Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 150 Location Investigation
The weather at this time is not cold enough to kill people even at night, not to mention that the "unknown female corpse" was frozen to death in the temperature below minus 20 degrees Celsius.

In addition, judging from the livor mortis on the body, she was not frozen to death while curled up somewhere, and it is impossible that she was locked in a freezer. At this time, the most likely place of murder is the "cold storage"!
"That's it! I believe that a good father will have a good son... I'll go to the nearest one. It's not far to run over directly."

Compared with Hattori's "separate actions", Shiraishi agreed immediately.

After all, it may involve the issue of "saving people" now, so it is better to do it sooner rather than later.

and……

Anyway, the jurisdiction is not his and the son is not his, so Bai Shi certainly doesn't feel bad!

……

November 11, 26: am, Xiaolin Cold Storage.

The early shift loaders and unloaders have completed the first round of loading and warehousing, and it is almost time for breakfast.

And just then...

"Ah! There's a bear!"

Suddenly someone exclaimed.

The next moment, everyone followed his gaze and saw a huge "black shadow" on the road, speeding all the way and "breaking" in directly through the courtyard gate that was never closed in time!

Before everyone could be on guard, they saw that the other party had already stopped...

"Is it... human?"

"Hello... May I ask..."

"Officer, your person in charge should have received a call from Inspector Kazuhisa, right?" Shiraishi showed his police officer ID.

However, because it said "Metropolitan Police Department" on it, it just flashed by and they couldn't see it clearly.

Fortunately, Otaki's senior had already contacted the three cold storages and asked them to make it convenient. Someone immediately said, "Hello! I'm Daji, the duty manager here. The boss just called... If you have any questions, you can ask me."

"Mr. Daji, can you take me into the cold storage to have a look?" Bai Shi asked directly without any hesitation.

"Of course, if you want to go inside, you can change into cotton clothes here..."

"Don't worry about me...just change your clothes." Bai Shi shook his head.

"it is good……"

Daji originally wanted to remind him again, but after looking at Shiraishi's physique, he gave up - this guy really doesn't look like he is afraid of the cold!
Afterwards, Shiraishi and the person in charge walked around the cold storage, got a general understanding of its situation, and collected environmental samples using small bottles prepared in advance.

"Can you send me the surveillance records?" Bai Shi asked after looking at the cameras at the entrance and exit.

"This..." Daji hesitated slightly.

After all, Shiraishi didn't have a search warrant, and he wasn't even here in an official capacity.

"I see that the security here is quite tight. We just need to confirm the records from late night to early morning on Wednesday." Shiraishi patted his shoulder kindly.

"Okay... since Inspector Waku wants to see it." Daikichi still brought up Inspector Waku - also to remind Shiraishi that this was for Inspector Waku's sake, and if anything went wrong they would also look for Inspector Waku!

At this time, Bai Shi actually no longer had any doubts about this place, and he asked for a surveillance backup just in case.

Judging from the layout and workflow here, it's unlikely that they would lock someone up in here and freeze them to death, and then pull the body out in the middle of the night...

Moreover, after walking around and looking everywhere, Bai Shi did not find any "highlighted" marked places, which showed that there should be no clues - at least within the scope of his own [insight], there were no clues!
After Shiraishi came out of the Kobayashi Cold Storage, he also contacted Otaki and Hattori. They also checked two other large cold storages at this time, and then...

The three of them met at a breakfast shop close to Shiraishi!

Prepare to have breakfast and then see what to do next.

Since he was half the host, Otaki volunteered to treat the guests...

While waiting for the meal, Otaki whispered, "Looking at the environment and security of the three large cold storages, they don't look like they can freeze a person to death. If they are small cold storages in restaurants, it may be too late to investigate them one by one... Let's look for other clues later."

"As for other clues..." Shiraishi then thought of the composition of the residues in the deceased's stomach.

"Hotel!" Hattori said anxiously.

Otaki was stunned when he heard this: "Eh? Hotel? Hattori, the victim should have been kidnapped..."

Otaki thought, it's unlikely that someone would be locked up in a hotel, right? That would attract a lot of attention and make it easy for people to ask for help! "The murderer is someone who follows a suicide forum, and the 'unknown female corpse' did express negative emotions of wanting to commit suicide before she died. At the same time, the other missing 'Matsukura Hana', I heard from Sister Misumi before, also had a complicated family environment and suffocating parents, and also had suicidal tendencies...

"In this case, there is reason to suspect that they may have met on the suicide forum and agreed to commit suicide together. However, judging from the messages they sent for help, they may have regretted not wanting to commit suicide and were controlled and killed by the murderer!
"If that's the case, they would most likely have come to Arima Town voluntarily, which means they would have voluntarily found a hotel to stay in, rather than having their freedom restricted from beginning to end." Hattori analyzed at this time.

Indeed, many people who commit suicide do so on impulse, and if they are rescued once, most of them will not insist on committing suicide.

Not to mention, some people just have the thought and regret it before they even go to the step of committing suicide!
Shiraishi also tends to think that this is the case with the "unknown female corpse", but she was targeted and killed...

The kind of pervert who "looks for people with suicidal tendencies" to satisfy his own "desire to kill" has appeared many times in the East Island Country!

Because they are "pleasure criminals" and usually have no connection with the victims, it is difficult to identify the suspect based on their interpersonal relationships.

"Okay, let's go to the inn and ask... Also, take a look at this. This is the specific composition of the deceased's stomach residue. This 'unknown meat' should be horse meat. Keep an eye on these ingredients. If there is an inn that provides meals that match the ingredients, pay special attention to them."

Shiraishi said, showing them the test report.

"Hmm? Horse meat... rice... and seaweed and curry spices?"

"Did you drink some kind of soup...but nothing else?"

"It can't be rice balls and horse meat, right? That doesn't go together..."

Hattori and Otaki were guessing what the deceased had eaten before his death, but it was just speculation at this time.

"By the way, do you have any photos? This way it will be more intuitive!" Hattori asked Shiraishi.

"Hattori, photos are not allowed..." Otaki reminded quickly.

If people are asked to identify photos of the body directly, not only will there be obstacles in the ethics of the search, but it will also easily cause panic.

They are not conducting a compliance investigation now, so it is not appropriate to be so high-profile...

"I don't have a photo, but I still remember it... I can draw one." Bai Shi said as a matter of course.

After saying that, Bai Shi took out the drawing pen on his "mobile phone" and started drawing...

The "mobile phone" that Shiraishi usually uses is actually a small-sized tablet computer that can insert a SIM card. After all, his hands are too delicate to operate an ordinary mobile phone.

On the contrary, the "tablet" in his hand looks like a large-screen phone.

Even now, the way Shiraishi holds the tablet drawing pen looks like he is "pinching" a large match, which looks very awkward.

Hattori saw this and didn't take it seriously, thinking it was better than nothing!

After all, this Officer Shiraishi doesn't look like he's very good at drawing... huh?

Bai Shi finished drawing one very quickly!
Moreover, it is a simulated pencil sketch, and its level of refinement far exceeds Hattori's imagination. Moreover, Shiraishi also specially imagined the appearance of "opening eyes", and the portrait looks lifelike...

Although it cannot be called a "masterpiece", it at least looks like it was painted by an artist who made a living by painting in the park.

Thinking of this, Hattori, while amazed at Shiraishi's skills, couldn't help feeling a little uncomfortable - the person in the painting was not in the park, enjoying the sunshine and asking the artist to draw a sketch for him, but had already turned into a cold corpse, and the painting was drawn by the person who performed the autopsy.

The contrast is bound to make people sigh.

"As expected of you, Police Officer Shiraishi... The case was solved thanks to the wanted portrait you drew. It seems you haven't given up yet." Although Otaki was not surprised, he also praised him.

Shiraishi already has a Level 6 [Painting] ability, and adding points here is mainly for "drawing the portrait of the person giving the confession"!
Of course, when it comes to "drawing a portrait based on a confession", what is more important is the ability to question the confession, induce memory, understand the description... As for the painting skills, Lv6 [Painting] is enough.

Even if there were higher skills, it would be meaningless when drawing a portrait based on a confession...

After all, “drawing a confession portrait” is not about how good the painting is, but about getting a valid description from the eyewitness and showing the characteristics in the painting.

"Just basic skills, basic skills." Bai Shi said modestly.

Bai Shi had seen the "Unknown Female Corpse" with his own eyes. With Bai Shi's memory, he could recall the image in every detail, so it was naturally easier for him to paint it.

Otaki laughed dryly twice - he didn't know that a criminal policeman needs to have such "basic skills"!
This kind of technology is only superficially learned in police schools. When it comes to actual work, police officers with outstanding performance will be arranged for further training. Most criminal police cannot draw.

After the three of them had a quick breakfast, they each took an electronic version of the portrait, went to the nearest hotel, and asked the front desk.

Although Hattori is only a high school student, he can make up excuses and find two "sisters", and he can ask questions fluently, while it is even easier for Shiraishi and Otaki to "swipe" their police officer certificates.

After all, most of the small Japanese-style hotels in Arima Town are different from those big hotels, which always say "guest privacy" and "search warrant". These small hotels basically answer honestly when they see the police warrant...

(End of this chapter)