Chapter 4 3. Unresolved tokens are red and black

Soon after, a searcher brought a list of the names of the relevant personnel and the remains of the seizure.There are not many remains at the scene, only small items on a tray and a black umbrella held by the searcher under his arm.At the same time, Shirato returned with difficulty holding three steel pipe chairs. Xiantang first glanced at the list of names of relevant personnel.Hakamata also wanted to meow, but unfortunately, Xiantang moved a step faster, folded the paper in half four times and put it in his pocket. "Then let's call the first discoverer, the teacher named Masumura."

After giving simple instructions, Xiantang looked at the leftovers lined up on the plastic sheet.Hakamada was still anxious because he didn't see the list of names just now, and recorded these items at the same time. Remains were divided into five groups. The first set was blood-stained Kleenex.The second set is the blood-stained student handbook.The third group is wallet, mobile phone, key chain.The fourth group is a DVD disc in a transparent case, the surface is all green, and there is no title written on it.The last set is an old satin tie and a large black umbrella.Small items other than umbrellas are packed in thin plastic bags for storage.

"Kleenex and other things were packed in the trousers of the corpse. Kleenex was in the left pocket, wallet, mobile phone, keys were in the right pocket, DVD was in the pocket behind the right buttock. The manual was in the left chest pocket of the white shirt. found in." Shirato explained, pointing to his pocket.So it turned out that the blood on the facial tissue and the manual was from the bleeding left side of the body. "The above are the things that the body carried with it, in addition to the ribbon and the umbrella. Both of these were found in the background."

"Where is this key?" Xiantang immediately picked up the keychain with his gloved hand.There are three keys, each with the key chain of the three apes who don't see, don't speak, and don't smell the sun, which are a bit out of date.There is no indication of which room the key is for. "This seems to be the key to the broadcasting room. 'Don't watch' is the broadcasting room of the teaching building, 'Buyan' is the broadcasting room of the new gymnasium on the other side of the teaching building, and 'Buwen' is the old gymnasium, which is here The key to the broadcasting room."

"Ah, yes, you already said he was the head of the broadcasting department. Is that where the broadcasting room is?" Xiantang pointed to the small room on the second floor to the left of the stage.Shirato nodded. "We also conducted some investigations in the broadcast room, and found nothing special." "What about this DVD? Is this also related to the broadcasting department?" "Yeah. I just confirmed that the video file inside is like "Introduction to Wind Hill High School". It should be made by the children of the Broadcasting Department."

"Then it will be kept by the minister... What about this one?" Next, Xiantang picked up the student handbook that was dyed black. "It's soaked in blood." "After all, it is near the wound. It seems that the victim has recorded a lot of schedule information in this manual. I was expecting that there would be his scheduled schedule for today..." Xiantang took out the manual from the plastic bag and opened it.Even though today's schedule is written on it, it's hard to see now. "...Leave it to the leftover investigation team." Xiantang put the student handbook back to its original place, then looked at the red ribbon again.

"You said this was discovered in the background." "Well, it's backstage on the right, this way." Shirato is already very familiar with the work of leading the way on the scene, and with a big wave of his hand, he brought the two to the right side of the stage.He opened the side curtain and walked in, passed by the side of the blood pool, walked down the short stairs with only four steps, and entered the somewhat dim backstage. It is said to be backstage here, but after all, it is in a gymnasium and there is not much space.A long staircase leads to the hallway on the second floor, and a hand-painted poster made of molded paper is unfolded under the stairs.Looking closer, it says "The Ninety-Eighth Cultural Festival".There are heavy iron doors on the front and right walls.

Considering the location, the door on the right leads to the inside of the gymnasium, and the door on the front leads to the outside.This is exactly what Shirato said next. "This is the entrance to the outside, which has always been locked from the inside." "Ok……" Sendo and Hakamada stared intently in the dark, confirming that the lock on the door was a very common cylindrical lock, which could be locked from the inside by rotating the knob.Xiantang turned the handle and opened the door, which indeed led to the back of the gymnasium.This is the last part of the campus. There are small pieces of vegetation and fences everywhere, and the aisle in front is empty.Along the fence to the left, you can see a small gate about half the width of the main entrance.

"The north gate you mentioned just now is there." "No, the north gate is just like its name. It is the gate on the north side. That one seems to be called the back gate. There are three gates in this school, only the back gate is too small and there is no anti-theft camera." "So people who have nothing to do with the school may also enter the gymnasium through that door." "Well. But the back door of the school is rarely passed by." The police department closed the door and locked it firmly again.Then he seemed to remember something and asked. "Was this door locked? At the time of the incident."

"...ah... it was locked. That's a mystery too." Hahaha, Shirato smiled kindly again.Sure enough, I don't want to talk about topics related to the secret room. In order to change the subject, he pointed at the cultural festival poster with his chin, "Let's get down to business, the ribbon just fell here." "A ribbon....Speaking of which, it's something on a student's school uniform." "Well. At this school, the boys wear ties and the girls wear ribbons." "Is the one dropped here the one that matches the school uniform?"

"Probably. It should belong to a certain student." The three returned to the stage while discussing.Hakamada thought of the students from Fengqiu High School that he saw just now.It is true that girls' school uniforms will be tied with ribbons in a bow at the neckline of the smock. After returning to the middle of the stage, observe the remnants again. Very plain red ribbon. "The photo taken at the time of detention... Ah, here it is. This one." The two looked at the printed photo.Sure enough, there was nothing special about it, only the ribbon in the photo fell on the cultural festival poster just now. "Does this have anything to do with the incident?" It doesn't matter what you think, but Hakamada asked rashly anyway.Shirato shrugged. "Who knows... But, according to the handyman who cleaned the old gymnasium at the end of the lunch break, he didn't seem to have seen anything like this. There is a testimony that he saw a girl enter the backstage, so I don't know if it's related. " He used the rhetoric of "for now", and Hakamada remembered it in his heart. "There's one more thing left." Xiantang bent down and picked up the last remnant. black umbrella. The long-handled business style looks quite high-end.After careful observation, the police department pressed a simple one-touch button to open the umbrella.The logo of the men's brand was printed on the umbrella, and Hakamada also knew this logo.There are no holes in the umbrella, and there is no damage to the skeleton, just like new. "Is this what Asashima carried with him?" "No, I don't think so. His umbrella and luggage were in the classroom as they were, and witnesses said he was empty-handed. The umbrella was found in the men's room on the left side of the stage. Come here." This time it was taken to the opposite side, to the left of the stage. The back of the side curtain is almost identical to the backstage to the right.It's just because the radio room on the second floor protrudes, so the zenith is relatively low. No, there is one difference.The front door on the right stage is made of iron, but the door on this side is made of wood.The door was badly damaged and looked cheap.There was no knob on the handle, and there seemed to be no lock on the door. Hakamada immediately understood why.After Shirato opened the door, what he faced was not the outside scenery, but a dim corridor.There are two frosted glass toilet doors, one for men and one for women. "As you can see, the backstage here is relatively large because there are toilets." Xiantang and Hakamada followed Shirato through the wooden door.The corridor extended about five meters to the left, and turned to the right at the end.After walking a few steps forward, I saw the entrance to the outside.This door is not made of iron, but a double door with glass embedded, which is very unique in design.The white teaching building can be seen through the glass. "That umbrella was found in this compartment." The three of them walked into the men's room.The toilets are in keeping with the old gym they are located in, the tiles are old and dirty. There are two compartments in the toilet, and Shirato refers to the one on the inner side.Whether it was too much flushing water or something, the floor of the cubicle was soaked with water, which is often seen in this kind of toilet that is on the verge of damage. "The umbrella is lying on the ground here. Soaked in water, wet." Shirato took out the photo from his chest again when he was in custody.As he said just now, there is a black umbrella soaked in water on the tile in the flood state. "Has the owner not been identified yet?" "No, after all, even the hands were soaked in water, so fingerprints cannot be detected. I have checked with everyone who was in the gym when the incident happened, and no one has claimed it. But the handyman mentioned earlier said that after the lunch break Didn't see the umbrella at the time. Incidentally, the man had a pretty good alibi." "...No fingerprints, no soaked umbrella?" Xiantang crossed his arms and thought for a moment, then looked at Hakamada.Hakamada said "I've written it all down," and showed Sendo the handbook filled with information on unresolved remnants.The police department nodded in satisfaction. "Let's go back then. The teacher named Masumura is about to arrive." Xiantang turned around heroically. Hakamada felt that the boss was very reliable.Although it is said that the whole picture of the whole incident can be gradually grasped in the future, the data is undoubtedly collected. --no problem. Whether it's this incident or a personal matter. Masura waited with the investigators at the entrance of the gymnasium.His hair was cut very short, and he was wearing a sportswear with black stripes on a white background. He looked vigorous and strong.It should be very suitable for a dignified expression on a face with a sharp smile. The chairs were placed in front of the stage, and the criminal police who belonged to the county police and the high school teacher sat opposite each other. Then, in this very open investigation room, which is slightly different from the traditional impression, the confession began.

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