Chapter 343 Burnt Corpse

"Want to go for a walk by the river?" Nobushige asked.

Conan wanted to refuse immediately, but he didn't know what he thought of, his expression suddenly changed, and he immediately agreed to Mr. Asano's suggestion.

The cool breeze from the river caresses your skin, which is very comfortable. If you can ignore the mosquitoes around you that are especially pestering in autumn, this is a good place for a walk.

However, after a while, Conan suddenly discovered something: "Mr. Asano, what is that on the river?"

Nobuhiro followed his gaze and saw a small package floating on the dark river. Normally this means that someone upstream has discarded garbage, but today it seems to have a strange smell.

He found a long branch on the shore, stretched it into the lake, and hooked the black package into a position where he could reach out and pick it up.

When they got closer, they discovered that the black thing was not a package wrapped in a plastic bag at all, but a charred corpse.

Just looking at the size, the burnt corpse did not seem to belong to a human being, but rather resembled a kitten or puppy.

Conan handed over a handkerchief, and Nobushige used it as a cushion, picked up the small body, and spread it flat on the grass.

"It was burned with fire, and all the fur on the surface was burned away. I couldn't tell the cause of death for a while." Conan turned the body over and over for a long time and said very seriously, "But I'm pretty sure it's a cat."

"Is it Xiaohua or Andy?" Nobuhiro asked.

Conan shook his head: "I don't know, I can't tell the breed of this cat."

"I have a bag in my car, let's pack it first."

Nobushige quickly returned to the car to get the plastic bags, but just when he was about to close the trunk, he thought about it and took a few more.

Sure enough, when he saw Conan again, Conan had already picked up two more identical corpses by himself.

"The cat's body was found on the shore. It should have been washed up by the water. The one here was fished out of the river. I speculate that it is a dog."

Nobushige observed the surrounding environment: "The corpse should have been thrown down from the upper stream, and the river here suddenly became open and the water flow slowed down, so the corpse stayed here."

"So, it was indeed Tanaka Kikue who did it?" Conan couldn't help but gasped, "This, is this cruelty to small animals?"

"Call the police first." Nobushige's expression became much more serious, "Let's go back to find Kikue Tanaka and leave the matter of recovering the body to the police."

Conan immediately took out his cell phone obediently and dialed the emergency call.

Although animals are no better than humans, and finding animal corpses is not a big deal, the destruction of corpses on such a large scale is obviously very bad. From another perspective, the rivers in urban Tokyo represent the image of the city, and pollution of these rivers is naturally a big deal.

Nobushige put the three bodies they salvaged into plastic bags, and then took Conan back to Tanaka Kikue's apartment.

However, this time, Tanaka Kikue did not open the door for a long time.

"The garbage at the door has not been thrown away. It seems that Tanaka Kikue does not plan to travel far. Did she go out to eat?"

"I'm afraid not." Nobushige said calmly, "If those cats and dogs were really killed by Tanaka Kikue, then she should have realized that she would be discovered after our visit."

"But animal cruelty is not a very serious crime. According to relevant laws, even if Tanaka Kikue is found, the maximum penalty is one year in prison and a fine."

There is no difference between a one-year prison sentence and life imprisonment...

Nobushige cleared his throat and said: "Tanaka Kikue is different from ordinary people. She is in the probation period for attempted crime. If she commits another crime within the past three years, the consequences will be very serious."

Therefore, Tanaka Kikue escaped not because she was afraid that the animal cruelty and killings would be exposed, but because she was worried that she would spend the rest of her life in prison. If the prosecutor decides to retry the previous case because of her murderous behavior, then what awaits her may not be as simple as a few years in prison.

This time, Conan decided to ask the security guard about the situation.

The security guard remembered these two unfamiliar faces because they had just entered the gate with the residents of the building under his nose. However, as soon as they entered the house, they parted ways with the previous residents, obviously just to get access cards. If it weren't for the fact that he remembered this afternoon that these guys seemed to know the residents in this building, the security guard would definitely not have let them in so smoothly.

Therefore, when Conan asked the security guard about Kikue Tanaka, the security guard was extremely uncooperative.

"This matter is very important!" Conan said angrily, "If Tanaka Kikue escapes because of you, do you know the consequences?"

The security guard's originally calm expression immediately became serious after hearing Conan's words: "Don't be too arrogant, kid. Breaking into the apartment building without permission is against the rules. If you keep yelling, I will kick you out!"

Conan rarely encountered uncooperative NPCs in the past, so he was a little stunned for a while, but he quickly reacted: "We are not strangers. The person next to me is Tanaka's sister's boyfriend. The two of them had a fight in the afternoon. There was a fight, so we were worried about her safety."

Nobuhiro: "???"

"Are you Ms. Tanaka's boyfriend?" The security guard looked at Nobuhiro suspiciously, "I think I did hear her mention it, but it was many days ago, and her boyfriend hasn't come to see her for so long. she."

Nobushige thought for a while and suddenly mentioned a name: "Hamano Toshiya."

The security guard's eyes suddenly lit up: "Ah, yes, yes, that's the name. So you are Mr. Hamano Toshiya?"

"Yes." Nobuhiro followed suit, "We had a quarrel over some things, so I brought my family and friends to persuade her this afternoon, but the effect was not very good. I just called her several times. I didn’t even answer, I’m really worried.”

"Hey, I'm afraid Miss Tanaka is really angry." The security guard frowned, "About an hour ago, I saw Miss Tanaka leaving the apartment building with a serious expression. But she only brought a backpack, so she probably just went out. Take some time to relax.”

"That's it. Then do you know which direction she went?"

The security guard shook his head and said he was helpless.

So Nobuhiro and Conan had to leave the apartment building.

Just at this moment, Officer Megure called.

After all, Kikue Tanaka was once a criminal who attempted murder, so this seemingly less serious pet abuse and murder case was once again handed over to the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division.

Nobuhiro has only one thing to say about this: Officer Megure is really busy.