Kuroda Biewei, who put his hands in his pockets, asked in a deep voice: "Have you caught the robber?"
"No……"
The fat policeman named Mamoru Saegashi shook his head, "By the time we arrived at the robber's hiding place, the guy had already gone to the building and we were empty."
Pouting Akiyama Shinsuke continued: "After that, the three of us divided into three groups and kept looking for Team Leader Takeda until we received the notification that his body was found."
At this time, Sanzhi Mamoru's eyes suddenly froze, and then his expression became tense.
"Could it be that the team leader came into contact with the robber before us, so..."
Before he could finish his words, he was denied by Yamato Gansuke who was squatting next to his head.
"No, only Father Taketa would never do that kind of thing."
"As long as he can arrest the criminal, it doesn't matter if he shoots and kills."
Yamato's words of help silenced the three policemen of the Takeda Group.
Qin Zhibo looked at these three people and felt somewhat familiar with this configuration.
Isn’t this one of three choices?
It's just that the target of choice appears among all police officers for the first time.
But what kind of grudge did this murderer have? He killed the person and destroyed the body.
A skill that makes it impossible for me to even touch this corpse...
At this moment, Yamato Gansuke continued: "Instead of caring about the condition of the robber, it is better to see why this head floated down from the river."
"Obviously the body has been burned for more than half a day, so the head should have floated downstream long ago..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a blond man with healthy complexion walked back along the downstream river bank.
"I think it's because the murderer hung the head on the railing of the bridge."
The person who came was none other than Toru Amuro.
He just disappeared for a while just to look for evidence.
As he spoke, he raised a damaged white plastic bag in front of him with his gloved right hand and showed it to everyone.
"I just found this in the downstream river, and it also contained the fake plasma bag used by the murderer."
"The murderer should have put the human head and the fake blood plasma bag into this plastic bag, and then tied it to the railing of the bridge with a flimsy rope."
"When time passed, the rope broke, and the human head and the fake plasma bag inside fell into the river. The fake plasma dyed the river water red to attract the attention of the people on the bridge."
While explaining the murderer's tactics, Toru Amuro very sensibly handed the plastic bag to the forensic police.
Such professional behavior shocked the faces of the Nagano Prefecture police officers present.
Zhufu Gaoming came over and asked: "Excuse me, your Excellency..."
"Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself."
Toru Amuro calmed down the rather sinister expression he had shown when reasoning, and showed a naive smile, "My name is Toru Amuro, and I am a close disciple of the famous detective Mr. Qin Zhibo!"
"Right? Teacher?"
Amuro looked at Qin Zhibo, and Qin Zhibo nodded in agreement.
"Well, this is my apprentice."
"Oh I got it……"
Zhu Fu Gaoming nodded thoughtfully and replied with that magnetic voice: "No wonder he can make such precise reasoning. It seems that even a disciple of a famous detective is by no means an ordinary person."
"Where, you've given me a reward..."
The corners of Toru Amuro's and Zhufu Gaoming's mouths raised at the same time, and they looked at each other and smiled.
The tacit understanding between the two made Uehara Yui, who was not far away, look a little stunned.
Although Zhu Fu Gaoming's attitude towards everyone was unhurried and condescending, this was the first time she had seen Zhu Fu Gaoming praise someone he had met for the first time.
Because Zhu Fu Gaoming still has some pride in his heart.
What she didn't know was that at this time, Zhufu Gaoming and Amuro Toru looked at each other's faces and had some thoughts in their hearts.
As for Zhu Fu Gaoming, he was still a little far away on the bridge just now, so he didn't pay much attention.
But now after meeting face to face, he remembered.
When I was still studying at Toto University, one day I met my younger brother, who was in middle school in Tokyo.
That day was in a coffee shop. The younger brother who had arranged to meet also brought a close friend named "Fengtani Rei".
His younger brother said that Jiang Guling's ambition was the same as his own, which was to become a police officer.
Falling to zero...
Toru Amuro...
police.
I see.
Based on these scattered clues alone, Zhu Fu Gaoming roughly guessed Amuro Tohru's true identity.
It was precisely because he knew the special nature of that level of identity that Zhu Fu Gaoming resisted his inner desire to communicate with him in depth.
At this time, Toru Amuro was also very clear about the identity of Zhufu Gaoming.
After Zhu Fu Jingguang "died" in the line of duty three years ago, he wanted to contact Zhu Fu Jingguang's family.
Information from the Metropolitan Police Department shows that Zhu Fu Jingguang’s only surviving immediate family member is an older brother, who is also a policeman.
This also reminded Toru Amuro of the elegant college student he met in a cafe many years ago.
Considering that the brother is a policeman, once he learns that his brother is dead, he may be impulsive and want revenge, thus exposing the mission of the undercover organization.
Therefore, Toru Amuro has not informed his family of Zhufu Jingguang's death all these years.
Fortunately, he didn't notify me.
Otherwise, he didn't know what to say to Zhu Fu Gaoming when Zhu Fu Jingguang was still alive and helping bad people.
At this moment, Qin Zhibo, who was standing next to Yamato Gansuke and looking at the head, pointed to the piece of skin on his forehead and said.
"Look at the skin in this area. Are there any unnatural blood stains?"
"What?"
Hearing this, Yamato Gansuke finally put on his gloves.
He raised his head and looked at the position of Qin Zhibo's fingers, and the pupil in his one eye suddenly shrank.
"Who is that! Come and check it out!"
A forensic police officer ran over.
Qin Zhibo pointed directly at the skin area and said, "Spray it with luminol reagent and it should be restored."
"ah?"
The forensic police in Nagano Prefecture don't know Qin Zhibo yet, so they don't listen much to the manipulation.
But Kuroda Biewei walked over directly and said sternly: "Do as he said."
Upon hearing this, the forensic police officer quickly sprayed the luminol reagent on his hand.
I saw an "×" symbol slowly appearing on the forehead of the deceased's head.
This is……
Qin Zhibo stared at the symbol and felt that it did not look like a simple letter X, because it was at a larger angle than the X, and the two lines were almost vertical.
In addition, the thickness of the lines is also uneven.
Qin Zhibo stared at the white light spots above and chose to continue investigating.
【Survey√】
[Imprints left by a bird's claws]
"Some look like the footprints of some kind of bird animal..."
"Is it a woodpecker?"
As soon as Qin Zhibo finished speaking, Kuroda Biewei, who was standing behind, explained in a hoarse voice.
"Due to its habit, the woodpecker must firmly hold on to the branches, so its claws will be in the shape of an 'X'..."
As soon as Kuroda Hei finished speaking, the faces of the Takeda trio behind him were shocked.
The three of them looked at each other meaningfully.
And this scene also fell in Qin Zhibo's eyes.
The woodpecker must have some special meaning to these three people.
Just as Qin Zhibo was about to walk over and test these three people, Uehara Yui suddenly said.
"The woodpecker will..."
"When I married into the Torada family, my late husband once said that he heard that there was a group called the Woodpecker Society within the Nagano Prefectural Police."
"Oh?" Kuroda Bie turned his face sideways, "I've never heard of this... what kind of group is it?"
"This..." Uehara Yui looked confused, "After my husband found out that I worked as a detective, he never mentioned it."
"But judging from his tone, it shouldn't be a decent group..."
Yui Uehara's words made all the police officers present look grim.
Those who have evil intentions don’t want people to see it, and those who don’t have evil intentions want to find out who the evil spirit is.
Qin Zhibo was a little curious about the highlights in Yui Uehara's words.
She and her husband are both married, but her husband doesn’t even know her occupation?
Forehead……
His intuition told him that there might be another story here.
"That's it..."
After hearing Yui Uehara's report, Kuroda Hei was not too moved, but instead handed over the tasks to the police.
The three members of the Takeda Group were responsible for asking if there were any witnesses of the burning corpse nearby.
Yamato dared to help, and thanks to his cleverness, Yui Uehara went to the police station to investigate previous case files to see if the deceased had any enemies.
In terms of command, Kuroda Bei's ideas are similar to Megure's.
However, there are indeed few clues in the case now, and this is really all that can be done.
"In addition, since Detective Qin is also the one who discovered the body, please go to the police station first and wait..."
Kuroda Bei did not mention Amuro Tohru, so its meaning is naturally self-evident.
Although Nagano Prefecture is not the territory of the organization, it would be a bit too arrogant to go to the police station openly.
Toru Amuro also understood what Kuroda Hei meant and immediately said to Qin Zhibo.
"Teacher, I remembered that I still have some things to deal with in Tokyo, so I will go back first."
"Oh, then you go first." Qin Zhibo also understood what Kuroda Hei meant by asking Amuro Toru to go back.
"Goodbye then, teacher."
Toru Amuro turned around and left without stopping at all.
And Zhu Fu Gaoming watched Amuro Tohru leave, with a deep meaning in his upturned phoenix eyes.
…
After Toru Amuro left, Qin Zhibo followed Yamato Kansuke and the other three back to the Nagano Prefecture Police Station.
Yamato Gansuke and Morofuku Gaoming went to investigate the case files, and Uehara Yui was responsible for accompanying the guests.
As for the guest, of course it is Qin Zhibo.
The two were chatting on the seats in the corridor of the police station.
During the process, Qin Zhibo asked about the thing he was just concerned about.
"I'd like to take the liberty of asking, just now I heard you, Miss Uehara, say that your husband doesn't even know your profession..."
"But if that's the case, how did you get together?"
Hearing this, Yui Uehara's face turned a little gloomy, but then he smiled again.
"As expected of a famous detective, his perspective on things is indeed different from ordinary people's..."
"Actually, I have no relationship with the deceased gentleman. We only got together after being introduced..."
"I quit my job as a police officer because of some things before, so it's normal that he doesn't know."
Uehara Yui did not tell her the real purpose of marrying her, because that would be a long story.
Immediately, she changed the topic.
"By the way, you should be familiar with the Maori detective who is in Tokyo like you, right?"
"Well, it's quite familiar."
Qin Zhibo nodded noncommittally.
Uehara Yui smiled and said, "Actually, Detective Mori has been to Nagano Prefecture several times before and helped us solve some difficult cases."
"I think if it were you, this case should be solved easily, right?"
"oh?"
Qin Zhibo looked at Shang Yui, "Are you challenging me?"
Uehara Yui had a smile on her face, "If that's what you think, there's nothing I can do..."
"Just think of it as a game."
"How is it? Mr. Qin?"
Seeing Yui Uehara's increasingly serious expression, Qin Zhibo also smiled with interest.
It seems that this woman's character is more aggressive than expected...
"Competition?"
"Since it is to solve the case faster, then I would rather obey your orders than be respectful."
"But since it's a competition, there has to be a little bit of excitement, right?"
"Luck?"
Yui Uehara looked startled, obviously she hadn't thought of this yet.
Qin Zhibo put down the drink can in his hand and continued: "Don't worry, I am a law-abiding citizen and I don't gamble."
"Let's just bet on truth and dare."
"The winning party can ask the losing party to choose truth or dare, and the losing party must do the same."
"This is a personal competition between me and you, Miss Uehara, but considering that you and the other two police officers are in the same team and cannot act separately, then let's consider the three of you together..."
"What three people together?"
Yamato Gansuke and Zhu Fu Gaoming, who came out of the data room, happened to hear the second half of Qin Zhibo's words and came over to ask.
Just when Yui Uehara was about to interrupt and fool him, Qin Zhibo spoke first.
"It's nothing, it's just that Miss Uehara and I were discussing the case..."
"What's the case?" Zhu Fu Gaoming frowned slightly: "Does Mr. Qin already have someone to suspect?"
"Well... that's right..."
If finding out that the murderer is likely to be among the Zhutian trio is considered suspicious, Qin Zhibo does already have a suspect.
"That……"
Zhufu Gaoming was about to ask, but Qin Zhibo shook his head meaningfully.
"No, this is just my personal opinion."
"Police officers, you should investigate the case according to your own ideas, and don't let me, an outsider, interfere with you."
"This is fair enough..."
"Fair?" Yamato Gansuke was confused by Qin Zhibo's words, "What is fair?"
At this time, worried that the two childhood sweethearts would find out about the competition, Uehara Yui quickly stood up to smooth things over.
"Detective Qin wants to judge this case fairly!"
"It's fair~haha..."
Hearing this, Yamato Gansuke and Zhu Fu Gaoming looked at each other.
The atmosphere was slightly awkward, but the topic was quickly restored.
After their investigation, they found that the most suspicious ones were the two cases handled by the deceased, Team Leader Takeda.
In both cases, Takeda shot and killed the suspect.
The first case was a man who took drugs and shot randomly on the street nine years ago.
The second case was about a criminal who took hostages in a bank and refused to come out six months ago.
