Coroner Ke Xue

"You want to use these clues to find the murderer?"

Jiang Guling frowned slightly and quickly realized something:

Lin Xinyi was always cautious in his words and would not make any unintended remarks.

Since he sounds so confident, that means

"Mr. Lin, do you already know who the murderer is?"

"Well, among the guests who stayed in the hotel that day, there was one person who was the most suspicious."

Lin Xinyi is always careful in his choice of words.

But his tone when he said the murderer's name was still full of confidence:

"The number one suspect who killed Representative Omu is the old ancient painting painter Ruyue Fengshui."

"Oh?" Officer Feng Gu was a little curious:

Based on only those previous clues, how did Lin Xinyi identify the suspect?

"It's very simple."

Lin Xinyi revealed the answer:

"Congressman Oki was seriously injured in that sneak attack, but he was still able to struggle with the murderer for several minutes."

"What does this mean?"

"It shows that Representative Ohgi is strong and tenacious in life."

"But from another perspective, it also shows that the murderer is weak and has low physical fitness."

"Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to deal with it so awkwardly and reluctantly even with Councilman Omu who was fatally injured and whose strength had been reduced to ten percent."

The murderer succeeded in backstabbing him at first, but he was still dragged into a struggle by the seriously injured Representative Ogi.

This shows that his own fighting ability is really unsightly.

"The evidence doesn't stop there"

Lin Xinyi pointed to the photo of Representative Omu’s head and facial wounds and added:

"There were multiple injuries to the head and face of the deceased caused by blunt force blows such as sticks."

"These injuries appear to be serious, but they do not damage the bones, they are just superficial skin injuries."

Representative Omu's head was beaten to pieces, and his head was bruised and bloody. It looked like a bloody mess, but in fact the damage was limited, only the flesh was injured.

The murderer was here to kill people, and he would definitely not show mercy.

Although the murderer tried his best to hit the deceased on the head with a stick several times, he still only caused such a limited degree of damage.

That can only explain

"He has very little strength."

"Even though he hit the deceased on the head with a wooden stick with all his murderous intentions, he failed to damage the deceased's skull."

Lin Xinyi slowly came to the conclusion:

"This murderer is a guy with extremely low physical fitness."

"Leave aside for the moment the small probability factors such as disease, premature aging, developmental delay, malnutrition, etc., in ordinary criminal cases, this often means:"

"The murderer is a minor or an old man."

"That's it." Officer Jiang Gu quickly understood what Lin Xinyi meant:

On the night of the incident, the hotel in the Twin Towers skyscraper had not yet opened.

Living in that hotel, the only people who have the greatest chance of attacking Representative Oki are Mio Tokiwa, Hosui Kisaragi, and the employees of Tokiwa Company.

And among these people, others are in their prime.

Only Ruyue Fengshui is a 60-year-old man who uses a cane to walk, and meets the characteristics of "low physical fitness".

Therefore, this famous old painter is undoubtedly the number one suspect in this case.

"But."

Officer Fangtani came next but:

"The identity of this old Mr. Ruyue Fengshui is just Chairman Changban's ancient painting teacher."

"He and the deceased Councilor Ohgi were just acquaintances who had met each other in social situations through Chairman Tokiwa's introduction."

"There is no relationship between the two parties, and there is no exchange of financial interests."

"To Kisaragi Hosui, he seems to have no motive for killing Representative Ohgi."

"This." Lin Xinyi spread his hands helplessly: "I can't tell you the motive."

He has now gradually become accustomed to not investigating the case based on the motive of the murder.

Because the motives of some murderers in this world are really bizarre:

The last time Sawaki was fair, he suddenly transformed into a self-destructing truck and blew up a crystal building just because a rich man who was no match for him spent his own money and ruined his expensive wine.

How can one check the motive?

Anyone who understands this motivation is not far from a bed in a mental hospital.

"Anyway"

"Let's put aside the motives."

Lin Xinyi skipped this topic.

But at the same time, he understood Jiang Guling’s doubts:

"Because there is no clear motive for murder, even if there is suspicion on Ruyue Fengshui, the suspicion must be greatly discounted."

"And the security facilities of the twin-tower skyscrapers are extremely poor. We cannot rule out the possibility of outsiders sneaking in to commit crimes."

"So, to be on the safe side, we have to consider:"

"This 'low physical fitness' murderer may not be Ruyue Fengshui, but a mysterious person who sneaked in from the outside world."

This mysterious person may or may not exist.

Since the police cannot find out the motive for the murder of the number one suspect Ru Yue Feng Shui, they must consider more carefully the possibility that the mysterious man is real.

"But I have one more piece of evidence:"

Lin Xinyi paused for a moment and emphasized in a serious tone:

"This evidence can once again increase the suspicion on Ruyue Fengshui."

"And this evidence is the murder weapon!"

He pointed to the close-up photo of the head of the deceased Representative Ohgi again:

"The hollow subcutaneous hemorrhage injury in the left temporal region indicates that the weapon used by the murderer to attack the deceased's head was a blunt instrument like a stick."

"The deceased had multiple injuries on his head and face, and most of the injuries were simple epidermal peeling and skin bleeding."

"The bleeding was relatively mild and the boundaries were not very clear."

"In addition, the murderer hit the deceased on the head multiple times with all his strength with a stick, but he failed to break the skull and cause bone damage."

"This incidates that--"

"The murderer used a regular, slender wooden stick with a smooth surface, not a metal stick."

Lin Xinyi first presented evidence and determined the type of material that caused the injury.

Then, he said in a more serious tone:

"There was a hollow subcutaneous hemorrhage of 12cm x 2cm on the left temporal part of the deceased."

"Pay attention to this '2cm'."

2cm is the width of the stick scar.

The width of the stick will be slightly larger than this, but not much larger.

"In order to ensure lethality and ease of use, the wooden sticks that can be chosen as murder weapons by murderers are generally relatively strong and thick."

"So in cases where a wooden stick is used as the murder weapon, the width of the impact scar is generally more than 3cm."

"In this case, the width of the wounds on the deceased was only 2cm."

"This shows that the wooden stick used by the murderer is different from ordinary stick-type murder weapons in that it is relatively slender in shape."

"Yeah" Officer Fang Gu nodded slightly.

He seemed to have realized something quietly:

Just listen to Lin Xinyi continue to explain:

"In addition to the dagger he used in the sneak attack at the beginning, the murderer later used a wooden stick during the struggle."

"But Officer Furuya, do you still remember what happened when we investigated the case last time?"

"We discussed then:"

"Usually when a murderer comes to commit a crime, he only has one handy weapon with him."

"If a second weapon appears, it is often taken from the crime scene by the murderer."

"The scene of the crime was the private room of the luxury hotel where Representative Ohgi stayed."

"How could such a regular, slender, smooth-surfaced cylindrical wooden stick appear in such a high-end hotel room?"

Of course there are no sticks in hotel rooms.

The stick was not taken from the scene by the murderer.

It was brought to the scene by the murderer himself.

So, here comes the question:

"Why did the murderer in this case carry two weapons?"

"Is it because he expected that he would not be able to defeat Representative Ohgi with a dagger, so in addition to the dagger, he had to bring a stick for self-defense?"

"But if it's because of this reason."

"Ordinary people wouldn't choose to carry something like a wooden stick that is too long, inconvenient to carry, and has limited lethality as a self-defense weapon, right?"

"Isn't it better to bring a dagger, hammer, scissors or other weapons than a wooden stick?"

“And most importantly”

Lin Xinyi asked several key questions in succession.

On this last question, he quietly emphasized his tone:

"The dagger is perfectly concealed in the bosom, but the slender stick is not."

"The murderer entered the scene peacefully as an acquaintance, and then took advantage of others' unpreparedness and waited for an opportunity to attack."

"But at that time, he was holding such a slender and conspicuous wooden stick in his hand."

"Wouldn't Congressman Ohgi see this?"

"Since Senator Omu saw this stick that could be used as a murder weapon, why didn't he become wary and let the murderer succeed in a sneak attack?"

"This" Fang Gu Ling said with a smile, "I understand."

Lin Xinyi's reminder made him figure everything out instantly:

"Because that 'wooden stick' had another purpose. It was not brought to the scene by the murderer as a self-defense weapon."

"So even if Representative Omu sees this 'stick', he won't be suspicious."

"after all."

Jiang Guling paused for a moment.

His eyes, and Lin Xinyi's eyes, both focused on that photo.

That was the photo of the suspect Ru Yue Fengshui in the case file.

In the photo, the old painter Ruyue Fengshui is wearing a simple and pure yukata, with his body slightly hunched and holding in his hand.

He also used a strong, slender wooden crutch.

"The second murder weapon used by the murderer was the crutch he always carried with him."

"No one would be suspicious of an old man on crutches."

"The murderer is Ruyue Fengshui!"

The second update will be later