nycdaug Chapter 120: In this carnival, are all the people there murderers?
Chapter 120: In this carnival, are all the people there murderers?
On the other side, after sending the children home, Jinpei Matsuda parked the car aside and slowly lit a cigarette.
Shiratori Renzaburo lowered the car window slightly to let in fresh air from outside.
"You seem to be preoccupied since you came down here," Shiratori Renzaburo said. "Did you discover something at the construction site just now?"
Hearing Shiratori Jinsaburo's words, Matsuda Jinpei puffed out his cigarette, the thought that came to his mind still lingered:
"Can you get me the detailed case report on the old section chief's fall?"
Shiratori Renzaburo's eyes flashed with surprise: "The case report from that year?"
He took out his cell phone and asked while searching on it, "Did you find anything new?"
"I saw something upstairs just now, and I felt like something was wrong," said Jinpei Matsuda.
During the investigation, no one noticed anything unusual about the old section chief's death, suggesting the murderer was so skilled he even evaded police investigation.
But what method was used to cause the old section chief to fall to his death without leaving any second person's footprints at the scene?
"here--"
Shiratori Renzaburo handed over his phone and said, "I took a photo with my phone. The original is still in the archives."
"it is good."
Jinpei Matsuda opened the pictures and enlarged them one by one.
The case materials are very detailed, even including photos of the old section chief's death scene and the autopsy report.
Jinpei Matsuda fixed his eyes on a few photos, then reached out of the car window and shook the ash off his cigarette.
Seeing him constantly looking back and forth at the photos, Shiratori Renzaburo asked with some confusion, "Is there something wrong with these photos?"
Jinpei Matsuda suddenly revealed a strange smile.
"No, it's quite normal."
There was nothing special in the photo. It was the same scene as seen on all construction sites.
Shiratori Renzaburo: "Then you——"
"Because it's normal, no one else noticed anything wrong."
Matsuda Jinpei said calmly.
"If I hadn't climbed up and taken a look today, I might never have connected that thing with the old section chief's death in my lifetime."
Shiratori Renzaburo's pupils shrank slightly, his hands clenched suddenly, and his voice was a little hoarse: "What did you find?"
Matsuda Jinpei handed the phone back: "Look, what is this?"
Shiratori Renzaburo took a look and frowned: "This is——"
"Tower crane?"
"Yes, it's a tower crane." Matsuda Jinpei snapped his fingers. "It's a large tool that appears on almost all construction sites."
This type of tool is also called a tower crane. It can lift large objects to high floors. It not only has strong load-bearing capacity and good stability, but also has high work efficiency. It can basically be seen on the construction sites of large buildings.
Following Matsuda Jinpei's instructions, Shiratori Jinsaburo frowned, then opened his eyes wide—
Yup!
How could they forget something like this!
Matsuda Jinpei's voice was very cold: "Since this construction site has been abandoned, why is the tower crane still there? Is it because no one is paying attention, or is it intentional by someone with ulterior motives?"
Shiratori Jinsaburo quickly followed Matsuda Jinpei's train of thought: "Section Chief, this happened at night. There aren't many lights in the abandoned construction site. Everyone's attention is on the ground and in the distance. No one would look up into the sky."
All it takes is for someone to hide on the hook in advance, or to modify the hook so that it lifts up a piece of building material that can be used for standing. Then, in the middle of the night, no one will see that there is a person hiding in the building material in mid-air.
The hook can be hung on the outside of the 13th floor, or in the middle of the 13th and 14th floors.
When the old section chief came to the 13th floor, the man hiding on the hook suddenly appeared, pushed the old section chief down the stairs, then immediately wiped away his own footprints and hid again in the building materials in mid-air.
When everyone heard the noise and went downstairs to find the old section chief's body, they did not doubt the things that were very common in a construction site. Instead, they focused on the interior of the building, blocked the building, and checked one by one to see if there was anyone else inside the building.
There is no doubt that the scene must have been extremely chaotic.
After all, the highest-ranking police officer died suddenly, leaving the scene leaderless, and it was dark at night, so no one paid attention to the crane's condition.
The murderer's accomplices only need to start the tower crane before dawn, turn the crane arm, and place the pile of construction materials containing the murderer somewhere else, and then this incident will never be known to anyone.
Everyone's attention was focused on the building, not realizing the murderer had already left...
Shiratori Jinzaburo closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and was then choked by the smell of Matsuda Jinpei's cigarette. "Ahem—it seems there really was something wrong with what happened back then. Unfortunately, nine years have passed, and it's hard to see a conclusion to this matter."
The scene had long since been renovated by Linlu Construction and turned into a brand new building, and the clues left by the murderer had completely disappeared.
"Let's not talk about the murderer for now. After all, it's been so many years, it's very difficult to find him," said Matsuda Jinpei. "But the one who was able to place the tower crane there must be someone from Linlu Construction! And this tower crane looks very new, and its noise reduction capabilities are much better than the ones we just saw at the construction site."
"We don't even need to find out who the murderer is. We just need to catch Linlu Construction and dig out more information from them! After all, who would normally put a new, powerful tower crane on an abandoned construction site?"
So it can only be that they arranged it on purpose!
What happened back then was a trap set for the old section chief!
However, it is a pity that after so many years, no one has reacted...
Shiratori Renzaburo also thought: "Such a brand new equipment must have been funded by Linlu Construction's internal funds. We just need to check the account books!"
Perhaps what Linlu Construction did back then has long been cleared up, but everything requires money, and the account books will record everything.
Just check the account book and everything will come out.
Of course, if Linlu Construction dares to cook the books, they will be even more finished.
It's been nearly ten years, and the accounting fraud has definitely happened more than once, so these past ten years of fraudulent accounting...
Well, it's pretty punishing anyway.
"The only pity is that these are just our speculations. We don't have any substantial clues to overturn the old section chief's case." Matsuda Jinpei put out his cigarette and sighed helplessly.
What's more, the police officers who handled this case back then are probably all promoted now, and there are very extensive internal implications. Once the case is reversed, everyone from top to bottom will probably be held responsible.
Shiratori Renzaburo also understood this and sighed, "I'm afraid that some of the people who participated back then are in cahoots with the murderer!"
No matter how much noise reduction is done on the tower crane, it will still make noise when operating in the dead of night, but no one on the scene can "hear" it.
Did he really not “hear” it, or did he “blind” his hearing?
Otherwise, how could Tsuneta Ryozo know the secret behind this matter? He even said, "If it weren't for him, the old section chief wouldn't have died."
——This is a terrifying case when you think about it carefully.
The death of the old section chief was a carefully planned conspiracy, and everyone involved was the murderer.
So what is their purpose?
Jinpei Matsuda didn't say anything else, but his eyes fell on the distance outside the car window, his thoughts drifting away.