I'm Not a Detective

Takeshi Nanabahara was thinking about this very suspicious "death message" when Qingmi Liuli ran back, held his hand again, and told him the news he had inquired about, "The murder weapon has not been found yet, and the forensics department is still searching, but since then Judging from Oguri-san's wounds, the murder weapon should be a stone on the bonsai rockery."

Takeshi Nanahara nodded. He had guessed it before, but Qingmi Ruri still led him over and touched the bonsai rockery that was originally placed on the table. The bonsai rockery shrank into an inch, was steep and rugged, and was made up of many strange stones. Well, there is currently a palm-sized piece missing. Combined with the wound on the back of Oguri Yinchuan's head, we can basically conclude that the missing piece of strange stone is the murder weapon, but we don't know where it was hidden by the murderer.

After touching the bonsai rockery, Takeshi Nanabahara looked thoughtful.

Qingjian Liuli immediately asked with concern: "Is there anything wrong?"

Takeshi Nanahara pondered and said: "There is indeed something wrong. I can understand that the murderer casually touched a stone as the murder weapon, but why did he take it away? It is a bonsai stone that cannot be pointed at anyone. Isn't it good to leave it at the scene? Take it away. Whether you hide it or throw it away, the risk is higher, right?"

Qingjian Liuli immediately said: "This is easy to explain. There will be the murderer's fingerprints on the murder weapon, so he has to take it away!"

Takeshi Nanahara turned his head towards the bathroom, raised his eyebrows and said, "Take the evidence back to clean your fingerprints?"

Qingjian Liuli also looked at the bathroom, feeling that there was no need to take the stone back with him after cleaning it. He hesitated and said, "Maybe it was because of impulsive crime. The murderer was confused at the time and instinctively ran away with the weapon. Or he was too nervous after killing the person. My mind went blank, I just thought that I couldn’t leave the murder weapon with fingerprints on it at the scene, but I didn’t expect that I could clean the murder weapon here.”

Takeshi Nanabaru touched his chin and said, "Criminal on impulse?"

Qingmi Ruri tried his best to fulfill his duties as an "eye" and assistant, trying to help him clear his mind. After thinking for a while, he said: "It should be an impulsive crime. This is also the current judgment of the Asahikawa police. Judging from the situation at the scene, the crime It should be easy to go through.

The murderer came to chat with Oguri-san for reasons such as being unable to sleep at night. Because he was an old classmate, Oguri-san was completely unprepared for the murderer. During the conversation, the murderer picked up a stone and hit him in the back of the head, causing him to be on the verge of death and in a deep coma. Later, the murderer mistakenly thought that he was dead and escaped with the murder weapon. Finally, Oguri-san woke up briefly before his death and struggled to leave a death message... The entire crime process should be like this, don't you think it's wrong? "

Takeshi Nanahara kept touching his chin and said in deep thought: "Although it doesn't make sense at all, it still sounds a bit strange. If the murderer committed the crime impulsively, could the two of them have been calm during the previous conversation? Oguri Yinchuan is a criminal policeman after all. Even ordinary people are not as vigilant. We had a dispute before, and you were able to show the back of your head to the other party, and then got smashed? That goes against human instinct."

Qingjian Liuli thought for a moment and felt that there seemed to be something wrong, but he hesitated and said: "Maybe the murderer is a gloomy person. Even if he is filled with hatred, he remains calm on the surface, so Oguri-san is not alert. .”

Takeshi Nanahara said directly: "Then a person with a gloomy mind and a hot-blooded brain would take action without caring about it? In a hotel where dozens of people live, risking being inadvertently seen entering and leaving the room of the deceased, or Are you taking the risk that one blow won't kill him and Oguri Yinchuan resists shouting, just hit him to death with a stone?"

Qing Jian Liuli was stunned for a moment, lowered her head and thought, confused: "It seems a little unreasonable, isn't it an impulsive crime?"

If it was not an impulsive crime, then the Asahikawa police have even got the basic direction of their investigation wrong. The Asahikawa police currently believe that the murderer suddenly had murderous intentions due to hatred in college.

She thought about it for a while, and the more she thought about it, the more confused she became. She said in confusion: "But if it was not an impulsive crime, then why did the murderer take such a big risk? Oguri-san came to attend the class reunion, and the murderer could have slowly found a better one. If you have an opportunity, don’t take advantage of it in the hotel!”

Takeshi Nanahara nodded: "Indeed, this is difficult to explain, unless there is some reason that forces the murderer to do this."

It seems to make sense...

Qingjian Liuli thought for a moment, then touched her chin and said thoughtfully: "If we don't consider the possibility of impulsive killing for the moment, just from the perspective of the murderer's premeditation, it is indeed possible that the murderer did not want Oguri-san and his old classmates. We had in-depth communication, and I was worried that he would accidentally say something he shouldn’t have said, so maybe Oguri-san has some dirty information about an old classmate?”

Takeshi Nanabahara was thinking about various possibilities. Hearing this, he nodded and said, "This possibility is indeed not small."

Qingjian Liuli immediately took out a small notebook and wrote down the doubt, and was about to ask the suspect purposefully when he came back to contact him. Then he asked with concern: "Besides this doubt, are there any other doubts?"

Takeshi Nanabahara turned to the position in front of the corpse and said: "The next thing is this symbol. Is this really left by Oguri Yinchuan? What did he want to express by writing this symbol?"

Qingjian Liuli also looked at the blood-stained A single letter, maybe it’s the killer’s nickname in college?”

Takeshi Nanahara thought for a moment, then went over and touched the bloodstain symbol on the ground, but no one stopped him. He had taken so many photos in the forensics class. The bloodstains on the ground would be washed away sooner or later, so it didn't matter.

Qingjian Liuli thought for a while and felt that there was still a lack of information to unlock the "death message", so he asked again: "Apart from these two doubts? If impulsive crimes are ruled out, then the disappearance of the murder weapon is also a doubt?"

Takeshi Nanahara nodded and said: "Yes, and why Oguri Yinchuan suddenly accepted the invitation, it's a bit strange if you think about it. He is not keen on socializing, and has not been interested in class reunions for more than ten years. Why did he come with him this time? It’s not a bit fishy at all.”

Qingjian Liuli hesitated and said: "I happened to meet an old classmate I haven't seen for more than ten years. It makes sense to come and play together!"

"It makes sense, but it's still a bit suspicious. Judging from Oguri Yinchuan's police rank, he doesn't seem to be a very gregarious person. This kind of person should not be easily called out." Takeshi Nanabahara turned around and left the scene of the crime. The information here told him After finishing the collection, he said with a smile, "Okay, it's enough to have these doubts. Now we should go see the old classmates of Oguri Yinchuan and see who can solve our doubts."

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After Takeshi Nanahara left the scene of the crime, Ruri Qingmi continued to act as his "eyes" and "legs" and went to find the preliminary interview transcripts of the Asahikawa police. He flipped through them and briefly read the key points to him, asking him to analyze each of them. The suspect's personal information is known.

Then she pointed to the hotel room and described the scene to him, "Now the twelve suspects are in their rooms, occupying ten rooms in total, all in the row on your left. Among these twelve people, two The couple occupied two rooms, and the other eight people each occupied one room. They had all booked rooms in advance. Oguri-san, who was invited temporarily, found one at night and lives far away from the classmates. "

Takeshi Nanahara nodded, indicating that he, a "blind man," already knew the environment, and Qingjian Ruri immediately asked: "Who should I meet first? Do you want to meet one by one by room number?"

Takeshi Nanahara thought for a while and said: "Let's start with Matsugaki Seiji!"

Qingjian Liuli asked curiously: "Why start with him?"

Takeshi Nanahara smiled and said: "He invited Oguri Yinchuan to the party. Of course, we have to start asking him."

Qingmi Ruri suddenly understood, and helped Nanahara Takeshi to Matsugaki Seiji's room, and Matsugaki Seiji and his gang were "voluntarily" assisting in the investigation. They all stayed in their rooms honestly, and saw the pair of Nanahara Takeshi and Kiyomi Ruri. A little surprised - a blind man with a JK? What are you doing?

Takeshi Nanabahara seemed to sense his doubts, took out the consultant ID card of Hirano Police Station, shook it, and said with a smile: "Matsugaki-san, don't be surprised, we are consultants who are here to assist the police in solving the case. If it is convenient, can we talk now? ?”

Matsugaki Seiji is a person with a cheerful personality. After hearing this, he didn’t pay much attention to the ID. He immediately smiled bitterly and said: "Of course it’s convenient. I promised the police not to leave the room today. You can talk to me about anything you want. I have plenty of time. But I have already made a transcript, and I have said everything I can say. You can actually read the police transcript directly, and it is useless for me to repeat it again."

Takeshi Nanahara smiled and said: "I know, but I want to hear it again, please don't mind."

Matsugaki Joji couldn't go anywhere today anyway, so he led them to sit down and politely brought them a bottle of water. He said helplessly: "It's nothing, you can ask. I also want to find Oguri-kun's murderer as soon as possible." .”

Takeshi Nanahara immediately said: "Let's start with why you invited Oguri-san!"

Matsugaki Seiji sighed: "There is no reason. I haven't seen him for so many years. I suddenly bumped into him and asked him to come with me. There is no reason."

"How did we meet?" Takeshi Nanahara asked patiently.

Matsugaki Joji recalled the scene of yesterday's meeting and replied: "We set off from Sapporo yesterday morning and arrived in Asahikawa City at about ten o'clock. Then some people said they wanted to go shopping in Asahikawa City, and some people didn't. Interested in wanting to go directly to lunch, so we split up.

After we split up, I walked with Baosheng and the others, intending to find a unique place to try local food and take a rest, but I met Oguri-kun on the way. We hadn’t seen each other for many years, but everyone was very happy to meet us, so we invited him to have dinner with us. During the meal, I mentioned the party again, and he agreed. "

Takeshi Nanahara raised his eyebrows and said thoughtfully: "Agree directly?"

Matsugaki Seiji was stunned and said hesitantly: "It seems that he hesitated for a while, but it is normal. He was reticent when he was in school and rarely participated in various activities. If we hadn't seen him for more than ten years this time, I guessed he might not even come, so I just mentioned it casually."

Takeshi Nanahara nodded and asked with a smile: "Who were you eating with at that time?"

Matsugaki Joji immediately said: "I, the Hosei couple, um, the Hosei Hang and Hosei Tomomi couples, as well as Hinada Kanae and Kosaka Akira, there are five of them in total, and the other seven people went shopping in the commercial street. "

Qingjian Ruri immediately wrote down these five people in a small notebook, and Takenori Nanabahara asked in detail: "Who did Oguri-san talk to more when eating? Is there anything unusual about his behavior?"

Matsugaki Seiji recalled for a moment and hesitated: "The main thing is that we were asking about his situation. After all, we are in constant contact with each other. He is not in Sapporo, and we don't know much about his situation over the years. As for who he is with He talks more...probably he talks more to Bao Shenghang. They had a good relationship when they were in school. Bao Shenghang has very good communication skills and can chat with anyone."

"What about the others? Who talks to him less?" Takeshi Nanabahara seemed to be very concerned about this topic.

Matsugaki Joji thought for a moment and said hesitantly: "Both Bintian and Kosaka don't talk much... I haven't thought of it if you didn't mention it. Now that I think about it, it's a bit strange. Kosaka is usually quite talkative. Yesterday during dinner, It's quite quiet. Tomomi Hosei doesn't talk much either, but she's like that, always very quiet, but Oguri-kun took the initiative to talk to her a few times."

Qingmi Ruri immediately drew a circle on Kosaka Akira's name again, and Takeshi Nanahara continued to ask: "What did Oguri-san and Ms. Tomomi Hoso talk about?"

Matsugaki Joji said: "It's nothing special. I just care about her condition and talk about things from school before. It's just a normal reminiscence."

"Is it normal to reminisce about old times?" Takeshi Nanabaru touched his chin, pondered for a moment and did not continue to ask about the topic. He asked more about what he did last night, where he was, what he did after hearing the noise, and finally from Qing Dynasty When Liuli asked for a photo, he showed it to Matsugaki Joji and asked, "What do you think of this photo, Matsugaki-san?"

Matsugaki Joji glanced at it and said hesitantly: "This

This is the most critical clue in this case. Qing Jian Liuli immediately asked: "Can't you think of anything?"

Matsugaki Chengji affirmed: "Unexpectedly, I have thought about it for a long time and have no clue."

Qing Jian Liuli couldn't help it. The deceased's classmates couldn't think of it. So what does this X represent?