Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 116: Anger That Can Only Be Calmed By Death

November 11, Sunday, morning, Room 13, Building A, Yingmihua Apartment.

Ding-dong-

"coming."

"Hello, Jiangbu High-altitude Cleaning is at your service...ah, service!"

Jiang Bu was also startled at this time. After the door opened, he saw a headless man inside?

No, it’s because he is too tall, his head is outside the door frame and not visible!

"Hello, yes, this is the one I made an appointment with." Bai Shi invited him in.

Jiang Bu looked like an honest middle-aged man. He was wearing standard cleaning clothes and had his own various tools.

"It's all the windows and the indoor and outdoor units of the air conditioner, right? The windows are 10.2 square meters in total. I have measured the same type of room in the apartment." After putting on shoe covers, Jiang Bu quickly prepared the tools while confirming with Shiraishi.

"Well, okay... your price is quite reasonable." Bai Shi confirmed curiously.

"To expand the customer base! Anyway, next month is the peak period for year-end health services." Jiang Bu explained as a matter of course, and after a pause, he asked, "You are... the director of the Rice Flower Bureau, right?"

"Yes, Beika Town is a really great place, I love it here very much." Shiraishi was not surprised that he could recognize him. After all, there should be no other person as tall as him in Beika Town!
"There has just been a murder nearby, right? You have worked really hard." Jiang Bu said with emotion.

As Jiang Bu spoke, he put on a wig, hat, mask, and rubber gloves...

"Yes, the folk customs of Beika Town are still so simple and honest, and they can remain the same whether the director is here or not." Shiraishi spread his hands.

At the same time, Bai Shi noticed the tools that Jiang Bu was taking out and the waist bag on his body, and then said, "I'm dealing with some things in the next room. You can call me when you're done here."

"Okay, you go ahead." Jiang Bu said quickly.

That’s right, the apartment that Shiraishi rented was not just a one-bedroom apartment, it even had a room that could be used as a small study. The salary of a “superintendent + director” is so generous.

Arriving in the next room, Shiraishi sent a text message to Yamada.

Not long after that...

dong dong dong-

There was a rapid knock on the door...

"Director, Director! There is a new discovery!" Yamada's voice came from outside the door.

Jiang Bu, who was cleaning the air conditioner, paused...

After Shiraishi opened the door, Yamada quickly said, "Director, we found something at the crime scene in Building C..."

"Wait, come in." Bai Shi stopped him from talking and led him to the study. After all, the details of the case should not be heard by irrelevant people.

but……

Jiang Bu was a little nervous at this time. He went to the bathroom to get some water and eavesdropped with bated breath.

"Director, we found this on the floor in the next room... Could it be drugs? Could the case be related to a violent organization?" Yamada took out a small evidence bag with some white powder in it.

The case has not been solved yet, so it is normal for criminal police to look for clues at the scene. And... since the director is next door to him, it is normal for him to come over and ask for instructions.

"Huh? Let me see..."

As Bai Shi said this, he directly opened the evidence bag, reached in, dipped his little finger, and then licked it - this could be said to be a very typical wrong demonstration!
"Bah! This is not a drug at all, it's just dust?" Bai Shi said unhappily.

"Eh? Is that so? Sorry... I... uh, let me look for it again." Yamada said helplessly as he looked at the evidence bag that had been torn by Shiraishi's big hand.

"Okay, if you care so much, let's ask the forensic department to search it again! Come on, call everyone and I'll treat you to lunch." Bai Shi said generously.

"Yes!" Yamada readily agreed when his leader invited him to dinner.

"Mr. Jiang Bu, I will be back in about two hours. Please take care of the window." Bai Shi said to Jiang Bu before leaving.

"Don't worry." Jiang Bu agreed quickly.

……

However, after Shiraishi and Yamada left, Jiang Bu was uneasy and opened his waist bag to take a look - because climbing is inevitable when working at high altitudes, he usually brings his own magnesium powder to prevent slipping.

"Could it be..." Jiang Bu's face became tense.

Jiang Bu immediately looked downstairs. There were usually not many people here. Then Jiang Bu used his special skills and climbed out of Room 1504 of Building A with his bare hands. He passed through two rooms of Building B along the upper edge of the window and climbed into Room 1502 of Building C... Then Jiang Bu carefully checked the floor around the crime scene. His breathing was a little heavy due to nervousness.

But at this moment, Jiang Bu's breathing stagnated, and he turned his head solemnly to look to the side, only to see Bai Shi sitting there leisurely, with two young detectives standing next to him.

"Mr. Jiang Bu, do you have anything else to explain?" Yamada asked directly.

"I... I was just confused for a moment and wanted to see if there was anything valuable here..." Jiang Bu still wanted to cover it up.

However, Yuan said at the side: "Mr. Jiang Bu, at noon last Saturday, you were cleaning the air conditioner outdoor unit on the 16th floor above here, right? And we investigated and found that the flyers with this price were only distributed in Yingmihua Apartment and at the doors of several households on the same side nearby."

Jiang Bu also understood at this time that there was no hope for him - they had not discovered him by accident, but had set a trap and were waiting for him to fall into it!
"I see... I said that I didn't use magnesium powder at all in order to leave no traces." Jiang Bu said dejectedly.

"Well, there are no traces left. After all, it is a house cleaning job..." Bai Shi said to Jiang Bu at this time.

It is normal for cleaners to wear wigs, masks, gloves...

Moreover, Jiang Bu’s hobby is rock climbing, which is also related to his work. He can even complete lateral movements with his bare hands. Even if he is upstairs, he can come down with just a rope!

As long as you know in advance the time when Sakurayama Rika is at home, and then make an appointment with the guest upstairs at the same time period, you can commit the murder by breaking into the house - no key is needed at all.

Because it was on the 15th floor, the police did not consider whether the windows were locked.

Jiang Bu, who was "fully armed" at the time, strangled the victim from behind, leaving no trace except for a scratch.

Moreover, Jiang Bu had no criminal record, and his identity could not be directly determined based on the skin fragments found under the nails of the corpse.

Afterwards, perhaps because he didn't want to be too obvious, or because he knew that A1502 was Director Mika's home and wanted to gather some information, Jiang Bu did not refuse Shiraishi's appointment.

As a result, when Shiraishi and Yamada mentioned something about "white powder", he instinctively thought that he had accidentally left "magnesium powder".

Although this is not irrefutable evidence, if one were to think that the murderer climbed in through the window, then... as long as one investigates the surrounding residents, it would only be a matter of time before they identify him as the person who was cleaning the air conditioner outdoor unit at the time of the crime.

So after seeing Chief Shiraishi calling away the police officers at the scene, Jiang Bu risked his life to come back and deal with the scene, but the result was... exactly what he wanted!

In fact, no magnesium powder was found at the scene, otherwise it would have been discovered during the first inspection of the scene.

It was Shiraishi who found out that he had brought magnesium chalk and sent a text message to Minamoto and Yamada who were at the scene...

"But it's really dangerous to do this...this is the 15th floor." Bai Shi sighed.

"Hehe, this little danger is nothing... Director Shiraishi should have known about it, right?" Jiang Bu no longer concealed it, but showed an angry look.

"Well, three years ago, 21-year-old Mr. Jiang Buyu was sentenced to detention for perverted behavior in accordance with the Regulations on the Prevention of Perverted Sex. However... Jiang Buyu himself has always denied this, and shortly after being released, he committed suicide. According to media reports, his suicide note still accused him of being wronged."

The reason why Shiraishi keenly noticed the "Jiangbu High-altitude Cleaning" flyer was because of the surname "Jiangbu".

Previously, Shiraishi had read the internal information of [For W] and immediately linked this not-so-common surname to a suicide victim who was "suspected of being wrongly convicted."

And once you start to doubt Jiang Bu, then...

The method of murder is no longer a mystery - there is no need for a spare key, just come in from the balcony!

"Ayu didn't do it at all!" Jiang Bu roared angrily.

"Mr. Jiang Bu..." Yamada felt some sympathy when he saw this.

"Three years have passed... I have never forgotten it... Half a month ago, when I was cleaning, I saw that woman again... So I followed her and asked her if she had deliberately framed my son... If... If she apologized, maybe..."

Jiang Bu said this, with hatred still in his eyes.

“【What Jiang Buyu, I don’t remember him at all! Even if that’s the case, what’s the problem? I did this to help those who were sexually harassed. Even if some of them were wrongly accused, as long as no one dares to sexually harass again, I don’t think I did anything wrong.】…

"That woman actually answered me like that. Damn it... What on earth is Ayu's life regarded as... I... can't accept it! I can't let someone like her continue to live!"

Jiang Bu had given up on making excuses like "it was a momentary impulse" and there was only anger in his eyes.

"Okay, Mr. Jiang Bu, we'll deal with the rest when we get to the police station..." Yamada said as he took out the handcuffs.

But Bai Shi raised his hand to stop him, and then said: "I'm sorry... Mr. Jiang Bu, I can understand that some anger can only be appeased by the death of the other party, but... please also understand that our duty is to arrest the criminal. Although there is insufficient direct evidence now, it is only a matter of time. Can you please surrender?"

“Eh?” Yamada was stunned when he heard this - can this be considered surrender?

However, since Director Shiraishi said so, Gen and Yamada certainly had no objection. After all, they did not solve the case themselves, they were just called out to act out a show.

"Well, I'm sorry to trouble you all." Jiang Bu said after a moment of silence.

(End of this chapter)