Conan Rick's Investigator

Amuro Toru nodded affirmatively, and then said, "But I suggest that you use olive oil when frying ham in the future, which will make the ham taste more mellow."

"Also, washing the lettuce in water that's about the same temperature as bath water helps maintain the perfect balance of raw flavor and crispness."

When he heard the suggestion made by Amuro Toru, Goda looked a little surprised.

"Expert!"

"No, no, I just did some part-time work in a restaurant before..." Amuro Toru responded modestly.

Qin Zhibo, who was standing by, saw that nothing happened after Amuro Toru finished his sandwich, so he picked up the sandwich and started eating.

After all, this is a special period, so it’s better to be careful.

The soft texture and ham aroma burst in your mouth, and the taste is indeed good, but it is indeed slightly inferior to the sandwich made by Amuro Toru.

After finishing the sandwich, Goda went back to the kitchen to clean the pot and asked Amuro Toru to help deliver the remaining tea and sandwiches to the movie theater so that the rich woman could also taste them.

Qin Zhibo watched Toru Amuro walk into the dim room, exchange a few words with the rich woman, and then Toru Amuro came out again.

"What did you say to her?" Qin Zhibo asked.

"Nothing, she said she was watching something interesting and wanted to eat later."

……

After a short break, Qin Zhibo and Amuro Toru only had the kitchen and the bathroom left to search.

After all, both of them are professional searchers, and it is impossible for them to miss anything when looking for something in a limited space, so these two places can only be chosen.

I opened the lid of the washing machine and saw some clothes that hadn't been washed for a long time. They already had a smell.

In a bath towel inside, Toru Amuro found a golden watch.

But the moment they saw the watch, Qin Zhibo and Amuro Toru stared at each other.

I've confirmed through eye contact that Goda is the problematic person!

"This is it!"

Goda walked forward happily and wanted to take the watch back, but Amuro Toru suddenly took his hand back.

"Hmm?" Goda was puzzled.

Amuro Toru held the watch in his hand and asked confidently and skillfully, "Mr. Goda, before I return the watch to you, could you tell me what your purpose in creating this scam is?"

Hu Tian was stunned for a moment and wanted to quibble.

"A hoax... Ha, I don't understand what Mr. Detective is talking about..."

Amuro continued, "The power reserve of a typical clockwork watch is between 30 and 48 hours, but your watch has been lost for three weeks and it's still running."

"You really can't find this watch?"

Hu Tian's body was shocked, and he realized the huge mistake he had made.

Got it!

Forgot this!

Amuro Toru approached Goda with a confident smile on his face. "Mr. Goda, how do you want to explain this?"

"This, this..."

Under the powerful aura of Amuro Toru, cold sweat broke out on Hutian's forehead and his body subconsciously took a half step back.

But at this moment, there was a sound of something breaking outside the toilet.

Just as Qin Zhibo and Amuro Toru were in the calm reaction time of their brain's limbic system, the sound of running and the door opening were heard again.

The two ran from the bathroom to the corridor where the sound came from and found that the vase on the cabinet in the entrance hall had disappeared.

When he pushed open the door of the movie theater again, the rich woman's body was lying in a pool of roses and blood, with the light of the investigation point still floating above her head.

The person is already dead...

"Call an ambulance and the police!"

Amuro Toru reacted and scolded him, and Goda hurried to make a phone call.

Qin Zhibo walked silently to the rich woman, turned on the turned-off phone, and touched the body.

【Corpse Investigation√】

[Name of the deceased: Izuki Eiko]

[Death time: 30 seconds ago]

[Cause of death: Cerebral hemorrhage caused by severe blow to the head]

[Corpse investigation completed, character skill obtained: Social Skill (Persuasion)]

[Gain duplicate skills and convert them into 1000 skill proficiency points for that skill]

Side quest: Find out the murderer of this case

Task requirements: time limit 1 hour

Task reward: 400 general skill proficiency, 130 social credit

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The results of the corpse investigation and the mission information appeared almost at the same time.

Judging from the task rewards and task requirements, this task is not difficult and should be classified as easy difficulty.

Moreover, Qin Zhibo already knew who the murderer was.

Although the murderer seemed to have invaded from the outside, he used the vase at the entrance to hit the rich woman to death from behind and then escaped the same way.

But in fact, if the murder weapon used by the murderer was just a vase picked up from the entrance, it must be a spur-of-the-moment murder.

This type of crime is committed on impulse and people often feel panicky during the process, especially when they hear that there are other people in the house.

In this case, the murderer would have chosen to flee in a panic, rather than closing the door of the movie room while escaping.

But in fact, when I came over, the door was closed tightly.

If we rule out the possibility of a crime committed by an outsider, there are only three people left under this roof.

It is absolutely impossible for Toru Amuro and I to commit a crime, so there is only one person left.

This is a proof question.

……

At the same time, Toru Amuro, who was squatting beside the corpse, withdrew his hand that was touching the pulse.

"She's dead."

Toru Amuro made a death pronouncement while looking back to see Goda's reaction.

"How, how could this happen..."

Although the expression on Goda's face looked panicked, Toru Amuro had already identified the murderer in his heart.

The reason is simple. The watch scam just exposed was obviously set up by Goda for some reason.

And Goda specifically asked him to deliver sandwiches to the deceased, probably because he wanted him to confirm with his own eyes that the deceased was still alive at that time.

The murderer this time was too deliberate, and the case will be solved soon.

only……

Toru Amuro turned his head to look at Qin Zhibo who was standing in front of the video recorder and discovered something.

Although Qin Zhibo was the first to rush into the room, he never got close to the corpse. He just stood two meters away, looked at it for a while, and then looked away.

Toru Amuro has seen Qin Zhibo do this more than once.

In the two cases encountered at the Mihua Department Store and the game hall case recorded by surveillance cameras, Qin Zhibo always performed the autopsies while standing.

Don't get too close to the corpse, let alone touch it.

Although looking down at the corpse allows one to better understand the situation around it, it is impossible to determine whether the deceased is completely dead.

Sometimes, people appear to have closed their eyes, but in fact they are just temporarily unconscious or in shock. If they are sent to the hospital in time, they can still be saved.

Whether as a police officer or a detective, saving lives should be the first priority of your actions, and then consider solving the case.

But Qin Zhibo ignored the safety of human lives and was only concerned with solving the case.

As expected of a member of the organization, this is how he conducts an autopsy.

……

At this time, Qin Zhibo didn't know that he had been labeled as "cold-blooded" by Amuro Toru again.

It has been a long time since Qin Zhibo solved a case before Megure arrived, and this time he wants to give it a try.

In a narrow room like this, it is very easy to find the investigation point.

In the cabinet above the TV, a ray of light appeared from under the curtain.

When the curtain was lifted, there was a projector inside.

【Survey√】

[The placement of the video projector is somewhat intriguing. Does it seem to be related to the murder trap?]

The tone of the investigation statement is uncertain, but the question sentences in the investigation statement are affirmative sentences.

Murder trap...

Qin Zhibo took a look at the other movie projection equipment on the cabinet and immediately understood the general principle of this murder trap.

All that’s left is to find the vase that disappeared from the entrance.

……

Qin Zhibo walked out of the apartment, quietly put on the magic extractor, and recalled the appearance of the vase at the entrance in his mind.

But after waiting for more than ten seconds, my brain didn't get any inspiration.

Did the vase really disappear?

Qin Zhibo changed his mind and thought that even if he couldn't find a vase, he could still find flowers.

I closed my eyes and imagined the appearance of pink roses. After a while, I got a response.

The inspiration came from two places. One was the pink roses at the murder scene, but those were not what Qin Zhibo wanted to find.

Coming to the kitchen, Qin Zhibo looked around and his eyes fell on the trash can.

After rummaging through the trash can, I found some dried pink roses.

Since the flowers are here, the vase should be here too...

Qin Zhibo stood up and opened the cupboard door.

In the slightly dim cupboard, an investigation point lay quietly.

【Survey√】

[This bowl is a bit special and cannot be used for eating]

Qin Zhibo took the bowl marking the investigation point out of a pile of bowls, only to find that the bowl had no bottom.

The shape of this bowl is very similar to the upper part of the vase in the entrance hall that I remember.

"I see……"

Now that he had found another piece of physical evidence, Qin Zhibo stopped wasting time and prepared to speed up the process of solving the case.

……

Movie screening room.

At this moment, Hutian was like a primary school student who had finished his homework and was nervously waiting for the strict teacher to correct his homework.

However, the price of failing this "homework" is spending the next decade or so in prison.

I saw Toru Amuro walking around the room, as if he was sure that there was some special mechanism in the room that could kill people automatically.

On the contrary, the detective named Qin Zhibo left after lifting the curtain and taking a look, as if he was going to chase the external criminal who did not exist at all.

In addition, the matter of the clockwork watch was also discovered by this young detective.

It seems that I can escape punishment by targeting this young detective...