Coroner Ke Xue

Nakamura Minori seemed to have lost her soul, and her eyes became empty.

Even though Lin Xin had told her very solemnly early on that the physical evidence would definitely prove her innocence, she was still so desperate and uneasy.

This makes it impossible to tell whether she simply has a poor psychological quality and cannot bear the fear of being framed.

Or, she was simply the murderer, going crazy and trying to fight to the death.

Everything remains unknown until the physical evidence is sent to the Metropolitan Police Department tomorrow.

And this time.

The focus suddenly shifted from the number one suspect, Minori Nakamura, to Koko Mihara, who had just woken up.

I saw Mihara Koko wake up from the initial dizziness, and then

Then, just like Suzuki Sonoko just now, she stood up from the sofa with a pale face:

"Dead, dead people——"

"There's a body under that bed!"

Mihara Akiko trembled and said a shocking sentence.

"Corpse?!" Everyone was shocked:

Everything happened too suddenly. Lin Xinyi was busy rescuing people, searching people, and questioning people, and had no time to carefully survey the scene.

But now, Mihara Akiko said:

"There seemed to be a body under the bed in that room."

"I accidentally glanced at him when I was bending down to pick something up, and then I was suddenly attacked from behind."

"This" Lin Xinyi's expression became extremely solemn:

If this is true, there was a victim in the villa before the attack.

"Go over and have a look!"

Lin Xinyi stood up and returned to the scene, and everyone followed nervously.

Then, in front of everyone, from the shadow under the big bed in the guest room

A body was pulled out.

"Sugiyama! It's Mr. Sugiyama!"

Yonehara, Nakamura, Sakai, and Shimoda were all shocked.

The deceased person hiding under the bed was none other than Mr. Sugiyama, the one who let everyone down before.

It turned out that he had died a long time ago and was hidden under the bed in this villa.

"The cornea is slightly turbid, and cadaveric spots are formed but not noticeable. The cadaveric spots can completely disappear when the corpse is turned over."

"In addition to the generalized rigor mortis that has already appeared."

"Preliminary judgment shows that the time of death of Mr. Sugiyama was 8 to 10 hours ago."

"He was killed this morning."

Lin Xinyi's judgment caused an uproar among Yonehara, Sakai and others.

Before they had time to marvel, Lin Xinyi had already raised the arm of the corpse and focused on the large red characters on the back of his hand.

Like Yonehara Koko and Suzuki Sonoko, the murderer also left a word on the back of the Sugiyama teacher’s hand:

"み."

"み" Everyone realized something: "The first Mr. Sugiyama who was killed had み on the back of his hand."

"And Mr. Yonehara and Ms. Suzuki who were attacked later had Na and Na on the backs of their hands respectively."

"Together, it's Minako, Minako."

"M-Minaiko?!"

Among the crowd, Teacher Shimoda, who was previously unremarkable, suddenly read out this name with a look of horror.

His pupils were filled with fear:

"The murderer came for Minako?!"

Teacher Shimoda stepped back step by step, as if he had seen some terrifying ghost.

Seeing that he was about to break down and run away, Lin Xinyi stopped him with a serious expression:

"Stop!"

"Mr. Shimoda, please tell me clearly, who is that Minako?"

"Why did the murderer kill because of 'Minako'?!"

"I" Teacher Shimoda froze there with an ugly face and refused to speak.

At the same time, the expressions of Yonehara, Nakamura, and Sakai all became strange.

In the end, Mr. Sakai, who was still a fan of Lin Xinyi, struggled to tell the truth:

"Mochizuki Minako is a student we taught before."

"Three years ago, this little girl, who was still in the second grade at the time, hanged herself in the utility room of the school."

"After, after."

He hesitated for a moment and finally told the truth:

"Since then, there have been rumors among our teachers that there is another reason for Mochizuki Minako's suicide."

"Because all teachers who have taught Minako, classmates who know Minako, and Minako's parents know that she is usually a very innocent, cute, cheerful and lively child."

"Her family relationship is also very harmonious, and her parents love her very much."

"So, Minako really has no reason to commit suicide."

"However, because the school tried its best to suppress the bad rumors, and the Metropolitan Police Department quickly closed the case with the result of 'suicide' after investigation."

Hearing this, Lin Xinyi's face darkened:

The Metropolitan Police, the Metropolitan Police again.

A little girl in the third grade.

Not even a motive for committing suicide was found. In fact, her parents, teachers, and classmates all thought there was something fishy about her suicide.

The Metropolitan Police Department was able to close the case with "suicide" so damn quickly——

This is simply a waste of human life! !

Lin Xinyi was so angry that he couldn't help but cursed in his heart.

Those old fritters who are still earning a salary in the forensics class thought that they were just fishing for wages, and it was no big deal.

But these guys who don't have "people" in their dictionary don't know that as the people's shield, the police, fishing for wages, is equivalent to indirect murder!

If it weren't for the lack of authority, Lin Xinyi would have wanted to tell all these bastards to pack up and get out.

"calm down."

Lin Xinyi suppressed the unknown anger.

He tried hard to bring his attention back to the present and focus on the current case:

"In other words, there was most likely something fishy about the Minako case back then."

"Even, it may not be suicide, but homicide."

"And the murderer's motive for today's murder is probably to avenge Minako three years ago."

As he said that, Lin Xinyi glanced at the dead teacher Sugiyama on the ground.

He looked at Teacher Yonehara again.

It is very possible that both of them were related to Minako's death that year.

As for Suzuki Sonoko, she was probably just involved by accident and became the culprit inexplicably.

"I don't know." Yonehara Koko said in a panic: "I really don't know the truth about Minako's death, and it has nothing to do with Minako's death."

She seemed to be frightened by the murderer's motives, so she hurriedly declared to everyone present:

"If any of you want to avenge Minako's death, don't count me in either!

"I really have nothing to do with what happened back then!"

"." Lin Xinyi looked away without comment.

He turned his attention to Teacher Shimoda again, this guy who was trembling with fear as soon as he heard the word "Minako".

This guy's reaction was so big, it was obviously related to Minako's death.

"Look, look what I'm doing."

Teacher Shimoda turned his head guiltily:

"Minako's death was suicide. I only know this much."

"Don't ask me, I, I want to go back to my room to rest."

He said this in a hurry, and then slowly stepped back, as if he wanted to escape.

"stop!"

"From now on, everyone is together."

"Especially you teachers, no one is allowed to leave."

"This is also for your safety."

Lin Xinyi said in a faint tone:

"After all, if any of you is related to Minako's suicide case that year."

"Aren't you afraid that the murderer will come to your door again when you are alone?"

Someone has died here.

Everyone is still trapped in this blizzard villa.

There are still people who want to be like the team of stupid protagonists in horror movies, who inexplicably separate and act separately.

Take the initiative to give yourself the "isolated" debuff.

Then they were defeated by the murderers one by one.

Isn't this seeking death?

"Until the identity of the murderer is determined, no one can be left alone."

"You must gather together and sit under our protection until the Metropolitan Police Department's support team goes up the mountain tomorrow."

Lin Xinyi gave the order in a serious tone.

Hearing this, Mihara Koko's face darkened slightly.

Teacher Shimoda was also slightly startled, and subconsciously asked:

"Haven't the murderers been caught already?"

"Teacher Nakamura is already under control, why are we so careful?"

"What did you say?!" Minori Nakamura shouted with a livid face:

"I'm not a murderer, Shimoda, don't slander anyone!"

"What do you mean by spitting blood?"

"You are obviously the murderer. The ropes and reagent bottles are all on you."

With 70% fear and 30% repulsion, Teacher Shimoda gritted his teeth and stared at Nakamura Minori and said:

"I think it's you too, Nakamura!"

"You had the best relationship with Minako at the time, so, that's why you were nervous and felt that there was something fishy about Minako's suicide."

"Then, Sugiyama and Yonehara, these two teachers who were close to Minako, were regarded by you as the bad guys related to Minako's death in your imagination, and became your targets for revenge!"

"Nonsense!"

Nakamura Minori defended herself in a panic:

"I have a good relationship with Minako"

"But, we are all Minako's teachers, who had a bad relationship with her at that time?"

"In terms of motives, Shimoda, Sakai, and Yonehara, you three may also be the murderers!"

"I" Mihara Koko reacted in panic: "How could I be the murderer? I am the victim!"

"Yes!" Suzuki Sonoko helped: "When I came in, Mr. Yonehara was still lying on the ground!"

Everyone was noisy.

"That's enough!" Lin Xin shouted to stop the chaos.

"I said that Ms. Nakamura is only the number one suspect now, and we cannot yet confirm that she is the murderer."

"Since the identity of the murderer has not yet been determined, we must use the most cautious and careful methods to prevent the murderer from continuing to commit crimes."

"So, you have to get together tonight."

"You can't be left alone, let alone step outside our surveillance and protection."

In fact, based on the motives, traces and physical evidence, it has been basically confirmed that Minori Nakamura is the murderer.

If you are braver, you can completely control only Nakamura Minori.

But out of professional habits and an almost paranoid rigor, Lin Xinyi chose the most cautious path.

As long as everyone does what he said,

"So be it!"

Lin Xinyi expressed his attitude firmly and arranged their respective tasks:

"I'll stay here to continue the autopsy examination and survey the attack site."

"Xiao Ai, stay with me and help me call Director Asai of the forensics department and ask him to help retrieve the files on Minako's suicide case three years ago."

"Miss Maori, take Conan outside the villa to conduct further investigation on the footprints left by the murderer."

Mao Lilan just rushed back to report the news, so the time he spent on footprint survey was extremely limited.

Lin Xin was worried that she would miss something, so he asked her to go back and conduct a detailed on-site reconnaissance.

He sent Conan over by the way, asking the great detective to help provide some ideas.

Everyone has a task.

"Chrissy."

Lin Xinyi set his sights on Belmode:

"You and Miss Sonoko, take Yonehara, Nakamura, Sakai, and Shimoda to the living room and sit and wait."

"Be sure to keep an eye on me and don't let them act alone."

It is more than enough for Belmode to take care of these four ordinary elementary school teachers.

Suzuki Sonoko is an addition, providing a pair of eyes when she is at a loss.

"no problem."

Belmod blinked.

Everyone went about their assigned tasks, and she took Mihara, Nakamura and others to the living room to sit and rest as instructed.

As soon as they sat down, Teacher Yonehara smiled and made a request:

"Um, Miss Chrissy."

"Since we are going to sit here all night, we can always go to the kitchen and get some fruit snacks, right?"

"Fruit?" Belmod narrowed his eyes.

Mihara Akiko's expression suddenly froze.

When Belmode looked at her like this, a trace of undetectable panic flashed in her eyes.

And just when she could barely keep the smile on her face.

Belmod smiled slightly and answered naturally:

"No problem, I'll accompany you to the kitchen to get it."