Chapter 317 Classic 3-choose-1 Ring Seal
Under a maple tree, they found an old man lying on the ground, leaning against the tree trunk with a dagger stuck in the middle of his chest.
Yuya looked around and didn't see anyone else. After telling Miyano Shiho to call the police, he went forward with Conan to check.
Conan touched the uncle's neck and whispered, "He's dead, but the body is still warm, which means he died no more than 30 minutes ago."
Yuya nodded: "The blood on the notebook is not dry yet, the time of death can be shortened to less than 10 minutes."
Conan glanced around and found that there was dirt in the gaps between the uncle's fingernails. He put on gloves and held the uncle's hand to observe it. Under Yuya's influence, Conan also learned to carry gloves and transparent plastic bags with him.
"There's dirt in the nails, blood on the fingers, and signs of friction," Conan said.
Yuya suddenly tilted his head and his eyes narrowed involuntarily.
At the same time, Conan also noticed something. He looked around calmly and whispered, "There are other people here."
Yuya lowered his head and continued to observe the corpse, while saying in a very low voice: "Yes, and there is more than one."
Conan has 100% confidence in Yuya's ability. When he heard him say this, his expression suddenly became serious.
After a while, the police arrived. The leader was a familiar figure, the confused policeman Shancuncao.
"Let me see who found the body..." Yamamura So identified a few people, and suddenly looked at Yuya with shining eyes, "You, aren't Kamiya-kun?!"
"Hmm?" Yuya, who was thinking (recalling) the case, heard someone calling him. He looked up and said with a smile, "Ah, it's Officer Yamamura. Long time no see."
Yuya had come into contact with this policeman before when he was following Conan around to solve cases.
As for Yamamura Sou, although he has poor observation and reasoning abilities, is not very courageous, and is a bit slow to react, it can be said that he is not suitable to be a policeman, but he is kind-hearted and easy to communicate with. Yuya's impression of him is not very good but not bad either.
After a few interactions, the two became quite familiar with each other.
"So, it was you guys who discovered the body?" Shancuncao could now see the few people clearly. They were all old acquaintances.
"That's right." Youye nodded. "The deceased was stabbed in the abdomen and then in the chest. The fatal wound should be the one in the chest."
Hearing Yuya's words, Yamamura Cao subconsciously looked at the forensic officer who was examining the body. The forensic officer nodded: "Yes, the situation is just as this boy said."
"However, all the belongings of the deceased have been taken away, so it is not possible to confirm his identity for the time being."
"As for his identity, I roughly know it," Yuya said, "This person is the AD of the "Winter Red Leaves" crew. His name is Katakana HOZUMI. I can confirm his identity with the production company."
As he spoke, Youya handed over the plastic bag containing the notebook.
"'Red Leaves in Winter', I know that drama." Yamamura Cao took the script and said excitedly, "To be honest, I also like to watch this drama. It is being rebroadcasted on the local TV station in Gunma Prefecture." He took out a small mobile TV and said, "I also brought the mobile TV with me, and I plan to watch it secretly when I have time..."
"I'm sorry, Officer Yamamura," Yuya coughed softly, "Should we first confirm the identity of the deceased?"
"So that's how it is, you are worthy of being Kamiya-kun!" Yamamura Cao didn't care about being interrupted, he laughed out loud, and then ordered the police officer beside him to confirm.
Youye covered his forehead with his hands. Although Yamamura Cao was easy to talk to, he would sometimes suddenly go off the rails. It was quite a test of patience to work with him to solve a case.
Seeing Yuya's expression, Yamamura Cao knew that he had gone off topic, so he asked, "Do you know the deceased?"
Yuya denied it, "We didn't really know each other. We just happened to meet when we came here to enjoy the maple leaves today. He asked us to go to the Red Tree Hotel to leave a message for a fan, and when we came back here, we found his body."
"Have you seen that fan?" Yamamura Cao asked quickly.
Yuya shook his head, "No, we just left a message in the guestbook of the hotel. The message was written by Sonoko, and then we left."
"Yes, yes," Suzuki Sonoko agreed, "The content of the message is 'I have found the tree you are looking for. Please come to the rock that appears in the last scene of the play.' Speaking of which, he even specifically asked that the message be signed in katakana HOZUMI."
"Katakana?" Shancun Cao asked in confusion, "Why do we need to use Katakana?"
Suzuki Sonoko said she didn't know and just did what the deceased asked.
Conan suddenly said: "Maybe that person is used to writing in katakana, the name on his notebook is also written in katakana." He pointed to the notebook in Yamamura Cao's hand.
Yamamura Cao took a look and found that it was indeed as Conan said, then he took out the notebook and started reading.
"There doesn't seem to be anything special recorded here... Hmm? There's blood on April 1st?"
Youye said: "That's right, and judging from the blood stains, it should be left by the deceased before he died. It may be a death message."
"Death message?!" Yamamura Cao was excited, "Did Kamiya see anything?"
Before Youya could speak, he analyzed it on his own: "Speaking of April 1st, the first thing that comes to mind is April Fools' Day... um..."
Shancuncao frowned, but still couldn't figure out anything.
"Mr. Yamamura," a police officer ran over, "We found an empty tent nearby."
Shancuncao pinched his chin and said seriously: "An empty tent? That's very suspicious. Keep searching!"
"Yes!"
Yuya's expression changed. If he guessed correctly, that tent should be where Kyogoku Makoto slept, right?
He observed his surroundings calmly and indeed noticed that there seemed to be someone observing this side in the shadows in the distance. He just wasn't sure if it was Kyogoku Makoto or someone else.
There were no more extra clues at the scene, so everyone took a police car to the Red Tree Hotel, intending to look for the fan to see if there were any new clues.
But according to the hotel owner, there are more than fifty people staying here today.
At Yuya's reminder, the uncle said that the fan would check into the hotel in the morning, so they only needed to investigate the guests who checked in in the morning.
According to the registration records, there were three guests who checked in that morning.
They are a young man with a fierce face and a very impatient attitude, with a nose ring, named Okuma Isamu;
An old man wearing glasses, with white hair, and squinting his eyes as if they were closed when he spoke, Tatsuzo Kamonuki;
The remaining one was a foreign traveler.
Youya raised an eyebrow. It was the classic three-choice segment again.
However, he had skipped this process and fixed his eyes on one of them.
He already remembered who the murderer was in this case.