Conan Rick's Investigator

The light spot was located on the fence of the balcony facing the next cottage. Qin Zhibo moved closer to take a closer look and found that there was indeed an inconspicuous gray stain and long friction marks on it.

The second spot of light was located on the edge of the protruding eaves outside the window of the cabin next door.

It was difficult to jump directly from the balcony, so Qin Zhibo could only run out of the room and go to the next room to investigate the other two light spots.

When Qin Zhibo ran out of the room, he passed by Kudo Shinichi again.

At this time, Kudo Shinichi had just received the news from the police and was rethinking his approach.

Although this case appears to be a locked room murder at first glance, when he first entered the scene, Kudo Shinichi carefully studied the door lock and found that the door lock of this room was the type that could be locked from the outside as long as there was a key.

In other words, as long as Su Yu Zun De has the room key, he can come and go freely in the room.

He locked the door right after killing the person, and with many guests serving as cover, the police would never suspect that a person in a wheelchair was the murderer.

So Kudo Shinichi just sent a police officer down to inquire about the room key.

But the answer he got made Kudo Shinichi feel a little disappointed.

There are indeed two keys to this room, but both keys are kept by the housekeeper.

Except for the key to the master bedroom of the mansion, which is kept by Mrs. Souha, the other rooms that are not frequently used are usually locked, and the keys are kept by the butler Matsumoto Ryohei himself.

Before the incident, the housekeeper said that Tetsu Yamazaki had asked for the key to the reception room on the pretext that he was a little drunk and wanted to find a quiet place to rest.

Half an hour later, the housekeeper handed another spare key to the maid and asked her to clean the room.

The maid who went to clean the room opened the door and found Tetsu Yamazaki's body.

During the entire process, Su Yu Zun De had no chance to touch either of the two keys.

So if Su Yu Zun De didn't secretly make a key, then he used some other method to commit the crime.

At this moment, Kudo Shinichi happened to see Qin Zhibo coming out of the balcony and hurriedly running out of the room, as if something urgent had happened.

That look doesn't seem to be the kind of urgency that people have...

Could it be that he has discovered the truth before me?

Chapter 4 "Xiao Hei" Reappears

We came to the small house next to the crime scene. Since it had no obvious connection with the case, there was no police guarding it.

Qin Zhibo wanted to turn on the light, but in order to avoid alerting the police at the murder scene next door and causing unnecessary trouble, Qin Zhibo decided not to turn on the light in the room for the time being.

Qin Zhibo took out the mobile phone from his pocket, intending to use the light of the phone to illuminate the area, but he was dumbfounded as soon as he took out the phone.

Mobile phones in 1996 didn’t even have a flashlight, and even the screen was black…

There was no other way, Qin Zhibo could only enter the room in the dark.

As his eyes adjusted to the dark environment, and with the faint light coming in from the eucalyptus scene next door, Qin Zhibo could clearly see the layout of the room.

This is a very simply furnished room. There is not much furniture in the room, only a bed and matching bedside table to the right of the window.

In this room, Qin Zhibo was surprised to find a new light spot.

The new light spot is located on the edge of the bed near the window.

However, Qin Zhibo did not investigate the new light spot immediately, but began to investigate along the light spot he had just discovered.

Sticking his head out of the window, Qin Zhibo was less than two meters away from the light on the edge of the protruding eaves under the window.

As long as the straight-line distance is less than two meters, even if Qin Zhibo cannot reach that position, he can still investigate it.

【Survey√】

[There are complex and dense footprints on the edge of the window. Someone has tried to walk on it many times.]

Just like the previous survey, Qin Zhibo received another survey evaluation.

However, this time Qin Zhibo had no way to confirm the truth of this evaluation, because the light on the edge of the eaves was too dim and he could not see whether there were really footprints on it.

A lighter would be great at this time...

Qin Zhibo began to investigate the light spots on the window frame of the cabin again.

【Survey√】

There are slight stains on the edge of the window frame. Either the servants were too careless when cleaning, or someone recently tried to pass through here.

The light here was decent. Qin Zhibo lowered his head to check the window frame and saw a small black scratch.

The last point of light is also a newly discovered point of light in this small house.

【Survey√】

[There are slight indentations on the edge of the bed sheet, as if someone had supported the edge of the bed with one hand and was hiding something underneath.]

At the same time, new prompts appeared in Qin Zhibo's vision.

[Has the investigation of all investigation points at the crime scene been completed? Will a scene reconstruction be conducted?]

From this hint, Qin Zhibo learned that the glowing spot he saw at the crime scene was called the investigation point.

Once all investigation points are complete, you can begin reconstructing the scene.

Re-enactment...

Is it to see the crime scene again?

Seeing is believing, Qin Zhibo immediately confirmed this hint in his mind.

【Re-enactment√】

As the scene began to reappear, a black figure suddenly appeared in Qin Zhibo's vision.

The shadowy figure was well-proportioned, neither tall nor short, neither fat nor thin, and it was impossible to tell what kind of clothes he was wearing.

Because he might not be wearing any clothes at all...

If you look closely, you can vaguely see that the muscles in his upper body and legs are relatively developed, and he has a relatively muscular body.

The dark face, coupled with Caroline's big eyes that shine brightly in the dark and her white teeth, make her identity even more mysterious.

Since his most notable feature is that he is completely black, Qin Zhibo can only temporarily call him the "Man of Darkness".

Or to put it simply, just call him "Xiao Hei".

"Xiao Hei" put one foot on the window frame and suddenly turned his head to look back.

Kazilan's big eyes, which stood out in the darkness, instantly met Qin Zhibo's gaze.

There was no extra expression in his straight gaze, only a chilling murderous aura.

At the same time, in Qin Zhibo's [Will] column, the number 90 quickly jumped to 88.

87...

86...

85...

86...

87, 88, 90.

After staring at each other for five seconds, "Xiao Hei" turned his head and stepped over the window frame, put his feet on the protruding part under the window sill, and slowly moved his body out of the window.

Qin Zhibo then realized that this "Xiao Hei" was not looking at him just now. Perhaps the murderer in the reenactment heard the movement in the corridor outside the door and subconsciously produced a stalemate reaction.

This is related to the limbic system of the human brain. When a person faces a threat, the first reaction must be a standoff, psychologically suppressing and restraining the inner fear, and physically staying still.

Secondly, the brain will make the decision whether to flee or fight.

"Xiao Hei"'s body skillfully moved away from the window's view. Qin Zhibo rushed forward and lay on the window to check on Xiao Hei.

Outside the window, on the protruding edge of the eaves, "Xiao Hei" was seen clinging to the wall with both hands, slowly moving towards the room where the murder took place.

When he was close enough to the balcony of the murderer's room, "Xiao Hei" suddenly jumped with his agile body and landed steadily on the balcony opposite.

Then, "Xiao Hei" sneaked into the brightly lit crime scene through the open balcony door and disappeared from Qin Zhibo's sight.

This……

It turned out that the murderer entered the crime scene from the next room.

Qin Zhibo rushed out of the room and returned to the crime scene.

As soon as he stood at the door of the crime scene, Qin Zhibo saw a shocking scene.

In the room at the murder scene, a forensic police officer was squatting next to the body and taking photos of it to collect evidence.

Inspector Megure was standing next to the body with a police officer named Takagi Wataru, apparently discussing finding witnesses.

Kudo Shinichi bent down to check the balcony door, as if looking for something on it.

In the center of this seemingly harmonious crime scene, "Xiao Hei" was standing in front of the police officers, with his hands clenched and suddenly thrusting into the void in front of him.

Immediately afterwards, "Xiao Hei" took a half step back, looked at the corpse on the ground in horror, turned around and fled towards the balcony.

When "Xiao Hei" ran out, he just passed through Kudo Shinichi who was standing next to the balcony door and disappeared around the corner of the balcony.

Seeing "Xiao Hei" disappear again, Qin Zhibo hurried to the small house next door to check "Xiao Hei's" next move.

……

"Bah..."

Shinichi Kudo, who was standing next to the balcony door, suddenly shuddered.

There was no wind, but I felt a chill in my body, as if something terrible was approaching me from behind.

Kudo Shinichi turned around and looked behind him, just in time to see Qin Zhibo standing in the corridor running to the left with an anxious expression on his face.

Now, Kudo Shinichi could no longer suppress his innate curiosity and walked out of the room.

……

Returning to the cabin next door, Qin Zhibo stuck his head out of the window and saw "Xiao Hei" hanging in the air, struggling to crawl towards him.

"Xiao Hei"'s hands were holding and his feet were hooked on something that might be a rope, but just like the invisible weapon in "Xiao Hei's" hand just now, Qin Zhibo could not see the rope. He could only see "Xiao Hei" himself hanging in the air and moving slowly.

After more than half a minute, "Xiao Hei" finally crawled over. Qin Zhibo immediately made way for the window like his accomplice, and "Xiao Hei" also flipped in.

Next, "Xiao Hei" fiddled with the empty rope at the window, performing a series of imaginative non-physical performances.

Finally, "Xiao Hei" lay down beside the bed in the room and stuffed something that might be in the shape of a package under the bed.

[End of reenactment]

Chapter 5: So this is a fighting skill (football)...

As the reenactment ended, "Xiao Hei's" body suddenly disappeared and the room returned to calm.

Qin Zhibo looked at the darkness under the bed and fell into a brief thought.

It is obvious that the murderer entered the crime scene next door through this room, and after committing the crime, he hid the tools under the bed in this room.

As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest. No one would have thought that the tools used to commit the crime would be hidden in a room so close to the crime scene and seemingly unrelated to the murder.

Unfortunately, the identity of the murderer could not be seen during the reconstructive scene.

If you want to further confirm the identity of the murderer, you can only see what clues the things the murderer hid under the bed can provide.

Thinking in his mind, Qin Zhibo bent down and prepared to reach under the bed to feel around.

But just as he was about to put his hand in, Qin Zhibo thought of the criminal investigation movies where the police would wear gloves or at least use a handkerchief to touch something that might be evidence to avoid leaving their fingerprints.

To avoid the trouble of explaining later, take a handkerchief yourself.

Qin Zhibo stood up and fumbled in his arms, but his pockets were relatively clean, with only his wallet and cell phone in them.

Just then, a handkerchief was handed over from the side.

"Here, here you go."

"Thank you."

Qin Zhibo subconsciously took the handkerchief, but the next moment he immediately realized that something was wrong.