Ke Xue's Kogoro

Chapter 407
"Except for the sixth case, the first five were all assassinated with large knives. Through research and judgment, it should be stabbed vigorously downward with the murder weapon in the right hand. Moreover, the murderer used an electric shock device to stun the victim and kidnapped him, and then transported him to the abandoned murder at the place where the corpse was found and throw the corpse away.”

"And the reason we classified these cases as serial murders is that next to these corpses, we found mahjong tiles with red circles, English letters written on the back and vertical black lines."

Kogoro looked through the information, and found that the mahjong tiles consist of 1 piece of one cake and 5 pieces of seven cakes.One loaf is painted red, and each of the seven loaves also has one dot painted red.

According to general reasoning, the murderer may still have two targets to kill, so all the points of the seven cakes are painted in red.

The letters with black vertical lines on the back of the mahjong tiles are "AEAHZ" and an unknown character like a mirrored 7.At first glance, there is no pattern at all.

Shiratori continued: "Moreover, one personal item was taken from each deceased. Necklaces, drawstring bags, amulets, key rings, makeup mirrors, dolls."

"As for the last clue, it is the last words left by the sixth victim, Ryuzaki. The words Qixi and Jing."

After finishing all the clues, Shiratori looked at Kogoro and asked tentatively, "Leader Maoli, do you want to say a few words?"

Kogoro looked at Kiyonaga Matsumoto, saw him nod, and then stood up.Before the meeting, he received a text message from Matsumoto Kiyonaga, saying that this large meeting was also arranged by Director Baima.

The purpose is to let Kogoro show his skills, let other county policemen see his strength, so that Director Baima will not be gossiped.

Kogoro said: "Everyone, I know that most of you are not interested in me."

Kogoro's first words made the scene quiet.Those policemen didn't say anything, but they could tell what they meant at a glance.

Kogoro continued: "I know a truth, the face is not given by others, but earned by yourself. Next, you will see whether it is worth the position of team leader of the special service team."

"Cough cough."

Kogoro coughed, and then began to talk about his reasoning: "Before, I summed up three reasons for killing people. For morality, for fame and fortune, and for random killing."

"These dead people came from all walks of life, and lived and worked in different places. From this point of view, killing for fame and fortune is basically untenable."

"So either kill people randomly, or for morality. After each murder, the murderer leaves mahjong cards and takes away their belongings. This behavior is like a ritual. Therefore, I am more inclined that the murderer is for morality kill."

Kogoro's persuasive power was displayed, and everyone thought that what Kogoro said was very reasonable, except Conan.

Kogoro continued: "Let's consider the case as a moral killing first. Then we can deduce that these deceased must have some kind of connection, some kind of intersection. Our next step is to find the intersection of these people."

A policeman raised his hand and asked, "So how do we find it?"

Kogoro said: "It is basically travel and other activities that can bring together a few people who have no intersection in normal times. Now, according to the place of the deceased's household registration, the local people check all the travel records of the deceased. Look at these people Whether there is a certain activity such as tourism, we will gather together."

Kogoro continued: "There is one more thing, that is the death message left by Ryuzaki. Why did he say breath, Jing before he died? Obviously, when he knew that his brakes were out of control, he had already Understand that someone wanted to kill him. That’s why I think the murderer committed a moral murder.”

"That is to say, the word Qixi represents time, while the word for Beijing should be a place name, but the exact location is unknown. When you check the travel records of the deceased, focus on the time before and after Qixi."

"The last thing, Ryuzaki would say this before he died, which means that he should have experienced or even participated in a certain incident. In other words, he thought in his heart that he made a mistake at the time, so he died It was only before he realized that it was someone who wanted to kill him, not an accident."

"Now, start to act immediately!"

"Yes, Team Leader Maori!"

Everyone was inspired by Kogoro, whose persuasive skills were so terrifying.

Two days passed quickly, and the police search meeting was held again.

In the conference room, a group of police officers yawned. They had been working all night long to check information for the past two days.But their efforts were not in vain. Through their travel records, they found the only connection between the six deceased people.

It was Tanabata 2 years ago, and these six people were all living in a restaurant called Vega in Kyoto.At that time, a guest caused the fire because he did not extinguish the cigarette butt.

In the disaster, two guests died.One is called Ben Shang Nanako, and the other is called Miura Ueki.

Miura Zhishu is an elementary school teacher in his 40s. None of his family members have any abnormalities, and it has always been regarded as an accident, so he was temporarily ruled out of suspicion.

However, Nanako's boyfriend, Kosuke Mizutani, is currently missing.According to Kogoro's reasoning, there are already preliminary suspicions.

Kogoro took the latest information and said: "The only connection between the six deceased people is the hotel and the fire. According to reports, the escape stairs were no longer usable at the time, and the seven guests living on the fifth floor were accidentally rescued by taking the elevator. And These seven lucky guests are the six who have died, and the last one, Shindo Sumire."

Megure said: "Sato, Takagi is currently protecting Sumire Shindo's home, and nothing will happen."

Matsumoto Kiyonaga asked Kogoro: "So, Brother Mori, is there any clue about the murderer?"

Kogoro replied: "There are already some clues about this. According to my reasoning, the murderer, the deceased and the fire are all directly connected. When the fire broke out, the elevator with a limit of 7 people was already full, but Junpei Jinno, who was one cake, squeezed Nanako Honami out of the elevator."

"And the position of the other people in the elevator at that time should be the red dot marked by the seven cakes next to their corpses. Therefore, mahjong actually represents the elevator."

Kogoro said clearly and logically, but these are actually Conan's reminders.I have to say that sometimes Conan's reasoning is really unconstrained, and Ke can't learn it well.

Mu Mu couldn't help asking: "Then what about the black lines and unknown characters behind the mahjong?"

Kogoro said: "Brother, if you enter those characters into the search engine, you will know the answer in one second."

Those characters are actually Greek letters.At the same time, the A of Yibing represents the North Star, and the other letters of Qibing represent a certain star of the Big Dipper.At present, the stars that have not yet appeared are the B Tianxuan star and the Δ Tianquan star.

(End of this chapter)