Chapter 331 Investigation of the Crime Scene

Chapter 331 Investigation of the Crime Scene

Youya looked around the small bungalow and couldn't help asking, "Is this the crime scene?"

"Yes." Yamamura Cao gave an affirmative answer.

Yuya touched his chin and said, "Although it may be a bit impolite, is this room the bridal chamber? It seems that the deceased and Akaya Taro are going to have a wedding the next day."

Shancuncao was stunned for a moment and replied: "No, this is just the crime scene. The bride's body was found here. Their new house is over there..."

Shancuncao pointed to a two-story villa in the distance. From the outside, it seemed to have been renovated recently and had a lot of wedding decorations.

Yuya nodded slightly, pointed at the small bungalow and asked, "Can I go in and take a look?"

Yamamura Cao quickly said, "Of course, Kamiya-kun, please let me know if you need anything."

Yamamura Sou was very cooperative. He had already gotten a lot of credit from Kogoro Mori and Yuya. If he could solve this case, he would be able to add another achievement to his resume.

A police officer came forward and opened the door. Yuya and Miyano Shiho put on shoe covers and entered the house. They saw the somewhat messy room at a glance.

Yamamura Cao said: "This place has always been kept as it is. Except for the corpse sent for autopsy, everything else has not been moved."

"What were the autopsy results?"

Without the body, Youya could only learn about the deceased through the police's examination results.

Shancuncao looked at the contents recorded in the police manual and said: "The deceased has many scars on his body, both new and old. We suspect that the deceased was abused for a long time before his death, but according to our visits, the villagers don't know about this. In addition, according to the autopsy results, the deceased seemed to have been abused on the day of his death.

The deceased's chest bones were shattered by a heavy object, and according to the autopsy results, that was a fatal injury.

After killing the victim, the murderer cut off her head. The whole room was filled with blood. I was shocked when I saw it!"

Shancuncao looked as if he was still frightened. It seemed that the scene was very tragic.

Yuya pointed at the dark red marks on the wall and floor and asked, "So these marks are blood?"

Shancun Cao nodded repeatedly.

Youye hesitated for a few seconds. How much did the murderer hate the deceased to kill in such a cruel way?

"According to the investigation results at that time, the biggest suspect was Akaya Dalang?"

Yamamura Cao nodded: "Yes, during the time period of the crime, there were three people who did not have a clear alibi. Akatani Dalang's personal belongings were found at the scene, and only his fingerprints and the deceased's fingerprints were found on them.

In addition, someone witnessed a fierce quarrel between the two the night before the victim was killed, so we initially concluded that he was the first suspect, but we didn't expect him to escape..."

"I see." Youye nodded slightly. Generally speaking, in this situation, Akatani Dalang is indeed a big suspect.

But since the other party has entrusted him to find the real murderer, regardless of whether the murderer is him or not, Youye has to investigate it thoroughly.

Yuya turned around and checked the room, and soon found some strange marks next to the drawing of the deceased's body.

He stretched out his index finger and touched it. It was a little slippery. He couldn't help but reveal a surprised expression: "Is this candle oil?"

Shancuncao said quickly: "This may be used by the murderer to torture the deceased. We found traces of wax burns on the deceased's body."

Youye frowned slightly. What was the murderer's mentality? Why did he use candles to torture people?

Thinking of the old and new scars on the deceased's body, a bold idea suddenly flashed through his mind, and he asked, "Are those burns all new?"

Shancuncao was stunned for a moment, then replied, "There are new ones and old ones."

Youye touched his chin. There were new and old things. Could it be really as he guessed?

If true, that's quite interesting.

"What is the relationship between the three suspects and the deceased?" Youye turned around and asked.

Shancuncao flipped a page of the book, looked at it and said, "According to the confessions and the testimonies of the villagers, the four people knew each other, but no one provided any clues that could serve as a motive for the murder. The quarrel that day seemed to have happened suddenly."

"Where was the quarrel?"

“This is the house.”

"Who owns the house?"

"Akagu Dalang."

"What?" Youye was stunned.

Shancun Cao looked at the manual and smiled awkwardly: "The owner of the house is indeed Akatani Dalang, and there are some bad rumors among the villagers. It seems that the two often meet here secretly."

"···Aren't these two an engaged couple? Now is not the past, engaged couples can meet each other, right? Is there any need to be secretive?"

"Well, actually it's not true," Shancuncao touched his head, "It's just a rumor spread privately, and I don't know about it. And the villager just saw the backs and thought that one of them looked like Chigu Dalang. In addition, the owner of this house was Chigu Dalang, so he thought so.

Because there is no actual evidence, the deceased was killed, and Akatani Dalang escaped, so we have no way to investigate further. "

"I see..." Yuya touched his chin. The police must have investigated the conventional routes, but they did not make any progress and still believed that Akaya Taro was the murderer.

Even if he is not the murderer, a month has passed since the case occurred, and any evidence might have been destroyed.

So if Youya wants to solve the case, he has to find another way and look for clues from some special angles.

He decided to meet the villager who knew the rumor.

Under the guidance of Yamamura Cao, Youya met the villager, who was a middle-aged woman in her fifties.

Hearing that You was also looking for her, the auntie immediately showed a bright smile, her whole face wrinkled together, and her eyes seemed to glow with green light: "Hey! What do you want from me, handsome boy?"

Miyano Shiho couldn't help but frown slightly.

Youye's eyebrows jumped, and he took a step back calmly: "Auntie, I want to ask you something."

The auntie smiled and said, "If you have anything to ask, feel free to ask. Do you want to come into my room and sit down and talk it over?"

Youya waved his hands repeatedly to refuse: "No need, I'll just ask a few questions and then leave."

The aunt looked at Shancuncao and several police officers nearby, curled her lips and said, "You ask."

Youya coughed lightly and said, "I heard from Officer Yamamura that you once saw the deceased and Akatani Taro having a tryst in that room?" Youya pointed to the bungalow where the crime scene occurred.

The auntie covered her mouth and laughed: "Oh, you are interested in this too? Let me tell you, I saw with my own eyes that woman and a man entered the house, and I knew it was Da Lang from the back of that man."

Yuya pressed on, "Back? Are you sure just by looking at the back? Is there some feature that makes you so sure?"

The aunt was stunned for a moment, and looked at Youye in surprise: "You guessed all this? That's right, Dalang happened to have injured his leg those days, and it was a bit inconvenient for him to walk. I saw that person walking with a limp, and the back view was very similar, who else could it be but Dalang?"

"Leg injured?" You couldn't help but frown. His intuition told him that this leg injury seemed to be a key. "Are there any other special places?"

The aunt recalled and said, "Well, I overheard a strange sound coming from inside..." Noticing the strange looks from everyone, the aunt blushed and quickly explained, "It wasn't that kind of sound, it was just... how should I put it, it sounded like someone was being beaten but trying not to make any sound... That's all. I was afraid of being discovered by the people inside, so I didn't dare stay for too long."

A subtle expression appeared on Youya's face. Could it be really as he guessed?

"Okay, thank you, Auntie." Youye thanked her and left quickly.

The aunt looked at him with a dangerous look.

Coming to the police car that was holding Akaya Taro, Youya knocked on the window.

The car window was lowered, and inside was a police officer in charge of guarding and Akaya Dalang.

Yuya asked, "Mr. Akaya, did you injure your leg some time ago?"

Akatani Dalang was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, how did you know that?"

Yuya nodded slightly, but did not answer and continued to ask: "Besides you, is anyone else injured?"

Akatani Dalang shook his head: "Probably not, I'm not sure."

"So, did you and your fiancée meet privately in that house?"

Hearing this question, Akatani Dalang showed a slightly embarrassed expression on his face: "How do you know? Sometimes it does..."

Youye frowned. Could it be that the man the aunt saw was Akaya Dalang?

He thought for a moment and asked, "What is the reason for your quarrel?"

Akatani Dalang looked very embarrassed and stammered without saying anything.

Youya knocked on the car door and said seriously: "Mr. Akaya, I hope you won't hide anything. Anything could be the key clue for me to find the real murderer."

Akatani Dalang gritted his teeth and said, "It's like this, because I found a new scar on her body..."

"New scars?"

"That's right. I asked her why, and she said that I did it and I remembered it wrongly. Of course I didn't believe it. I remember every scar on her body very clearly. I was very sure that it was not me, so we started arguing..."

Yuya's mouth twitched slightly, and he was a little speechless. This pair was playing around quite wildly, and Akatani Dalang was even more exaggerated. He even remembered the scars so clearly?

Yamamura Sou and Miyano Shiho on the side had confused expressions. What were these two talking about?

"Kamiya-kun, what are you talking about?" Yamamura Cao asked in a low voice.

Yuya hesitated, glanced at Miyano Shiho - the other party tilted his head and gave him a puzzled expression, coughed hard and said: "Officer Yamamura, can you tell me about the other two suspects?"

Yamamura Cao nodded: "Of course no problem."

The other two suspects are named Kamikawa and Inoue.

Shangchuan is 65 years old this year. His wife has passed away for many years and his son has been working away from home all year round, so he has been living alone.

According to his confession, he was drinking alone at home at the time of the incident.

The police did find bottles of used wine in Kamikawa's home.

However, a simple bottle of wine could not serve as a perfect alibi, and this old man had a high alcohol tolerance. Considering the number of bottles of wine at the time, he would not be drunk.

Kamikawa did not have much contact with the deceased, and their relationship was very ordinary. At most, they would smile, nod and say hello when they met on the street.

Inoue was a 29-year-old single woman, about the same age as the deceased.

At the time of the incident, she was alone at home watching a TV rerun, and she also had no clear alibi.

Inoue had a good relationship with the deceased and Akaya Taro, and often went shopping with the deceased.

Yuya stroked his chin and thought: "Let's go meet this Inoue first."

Under the leadership of Yamamura So, Youya met Inoue.

Inoue was currently wearing a beige sweater and a knee-length skirt.

Yuya glanced and saw that there seemed to be a faint scar just below her knee.

"Ms. Inoue, excuse me, the scar on your leg is..."

Inoue showed a surprised expression, as if he didn't expect Youya to find the scar. He subconsciously retracted his legs to cover the scar. At the same time, he pulled his collar a little abruptly and explained awkwardly: "I got hurt accidentally. I have already treated it very lightly, but I didn't expect you to find it."

Noticing the other person pulling at his collar, Youya smiled faintly: "I have a keen sense of observation."

Inoue forced a smile, looked at Yamamura Cao and the other policemen, and asked, "What's the matter with you guys coming to see me?"

Yamamura So explained: "This famous detective Kamiya wants to ask you something."

"Detective?" Inoue looked at Yuya with some surprise. Such a young boy?

Yuya smiled slightly: "I want to ask, what exactly were you doing at the time of the incident?"

Inoue twisted his body awkwardly and said, "Haven't I told the police many times? I was alone at home watching a TV rerun..."

"Oh? Can you tell me the general plot?" Yuya said.

Inoue was stunned for a moment, made an expression of reminiscing, and then skillfully narrated the plot of the TV series.

Youya raised an eyebrow, "You seem very familiar with the plot? Have you seen it several times?"

Inoue was a little surprised and said stiffly, "Yes, yes, because it is a very popular TV series, so I have watched it. This is the second time I have watched it."

"I see." Yuya narrowed his eyes and continued, "So, do you still remember the commercial that was broadcast at that time?"

"Advertisement?" Inoue was stunned. "Well... when the commercial was on, I went to the bathroom and didn't pay attention to what the commercial was..."

"So..." Youya nodded thoughtfully.

Inoue looked at Yuya nervously, then looked at Yamamura Sou: "Officer, if there is nothing else, I think..."

Yamamura Sou looked at Yuya.

Yuya smiled slightly, stood up and said, "Excuse me."

After seeing Yuya and the others off, Inoue leaned against the door and let out a long breath, his face suddenly becoming gloomy.

Yuya turned his head to look at the closed door. The scars on Inoue's legs and the action of pulling his collar flashed through his mind, and he couldn't help but squint his eyes.

"You seem to have an idea?" Miyano Shiho asked in a low voice.

Youye smiled and said, "It's just a guess. Let's go and meet that Kamikawa again."