Conan: Chief of Rice Flower's Science Points

Chapter 201 Murder Case
"No, when I was in the forest, I followed the footprints of those two villagers. What Rumiko saw an hour ago definitely wasn't me." Shiraishi shook his head after finding out the whole story.

Shinichi, who was standing by, also looked at the little girl seriously at this time. At first, he just thought that the little girl was frightened and had hallucinations, but...

If that was the case, the little girl should have easily suffered a memory shift when a guy who "looked equally scary" stood in front of her.

But the reality is, even so, Rumiko still believes that what she saw is a thin man with long white hair and black wings, so...

The testimony is likely to be true?

……

Before Shiraishi could think about it, there was a loud bang, and Shiroyama hurriedly pushed open the door and came back, looking at Shiraishi in panic and said, "Director Shiraishi! The village... the village chief's family... the village chief and his wife have been killed!"

"What?" Shinichi asked first.

Just now, Shiroyama was going to find the village chief to tell him that a guest had arrived - after all, Shiraishi's police rank of "Superintendent of Police" was not a low level in the civil service system, so it was normal for the village chief to come and see him.

however……

"Killed? Lead the way." Bai Shi immediately spoke after hearing this.

Shinichi was eager to push aside the Shiroyama patrolman and rush over first, but Shiraishi hooked his collar with a finger.

Shinichi had no choice but to run over with Shiraishi.

There aren't many people in the village, but the place is not small. Everyone lives in scattered places, almost occupying the flat land that is higher than the surrounding area. The houses are bigger than each other, which can scare the office workers in the East City area to death...

The village chief's house is at the southernmost end of the village, next to the forest outside the village, and facing a cliff more than ten meters high on the south side.

On the way, Shiroyama also ran while telling Shiraishi what happened just now...

After he arrived at the village chief's house, he knocked on the door but no one answered. Then he pushed the door and found it was not locked.

People in the village often didn't lock their doors, so he didn't think there was anything wrong until he found no one on the first floor and went to the second floor, where he saw signs that the village chief's house had been ransacked!

Cheng Shan then hurriedly searched room by room for someone, and finally found the bodies of the village chief and his wife in the large study on the second floor. They both appeared to have died from gunshot wounds, and the murder weapon was on the ground...

Seeing this, Shiroyama quickly reported the situation to the police station. He also said that "Inspector Shiraishi is in the village" and asked whether he should seek help from Shiraishi.

Okuho-cho has always been the "place of exile" for the Metropolitan Police Department, and the chief was even more indifferent. He decisively ordered Shiroyama to find Chief Shiraishi and command the scene first. Later, people from the Criminal Division of the police station also rushed over.

So there was the scene just now where Shiroyama hurried home and asked Shiraishi for help.

Soon, under the guidance of Shiroyama, Shiraishi arrived at the village chief's house. There was an inscription "Hihara House" on the door. It was a very large house - everyone's house in the village was not small, let alone the "richest man in the village".

At this time, the door was open, and two villagers were standing at the door with some fear. They were the two who had just been scared away by Bai Shi.

"I just asked them to help watch the door...you didn't go in, did you?" Chengshan asked the two.

Both of them shook their heads.

Then Shiraishi and Shinichi followed Shiroyama in. They couldn't see anything in the hall on the first floor, but when they went up the spiral staircase to the second floor, they could immediately see that the room next to the staircase had been turned upside down. That's why Shiroyama hurried to the study to look for someone...

Led by Chengshan, the two came directly to the south-facing study - there was a floor-to-ceiling window on the south side of the study, a glass door on the side, and a large balcony outside. If it was not raining, the light should be sufficient. And because it was facing the forest and the house itself was on a high place, the scenery looking out was very good.

But the current situation in the study makes me lose interest in the scenery...

I saw the French window was broken into pieces and Mrs. Hihara was lying beside it, covered in blood, with a lot of blood on the ground.

The cause of death was more obvious from the body of the village chief Hihara - he was lying on a recliner, his upper body also covered in blood, and on the wall behind him, there was a large spurt of blood, dotted with stars.

The murder weapon was at his feet...

Bai Shi put on gloves, picked up the shotgun and took a look - it was indeed a shotgun, and two of the four shotgun shells had been used.

"This gun is..." Bai Shi said, looking at the broken display shelf on the side.

"This belongs to the village chief of Hihara. The village chief has a hunting rifle license, but I've rarely seen him use it. He usually just hangs it there." Shiroyama nodded in confirmation.

"Are these... the murderer's footprints?" Shinichi squatted down and looked at the two obvious rows of footprints on the ground - coming in from the balcony and leaving the balcony. Similar footprints were also seen in the corridor on the second floor before.

Then Shinichi followed the footprints and came to the balcony, only to find...

"Ok?"

There is no place to stand downstairs. The south wall of the house is basically level with the cliff. Although it is not a high cliff, it is still twenty meters high if you go down!
Shinichi checked the balcony handrail in confusion, but found no traces of hooks or the like. He looked around, but also saw nothing that could lead to the surrounding house structure.

At the same time, Bai Shi carefully examined the bodies of the village chief and his wife...

"The time of death was half an hour before and after six in the morning. The cause of death was gunshot wounds. Although there is no detailed ballistic comparison, it should be this shotgun... There are indeed signs of external intrusion, um... a robber killing people?" Shiraishi instinctively felt that something was strange.

"Director Shiraishi, this place doesn't look easy to invade!" Shinichi shouted from the balcony. He didn't find any way to climb up to the balcony, nor did he find any similar signs, but the footprints did disappear at the balcony.

Upon hearing this, Bai Shi also came to the balcony handrail, leaned out to take a look, and then...

call--

Bai Shi simply supported the railing with one hand and flipped over!
"Hey!" Shinichi was startled. Including the height of the second floor, this building is six or seven stories high!

Chengshan also ran over quickly

but……

Bai Shi was seen sliding down the cliff, sometimes jumping to find a landing point, and finally reaching the bottom safely.

"Officer Shiraishi! Are you okay?" Shiroyama shouted hurriedly.

Bai Shi waved his hand, then looked down and found nothing. He looked up at the not-so-high cliff, planned the route, and climbed back directly!
Shinichi didn't see any routes to climb on the first and second floors, but...

For Bai Shi, who is 2.3 meters tall and has a super long arm span, there is a lot of room for route selection. From the bottom of the first floor, he can just reach out and touch the eaves of the second floor, and then climb all the way back.

and……

At this time, Shinichi also discovered that Shiraishi was barefoot - it seemed that he took off his shoes after climbing up the cliff and did not want to leave footprints on the house.

Of course, even if it is left, it is actually very easy to tell!

After all, Shiraishi was wearing specially made size 58 shoes, and the criminal's footprints looked to be around size 41.

(In real life, Yao Ming, who is 226cm tall, wears size 58 shoes, but considering that Japanese shoes are smaller and the protagonist has bigger hands and feet, I'll set it to size !)
"There are no traces of other people down there. No one has passed through here since this morning." Bai Shi said with certainty.

After all, it rained a little last night and it was very muddy outside. If someone had walked by, Bai Shi would definitely be able to find footprints, but when he looked at a glance, there was no "bright spot".

Shinichi:……

Shinichi was also speechless about Shiraishi's rough way of collecting evidence.

"By the way... around six o'clock, did anyone around hear the gunshots?" Shinichi was looking at the shotgun on the ground and felt that this kind of gun equipped with shotgun shells should make a very loud noise.

"No one should have heard it... I'll go and ask around later." Cheng Shan didn't have time to make any inquiries.

But if someone hears it, I think they will tell me.

"The soundproofing of this room should be good. When I came, the door was still closed. It's normal that no one heard it if no one else passed by." Shiroyama added.

Just then, footsteps were heard coming from the open door. It was the Hanoi reporter and Yukiko who came over.

"Mom! You can't come in..." Shinichi quickly stopped her.

"Huh? The village chief of Hihara was killed? Was it a robber or..." Seeing this, Kawachi hurriedly wanted to take a photo, but was blocked by Shiraishi.

"No entry or photography allowed here," Shiraishi scolded directly, and then took the camera from the other party while he was distracted, saying, "When the detectives from the Okuho Police Station come, they will check your camera and return it to you after confirming that there is no content related to the case! Now you all leave... I mean the entire building."

"I just want to report the truth..." Hanoi muttered softly, but didn't dare to say it out loud.

Yukiko said angrily, "The real murderer!"

Shiraishi:……

Why are you trying to be cute at your age?

After driving the two away, Bai Shi clearly instructed the villagers who were helping outside to stop everyone.

"Inspector Shiroyama, you've been to the village chief's house, right? Did you find anything missing?" Shinichi took the opportunity to ask Shiroyama.

Shiroyama also knew about the high school detective, and he did not reject Shinichi's questioning and said, "This... should be a lot! The room that was just turned upside down is the village chief's collection room, and there are... a lot of gems in it!"

"What? Gems?" Shinichi asked immediately after hearing that.

"Okay, the initial inspection and on-site photography have been completed. All we have to do now is wait for the people from the Olympic and Macao Agency to come and take over." Shiraishi directly stopped Shinichi from interfering.

After all, this place was not under Shiraishi's jurisdiction, and Shiraishi was not prepared to intervene too much. He just helped with the preliminary investigation and temporary command. After all, there was only one inspector, Shiroyama, here, and he didn't seem to have any experience in inspecting murder scenes...

But at this moment, Chengshan received another call...

"What? Landslide... Do we have to wait until the rain stops before we can clear the road?"

(End of this chapter)