial conditions will order.
This kind of wine is usually not placed on the display cabinet of the bar, but somewhere else.
Every time an old customer orders something, his parents will prepare it in advance.
Thinking of this, Qing Musong walked forward to the landline and checked the call records.
Unexpectedly, he guessed it right. The call records showed that the most recent call was at 18:01.
According to the time on the ATM receipt that Masao Shinohara showed to Matsu Aoki, this was exactly after Kogoro Mori and the other three left the izakaya.
"Maruta, go check who this cell phone number belongs to," Aoki Matsu ordered.
"Yes!" Maruda Ayumi responded.
Aoki Matsu continued to inspect the scene.
Upon seeing this, Aoki Songyou discovered something strange.
There was something wrong with the posture of the proprietress's body.
She was sitting on a high chair with casters, and the oden pot that was originally placed on the bar was moved to the side where the customers were sitting. Moreover, the oden pot was not directly in front of her, but near the fourth seat.
From this scene.
After being stabbed, the proprietress did not fall directly onto the bar, but instead spun around and fell on the bar, so that the rotational force could push the oden pot to the fourth seat.
If it fell directly on the bar, either the proprietress's body would have been lying directly on the oden pot, or the oden pot would have been pushed out vertically and landed on the second seat. Even if there would have been an angle deviation due to falling on the ground and it was impossible for it to be a straight line, the angle could not have been so different.
The lady boss spun around after being stabbed. This was definitely not performance art. It was probably because she fell down and there was a wheelchair behind her. The wheelchair could not withstand such a big impact and was "thrown" out, throwing the lady boss onto the bar.
Thinking about it this way, although the proprietress was still stabbed inside the bar, she was not necessarily facing the bar.
Aoki Matsu began to wonder what the proprietress would do after Mori Kogoro and the other three left.
Generally speaking, they are cleaning the bar or checking whether the dishes are ready.
Recalling the call record on the landline just now.
After receiving the call, the proprietress started preparing wine glasses and wine.
She had already prepared the wine glasses, so the next step was to take the wine down from the wine cabinet.
That meant she would stand next to the liquor cabinet, close to the wall to get the brandy.
Qing Musong looked at the place where the proprietress might be standing, and suddenly found something suspicious.
"This..." Qing Musong was shocked because he saw a crack on the wall. It was a big crack, about 5 mm wide.
This izakaya is actually a tofu project!
Moreover, Aoki Matsu was keenly aware that if the proprietress had leaned against the wall when she went to get the brandy, then the place where she was stabbed would have been exactly in this crack.
Aoki Matsu always felt that the proprietress was stabbed to death because the murderer either set up some trap in the izakaya or sneaked back without the knowledge of Mori Kogoro.
But there is another possibility - the murderer killed the proprietress outside the pub.
If that's true, the murderer must be that person!
However, Aoki Song still has a question that needs to be verified.
He called the forensic detective in, took the evidence bag from him, and took out the murder weapon.
Aoki Matsu looked at the murder weapon carefully for a while, and the corners of his mouth curled up. He had obtained the decisive evidence.
After a while, Aihara Yoji came over and reported, "Inspector, there is no blood on Miss Fan's clothes. We also checked the convenience store on the street. A witness said that Mr. Nakamura did buy cigarettes there. As for the ATM, the bank will not give us a reply until tomorrow after work."
"I understand." Aoki Matsu responded.
At this time, Maruta Ayumi called and said, "Inspector, I just checked at the telecommunications company, and the mobile phone number belongs to Mr. Shinohara Masao."
"I understand. Thank you for your hard work." Aoki Matsu said.
[The method used in this case is quite novel, but the evidence is easy to find. Masao Shinohara didn't even bother to change his phone card.]
Since he knew who the murderer was and had the evidence, Qing Musong naturally arrested him immediately.
"Mr. Shinohara, you are the murderer!" Aoki Matsu said to Shinohara Masao.
Shinohara Masao was shocked when he heard this, and was so nervous that he broke out in a cold sweat, but he still retorted with a hope: "Officer, what nonsense are you talking about? I was obviously going to withdraw money."
"Asking for money won't stop you from killing people." Qing Musong said calmly.
Maori Kogoro was a little confused. "Inspector Aoki, how could Mr. Shinohara be able to withdraw money and kill people at the same time? He has a receipt."
Qing Musong pointed to the cooking table inside the bar and said, "Did you notice the brandy glass on the cutting board in the kitchen?"
"Brandy glass?"
Everyone looked confused.
Aoki Matsu continued, "Ms. Shan drank red wine, Mr. Nakamura drank neon liquor, Detective Maori drank beer, and Mr. Shinohara drank a sweet and sour cocktail. In addition, on the cutting board in the kitchen was the boss lady's own juice cup, and there was also a brandy glass, right?"
"Yes, there is such a wine." said Kogoro Mori.
Qing Musong heard this and said, "Then the question is, who did the boss lady take out this brandy glass for?"
"I didn't seem to hear anyone talking about drinking brandy. Do you want some?" Shan Qianxun looked at the other three men.
All three of them shook their heads.
The crowd didn't place any orders before leaving.
Qing Musong continued: "Now, take a look at the wine cabinet. There is a bottle of brandy on the top. You can see that it has been moved a little bit."
Maori Kogoro took a look and nodded, "Indeed."
Qing Musong said: "It should be that the murderer left the store, made a phone call outside, and ordered the most expensive bottle of brandy on the top of the cabinet from the boss lady. As for the reason, maybe he won a big prize and wanted to treat everyone to a drink.
The short lady boss wanted to get the bottle of wine, so she had to use the swivel chair in the kitchen. If she wanted to keep herself safe, she would subconsciously grab the cabinet and stick to the wall. The murderer saw this moment and inserted a knife through the gap in the wall, killing the lady boss.
"What!?" Everyone was shocked after hearing what Aoki Matsu said.
Maori Kogoro even said: "You, you mean the murderer was standing outside the store and killing people?!" Maori Kogoro hurriedly took a look at the wall, and found that there was really a gap "It really is!"
Looking out through the gap, there were piles of wine bottle boxes and various cardboard boxes outside, as well as a trash can, which completely blocked the view. Basically no one would notice there.
Shan Qianxun felt that there was something wrong with the direction the boss lady fell to the ground, and quickly asked: "But when we opened the door, the boss lady was clearly lying on the counter."
Shinohara Masao also echoed, "If he was stabbed to death while leaning against the wall, he wouldn't fall in that direction, right?"
If you fall against the wall, the police will be able to find you.
"The problem lies with this wheelchair. The proprietress uses this wheelchair so that she can change directions easily in the narrow counter. After the proprietress was stabbed to death, she fell on the wheelchair. The force caused the wheelchair to rotate, and finally caused the proprietress to lie on the bar counter." Aoki Matsu explained.
There is a certain coincidence in this posture. It is estimated that the murderer saw this scene through the gap and was very happy.
"But there's a handle on the kitchen knife, right? It shouldn't be able to fit through the narrow crack in the wall." Shinohara Masao raised a new question.
"You're right, the handle of the knife really can't go through. But what if the knife that stabbed the proprietress to death didn't have a handle?" Aoki Matsu said to Shinohara Masao.
"What?!" Everyone was shocked again.
"The handles of kitchen knives used in Western cooking are fixed with screws. However, the blade of traditional Japanese kitchen knives is just inserted into the handle and can be easily removed," said Aoki Matsu.
As he spoke, Aoki Matsu picked up a neon kitchen knife with the same brand on the handle. After shaking it for a while, he pulled the blade out of the handle.
Seeing this scene, everyone was shocked.
Aoki Matsu continued, "In other words! The murderer and you, Mr. Maori, found the victim's body together, and he pretended to be very worried and rushed to the counter. While shouting and asking questions, he took the opportunity to insert the handle of the knife back into the kitchen knife under the table. After doing all this, he picked up the boss lady and let you see the knife on her body."
After Aoki Matsu finished speaking, both Shan Chihiro and Nakamura Susumu looked at Shinohara Masao, as he was the first one to rush into the store.
Nakamura Shin even asked subconsciously: "Could it be that..."
"Really?" Shan Qianxun couldn't help but ask.
"Mr. Shinohara, you are the only one who can complete the crime according to my reasoning method. Do you think there is anything wrong with my reasoning?" Aoki Matsu looked at Shinohara Masao and asked in a deep voice.
"But I clearly went to the ATM." Shinohara Masao took out the receipt again.
"The ATM is not far from this store. If the crime was committed from the back of the store, he could have committed the crime and then withdrawn the money. So your alibi is not valid." Aoki Matsu spoke up to refute this alibi.
"I remember that you, Shinohara, always wanted to be a chef," said Nakamura Susumu.
Shan Qianxun also said: "You should be familiar with the structure of the neon kitchen knife."
"Do you have any definite evidence to prove that I did it?" Shinohara Masao asked loudly.
"Of course." Aoki Matsu looked at Shinohara Masao and said, "I sent someone to the telecommunications company to check the call records of the landline here. At 18:01, Mr. Shinohara called the landline here.
Besides, the receipt that you always thought could be used as your alibi is actually your conclusive evidence. You probably didn't notice that there was a little stain on the receipt."
"What?!" Shinohara Masao was stunned.
"I think that when you committed the crime, you used the blue handkerchief in your jacket pocket to wrap the kitchen knife with the handle removed and stabbed it into the gap, killing the proprietress. It was too urgent at the time and you needed to hurry back to the store, so you stuffed the handkerchief back into your pocket without even looking at it.
So you didn't notice that the handkerchief was stained with rust from the iron plate on the wall, and the receipt was also stained with rust because of the handkerchief. As long as you check the rust on the iron plate and the receipt, I believe they must be of the same composition. And given your work situation, you should not have the opportunity to come into contact with other rust." Qing Musong said.
Upon hearing this, Shinohara Masao's whole body went limp and he fell to his knees on the ground.
Seeing him like this, everyone understood that the proprietress was killed by Shinohara Masao.
"But, why?" Shan Qianxun was a little confused.
I think Masao Shinohara has no grudges against the boss lady.
Nakamura Shinya said, "Isn't the boss lady your benefactor?"
"Benefactor? No way!" Shinohara Masao said angrily, "The reason why that woman was so enthusiastic about introducing me to a part-time job was just to get me to steal things from the market and bring them back to her!"
"Ah!" Everyone was shocked.
"What did you say!?" Nakamura Susumu was shocked.
"Originally, she just wanted me to give her the inferior leftovers, but she became more and more demanding. Recently, she has been forcing me to steal sea urchin or salmon roe and bring back these high-quality ingredients for her. I really can't stand it anymore." Shinohara Masao cried.
"So I told her that I didn't want to work anymore, but she threatened me that if I quit, she would tell the fish market about everything I had done, and that I would go to jail for theft. But those were all the things that the boss's wife had ordered me to steal, but she asked me if I could produce evidence that she had ordered me to do so."
Masao Shinohara burst into tears when he heard this. "I didn't. I will be the only one who will be arrested. She also said that I will never be a chef in this life anyway, so going to jail is just right. I don't want to give up my dream of becoming a chef, so..."
Kill her!