Conan Rick's Investigator

On Yaxia's neck, there was a thin mark surrounding the front end of the neck, and it was obvious that he was strangled to death.

Qin Zhibo walked to the side of the body and began to investigate.

【Corpse Investigation√】

[Name of the deceased: Kamogashita Hohiro]

[Time of death: 25 minutes ago]

[Cause of death: strangulation]

[Corpse investigation completed, character skill obtained: Social Skills (Talking)]

[Repeatedly acquiring a skill will convert it into 1000 skill proficiency points for that skill]

With the addition of this 1000 proficiency points, Qin Zhibo's speaking skills were also upgraded to level 4.

Qin Zhibo has never specifically trained this skill, but he can gain proficiency as long as he gets feedback on the questions he asks.

Often, the more important the answer to a question, the higher the proficiency you will gain.

As the investigation of the corpse was completed, the task prompt of the case popped up.

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Side quest: Find out the murderer of this case

Task requirements: time limit 1 hour

Task reward: 600 general skill proficiency, 150 social credit

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Qin Zhibo accepted the system task by default, stared at the light spots on the corpse, and began to investigate.

First of all, there is a most eye-catching investigation point on the duck's neck.

【Survey√】

This is a mark not from the Yoshikawa Line.

The investigation instructions were very simple, which reminded Qin Zhibo of the Yoshikawa Line he had encountered in a previous case.

The "Yoshikawa Line" is the scratches left on the victim's neck when he subconsciously struggled with his hands while being strangled by the murderer.

There were indeed no scratches on the duck's neck, just a dry thin line.

However, the results of the autopsy showed that the cause of death was strangulation, so it could only be that Yaxia was strangled to death when he was unable to resist.

On this basis, Qin Zhibo found a second investigation point, which was on the back of the duck's head, very close to the neck.

【Survey√】

[The back of the head was hit by a blunt object, and the scalp was broken]

Qin Zhibo took a closer look and could see that there were indeed bleeding spots between the hair roots.

If we connect it with the previous investigation point, Yaxia should have been hit hard on the head and back, knocked unconscious, and then strangled to death.

In addition to these two investigation points, Qin Zhibo looked around and found that the third investigation point was held in Conan's hand.

At the same time, Conan did not rush forward to perform an autopsy, but instead used his height advantage to find a phone on the floor of the bathroom.

Conan picked up the phone with a handkerchief and immediately started fiddling with it.

Soon, he discovered some clues.

On the page above the phone, there was a selfie of a naked woman with some kind of string tightening her neck.

But unfortunately, the photo only shows the naked woman's chin and the top of her two hemispheres.

And there is a very obvious black mole on the woman's chest.

Conan was shocked and remembered that Kinukawa Kazuki had said in the afternoon that his mother had a black mole on her chest.

Just as Conan was thinking about how to tell this matter without hurting Kinukawa Kazuki, a voice sounded faintly in his ears.

"You, when did you learn to identify pornographic pictures?"

"what!"

Conan was startled and almost dropped his phone, but fortunately Qin Zhibo snatched it away.

When Qin Zhibo saw the photo above, he realized that his previous reasoning was wrong.

In the photo, Yaxia had his eyes open when he was being strangled, which means he was not unconscious. He was just holding the camera and taking a selfie at the time and had no time to resist.

Most people would just take a photo and post it on WeChat Moments after a car accident, but Duck Xia had the rope around his neck, so he still had to take a photo first.

As expected of a journalist, he is so dedicated!

Thanks to Ya Xia's professionalism, the photo was rarely blurred. The murderer clearly had female features, which were not small and had a mole on it.

【Survey√】

The murderer is a woman, but what's noteworthy is the line around her neck?

Qin Zhibo looked carefully at the rope wrapped around the duck's neck. It was indeed very thin, even like some kind of silk or thin thread.

This reminded Qin Zhibo of the killer Tachibana Maya's favorite weapon, which was wire. His battle record was to use the wire to strangle Mouri Kogoro's neck and hang him up, but there was not even a mark left on Mouri Kogoro's neck.

Of course, Kogoro Mouri's neck is an exception. Most people can be strangled to death with wire.

If the murder weapon is a relatively tough silk thread, such as iron wire or fishing line, the murderer will definitely have calluses on his hands, or there will be marks on his hands from the silk thread.

Thinking of this, Qin Zhibo felt that there was no need to drag it on, so he quickly returned the phone to Conan and hurriedly left the bathroom.

Conan stared at Qin Zhibo as he left, not knowing what he was going to do, and was hesitant about whether he should follow him.

If I follow him, it will violate the previous competition principle of fair competition and not looking at the answers in advance.

If I don't follow him, I'm really curious about what clues Qin Zhibo can deduce from this photo.

Well, let's compete fairly...

Conan gave up the idea of following Qin Zhibo.

At this time, Ran Mouri, who had just returned from calling the police, shifted her attention from the corpse to Conan's hands, and happened to see the inappropriate images on the mobile phone.

"Conan!"

"What are you looking at!"

Conan came back to his senses and looked at the angry Mouri Ran, then looked at the big, white photo in his hand, and his face immediately turned red with embarrassment.

"Sister Xiaolan, it's not what you think..."

"This, this is just a photo the murderer took before he died!"

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On the other side, Qin Zhibo left Room 205.

He first went to find the hotel owner, told her his identity as a famous detective, and asked her to gather all the female employees in the hotel.

Soon, a total of 7 female employees came over, including the boss lady herself, and their usual jobs were waitresses.

Although the details of the incident at the hotel have not been made public, the murder happened in their own hotel after all, so everyone was mentally prepared and looked a little uneasy.

"Detective Qin, these are all the female employees in our store. What can I do for you?"

Qin Zhibo introduced: "I think everyone should know that a murder occurred in the hotel."

"As for the specific details of the case, I can't tell you yet, but I need to see the palms of your hands. Maybe it can help me deduce who the murderer is..."

Qin Zhibo's social credit is now 9100. The title of famous detective is very useful. Sometimes he does not need to conduct private investigations, but can conduct public investigations.

When the female employees heard this, their expressions became even more uneasy and they looked at each other.

The proprietress also hurried forward and asked, "Excuse me... Is the murderer among us?"

Qin Zhibo nodded firmly, "Yes, the murderer is among you."

"Ah? This..." The women were shocked.

To prevent it from becoming a large-scale discussion, Qin Zhibo immediately said, "If you want to quickly eliminate suspicion on you, please extend your hand and let me see it."

Qin Zhibo did not give these women time to discuss and started with the boss lady who was closest to him.

The proprietress stretched out her hands cautiously, but Qin Zhibo corrected her posture.

"Palms up."

The boss lady's palms were a little fleshy and had calluses, but they were only on the pads of her fingers and the middle finger of her right hand.

The place where the wire is held should be the joints of several fingers, but there are neither calluses nor marks on these parts of the boss lady's fingers.

Although the proprietress was temporarily safe, Qin Zhibo did not express his opinion, but continued to look at the next person's palm.

One, two, three...

After looking at four people in a row, the hands of each of them were different from the murderer Qin Zhibo imagined, and these people also had no calluses or marks from being strangled.

However, Qin Zhibo did not express his opinion, just nodded and passed it by.

When it was the turn of Saegusa Asaka with the long braid, Qin Zhibo stopped.

Perhaps because of some unpleasantness with Qin Zhibo before, Saegusa Asaka looked unconvinced, but she had to obediently stretch out her hand for Qin Zhibo to check.

Asaka Saegusa's palms are different from those of other female employees. She has more calluses on her palms. Although they are not thick, they do affect her appearance.

In addition, the skin color on the first joints of her middle finger and index finger on her right hand was a little burnt yellow, which was obviously different from other parts.

The woman smokes.

Qin Zhibo immediately made a judgment in his mind, because the two burnt parts were the proof that she had been holding cigarettes with her fingers for a long time.

Qin Zhibo calmly reached out his hand, held Sanzhi Chaoxiang's palm and examined it carefully.

Asaka Saegusa subconsciously pulled back, but seeing that the female employees and the boss's wife around her were staring at her, she couldn't say no.

When Qin Zhibo touched her hand, he started the long-awaited character investigation.

【Survey√】

Name: Atsuko Kinukawa

Gender: Female

Age: 28

Occupation: Unemployed

Social Credit: 300

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Luck: 35

Skills: Special skills (gambling), games, cooking...

After seeing this information, Qin Zhibo understood everything and let go of her hand.

It was the last female employee's turn, the short-haired girl who was seen in the bathhouse just now, named Bessho Toshiko.

When they met face to face, Qin Zhibo discovered that she had a black mole on her chin.

Generally, people who have moles on their bodies don’t have just one, they also have moles in places that cannot be seen.

But her palms also did not meet the requirements, and there were no signs of silk thread being used.

"All right……"

Qin Zhibo stepped back and announced, "I've finished reading everything. Everyone can go about their business."

The proprietress quickly stepped forward to ask "Who is the murderer?", but Qin Zhibo evaded the question by saying "I have no comment".

Just like that, the waitresses left in groups of two or three, discussing in low voices.

In fact, when these waitresses gathered together and Qin Zhibo saw that none of them had any investigation points in their hands, he had a premonition.

But such a thin thread, no matter what material it is made of, will definitely leave marks on the hand unless there are calluses at the corresponding position to protect it.

Unless marks appear on your hands, deal with them quickly within a short period of time.

This reminded Qin Zhibo of when he went to the bathhouse, the proprietress, Saegusa Asaka, and Bessho Toshiko were all taking a bath.

Soaking in hot water can speed up the recovery of skin scars.