Chapter 147 Simulation scene
Chapter 148 Simulation Scene
"The victim is the president of this factory, Mr. Ishikura Hisashi, 50 years old." Dozens of minutes later, we arrived at the factory we just passed. Inside the factory, a middle-aged man was lying in a pool of blood with a dagger stuck in his back. The room was in disarray, and the safe had been pried open.

"It looks like a murder for money." Dad looked around the house and briefly told Inspector Megure.

"Well, we are currently investigating the case of robbery and murder." Officer Megure replied. "No one came to work in this factory today, and the boss, Mr. Ishikura, came to the company to confirm the finished product of the project. Brother Takagi, tell me about the deceased."

"Yes." The young policeman named Gao Mu saluted in a standard manner, then took out his police booklet and began to read. "From the degree of stiffness after death, the deceased died about an hour ago, and the cause of death was a dagger inserted into the lungs from the back. However, the specific details will not be known until the autopsy results come out."

"One hour ago? Wasn't that the time we just passed by here?" At the door, Mitsuhiko hurriedly spoke after listening to Officer Takagi's report.

"Yes, I remember that time too." Genta confirmed. And I nodded to Officer Megure.

"Hmm... is that really the case? Did you see any suspicious people at that time?" Megure said to us seriously.

"If you really want to say that... we were just trying to catch up with the driver at the time, so we didn't pay attention to other situations." Mitsuhiko said with some difficulty.

"Hmm? Hey, wait a minute, Mitsuhiko, look at this person, isn't he the driver who caused the accident just now?" Just after Mitsuhiko finished speaking, Yuantai immediately made a new discovery. On a table in the room, there was a photo. It was a group photo of the members of this company, and the driver who went to the police station to surrender himself happened to be in this photo.

"What? Is what you said true?" Megure hurriedly picked up the photo and looked at it.

"It's true, I remember his face very clearly." When I said this, I couldn't help but feel a little resentful. I certainly wouldn't forget so easily the person who had tricked me so many times.

"Do you think this murderer is this person?" Yuan Tai said seriously.

"No way? Is this just a coincidence?" Mitsuhiko asked.

"Of course he did. He was on the run after hitting someone. How could he rob and kill someone here?" Dad said sternly.

"No, that's not necessarily true." A calm voice reached everyone's ears. Looking towards the voice, they saw a pale golden figure squatting beside the corpse and observing carefully. "What if, I mean what if, the criminal didn't intend to rob the money, but simply wanted to kill people?"

"Huh? What are you talking about, little brat?" Dad looked at me with dissatisfaction. "We are investigating a case, don't interrupt."

"Look, uncle. There are traces of tape on this man's mouth and hands, right?" I pointed to the prisoner's wrists and mouth.

"Yes... it is." Dad checked it carefully and said, "But what's the matter? The robber was caught by the president while stealing the property, and then he tied him up. He felt uneasy and finally killed him. What's the matter with this?"

"Well... it may not be easy to explain, so let's perform it. Kojima-san, please come over here."

"Eh? Oh." Although Yuantai didn't understand what I meant, he still walked towards me.

"Uncle Mori, Inspector Megure, now let's assume that I am a robber and Mr. Kojima is the owner of this factory. Let's restore the scene and see if there will be any difference." As he said this, he walked out of the door of the room.

"Kojima-san, I will walk into this room first and start stealing things. When you come in, just think of it as you have discovered me. When my hand touches you, you can fall down."

"okay."

"Well, I'll start stealing now. Kojima-san, get ready to come in." After saying that, I walked to the safe and squatted down. Soon, Yuanta came in and shouted to me.

"Hey, who are you? What are you doing? Wow!" Yuan Tai had just said two words when I turned around and touched his chest with one hand. Yuan Tai fell down immediately.

"From the scene just now, there should be no problem with our performance, right?"

"Well, it does look like a scene where a robber is discovered and kills the person who discovers him." Megure nodded.

"Well, if that's true, the dagger should be stuck in the front of the deceased. How could it be stuck in the back?" I said.

"Maybe the president was scared and wanted to escape, and was stabbed to death by the criminal?" Dad retorted.

"Well, that's indeed possible. Then, Kojima-san, please stand there with your back to me. After I tap your back, you fall down."

"Oh."

After getting Yuan Tai's response, I started to walk into the door. I slowly moved closer to Yuan Tai, then reached out and tapped Yuan Tai's back. Yuan Tai also cooperated very well, and fell down with a scream.

"If I were the criminal, since I wanted to rob, I would definitely kill the boss quietly from behind, or like Uncle Maori said, stab the boss from behind when he escapes. But the point is that after that, I would immediately go to the safe to find valuables and then flee the scene as quickly as possible. Officer Megure, you are a policeman, you must have encountered many cases like this before, right?"

"Hmm? Ah. Indeed." Megure responded for a moment, then answered me. "Then I want to ask, are there any criminals who would kill a person, tie up the dead body with tape, and then tear off the tape after stealing the money, wasting time like this?"

"This... is true. If he is a robber who wants to kill for money, he would never do this unless he has some special purpose. This whole set of actions will waste at least five to ten minutes of time." Megure thought with his chin in his hand.

"Well... Next. Tsuburaya-san, please help me." I helped Genta up, called Mitsuhiko over, whispered a few words in his ear, and then walked out of the room again. Like Genta, Mitsuhiko also had his back to me. But the difference was that I was holding a roll of tape from the table. I started to approach Mitsuhiko little by little, then grabbed his hands from behind and tied them up with tape.

"Hey! What are you doing! Let me go! Help! Help... Wuuuuuu." Mitsuhiko felt threatened by me and began to struggle desperately. But he was no match for me. In a few seconds, I tied him up with tape.

"Sorry, Tsuburaya-san, I used a little too much force." I smiled apologetically at Mitsuhiko and untied the tape that was binding him.

"No, it doesn't matter. It's for solving the case anyway." Mitsuhiko smiled at me and scratched the back of his head.

"But, Xiaoxun, what are you doing again?" Inspector Megure was puzzled by my behavior.

"Well, what we just demonstrated was how to tie up the target directly with tape. But as you can see, a normal person would definitely struggle in such a situation. Now please look at Tsuburaya's wrist and mouth, and then compare them with the marks of tape on the deceased's body."

"Hmm..." Megure looked at Mitsuhiko's arm, then compared it to the dead man, and suddenly realized. "This! The tape marks on the dead man's body are too neat!"

"Yes, that's my question. If it was taped, why are the tape marks on the deceased so even? If he resisted, the marks on his body should be like Mitsuhiko's, with uneven marks due to resistance." I smiled. "Then the question is, how did the murderer tie the tape so evenly?"

After hearing my question, the whole audience was silent.

"That's right. All we need to do is make the target lose the ability to resist. Then the question arises again. How can we make the target lose the ability to resist without knowing it?"

"Hmm... anesthetic? And it must be done by an insider with a key!" Dad said after thinking for a while, dragging his chin.

"Hey~ Uncle really is a famous detective. He solved my question in no time." I hurriedly went up to him and acted cute.

"Of course. With me, Maori Kogoro, taking action, such a small matter is not worth mentioning at all~mehahahahaha."

"But... what was the purpose of the criminal tying up the deceased?" Inspector Megure continued to ask.

"Because of time." I said. "As long as the victim is tied up and cannot move, you can kill him at any time you like!"

"What?!" Inspector Megure and his father were both shocked.

"Yes, the time of death of the deceased was exactly when we passed by here." Yuantai seemed to understand.

"At that time on this street, we lost track of the driver who hit the person for about five minutes. If we used these five minutes, it would be enough to kill someone!" Mitsuhiko also hurriedly chimed in.

"Idiots! How is it possible to kill and rob in such a short time?" The father yelled at the children in dissatisfaction.

"That's why I said, what if, what if the criminal didn't intend to rob money, but just simply wanted to kill people?" As soon as I said this, everyone present immediately understood.

"What you mean is... the scene here was arranged by the criminal in advance? The criminal asked you to come here just to find you as witnesses to prove his innocence?" Megure looked at me in disbelief.

"I think so, and I guess the criminal is the one who hit Ayumi with his car. Because when we were chasing him, he stopped the car several times to wait for us, and when we chased him to the factory, the criminal mysteriously disappeared, and reappeared in front of us a few minutes later. His intention was too obvious." I answered without panic. "Although we don't have evidence yet, it is a fact that all the evidence points to the driver who caused the accident!"

"Yeah... that's true." Dad once again pulled his chin and thought. "Wait, how do you, a kid, know so many things? And even recreate the technique?"

"Ah... that." I answered awkwardly. "There's been a criminal investigation TV series on TV lately, and I saw a segment on that TV that used similar tactics to today's case, so I just wanted to give it a try. Hey, hey, hey."

"Hmm? Is this show on TV?"

"Because uncle, you only know how to listen to horse racing on the radio, so of course you wouldn't notice it." I found an excuse again.

"Well... it seems to be true. Never mind." Dad thought about it and gave up worrying about me.

"Anyway, let's go to the police station to check first." Officer Megure immediately confirmed. "From the above situation, the perpetrator is indeed a suspect. It just so happens that we just asked him to give a statement, so let's go back and ask him together."

(End of this chapter)