Conan's corpse picker

Chapter 1496 1496【Wanted Okiya Subaru】Ask for a monthly ticket (づど)
Inspector Asaph glanced at his men.

The young subordinate understood, leaned into his ear and explained in a low voice: "'Gothic Lolita' is a kind of clothing that has become popular recently, and the style of painting is rather strange—it is the kind of clothes worn by the deceased."

Another policewoman heard it and corrected her: "Gothic lolita costumes have been popular for a long time, but it's not very popular here, so people of Inspector Asa's age don't know about it."

Inspector Yasa, over forty years old: "..."

Hmph, what do you mean by "a person of this age", forty is clearly the prime of life!

He was too lazy to argue with his subordinates, and continued to do his business, You Sen stared at the two ice cream robbers: "The deceased indeed dressed like this, so what?"

One of the ice cream robbers didn't know what to think of, rubbed his stomach, and his face was not very good:
"As we got around, the Asian guy just came out of the public toilet. Before him, the lady in the gothic lolita had just come out of the toilet.

"The man looked at her several times, then he touched his neck, and the expression on his face became very scary - we didn't dare to look again after that, and left quickly... Believe me, that guy is definitely violent! Definitely It was he who caught up with that lady, took her back to the public toilet, and finally killed her!"

Inspector Asaph: "...violent tendencies?"

He recalled the appearance of the deceased—except for the fatal strangulation mark on her neck, she was not injured or beaten.That doesn't quite fit the picture that the ice cream bandits are emphasizing.

However, in terms of time...

Inspector Asaph: "When did you see them in the public restroom?"

The ice cream robbers hesitated: "I don't remember. Our, uh, our jobs are relatively free, and we don't care much about time. I just remember it was around noon."

"Noon?" Inspector Yasa's eyes sharpened - the time of death of the deceased happened to be between 12:30 and 01:30, so the Asian man was indeed very suspicious!

In any case, this is an extremely important clue.

Inspector Asa asked carefully about the characteristics of that "serious and terrifying Asian man", and asked his subordinates to organize manpower to find him as soon as possible—perhaps this would be an important step for him to defeat that little Tokyo detective.

……

Inspector Yasa finished manpower deployment and asked them to intensify their efforts to find the mysterious Asian man.

Then he returned to the scene of the crime as if nothing had happened.

When he entered the public toilet, the corners of Inspector Yasa's eyes twitched slightly—Jiang Xia was already familiar with his subordinates when he went out to chase someone.

At this time, the foreign detectives were getting close to the police chief. Sheriff Anna flipped through her notebook and shared with Jiang Xia what the subordinates had found:
"The time of death was between 12:1 and [-]:[-]. The victim was a Japanese descendant who settled in London. His name was..."

Jiang Xia looked at the string of Roman accents and read it out for her: "Kase Mihong."

"That's right, that's the pronunciation!" Anna raised her elbow and bumped into him, complimenting him, "You're amazing!"

Inspector Asaph: "..." What's so great about this?I didn't see you praise me when I spoke English!
He walked over and interrupted the enthusiastic subordinates: "Stop mumbling, hurry up and get down to business!"

After chasing Sergeant Anna away, Inspector Yasa turned his head and looked at the compartment where the corpse was.

The evidence collection was not over yet, and the deceased remained the same, sitting on the toilet seat.

Inspector Yasa glanced in, and his eyes quickly fell on the neck of the deceased.The dead young woman's complexion was pale. In contrast, the dark strangle marks on her neck were very conspicuous.

Hui Yuanai also followed Jiang Xia around the scene.Although she has little interest in murder, she has nothing else to do at the moment.

So soon, she also looked at the corpse.

When her eyes fell on the scratches that were almost perpendicular to the strangle marks, Hui Yuanai sighed softly: "It seems that she has struggled for a long time with such an obvious Yoshikawa line. She is still so young, how pitiful."

Mao Lilan has gradually gotten used to the mature appearance of this little girl, so her attention was attracted by another familiar word: "Yoshikawa line?"

Conan nodded and explained: "When people are strangled, they will desperately pull the rope around the neck driven by the desire to survive, trying to pull it away. But at that time, the rope is often strangled very deeply and embedded in the flesh. .

"In order to grab the rope, the deceased scratched hard, and it was inevitable that he would scratch his neck, and even scratched deep scars - Yoshikawa Chengichi, who was the head of the surveillance section of the Metropolitan Police Department during the Taisho period, first pointed out the significance of these scratches , so later the police called this the 'Yoshikawa Line'."

Mao Lilan has gradually stopped being shocked by the amount of knowledge of the children, and said numbly: "...So that's the case."

Inspector Yasa couldn't help the corner of his eye twitching, and he glanced here: "..." The children in Tokyo are too outrageous, what kind of education do they usually receive?Detectives start with first-grade pupils?
...Or, only the kid next to Jiang Xia was instilled with this skill?
At this time, a voice suddenly floated from the side: "By the way, Superintendent."

"Huh?" Inspector Yasa came back to his senses quickly, and followed the sound to look over.

Jiang Xia pointed to the deceased: "We seem to have seen this person at noon."

"Have you seen her, or was it at noon?" Inspector Yasa was taken aback, "Are you sure?!"

Jiang Xia nodded: "We got a 15% discount coupon for a coffee shop in the west by lottery. When we went to rest and eat, she also went to the shop. It's about [-] minutes away from here."

Inspector Yasa did not expect Jiang Xia to be involved in this case.

The next moment, the "suspicious Asians" mentioned by the two ice cream robbers flashed in his mind, and he suddenly had some guesses, and looked at Jiang Xia suddenly.

...and then silently looked away.

Inspector Yasa: "..." No, according to the description of the ice cream robbers, Jiang Xia's characteristics don't quite match with that "murderous Asian man", so they shouldn't be the same person.

After reaching this conclusion, for a while, he didn't know whether to be lucky or regretful.

Just thinking about it, Jiang Xia suddenly asked in a low voice: "What's wrong? Are you hiding something important?"

"?!"

Inspector Yasa was stunned, thinking of the clues he got from the ice cream robbers, he suddenly felt guilty.

But soon, he tried to make himself more confident, and snorted: "I didn't hide anything!"

...This kind of confidentiality related to the case should not be casually disclosed to outsiders.

And why feel guilty about a detective visiting for a tour?He's the native inspector!

(End of this chapter)