Ke Xue: This police officer is too martial

Chapter 201 Revenge and Gratitude

Soon after, Makino called Minister Odagiri to report the situation.

Seeing that Makino had finished his call, Maori Kogoro and his companions immediately came forward with the victim's son, Matsuyama Chengping, and began to explain.

According to Songshan Chengping, when he went home from get off work these days, he always felt as if someone was following him.

But every time he looked back, there was no one behind him.

Therefore, he did not take it seriously at first and thought it was just his own illusion.

Until last night, when he returned home to cook, he suddenly saw a figure flash outside the living room window.

Although the figure had disappeared when he went out to look, this experience finally made him certain that he was indeed being followed by some suspicious guy.

Therefore, he took a special leave today and went to the Maori Detective Agency to seek help.

But before Matsuyama Chengping could tell Mori Kogoro everything, he suddenly received a phone call.

The person on the other end of the phone said that he had helped Songshan Chengping resolve his problems with his father.

Although Matsuyama Chengping had turned on the speakerphone of his mobile phone at the suggestion of Maori Kogoro and others, because the other party called from a public phone and used a voice changer, Maori Kogoro and others did not get any useful information from the call.

Hearing this, Makino glanced at the knife marks on the victim's body and nodded secretly.

Judging from the depth of the knife wounds on the victim's body, it is very likely that the murderer is a male.

According to statistics, serial killers are generally male, accounting for more than 90%.

Although the murderer's gender cannot be directly determined based on these two points, there is no doubt that the murderer is a male.

Thinking of this, Makino turned to look at Songshan Chengping: "Mr. Songshan, the man on the phone said that he helped you solve the 'problem' between you and your father. What is the problem between you and your father?"

Upon hearing this, Maori Kogoro and others immediately looked at Matsuyama Chengping with curiosity.

The victim was killed at around 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Before Songshan Chengping's alibi yesterday afternoon was thoroughly confirmed, he was undoubtedly the most suspicious.

And judging from the content of the phone call, the murderer seemed to be helping Songshan Chengping deal with the problem.

In short, regardless of whether this is a "serial murder case" or not, Matsuyama Chengping's suspicion has not diminished, and has even increased a lot.

After noticing the confused or questioning looks from the crowd, Songshan Chengping quickly shook his head and said, "No, no! There is no problem between us..."

Just as he said this, Songshan Chengping seemed to have thought of something, and immediately stopped with his eyes wide open.

Seeing this, Maori Kogoro walked directly in front of Songshan Chengping and stared at him: "Why don't you continue talking?! Are you really the murderer?!"

"I'm not the murderer! I, I just remembered something..." Songshan Chengping replied nervously.

Maori Kogoro continued to look at Songshan Chengping with a ferocious look: "What did you think of? Tell me!"

Songshan Chengping swallowed his saliva, closed his eyes to avoid Maori Kogoro's gaze, and stammered: "Last week, my father and I had a quarrel over work issues. My father wanted me to quit my current job and learn car repair from him..."

After listening to Songshan Chengping's narration, Muye and others frowned.

Although this is indeed a problem, strictly speaking, it is at best just a minor conflict between father and son and not a big problem at all.

If this is the reason for murder, it is too stupid...

Thinking of this, Makino shook his head helplessly.

This is the world of science. There are all kinds of reasons for murder that are even more outrageous than this. I can't have such subjective thoughts...

Just then, Inspector Megure came back with Officer Takagi.

After walking in front of Makino, Inspector Megure couldn't wait to say, "Counselor, we have already investigated clearly. There are no fingerprints on the handkerchief, not even the victim's fingerprints!"

After hearing the news, there was a flash of surprise in the eyes of Rei Furuya and Conan.

It is normal that there are no fingerprints of the murderer on the handkerchief, but if there are no fingerprints of the victim on it, it means that the handkerchief is most likely not the victim's... but the murderer's!
After Inspector Megure finished speaking, Officer Takagi beside him also spoke up: "According to the investigation results of Officer Chiba and others, Matsuyama Chengping was working at the company yesterday afternoon, and he has sufficient proof of his absence."

"Really? I see." Makino nodded slightly. "Inspector Megure, send someone to return the handkerchief to the police station and investigate it carefully as an important piece of evidence."

"Yes!" Inspector Megure nodded immediately.

After Officer Takagi left, Makino took a look at Matsuyama Chengping and the body on the ground and began to think seriously.

Judging from the situation at the scene and the knife wounds on the victim's body, this case did not involve the method of "artificially controlling the time of death of the body."

From this point of view, as long as it is not a "hired killer", the possibility that Songshan Chengping killed his father personally is undoubtedly reduced to a minimum.

At this moment, Maori Kogoro looked at Makino and said, "Officer Makino, if the murderer is not Matsuyama Chengping, then it must be the guy who called him at that time!"

Jianggu Ling: "?"

Conan: "..."

Upon hearing this, everyone present looked at Kogoro Mori in confusion, wondering why he had to repeat such an obvious thing.

Especially Furuya Rei, he looked at Mori Kogoro deeply, and no one knew what he was thinking.

Seeing the atmosphere suddenly quiet down, Inspector Megure coughed lightly, turned to look at Makino and said, "Counselor, what should we do next...?"

"Leave some people here on standby, and when Manager Matsumoto returns, follow his command to set up a temporary investigation headquarters. The others will come back with me to the Metropolitan Police Department to prepare to participate in the meeting." Makino nodded.

"Yes!" After receiving the order, Inspector Megure immediately turned around and ordered his subordinates to take action.

The next moment, Makino looked at Songshan Chengping and said, "Mr. Songshan, although you have an alibi, in order to catch the murderer as soon as possible, please return to the Metropolitan Police Department with us and cooperate with the police in further investigation."

"Okay, I understand..." Songshan Chengping nodded.

After saying this, Makino looked at Kogoro Mori and the others standing beside him.

Although Makino did not speak, everyone was familiar with the process.

As persons related to this case, they must also go to the Metropolitan Police Department together.

Soon after, outside the crime scene.

While everyone was getting into the police car, Makino walked up to Fūya Rei and glanced at him helplessly.

After seeing Makino's expression, Furuya Rei smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, my information is very complete, there won't be any problems, and the organization hasn't made any moves recently."

Makino: “?” Do you think this is what I want to say?

Without waiting for Makino to speak, Furuya Rei suddenly put away the smile on his face, looked at Makino seriously, and whispered: "I have been involved in two cases with that Maori detective in the past two days. Although the cases ended perfectly in the end, I always feel that something is strange."

"He would deliberately say some 'weird' things from time to time, as if he was deliberately hiding his reasoning ability. In addition, the child next to him was also a little strange. He seemed to always find important clues related to the case, and his thinking was not like that of an elementary school student..."

Makino: "..."

Makino glanced at Kogoro Mouri and Conan in the car in the distance and narrowed his eyes.

At this moment, he didn't know how to reply to Furuya Rei.

I can only say that he is worthy of being the elite of the public security. After only less than a week of getting along with each other, he has already discovered the "abnormality" of Conan and Mouri Kogoro.

……

Half an hour later, the Metropolitan Police Department searched the meeting room of Section 1.

Since there were other important tasks, Minister Odagiri handed the matter over to Makino.

After Inspector Shiratori introduced the details of the case, he turned around and bowed slightly to Makino on the stage.

Upon seeing this, the police officers in the audience immediately turned their attention to Makino.

Makino looked at his subordinates in the audience and said, "Manager Matsumoto has contacted other police stations in Tokyo. In addition to Sawabukuro, the scene this time, similar cases have occurred in Haido, Kozuka, and Kokubo. The victims were all shot first and then slashed by the murderer with the same sharp weapon."

"There were four victims in total. According to intelligence, the bullets in the bodies of the four victims were exactly the same, all 17mm bullets from the Glock 9. There were a total of seven bullets in the bodies of the four victims, which just matched the number of bullets missing from the evidence pistol. In addition, each victim had a white handkerchief stained with blood."

"Based on the timeline, Kokubo's case was the first to occur, and the victim, Kuroki, was shot with the most bullets, a total of 4. It can be officially confirmed that this is a heinous serial murder case!"

After Makino finished speaking, the police officers below began to whisper to each other.

Although serial murders are not uncommon, cases in which the victim is shot and then slashed with a sharp weapon by the murderer are rare.

If the murderer does not have a deep hatred for the victim, he generally will not do such a unnecessary thing.

After a moment, Officer Takenaka, who was standing beside Makino, asked, "Officer Makino, is there any connection between these victims?"

"Manager Matsumoto is leading the investigation, and the situation is still unclear. Your task is to investigate the interpersonal relationships of these victims as quickly as possible, find their relatives as soon as possible, and conduct a detailed investigation. Manager Uchitake, you are in charge of this matter. Report any situation to me in a timely manner."

"Yes!"

"..."

After walking out of the conference room, Makino went straight into the small conference room next to it.

At this moment, Officer Sato and several others had already finished their conversation with Matsuyama Chengping.

Seeing Makino coming in, Maori Kogoro in the conference room immediately stepped forward and said, "Officer Makino, is there any new information?"

Makino glanced at everyone in the conference room and nodded, "It has been confirmed that this is a serial murder case. There are four victims in total."

"what?!"

After hearing Makino's answer, the expressions of Kogoro Mori and Conan suddenly became extremely solemn.

Makino didn't care about the reactions of the crowd, but looked directly at Songshan Chengping and asked, "Mr. Songshan, although it is not certain yet, the person following you is very likely the real culprit of this serial case. Judging from the fact that he called you to 'report' and his description on the phone, he seemed to think that his actions were 'helping you'."

"Officer, I really didn't do this! How could I hire someone to kill my father?!" Songshan Chengping looked at Makino in panic and tried his best to explain.

Makino shook his head slowly: "Mr. Songshan, you misunderstood me. I wanted to ask you, do you remember if you have helped any young people recently? No matter how small the favor is, it will do."

Hearing what Makino said, Songshan Chengping immediately breathed a sigh of relief, but the next second, he looked at Makino again in confusion: "You just asked me...who have I helped recently?"

Makino nodded.

After confirming that he had not heard wrongly, Songshan Chengping immediately lowered his head and recalled.

When Maori Kogoro and others heard what Makino said, they all showed confusion in their eyes.

Officer Sato hesitated for a moment and then asked directly, "Counselor, why do you ask this?"

Makino sat on a chair, crossed his arms and said, "The murderer is a male, probably between 20 and 30 years old, from a poor family. He may have suffered from schizophrenia during adolescence, and his thoughts and behaviors are sometimes extremely childish. Although it is just my guess, his motive for committing the crime is probably not hatred, but 'repaying a favor'."

Jianggu Ling: "???"

Conan and others: “!!!”

Except for Fūya Rei who had a dazed look on his face, there was a hint of shock and understanding in the eyes of everyone else.

Officer Sato let out a light breath, with a hint of admiration and relief in his eyes.

Conan subconsciously clenched his teeth, a look of unwillingness appearing on his face.

"Again?!"

"It's that damn criminal profile again!!"

Before Officer Sato could ask further questions, there was a sudden knock on the door.

"Come in."

After hearing Makino's promise, Officer Shiratori opened the door and walked quickly into the meeting room.

He was just about to speak when he suddenly discovered that in addition to the victim's relative Songshan Chengping, there was also a strange blond man in the conference room.

Seeing this, Officer Shiratori immediately stopped talking and looked at Makino for instructions.

"It's okay, just say it directly." Makino nodded.

Officer Shiratori quickly flipped open the notebook in his hand: "Inspector Megure just called. The wife of one of the victims, Ms. Toda, said that she also received a similar call after the incident. The murderer said on the phone that he had helped her deal with the problem between her and her husband!"

Hearing this, Makino nodded slightly, feeling more confident about his previous guess: "Shiratori, tell Inspector Megure to ask Ms. Toda again, asking her to think about whether she has helped anyone recently."

Although he didn't know why Makino asked such a question, Shiratori immediately nodded and left the small meeting room: "Okay, I'll contact Inspector Megure right away."

After Officer Shiratori left, Kogoro Mori and others in the conference room fell into deep thought.

(End of this chapter)