Stay away from Conan

Chapter 10 The Night Baron

Hattori Heiji looked around at everyone's expressions, and then explained proudly.

"The heart stops beating after death, and even if the artery is cut, the amount of bleeding is limited. Therefore, such a large amount of bleeding at the scene was caused by the deceased before his death. But now, judging from the blood coagulation condition of the deceased at the scene, the time of death of the deceased is not far from now. Not far away. When I entered the store, I noticed that there was surveillance at the entrance. It would have been too conspicuous for the murderer to leave the scene in such a short time, so in order not to be suspected, the murderer must still be hiding among you people at the scene! "

"But the murderer doesn't have to go through the main entrance when he comes in or leaves."

Gao Yuan was speechless.

"But Akechi, you have to know that in addition to the front door of our store, the back door is always locked from the inside. If the murderer doesn't take the front door, there will be no other way out."

Store manager Kinoshita Kawashi explained.

"That's right. When I first came here, I took a look at the back of the store and found that the door was indeed locked from the inside. If the murderer really left from there, it could only be that the murderer had an accomplice who was still in the store. But no matter what, you guys at the scene are all suspects, either the real culprits or accomplices!"

Hattori Heiji said excitedly, especially after hearing Takato's narration just now, he seemed even more proud.

Gao Yuan sighed, "There was actually something strange about the scene. There was so much blood, but the murderer didn't step on it and leave footprints. As you said, such a large amount of blood was left before the deceased died. . Considering the cause of death of the deceased, the murderer must have remained at the scene before the death, so it is strange that the murderer did not step on the scene when he left the scene that was already full of blood. "

"What's the matter? The murderer just needs to pay more attention. You see, Officer Otaki didn't step on it when he entered."

Hattori Heiji said nonchalantly, "And when the murderer left, the blood might not have spread like this."

Gao Yuan knew that he didn't hit the point, so he continued to explain.

"Don't you think the murderer would look suspicious if he left the box carefully through the door? What would you do if you were the murderer and wanted to leave the scene and didn't want to be discovered?"

"Needless to say, of course I have to make sure no one is in the corridor anymore..."

Hattori Heiji said, suddenly realizing what Takato wanted to say.

If the murderer leaves the box through the door, in order to ensure that he will not be discovered, it is best to confirm that there is no one in the corridor. But once he does this, he must get close to the door to listen to what is going on outside, or it is best to see it with his own eyes. Look at the situation outside the door, but there is only so much space in the entire box. To do this, you must get close to the door. At that time, the blood in the box should have spread to the door. In this case, the murderer would have to confirm that there is no one outside the door. It's too difficult. Unless the murderer didn't confirm at all and just opened the door and left. But is the murderer really so bold and not afraid of being seen?

Looking at Takato, Hattori Heiji understood that Takato had already thought of this before he said what he said before, but if so, how did the murderer leave?

Looking at the situation inside the box again, Hattori Heiji noticed the vent on the roof.

"You mean, the murderer entered the scene through the ventilation duct? Impossible, this vent is fixed and sealed with screws. Even if the murderer enters the scene through it, the screws must be removed. It’s impossible that the deceased wouldn’t notice such a move! Unless the murderer knew the deceased and was not surprised by the murderer’s appearance... But that’s not right, the murderer should obviously have a big grudge against the deceased!”

After thinking for a long time, Hattori Heiji felt that his head was a little big, and he felt like he was being taken in.

"It may not be as complicated as you think, but the truth depends on the condition of the vents. Officer Otaki, please go up and have a look to see if there is any glue or other things left on the edges of the vents."

Gao Yuan said.

"Do you suspect that the vent was removed from the beginning and then fixed with glue or something like that, and that the murderer only had to push hard when he came in? And then he fixed it with screws when he left so that he wouldn't be discovered?"

Hearing the word "glue" in Takato's words, Hattori Heiji understood it.

Takato responded with "Yeah", which made Hattori Heiji feel that he had underestimated this young man who claimed to be a detective.

Of course, it is not a great thing to be able to think of this, but because similar methods have appeared in the Lavender Villa incident before, so when Gao Yuan thought that the murderer might come and go through the vent, he naturally aroused this suspicion.

Officer Otaki immediately took action, stepped on the table, reached out to the edge of the vent and touched it carefully. Sure enough, he felt some sticky touch, and gave an affirmative answer.

"If that's the case, the murderer obviously came to this box in advance to do some tricks, but how could the murderer be sure that the deceased would come to this box?"

Hattori Heiji said in confusion.

"Before that I have a question."

Gao Yuan looked at the employee who had just returned from the front desk with registration materials.

"Did the network problems in our store happen after the deceased came to the store?"

When asked, the employee suddenly seemed to remember something, "It seems like this. I remember that the deceased came to our store to access the Internet for the first time that day. Soon after, we received complaints from customers that the network in the store was poor, and the deceased It was a rare customer who didn’t complain that day, so I have some impressions.”

After hearing this, store manager Kinoshita Kawashi looked at Gao Yuan and seemed to understand something.

"Akechi, what do you mean by asking?"

"Well, I have been managing the store's network these days and found that the culprit of network fluctuations comes from the store. It seems that someone came to the store to surf the Internet and installed malware on the store's computers, thus affecting the entire store's network. And the deceased has been doing this every day. Come here, I can’t help but be a little suspicious.”

The store manager asked questions as if seeking confirmation and received a positive answer from Gao Yuan.

"But why would he do this?"

Kinoshita Kawashi wondered, while Hattori Heiji on the side heard the unexpected clue and pricked up his ears to listen.

Gao Yuan really hadn't thought about this problem in detail. He thought about it briefly, and suddenly, Gao Yuan asked: "Did the network problem only occur after the employee asked for leave?"

After Gao Yuan asked this question, the employees in the store suddenly understood and said that it was indeed the case.

After listening to their remarks, Hattori Heiji also said: "Speaking of the fact that the murderer this time wanted to do something in the store in advance, it shows that he knows the structure of this Internet cafe very well. In that case, the employee who asked for leave you mentioned is very It’s suspicious!”

At this time, the siren sounded outside the door, and the police who had just received the alarm came to the scene. However, the people who came seemed to be Officer Otaki’s subordinates. The deployment of the scene was quickly arranged by Officer Otaki. In addition to the on-site protection and evidence collection In addition, they also specially sent police officers to investigate the ventilation ducts, and then considering what Hattori Heiji said just now, they planned to go to the home of the employee who was on leave to investigate.

"How about it? Do you want to go to the home of the employee who is on leave?"

Hattori Heiji invited Takato.

Just when Gao Yuan was about to agree happily, an employee ran over in a panic and said to Kinoshita Kawashi: "Store manager! It's bad! The server in the store..."

Hearing this, Gao Yuan's expression changed slightly and he ran towards the main computer that manages the server in the store. The store manager and Hattori Heiji also followed him. Seeing Hattori in such a hurry, Kazuha and Officer Otaki also hurriedly followed. .

When I came to the main computer, I saw that all the data in the server was being deleted by an unknown program!

There is a virus program that bypasses the firewall I wrote! And the emergency procedures were not triggered!

Gao Yuan made several emergency operations but was unable to save his life!

The Night Baron!

Gao Yuan subconsciously thought of this name!