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After receiving Inspector Megure's permission, Mu Tianyuan dragged his suitcase into the courtyard. Little Fox looked around twice and then sighed through a private channel, "I say, your guts are too big."
"Huh?"
Mu Tianyuan didn't know why Little Fox suddenly said that and asked somewhat confusedly. Little Fox wagged its tail and said, "Did you forget what's in the suitcase you're dragging? Let me remind you, that suitcase contains everything from handguns to assault rifles, sniper rifles, and shotguns!
Plus various bullets! And especially, there are plastic explosives inside! If the police knew about this, they'd probably treat you as a terrorist and shoot you on the spot! Most people, if they were carrying so much stuff, would probably avoid the police,
right? But you, you're fine even surrounded by twenty or thirty police officers, and you even want to help the police solve a case and uphold justice! How much guts do you have?!"
Little Fox indicated that Mu Tianyuan's heart was simply too big. It was already bad enough that he was walking around a convenience store with a suitcase full of military weapons, but now he actually ran headfirst into a crowd of police officers and let them surround him! What's more,
he was even chatting and laughing with the police and wanted to help them solve a case. Big brother, you're suicidal in a way no one else is! Don't you know that once the police officers know what's in your suitcase, they'll immediately arrest you! At that point, are you going to pull out a weapon from your suitcase and stage a breakout, or are you just going to detonate those plastic explosives and take them all down with you?
"Don't worry, the more composed I act now, the less they'll suspect me. After all, how would an ordinary person guess that I have a bag full of guns and ammunition? Without any basis and with no abnormal behavior from me, why would the police suspect me?"
Mu Tianyuan walked alongside Inspector Megure towards the house, answering through a private channel. Then Mu Tianyuan even lectured Little Fox: "You have to know that no matter...
...when, psychological quality is key. Being a thief with a guilty conscience is absolutely forbidden, otherwise, you'll only make yourself more suspicious, just like that thief in the newspaper recently.
Didn't he get caught by the police just because his psychological quality wasn't up to par and he ran when he saw a patrol car? If you ask me, the patrol officers probably didn't even intend to bother him at first, but he revealed himself and drew their attention. After all, why would a normal person run when they see a police car?"
"Okay, you have a point."
Little Fox replied somewhat helplessly after hearing Mu Tianyuan's words. That news report was actually something Little Fox had discovered first and then told Mu Tianyuan about. As for why Little Fox told Mu Tianyuan, the reason was simple: Mu Tianyuan, who was determined to become a scholar, still hadn't learned Japanese well, so if Little Fox didn't translate for him,
how would he know what was written on it? After agreeing with Mu Tianyuan's point of view, Little Fox looked at Mu Tianyuan and said, "Honestly, sometimes I really don't understand you. Sometimes you're so cautious that you're almost timid, and other times your psychological quality is so good that you seem clueless. What exactly is your situation?"
"Caution and excellent psychological quality are not mutually exclusive. When you need to be cautious, you must be cautious, otherwise you might die without a place to cry out your grievances. But when you need to go all out, you also have to be able to go all out, otherwise you'll still die without a place to cry out your grievances."
Mu Tianyuan nodded and smiled at the familiar police officers while answering through a private channel. Mu Tianyuan's life principle was... to be timid when needed, and to be bold when needed. And when being timid, be low-key; when being bold, be flamboyant! As he was speaking, Mu Tianyuan had already entered the entrance. The moment he stepped in, Little Fox sniffed and said, "Although it's been cleaned and ventilated with open windows and doors for so long, there's still a faint smell of blood in the house."
"Then there's no problem."
Mu Tianyuan nodded slightly, then looked at Inspector Megure and said, "Inspector Megure, please take me to the bathroom to take a look, okay?"
"This way."
Inspector Megure gestured with his hand, then led Mu Tianyuan to the bathroom. The moment they entered the bathroom, Little Fox said through a private channel, "That's right! The smell of blood here is stronger than anywhere else. This is definitely the primary crime scene!"
Although the place had been cleaned very thoroughly, Little Fox could still smell blood even after a long time! Mu Tianyuan, after hearing Little Fox's words, feigned a sniff, then looked at Inspector Megure seriously and said, "Inspector Megure, there was indeed a large amount of blood here."
"Don't joke around! Where do you see any bloodstains here?"
No matter what Inspector Megure said, the "tree-climbing man" glared at Mu Tianyuan and yelled, while Mu Tianyuan smiled and said, "Although it's been cleaned very thoroughly, it's a pity they probably didn't spray any air freshener when cleaning the scene. And coincidentally, my nose is sharp; I can smell the lingering scent of blood in the air."
"Heh heh, don't joke around, how come we didn't smell it?"
The tree-climbing man looked at Mu Tianyuan with a cold smile. The tree-climbing man thought Mu Tianyuan was purely... showing off here. Well, actually, Mu Tianyuan was indeed showing off, but even if Mu Tianyuan couldn't smell it, Little Fox could. To be fair, Mu Tianyuan wasn't lying! "Yeah, Young Man Mu, we really didn't smell anything."
Inspector Megure also nodded to Mu Tianyuan and replied. The suicidal boy group also tried sniffing for a long time, and even Gentian imitated a dog, sniffing the ground for a good while. At this point, they all spoke up, stating that there was no smell whatsoever.
"I know my words won't convince you, and I wasn't counting on them to."
Mu Tianyuan shrugged, then Mu Tianyuan, while observing the bathroom, said, "Anyway... later: just ask the police officer who went to look for Akira about the situation, and that'll be it."
"What are you talking about? Who knows where the blood on that cat came from?"
The tree-climbing man interrupted again. Although Inspector Megure felt there might indeed be a problem here, he had to admit that what this man said was true, because even if that cat was covered in blood, they had no idea when the cat got it!
Mu Tianyuan smiled and looked at the "tree-climbing man" who seemed a bit smug and asked, "I wonder if you've heard of the Luminol reaction, sir? Just spray some Luminol reagent, and any bloodstains remaining on the scene will be immediately visible."
"What's that? Is it something to eat?"
Gentian, the little chubby kid, immediately asked somewhat confusedly after hearing Mu Tianyuan's words. Conan, at the first opportunity, began to explain what Luminol was. Mu Tianyuan wasn't interested in listening to Conan's explanation. After circling the bathroom, Mu Tianyuan suddenly remembered Hanako's words again, so he said to Little Fox, "Hanako said earlier that this man climbed out of the tree and then ran away, right?"
"That's right!"
Little Fox nodded. Then Mu Tianyuan, while organizing his thoughts, said, "Inspector Megure said earlier that when they arrived, the person who opened the door was this tree-climbing man's elder brother."
"That's right, and didn't the fat police officer also say that this man's older brother is sleeping upstairs right now?"
Little Fox nodded, then suddenly froze. "You mean his older brother also has a problem?"
"Hmm, a normal person, no matter how sleepy, if a large group of police suddenly came to their house and demanded to search, they wouldn't just leave the police and go back to sleep, right?"
Mu Tianyuan leaned his chin on his hand and whispered to Little Fox. Then Mu Tianyuan continued, "We can now be sure that this tree-climbing man is definitely not, as Inspector Megure and the others said, just returned from work.
Instead, he was already at home before, but later, for some unknown purpose, he jumped out the window and ran away, then pretended to come back. So what was his motive for doing this?"
"The two brothers conspired to kill someone, then after dealing with the body, the younger brother pretended to have just returned."
Little Fox pondered for a moment and muttered, then shook its head. "Logically, that doesn't make sense. Why would he go to such unnecessary trouble?"
"Yes, isn't that just extra trouble?"
Mu Tianyuan also nodded. Then Mu Tianyuan and Little Fox looked at each other and simultaneously said, "Let's go see his brother directly!"
Although they still didn't understand what was going on, they both felt that the older brother also seemed very problematic! After making a decision, Mu Tianyuan turned to the tree-climbing man and said with a smile, "Sir, I'd like to go upstairs and take a look, especially your brother. Do you mind?"
"Of course."
The tree-climbing man shrugged and replied indifferently, then he warned, "However, my brother is sleeping, so please keep your voice down."
"No problem, I'll just take a look."
Mu Tianyuan smiled and nodded, then turned and walked out of the bathroom. Inspector Megure and the others saw Mu Tianyuan walking towards the second floor and immediately followed. After Mu Tianyuan carried his suitcase up to the second floor, Little Fox suddenly sniffed and said, "There's also a smell of blood on the second floor and the stairs. How much blood must have been shed to make the entire house smell like this?"
"Did it spread from the bathroom, or was the body on the second floor?"
Mu Tianyuan paused, then guessed with some curiosity. Little Fox shook its head. "Hard to tell. Put me down; I'll sniff carefully."
Hearing Little Fox's words, Mu Tianyuan put Little Fox down. Little Fox then sniffed the ground and hopped back onto Mu Tianyuan's shoulder, who was squatting nearby. "There's no obvious smell of blood on the floor. There shouldn't be any signs of blood dripping here."
Just then, the "tree-climbing man" pointed to a room and said to Mu Tianyuan, "That's my brother's room, but you must be quiet, otherwise, if you wake my brother, he'll scold you."
"Okay, I'll be careful."
Mu Tianyuan nodded, then walked to the room door and gently opened it. Upon opening the door, Mu Tianyuan saw a man in a bathrobe sitting on a chair, resting his chin on his hand with his back to him. Just then, Little Fox suddenly yelled loudly to Mu Tianyuan through a private channel, "Idiot! There's a problem! That man has a problem! I smell blood on him! He seems to be... the source!"
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